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Love Gods Magic: The Black Pharaoh
by R. Frank DavisBranden loves his college roommate. He&’s a strong, serious African—and as overpoweringly gorgeous as a marble statue. He even has a statue&’s name: Taharqa, the Black Pharaoh who ruled Egypt and Nubia in Old Testament times. But he&’s just Archie to Branden. When Branden learns the secret that has brought Taharqa to the States, nothing can keep him from joining in the plan to bring needed material to modern technology. But there are forces seeking to uncover their efforts and take the glory for themselves. Their teamwork—and their love—are put to the test at every turn. Taharqa loves Branden. He&’s a joyous wrestler jock and a brilliant classmate. Unfortunately, Taharqa has a task—a world-important stratagem—and he doesn&’t want to expose Brand to the perils shadowing his efforts and endangering his secret, ancient people. Complicating things further is a mythic challenge meant to change Taharqa from human to god. Love overcomes caution as the risks increase. From the States to Sudan, sailing the River Nile, and battling multiple kidnappers across Rome, they confront the dark forces moving in. Will Taharqa&’s powers and his love be enough to rescue Brand and save the secret of Nubia and his hidden home?
Love Has Wings
by L. J. HamlinAfter centuries of feuding, vampires and shape-shifters have at managed to maintain peace for the past several years.But that peace is threatened when vampires kidnap a pegasus shifter. Determined to avert disaster, Diana manages to get the shifter Sammy free, and takes her to Rose, Diana's lover.But escape is only the beginning of the trouble ... and the beginning of a whole new romance.
Love Hurts: A Speculative Fiction Anthology
by Hugh Howey Charlie Jane Anders Jeff VanderMeer Tricia ReeksTwenty-six brilliant speculative fiction stories about love, and the pain that so often accompanies it. Enjoy a cornucopia of imaginative tales, wondrous settings, and unforgettable characters—such as the disillusioned time traveler who visits ancient Japan to experience a "Moment of Zen" the young woman from planet Kiruna who can only communicate in song when the moonlet Saarakka is up, and the sorcerer who loses their happiness in a bet with a demon.Rich and wonderfully diverse, this collection spans many speculative fiction genres: from SciFi to Dystopian, from Fantasy to Magical Realism, from Steampunk to Superhero, from Horror to Weird. Sometimes funny, occasionally happy, frequently gut-wrenching—these stories will take your heart on a wild emotional ride.Stories by Jeff VanderMeer, Hugh Howey, Karin Tidbeck, Charlie Jane Anders, Holly Phillips, Aliette de Bodard, A. Merc Rustad, Steve Simpson, Mel Paisley, J. D. Brink, Matt Leivers, Michael Milne, Michal Wojcik, Carla Dash, Terry Durbin, Michelle Ann King, Kyle Richardson, Leah Brown, G. Scott Huggins, Dan Micklethwaite, Victoria Zelvin, Shannon Phillips, Keith Frady, Jody Sollazzo, David Stevens, and Morgen Knight.
Love In Plain Sight
by Jeanie LondonRight in front of her eyes... Former bounty hunter Marc DiLeo is not the guy social worker Courtney Gerard wants helping her. But finding a kid who's been missing for a long time takes priority over her personal preferences. And if anyone can locate the child, Marc can-even with his injury. So she'll overlook his attitude. As they follow cold leads together, Courtney glimpses beneath his tough exterior to something surprising-caring, compassion...vulnerability. That softer side proves more irresistible than his good looks. An unexpected-and unexpectedly intense-attraction flares between them, making her wonder why she never saw this before. Suddenly the man she was determined to avoid is the only man she wants close!
