I accidentally bought a hockey star at a charity auction.Don’t ask me how—it happened fast. One minute I was sipping champagne, the next I was “dating” Rake Hanson, the league’s grumpiest player.Correction: a musclebound, six-foot-four mistake.Rake Hanson is a walking cliché: too many abs, zero personality, and a jawline sharp enough to cut glass. Not my type. At all.Our chemistry? Frozen.Our date? A disaster.

★★★★★ "I loved everything about this story!"Wanted: one O.Found: three men who won’t stop until I get it.You’d think writing a sex advice column would make me an expert.Wrong.I’ve never had the Big O. Not once.And if my readers ever found out? Career = over.But when my roommate — my brother's hot, grumpy best friend — overhears my dirty littl...

A Cuban cookbook from chef Mika Leon that offers 100 flavorful modern dishes influenced by tradition, resilience, and pure joy.Food has always been the heartbeat of chef Mika Leon’s big, boisterous Cuban family. Her grandfather opened one of the first Cuban family-run restaurants in Valencia, Spain, after fleeing political instability in the 1970s. He later brought the family to Miami, where they ran a backyard cantina—Mika’s introduction to the family business. Th...

She wants a boyfriend — anyone but him. He wants girls to buzz off. Sucks for them ’cos he’s paid to please princesses!High school freshman Mai can barely muster the confidence to talk to a boy, much less take one on a date. Plus, the first time she meets Kei Kurose, the wrong sort of sparks fly — even if Kei is head-turningly hot, who could put up with the way he treats girls like trash? Mai has no patience for his rude attitude, but when she just so happens to discover the scandalous sec...

The long shadow of propagandaIn her memoir Raised by the Kremlin Julia Matyukhina describes her life as a child of the Soviet elite and her departure from the authoritarian system's warlike worldview.Julia Matyukhina was four years old when her family moved from Moscow to Finland in 1986. Julia's parents and entire family were loyal citizens of Soviet society, and many of them were officers in the NKVD or KGB as well as other party loyalists.When the Soviet...

No matter how much time we spend together, I’ll never become special to you.Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who’s good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right-Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other…

Once upon a time, Beauty was given to the Beast.I was given three.My father gambled my freedom away, trading me to the Alekseev brothers — three Bratva hitmen with guns in their hands and sin in their eyes. I’m their captive, their collateral, their plaything.My virginity is their bargaining chip, and I should hate them for it.But hate doesn’t explain the way my body burns when they’re near.Hate does...

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face...in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don't notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she's had the nickname "Prince" as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai...the only person who's really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she's not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, ...

"While we keep on fighting, we have the hope of victory. Once we give up, we have the certainty of defeat." These words embody the spirit of the warriors locked in a relentless battle against an empire bent on galactic domination. They also echo the unwavering determination of the women who tirelessly support the men they love. Ballan, the battle-hardened commander of the recreated Storm Riders, is consumed by his experiences. His anger, barely quelled by combat, threatens to destroy him. ...

A dark, obsessive romance where a powerful media mogul becomes the fixation of a ruthless criminal kingpin who will stop at nothing to claim her as his own.Ashland Sanders has spent years building an empire. As one of the most influential women in media, she has fought for every success, every opportunity, and every seat at the table. But none of her accomplishments could prepare her for the devastating loss of her fiancé, whose murder shattered the future they wer...

I can't control this desire inside me! Why do I feel so drawn to Master? This doesn't happen with anyone else... His every gentle touch fills me with pleasure.

THESE HEROES MIGHT BE MORE TROUBLE THAN THEY’RE WORTHHomura wants to light something, anything, on fire—and she finally gets her chance when she’s summoned to another world that’s desperate enough to ask her for help! Along with a group of similarly offbeat high school girls who all have their own powers, Homura sets off to incinerate evildoers and rein in the chaos caused by the Dark Lord’s resurrection. But what happens when these five oddballs get carried away? Will they actually save t...