Ellena Kiley never imagined that rescuing a royal child would lead to an unlikely reward—a proposal from a Crown Prince who has fallen out of favor with the Sheikh of Durabia. There's just one catch. Kamran has only nine days to make Ellena fall in love with him and reclaim his position in the royal family.While Kamran's putting his all into the task of winning Ellena's heart, he also learns of a nefarious plot to undermine his position with the Sheikh and jeopardi...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • **“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheim...

The Castle: elite, elusive … dangerous. A secret organization that once stood for protection and benevolence, The Castle is now corrupted by illegal acts, greed, and dirty politics. Every crime syndicate, mafia and dirty politician on earth are determined to control the massive fortune guarded by The Kings: a found family forged by fate but called to action by crisis.When their mentor ends up on the business end of an as...

THE COLDEST SHADOWSArcano-archaeologist Elijah knows that digging into the past can be its own reward—or peril. When he’s hired to find an ancient map purported to lead to a mysterious location at the bottom of the world, his professional curiosity is more than roused. But his quest to simply get his hands on the map is more dangerous than he expected—even for a shadow runner.He and his own team of runners—including everything from a goblin rigger to a trol...

A butterfly pauses. A moment opens. A lesson unfolds.In the hush of a single story, a quiet shift begins.The Monk and The Butterfly is a collection of 60 short Zen-inspired stories that invite stillness, reflection, and gentle return. Each one offers a window into mindful living—not through instruction, but through symbol, silence, and small awakenings.Rooted in Zen philosophy and timeless Buddhist wisdom, these stories speak to anyone seeki...

Shannan has no choice but to leave her husband, seven children, and a successful career before someone ends up on the wrong side of the grave. As she escapes the manipulation and impossible demands of her husband and family, she embraces the 30 Days of Me process for reconnecting with her best self. She is determined to find peace and a new sense of purpose, but her husband, Zach, is desperate to win her back. As he struggles to deal with his overbearing family and disresp...

*** Experience the runaway hit Steampunk and Sword & Sorcery novel that debuted as an Amazon Best Seller, now available as an audiobook narrated-and-voice-acted by award-winning VO Christian Neale! ***What happens when you take an almost-famous D&D dungeon master with a history of headlining major music festivals and breathing fire in the circus and send him to a mountain in China to sit alone with his own thoughts? A new epic solarpunk fantasy novel, somewhere between a 'Chine...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

Learn all about implementing a good gamification design into your products, workplace, and lifestyleKey FeaturesExplore what makes a game fun and engagingGain insight into the Octalysis Framework and its applicationsDiscover the potential of the Core Drives of gamification through real-world scenariosBook DescriptionEffective gamification is a combination of game design, game dynamics, user experience, an...

A Supernatural Mismatch Made in HeavenParanormal incidents heat up when two mysterious men cross paths in Tomoe, a small town in Hiroshima with a long history of supernatural encounters.Misato Miyazawa is a strikingly beautiful young man with a troubled past. Born to a distinguished family of onmyoji—specialists in divination—Misato is no stranger to the occult. That’s why he jumps at the chance to join the Abnormal Disaster Unit in Tomoe’s Town Hall Crisis...

Winner, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender Variant Literature; American Library Association Stonewall Honor BookWhat can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith?In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, Kai Che...

"I have lived a life worth speaking about, and have seen things that would leave a modern man weeping in fear. I have outlived my entire family and have lived to see a time that one could not think possible. I have traveled the globe, and I have spread an empire greater than anything that I could have ever accomplished in my mortal life.I am here to speak of these accomplishments, to tell my story for once without the smoke and mirrors of the silver screen, or the whispers in the d...