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Anita Blake is a vampire hunter. But when someone else sets his sights on her prey, she must save them both from the inferno...

When a vampire serial killer sends Anita Blake a grisly souvenir from Las Vegas, she has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Police officers and one executioner have been slain-paranormal style...

In Las Vegas, Sin City, Dmitri Sevastyan finds her, Victoria Valentine - sexy, vulnerable, and in need of a protector. Obsession takes root deep inside him. Despite a history tainted with violation and betrayal, he will stop at nothing to possess her. Descended from a long line of con artists, 24-year-old Victoria, a.k.a. Vice, needs the score of a lifetime to keep her loved ones safe. She sets her sights on gorgeous and rich Dmitri Sevastyan.

Omegas are meant to follow the rules. To choose the right Pack. To keep the balance. I did the opposite. I don't want them. They don't want me. I'm only using them to get to the Alpha I can't live without. He might not be my scent match, but he's the only Alpha I trust. The only one who truly knows me. But something unexpected happens . . . the Pack decides to help me. At first, it's just survival. A way to get what we all want. Me long gone and their life back to the way it was. But somewhere along the way, emotions tangle, lines blur, and maybe, just maybe . . . I don't want to leave.

The Garden of Survival by Algernon Blackwood is a deeply introspective and emotionally resonant novel that explores the fragile boundaries between love, memory, remorse, and spiritual endurance. Written in the early twentieth century, this lesser-known work showcases Blackwood’s mastery of psychological depth and quiet metaphysical inquiry beyond his more overt supernatural tales.

I was raised to be a prize for the elite. Groomed to smile, to serve, to be everything an Alpha could want. Every step I take is measured. Every word, rehearsed. And Choosing Day is meant to be my reward. Instead, I'm dragged from the Omega House by a stranger. Terrified. Powerless. I thought this was the end. Then they came. An Alpha guard who once watched over me in silence. A tattooed biker who smells like smoke and freedom. His Packmate, rough and sharp with eyes that see too much. A broken fighter with pain carved into his skin. And a Beta whose calm voice steadies the chaos inside me.

Captain Ron has a secret. After losing his sight to a certain sex-enhancing drug, he should have retired. Instead, he’s still flying, relying on memorized controls, his technical savvy, and the assumption that his co-pilot can see. First Officer Jack Ripper has the exact same secret. And the same prescription for generic Canadian Flyagra. Now, due to a scheduling error only a tragically negligent airline like Sweet West could commit, these two denial-ridden, sight-impaired professionals are paired together in the cockpit of Flight 345, bound for Los Angeles.

What if the most powerful force in your life isn't what you know or what you do—but the juice you bring to every moment? Your juice—the unique mix of your energy, attitude, mindset, motivation, effort, and expectations—shapes everything. It determines whether you rise or stall, whether you inspire others or drain them, and whether obstacles become opportunities or roadblocks.

Er ist gekommen, um die Schuldigen zu strafen... und er kennt keine Gnade Die Kripo Berlin im Ausnahmezustand: Mitten in der Nacht wird Hauptkommissarin Helene Edel aus dem Bett geklingelt - ein Leiche wurde gefunden, mitten auf der Straße einer belebten Berliner Sündenmeile. Der Tote ist kein Unbekannter, sondern der prominente Oberstaatsanwalt Marius Wenzel. Doch niemand will etwas gesehen haben.

Once upon a time, there were two Rhythm Gods: one of brilliance and one of darkness. But there was much more to the realms than the two gods alone could provide, so the Maker created a third, unknowingly unbalancing the Rhythm and setting the realms on a path of suffering. The God of War has stolen that which I hold dearest. Though I am reunited with my beloved gods, a hole remains and my heart is in shambles. Together we must look to the past to preserve the future, for if we cannot restore the Rhythm, the realms will crumble.

Seasoned hockey player Camden "Hero" James has a compulsive need to help women in distress, and Anastasia Lennox is no exception. From the moment he first sees her dance he's determined to save her—and have her—even though she's hell-bent on keeping him at arm's length. Anastasia isn't sure why a gorgeous, famous NHL star wants anything to do with a damaged ballerina who can barely make ends meet. They're clearly from two different worlds. But when she suddenly has nowhere to live, she grabs the lifeline Camden throws her with both hands.

As a mysterious plague threatens to end civilization, disgraced tech mogul Felix Craft claims he’s conquered death itself. He’s invited journalist Rohan Patel to tell the story of the century: the creation of Meru. A digital paradise to serve as humanity’s final hope.

“You dare call me traitor? It is you, sir, who is the traitor! You and all your slaver ‘friends’ speak nothing but treasonous sedition …” It’s spring 1861, and former army captain Nathan Chambers, is on unfamiliar ground; in the center of the swirling politics of the secession crisis, triggered by the election of an unknown Northerner, Abraham Lincoln. While Nathan fights to keep Virginia in the Union, his enemies plot to take the state by force. And when they do, they mean to trigger a war and murder their political rivals; especially one troublesome former army captain!

The Philip K. Dick Short Story Collection gathers some of the author’s most unsettling and visionary works—stories that helped define modern science fiction and inspired generations of writers, filmmakers, and thinkers. In this gripping volume, Philip K. Dick explores paranoia, identity, war, and perception through razor-sharp ideas and unforgettable twists.

Leta Parker needs a distraction. With her boyfriend temporarily staying in Connecticut, the confident retiree is ready to dive into the design and team-building conference being hosted by her adopted Cotswolds village. But when one of the lead consultants is late to a meeting and she goes next door to wake him up, she’s shocked to stumble across his strangled corpse. Shut out of the case by the stuffy detective inspector, Leta agrees to lend her well-honed mind to keep the teamwork sessions on track.

Was braucht ein Meister-Erbauer, nachdem er eine Gefahr für die Zukunft des Imperiums beseitigt hat? Nichts als die Gelegenheit, seinem Handwerk endlich in Ruhe und Frieden nachgehen zu können. Ich habe es geschafft, den Tod selbst an der Nase herumzuführen. Jetzt bin ich zur herrlichen Stadt Newa zurückgekehrt, zu der Stadt, die wir gemeinsam mit dem Zaren erbaut haben. Seitdem sind 300 Jahre vergangen, und alles hat sich verändert. Ich erwache im Körper eines jungen Grafen mit einem Hang zu Skandalen.

"When it comes to dating, I seem to be going around in a circle. The ones I want don't want me, and the ones who want me, I don't want." (Amelia). I don’t know, I just think there’s too much miscommunication between guys and girls. I mean, no one knows what the fuck is going on. We need to have the discussion. We need to vent it and get it out in the open,” I said, grabbing my drink from the bedside table.

Unabridged CDs, 15 CDs, 19 hours Read by Kimberly Alexis In Blue Moon, Anita Blake's ex, high school teacher and sexy lycanthrope Richard, has been thrown in jail for attempted rape. With an entourage of vampires and werewolves, even this preternatural expert knows all is not right in Myerton...

Anita Blake has been asked to raise the dead-but the results aren't going to make everybody happy...

The story of the first Illeniel wizard continues. Tyrion's life among the She'Har had become quiet, but the sins of his youth have returned to haunt him. The Mordan wardens have discovered one of his children, and the other groves are racing to find and claim the rest of his illegitimate offspring. Unable to stand by and watch as his children are used as pawns against one another, Tyrion makes a hard choice, one that will set him against everyone and everything he cares for.