The story begins with a prophecy of a young woman's dark destiny...As foretold, she must follow her heart.Even if this leads to the depths of despair.Finally, in a reversal of dominance, women write the rules and design a future society in their favour.Fembourne is a world in which there are no unwanted pregnancies.Safety and choice are cultural priorities.Fatherhood is a serious contractual obligation. To become a father, a man must meet cer...

Steampunk girl, Paisley Wildmoor has felt like a stray all her life. Passed from one foster home to another, and even living on the streets for a while, she's never fitted in or belonged.Until making friends in the village of Lower Teasel where Bernie, her BFF, has helped establish a cool, local Steampunk club. Paisley may have found her place.One stormy night rushing to a club meeting, Paisley's car skids out of control avoiding a dog on the road. Gorgeous young biker, Lan...

The ravens are circling ... twenty-five of them. The number of the ancestors. They bring a warning.For Corwin, life is full of wonder. Homeschooling with Grand, he learns the ancient magic hidden within nature - that science, history, art and the natural world are all connected. Through the mysterious wyrd, he shares a powerful bond with a majestic stag who roams Braeburn Wild Woods.But Corwin's father believes only in technology, machines and Artificial Intelligence. As tw...

The encyclopedia will be interdisciplinary, bringing together scholars from, and of interest to, a wide range of disciplines across arts, humanities and the sciences. It brings together expert knowledge including from sociology, history, queer studies, anthropology, media studies, art history, development studies, sports studies, education, public health, film and television, law, medical science, reproductive health, organization and management studies. The encyclopedia covers wide rangin...

Some lies burn forever. Some secrets turn to ash. Some loves refuse to die.Twenty-one years ago, I chose death over betraying the man I loved. But I didn't die. I vanished—reborn as the Syndicate's most feared enforcer.Wearing a mask, I climbed through dragon society's ranks, all to protect the ones they want erased. Including my daughter—half-dragon, half-witch, and completely forbidden. Now, new purification protocols threaten to expose everything. If the...

The thing about being a PI? You learn to spot trouble a mile away. And Caleb Craven . . . he's trouble in a five-thousand-dollar suit.People say I've got a gift for finding what doesn't want to be found—secrets, lies, the things better left buried. Years in this business taught me one truth: everyone has an angle. And it's usually about the cash. I figured Craven Industries would be just another corporate gig. Then he walked into my life.The kind ...

MAKING LOVE TO #1It can't be wrong when it's not hurting anybody-and it feels so good. Now in delicious detail, happy addicts to the solitary vice reveal how, sexually speaking, they take matters into their own hands, whether as a steamy solo performance or a torrid team effort. Share the guilty pleasure with gals and guys, spies and showoffs, fetishists and toy lovers, mile-highers and auto-eroticists. See why in close encounters of the first kind, nobody does it ...

In this edition of Letters to Penthouse, men and women confess every exquisite detail of their torrid affairs, sensual adventures, and wild one-night stands. No adventure is too daring-no kink too dirty. Married couples, perfect strangers, frisky friends, and randy roommates mix and match their desires-and share every sizzling detail of their erotic exploits.

Women love kinky sex-and they love to talk about it. They've long enjoyed the erotic confessions of ladies who crave the sweet surrender of submission, the heady thrill of domination, and the sublime pleasure of sexual fetishes.This edition of Letters to Penthouse presents these women's wildest adventures in their own words-and their torrid tales are anything but vanilla. From sex slaves with a penchant for pain to dommes wielding wicked whips, these ladies lay bare their ...

IN THIS CLASS, YOU CAN COME OUT ON TOPTo eager students of human sexuality in all its wild and amazing forms: Welcome to Penthouse University, the premier center of higher learning in carnal knowledge. It's a place to explore-from making love in the library to steamy oral exams behind closed classroom doors. A place to experiment-with bi-curious coeds in the dorm and nubile sorority sisters at sex toy parties. A place to graduate-to shower room liaisons wi...

Sometimes, doing the right thing backfires… spectacularlyBella Amaud is about to lose everything. Her shop, her home, and her fragile financial security.Then she finds out the man she is falling for, Owen, is the businessman at the center of all her problems.Owen has secretly long to belong—somewhere—anywhere—his whole life. When he decides to do the right thing for his long-lost brother, he ruins any chance of putting down roots and the family he l...

New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper takes us to the outer reaches of fear in Blood Ties, as the Special Crimes Unit is targeted by a monster intent on destroying both Noah Bishop and his people.A series of grisly murders has left a trail of blood across three states, bringing the Special Crimes Unit to a small Tennessee town. There, two more brutal killings lure Noah Bishop and the SCU into what may be the ultimate trap, and lead Special Agent Hollis Templeton int...