Adaptation, Rearrangement, and Music Across Screen Media explores the various ways in which adaptation and rearrangement shape the role of music across a range of screen media and communities of viewing. Many forms of audiovisual screen media are characterized by musical adaptation and rearrangement, constantly remixing and reusing pre-existing music in new and unexpected narrative contexts. This book shines a light on this practice and offers a wide-ranging overview of musical ad...

A dynamite horror novel set in a rural West Virginia diner where the coffee's fresh, the customers are strange, and, lately, something in the woods has developed a taste for the townsfolk.Grady Hendrix meets The Bear in this terrifying debut about monsters, summoned evil, and found family.The woods are watching. Something ancient is waking. And the graveyard shift just clocked in.The Waffle Hutch is open twenty-fou...

Being an omega in the Safe Zone sucks on a good day.Omegas are valuable, to be coddled, and protected. Everyday is a fight just to keep my independence, to make my own decisions and avoid the patronizing social workers who keep trying to shove me down the path they've decided is best for me.All of it 'for my own good', of course.Until the alphas outside the city cut the power and demand omegas before they'll turn it back on.Then suddenly I’m...

When the earth shook, love refused to break.Twenty-one bestselling romance authors have come together to bring you Unshaken — a celebration of love in all its forms, from sweet and tender to scorching hot, spanning historical ballrooms, small-town streets, alien worlds, and paranormal realms. Each story carries a single truth: some things cannot be shattered.Whether you're a fan of fated mates, friends to lovers, second chance romance, forced proxi...

I thought I survived the worst of the invasion…and then he showed up.Aeko, a hulking alien male, with horns, bright red skin, and a stubborn insistence on calling me his mate.I’m not his mate. No way. You can’t tackle a girl in an abandoned parking lot and expect her to marry you.Except Aeko doesn’t seem to understand that. And instead of talking about it, he throws me over his shoulder and hauls me out into the wilderness, away from the tenuous safety of m...

They say love can find you anywhere, but this was the last place they expected to find each other!Lauren has been initiating new submissives at Club Surrender for many years, but lately it's all become…boring. She's jaded, ready to hang up her paddle and spend some time at home. Until she sees the new bartender…Kristina has always longed to explore her secret fantasies, but now that she's working at the nation's premier women only "light BDSM" club, she can see what it's re...

She was supposed to be guarding the curvy little human, not falling in love with her.AngieWhen my boss assigns me bodyguard duty for a politician's daughter, I'm expecting a rich, spoiled princess. Instead, my new client is a quirky and independent cupcake shop owner. The minute I scent her I know I'm in big trouble. Suzie Harrington is my fated mate, and I have a bad feeling that I'm not going to be able to resist her for long....

In order for their team to win the gold, these two sworn enemies are going to have to learn to play nice.AnnaIf there's one thing I hate, it's those super perfect wealthy athletes who have everything handed to them on a silver platter. Nadia – or Little Miss Sunshine as I like to call her – comes from gymnastics royalty, but I'm not impressed by the blonde princess. I've worked hard to make it to the International Games despite my blue collar upbrin...

HE BOUGHT MY SAFETY WITH A RING AND A VOW.I arrived in Crippler Creek with a shadow at my heels and a debt I could never pay. Ryder Haggard is coming for me. He is a ghost from my past who wants to drag me back into the dark. Then I met Beau Bryan. He is a mountain of a man with eyes like flint and a heart forged in the rugged soil of the Double B Ranch. He needs a wife to save his legacy. I need a fortress to stay alive.Our marriage is a cold contract signed in desperation...

Redefine peace as a modern skill for inner harmony, personal growth, and societal good.Are you reaching your fullest potential, or is the chaos of the world holding you back? In a time of constant noise, division, and uncertainty, many feel stretched thin—striving for more but unsure how to find true fulfillment. Too often, peace is dismissed as a relic of the '60s, a tie-dyed slogan, or an unattainable ideal. But what if peace wasn't passive? What if it was a meas...

Is thirty years too long to wait for a second chance?High school best friends Sara and Sofia had always been inseparable, but neither of them knew that they were hiding a secret attraction. The girls lost touch after graduation, but thirty years later, they run into each other in a coffee shop, and it's love at first sight. Or second sight, anyway.They're both too old to fall this fast, but they don't want to waste any more time. After years of being single...

Eva Shaw has lived in secrecy for the last 17 years, never letting anybody get near enough to fully know who she is.One day, she stands up for her one and only buddy Peter against the football team's and its captain Nick Lewis's constant insults. She has no idea that they are related, yet for some reason he shows interest in her.Can he defend her from his world?Will he win her heart, or will Eva stomp him off even further?