Love Inspired Suspense January 2016 - Box Set 1 of 2
by Valerie Hansen Jodie Bailey Jane M. ChoateLove Inspired Suspense brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful romances of danger and faith. SMALL TOWN JUSTICE The Defenders by Valerie Hansen Back in her hometown, Jamie Lynn Henderson is determined to help her brother get out of prison. But she'll need Shane Colton to keep her alive long enough to discover the truth: Did her brother really murder Shane's father? COMPROMISED IDENTITY by Jodie Bailey Someone is stealing military laptops containing top secret information--and it's Sean Turner's mission to catch the culprit. When an attempt is made on staff sergeant Jessica Dylan's life, Sean's even more determined to bring down the ring targeting soldiers--and to save Jessica. THE LITTLEST WITNESS by Jane M. Choate After Delta soldier Caleb Judd's nephew witnesses his parents' murders, Caleb hires bodyguard Shelley Rabb to protect the little boy while working to expose the killer.
Love Is Hell
by Scott Westerfeld Justine Larbalestier Laurie Faria Stolarz Gabrielle Zevin Melissa MarrSure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it. In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers-Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares)-love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all. From two students who let the power of attraction guide them to break the hard-and-fast rules of their world to the girl who falls hard for a good-looking ghost with a score to settle, the clever, quirky characters in this exciting collection will break your heart, then leave you believing in love more than ever.
Love Is Red: A Novel (The Nightsong Trilogy #1)
by Sophie JaffRedefining the thriller's tale of the hunter and the hunted, This electrifying, hypnotically beautiful debut spins dark suspense and literary fantasy into a mesmerizing story of survival.Katherine Emerson was born to fulfill a dark prophecy centuries in the making, but she doesn't know it yet. However, one man does: a killer stalking the women of New York City, a monster the media dubs the "Sickle Man" because of the weapon he uses to turn his victims' bodies into canvases for his twisted art. People think he's the next Son of Sam, but we know how he thinks and how he feels . . . and discover that he is driven by darker, much more dangerous desires than we can bear to imagine. He takes more than just his victims' lives, and each death brings him closer to the one woman he must possess at any cost.Amid the city's escalating hysteria, Katherine is trying to unknot her tangled heart. Two very different men have entered her previously uneventful world—handsome and personable David, alluring yet aloof Sael—and turned it upside down. She finds herself involved in a complicated triangle . . . but how well does she really know either of them?Told from the alternating viewpoints of Katherine and the Sickle Man, Sophie Jaff's intoxicating narrative will pull you in and hold you close. As the body count rises, Katherine is haunted by harrowing visions that force her to question her sanity. All she wants is to find love. He just wants to find her.Ablaze with fear, mystery, and possibility, Love Is Red is the first book in the Night Song trilogy. With this unforgettable novel—one that combines the literary and the supernatural, fantasy and horror, the past and the present—Katherine's moment of awakening is here. And her story is only just beginning.
Love Is a Whirlwind (The Shifters #2)
by M. D. GrimmThe Shifters: Book TwoRyan and Caleb became the best of friends while Caleb taught Ryan as best he could about being human. Born a bull shifter named Whirlwind, Ryan was taken in by Caleb's mother, who wanted to protect him--just as Caleb did. Their time together leads to deeper feelings... and now they've decided to give a relationship a chance. Unfortunately, Ryan is kidnapped, and Caleb has to call in the Agency--an organization that protects shifters--or their new life together will end before it ever starts.
Love Is the Answer
by Jennifer TaylorHe Pushed All the Wrong ButtonsSarah Marshall had a carefully organized-and safe-life, until James MacAllister came barreling into it. She was a caring and competent teacher, and her work meant everything to her. It was her refuge from a haunting past; it was her life.When James's teenage daughter, Catherine, ran away while in Sarah's care, James blamed Sarah. And he insisted she come along on a wild chase across France in search of the girl. Spending so much time with James, in such a confined space, was most unsettling-especially when James started to push the right buttons.
