Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys.

“Let’s get started with something easy. I'm going to teach you how to kiss. Does that sound like fun?” I've always known that it was my calling to lead a flock to paradise, but it wasn't until I met my lovely wife Donna and her six untouched girls that I realized that I was meant to create that flock with the fruit of my own loins. My little princesses have finally reached adulthood and it's time for them to fulfill their destinies as my wives and the bearers of my offspring. As man of the house I've got a few lessons to teach them, and I'm going to do it hard and without protection! ...

Iris is on the verge of losing her job after being caught in a compromising situation at the office. She's given one final chance to redeem herself: complete an intensive sex addiction therapy program, or face termination. Her journey leads her to Blackwood Acres, a secluded retreat nestled in the rugged Montana Mountains. Upon arrival, Iris meets four ruggedly handsome cowboys, each with their own ideas of what she truly needs to learn. What she didn’t expect was how deeply she would enjoy surrendering to their unique and unorthodox lessons—discovering desires she never knew she had. ...

Cameron picks up a temp job with a cleaning service, and one of her clients is quite flirtatious. His name is Josh, and he's a handsome, wealthy older man. Cameron banters along with him for a better tip, but assumes he's the playboy type who treats all women the same. He hires her as his personal maid, and takes her to a work party where she finds out from his female employees that he's not the type who flirts at all, as he hasn't dated since his divorce. Things get hot and steamy, and he takes her submission in the most primal way. Maid to Serve involves an age gap, dominance and ...

Petite 18-year-old Chelsea has always been such a good, responsible girl. She studies hard, does all of her chores, and takes care of the man of the house since his wife passed away. Sometimes Chelsea gets bored and lonely though. She wants to learn what it means to be an adult, and the head of the household is ready to show her. There's only one catch: he's not using protection! Psst... We can't tell you anymore here. Take a peak inside and let Evelyn Wren satisfy all of your most forbidden taboo desires! Plus, for a limited time only, Chelsea Gets A BIG Surprise comes with a free chapter ...

Lacy is unimpressed by the vast number of suitors who show up to court her, and hides in her room afterwards. Mat feels the same way, and decides to step in and make things right. He doesn't care that she's half his age and totally off limits, he's the only one who will take her purity and get her pregnant.