Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from Sunday Times bestselling author S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is lifeblood, and strange ceremonies welcome students into the fold. On her first day of class, Laura Sheridan is thrust into an intense academic rivalry with the beautiful and enigmatic Carmilla. Together, they are drawn into the confidence of their demanding poetry professor, De Lafontaine, who holds her own dark obsession with Carmilla. But as their rivalry blossoms into something far more delicious, Laura must confront her own strange hungers. Tangled in a sinister game of politics, bloodthirsty professors and dark magic, Laura and Carmilla must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in their ruthless pursuit of knowledge.

A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice! Winning the lottery has ruined Opal Devlin's’s life. After quitting her dead-end job where she’d earned minimum wage and even less respect, she’s bombarded by people knocking at her door for a handout the second they found out her bank account was overflowing with cash. And Opal can’t seem to stop saying yes. With her tender heart thoroughly abused, Opal decides to protect herself by any means necessary, which to her translates to putting almost all her new money to buying a failing flower farm in Asheville, North Carolina to let the flowers live out their plant destiny while she uses the cabin on the property to start her painting business. But her plans for isolation and self-preservation go hopelessly awry when an angry (albeit gorgeous) Pepper Smith is waiting for her at her new farm. Pepper states she’s the rightful owner of Thistle and Bloom Farms, and isn’t moving out. The unlikely pair strike up an agreement of co-habitation, and butt-heads at every turn. Can these opposites both live out their dreams and plant roots? Or will their combustible arguing (and growing attraction) burn the whole place down?

Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn't Date. It's been five years since Charlotte Donovan was ditched at the altar by her ex-fiancée, and she’s doing more than okay. Sure, her single mother never checks in, but she has her strings ensemble, the Rosalind Quartet, and her life in New York is a dream come true. As the holidays draw near, her ensemble mate Sloane persuades Charlotte and the rest of the quartet to spend Christmas with her family in Colorado—it is much cozier and quieter than Manhattan, and it would guarantee more practice time for the quartet’s upcoming tour. But when Charlotte arrives, she discovers that Sloane’s sister Adele also brought a friend home—and that friend is none other than her ex, Brighton. All Brighton Fairbrook wanted was to have the holliest, jolliest Christmas—and try to forget that her band kicked her out. But instead, she’s stuck pretending like she and her ex are strangers—which proves to be difficult when Sloane and Adele’s mom signs them all up for a series of Christmas dating events. Charlotte and Brighton are soon entrenched in horseback riding and cookie decorating, but Charlotte still won’t talk to her. Brighton can hardly blame her after what she did. After a few days, however, things start to slip through. Memories. Music. The way they used to play together—Brighton on guitar, Charlotte on her violin—and it all feels painfully familiar. But it’s all in the past and nothing can melt the ice in their hearts...right?

A small-town waitress and a Hollywood star’s worlds collide in this new romance by Ashley Herring Blake, USA Today bestselling author of Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date. Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father’s car accident, she had to quit and return to her small New Hampshire town, Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town’s café, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to Clover Lake to film, she wonders if this could be her chance. There’s only one problem—Dylan Monroe, her first kiss and Hollywood’s favorite wild child—is the star. Dylan Monroe has always lived an unconventional life, having famous rock icons for parents. But she wants to prove that she’s not some chaotic, talentless nepo baby, that she has actual skills, that she’s just a normal person. To do that, Dylan takes on a project at a charming lake town—she even works at the town’s café (very quaint), shadowing a local waitress there (very cute), and asks her to take Dylan around to do Normal People Things. But Dylan soon realizes it’s not just some small-town waitress she’s getting to know—Ramona Riley is someone she’s met before, someone who remembers her even more vividly. Before long, however, reality hits them, and both women must decide if the spark between them can fan the flames of their individual dreams, or if it will extinguish their light.

When her seven-year long relationship suddenly falls apart, relationship advice columnist Gemma Cho is convinced that real love doesn’t exist. As a bisexual woman who’s had zero luck with both men and women, she’s ready to give up on her own romantic prospects when she gets paired up with Celeste Min, a world-renowned photographer, on a highly visual, potentially career-saving piece on modern love. Celeste is extremely talented, sexy, and gay, and would be the perfect collaborator and rebound for Gemma if it weren’t for one major she’s Gemma’s ex, the one that broke her heart in college and moved to a whole another country before Gemma could even make sense of what went wrong between them. Despite working on a project together about what constitutes love and romance in the modern age, when it comes to their own affairs, both Gemma and Celeste are tripping over each other’s feet…and into each other’s arms. Heightened by their shared love for love and the unmistakable sparks that still fly between them, Gemma and Celeste struggle to keep their relationship strictly professional. For the sake of her career, Gemma needs this piece to do well. And for the sake of what’s left of her beaten up hopeless romantic heart, she wants to fall head over heels for Celeste again. But can she trust Celeste to feel the same this time around? LOVE IN FOCUS is a second chance sapphic rom com that will appeal to fans of THE BOLD TYPE and DELILAH GREEN DOESN’T CARE.