Love Is the Drug
by Alaya Dawn JohnsonFrom the author of The Summer Prince, a novel that's John Grisham's The Pelican Brief meets Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain set at an elite Washington D.C. prep school.Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington DC's elite leads to Bird waking up in a hospital, days later, with no memory of the end of the night.Meanwhile, the world has fallen apart: A deadly flu virus is sweeping the nation, forcing quarantines, curfews, even martial law. And Roosevelt is certain that Bird knows something. Something about the virus--something about her parents' top secret scientific work--something she shouldn't know.The only one Bird can trust is Coffee, a quiet, outsider genius who deals drugs to their classmates and is a firm believer in conspiracy theories. And he believes in Bird. But as Bird and Coffee dig deeper into what really happened that night, Bird finds that she might know more than she remembers. And what she knows could unleash the biggest government scandal in US history.
Love Just in Time
by Flora SpeerAfter discovering her husband's infidelity, Clarissa Cummings thought she would never trust another man. Then a freak accident sent her into another century - and the most handsome stranger imaginable saved her from drowning in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. But he was all wet if he thought he had a lock on Clarissa's heart. After scandal forced Jack Martin to flee to the wilds of America, the dashing young Englishman had to give up the pleasures of a rake and earn his keep with a plow and hoe. Yet to his surprise, he learned to enjoy the simple life of a farmer, and he yearned to take Clarissa as his bride. But after Jack had sown the Seeds of desire, secrets from his past threatened to destroy his harvest of love.
Love Languages of Vampires: The Ultimate Guide to Love at First Bite!
by Crimson Angel The Supernatural Agony AuntA dating guide - with bite! For fans of Twilight, The Vampire Diaries and all things supernatural comes a self-help guide you can really sink your teeth in to. Dating isn't always easy, especially when your crush is a night owl, suspiciously knowledgable at history (it's like they lived through it!) and likes their steak on the bloodier side.You might already have an intense connection (move over Bella and Edward) or perhaps you're still in your enemies-to-lovers era (Buffy and Spike, who?), but getting past that 'I like you' moment is proving tricky. Enter Crimson Angel Mercy, the supernatural agony aunt, who will spare you the agony as you dip your toe in the dating pool. In The Love Languages of Vampires, Crimson will show you how to dodge the red flags, move on from serial ghosters and spot the bloodsuckers before you fall in love at first bite. Discover the five love languages that are essential to a happy relationship and find out who is right for you (spoiler alert: it's sometimes choosing yourself!).
Love Lies (Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery)
by Cynthia St. AubinUSA Today bestselling author Cynthia St. Aubin turns up the heat in Love Lies, the third snarky supernatural mystery in the Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery series!It’s bad enough that the world’s most powerful vampires are following gallery assistant Hanna Harvey like a cloud of undead mosquitos. But finding one of their heads in the trunk of her Mustang? There’s not enough cheese in the world to unsee that. Her stud-muffin alpha werewolf boss, Mark Abernathy suspects that someone stashing vampy bits in Hanna’s immediate vicinity is part of a plot to set-off an inter-species war…with Hanna’s own destiny at its heart.Getting to the bottom of Hanna’s headless guests will mean fending off the dogged investigation of Detective James Morrison—now suspended from the force and hell-bent on exposing the secrets that could not only destroy Abernathy, but everyone he’s sworn to protect.Now facing a force older and more sinister than any she’s encountered, the stakes have never been higher for Hanna, who must finally decide to ascend to her rightful place in the pack, or risk losing everything—and everyone—she loves.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Love Lies Bleeding: A Novel
by Jess McConkeyIn the vein of Jennifer McMahon’s Promise Not to Tell and TheLovely Bones by Alice Sebold comes Love Lies Bleeding, a haunting story about the lengths to which people will go to keep their pasts buried. Jess McConkey (aka award-winning author Shirley Damsgaard) enthralls with her ingenious blending of family drama and gripping mystery. Suspenseful and absolutely chilling, Love Lies Bleeding grabs hold of the reader from page one, as a young woman whose golden life is shattered by unexpected violence is sent to a small, secluded lake town in Northern Minnesota to recover—and soon suspects the town’s eccentric residents are hiding more than one truly frightening secret.
