GabrielTheo Coatl was supposed to be just a job.On paper, my twin and I are recent grads moving into the eccentric artist's mansion for a once-in-a-lifetime internship opportunity.In reality, Dre and I are spies for our clan—a pair of supes known as Shock and Awe who could melt our enemy's brain as easily as we could extract the intel we were after. Whatever works.Our mark isn't the only one keeping secrets, and Theo's proximity is… doing th...

A just-for-funsies reunion book featuring all the MCs from Villainous Things (and Villains in Space), trapped together on an island for Butch and Xander's wedding. Let the filthy chaos ensue!A taste of what you'll find: 13 unhinged POVs, tropical island forced proximity for all, superheroes x villains x aliens x a very irritated pregnant normie, MM romance (and a little FF, too), everybody gets some (and it's filthy, duh, men in corsets, hoochie daddy shorts, and G...

MicahWhat's a superhero to do when his own family sees his powers as unimpressive and he's fifth in line for the throne?Set my sights on getting space married to a hot alien, of course! For science.Ziggy Andromeda is a skinsuit-stealing mercenary who's so far out of my league, he might as well be in another galaxy, but there's nothing I love more than a challenge.And his spaceship has only one bed!Unfortunately, a home planet conspir...

BaltasarIt's time for me to start pulling my weight in the Suarez clan—to prove I'm worth more than the plays I make on the field or the dirt I dig up on rival families. I want to make Wolfy proud. And to not get unalived by Simon.So I volunteered what I had to offer, knowing my infamous genes could be used for uniting two powerful clans in marriage. After all, I'm the only not gay one in my family, so that alone should entice the super-babes looking to get...

SimonI needed to get the hell out of Big City. The only reason I'm living in this American wasteland is because my mother insisted I reconcile with my estranged father. That the idea came to her while drunk on French bubbly should have been my sign to stay right where I belonged. Anywhere but here. Certainly somewhere more fabulous.When an international job opportunity arises, I jump on board. It's just a bonus that I'll be traveling with the epitome of tal...

Four hundred years is a long time to wait for your fated mates only to have two of them cruelly ripped away.Suddenly finding ourselves in the hands of the nefarious Facility — run by my final mate's father — was enough to make my claws twitch under my skin. The only reason I hadn't reduced these humans to ribbons of severed flesh was that there was information to uncover, and a swan shifter to find...hopefully alive.I suppose I'll behave. Even if we were to...

XanderBig City is supposedly the place where dreams come true. As someone just trying to live my life, I can tell you it's more like a recurring nightmare where dreams get c*ckblocked at every turn.Especially if you're a supervillain like me.The irony is that I have zero powers, despite coming from purebred villain stock, but try telling that to Big City's beloved hero, Captain Masculine.This himbo is ruining my research, and if his firepowe...

A legacy like mine was never meant to be easy; shaky alliances, deals with the deathless, and an enemy far more powerful than previously believed all weigh heavily on my shoulders.I'd hidden behind the mask of the Yaga for so long, I'd forgotten what it meant to be human. By claiming the fated mate bond with my Riders, I've rediscovered parts of myself I'd buried centuries ago, but I wonder if digging up the dead has its own consequences.Our mission to unea...

We live in an age in which expressive, informational, and technological subject matter are becoming increasingly important. Intellectual property is the primary means by which the law seeks to regulate such subject matter. It aims to promote innovation and creativity, and in doing so to support solutions to global environmental and health problems, as well as freedom of expression and democracy. It also seeks to stimulate economic growth and competition, accounting for its centrality to EU...

Intellectual Property at the Edge addresses both newly formed intellectual property rights and those which have lurked on the fringes, unadmitted to the established IP canon. It provides a basis for studying and discussing the history of these emerging rights as well as their relationship to new technological opportunities and to the changing importance of innovation and creative production in the global economy. In addition to addressing the scope of new rights, it also focuses on new lim...

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Concise yet comprehensive, this book provides an eloquent overview of the international patent system, outlining the agreements states have entered to ...

Hoping to reveal all shades of romance, we have gathered together twelve authors from around the world, including Canada, India, Lithuania, and the United States for this sweet romance anthology, A Season for Romance - Summer Simmer.We are committed to diverse and inclusive stories. Ten out of twenty-two in this collection feature main characters who are PoC or identify as LGBTQ+.In Summer Simmer, you will find true love in a variety of genres and styles, from first kisses ...