'Armstrong's expert plotting never falters, and she's able to keep ramping up the intensity throughout more than 500 pages-no easy feat-making this a top-notch entertainment sure to seduce fans of tough heroines.' - Publishers Weekly'A taut, sensual thriller that grips from the first page ... sublime' - Karin SlaughterA brand new series - non-supernatural - involving a female assassin.Nadia Stafford is an ex-cop - ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Megan Linski offers a seven book romantasy starter collection into her magical worlds. Dragons fly, royals find romance, and heroines take up their swords to reign over all. This collection features found family, mythical creatures, action-packed adventures, and disabled main characters.Fall in love, cast a spell, and discover new realms within Megan Linski’s imaginative fiction. In this special edition box set, fae fight to rule their kingdoms...

This is the seventh annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the selected year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to reach more readers.The Long List Anthology volume 7 collects 24 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over ...

"Get on your knees, or I get a new maid."Incredibly gorgeous but also incredibly poor, Claudette has never had a good run of luck in her life. Then, she is hired as a domestic servant for the enigmatic Mister Castle and his beautiful wife. For one year of completely obedient service, they'll pay her one hundred and fifty thousand dollars—a dream come true. But Castle and his wife, along with their studly, tattooed assistant Terrance, soon draw Claudette into an erot...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Megan Linski weaves a Middle Eastern historical fantasy based on the 1001 Arabian Nights. Forbidden love and royal romance ignite in this Aladdin retelling of a princess’s fight to rule her empire.Love will igniteI am Princess Bennua. My father, the sultan, has promised my hand to a cruel warlord on the outskirts of the realm. The desert of Sahrahn is a dangerous land of ruthless bandits, endless battles, and c...

Detective Leone Scamarcio, the son of a former leading mafioso, has turned his back on the family business, and has joined the Rome police force. He may be one of the last honest men in Italy.But when Scamarcio is handed a file of extremely compromising photographs of a high-profile Italian politician, and told to ‘deal with it’, he knows he’s in for trouble. And when a young man is found stabbed to death in Rome, and a young American girl disappears on a beach in Elba, Sc...

Five years ago, Adlivun defeated the Clan of Zalcan in a crushing victory. Since then, Queen Aazuria has liberated all of the oppressed underwater nations and joined them together under the crown of the Oceanic Empire.Everyone is enjoying this time of peace, prosperity, and rebuilding, when whispers begin to surface that danger might be afoot again. The CIA has taken a special interest in Vachlan and his family, while a new threat called Leviathan baffles sea-dwellers and land-dwel...

Lindsey Hopkins lives a fairly unassuming life. Not much surprises her these days… until she sees the gorgeous new redhead at the front desk one morning.The redhead, Roenna, is cheerful, upbeat, and in just moments has burrowed so deeply into Lindsey’s brain that it’s all she can think about.Roenna seems to resist Lindsey’s efforts to get to know her better, and soon Lindsey learns that Roenna is a devout Christian, and in an office place, rumors travel fast.But Lin...

*** ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021 ***'One of the most moving books of the new year' STYLIST'Gorgeous and unsettling' NEW YORK TIMES'Brilliant and devastating . . . tender and lacerating' PANDORA SYKES'One of the literary world's most promising new voices' REDNadia Owusu is a woman of many languages, homelands and identities. She ...

'Raw. Vulnerable. Open. Truthful . . . This is a book that will open up the floor for even more honest conversations about the side of yoga we don't often see.' - Angie Tiwari @tiwariyogaHow did an ancient spiritual practice become the preserve of the privileged?Nadia Gilani has been practising yoga for twenty-five years. She has also worked as a yoga teacher. Yoga has saved her life and seen her through many highs and lows; it has been a faith, a disciplin...

For Penny, the beautiful island of Tamarind is no more than a half-remembered story from years ago. But one mysterious night, with only a loyal green parrot for company, Penny is flung headfirst into adventure on its magical shores...Penny finds herself in unfamiliar Kana, in the midst of preparations for a magnificent competition - the Bloom Festival. But behind the excitement, something menacing lurks. The idyllic landscape of Tamarind is pocked with strange whorls, and an unnerv...

Brought to you by Penguin.It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air.Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself.Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.© E...