Unleash The Lach is the fi rst novel in a saga series revolving around the mystique of the Lach Ness monster; a Los Angeles family takes fl ight toScotland, unable to put up with another day in L.A.The mother has had it and if you tire of her chronicsocietal vengeance, please turn to the adventuresabout the Lach, a subterranean dominatrixprotecting her underground culture's food source,two neighboring tribes inhabiting sustainable,eclectic and ritualistically innovative cave dwellings,Mr. Kelivery and his plan to save the people, and thescores of other characters and encounters baring in on them amidst the lush green highlands. This is a highly philosophical and psychological engagement. If any of it is too much on you, skip to the good part. It's really about the writing. Yet clearly that all the characters are sometimes too stuck in their own minds to truly let go and enjoy the adventure

With his hope in the Dragon Gods shattered, Sarzen Alnem seeks another way to save his people from their mortal foes. A mysterious thief tells Sarzen and his friends of a legendary weapon known as the Salvation Sword, which could help them save their people from destruction. But to get to the Sword, Sarzen and his friends will need to travel even further than they already have, to the birthplace of humanity itself, and deal with the dangers that await them there. Helnia Alnem has settled back into normal life in the capital of her home country, but when one of her students is kidnapped by the monstrous Draymens, she must ally with a mad mage in order to save her student's life. And if she fails, then not only will her student die, but she herself will fall into the hands of her enemies, who intend to sacrifice her and her brother to resurrect their dark god. In the final book of The Dragon God Chronicles, revelations will be uncovered, questions will be answered, and the final conflict between good and evil will commence.

The 2010 campaign and election was pivotal: Republican takeover of House, advent of super PACs, and record-breaking sums spent on a midterm election. This volume explores - a cross-section of groups, and networks that illustrates unleashing of interest group activity in electoral process in response to Citizens United and other court cases.

Books 4-6 of the unputdownable, steamy Blood Brothers series. Enemies-to-lovers, morally gray, and many more addicting tropes! ✦✦✦ Extracted Too dangerous to love, and too tempting to resist . . . If perfection had a picture, it’d be Gemma Turner, the blue-eyed dark-haired, beauty that dissolves his common sense with one glance at her ass. Their once-a-year booty call is long over due. Fourteen months overdue to be exact. Dallas Holmes is stunned to see her in Cali, Colombia—at the same location as his job. This gig is supposed to be easy—getting weapons to a socialist militia group in Venezuela. Seeing Gemma traipse around the hotel patio stuns his senses, but that doesn’t stop him from taking her from behind in the hotel closet. For six years Gemma has devoted her life to being an informant for the CIA. Working a dangerous job has become normal but her ache for freedom has never stopped. Bumping into the devastatingly dangerous Dallas Holmes shakes her core and makes her long for his strong, competent embrace . . . and hot body. When her job in Cali ends with a bomb explosion, she knows she’s in too deep. She doesn’t know if Dallas survived the explosion, but she needs to get herself to safety. Someone wants her dead and running into her annual lover turns out to be a life saver. ✦✦✦ Marked She’s made a deal with the devil himself . . . Detective Sophia Aldridge is on a man-hunt for contract killer Cole Holmes. Ever since the arrests of Lionsgate Kinship, the elusive assassin has dodged the police. Aside from one grainy image of him, no one speaks about the man deadlier than the grim reaper himself. Winding up face-to-face in an alley with him steals her breath. She’s caught him red-handed in a murder, and despite their tousle where he should have killed her, he walked away, leaving her unarmed and pissed off. But the feeling of his large, deadly body up against hers is embossed in her mind. Getting Sophia underneath him would be a slice of heaven that Cole is too smart to taste. He gave her a warning: stay the hell of his tail if she wants to live. That’s why finding her outside his apartment days later has him seeing red. He makes one final visit to her home, and makes a devastating discovery: hot cop is a mom. She might be scared of Cole, but she’s not stupid. She swore to protect and she won’t stop until Cole is punished for his crimes. But then her world is shaken . . . her baby girl is kidnapped. Immediately, Sophia assumes Cole is responsible, but when she ambushes his apartment, she realizes she’s wrong. Time is running out, and she needs to bring her daughter home before it’s too late. Cole swears to help, but he has one condition. ✦✦✦ Unbroken He only has to keep her alive for seven days . . . When Savannah Carrington’s life is threatened, she refuses to be whisked to God knows where just to appease her father—the infamous leader of Sinners Syndicate. But when the owner of Backcountry Protection Services, Toth Holmes, is hired as her personal bodyguard, her choices are ripped away yet again. Her protector—make that captor—is anything but a saint. He looks at her like no other man dares, branding her with his gaze and promising to own her body if she’d let him. He’s hot and delicious but she’s not stupid enough to give into temptation. Doing so would sign his death certificate. He said no to the job. More than once. Knowing he wouldn’t be able to keep his hands off the devastatingly beautiful mafia princess made refusing the contract offer a no-brainer. But when Savannah’s life is at stake, Toth knows he can’t turn a blind eye. Seven days is the length of his contract, the shortest one he’s ever signed, yet the most dangerous. If she’s killed on his watch, he’ll pay in blood. Same goes if he dares to touch one silky strand on her head.

