Books

A thirty-nine-day war between the United States and Iran ends the way modern wars end now: not in surrender, but in a memorandum. The guns go silent. The money is promised. The world exhales.Buried within the language of the peace are nineteen words that quietly abandon the people who believed the bombing meant deliverance.In Washington, a small policy institute that has spent its life describing the world decides, for the first time, to act on it, and learns that the...

A wounded dragon. Two enemies bound by magic. And a secret bond that shouldn’t exist. Seraya is an outcast who hunts dragons for her ruthless Reaver gang. Every dragon she kills feels like betraying a piece of herself. Mikhail is the son of a powerful Citylord. But beneath the wealth and privilege lies the shame of failing to form a Dragonbond. When a hunt in the Frozen Wilds forces their paths together, they corner a wounded dragon... and discover something...

What would you do if you could have your time again? What would you change about your life?Four people, randomly in the same place at the same time, find themselves pondering those very questions.Old friends Annie and Neil, both having experienced miserable marriages, would wish, above all, for a life built on the foundation of a fulfilling relationship.Gold-digger supreme Cheryl reflects that her only motivation in life has been the ruthless pursuit of money. She's inflicted misery on people and...

My name is Luther Van Leer, and I'm a prisoner in the vampire queen's castle. She'll let me out if I'm willing to meet her demands, but I will refuse until she puts a stake through my heart. I'll not let her turn me into a monster. At least, that was my plan. With a turning kiss, I was turned into a monster, banished, beaten, and betrayed. Now, my master expects that I will fall in love with her and...

Home: A Crown and Glory Lesbian Love StoryBy Zuri AmaraTwo women. One shelter. A love that feels like coming home.Ex-military and newly settled in Charlotte, Meeka Butler carries the quiet ache of loneliness and a lifetime of discipline. When she volunteers at a women’s shelter, she’s not looking for connection—just purpose. But then she meets Tavia Morrison, the shelter’s poised and passionate HR director, a woman who hides her exhaustion behind impeccable professionalism and long hours.What begins as a working...

Michal, in the autumn of his life, feels compelled to write about his time as an eleven-year-old boy when events unfolded that were so traumatic that they remained in his memory for the rest of his life. Michal's father, Timon, writes three particular books that are hugely successful, but in the process, he makes enemies. Michal suddenly finds himself a ward of the state and is placed in a residential school, where events send his life into turmoil. Ultimately, Michal,...

What if the distance between where you are and where you want to be begins with three simple words: Pray. Plan. Proceed.In Pray Plan Proceed, Samina Muqarab shares a deeply personal and empowering journey from a small village beneath the mountains of the Hindu Kush to leadership, entrepreneurship, and a life built through faith, education, resilience, and purpose.Raised in modest circumstances, Samina learned early that prayer was more than ritual—it was preparation. Through cultural barriers, immigration, reinvention, and adversity, she...

Beliefs run your life. They decide what you notice, what you ignore, what feels possible, and what you call reality. In 7 Beliefs, TOM (The Oldest Man), makes the case that most people are not short on effort, they are trapped by beliefs installed long before they could choose for themselves.This book is written to pull you out of distraction and back into meaning. It starts with a blunt diagnosis: when your attention, time, and energy are drained by boredom...

What happens when Eden's outcasts become a new world's only hope?After their fall from grace in the Garden of Eden, seven transformed animals arrive on Canthany, a mysterious world with seven moons, creation magic, and rules that feel pulled from a role-playing game. Health points, character stats, leveling systems, and special abilities now govern their existence. But adaptation must happen quickly because a fallen angel named Ashtoreth has already marked them for conquest.T'alla the cat never expected to lead. A...

Doing the right thing shouldn’t cause trouble. But trouble - it’s everywhere.Not so long ago her life was in dangerous turmoil. Now she had a whole new identity. She’d done undercover work where mixing identities up could have been fatal. Anyway, isn’t everyone more than one person? Who they are and who they tell others they are, for a start. Stereotypes about their job, their gender, their appearance, their relationship status. Then, in the army, the uniform made her something...