Love Lost (Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery)
by Cynthia St. AubinUSA Today bestselling author Cynthia St. Aubin returns with Love Lost, the fifth installment in the Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery series!So now you’re the Alpha.For neophyte werewolf Hanna Harvey, life is a wedge of triple crème brie. Sure, there’s a group of local Furries aggressively adoring her right there in the frozen appetizer aisle and the constant complaints from high maintenance boar shifters are making any kind of work-life balance utterly impossible, but at least she’s living happily ever after with her three cats and her man crush-worthy mate, Mark Abernathy.Only, Abernathy has been extra-broody lately and Hanna’s attempts to uncover the cause have driven him to become more distant. When Hanna’s plans to pull him out of his funk with a surprise birthday party result in a cryptid catastrophe, she has no choice but to go on the lam with ex-boyfriend, ex-detective James Morrison. Now a freelance paranormal private investigator, Morrison insists that Hanna’s life is in imminent danger, and the emergence of a powerful enemy from her past only solidifies his theory.Hunted by a murderous baddie bent on vengeance, Hanna will have to risk losing those she loves most if she wants to protect the world she’s worked to build as the Alpha Heir.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Love Machine (From Crosstown to Oblivion)
by Walter MosleyWalter Mosley's talent knows no bounds. Love Machine is one of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life's cosmic questions. From life's meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers? Love Machine: The Datascriber was supposed to merely allow individuals to share sensory experiences via a neurological link, but its true potential is even more revolutionary. The brainchild of an eccentric, possibly deranged scientist, the "Love Machine" can merge individual psyches and memories into a collective Co-Mind that transcends race, gender, species . . . and even death itself. Tricked into joining the Co-Mind, as part of a master plan to take over the world, Lois Kim struggles to adapt to her new reality and abilities. Is there any way back to the life that was stolen from her, or is she destined to lead humanity into a strange new era, despite the opposition of forces both human and otherwise? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Love May Fail: A Novel
by Matthew QuickAn aspiring feminist and underappreciated housewife embarks on an odyssey to find human decency and goodness—and her high school English teacher—in New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick’s offbeat masterpiece, a quirky ode to love, fate, and hair metal.Portia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in South Jersey, a place that remains largely unchanged from the years of her unhappy youth. Lost and alone, looking to find the goodness in the world she believes still exists, Portia sets off to save herself by saving someone else—a beloved high school English teacher who has retired after a traumatic incident.Will a sassy nun, an ex-heroin addict, a metal-head little boy, and her hoarder mother help or hurt her chances on this madcap quest to restore a good man’s reputation and find renewed hope in the human race? Love May Fail is a story of the great highs and lows of existence: the heartache and daring choices it takes to become the person you know (deep down) you are meant to be.
Love Me Forever
by Muriel JensenAll she wants is a man who will stay She thought she'd found the man of her dreams in Hunter Bristol. Sandy Evans planned to settle down with this handsome, ideal father figure for her two little girls. And she had no problem helping him get back on his feet. It's not his fault his ex-girlfriend abandoned him, embezzling his earnings as she vanished. Except Hunter does have a problem accepting her help. And getting on without him is Sandy's only option. And then when events conspire against her, she's glad he pushed her away. Why cause Hunter more stress? Unless changing his mind about forever won't take...forever.