He wants to control the map… but his ex marks the spot. Dolphin shifter and treasure hunter Vince Ito just got his dream mission: find King Arthur’s sword. Unfortunately, he also got his mission partner, the one man he ever let past his defenses, only to get wrecked. Now he has to see the guy every day. Travel with him over his home turf of northern Scotland. Well, no way is he going to eat with him too. Or share a room with him. Or crack open the whisky that led to his first intoxicating taste of command. + Hawk shifter and adventure photographer Lachlan McAlistair remembers exactly how it all went down. And he’ll be damned if he’ll give Vince that kind of power over him again. Any realist knows there’s no sword to be found. So Lach will play along and collect his check. No unnecessary time alone with Vince. No chatting, no joking, no reminiscing. And definitely no admitting he’s developed a craving for Vince’s brand of discipline. + Stripping His Armor is the 1st novel of the new Shift & Seek m/m shifter series. Set your coordinates for a disoriented control freak, a Scot who knows just how to push his buttons, some damn fine whisky, and two guys secretly hoping for a second chance. Tropes: second chances, opposites attract, forced proximity, fake relationship Content Notes: This story involves depictions/descriptions of a consensual D/s dynamic, production & consumption of alcohol, firearms & hunting, murder, and attempted murder.

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new novel in her Thieves world… After fighting her way across another plane of existence and facing off against ancient witches, there should be nothing more satisfying than coming home. Unfortunately, Kelsey Atwood had a different experience. The world she returned to has changed. Twelve years have passed, and they’ve been twelve hard years for the friends and family she never meant to leave behind. The little boy she adopted is now a grown man. The husbands she longed to see are scattered and on different sides of a war for control of the supernatural world. Her most trusted friend is now the leather-clad minion of the enemy, Myrddin. Dealing with the wreckage of her personal life will have to wait, though, because the only chance at a hopeful future is deciphering an obscure prophecy, and she means to solve it. This quest will take her crew to a nest of primal vampires and the fierce world known as The Under. Filled with fantastic creatures and wonders she never imagined she would see, this new discovery leads her to something she is all too familiar with—a murder to solve and a killer to catch. Trying to reconnect with her husbands and her son is already challenging enough, but as she begins piecing together the story behind the crime, it becomes clear that this mystery may tear down The Under and everyone who calls it home.

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Lexi Blake comes a new novel in her Thieves world… Kelsey Owens just wants to settle in with her gorgeous husbands, surrounding herself with her reclaimed family. Preparations should be made for the arrival of their new son. The world has other plans. War is brewing, powerful forces are lining up against everyone she loves, and her latest prisoner also happens to be her best friend in the world. Being the sheriff of the supernatural world really sucks sometimes. Olivia Carey lost everything. Stripped of the magic that gave her life color and substance, she thought it couldn’t get worse. Then Kelsey was gone. She found a light in the darkness. A path back to her magic, but claiming it somehow put her on the opposite side of a war with everyone she knew and cared for. She knows that her cause was just, but lately things are confusing. Captured by the rebels she tormented and once called friends, she is forced to question everything she knows. When someone dear to them both is struck down, Kelsey and Liv must join forces again. Only Liv can work the spell to save them, but that spell requires a unique ingredient found only on the Hell plane. Stealing it will mean risking everything—including the growing bond between Liv and her old boyfriend, Casey Lane. Hell has some tricks up its sleeve for both Liv and Kelsey. And in the midst of battle, Liv will be forced to decide between saving their world and burning it all down.

For the first time available in paperback, this classic anthology provides readers with important literary works composed during the Middle English period (1100-1500) in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The editors provide glosses for all unfamiliar words and obscure phrases and every selection refers to at least one definitive edition where details of recent scholarship can be found. Modern punctuation and capitalization are used throughout and variant spellings are kept to a minimum to avoid unnecessary confusion. The introduction discusses important literary and linguistic questions; the headnotes and bibliography offer extensive guidance to secondary sources; and the appendixes clarify pronunciation, verb use, and dialect variations.