Some mysteries you don't solve.You survive!Thornton Thacker had never met a girl like Caroline Greer. It was love at first sight, and trouble thereafter.Thacker is no stranger to trouble. He's a trench coat-wearing teenage detective living in a city of shadows and sirens - a concrete jungle with more secrets than streetlamps - and he's made a habit of chasing the things that bite back.A missing Egyptian mummy, cryptic hieroglyphs, and a curse older than the con...

He's a proud alien warlord. She's a single mom hoping to find love again. When their worlds collide, sparks fly.Bruge: I'm a serious warlord, not a youngling warrior in need of a mate. Ensuring the duskhorde don't kill us, and that the clan gathering runs smoothly, is enough to keep me busy. Court an Earthling female? Perhaps later. But when I meet Alexa, my second heart starts beating, proving she's my maelstrom mate. Now I want her, and the best way to c...

He has tusks and a tail and insists she's his fated mate. She's enticed, but determined not to get involved. Can a burly alien warrior and a single mom find love together on a planet far from Earth?Garek: With my clan threatened, I don't have time for romance with a pesky Earth female. Until I meet Piper. She and her youngling son are part of our planet's new settlement.Soon, I find myself helping her plan her home and talking about odd Earthling a...

An alien pirate promises to give me a child. But what if he steals my heart?Aliens are real and they're eager to Slake. What's Slaking, you ask? It seems Xilan males go into a voracious heat period every three years, and there aren't enough females to fulfill the needs of these beastly aliens.Enter me, and some other Earth females who are eager to have children. We travel to a space station, where we're introduced to brawny alien males in dire need of Slaki...

I want to begin a new life far from my village. Will that life include an orc who vows to adore me?KailaWhen a man in my village makes demands I'm not willing to give into, my younger brother and I flee into the forest. It's the night of the Monster Mate Hunt, but the orcs who are gifted with brides in exchange for protecting the village will be too busy with the other woman to notice me. Until Turren claims me as his mate. I'm not interest...

Can a wounded orc hero protect his treasured mate from a cruel captor?Nia: I spend my days healing those forced to battle in my stepbrother's arena and my nights hiding. I've resigned myself to the fact that with my burn scars, I'll never find love. Until my stepbrother commands me to heal his latest acquisition—an orc who was severely injured during capture. I've only heard of orcs, but I do my best to heal him and prepare him for the battles he'l...

Can a lonely widow and an orc with secrets find true love together?LynethAfter my husband's death, my village pushes me into the forest during the monster mate hunt, where I'll be claimed as an orc's bride.I've vowed I'll never love another, but then I'm claimed by Madr, a strong, handsome orc who I suspect is hiding secrets. On his dragon-like vox, he flies with me toward his home. His warm arms keep me safe, and his teasing touch ...

A topical, art-practice focused anthology that caters to diverse interests in aesthetics.Art and Its Significance is a highly engaging and readable anthology, which ranges from ancient Greek writing on epic and theater to contemporary issues relating to how art is impacted by augmented reality technologies. This collection offers a firm foundation in classic and modern aesthetics by a diverse range of authors from Plato and Aristotle to Judith Butler, Jacq...

Will I be burned by the flames of Detective Dragon?Hannah: The building I'm renovating to turn into a B&B in the cozy coastal town of Mystic Harbor, where humans and monsters live in harmony, is either haunted or someone's trying to sabotage me.After someone rips up my flower beds for the third time, and the local law enforcement can't find any clues, I head to Monsters, PI, where I hire a much-too-gorgeous dragon shifter to determine if I'...

Do I dare trust my heart to Secret Agent Gargoyle?Angie: When my beer kegs turn up missing days before a big event, I hire Monsters, PI to track down my beer. Who's assigned to my case? Tuvid, the gargoyle who wrongfully accused me of gnome-theft.Tuvid's seven feet of gargoyle muscles with a killer smile. So, when our not-one-night-stand results in a marriage proposal—solely to save his gargoyle rep—I know I'm in trouble. My business plans ...

Alwen: A year ago, one of the males in my village hurt me. When he tried to do it a second time, I took care of that problem—permanently. Then I'm selected for the annual Monster Mate Hunt where two village women must enter the forest to be claimed as an orc's bride. If an orc tries to take me, I'll handle him just as I did the man in my village.To my dismay, I'm captured by a band of treacherous thieves. I'm planning my escape when an enormous, snarly orc attacks ...

Can an orc commander protect a lonely woman from the dangers in his world?RhoslynWhen my sister is chosen for the Monster Mate Hunt—an annual event where two women must sacrifice themselves to the orcs for the good of us all—I volunteer in her place. The orcs hunt me as I bolt through the forest. I'm captured by the gruff, growly Commander Jaus, who expects me to cook and clean, plus sleep in his quarters with him at night, despite insistin...