In 1900, Violette Beaumont leaves London with her sisters to settle in an old family residence on the edge of New Forest.She expected to find memories, dust-filled rooms, and the last echoes of a grandmother long gone.But among the woods, forgotten letters, and an ancient stone bridge connecting two enemy estates, Violette gradually uncovers a story that time never truly buried.Arden De Gé, heir to a family as noble as it is unsettling, should have stayed away from h...

WHAT IS H.O.T.?7 authors have gathered to bring you erotic short stories exploring the place that sex takes in totalitarian societies. Whether it's digital surveillance, classism, queerphobia, how do we resist with our bodies?Stories included5K, by Merlina GaranceSexcrime: Doublemarkgreen, by Joachim HeijndermansObscenity, by Selina ShawNo Cam, by Jana SolInto The Ocean, by Ni...

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a q...

Nochebuena. One Party. Nine Happily Ever Afters.It’s Christmas Eve in New York City, when anything is possible. For these couples, it’s the season to find true love. From second chances, big leaps, missed connections, and reconnections, this charming collection celebrates the spirit of the holidays and delivers nine perfect HEAs.From seven acclaimed and bestselling Latina authors**—Zoey Castile, Alexis Daria, Adriana Herrera, Diana Muñoz Stewart, P...

Amara Maria Robles is a good girl. So good that she gave up her dreams of becoming a renowned pastry chef to help her parents with their struggling Mexican bakery. Yet her parents reject any changes she suggests, and refuse to sell her mouth-watering confections. Clearly being a good girl isn't paying off. So when her brother's sexy ex-best friend walks into the bakery, Amara's tempted to be very bad indeed...After a scandal twelve years ago, resident bad boy Eric Valencia...

Darcy Aran's life was a literal dead end until they became an arachnomorph and met the Patrons, spider-like dieties with mysterious power. Now, they have the extraordinary opportunity to become a warlock-- an employee of a Patron. Three choices means three different timelines, so pick one, two, or all three. Read them with your friends!With all the regulations the revival warlocks are held to, Darcy questions if they fit in here. When their friend Oliver becomes entangled with magi...

Darcy Aran's life was a literal dead end until they became an arachnomorph and met the Patrons, spider-like dieties with mysterious power. Now, they have the extraordinary opportunity to become a warlock-- an employee of a Patron. Three choices means three different timelines, so pick one, two, or all three. Read them with your friends!Life warlocks often double as superhero thanks to overlapping responsibilities. This proves deadly when Darcy discovers that life warlocks are in da...

Peace reigns in Midgard and with no wars to fight, Yngvi, soldier and fancy-free charmer, craves danger, excitement and adventure. He finds all that and more in a mysterious stranger whose arrival in Midgard coincides with an unexpected attack on Asgard's pantheon by the fiendish armies of Loki, renegade god of the Underworld.Shara has pursued a killer to Midgard and can't afford to be distracted by the charismatic Yngvi, not when the fugitive has eluded him twice already. But Yngv...

Jason Shaw is a member of the Colonial Militia, dedicated to protecting Earth and its colonies from pirates and hostile aliens.Jason spends as much time hutning down his next sexual conquest as he does training for combat.After a successful anti-piracy operation, he and his fellow squaddies are assigned to a research station on one of Saturn's moons. Travelling to Titan, they rapidly become entangled with corporate corruption from the bureaucrats in charge.When natu...

Two men are asked a rather uncomfortable question, one that completely changes their relationship forever: "What's it like to be in an ersatz homosexual relationship?"That was easy. They're not in an ersatz homosexual relationship. They're both completely straight and there's no way they could possibly be in love with each other.

Sol White was a star player and manager in the early years of organized black baseball. In 1907 he teamed with sports writer and team owner Walter Schlichter to publish the first and only history of the stars, teams, and great feats of the era. The writing is all White's; Schlicter provided the backing. This unique window into the important chapter in baseball history includes descriptions of the skills and feats of the top players, accounts and box scores of championship matches, and 57 i...

He came to Oakhaven to fix a broken car. He never expected it to break open his heart.Randall Mercer has built his life on control. As a successful corporate executive from Toronto, his days are ruled by schedules, meetings, deadlines, and carefully calculated decisions. But when his Porsche breaks down in the tiny town of Oakhaven, his perfectly ordered world grinds to an unexpected halt.Stranded for the weekend, Randall finds himself reluctantly depending...