The Gunrunner and Her Hound by Maria Ying

Viveca Hua, arms-dealer ...is driven by three things: the certainty of steel, the need to win, and the compulsion to possess. Yves, bodyguard ...hunts for the place she belongs, and she might just have found it in the captivating Viveca, who offers her a new organization, an answer—and a collar. But their world is violent. It is unpredictable. Luck alone will not shield them. Together they must survive assassins, rival gunrunners, and their own lethal attraction. The Gunrunner and Her Hound is an F/F/F mosaic novella (40,000 words) built from short stories connected by an overarching plot. Part romance (happy ever after included), part thriller, this is a high-heat love story set in contemporary Hong Kong, where passion burns between a ruthless ice queen and an ex-soldier who fled a ruined empire.

Sending Love Letters to Animals and Other Totally Normal Human Behaviors by Chase Connor

Ryan Offsteader had one major problem, but now that he’s out of the closet and no one in his family or school actually cares, his problems are few. Life is a cycle of family, school, homework, Journalism Club, his friends, hanging out, and waiting for life to begin. It’s a simple, boring life at times, but his problems are few. When Ms. Tabatabai, his English teacher and Journalism Club mentor, announces to the class that there will be a project where students pair up, Ryan and his best friend, Jules, assume they will work together. Ms. Tabatabai has other plans. Students will be paired off randomly. Ryan is left without a partner since his English class has an odd number of students. However, Ms. Tabatabai assures him that he will have a partner since a new student is enrolling. It’s not an ideal situation for Ryan since he is used to working with Jules on every project, but it’s not the worst. Until the new student shows up and Ryan realizes this isn’t their first time meeting. Ms. Tabatabai announces to the students that they are to get to know each other and write a paper about their partner. An oral report in front of the class will be expected once the project deadline arrives. There’s just one caveat—the pairs must get to know each other without speaking. How they do this is up to them. Points will be given for creativity. Ryan’s partner does everything he can to make the project impossible, Ms. Tabatabai assigns Ryan to a new project in Journalism Club, his friends want to occupy all of his time, and, if all that wasn’t enough, he’s tasked with helping the Drama teacher, Mr. Melvin, organize the spring singing recital, A Night on Broadway. Unless Ryan can confront his history and right a wrong, his whole world could fall apart. Will he choose to confront his past, or will history repeat itself?

Tuyo by Rachel Neumeier

Raised a warrior in the harsh winter country, Ryo inGara has always been willing to die for his family and his tribe. When war erupts against the summer country, the prospect of death in battle seems imminent. But when his warleader leaves Ryo as a sacrifice -- a tuyo -- to die at the hands of their enemies, he faces a fate he never imagined. Ryo's captor, a lord of the summer country, may be an enemy . . . but far worse enemies are moving, with the current war nothing but the opening moves in a hidden game Ryo barely glimpses, a game in which all his people may be merely pawns. Suddenly Ryo finds his convictions overturned and his loyalties uncertain. Should he support the man who holds him prisoner, the only man who may be able to defeat their greater enemy? And even if he does, can he persuade his people to do the same?

The Headmistress by Milena McKay

A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper. Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything. Can she and the Home of Dragons withstand the storm that is Magdalene Nox, or will any and all crumble? Not everything is as it seems, and as she slowly unravels the mysteries behind the centuries-old walls, Sam realizes that home is much more than oak and stone.

The Astray Chosen (The Thedre Trilogy Book 2) by Laura Huie

They both need to find the gods. He, to save the country. Her, to kill them. Fia's magic has broken. Every portal she makes slices the ground and reality itself. It’s been months of training and she is no closer to returning to Earth. Each week she fails, the Fate takes more and more control over Winston’s body. Even being Chosen, protected from death by the gods themselves, they are far from safe as the gods pursue their own goals. Despite young Martin’s prayers for guidance, silence is the only response. He can only watch in fear of his own people as a drought sent to punish Fia’s betrayal destroys his country. Unanswered prayers and fear will feed no one. Will the people he cares for most pay for his indecision and cowardice? -- This is the second book in the series The Thedre Trilogy.

