This centuries old vampire doesn’t have time to save the girl.Lief Vohjol, a centuries-old Viking turned vampire, has a single mission in his eternal undead life: grow his blood-for-sale business.He’s avoided turning any other vampires until a few months ago, when he chose to turn one of his human employees. Kiara Jackson would have died otherwise.While he isn’t upset that he did it, he is frustrated that he’s forced to focus on helping her...

Personal, speculative, and exploratory poems in culmination of author, editor, and pro-expression organizer E.D.E. Bell’s fifty years on Mother Earth.“Bell’s poetry collection, Words Describing Fire, gives voice to suffering carried inside, given to us by other individuals or society. Her poignant poems do not turn away from pain/loss burning inside, instead they weave words into poetic songs, because this is the first step to healing.” —Linda D. Addison, ...

In this classic novel, a woman’s fears for her safety lead Inspector Maigret to a Paris suburb where he uncovers appalling family secrets‘Barely twenty-eight years old. But it would be difficult to look more like an old maid, to move less gracefully…those black dresses…that ridiculous green hat!’For six months the dowdy Cécile has been coming to the police station, desperate to convince them that someone has been breaking into her aunt’s apartment....

Debut novel of author Callum BellIn the year 3035, the Earth is dead. Humans are the only form of life left and, confined within giant towers, the ever-growing population is running out of space.David Robinson leads a team of scientists dedicated to finding a way to transport humans to another world. After a major breakthrough, he and his team make a horrifying discovery; humanity is doomed to extinction.With time against them, David and his team mu...

A chance nocturnal meeting leads to two insomniacs striking up a friendship that forces them to confront the problems they're avoiding not only to make them sleep but ultimately to allow them the capacity to love each other.By day, Bec supports her boyfriend Matt with his incurable illness. Matt's always had a passion for life, and his illness has only made him more determined to make the most of everyday, ticking off bucket list items and making memories whilst he...

A chance nocturnal meeting leads to two insomniacs striking up a friendship that forces them to confront the problems they're avoiding not only to make them sleep but ultimately to allow them the capacity to love each other.By day, Bec supports her boyfriend Matt with his incurable illness. Matt's always had a passion for life, and his illness has only made him more determined to make the most of everyday, ticking off bucket list items and making memories whilst he...

"Can you make me one promise?" was the last question the love of Adriel Thomas's life spoke before she walked out on him under the guise of pursuing her dreams. Having no choice but to move on with his life, Adriel left her and their love in the past. Now, years later, he's given an ultimatum that leaves him in a tough spot, and the only person that may be able to save him is the one he let slip away.R&B singer Sayori Reynolds swore she'd never set foot in her old town when she lef...

Come as you are. Leave as family.Food is never just food. It is memory made edible, ancestry passed through generations, a language spoken before words. It is the thread connecting us to the soil of our identity and the people whose stories we carry.In this collection of 52 stories and poems, 50 writers from around the world explore what happens when we gather at the proverbial table-illuminating the hungers we carry, the heritages we inherit, and the heali...

In his debut collection, Letters to Ashes, Quentin Bell explores the depths of grief, love, and the human heart with unflinching honesty. Across thirty-one titled poems, haiku, and reflective sequences, he captures sorrow, longing, memory, and resilience, revealing how even from ashes new growth can emerge.Bell's work delves into the turbulence of the mind, the ache of lost love, inherited trauma, and the delicate balance between hope and despair. Urban landscapes-from sun...

Turns out getting a fairy godmother is great. Getting caught by four feral alpha wolves? That's… complicated.Ella's spent years as an unpaid servant in her own home, but when a royal decree commands every unmated omega to attend the Prince's mating ball, her evil stepmother makes one thing clear: servants don't get to play princess.Enter one meddling fairy godmother with a flair for dramatic transformations and very specific rules about midnight.The...

Alex Hawke is sailing into trouble when an around-the-world journey becomes a fight against terror in the latest exciting adventure from New York Times bestselling novelist Ted Bell.After saving the kidnapped heir to the British throne, gentleman spy and MI6 legend Alex Hawke is due for some downtime. He’s got a new custom built sailing yacht and a goal: to get closer to his son Alexi during an epic cruise across the seven seas.But fate and the chi...

From New York Times bestselling author, feminist pioneer, and cultural icon bell hooks, an evergreen treatise on how patriarchy and toxic masculinity hurts us all.Feminist writing did not tell us about the deep inner misery of men.Everyone needs to love and be loved—including men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways in which patriarchal culture keeps them from understanding themselves. In The Will to...