Love Me Forever
by Rosemary LaureyEnter A World Where Passion Never Dies. . .All single mother Stella Schwartz meant to do was let her son, Sam, browse through books at Dixie's Vampire Emporium. She hadn't counted on the shop assistant, Justin Corvis, being a dark-eyed super-hunk with the kind of charismatic English accent that would make her heart skip a beat. And she couldn't know how close to the truth that was. . .When Justin smiles at her, it's as if he's known her forever. And when he asks for her phone number--Stella can't help wanting the thrill to last for eternity. For there's something dangerously different about Justin Corvus. . .different and irresistible. . ."Absolutely fascinating!" --New York Times Bestselling Author Christine Feehan
Love Me to Death
by Maggie ShayneTrue love can transcend time and death, but can it survive revenge? Don't miss this fan-favorite novella from New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shayne, available as a standalone ebook for the first time! Five years ago, a burning house forever changed the lives of five teens… and ended a sixth. Years later, summoned to a gravely injured friend's bedside, David Nichols must face the town he fled. Tormented by dreams of the dead girl he'd once loved, he's become a firefighter in a futile attempt to save enough lives to balance out the one he took. Until he sees a woman who should've been dead… and his friends start collapsing, one by one. Sara Jensen's life flips upside down when she's suddenly plagued by fire-ravaged nightmares and a dream man who seems to touch her very soul. When a friend recalls a local tragedy from her childhood, Sara visits the town to make sense of the mysterious events. But her arrival sets off an eerie chain of events she must solve, especially if she wants to save the flesh-and-blood version of the man she thought only existed in her dreams… First published in 2010
Love Minus Eighty
by Will McIntoshA NOVEL OF LOVE AND DEATH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDERThe words were gentle strokes, drawing her awake."Hello. Hello there."She felt the light on her eyelids, and knew that if she opened her eyes they would sting, and she would have to shade them with her palm and let the light bleed through a crack."Feel like talking?" A man's soft voice.And then her mind cleared enough to wonder: who was this man at her bedside?She tried to sigh, but no breath came. Her eyes flew open in alarm.The Minus Eighty . . . Where millionaires browse the catalogue of icy women, judging on beauty ratings and revival costs. Where a freezer's gentle hum plays the background symphony for the world's most expensive first dates. Where death is only the beginning.Love Minus Eighty is a disquieting vision of our romantic future, as hopeful as it is horrifying, by a Hugo Award-winning author.
Love Minus Eighty
by Will McIntoshWelcome to dating a hundred years into the future: Technology has extended the lives of the rich and attractive by decades. The wealthy can arrange to be reanimated multiple times. While in cryogenic dating farms, dead women await lonely suitors to resurrect them and take them home . . .LOVE MINUS EIGHTY follows interconnected lives touched by these dating farms. There's Rob, who accidentally kills a jogger, then sells everything to visit her, seeking her forgiveness but instead falling in love. Veronika, a socially-awkward dating coach, finds herself responsible for the happiness of a man whose life she saved against his will. And Mira, a gay woman accidentally placed in the heterosexual dating center near its inception, desperately seeks a way to reunite with her frozen partner as the centuries pass. In this daring and big-hearted novel based on a Hugo-winning short story, the lovelorn navigate a world in which technology has reached the outer limits of morality and romance.
Love Minus Eighty
by Will McintoshIn the future, love is complicated and death is not necessarily the end. Love Minus Eighty follows several interconnected people in a disquieting vision of romantic life in the century to come.There's Rob, who accidentally kills a jogger, then sacrifices all to visit her in a cryogenic dating facility, seeking forgiveness but instead falling in love.Veronika, a shy dating coach, finds herself coaching the very woman who is stealing the man she loves.And Mira, a gay woman accidentally placed in a heterosexual dating center near its inception, desperately seeks a way to reunite with her frozen partner as the years pass.In this daring and big-hearted novel based on the Hugo-winning short story, the lovelorn navigate a world in which technology has reached the outer limits of morality and romance.
Love Monster and the Last Chocolate (Love Monster)
by Rachel BrightWhen Love Monster comes home from vacation, he discovers a box of chocolates on his doorstep. He knows he should share it with his friends, but what if there's none left for him after everyone has a piece? What if they take his favorite-the double chocolate strawberry swirl? And even worse-what if the only piece left is the coffee-flavored one? Ick! In the end, Love Monster learns that sharing with friends is the sweetest treat of all.