The Family comes first.I've been part of the Leone family since Don Massimo took me in when I was a boy.Now I sit beside his son, il capo, Don Sebastiano. Being a mobster is all I know and want. Even when betrayal comes knocking at my door.A teasing smile, the most striking cloud-gray eyes, an androgynous body wrapped in lingerie, and a belly chain around his narrow hips. Can a man be pretty? I must be drunker than I thought to wonder such ...

Six years ago, Elira's husband gambled the most important thing to them in the Quadrant Trials. He thought he was outsmarting them, until he died screaming, and the empire took the payment anyway. Now Elira has entered the Trials herself, determined to burn the world down to get it back. But the man who kept her alive, her protector, the one she was falling for despite every vow she made, had been lying the whole time.He wanted her to lose. To be broken. To owe him everything....

Ezra Hamilton hasn't felt the warm spurt of blood flow through his fingers or the indescribable feeling of pushing a knife deep into someone's flesh in a long time. Too long.He's been watching a man stalk women, curious as to what he's doing with them. Ezra's never encountered someone with similar dark tendencies before, and what starts off as genuine curiosity turns into much more when Kaspian turns the tables on him.As their chemistry builds, so does the ...

"Sir, Your Prostate Cancer Awaits"The biopsy had spoken.Diagnosed with cancerous prostate tumors, a broke, unemployed animation writer focuses on the humorous as he struggles to comprehend his carcinoma, select between surgery and radiation, and land a new health care provider all in less than two months.A hilarious, rollicking autobiography, author JP Mac chronicles bureaucratic bungles, medical complications and a difficult post-treatment future. A...

Slavery was a continuous presence in the Pre-Modern Era, roughly 500 ce to 1450 ce, when changes in geopolitical forces, demography, and cultural background contributed to the nature of enslavement. Coercion as a way of life differed across sociocultural and economic realities, ranging from chattel slaves and war captives, to sexual and domestic slaves. This volume destabilizes the deep-seated idea that during the so-called “Middle Ages,” social and cultural relationships ...

Lucy is looking forward to date night with her husband Brad. When he forgets, Brad must make it up to her. They decide to spice things up by watching porn together, but Lucy believes they can do it better, and they let their inhibitions go and make a sex tape.All characters in this short story are over 18 years of age.

Nina is excited to see her high school best friend Tahlia, but things have changed in the last two years. She is not the innocent ballerina Nina remembers. Tahlia now likes a new type of dance, one she can't wait to show Nina and her boyfriend Marcus.The characters in this short story are over 18 years of age.

What if a curious question could lead you all the way to God? Tosh is a fluffy young rabbit with a head full of questions. Why does the sky sometimes cloud over and sometimes stay clear? Where did the meadow, the creek, and the forest come from? No one in his family seems to know — not his mother, not his father, not even the wisest rabbit in the meadow. So Tosh sets off with his best friend, a timid crow named Corky, and their spunky, straight-talking friend Dilly the field mouse, to find...

Life is short in the old village where Muira has spent all her days, but her life truly begins the day she steps into Castle Campbell as a servant. The aging fortress and its cold laird feel a world away from the warmth of her mother and home, yet the innocent young woman is about to discover a much deeper, more dangerous heat within its stone walls.Stumbling upon the castle's darkest secret, Muira is drawn into a forbidden world controlled by the laird’s mysterious, rumored son, T...

He’s a notorious mafia enforcer and the beast lurking in the shadows.Bryan Quinn. Dublin Beast. Soulless criminal. Despised bastard. I protect my family, fight our battles, and uphold the Quinn legacy in Dublin’s brutal underworld. We have a code—the Quinn Laws—and while women are normally off-limits, Siobhan Daley betrayed us, acted on behalf of our enemy, and poisoned our father.She will pay for taking the life of someone I love—not that it’s the...

A Contemporary Werewolf Shifter Paranormal Mystery Suspense RomanceRebecca wasn’t looking for trouble on her night out with her girlfriends, but trouble found her in the form of a dark and handsome stranger. He swept her up and plopped her down in a world of werewolves, blood feuds, and political intrigue with a healthy dose of scandalous sex. Now she has to learn the ways of her new world before their enemies take them out of it.

Life is short in the old village where Muira, a young girl blossoming into womanhood, has spent all her days, but her life is about to begin when she begins her new position as servant to Castle Campbell. The old laird and the old castle are cold compared to her home with her mother and brother, but the innocent girl will learn the pleasures of womanhood when she stumbles on a dark secret. The secret consumes her and leaves her breathless for more of what she knows is sinful, but nobody to...