Clara Gutierrez is an AI repair technician and a wanderer. Her childhood with her migrant worker family has left her uncomfortable with lingering for too long, so she moves from place to place across retro-futuristic America.Sal is a fully autonomous robot. Older than the law declaring her kind illegal due to ethical concerns, she is at best out of place in society and at worst vilified. She continues to run the tea shop previously owned by her long-dead master, lost in memories of...

Mike St. George's average life as tech support for a game distribution company becomes unexpectedly eventful when he's sent to the home of an aristocratic, self-centered dragon and left in charge of installing and protecting the digital side of the dragon's hoard of games.But a job's a job. And while the blue-blooded Zali'thurg might be egotistical and prideful, Mike's wrangled worse customers. At least this one's pretty cute, even if it's in an apex predator sort of way…An...

Everyone expects Renart Walker to follow in his mother's footsteps and become the cobbler for their little demon-ruled town. But Renart isn't interested in a quiet life. His interests are a little more ambitious: he's aiming to catch himself a demon prince.As a human, he'd never be allowed to even get close to Prince Hrahez. The only solution is to make a bargain with a demon, which doesn't historically end well. Renart has a plan… that involves tricking a demon. And if it doesn't ...

Haunted by the ghost of the man who saved his life at the cost of his own, Keith has developed an awareness beyond what humans can normally sense—a world of spirits, monsters, and fascinating people that can only be described as Others. When he starts to have prophetic dreams about strange creatures hunting down helpless Others, he realizes that there has to be something only he can do.Accompanied by Lucas, his best friend despite the complex feelings around his death, and the horn...

Cruelty, once an evil fairy and now working in fast food, comes home one day to find the lazy, drooling King of Cats on her doorstep. Worse, he comes bearing news Cruelty would be happier not hearing: Sleeping Beauty has gotten tired of lying around and is trying to save the world Cruelty left long ago.Any respectable Archetype knows it's a waste of time; their chances of survival are much better if they can hide in the human world. But since nobody sent her an invitation to the wo...

The day before his coming-of-age ceremony, Eirik's fathers tell him a bedtime story about of the son of the god of Love and the son of the god of Envy—one beloved by all, who knows no pain; the other who lives in his shadow and feels nothing but.Still fuming from a fight with a friend, Eirik is not in the mood for stories. However, he quickly becomes engrossed in the strangely relatable tale of love & betrayal and how Saeter and Skault trick the underworld out of a very special pri...

Getting sick sucks, and in Saul's opinion, magic sucks even more. When he finds out that his sudden bout of sickness is actually a curse, he's understandably freaked out by being referred to a necromantic specialist.The ordeal is made moderately better only by the cute receptionist, Theo, who is exactly Saul's type—aside from the fact that he's undead.To Saul's surprise, Theo is gentle, kind, and shares Saul's tastes in TV and video games. He knows all the right places for ...

La vida normal de Mike St. George como técnico informático en una compañía de distribución de juegos se altera inesperadamente cuando es enviado a la casa de un dragón aristocrático egocéntrico y puesto a cargo de instalar y proteger la sección digital de su tesoro de juegos.Pero el trabajo es trabajo. Y a pesar de que el dragón de sangre azul, Zali’thurg es ególatra y orgulloso, Mike ha tratado con clientes peores. Cuando menos este es bastante atractivo, aunque tipo depredador de...

The city of Flecton is ruled with an iron fist by Demon Prince Vehr, whose human citizens suffer under demonic enslavement and live in fear of her ever-watchful presence. The prince herself is never seen, living in her underground palace and sending demons to kidnap humans to serve her.Ten years earlier, Merle’s best friend and closest confidante Abeille, a promising silversmith, was taken to Vehr’s palace. Now, Vehr seeks a hairdresser, and Merle’s a perfect fit. Surviving the hai...

The city of Dolana has kept itself free from demonic rule at a high cost: interrogating and spying on its own citizens and reporting suspicious activity to the Inquisition. As an innkeeper, Pelerin does his part—after all, he lost his beloved wife to demons, leaving him to raise their son on his own.When his now-adult son starts to question what Pel has done to keep them safe, he begins to re-examine the past. And when a stranger comes to stay at his inn, the three of them (and one...

After dealing with unruly Terrors and haunted dolls while trying to graduate from university, Keith just wants a break. His psychic abilities have got him in as much trouble as they've got him out of, though they also helped let him protect his two boyfriends—Lucas, a ghost, and Hiraeth, a deer-antlered cryptid—so he can't complain that much.When Hiraeth's son appears looking for help to remove a curse that's been placed on his lover, Keith is pretty sure his anxiety over his power...

This accessible book introduces the key concepts and theoretical developments of queer criminology and explains what they mean for modern criminal justice frameworks and practitioners.The book sets out experiences of the LGBTQ+ population as victims, offenders and professionals in legal systems in the US and internationally and explores what they mean for elements of those systems including police, courts, corrections and victims’ services. It is both a useful reference point for a...