Ignite the Infernos

Ivy Asher

Betrayal awakened her power. Deception ignited his hunt. Secrets cloak the danger. And their Bond may be the only thing that saves them from the enemies closing in.

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Ignite the Infernos

Ivy Asher

Betrayal awakened her power. Deception ignited his hunt. Secrets cloak the danger. And their Bond may be the only thing that saves them from the enemies closing in.

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I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

Joanna Stern

What happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids? You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries previously unimagined by humankind. The AI future is going to be unlike any other technological revolu­tion. But what does that really mean? And will AI truly make life better? To find out, award-winning journalist Joanna Stern surrendered her life to artificial intelligence for one year. The results are both hilarious and unsettling. I Am Not a Robot is like a time machine trip to the very near future, where AI promises to be your doctor, chauffeur, teacher, masseuse, coworker, thera­pist, financial planner, chef, housekeeper, and even . . . romantic partner. Your colleague might be using ChatGPT to write emails at work, but Joanna used AI tools and robots to do household chores, to manage her health, and to transport her family on vacation. If there was a decision to make or a task to do, she let AI go first. Along the way, she conducted exclusive interviews with the tech leaders building this future, then reported back from the front lines as your funny, no-nonsense tour guide. Of course, tech’s sunny promises never tell the whole story, and that’s what Joanna is here to share. Filled with illustrations and photographs, this book offers less hype, more clarity, and as little jargon as humanly (or robotically) possible. It’s an AI guide for ordinary people—not the tech bros who tried to sell you a cruise to the metaverse or an NFT of a cartoon monkey. This book is not the definitive story, because we’re only a few years into the AI revolution. But after a year of living as a human lab rat, Joanna deliv­ers one of the clearest—and funniest—pictures yet of what’s really happening and what it means for you.

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Deathsworn

Meg Smitherman

DEEP IN THE UNDERWORLD, WILL LOVE BLOOM WHERE IT SHOULD NOT SURVIVE? PRE-ORDER your new necromantasy obsession. . . The Knight and the Moth meets Phantasma in this spellbinding gothic, enemies-to-lovers tale of life, death, and the dangerous bond between two sworn rivals. Jonquil Foye wields the power of Life. Her sworn enemy, Edmund Blackburn, wields the power of Death. On the battlefield, they clash in a deadly duel meant to decide the fate of their warring cities—until their magics entwine and create a volatile being so powerful it drags them both deep into Death itself. Forced into a reluctant truce, Jonquil and Edmund must navigate the treacherous underworld and confront the horrifying consequences of their own creation. As time runs out, their alliance sparks a deeper attraction. But truces are fragile, and Death seems determined to ensure they never return to the land of the living. . . Brutal, gorgeous, and heart-stopping, this gothic dark fantasy romance is perfect for readers who crave high-stakes tension, lushly dark atmospheres, and a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance with a touch of horror. Tropes: ✦ True enemies to lovers ⟡ Yearning ✦ Forced proximity ⟡ Gothic Victorian setting ✦ Reylo vibes ⟡ Masked MMC ✦ Life & Death magic

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Knotorious Omega

Shasta De Leon

Kelya is an omega on the run. She travels around the world, using aliases, taking an unhealthy amount of scent blockers, and robbing the men she seduces. Her past finally catches up to her in the form of Tony Racine, a private detective hired by her terrible former pack to track her down. Kelya needs to think fast—accept his offer or die trying to stay away. Tony isn’t the only one looking for Kelya, and with her constantly ignoring her omega needs, her time is up. Will Tony be able to prevent her from being caught by her own crimes, succumbing to her affliction, or even just slipping through his grasp again, all before he's able to finish this job? It may be harder than he expected after realizing his own heart is on the line, slowly wearing down the more time he spends with the femme fatale. This is an M/F, Alpha/Omega omegaverse romance with enemies to lovers, cat-and-mouse, stalking, knotting, and caretaking.Knotorious Omega has fast-pacing, twists and games, yearning, adult spice, all-or-nothing stakes, and bold, morally gray characters.

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Hellbound

Ava Do

"She was asking to be killed." Ksenia is executed for forging illegal blades—one of which costs her soul. To reclaim it, she strikes a blood pact with a vengeful goddess and is resurrected in a new body with a rage-driven mission: infiltrate the castle and destroy the man who stole her soul. The first step? Win the king's deadly trials to become his next spymaster. She's assigned to work with Bohdan, the bastard prince and captain of the royal guard, to expose and address any threats to the crown before the enemy can find them. And lately, there's been a serial killer tearing through the kingdom. The problem? She IS the killer. And the king is her next target. Can Bohdan stop her? Let him try. She kind of likes it. Hellbound is the first book in this dark romantasy duology of resurrection and revenge, where two people standing on opposite sides of the same blade have a way of drawing blood--and something far more dangerous.

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The Knight and the Moth

Rachel Gillig

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes a sensational romantasy, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil’s visions. But when Sybil’s fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she’d rather avoid Rodrick’s dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.

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