In each chapter, your choices determine how the story proceeds.In Heroes Rise, Powered heroes have become the ultimate celebrities, and you dream of joining the A-List. To get there, you'll first have to take down evil Powered gangs, compete with deadly rivals, choose a worthy sidekick, team up with famous champions, and prove to all of Millennia City that you're a true hero. Will you crusade for justice, or gun for money? Will you work as a team with the world-famous Millennial Group, or will you steal their spotlight? Build your character, choose their paths and enjoy the outcomes.If you like gamebooks, you'll love Heroes Rise. Its unique approach to interactive fiction allows larger, deeper, and richer stories than traditional gamebooks. There are many different endings, good luck finding them all! Note: Contains material that may not be appropriate for children.

    During her first rehearsal, she is surprised and intrigued to meet Vivian Kensington, the formidable by reputation board president who also happens to be…deaf.As Kate treads the waters of a rocky relationship with the young and foolhardy Ash, she develops a tentative friendship with her cold-hearted boss. As she does, she finds a kindness and a warmth that she never expected.As their friendship grows into something more, Kate wonders, is Ash really who she wants? Or is Vivian who she desires? Is it possible for two women, one from a world of sound and one a world of silence, to truly understand one another?

    Prepare for laughs and tears as they work on becoming Animanguses (It’s Animagi!) and keep their friends and family safe from the Dark Lord’s ever growing forces.

    Yet, as too many lovers have discovered too late, though Joanna's bedroom door is always open, she keeps her wounded heart under lock and key.Knowing too well Joanna's "love 'em and leave 'em" reputation, beautiful Fiona Maddison is determined to keep their friendship platonic -- unless she can break through Joanna's impenetrable public persona. But as the sexual tension between them starts to smolder, Fiona's resolve starts to melt.Editor: Christine CassidyGenre: Romance

    Case in point: everyone keeps assuming he and Derek are a couple. What the hell?Words: 71,466 Complete

    Reece Corbett grew up on the mean streets of New York City; abused, used, and in trouble with the law. A mysterious man named Frank stepped in, pulled Reece from despair and saved her life. The obstinant, angry street thug eventually earned respect and makes a name for herself, not to mention a "reputation" despite the demons that still haunt her. When Frank dies suddenly, he leaves her his business, a Gentleman's Club called "The Lounge," which may be the only thing she takes pride in. That, and protecting her "girls," especially one freaky little dancer with a heart of gold named Cori the unspoken friend, ally and confidante of one Reece Corbett. Faith Ashford grew up wealthy with all the creature comforts that wealth provides. Country Clubs, a house in the Hampton's, and debutante balls with white gloves, taffeta and gardenias. There was one difference though, Faith wasn't like the other spoiled rich girls, she had no desire to follow those rather shallow footsteps, instead, she wished to follow her own dreams wherever they may lead her and those dreams lead the aspiring actress into a tenement in New York's Alphabet City, working the night shift in a rather seedy Lower East Side bar whose denizens, a sea of oddities, freaks, and frat boys that call themselves customers. Then one night an exotic dancer with electric blue hair wonders into Faith's bar. Cori of the myriad piercings and tattoos has no idea, but she would become the blonde's ultimate salvation in her moment of desperation, just as Frank was for Reece. Faith needed a break, she needed a change, and bartending at The Lounge would at least afford her something new, more new than she could possibly imagine in fact, a tall drink of water by the name of Reece Corbett who in turn had been looking for "this woman" all her life.

    Slade. But if you deliver results, I might be able to tolerate your presence in my home."Fresh out of graduate school and unable to find a job as a writer, Victoria Slade is lucky to land a job as a study companion to an overachieving ten-year-old boy -- a job she thinks is going to be a piece of cake. That is, if it were not for her boss, the stern, enigmatic billionaire Sebastian Chase. Victoria bristles under his low opinion of her and her working-class status, yet can’t help wondering just how cold and hard he really was under his impeccable tailored suits.Sebastian isn’t prepared for the sudden presence of the fiery redheaded girl in his home, or in his thoughts. He offers her a way to both explore their attraction to each other and keep their professional distance. But it comes with a price, and he is not a man to be easily satisfied.

