A FLUENT tongue and an elegant style afford pleasure and such praise as vainglory delights in, to wretched men who have been corrupted in mind; the lover of truth does not give heed to ornamented speeches, but examines the real matter of the speech, what it is, and what kind it is. Since, then, my friend, you have assailed me with empty words, boasting of your gods of wood and stone, hammered and cast, carved and graven, which neither see nor hear, for they are idols, and the works of men’...

[Siren Classic: Consensual BDSM Contemporary Romance, MF, age play, sex toys, spanking, HEA] Psychologist Theo Santi possesses the playful spirit of Peter Pan, the giving soul of Robin Hood, and dresses like a leather-clad Pirate King. The first time he meets Lyssa Samuels, he wants to help her writer her next book. Only later does he realize she is the friend his cousin’s woman told him about. Lyssa Samuels is a too-strong, too-independent, widowed writer who has given up on men and lives...

Die drei Bücher an Autolykus, einen gebildeten Wahrheitssucher, sind die wohl bekanntesten Werke von Theophilus, dem sechsten Bischof von Antiochien. Er erklärt in diesem Werk unter anderem die Vorzüge der christlichen Religion, das Wesen Gottes, die Vorsehung und die Sittlichkeit der Christen.

The veil is thin, the darkness bleeds. And we're the only ones between it and our city.My wife, Emilie, and I are more than detectives. We’re more than druids.We're the last wall against the rising tide of chaos. Magic, once accessible only to a few, now bleeds like a gushing wound, spewing creatures of myth and nightmare into our world.These monsters aren't here to play. They leave a trail of bodies, hunting for one specific target: the boy living ...

T'michael and his crew of outcasts are determined to survive.Escaping their home planet, Tyrostican, just before it disentegrated into an astroid belt, they've headed for the third planet, to build a spaceship.Intent on finding the new colony, located in another galaxy, where their parents and siblings should be, they must first defeat their enemies who seem to know their every move.Their chances of survival...

What if all your nightmares came true?The "mare" used to be contained in people's dreams.Now, it takes flesh when you wake.It disappears as soon as it completes its task......killing its host.How can I possibly catch or kill a monster that only emerges from one's sleep?I can't figure out how it's choosing its victims.There's not a thread I can follow to figure ou...

Welcome to the Vilokan Asylum of the Magically and Mentally Deranged.I'm Doctor Cain. I'll be supervising your treatment plan.Yes, before you ask, I am that Cain.I've come a long way since I became the world's first murderer.I'm now a licensed psychiatrist.What is it you just asked? You heard that I was cursed?Yes, I'm also the world's first werewolf...

Welcome to the Vilokan Asylum of the Magically and Mentally Deranged.I'm Doctor Cain. I'll be supervising your treatment plan.Yes, before you ask, I am that Cain.I've come a long way since I became the world's first murderer.I'm now a licensed psychiatrist.What is it you just asked? You heard that I was cursed?Yes, I'm also the world's first werewolf...

My wife, Emilie, and I run a detective agency – not your typical kind.We specialize in the otherworldly, the kind that surfaces when magic bleeds into our world.Lately, the bleed has become a gusher.Strange creatures, ripped straight from myth and nightmare, are pouring out of a portal hidden in the city.But they're not just sightseeing – they're leaving a trail of bodies in their wake.And it's clear their target isn't just any innoc...

What I love the most could destroy the world.My hand rests on Emilie's swollen belly, the gentle rise and fall a constant reminder of the miracle – and the terror – that grows within her.Every kick, every flutter... love that burns fierce and a fear that chills me to the bone.Strange lights writhe across the sky, constellations twisting into unnatural shapes.A celestial sign from nature herself. A warning about of the child we're bringing in...

I hunt monsters, but not for glory or money. I'm searching for my wife.A decade ago, she was taken. Now, I've found a clue.The twisted horns. The eerie glow in its eyes. Is this the creature I've been chasing?Time is running out. Hope blurs with madness.Can I confront the past without losing myself to vengeance?Will I find her, or become the very thing I hunt?Death to All Mo...

The solstice sun strikes the circle of stone...... and the veil between worlds is changed.New monsters now walk the earth.But where did they come from?It's a new threat for a new season.But for the first time we're totally stumped. And half of my team is addicted to hunting one of them.What the heck is that about?Will I figure it out in time to stop these beasts ...