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Xander Hughes, London’s biggest rake, suddenly finds himself in over his head, becoming the Duke of Brockbank and guardian to two nieces he has never met. He decides he must turn over a new leaf and become a sober, responsible duke and starts by hiring a governess for the girls. But Miss Fennimore is a most unique governess with her odd methods of education—and soon Xander wonders if she might make for an even better duchess.

Lieutenant-General Cyrus Cressley’s head wound leaves him blind in one eye and unsuited to lead men into battle. Selling his commission, Cy returns to Melrose to find his father long dead and his distant brother, who is in poor health, the new Duke of Margate. Cy is given use of the hunting lodge on the estate, where he seeks to find his purpose in life after being forced from the military.

AI Security is no longer theoretical. Autonomous systems are already being tested. We are no longer in the early days of experimentation. AI agents now execute thousands of autonomous decisions daily across finance, telecom, healthcare, and enterprise infrastructure. Adversaries are studying those decision pathways. They do not crash servers. They manipulate logic. They exploit reasoning.

Zemeland has always loved its labels. Human. Elf. Dwarf. Useful. Dangerous. Acceptable. And then there are the half-breeds—too much of this, not enough of that, forever expected to apologise for existing. When a curse mark resurfaces, it does not choose its victims at random. It settles into old prejudices, feeds on fear, and grows stronger every time someone decides that “different” is the same as “wrong.” A quartet of unlikely companions—bound more by circumstance than a call for glory—find themselves caught in the fault lines of a world that prefers simple answers and visible enemies.

A wrong committed millennia ago leads Padric on a quest to stop a plot that threatens all of humanity. There is only one catch—Padric must first prove himself worthy to be heir of the ancient charioteer.

Left for dead. Hunted by the living. Surrounded by the infected. Warren’s story should have ended in the ruins of London. Betrayed and abandoned, survival was meant to be impossible. Yet in the shadow of a city that devours everything, Warren claws his way back into the fight—driven not just by the need to endure, but by the need for truth, and for justice. The world is fractured beyond repair. The virus, with no cure in sight, has erased safety, mercy, and trust.

Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice.

Haberdasher Pierce Selkirk always knew he was the son of an earl. Much to his surprise, he learns he is not illegitimate as he had been led to believe. With his father’s death, he becomes the Duke of Stoneham and must take up responsibilities beyond his comprehension.

Welcome to Suddenly a Duke—the new Regency romance world from USA Today bestselling author Alexa Aston. Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice. A fun-loving man who has become a staid duke . . .

A rule-following viscount who becomes a sudden duke . . . A young woman who loses her parents and turns to music for solace . . . Two people who want very different things from life . . . Lord Henry Vaughn witnesses the deaths of his father and grandfather and becomes the new Duke of Linberry. A decent, kind, and responsible man, Henry knows after this double tragedy that it is important he take a wife and provide a ducal heir since death can come calling unexpectedly. Lady Sophia Sawyer loses both her parents closely together and mourns them the requisite year.

Major Elijah Young never met his father, the Duke of Bradford, who believed his young wife betrayed him and gave birth to twins sired by another man. Now, two deaths have changed the trajectory of Elijah’s life—and he is the new duke. Elijah vows never to wed and father children, wanting the ducal line to end with him.

There’s Something on the Shore. Ten years ago, something emerged from the sea. It looked like nothing else. Smooth. Silent. Impossible. And when it vanished, it left no trace—except in the mind of one man. Since that day, he’s been haunted by what he saw. Obsessed. Isolated. Searching for answers no one else would believe existed. But what if the truth is worse than anyone imagined? In this dark, honest, and often grimly funny personal account, an artist confronts the terrifying reality that we are not alone— —and never were.

In Heavy Is The Head, young King Benecio Lyone ascends the throne of the Kingdom of Jerusha amid family rivalries, mysterious secrets, and spiritual omens that haunt the royal family. Benecio, barely old enough to grasp the weight of his crown, must navigate the treacherous path of leadership while contending with the shadowy legacies of his forebears and a world that seems intent on testing his faith and resolve.

In the heart of Victorian England, where steam and iron threaten to smother the ancient countryside, artist Robert McKinley is swept into a world of enchantment and peril. When the actress he loves vanishes with her mysterious troupe, Robert’s search leads him beyond the veil of ordinary life—into a realm where forgotten gods and immortal lords dwell beneath the hills, wielding magic older than time itself.

Set against the backdrop of real-world cyberwarfare, refugee crises, and global surveillance, The King’s Hacker is a haunting origin story about morality in the digital age—a modern spy novel written in the tradition of John le Carré and Stieg Larsson, where every signal tells a human story and every keystroke leaves a ghost.

Bacester is a city shrouded in mystery, where the distinction between hero and villain is thin. Each citizen possesses a unique ability, and in the shadows of lamp lit streets, the Masked Crows hunt down and kill those deemed “Noxious.” Among the Crows is Bryn Dimes, a young and newly recruited member of this clandestine organization. He must navigate discovering his own abilities while facing unknown enemies and deadly vendettas.

Karim is an émigré in Edinburgh, working respectably for a global Canadian cybersecurity company. But under the screen name L0ck$ley—a nod to Robin Hood—he wages a private war against greed. Using the same tools the FBI fears—Kali Linux, Metasploit, and an arsenal of real-world exploits—he steals from corrupt corporations and quietly funds those in need through anonymous GoFundMe-style causes. To the world, he looks like an entire hostile nation-state cell.

A powerful sorceress. A cursed knight. A cryptic prophecy. AD 1356 Padric thinks his recent assignment as lieutenant knight of quiet Chaddesden, Derbyshire, should be easy enough to manage. Until villagers disappear under mysterious circumstances, and the task falls on Padric to find them. However, his investigations become complicated when a cryptic prophecy charges him to rescue the villagers and find an ancient artifact before the solstice. As though that weren’t enough, days later, the mastermind behind the chaos is revealed: a powerful sorceress.A powerful sorceress.

When the sudden death of a prominent tech CEO sends shockwaves through the city, seasoned detective Dion Knight is partnered with his new detective, Theodore Stevens. What begins as a high-profile investigation quickly unravels into something far more sinister—an elaborate web of sabotage, secrets, and murder buried beneath the polished surface of the tech elite. As they chase encrypted leads and shadowy suspects, Dion and Stevens are pulled deeper into a corporate conspiracy involving stolen innovation, hidden motives, and a cold case that hits too close to home.

In a city where opulence masks treachery, Detective Dion Knight is called to the scene of a high-society murder. Lydia Harper, a glamorous socialite, lies dead in her penthouse, surrounded by a puzzle of shattered glass and a bloodless knife. As Dion and his ambitious partner, Officer Stevens, delve into Lydia's life, they uncover a web of deceit involving estranged husbands, secret lovers, and cutthroat business rivals.