    After finding her fiancee entangled with another woman, she travels to Bali to recover from her failed relationship. River is a womanizing artist with a troubled past and serious commitment issues. She traded a successful career in L.A. for a quiet, anonymous life in Bali where she works as a tour guide on weekends. After the two meet on an excursion led by River, Lily is shocked to find herself curiously drawn to her new friend. Lily has never been involved with a woman before but she can’t seem to get the charming and persuasive blonde out of her head. Is this newly awakened fire just a moment in time? Or has destiny led them exactly where they needed to be?

    So when the Hobgoblin attacks, he finds a hero at the end of his rope…and vulnerable to new dark impulses. Spider-Man is about to change his rules – but is it truly Peter who is in charge? Creative powerhouses Chip Zdarsky, Pasqual Ferry and Matt Hollingsworth bring you a terrifying tale of a Peter Parker possessed and on the edge!

    "He said you're to get changed into formal clothes and meet him in the Great Hall, there's a delegation coming from the Summer Court."Merlin (BBC) Canon AU, 24,773 Words

    A last-minute shock at her day job sends her reeling, and it looks like the new year will get off to a rocky start. With some help from her kilt-wearing brother in law, Rob, she makes three little wishes for a happier New Year.PhD student Naomi isn't doing much better, the holiday season brought her a scandalous surprise. And without a special lady to celebrate with, she winds up with her parent's at their friend's New Year's bash. Unaware that her night is about to get complicated, she confides in someone that controls her fate.When Naomi's and Sasha's worlds suddenly collide, New Year's Eve takes a magical turn. But just when they both thought they'd found someone special, their two paths are unwillingly torn apart. Will Sasha have to search all of Boston to find her? Will Naomi ever see Sasha again?Year of the Kiss is a steamy New Year's eve novella to help you welcome in 2019.37,000 words

    Today, she is the backbone of the Guardians of the Galaxy, putting her life on the line to defend the innocent. What was it that transformed her from being used as a tool of her oppressor, to a champion of the powerless? Embark on a journey of revenge and redemption, and witness how Gamora earned her reputation as the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy.

    When the constant berating of her family and the reminders of her failures finally weigh too heavily on her shoulders, she moves away from her unhappy past to start life anew. Allison takes a position with Whitton, Incorporated, a large construction and property development company in Jacksonville, Florida. She moves away from her childhood home, hoping to jump-start her career and improve her life. M.J. Whitton, the newly-installed president of her ailing father's company, is intelligent, controlling, hot-tempered, and devastatingly beautiful. An admitted flirt and womanizer, M.J. runs her company as she runs her personal life – with ruthless domination, no strings or emotions attached. When Allison joins the staff, M.J. doesn't quite know what to think of her nor is Allison sure how to handle the mercurial president. Brought together by professional circumstance, the two women wind up working closely together and forge an uneasy alliance. But personalities and desires clash repeatedly as one crisis after another is thrown into their path, and their professional and personal relationship quickly sours. After several agonizing months, Allison must make a decision. Is M.J. worth the struggle? Should she stay at Whitton, Inc.? Which way will the tides turn?

    K. RowlingRelationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy------------------------------------When does redemption begin? She likes to believe it is at the top of a tower, when a boy lowers his wand, his power, his control, his future in the ranks he had been promised and walks away to never be the same again. The question for Draco Malfoy, of course, was when it ended.Words:313288 Complete

    Jess has loved Melissa for longer than she can remember and it’s bearable when they’re a hundred miles apart, but what will happen when they’re thrown back together and there’s nowhere to hide?Jess has tried everything to put her feelings aside, but when Melissa comes home from university and becomes a permanent fixture in her office, kitchen, and sometimes even bed, she’s got no chance of making it work.Throw in a best friend who’s taken over the spare bedroom with her toddler daughter, and an extended family who’ll meddle in anything going, and life is about to get complicated.