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Thuggiana is a collection of short stories connected to The First Quarto.

Amelia and Erin thought they had it all figured out: defy fate and prove that love conquers all. But when it comes to vampires and humans, nothing is ever simple. As the Salvatore Regina and her warrior protector, they’re revered as the queens foretold in prophecy, destined to save the vampire world and bring peace to the Fallen and their human mates.

It’s summertime and Lizzie is determined to have the best summer yet. Just as long as no one acknowledges that on July fourteenth she’s turning forty. She can’t kick the thought that getting older is a failure on her part. And it’s dangerous, too. She tweaks her neck simply trying to make toast. The problem is, Sarah seems determined to throw a surprise birthday bash despite being warned not to.

Princess Ythsie and her squire Stroma are on the run, hunted by the Deathless and separated from everything they once knew. While Ythsie searches for a way to free the undead army that has plagued her kingdom for centuries, Stroma must choose between her oath to the princess and a growing revolution that promises to reshape Eynhallow forever. But King Gillivrey's grip on the throne grows stronger by the day. As he amasses a new army and seeks a royal marriage to cement his power, time runs out for those who would oppose him.

From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and...

My name is Dominique Chevalier, and I am broken. Two years ago, a beloved part of me died. Angelique was everything, but she left me alone. Alone with an infant, a broken heart, unimaginable pain, and a promise that I’ll never forget. After relocating and taking a job as Ottawa’s chief forensic pathologist, I find purpose.

Thornsbee is a foster kid and Verona, Indiana is just another temporary town. At least, that’s what Thornsbee thinks when he arrives, but against his better judgment he begins to make friends and then he discovers the abandoned amusement park outside of town. Despite the dangers of the old park, he explores it on his own, is knocked unconscious during a mishap and wakes up to the sight of a beautiful boy and a park that is alive with wonder and fun. Perhaps Verona isn’t such ordinary town at all.

Wells Ambrose thinks I’m evil, and I wish he was wrong. I ruined his life the summer I turned fifteen, and he hasn’t let me forget. Nearly everyone in our small town turned on me after that, which used to be a bad thing. Until I decided I need Wells’s hate. He’s failing college, and I’m the only one who can get him out of the backlash he receives from his parents. He needs me, and I need him to believe I’m that evil girl from years ago, because his hatred comes with attention and protection.

As the founder of Freedom Fighters, famed music composer, William Mayes, is often the first port of call when the FBI needs assistance with human trafficking victims. After receiving such a call one night, William abandons everything to catch the next flight home. Arriving at Manhattan Memorial, he finds a beautiful young man restrained to a gurney. His eyes are wild with fear, and blood stains his skin. No one has been successful in getting him to speak.

Five months after they stopped The Whistler, business is booming for the Undetectables. Just not work that requires magical forensic investigators. So when Diana's ex asks them to solve a murder—her own—Diana, Mallory, and Cornelia can't say no.

In this “achingly beautiful debut” (The Boston Globe), a young Black gay man, estranged from his father, must confront his painful past—and his deepest desires around gender, love, and sex. “A beautiful, clear-eyed portrait of love in the face of religious and familial betrayal...

The final chapter of The Warehouse District Trilogy is explosive, defiant, and more sapphic than ever. The Scarlet Resistance has outgrown the shadows, carving out an autonomous zone in the heart of Minneapolis. But with power comes risk, and the regime is getting desperate. The Scarlet Eye, once a spray-painted symbol, is now a movement. A reckoning. As Oakland shoulders the weight of being the revolution’s face, and Eden navigates her most dangerous role yet, new fractures threaten to tear everything apart.

When my parents threatened to cut me off if I wasn't married by the time I turned 30, I thought finding a wife would be easy. But apparently, I'm not the best at dating, and almost two years later, I'm still very single. My birthday is coming up fast, and unless I want to give up the comfortable lifestyle I'm used to, I need to find someone willing to settle down quickly. I'm desperate and out of ideas, until my best friend suggests I apply for a new reality dating show.

It is ever the nature of war to continue getting worse. The war Julietta remains stuck in is no exception. Though more and more threats start showing glimpses of themselves behind the scenes, Julietta can't deal with them while she's busy with boot camp. Even so-called superheroes need to learn how to shoot a rifle and work with a team, but the length and brutality of the war have not been kind to the training camps. Worse, after she graduates, Julietta will be thrust immediately into battle.

Myles hasn’t had many wins since his wife cheated, divorced him, and left him with nothing. But then he stumbles onto what feels like a miracle: a massive two-story rental for the price of a shoebox apartment. It’s old, sure, but it’s furnished, the utilities are included, and for once in his life, something finally feels like it’s going his way. That is—until he finds the mirror. At first, it’s just a dusty relic tucked away in one of the upstairs rooms.

Yorkshire, 1898. When twenty-one-year-old Lilianne Loxley is sent to Lord Bexton's isolated estate to work off her uncle's debts, she expects drudgery—not danger. With her gift for mimicry, she becomes Bexton's secretary—and his reluctant forger. Soon she's trapped in a scheme to create a "lost" novel by Emily Brontë, a deception that could make—or destroy—fortunes. The house is full of secrets: footsteps echo in empty corridors, lemon-scented ghosts haunt her sleepless nights, and a portrait seems to watch her every move. Yet it's the living who unsettle her most.

Brett, a 25 year old 911 police dispatcher, is fresh from a break up — as is Steve, the handsome and friendly gay waiter at the local Dennys he frequents. Having always been ‘curious’, Brett finds himself open to the advances of the attractive Hispanic waiter. When Brett invites Steve to work out with him at the all night fitness center he finds himself embarking on a tumultuous and erotic journey that takes him to places he never dreamed he'd go.

Totally fake marriage. Very real feelings. When my hockey teammate, the recently widowed Tanner Chance, loses his job, he and his four kids are left with no medical coverage. So I suggest a wild idea: get married and put his family on my company’s insurance plan.

As always, Percy has a plan. A dangerous plan. And with hot priest Joe Bruno as his new partner in crime, Percy's never felt more confident. For the first time, the two will work together, secret-free, to face ghosts, sequined hot shorts, and a villain far more powerful and malignant than anything they've met before.

Award-winning author Jae penned thirteen short stories that range from sweet and romantic to hot and erotic, and from humorous to heartfelt. Whatever you're in the mood for, you're sure to find it in this collection of lesbian short stories.