Love blooms as swiftly as it devours.Pull back the layers to delve into the devotion and longing, the lust and the love, the triumphs and tragedy in this sapphic horror collection.Featuring stories by Rebecca Bennett, Samantha Bryant, JJ Carpenter, Alchemy Dawn, Cat Delani, Wren Handman, Mirella Higuera, Toshiya Kamei, C. A. Larkin, Frey Lylark, Ren Mercer, Kassandra Morgan, Parker M ONeill, Liz Pinto, Lidell Rayne, Chantell Saunders, David M Simon...

A villainess must fend off a lineup of doting, handsome men if she wants to avoid catastrophe!An unpopular woman nearing her thirties dies and gets reincarnated in an otome game as the beautiful villainess, Luciana. Knowing the plot of the story, she's aware of her impending exile and misfortune. To change her future, she must avoid all romantic interests and live a peaceful, drama-free life! But that's easier said than done when all these gorgeous men keep wanting...

Navigating an Evolving Sustainable Built Environment provides a comprehensive, accessible, and practice‑oriented guide for anyone seeking to understand or influence the future of sustainability in the built environment. It traces the journey from the early foundations of sustainable development to today’s rapidly evolving landscape shaped by climate science, policy, technological disruption, and societal change.The book aims to empower readers to begin or strengthen their ...

Mukouda Tsuyoshi was nothing special in modern Japan, so when he was summoned to a world of swordplay and sorcery, he thought he was ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Too bad the kingdom that summoned him only got him by mistake! Not only was he not one of the three summoned heroes, but his stats were laughable compared to theirs. On top of that, there's something really sketchy about this kingdom... "Ah, these people are the kind to try and use the Hero," he realized, and immediately...

Throwing down the gauntlet has never been so wild. Just ask Hadley Beckett.Marriage. That word drives my nuptial-phobic boyfriend of three years, Finn Wilder, who is Richmond’s sexy, golden boy daredevil sportscaster, to the brink of madness. While the daredevil thrives on adrenaline and danger and eagerly professes his love for me, he’ll walk on the wild side but never down the aisle. Furthermore, Finn Wilder is single, according to his coworkers and viewers—Finna...

I thought she was The One. But she was the one who broke me.In high school, I wanted Katriona Merrick more than my next breath. I dropped hints and flirted like hell with her, but she never took the bait. So, I waited. And waited…Graduating a year ahead of her, my resentful goodbye, paired with her oblivious farewell, crushed me. How could I be so wrong about her? She tossed me aside without a second thought, making me swear off so-called love forever. Yet, the emp...

Brash, brilliant, and beautiful, Fu Wanqing is an unconventional choice to inherit leadership of the most prestigious martial sect. Known for her fiery temper and formidable swordplay, there's only one person she considers a worthy rival: The enigmatic woman who leads the demonic sect, Yu Shengyan.Eager to prove herself, Fu Wanqing challenges Yu Shengyan to a duel. But Yu Shengyan has no interest in such theatrics--until Fu Wanqing offers something she can't ignore: A rare medicine that mi...

When Ao was in kindergarten, she smiled ear-to-ear as she told her classmates how her father (a bestselling erotic author) chose her name: ""A as in apple and O as in orgy!"" That day still haunts her ten years later as she studies with a single goal in mind: get into an elite university and achieve independence from her father once and for all. She has no youth to misspend and no time to think about boys ... until her classmate, ""King Normie"" Kijima, approaches her with a shocking confe...

For readers of Permission to Come Home, Minor Feelings, and Pleasure Activism, an insightful guide for “hyphenates” seeking to better understand themselves and help others understand them, too.What does it mean to live a hyphenated life?So many folks are forced to toggle across the multiple layers of who they are, and across the diverse spaces they occupy. They may be children of immigrants, 1.5 gen, of color; they may be disabled...

If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there.That’s the rule that Page Found has always followed. She’s a petty thief with no memory of her past, scrounging to survive on a backwater outpost – until she’s kidnapped by one of her marks.Her kidnappers – the cruel, self-serving Zhak and the tough maverick Maelle – plan to pass Page off as a monk from an ancient, isolated planet to help them capture a treasure-filled ship. If Page is w...

It's great being a hero! Super powers, loved by every-- wait, what? Brought over by mistake? These stats are awful, and the kingdom sure seems sketchy...And so begins Mukouda Tsuyoshi's life in another world. And if he thought his strength was bad, his special skill is... accessing his old online supermarket?! It's useless for combat, but if he plays his cards right, there's gold in rare goods. At least, that's what Mukouda thinks, but it turns out his modern food might be more spe...

Mukohda’s latest adventure has given him a major windfall. But with more money comes more...goddesses, each vying for a slice of his supermarket pie in exchange for their blessings. What’s a man to do when he’s suddenly drowning in wealth and power? Start a business? Go on more adventures (or have adventure come to him)? How about looking into the one luxury he might value almost as much as good food?