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Max Slater is a man on a mission. A life of salvaging tech and fighting horrors in deep space has given him nerves of steel, but now he finds himself coming up against the toughest job of his life. On a frozen, not-quite-dead planet, a desperate salvage operation has gone wrong. Max has been hired to investigate. What's left of civilization badly needs that salvage. But when his own rescue operation goes just as wrong, he finds himself fighting for his life.

Nico has always believed in his dreams. Especially the dream he has of becoming a writer; it's the reason why he started taking a creative writing class his senior year of high school. But then Nico has a dream about his own funeral. A dream that feels too real to ignore. In it, Rosario is beckoning to him. Rosario was Nico's neighbor, his best friend's girlfriend, and his inspiration. She was also the girl that Nico was in love with. And Rosario died last year. Nico becomes obsessed with figuring out what Rosario was trying to say to him, and how she died.

When Mace wakes up from a brutal wreck, he's met with broken glass, twisted metal, and savage monsters. Remembering nothing except his name, he suddenly finds himself in a tense struggle for survival. But he's not alone. Surprises hide in the wastelands, like fox girls with big, fluffy tails and attuned ears. Her name is Faye Nightshade. She's resourceful, intelligent, fast, gorgeous...and she has a curious eye for Mace Frost. Soon, night begins to fall across the dusty red deserts, and things lurk in the shadows. With Faye's help, maybe they can survive together.

The peak of the hot season, 1942: The wars in Europe and Asia and the Japanese occupation have upset the uneasy balance of French Indochina. In the Vietnamese fishing village of Phan Thiet, Tuyet ekes out a living at a small storefront with her aunt Coi, her cousin Ha, and her two-year-old daughter, Anh. She can hardly remember her luxurious life in the city of Saigon, which she left just two years ago.

Felippo Lazzarin é o famoso bon vivant da máfia americana. Isso não significa que ele seja burro, ou desleixado—apesar de perder o controle facilmente quando o assunto são drogas. Consigliere da Dark Hand, advogado nas horas vagas, filhinho de papai e dono de uma beleza estonteante, o homem cresceu certo de que seus planos, de um jeito ou de outro, seriam concretizados. Ele só não esperava que o mundo girasse e ele fosse colocado de frente com um dos seus piores erros.

Elizabeth Fabbri está no limite. Cercada pelo inimigo com o qual divide a cama, seu relacionamento com Louis chegou ao ponto crítico, e ela não vai mais ceder. Louis Luppolo não aceita traições, nem falhas, mesmo que estas venham dele. Precisando culpar alguém pela fuga de Giovanna e Zola, o Don da Dark Hand está disposto a ser o mais cruel possível, até que, por obra do destino, essa é sua única opção. Ainda há um traidor à solta. Uma guerra está prestes a acontecer.

Giovanna Luppolo tinha certeza de que sua vida seria perfeita, incluindo o plano ao qual se dedicava desde que entendeu o papel das mulheres dentro da Família. Entretanto, com a chance do casamento dos seus sonhos na porta, tudo desmorona e ela se vê presa em um noivado com o desconhecido de olhos azuis que parece ser capaz de congelar sua alma só de olhar para ela. Zola Agliardi é o soldadinho de ouro da Dark Hand. Criado com as crianças Luppolo, cresceu no ambiente de crimes e luxo sabendo que seu lugar não era aquele.

Scarlet Wright não tem mais dúvidas sobre o quão solitário alguém pode ser, nem quanto de ódio pode carregar em cada célula. Seu corpo vibra, se alimenta e vive cada segundo dos seus dias na base do mais puro ódio e da mágoa mais profunda. Ela odeia Conrad Prince, e se odeia ainda mais por não conseguir expulsá-lo de seu sistema, mesmo depois de tanto tempo. Na adolescência, ele foi sua maior cobiça, agora, quase adulta, ela acredita fielmente que ele foi o maior e mais maldito erro do percurso.

Elowyn “Winnie” Stokes nunca imaginou que ajudar sua mãe em uma faxina, em um dos dias mais quentes do verão escocês, mudaria sua vida daquele jeito. Se ela soubesse, teria recusado o convite de Caleb, o filho rico dos patrões, e nunca na vida se envolveria com ninguém da elite daquela cidade. Mason Eastwood é alucinado por futebol americano. Seu maior sonho é morar nos Estados Unidos e jogar em um time da NFL ao lado do seu melhor amigo, até que isso se tornou impossível, e um completo pesadelo. Quando Caleb morreu, a vida de ambos virou de ponta-cabeça.

