Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.

A wytch prone to chaos. A grieving, murderous vampyre. When hate turns to heat, can they work together to bring a loved one back from the dead? - A wytch and a vampyre walk into a bar—except they don’t. It’s a cafe. And they almost kill each other first. But snap judgments never last. If only Jinn didn’t desperately need a wytch to cast a retraction spell, and Aisla Laxmi wasn’t the only one available for miles. The hate is still there, but so is something else. Something that’s way more complicated. As their forced partnership begins to feel a little less forced, the two start to believe they might actually have a chance at bringing a loved one back from the other side… Or do they? Four nights. Two powerful beings. One goal.

Pulled from her lakeside home to the splendour of Camelot, the young lady Viviane is tasked with capturing the heart and hand of the young prince, Arthur.But it is Arthur’s sister Morgan who soon captures Viviane’s eye. Fierce, headstrong and determined to carve her own path in a world built for men, Morgan is everything Viviane desires and looks up to. Under the tutelage of the court sorcerer Merlin, the pair discover powers within themselves that they never knew existed and a friendship that deepens into something more.But wherever power comes to light, danger is sure to follow.And in Camelot, eyes are everywhere…

Emory needs a win, a promotion…and a date to her ex-fiancée’s Hollywood wedding in this sapphic fake-relationship rom com. Emory Jordan has been rising through the ranks of the boys’ club at a venture capital firm in New York, where she’s competing for her dream promotion. When Emory’s estranged ex-girlfriend Mari—who broke off their engagement to pursue her acting ambitions—sends her a wedding invitation, it’s the perfect opening for Emory to pitch a business deal to Mari’s new tech mogul fiancé. More importantly, it’s a chance for Emory to prove to Mari that she has moved on from their breakup. The wrench in her she’s been putting work at the top of her to-do list, and there’s nobody she can ask to be her plus-one. But Emory has a knack for business strategy. Bliss Tully, a struggling florist with a good-vibes-only attitude, accidentally stabs her with a cactus, and Emory sees an opportunity . Bliss is short on trust—her father’s white-collar crimes left her with a deep aversion to the business world—but she’s also short on cash, so she agrees to pose as Emory’s fiancée. The job is only for a month and pretending should be easy money. Right? Mari’s wedding approaches, and Emory and Bliss grow closer, all too aware their engagement is nothing more than a thirty-day sham. As far as kissing the bogus bride, though, they both want to say I do …. You are cordially invited to the fakeout in this slow-burn contemporary romance about letting go of the past—and loving your future.

Meet Nadia Davis, a doting mom and loving wife who has a big secret: she’s actually an assassin. And she really needs a babysitter who shows up on time.Nadia Davis is living the dream as a successful working mom with a career she loves, two adorable little girls, and a devoted husband who has no idea that she’s secretly a hired assassin and psychopath who kills certified bad guys. So when Nadia finds out she’s been “mommy tracked” by her assassin’s agency and is no longer getting the bigger, more exciting jobs, she demands an important mark…somebody worth killing.But it turns out that big kill is the last person she expects—her husband. How is the sweet, kind, teller-of-dad jokes she’s promised her life to an evil villain who needs exterminating? Has their whole life together been a lie? Now Nadia must choose between the two things she loves most in life, the career that keeps her sane or the family she thought she knew.

Emory needs a win, a promotion…and a date to her ex-fiancée’s Hollywood wedding in this sapphic fake-relationship rom com. Emory Jordan has been rising through the ranks of the boys’ club at a venture capital firm in New York, where she’s competing for her dream promotion. When Emory’s estranged ex-girlfriend Mari—who broke off their engagement to pursue her acting ambitions—sends her a wedding invitation, it’s the perfect opening for Emory to pitch a business deal to Mari’s new tech mogul fiancé. More importantly, it’s a chance for Emory to prove to Mari that she has moved on from their breakup. The wrench in her she’s been putting work at the top of her to-do list, and there’s nobody she can ask to be her plus-one. But Emory has a knack for business strategy. Bliss Tully, a struggling florist with a good-vibes-only attitude, accidentally stabs her with a cactus, and Emory sees an opportunity . Bliss is short on trust—her father’s white-collar crimes left her with a deep aversion to the business world—but she’s also short on cash, so she agrees to pose as Emory’s fiancée. The job is only for a month and pretending should be easy money. Right? Mari’s wedding approaches, and Emory and Bliss grow closer, all too aware their engagement is nothing more than a thirty-day sham. As far as kissing the bogus bride, though, they both want to say I do …. You are cordially invited to the fakeout in this slow-burn contemporary romance about letting go of the past—and loving your future.

There are many ways to be a heroine. Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills. “Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!” Herein, you’ll find duels and smugglers, dance battles and danger noodles, and even a new Swordspoint story! From big names and bold new voices, these stories are fun, clever, and always positive about the power of love. Contents: “Margo Lai’s Guide To Dueling Unprepared” by Alison Tam “Princess, Shieldmaiden, Witch and Wolf” by Neon Yang “Elinor Jones vs. the Ruritanian Multiverse” by Freya Marske “Plan Z” by Django Wexler “Little Birds” by Cara Patterson "Positively Medieval" by Kaitlyn Zivanovich “Book and Hammer, Blade and Bone” by Ann LeBlanc “What Finds You in the Deep” by K.A. Doore “The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec” by Ellen Kushner “Danger Noodle” by S.K. Terentiev “Chicago Iron” by Chris Wolfgang “In the Salt Crypts of Ghiarelle” by Jennifer Mace “The City Unbreachable” by Yoon Ha Lee “The Commander and the Mirage Master’s Mate” by Elaine McIonyn “The Epic Fifth Wedding Anniversary of Zaynne The Barbarian and Tikka the Accountant ” by Elizabeth Davis “The Parnassian Courante” by Claire Bartlett “The Scholar of the Bamboo Flute” by Aliette de Bodard