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Brenna McKay got the offer of her career. She was just an intern, but she’d been called upon to assist the heads of the archaeogemology department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in identifying a rare black diamond. She learned soon enough that the 666 carat diamond was one of the top 10 cursed gemstones in human history called The Black Orlov, but that wasn’t the true mystery.

David Ryan is the designer of ELOPe, an email language optimization program, that if successful, will make his career. But when the project is suddenly in danger of being canceled, David embeds a hidden directive in the software accidentally creating a runaway artificial intelligence. David and his team are initially thrilled when the project is allocated extra servers and programmers.

By using true tales of thieves, swindlers, and fraudsters at work, Financial Serial Killers illustrates how these perpetrators get their hooks into investors' wallets, savings accounts, and portfolios - and never let go. The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression revealed that thousands of mom-and-pop investors had lost millions to so-called Mini-Madoffs. They are the thieves and con men who had used phony financial acumen to steal investors' money, wipe out savings, and damage lives. Financial Serial Killers reveals the cons, from the grand to picayune, that advisers cultivate with their victims - relationships that are essential to the fraud.

A sizzling friends-to-lovers novella about a marriage of convenience - and a jaw-dropping misunderstanding - between a notorious bad boy and the one woman he’s always wanted, but can’t have.

Kameron Hurley, award-winning author and expert in the future of war and resistance movements, has created eighteen exhilarating tales giving glimpses into the warfare of tomorrow. A bleak future, yet there is hope for us. With Hurley's characteristic grim optimism, her characters fight for what they believe is right. They exhibit degrees of humanity only possible in the worst of circumstances. It is these characters, driven by a murky sense of honor and written with sincere, deep empathy, that make Future Artifacts: Stories a powerful collection you won't soon forget.

Berlin, 1963. Julia is a hard-working student who dreams of freedom. Drogo is an elusive rebel; a bad boy with a big heart. They were by no means destined to be together, however… Behind the iron curtain, in a climate of oppression and distrust, when Julia meets Drogo she has no idea that it will change their lives forever. That they will get to know each other, challenge each other and love each other passionately, in a city where so much is prohibited. How do you create a shared future when you have grown up on the wrong side of the wall?

Adopted as a child by a noble family, Lizabeth is in search of her origins. Endowed with a fiery temper, she fights against the injustices and injunctions of her time. Also, when her best friend, Millie, a servant, is humiliated by Stelian Rakoczy, an arrogant and full of himself aristocrat, Liz provokes a scandal in retaliation. This scandal will lead her to the gentle Peter Rakoczy, whom everything opposes to his older brother. The young man then decides to help Lizabeth in her research, but their discovery will quickly overtake them...

While working late one night, June Brown meets someone in the elevator… Who awakens all her senses. Shortly after, she is transferred to become the Personal Assistant to the CEO, the great Mr. Ryan Carter himself. Projected into a life of glamour, galas and crazy limousine rides, this new life is a roller-coaster ride for the young woman. All the more so because her new, fascinating boss seems to get a kick out of fanning the intense flames between them. Facing a whirlwind of emotions, she deduces that he may be facing threats.

Alex Verbeck is out to ruin my life. He’s the big guy on campus. And what’s worse? We’re married. I think. Actually, I’m not entirely sure.

Another of the 13 cursed stones has been revealed. The threat to humanity and Hell is greater this time, and all that stands to stop it is Brenna’s plan. From France to Russia then to London, Brenna and March follow one lead after another to literally piece together the means to kill one of the more notorious Fallen or send him back to Hell. It will be up to Brenna to come up with the plan, however, since March could easily be compromised by the very gemstone they intend to save.