Eu mudei de nome, de vida e, depois de tanto tempo, achei que seria seguro voltar para Detroit. Agora, o demônio na minha cabeça canta canções de amor para o garoto que é proibido para mim, para o garoto ao qual eu destruí a família, e fica de joelhos para o homem implacável e cruel que me vigia do outro lado da rua.

Quando a morte sopra um recado, é bom parar para ouvir. Benjamin Falkenberg era um dos poucos que prestavam atenção e, por isso, a morte o escolheu como favorito. Sempre que ela vinha atrás de sua alma, ele a deixava com os braços cheios demais para carregá-lo, adiando sua estadia neste mundo por mais um dia, fazendo com que sua boa amiga bebesse o sangue dos seus inimigos e não o seu.

Royce was the average deep space salvager, sound asleep in The Drifter. Until he was rudely awakened. Now, as he searches for survivors, Royce must discover what happened to the ship and dodge hungry zombies. Along the way, he meets three gorgeous women, but they're trapped in several of the remaining escape pods and damaged corridors. It's up to Royce to save them all, discover the truth, and survive the ravenous undead... all while tending to their mounting desires.

China, 1934: A naive orphan and shy gunsmith, Ping, has fallen in love with Yong, who is a sophisticated veteran, skilled sharpshooter, and true believer in Mao and the Marxist ideology. Winning Yong’s affections will take an ideological battle—something Ping does not at first understand. As the Red Army begins its yearlong tactical retreat, the Long March, Yong turns to Ping for comfort and companionship. Yong becomes pregnant, and soon their son is born. The Army can’t retreat with a crying infant, so they leave the child with a village woman and promise to return once the war is won.

After securing parts for The Drifter, Royce discovers two survivors aboard a nearby ship. Once he's geared up, he boards the derelict vessel and meets two beautiful women. One of them is Jena, Claire's hot friend. The other is Nadia, a tough, attractive woman. Together, they must escape the horror that is hidden inside darkness and deep space. All while developing intense feelings for each other.

It's official: Royce has established his new relationships with Jena, Nadia, and Claire. As their love and passion continues to grow, so does their strength and resilience. Together, they continue to roam the cosmos, searching for parts and supplies. But in the outer reaches of intergalactic space, they are still not alone...And they still aren't safe.

After scouring several spacecraft, saving Jena, Nadia, and Claire from certain death and starvation, Royce continues his scavenging mission into the depths of space. There are derelict ghost ships, endless chasms of dark corridors, and the threat of hungry zombies. Fortunately for Royce, he has assistance. Not long after exploring another vessel, Nadia confesses her desire to join Royce's relationship with Claire...and Jena is beginning to consider becoming part of the group, too.

After saving Claire, it becomes Royce's mission to restore power and other functions to his ship. During this time, he contends with various infected and hungry shamblers trying to take a bite out of him... and that Claire might have a surprise in store for him. All while prepping to meet Jena, Claire's attractive best friend.

Being an intern at a wizarding firm sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yelled at by senior mages—and angry clients who've been turned into platypuses. So when Journeyman Wen receives a frantic call from a young man who's awoken to a talisman on his bedroom wall and no memory of how it got there, they jump at the chance to escape call center duty and actually help someone for once. But the case ends up being more complicated than Wen could ever have anticipated. Their client has been possessed by a demon prince from Hell, and he's not interested in leaving . . .

Royce was the average man aboard an average vessel, sleeping soundly in the Drifter. Until he was rudely awakened. Now, as he searches for survivors, it's up to Royce to uncover what exactly happened to the ship. Along the way, he meets a woman named Claire, but she's trapped in one of the few remaining escape pods.

James was no one special until he became an overnight millionaire. With his financial worries gone, he sets his eyes on a local waitress named Beth in hopes to explore a possible relationship. Then the world changed forever. After James narrowly escapes death, he takes refuge in his mountainside mansion with Beth and her attractive friend Claire. With fallout destroying the weather system and people going insane from an unknown neurotoxin, the world is more dangerous than it ever has been.