Darkness doesn't die — it evolves.In the decaying heart of a modern city, Ryan Vale—known in whispered circles as the Sin Eater—carries the burden of absolving others' sins through blood. When an ancient order resurfaces, bound by a pact older than Heaven and Hell, Ryan is thrust into a war that blurs the line between redemption and damnation.Haunted by visions, hunted by demons, and shadowed by his own fractured past, Ryan must unravel a conspiracy that threatens not just ...

A forgotten railway line cuts through the dark heart of an old mining town—a place where the past never stays buried, and love carries teeth.When Aiden Veylor returns home after years of running, he expects ghosts… just not the kind that bleed, whisper, and circle him like they've been waiting. Something ancient has settled on the tracks, hunting him by name. Something tied to a curse he never asked for—and can no longer outrun.Then there's Elara, the girl he once loved and...

Society recognises a more diverse range of sexual identities than ever before, but people often still think we have to choose one and stick to it forever. If the idea of a single, unchanging sexual identity just doesn't fit right - this is the book for you.Challenging binary notions of sexuality and gender, this is a deep exploration of fluid sexuality, exploring its relationship to bisexuality, multisexuality, asexuality and gender fluidity. Chapters cover everything from understa...

Where does it start? It starts at the end. Then takes you along the journey of a young man (Gavin) growing up in the 70’s and 80’s. Life was easier; people were more casual and life was great. What a time to be alive. Experience the sensuous adventures of this young man as he grows up, moves around and generally, learns how to be a man in a world that is both erotic and exciting. See what happens when he initiates sexual encounters with the women he meets or the women initiate with him. Fo...

Christina O’Connor is the main prosecution witness from the Huddersfield Grooming scandal. In 2017, 11 men were convicted of a staggering 43 offences against her, including 22 counts of rape.In this memoir, Christina will describe how, from being a happy child with a loving family, she fell into the clutches of a grooming gang whose abuse of children earned them a total of 221 years in prison. Christina’s helpless parents tried desperately to save their 13 year old daughter as she ...

A pioneering work of autofiction, Ralph Cusack’s Cadenza tackles time and memory, life and death “with an Anglo-Irish arrogance worthy of Beckett.” (Gilbert Sorrentino)‘It’s just like this: I don’t want to go home and I can’t stand Dublin nor any place between the two of them either or at all...’After a harrowing trip to the dentist, Desmond, the narrator of Ralph Cusack’s Cadenza, boards a train, locks himself in cabin 304D, and decides t...

Romance, intrigue and excitement await inside Lovers Leap. The moment you enter Sappho’s island, you are swept into the sky. In this five part poem, Elizabeth Cusack takes you on a journey through the life of a passionate poet.

Romance, intrigue and excitement await inside Lovers Leap. The moment you enter Sappho’s island, you are swept into the sky. In this five part poem, Elizabeth Cusack takes you on a journey through the life of a passionate poet.

This volume assembles hundreds of cases and studies to provide the most accurate and comprehensive picture of the status of pornography in the criminal justice system. Presenting high-level research in an accessible and organized manner, it explores a range of topics, including investigating and prosecuting a case, arguments favoring and opposing d

The label 'Suicide Cults' has been applied to a wide variety of different alternative religions, from Jonestown to the Solar Temple to Heaven's Gate. Additionally, observers have asked if such group suicides are in any way comparable to Islamist suicide terrorism, or to historical incidents of mass suicide, such as the mass suicide of the ancient community of Masada. Organizationally and ideologically diverse, it turns out that the primary shared trait of these various groups is a common s...

Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success, principally in America but gaining wider audience through the 1980s and 1990s, is chiefly as a result of underground publishing and the internet. This book deals with immensely popular su...

Portfolios for Nursing, Midwifery and other Health Professions is a practical guide providing detailed strategies for developing a quality portfolio that will assist you to review your professional practice, assess your learning and career planning, direct your continuing professional development and effectively communicate your professional achievements.Written by Lynette Cusack and Morgan Smith, this fourth edition will help you understand the drivers and benefits of por...