Fall in love with an unforgettable romance by Emmy® award winner Jacklyn Thrapp.This Christmas, Ann (Rachel Slotky) goes back home to Arlington, Texas, while juggling a big work pitch coming up next month, but an old fling (Bobby Allan) may have a proposal of his own for her.Starring Mark Taylor, Mike Pollock, Rachel Slotky, Bobby Allan, Nick Corda, Simona Berman, Barrett Leddy, Artie Brennan, Jackson Bell, Max Azarmehr, Caroline Spinola, Nicki Gex, Jane L...

The alien who hand-picked me to wed and bed is the most domineering warlord of the bunch. Lucky me.As the first humans allowed in Suevan space, there's a lot riding on my all-woman team. Earth desperately needs their tech, and I'm determined to prove we can negotiate the price. Without their planetary defense systems, Earth is a sitting duck, ripe for invasion.Except the Suevan culture is nothing like ours.When I take part in what I think is a welco...

Twenty-eight stories. One terrifying book!Need a new spine-tingling read?Consumed is a horror & dark fiction anthology featuring 28 macabre tales on the theme of food and drink, with stories from:U.M. Agoawike • Ed Ahern • K.G. Anderson • Evan Baughfman • Hannah Baxter • Cedric Bell • Jackson Bell • Tim Brown • Theo Carr • Tom Coombe • Marcus Field • Warren Frey • Gene Gallistel • Zach Gearey • E. Florian Gludovacz • Emma H...

My husband is the deadliest alien warlord of all, and I hate that about him... until he's exactly what I need.I've dedicated my life to doing as much good as possible. I won't let my marriage to the big and buff alien assassin, Feruz, wreck my plans. I don't care if I accidentally swore to be his mate at what I thought was a welcoming ceremony. My morals are the polar opposite of his, and I want nothing to do with him... even if my new life on his planet is a bit l...

Tyler Perry has become a significant figure in media due to his undeniable box office success led by his character Madea and popular TV sitcoms House of Payne and Meet the Browns. Perry built a multimedia empire based largely on his popularity among African American viewers and has become a prominent and dominant cultural storyteller. Along with Perry’s success has come scrutiny by some social critics and Hollywood well-knowns, like Spike Lee, who have started to deconstr...

He's as cold as ice, but I'm ready to make him melt.I'm sick of being alone, sick of being ignored by my alien "husband," Xade, and exhausted from always being as nice as possible. When the local alien wildlife starts rampaging, all I see is a golden opportunity to finally get some alone time with him on a mission, convince Xade to be my friend… and maybe more. Xade's grumpy demeanor brings out another side of me, though, and I start to realize saying "no" is a ski...

Things were improving between us…that is, until he got the bright idea to kidnap me.I never thought I'd be tricked into an arranged marriage with an alien warlord. Still, it's been easy enough to keep my former gladiator husband at arm's length. But once my translator starts working, the hulking himbo decides he's tired of waiting and freaking kidnaps me.I wake up in a picturesque seaside village, and the big lug is only too happy to inform me that it's all...

Since the early 1800s, African Americans have designed signature buildings; however, in the mainstream marketplace, African American architects, especially women, have remained invisible in architecture history, theory and practice.Traditional architecture design studio education has been based on the historical models of the Beaux-Arts and the Bauhaus, with a split between design and production teaching. As the result of current teaching models, African American architects tend to...

The huge alien prince claims I'm his wife—but I've never been a good little princess._ _I'm not about to start now.Stuck in a hot jungle with an even hotter alien is not how I imagined my diplomatic mission going. To make things worse, every conversation is an exercise in survivor charades. I've always prided myself on never needing a man, but this planet seems determined to prove I can't live without the massive alien stuck to my side.When we're chased int...

Sure, he's my husband—but we're just friends.The minute our commanding officers assign us to track down the Roth and missing human women, I know it's a setup. Just my huge husband, Aeroz, and me together in a small spaceship for however long it takes? Yeah. It's definitely a setup.But Aeroz is an absolute gentleman—er, gentlealien—and not only do we get along great, but we're also a good team. He's a great sparring partner; he's charming and funny, and I lo...

My dreams of marrying a hot alien came true—except the grumpy brute can't stand me.I am the only one excited—okay, delighted—at finding myself married to a hulking, alien warlord. I've always been into scales and tails, and this big green beefcake is right up my alley. Except, he's not into me. But I want my fun, and that's the very least I can get out of this arranged marriage. I'm determined to get my way, and I'm sick of being ignored.When my grumpy husb...

Just when I think I'm getting my life under control, my alien husband kidnaps me—and manages to get amnesia.I've mostly come to grips with my new reality. Earth is a memory, I'm making a name for myself, and I can usually ignore the reason I'm here… my horrible alien warlord husband.But the Beast doesn't want to be ignored. Nope. He wants me, and unlike other Suevans, he doesn't like to take no for an answer… so he kidnaps me, determined to win me ...