Home from a six-month assignment to war-torn East Asia, genetically engineered supersoldier Noah "Comet" Wu just wants to kick back, share a beer, and talk shit with his best friend, JT. But JT's home has been shot up like a war zone, and his friend has gone missing.Comet's only lead is a smart-mouthed criminal he finds amid the mess. His name's Buzz Howdy. He's a con man and a hacker and deserves to be in jail. Or in handcuffs, at least. The only thing the two have in common is JT. Unless you count the steamy glances they're sneaking at one another. They have those in common too. But that just makes Comet all the more wary.Despite their mutual distrust, they'll have to work together to rescue JT before a cyborg assassin gets to him first. Racing down a miserable stretch of road called Apocalypse Alley, they must dodge radioactive spiders, a lonely cannibal, and a killer Buick. They also try to dodge each other. That last bit doesn't work out so well.

Street magician Missy Masters inherited more than the usual genetic cocktail from her estranged grandfather. She also got his preternatural control of shadow and his legacy as the vigilante hero, Mr Mystic. Problem is, being a pulp hero takes more than a good fedora and a knack for witty banter, and Missy lacks the one thing Mr Mystic had: experience. Determined to live up to her birthright, Missy journeys to China to seek the aid of Lung Huang, the ancient master who once guided her grandfather. Lung Huang isn't quite as ancient as Missy expected, and a romantic interlude embroils her in the politics of Lung Huang and his siblings, the nine dragon-guardians of creation. When Lung Di-Lung Huang's brother and mortal enemy-raises a magical barrier that cuts off China from the rest of the world, it falls to the new Mr. Mystic to prove herself by taking down the barrier. As Missy prepares to confront Lung Di, she faces a tough decision: remain loyal to Lung Huang and see...

A woman he can't resist...A man that terrifies her...Aria Morgan spent four long, painful months building herself up after having her heart broken. The last thing she wants is to meet a man that makes her weak in the knees. A man that calls her Beautiful as if that's her name. A man that entices her to desire more than she ever has before.Ballet was the only thing she loved and the feeling she got when being on the stage was the only high she wanted. When she meets Gavin, all that seems to change. Suddenly, she is thinking of things long forgotten. She wants his touch more than the air she breathes, yet her fears hold her back, even if the idea of losing the feeling he brings could break her heart in two. Why do his kisses, with both the gentleness she needs and the passion she craves, terrify her so much? Will Aria finally let go of her past and trust again?"I'm going to give you the world. This is only the beginning, Beautiful."When an irreversible loss rocks her world and shatters it to pieces, will Gavin, a man so filled with love for the beautifully imperfect dancer be able to hold onto her when their shared pain becomes too much to bear?

Christopher Isherwood settled in California in 1939 and spent the war years writing for Hollywood, but by 1945 he had all but ceased to write fiction and even abandoned his habit of keeping a diary. Instead he embarked on a life of frantic socialising and drinking. Looking back from the 1970s, Isherwood recreated these years from personal memories to form a remarkably honest mixture of private and social history.

A retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history, recounted by an eighteenth-century lady who realizes that these women's lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own and is told by a mystic that her dreams are memories of past lives and that she must face the public to vindicate all women falsely accused of crimes.

Smuggling isn’t for everyone. The crew of the Rossi are some of the best smugglers around, able to move almost anything a client could imagine. Only this time, they’ve accepted a job from a mysterious, unknown client. Risky? Yes. Worth it? They hope so! In a universe fraught with danger and war, what could possibly go wrong? Just about everything. A crew member’s been kidnapped, and everyone they encounter seems to be their enemy. Will Captain Dodge and her crew survive their latest mission?

Not for the faint of heart, this erotic tale of forced bondage and servitude will grip you by the throat and not let go until the last thrilling page. Lisa, known as Slave Jade online, is a naïve but eager player at a BDSM chat site. There she falls hard for sensual, romantic Master John, never dreaming of his plans to ensnare her. Gilbert Johnson, a lonely and dangerous man, has plans for Slave Jade. It’s only a matter of time before he captures her for his own twisted, sadistic pleasures. Plucked brutally from her life, Lisa finds herself caught in a vortex of forced submission and terror. Shackled, whipped and sexually tortured, she nearly loses her identity, succumbing at last to a constant barrage of training techniques and deprivation. An explicit, disturbing and erotic exploration into the twisted mind of a sadist and the woman he claims to love.

Rain is on spring break with his friends and bored out of his mind—when he's not pining after his best friend Whitney, anyway. Then a storm knocks him overboard and he winds up trapped on an island with an ominous reputation…

A Gifted story. Jordan Langley thought he could deal with his empathic “gift”—until a traumatic event drove him into seclusion. As a hermit, he can avoid a world that tears his own emotions to shreds. But now a friend needs his help to reach an autistic boy who witnessed a murder. Detective Lauren Sadler specializes in blocking her emotions so she can do her job. She can’t deny Jordan’s ability to reach the troubled boy, but she hadn’t counted on how his touch affects her. In the midst of the investigation, Jordan and Lauren break their own rules, sharing a night of passion that shatters all their barriers. Jordan is intrigued by the vulnerability and self-doubt he senses underneath Lauren’s tough exterior. But Lauren isn’t sure if she’s ready to yield to the power of the most intimate exchange she has ever known. Even if it’s the only way to catch a killer. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex using graphic terms. Mind sex…you’ll have to read to find out what that is.

When the senator he works for disappears, Christian, along with the senator's bodyguard, must pull off the con of the century—before the attraction between them spins out of control.