Große Gefühle treffen auf einen spannenden Cold Case vor der traumhaften Kulisse Kanadas Nachdem Brynn Callahan bei ihrer Arbeit als Entwicklerin für den Techmogul Dane Conway entdeckt, dass ihr Chef in organisiertes Verbrechen verwickelt ist und dies der Polizei meldet, landet sie durch ein Zeugenschutzprogramm in der abgelegenen Kleinstadt Echo Cove auf Kodiak Island in Alaska. Dabei macht ihr nicht nur die Umstellung das Leben schwer – sie muss sich auch noch mit ihrem Nachbarn, dem brummigen Wildhüter Archer Flint herumschlagen. Bald erfährt sie, dass das ganze Dorf Archer meidet, denn vor zehn Jahren wurde eine junge Frau auf der Insel ermordet – und der Hauptverdächtige war ausgerechnet Archers älterer Bruder, der jedoch seither als verschwunden gilt. Als Brynn Archer trotz aller Warnungen immer näher kommt, beginnt sie, den alten Fall nachzuverfolgen und stößt dabei auf eine Verbindung zur ihrem Ex-Chef Conway. Als dieser zu allem Überfluss freigesprochen wird, steht plötzlich Brynns Zukunft auf dem Spiel – und um diese zu retten, muss sie die Antworten in Archers Vergangenheit finden.

Wir sind nur Menschen, die ihr Bestes geben. Und das Beste reicht manchmal eben nicht ... Laura Collins hat es geschafft! Ihr größter Wunsch geht in Erfüllung, als sie eine Stelle an einer der angesehensten Kliniken des Landes ergattert. Am Whitestone Hospital in Phoenix ist Laura eine der neuen Assistenzärzte und -ärztinnen und erkennt schnell, dass sie für ihren Traumjob an ihre Grenzen gehen und alles geben muss. Die langen Arbeitszeiten, der Schlafmangel, die schweren Entscheidungen und bewegenden Schicksale verlangen ihr viel ab. Und als wäre das nicht Herausforderung genug, ist da noch Dr. Nash Brooks, der junge Stationsarzt der Herzchirurgie. Nash ist kompetent, attraktiv, ihr Betreuer - und damit absolut verboten!

Wir müssen anders über Geld und Wirtschaft sprechen, wenn wir zu einem gerechteren Miteinander gelangen wollen: Der Literaturwissenschaftler Simon Sahner und der Ökonom Daniel Stähr gehen der Sprache des Kapitalismus auf den Grund. Preise steigen nicht von alleine. Es gibt jemanden, der sie erhöht. Das zu verstehen, ist entscheidend. Sprache schafft Realitäten und festigt Machtstrukturen. Das gilt nicht nur für Diskriminierungsformen wie Rassismus oder Sexismus, sondern auch für unser Wirtschaftssystem, den Kapitalismus. Wenn Ökonomen, Unternehmen und die Politik Finanzkrisen als Tsunamis und Stürme bezeichnen, suggerieren sie ihre und unsere Machtlosigkeit. Es gibt aber Akteure im kapitalistischen System und es gibt Möglichkeiten, auf andere Weise über Geld und Wirtschaft zu sprechen und davon zu erzählen. Anhand von zahlreichen Metaphern und Sprachbildern, einschlägigen Beispielen aus Film und Literatur sowie den Selbsterzählungen von Unternehmern wie Steve Jobs oder Elon Musk analysieren Simon Sahner und Daniel Stähr die Sprache des Kapitalismus und seine Geschichten. Was steckt hinter Begriffen wie »Rettungsschirm«, »Gratismentalität« und »too big to fail«? Wieso erfreut sich die Figur des »Unternehmergenies« so großer Beliebtheit? Und: Wie können wir neue Narrative schaffen, um uns aus der scheinbaren kapitalistischen Alternativlosigkeit zu befreien und Veränderungsmöglichkeiten aufzuzeigen?