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Goldie knows exactly what she wants for Valentine's Day: a man with a beard, a spark, and enough confidence to make her forget the mess her love life has become. A few swipes on Sinder gives her three bearded possibilities. One might be too bold. One might be too impatient. And one keeps tempting her through her phone while her Guber driver, Chuckles, becomes harder and harder to ignore.

Rapunzel Ramone does not need rescuing from a tower. She needs a stage, a bass, and a man who can keep up. A freelance musician with purple-blonde dreads, tattoos, and no patience for boys who only know how to stare, Rapunzel takes a last-minute gig at Red's Tavern with a cover band that forgot to book a bassist.

Peter von Schmidt planned to keep a low profile, eat a burger, and figure out his next move after getting laid off. Then Red offers him a deal. With bikers rolling into town for karaoke night and bike-week chaos, Red’s Tavern needs a bouncer more than it needs another broken pool stick or unpaid tab. Peter has the size, the glare, and the muscle to keep trouble in line. The payment?

Kendall Warden came to Pearl’s party for martinis, gossip, and maybe a little trouble. Then Jack Spriggins walks in. Tall, dark, handsome, and freshly unemployed, Jack should be an automatic bad idea. Kendall knows better than to get tangled up with a man who may not have his life together, no matter how tempting he looks across the kitchen. But Jack has charm, timing, and a talent for appearing exactly when she needs saving from an unwanted flirt. One fake-boyfriend rescue later, Kendall’s curiosity is climbing fast.

Pinocchio Geppetto has spent his adult life trying to make everyone call him Noc. Unfortunately, holiday office traditions are cruel little monsters. When the Secret Santa list reveals his full legal name to the entire office, Noc is ready to confront Human Resources and demand a little dignity. Instead, Gina from HR locks the door, closes the blinds, and offers to make it up to him in a way no employee handbook could possibly cover. Then the holiday magic gets even stranger.

Taylor Rolley did not expect his old troll mask to become his ticket into the wildest fairy tale of his life. Curious, nervous, and more than a little out of his depth, Taylor follows his friend Lou to an invite-only erotic masquerade where secrecy is the rule, masks are mandatory, and fairy tales are the theme. His role? The Troll. The problem? No one warned him the party would be full of temptation, naked strangers, and one mysterious Goat who feels far too familiar. Then Taylor realizes the woman behind the mask may be Celeste —the crush he never got over.

Pearl Hollandale’s birthday party is supposed to be winding down. The drinks were perfect. The guests had fun. Her luxury apartment survived the celebration. And Michael, her always-polished friend and event-saving bartender, has been making it increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that he might want more than friendship. Then there is Professor Gaston. Sharp-eyed, charming, and far too good at turning a simple cherry-stem trick into a dare, he makes Pearl wonder exactly how many hidden talents one man can have.

When Emily wakes in a hospital after a devastating car accident, she remembers nothing about her life before the crash. Not her home. Not her past. Not even the man sitting beside her bed claiming to be her husband. Daniel is patient, comforting, and devoted. He tells her the memory loss is temporary. That healing will take time. That everything is going to be okay. But something feels wrong. The house they return to is filled with unfamiliar photographs, locked doors, and whispers that seem to move through the walls at night.

Justin Peters thought coming home would mean closure. Instead, it marks the beginning. After a suspicious fire destroys his parents' house, Justin returns to Brainerd, Minnesota — and to the frozen shoreline of Rice Lake, where the past once felt safe. But grief quickly turns to dread when violence follows him home. A slaughtered dog placed with precision. A woman vanishing the same night as the fire. A financial trail leading back to a secret affair buried in 1997.

Poor Kelsey Williams! This 18-year-old high school senior is so excited about flying to London tomorrow for her class trip! Unfortunately, she innocently forgot to get a physical exam before she'll be allowed to leave. Not to worry… dirty-minded Headmaster Johnathan Spottisswoode has teamed up with the dirty-minded biology teacher to conduct a last-minute exam right here in school…under Johnathan's careful oversight, of course! The poor girl…it's bad enough to have to submit to any comprehensive medical exam.

Highschool Bible Studies teacher, Aubrey Jameson, loves her job more than anything. Unfortunately, her choice of attire is not in keeping with the high moral standards one would expect at a school as pious and dignified as Evergreen Academy. And the dirty-minded school headmaster, Johnathan Spottisswoode won't stand for it!

In The Witches' Defense, Jackie Cummings unravels the extraordinary tale of her life turned upside down in a chilling real-life saga of accusation, fear, and injustice. This memoir offers a front-row seat to the satanic panic that gripped Bakersfield, California, in the 1980s—a time when the mere whisper of child molestation could ruin lives, and when being a good mother was no defense against the hysteria of a community determined to root out evil.

Ray Cummings’ The Man Who Saved New York is a vintage science fiction adventure blending wartime suspense, strange psychic power, and pulp-era spectacle. When Porky discovers his consciousness can possess other beings, his unusual gift becomes New York’s last defense against a Nazi attack...

I've never done the "relationship" stuff in my fifty-plus years, nor have I wanted to. I keep it simple—sex, bikes, booze, and brotherhood. Throw in a pocketful of suckers and consider me satisfied. Now she's here with a secret that rocks the very foundation of my life and an ass that just won't quit. People will die... The balance must be restored... and I don't know if I can give her more.

When a large deposit of an immensely valuable mineral has been located on Earth's moon, an expedition has been sent to mine it in secret. But when the secret gets out, underhanded elements of the people of Mars, Venus, and Earth launch their own secret plot to hijack the claim and make a fortune. It is up to our hero, Gregg Haljan, and his trusted ally Snap Dean to safeguard Earth's acquisition of the Moon treasure and protect the brave men of the expedition from... the BRIGANDS OF THE MOON!

Written in 1901, this anthology contains stories such as The Story of the Beginning, Odin’s Reward, The Hammer of Thor, and The Punishment of Loki. As the gods of Asgard continue to permeate pop culture, this book will send you back to the origin of these myths.

The year is 2061. The Red Dragon Crime Syndicate is king, and for all those lucky enough to be members of this crime family, life is damn good. Well, not for everyone.... For two entry-level gangsters in Tharsis City, Mars, life in the Syndicate isn’t quite all guns and glamour. That’s right. Long before they were mortal enemies, Spike Spiegel and Vicious were just two friends clawing their way up the crime ladder and trying to have a little fun while doing it. But when an opportunity to pull a job for their boss arises, it’s make-or-break time. 

Money Shot finds Cummings riffing on a wide range of topics - chiefly, the differences between men and women and how both tend to behave in relationships.

It was supposed to be a night to get drunk, a night to get stoned, a night to get laid. But at an after-hours party in a house on the rich side of town, an old acquaintance has walked out of the darkness, dragging the past with him. The meeting is no chance affair, and it can only mean that someone is gunning for Nicki Valentine, someone who's used to getting what he wants and who has the means to take it, whatever the cost.

An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic thriller by Lindsay Cummings, co-author (with Sasha Alsberg) of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Zenith. This is the dark and compelling sequel to The Murder Complex, which Booklist praised as “carefully crafted . . . chilling,” and which Justine...