“You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the WorldA queer woman must fight her way out of a craft store run by a megachurch in this gripping survival horror novel by Jenny Kiefer, author of This Wretched Valley. The ratcheting tension and gut-churning terror will appeal to fans of Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle and Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix.Ruth is trapped. She’s stuck in her small, religious hometown of Kill Devil, Kentucky, stuck in the closet, and stuck living paycheck to paycheck. After her manager finds out that she lives with her girlfriend, Ruth is fired from her job at New Creations—a craft store owned by the church that dominates life in Kill Devil.In an act of revenge, Ruth attempts to shoplift some yarn but is caught red-handed. Instead of...

A multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence by “a writer of immense poetic power” (The Guardian)   “Many paths cross in Ismailov’s beautiful new work—poetry, history and the infinite imagination. Every path winding into another. Every path worth taking.”—Patti Smith   In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon‑Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he learns from his Uzbek translation partner, Abdulhamid Ismail, Jon-Perse builds a computer program capable of both analyzing and generating literature. But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds—of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love—in the stories and people he and AI conjure.   Hamid Ismailov brings together his work as a poet, translator, and...

<p><em>She was a widow with a crown of ruin. He was the monster who killed her king.</em><br /> Together, Zina and Emiliano ignite a love built on obsession, betrayal, and blood.<br /> </p> <p><strong>Zina</strong><br /> The King lies cold in the ground.<br /> His crown rests heavily on my head.<br /> His sons sharpen blades, whispering my name as the traitor.<br /> To protect them, I say yes to the one man I should never trust.<br /> Emiliano Maritz.<br /> Older. Ruthless. Obsessed.<br /> His lips brand me. His eyes strip me bare. His touch ruins me.<br /> I should hate him.<br /> I do hate him.<br /> But hate doesn’t stop my pulse from racing.<br /> Or my body from craving his.</p> <p><strong>Emiliano</strong><br /> Zina Rivas is no widow.<br /> She is my Queen.<br /> She trembles when I touch her—not from fear, from want.<br /> Her defiance fuels me. Her hunger feeds me.<br /> She calls me a monster. Murderer. Enemy.<br /> Let her.<br /> Because when she falls—and she will—<br /> She’ll fall straight into my arms.<br /> And she’ll never escape me again.</p> <p><em>Queen is the second book in the <strong>Shattered Pieces Mafia Romance Series</strong>—a dark, full-length novel of obsession, betrayal, and unrelenting passion. There’s no cheating. No mercy. Only the twisted love story of Zina and Emiliano, bound by blood, lies, and a crown forged in ruin —-with scorching heat, devastating twists, and an undeniable HEA.</em></p>

Pete has been missing for two weeks, and Kinn, Porsche, and the rest of the Major Clan are left to assume the worst—if Pete's mission spying on the Minor Clan has gone south, he's as good as dead. The Minor Clan never take prisoners, and their cruel oldest son Vegas is especially ruthless.Little do they know Pete is still alive, chained up at Vegas's mercy. He doesn't feel like he's been spared a worse fate, though: He'd take death over being forced to warm Vegas's bed. Or at least, that's how he feels at first. As he comes to understand Vegas better, and catches glimpses of his captor's softer side, Pete finds himself contending with unexpected feelings. But it's impossible for him to forgive a man who keeps him imprisoned and viciously abuses him...right?

Obsessive. Manic. Possessive. That’s the Omega I am — no matter how hard I tried to hide it. I once dreamed of Alphas who might love me with all my scars, and now that dream is in reach. These Alphas might need a little stitching together, but they’re dark, dangerous, and just as twisted as I am. Rogue: my mate—the monster I freed from chains. Bunny: the muzzled psychopath I leashed. Knox: the vigilante with a dark past who’d burn down the world to protect me. They’ve ripped down my walls, making me theirs in ways I can’t escape. A happily ever after, Bunny—and it might truly be ours… But Bella Morgan, a jealous demon from Knox’s past, will stop at nothing to take him from me. Her Alphas tortured me in front of my pack and forced Knox to bond with her to save me. The threat of losing my Alphas drags up the same feral instincts that once cost me everything. Bella won’t stop until she’s stolen what’s mine, but she may have unleashed the darkest parts of me instead. This is the second and final part of a dark MFMM omegaverse romance duet. Please check trigger warnings.

For fans of Christina Baker Kline and Fiona Davis, a coming-of-age story about a young woman discovering love, loss, and the power of her own creativity in World War II San Francisco.San Francisco in 1944 is a bustling place, a revolving door of soldiers and sailors passing through on their way to the war in the Pacific. Twenty-year-old Irene Cleary, however, is not going anywhere. Although she'd love to travel, the seamstress shop she inherited from her mentor keeps her firmly rooted in the only city she's ever known. She pours her energy into dressmaking and volunteers for the war effort by dancing with servicemen at the USO. But Irene's life is transformed when she designs a gown for Cynthia Burke, the socialite whose new marriage to Max, a handsome Chicago businessman, is the talk of the Nob Hill elite. As Irene is drawn into the Burkes' glamorous, troubled orbit, and as she becomes absorbed in making costumes for the first American performance of a ballet...