Peg has been dancing around holes her whole life, and not those in the sidewalk she plays on. Faced with danger, she ventures inside the very thing she fears most, discovering complexities she can't comprehend. As the dangers mount, and her home becomes unsafe, will the holes in her life make her whole, provide an escape, or consume everything? Are they a blessing, a curse, or a sign of imminent mental illness?
King Minos tasks the hero Leandros with slaying a terrible beast that lurks in the depths of an inescapable labyrinth beneath the island of Crete, but all is not as it seems, and the King is hiding a dark secret that could cost him the throne.
Serori has been exposed to a whole new world, one that she knew existed but never thought she would be a part of, partially because it isn't allowed. This whole new world within the human world is attractive and soon becomes consuming. Are aliens really any different than us?
Gabi Sunshine, 20, feels a deep connection to the elderly and works at Whispering Pines Haven. After graduation, her parents revealed they had permanently registered her as a nudist (PN) when she was a child. Shocked, Gabi must comply: purging her clothes, getting a PN ID card, and even a tracking chip. She fears for her job. On her first day at work, nude, most residents are kind, but one, Mr. Grayson, harasses her.
A decade ago, a mysterious tower appeared between two apartment buildings on Central Park West in New York City. Its appearance touched off a series of debates and investigations as to how and where the tower came from. With the new building came a set of very odd features. Such as people with histories already living in the tower. Every storm that came through the area seemed attracted to it. Then there were the dead bodies. One hundred twenty-three so far. This is the story of the Storm Tower. / (Reviews)
Once a year, the gate opens—for Aisha and Elior alone. The garden remembers them, and as vines part and figs split, they answer its call with sweat, laughter, and a hunger sharpened by absence. Among trembling leaves and blooming fire, their bodies meet in a ritual of rhythm and release. What begins with a pomegranate becomes worship and undoing. This is no paradise. It’s something wilder—sacred, erotic, and entirely theirs.
After his fief is put to the torch, a lowly serf named Rian is taken captive by Orcs. The women cart him back to their stronghold and put him to work cooking, cleaning, and serving them. Little do they know, his new situation is a marked improvement. For the first time, he has a soft bed, plentiful food, and a warm hearth. Will his hosts ever find out that he's only pretending to lament his new role?
A BattleMage World Story - 1st Series Part of the The World of the Battlemages universe
Caelan and Jaden are back after a two year family trip. Against Aric's wishes they and their mother have done worked as mercenaries in a few border wars while they were gone. How will this decision affect their lives and will it possibly spill over and affect the lives of those they love around them?