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Just when Kira thinks she is getting a handle on what it means to be a sorcerer, the Emperor calls and drops a bundle of trouble in her lap. And he’s not the only one. For a woman intent on protecting her privacy, a whole lot of people seem to know how to contact Kira to draw her into their problems. But when one of those problems involves saving children’s lives, how can Kira refuse to help?

Seventeen-year-old Ellie Hudson immerses herself in the few things the Supply Wars haven't destroyed - her ranch work and secret baseball games with her best friend. But her power-hungry stepmother is leading a group of domestic terrorists in an effort to start another Civil War and frame Ellie as the instigator.

All Kisaki really wants is to belong somewhere, but there are few places half demons can safely call home. Raised in isolation within the celestial palace, she longs to escape and explore the strange planet below - Earth. So when an opportunity presents itself, she takes it, inadvertently stealing her mother's greatest treasure in the process - the Blade of Heaven. Exploring a whole new world is terrifying enough, but hot on her heels is her so-called guardian, the tiger-spirit Shitoro.

Gormon Hughes has elevated himself. Twenty-odd years ago, he was a desperate young man, broken-hearted and in danger of being literally eaten alive by debt collectors. Ten years ago, he helped untangle the mystery of the Spring-Heeled Jane murders. Now he is the President-Elect of his home country. He has a daughter. He has a multi-world-spanning conflict on his hands.

Brilliant scientist Melinda Caster has discovered a new strain of the Zika virus that stimulates synaptic growth in embryos, causing neuron development beyond normal human levels. Way beyond, like ESP-levels of cognitive abilities. When the lab is broken into, Melinda realizes that someone has been keeping tabs on her research and wants it for themselves. A happy accident destroys critical data before it can fall into the wrong hands, but unfortunately that makes Melinda and her perfect memory a target.

On a mission to find the vampire responsible for killing his parents, Henrik's out for blood. His dragon loves the rush of a fast car, a down-and-dirty fight, and the adrenaline that comes from not knowing whether they'll live another day, and this threat facing Chicago is just what they both crave. What looks like a trafficking ring on the surface goes so much deeper, and Henrik's bound and determined to find out what. But while fighting the war, a wounded kitten crosses his path… and leads him right to a curvy, spunky human woman that his dragon scents out right away.

Pix and Jaz are two girls who just want to hunt monsters, craft armor, and pay off their college loans - but when a colossal new monster falls through the portals in the Dazzling Skies, it’ll take all their skills to survive it. Their skill levels? Slightly above noob. Fortunately, they have their oversized swords, a lot of sass…and one giant monster friend who might help them out.

When I was born I was so small I was mistaken for a French fry. I was never an ordinary creature. My best friend was a seagull. I was strictly illegal. Artificially Intelligent Persons like me, commonly known as "apes", had been banned ever since that thing with the Twelve Elevens. Mother raised me for the black market. Buyers and sellers all had their plans, but then I grew a mind of my own. This is my story, the story of how my brain ended up inside this box.

Losing a trusty weapon is like losing a close friend, and Pix’s beloved capacitor blade is on its last legs. Fortunately, she has a plan to craft a new and even better weapon. Unfortunately, her plan involves hunting down a vicious migrating monster that has more teeth than some hunters have brain cells. Even worse, this new creature has riled up the apex monster of Skull Harbor, and both of them are spoiling for a fight.

An epic convention. An epic cosplay. An epic engagement. It was the best night of Kaito’s life - until the ground opened up beneath him. Well, technically, a portal did. Either way, it sucked. Now, trapped in another world with rampaging monsters, he’ll have to learn to survive. Fortunately, this world is conveniently similar to his favorite video game. And he’s got monster hunting experts (?) Pix and Jaz to show him the ropes. With their help, he might last long enough to find a way home. But if not, at least he’ll have fun hunting monsters before he dies!

In love with her gay best friend since forever, Cassandra Spencer has accepted that not everyone can have the fairy tale. Not everyone can have marriage and children and the same last name. But she has Shane, and she loves him and he loves her...until he falls in love with someone else. Someone nothing like Cassandra; someone she can never accept.