The Sunset Sovereign: A Dragon's Memoir by Laura Huie

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When a dragon finds an assassin sneaking into his lair, he tells her of his life's work and his soon to be final chapter. For the past thousand years, the dragon Vakandi has watched the people of Vakfored grow from a wandering band of refugees to a glorious city of art and magic. Under his protection, the city has survived monsters, floods, and wars all without building an army, dam, or even a wall. But time changes everything and now the citizens of his beloved city want him dead. Vakandi spends his last day telling his assassin why he loves them, and why it's his time to die.

Back to Nature (Spirit Seeker 3) by Janna Ruth

Nature spirits are known for holding a grudge. Well, turns out they’re not the only ones. I’ve got the Spirit Seeker team on board with my programme. They finally believe me that not all spirits are evil. We even discovered that spirits and humans used to work together to protect land and people. Wulf decides to launch a secret investigation and invites ourselves to Dublin, the spirit capital. To our surprise, we’re met with instant hostility. The Dublin team doesn’t want us there. They’ve got something to hide. But before I can find out what it is, we’re attacked. Accusations run wild. Someone has betrayed us. The Dublin team blames Wulf. Can I put my trust in a man who once fought to rid the world of spirits? Or do I abandon the family that got my back for greener pastures? Watch Rika and the Spirit Seekers grow as they travel to Ireland. If you enjoy action-packed urban fantasy with unique supernatural creatures, get your copy today.

Against Human Nature (Spirit Seeker 4) by Janna Ruth

The Spirit Seekers want to break me. They’ll find out just how stubborn I truly am. I’ve finally enrolled at the Spirit Seeker Academy in Rome. But that wasn’t my choice. My team in Berlin doesn’t know where I am. I have no way to contact them, and every move of mine is watched, each misstep punished severely. The lessons border on brain-washing, and they even force me to fight weakened spirits. The torment, the bullying, and the isolation, I can deal with. However, there is one betrayal I didn’t see coming, and it might just be enough to break me for good this time. But I refuse to let them win. As soon as I can get some spirits on my side, I’m out of here. And then I’ll take the fight to them. Join Rika and the Spirit Seekers in Rome as they’re headed for a fiery disaster. Get your copy now to find out whether Rika can escape her grim fate.

The Resistant: Desert Sun by Raz Fox

Las Vegas - 2107 Fifteen years after a deadly virus wiped most life off the face of the planet, the rich and elite live comfortably in their Domes over the city. Those left behind on the planet’s surface, the naturally resistant, struggle to survive. Starvation, heat stroke, and worst of all bombings from the Overhead threaten Diren and his gang every day. But, when a bomber pilot from the Domes winds up on Diren’s doorstep, he’s confronted with the reality that his mortal enemy, a man who helped kill his friends and family, might actually be their salvation.

Reverend of Silence by Pamela Sparkman

A coming of age story about faith, love, and overcoming society's prejudices during the American Antebellum period. In 1810, Lucy Hallison suffered from a severe illness at the age of three, and later recovered, a deaf-mute. Unable to relate to the world in which she lives, she’s often ignored and sometimes treated with cruelty. Until a boy, Samuel Burke, steps into her life at the tender age of seven, coloring her world and showing her what it means to be seen, to not be invisible, to be understood. The two become inseparable childhood friends, and as they grow and mature, there is the promise and hope of something more that also grows between them. But the hope of something more is put on hold so she can attend The American Asylum at Hartford for the Deaf and Dumb, the first of its kind, requiring her to leave the only home she’s ever known and the only boy she’s ever loved. But while she is away, tragedy strikes, and Samuel is now the one unable to relate to the world in which he lives, unable to find his own voice, and withdrawing from everyone and everything he’s ever known. When Lucy returns home from school, she has one goal in mind—to put color back into his world the way he had once put color into hers. Because Samuel Burke had been her voice when she had needed him most. Now, she is determined to be his. Note: Inspired by real people and true historical accounts.

Brown Sugar Divine’s Cafe & Bakery by S.A. McClellon

She's made of sugar, spice, and everything nice! Please welcome the delicious... the delectable... the succulent... Brown! Sugar! Divine! A cafe and bakery run by a drag queen in Denton, Texas? That's insane! But Brown Sugar Divine never steps down from a challenge, and her pretty pink business is all the rage! The brains behind the sugary-sweet operation, Jonathan Issacs, serves his fiercest looks every day for his love of baking, drag, and community. However, when Jonathan's shady landlord plots to shut down his business and loops her socially anxious son into her homophobic mess, Jonathan calls on the help of his crew to sashay his way to victory while confronting his complicated past.