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In this highly anticipated sequel to Fat Witch Summer, Thrash and her friends are headed to Europa for an enchanted gap year—but can their coven survive new countries, new crushes, and a mysterious mentor with secrets of his own?A year after finding her voice and her coven, Thrash is ready to make memories with her best friends Cresca, Saki, and Em. But everyone seems to have their own vision for the trip: Em is on a mission to find summer love, Saki’s dod...

"With Wicked Little Secrets' intriguing plot, quirky characters, witty escapades and heartfelt dialogue, Ives has created a read that's as thought-provoking as it is romantic."—RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ starsVivienne Taylor strives to be the embodiment of her wealthy fiancé's rigid ideal of a virtuous lady. But being good isn't easy when a blackmailer threatens to destroy her reputation—and the only person who can help is the deliciously wicked Lord Dashiell.

TAKE ONE MARQUESS: Proper, put-upon, dependable, but concealing a sensitive artist's soul.ADD ONE BOHEMIAN LADY: Creative, boisterous, unruly, but secretly yearning for a steadfast love, home, and family.STIR in a sensational serialized story that has society ravenous for each installment.COMBINE with ambitious guests at an ill-fated house party hosted by a treacherous dowager possessing a poison to...

She needs to become an expert at sex...fast.Having lost everyone she loved in the Great War, High Council aide Sie has no interest in romance or sentimentality. Only protection. The planet is currently at peace under the strong rule of her boss, premier Theus, but power-hungry rivals have already attempted to assassinate him. To gain the safety she craves, Sie plans to seduce the planet's powerful weapons manufacturer and secure a marriage proposal from him – and her best chance to...

Is he really from out of this world or just out of his mind?The last thing Dr. Alessa Brown expects to see while driving home through a raging thunderstorm is a naked man staggering by the side of the road. Thinking there must have been a car accident, Alessa stops to help. The stranger doesn't appear to be injured, but when he claims he's from outer space, Alessa doubts his sanity.Until he displays powers Alessa can't explain.Kerrith is a Traveler – a visitor to wor...

(formerly titled In The Court Of Love And Loss)She will risk her life to save her world…KYRIE is the Mistress of Justice on Sirene, able to judge a person's guilt or innocence with a mere touch. She is invaluable to the planet's dictatorial leader, Galen, in keeping peace, but Kyrie is dying. Abandoned as a 5-year-old child by her people, the Ouri, when they mysteriously fled Sirene, she's grown up among Galen's race. Now, at age twenty-five, her unique biology dictates she...

As the powerful premier of war-torn Tau Cetus, Theus presides over an uneasy post-apocalyptic peace. Many plot against him, including a traitor on his own High Council as well as one rogue woman who dared to steal a precious keepsake from his past. Capturing Leora Smith offers Theus a chance at personal revenge, but she awakens emotions in him he thought long dead. Even so, it takes an assassination attempt to spur Theus to reassess a future with either this prisoner who makes his blood ru...

Tau Cetus police agent Leith Wyatt is tasked by the ruling High Council with overseeing the production of a robot army for the planet's defense. Wyatt doesn't trust the oily robot manufacturer Anson Carron, and when Carron gives Wyatt the Beautiful Doll sexbot Ginger as a gift, Wyatt knows it's a trap -- Beautiful Dolls are legendary for their addictive sexual prowess. Wyatt tries to resist the Doll, but Ginger is sweet, kind, sexy, and every intimate encounter they share manages to put hi...

He's the dog next door.You want to wring his neck.Secretly, you admire his pluck.MEET BUSTER. He is a funny, lively, and sometimes infuriating bulldog. Be warned, however. Buster can be a bit of a bully and a bit of a brat. Despite his outrageous antics, he's a bulldog with a big soft heart. You can't help but love him.IN THIS STORY, Buster is fed ...

From a “brilliant, one-of-a-kind maestro” (Booklist), a vibrant tapestry of memoir, research, and criticismAgain, today, if I must choose between love and memory, I choose memory.What would you risk to know yourself? Which stories are you willing to follow to the bitter end, revise, or, possibly, begin all over? In this collection of five interrelated essays, Lucy Ives explores identity, national fantasy, and history. She examines events a...

Discover a way of living that can help you slow down and stay grounded—and at the same time reduce your ecological impact and engage more fully with the climate crisis.It may seem as though living ecologically and engaging in activism sacrifices our own enjoyment and happiness on the altar of doing the right thing. In this book, professor, naturalist, and Buddhist author Christopher Ives offers an alternative: a way of living that can actually be more fulfilling th...

"A compelling, darkly imaginative, and deliciously sexy fantasy romance." - The Prairies Book ReviewThe whimsy, spirit, and aesthetics of HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE + Steamy Romance...How many realms would you cross to save your true love?All humans possess an element - except for Talvi. Born without magic and dedicated to being the keeper of Starstone Temple, an ancient monastery in her small forest town, she's plunged into a world-changing struggle when a mysterious and ...