Savannah knows the ravenous bloodlust of the Vultures firsthand, and she’s doing everything she can to avoid being dragged back into the volatile melee her parents are creating. But can she stop them without succumbing to bloodlust herself? Kestrel becomes fiercely protective of her wards and the man who holds her heart, while the whole of Rock Ridge wants to use him as retribution. How can she protect her family from both friends and foes?

With the signing of the Knotwood Treaty, Rock Ridge begins to etch out a new normal. Between baseball games with Johnny and working on the ranch, Ellie is rebuilding her country at Captain Wyatt’s side. Meanwhile, Kestrel has found a home at Hudson Ranch as she works as a medical assistant alongside her mother for the Wyatts. But the motives of traitors shatter the fragile treaty harboring Ellie’s hope of finding peace or blessings of liberty in the aftermath of the devastation.

Dr. Eve Zachara, a smart, sexy, tech executive and expert in martial arts, is on a mission to save the world from total annihilation. In the future, the fight between Apple and Google has grown into a deadly world war. Corporate fighter jets roar over the deserts of Central Asia, machine guns blast in the jungles of Africa, and high above the planet, vast battles are waged by opposing space fleets. Google has vowed to nuke the Earth from their space based nuclear platform, right after Steve Job's new Keynote speech.

Twenty-five year-old Azriel doesn't know much of the world beyond Shiva Puri, the village where she and 200 other farmers live in the foothills of California. Dreams of becoming a professional dancer have been dashed by injury, and it seems her marriage to Daniel, the village manager, is the crowning achievement of her young life. Azriel's rural existence is pleasant, if not exhilarating, and so the world goes on. Until it doesn't.

After serving three years in jail for a brother, Kings of Chaos enforcer Shadow is done denying himself. The silent man, known for making problems disappear, spent years holding on to a secret that kept him from the one thing he wants most: Blue. Beneath the hardened exterior of this warrior rests a heart that beats for one woman. Laying all his cards on the table, he risks upsetting the balance among the Strongs and the club to complete the family he always wanted.

The universe is a hamburger. That’s what sixteen-year-old Nicole Taylor learns when a mysterious time-bending stranger saves her from a rampaging cyborg centipede. See, the top bun? That’s our dimension. The bottom bun? That’s the monster’s dimension. And the patty? That’s a dimension where the two worlds meet—and the Reavers can attack. The Reavers are horrific cybernetic killing machines, and their plans for the top bun? Well, they’re as terrifying as you’d expect. But Nicole isn’t helpless. She has a rare gift. She can bend time around her and even stop it completely.

Max and her partner, Nash, have built a thriving kingdom in the Valley where Max first defeated the Prophet nine years ago. She knows peace in the Skia Hellig Peninsula is never permanent, but she's determined to secure a prosperous future for her people and her family, including her four-month-old son, Finn, and Nash's thirteen-year-old daughter, Elsie. It's been eight years since a mysterious stranger promised Max's death if she defied the natural order of the gods, and she's no closer to knowing how to defeat him or the overlords he serves.

Behind the Mirror is what happens when emotional healing meets high-functioning burnout, generational baggage, and a fourth marriage teetering on the edge. Julie Sloan spent her life performing: a polished professional, a chronic overfunctioner, and a master of pretending things were fine. Wife of the year? Not exactly. More like emotionally unavailable in heels. After a near-breakdown in her fourth marriage, she finally hits a truth she can’t ignore: She’s spent her whole life chasing love, approval, and worthiness—because deep down, she never believed she was enough.

Amid a crumbling marriage and PTA power struggles, Daniele Ténèbres is about to unearth more than just family secrets. She feels like a husk as she goes through the motions of her day-to-day, so busy it borders on chaos. Then, a mysterious new neighbor arrives, his presence both alluring and unsettling. Whispers of dark truths and hidden pasts swirl around her suburban life, pulling Danny into a world she never knew existed. Everyone around her is hiding something—but some secrets are more dangerous than others.