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Canandra, a young witch from the snowbound north, eagerly seeks out new knowledge and experiences. Despite her considerable power, her Elders decree that she must go on a spiritual quest. Sent deep into the fiery southern desert, Canandra battles loneliness and the burning sun until she catches sight of a gryphon on the wing. When the gryphon begins to hunt her, Canandra realizes that there is no place to run.

When Chrissy is dared to pleasure herself in front a gryphon by her boyfriend, she gets more than she bargains for when the gryphon wakes up and carries her away to his lair. It is there where the gryphon has his way with her. The beast is too strong and Chrissy cannot resist his advances. She hates it at first, but soon she finds great pleasure in the perverse of mating with this hybrid creature. In fact, the gryphon gives her most pleasure than she had ever dreamed

Kera is the greatest alchemist-healer in her village. She can heal every wound and ailment - all except for her dying father's sickness. Kera needs a special ingredient -the blood of a gryphon - to cure him, but gryphons are deadly creatures. Throwing caution to the wind, Kera goes out in the wildness to find and kill herself a gryphon. When she finds one, she discovers that the ?

Clara is fearful as she is bound to a stake by the soldiers of her city, and carried to the mountain top to serve as a sacrifice to the dragon. Trepidation tears at her soul, as she stares at the cave in front of her and awaits her fate. When the dragon emerges, a large, winged beast made of muscle and scales, she's confused when it doesn't eat her right away. She is also surprised that she can communicate with it, to a limited extent. Clara is able to understand that the creature wants something from her, but what?

Agena has earned the right to lead a group of mercenaries. She earned it by beating the local town hero, Bram, in a duel. The duel was the easy part, though, since now she has to find and kill a flock of gryphons. So she leads her 20-man team into the eerie Darkling Cave where they are ambushed by a swarm of gryphons. Steel clashes with claws and soon only Agena and the largest of the gryphons are left alive. The massive gryphon makes short work of Agena, leaving her defenseless. Just as Agena thinks the gryphon is going in for the kill, he begins to caress her skin. He doesn't want to kill her.

Vanya is one of the best horse handlers in her regiment. She trains and retrains warhorses, never expecting or wanting more. Until the night that a dragon is dragged into camp in chains. Used to training dangerous animals, Vanya is assigned to tame and train the dragon. She's never encountered a dragon before, but is told that only a woman can train a dragon. As she attempts to reach the wild creature, it resists every trick she knows. When it breaks free and traps her beneath it, it quickly becomes apparent why only a woman can train a dragon. Is Vanya willing to truly tame the dragon?

Vanya is the most important soldier in the regiment. Not because she is a great fighter or a master strategist. Vanya is a Dragon Rider. Vanya and her dragon lived together, rode together, and fought together. Only women can tame dragons because only women can connect with the beasts on an instinctive level; by mating with them, the women gain control over the dragon. But when Vanya's commander orders her into the sky, she enters a world where her dragon is in control. The dragon plucks Vanya from her saddle, intent on teaching her who rules the skies, whether she likes it or not.

Dino Park houses the New Dinosaurs- beasts created by scientists from residual DNA. The park is open to the public, who come to see the big carnivores and the classic, well-known herbivores. Smaller, gentler dinosaurs perform for the public.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Note: Per author's request, profanity has been removed from both the book and the audio program. "Sims’s vivid portrait of Trump shrewdly balances admiration with misgivings, and his intricate, engrossing accounts of White House vendettas and power plays...

The epic sequel to THE CITY OF DUSK, a dark epic fantasy trilogy that follows the four heirs of four noble houses - each gifted with a divine power - as they form a tenuous alliance to keep their kingdom from descending into a realm-shattering war. In the second instalment of Tara Sim's Dark...

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times Book Review Publishers Weekly CrimeReads Book Riot A LibraryReads Pick The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession. No one knows Margo’s real...

At two pm on a Monday in 1966, Ned Balfour wakes in Corsica beside a beautiful woman. In the same instant, back in London, fellow art dealer and Dachau survivor Sam Weiss falls 10 storeys to his death. Ned refuses to believe that Sam's death was intentional, and his investigation thrusts him into the deceit and fraudulence of the art world, where he unmasks more than one respectable face. First published in 1967, this thrilling tale of vertigo, suspicion and infidelity is a long-forgotten classic with an intriguing plot twist.

The masters of sword and sorcery fiction might be dead, but just because Robert E. Howard is no longer penning Conan tales doesn't mean you have to go without your fix of axe-wielding barbarians, lusty wenches, and evil wizards! Literary Rebel is proud to bring you a whole new crop of monthly fantasy fiction by talented new authors. In this first issue: savages kidnap virgins for sacrifice, a slave escapes his bonds only to fall victim to royal machinations, treasure seekers find more than they bargained for, and a sword-wielding maiden does battle with a serpent lord.

*Featured on Best of Lists in Vogue, People, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Southern Living, and more* In this “wicked slow burn” (Entertainment Weekly) of psychological suspense from the author of How Can I Help You, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress. Though the two...

Beliria's pride has gotten her into trouble again. Before she can complete her rites of womanhood and take her place in the tribe, she must provide a kill for her tribe. Beliria chooses to hunt the most dangerous herbivore on the plains, the Tri-Horn. No single hunter has ever successfully taken a Triceratops, but Beliria is determined to be the first. Naked, with no food, water, or provisions beyond her weapons, Beliria sets out. Tracking the Tri-Horn, she lays a cunning ambush, but it isn't cunning enough.

Drin is her tribe's chief huntress; she lives for the thrill of the hunt. Men and sex hold no allure for her, as Drin has never found a partner to satisfy her. When a T-Rex descends upon her village, destroying it, Drin demands that the tribe's hunters go in search of the beast and slaughter it. Opting for safety instead of revenge, the tribe moves to a new location, hoping that the big beast won't follow them. t does. rin taunts the beast, giving her tribes mates time to flee. As she runs, leading it through a gauntlet of traps, the thrill of the hunt soars through her blood, leaving her wet with desire.

Get more out of every day! From goal setting, project management, and to-do lists to daily scheduling, creating new habits, and curing chronic lateness, this book will change busy listeners' lives. Everyone from free-wheelers to perfectionists will love these solutions for both home and work.

Bloomsbury presents The Phantom Coach Edited by Michael Sims, read by William Hope and Penelope Rawlins. Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections Dracula’s Guest...

Bloomsbury presents The Phantom Coach Edited by Michael Sims, read by William Hope and Penelope Rawlins. Ghost stories date back centuries, but those written in the Victorian era have a unique atmosphere and dark beauty. Michael Sims, whose previous Victorian collections have been widely praised...

From the award-winning author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues, a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection. A man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread. A...