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Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this anthology features award-winning authors Tracey Baptiste, David Bowles, Adrianna Cuevas, Sayantani DasGupta, Debbi Michiko Florence, Adam Gidwitz, Erin Entrada Kelly, Minh Lê, Ellen Oh, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Andrea Wang, and Jasmine Warga. These inspiring stories celebrate family, friendship, culture, and American immigrant life today.

Being pretty isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Nova Harbor would much rather be known for her brain than her symmetrical facial features, stunning bod, and eye-catching coloring. As a research scientist for the secret section of the US government known as the Division of Paranormal Creatures & Activities, or DPCA for short, getting the big boys to notice her achievements is a heck of a lot harder than getting them to notice her assets. She does all she can to stay professional, but frustrations run rampant when she’s forced to work with a snobby feline and his oversized ego.

Sybil Harbor isn’t like her sisters. True, they are hybrids like her, but Sybil is the only one of her kind. Now that Martina and Nova have found their mates, it’s even lonelier for her. Well, it is until he walks into her life. Like a dream come true. Only her new man isn’t what he appears, and the truth might kill her. Perseus Calloway is on a mission. Living under an ancient curse, the Calloway Coven has been without its power for generations. But when a rumor of Dragons living just a few hours away reaches their ears, they send him to investigate.

Wenn deine Alpträume zum Leben erwachen, ist kein Versteck sicher. Roderigo, der letzte Pistolero, hat die Hoffnung auf ein Ende des Alptraumreiches bereits aufgegeben und verdient sein Silber mit der Jagd nach Monstern und Mutanten, als er für einen ungewöhnlichen Auftrag rekrutiert wird: Er soll ein Kind finden, das zwischen den Reichen der Sterblichen und Nachtmahre wandelt. Roderigo muss sich entscheiden, ob er seine eigenen Dämonen hinter sich lassen kann, um sich dem Bösen erneut zu stellen.

Anna Wiener was beginning to tire of her assistant job in New York publishing. Within a year she had moved to San Francisco to take up a job at a data analytics start-up in Silicon Valley. She had a healthy income for the first time in her life. She felt like part of the future. But a tide was beginning to turn. People were speaking of tech start-ups as surveillance companies. Out of 60 employees, only 8 of her colleagues were women. Casual sexism was rife. Sexual harassment cases were proliferating.

Omar El Akkad joins us in the Audible Studios to discuss his debut novel, American War. Having spent 10 years as a journalist reporting on subjects such as the war in Afghanistan and military trials in Guantanamo Bay, Omar has turned his attentions to dystopian fiction in American War. Set in 2074, the novel portrays a world where climate change and political uprisings have transformed everything as we know it - and civil war has broken out in America.

In this incredible narrative, Erica Armstrong Dunbar reveals a fascinating and heartbreaking behind-the-scenes look at the Washingtons when they were the First Family and an in-depth look at their slave, Ona Judge, who dared to escape from one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. Born into a life of slavery, Ona Judge eventually grew up to be George and Martha Washington’s “favored” dower slave. When she was told she was going to be given as a wedding gift to Martha Washington’s granddaughter, Ona made the bold and brave decision to flee to the North, where she'd be a fugitive.

Rose knows the ins and outs of power struggles better than anyone. Her entire career has been a cutthroat race to the top. But the battle for political dominance takes a dark turn when an unknown opponent threatens to steal her glory.

As a 47-year-old veterinarian, I thought I’d seen it all when it came to animals. Until an injured wolf shifted into my high school sweetheart. An ordinary hike became a rescue mission When a wolf lay in my path, barely clinging to life. I rushed him to my clinic and hoped for a miracle, But I hadn’t meant it literally. The wolf transformed into a man, But not just any man— Bennett Westbrook, my high school ex, Now standing before me with a world of secrets.

Ryleigh Matthews has lost her wife, the love of her life, and wonders what’s left. She’ll sit on the porch in her rocker and . . . do what? But the King of the High Fae has a job for her. To find a magical crystal ball that’s been missing for thousands of years. An orb that will save her world and theirs. Searching for this ancient artifact, Ryleigh is trailed by a sinister magician. And after the dark sorcerer steals the crystal ball, Ryleigh must prevent him from handing it over to the fallen angel he serves. Can Ryleigh rescue the orb before multiple worlds fall into supernatural oblivion?

The Last Aloha continues the binge-worthy saga of the Briscoe family. Ava and her children maneuver more changes as they run the pineapple plantation known as Pali Maui amid a myriad of complications. A surprise wedding…a renovation of the golf course fraught with issues, including a formidable lender who causes trouble…a loved one facing a serious illness. All this forces the Briscoes to reevaluate priorities and cling to what is truly important…family. Yet, these struggles pale against the impact of a coming storm with consequences none of them see coming.

Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly combining outlandish humor with big questions about mortality, ethics, and human weakness, Ron Currie, Jr., holds a funhouse mirror to our present-day world.

Langt inde i Dybeskov bor skovlingerne i huler mellem træernes rødder Kvist og Rod er skovlinger og bedste venner. Sammen laver de ballade i Skovlingeskolen, redder dyreunger fra ræven – og snyder en lækkersulten trold. Men en dag bliver deres mod for alvor sat på prøve, da de kæmpestore Tordenfødder dukker op i Dybeskov … Skovlingerne i Dybeskov er en eventyrlig fortælling om venskab og om, at selv en lille skovling kan have store drømme og endnu større mod. Gyldendal A/S www.gyldendal.dk gyldendal@gyldendal.dk

After my sister took over the family business, there isn’t much left for me to do. But with O’Doyle Industries going legit, big sis has found something. And I want no part of it. Marrying the bratty daughter of a Russian billionaire, and former mobster, isn’t ideal. But when it comes to family, sometimes desperate measures are called for. My new wife isn’t hard on the eyes, but I have no intention of falling victim to her wiles.

Die wenigen verbliebenen Arten leben isoliert rund um den Äquator und sind vom Aussterben bedroht. Gleichzeitig ist die Menschheit auf das Überleben der Kreaturen angewiesen, da in der DNS dreier Arten der Schlüssel für dringend benötigte Medikamente vermutet wird. Aus diesem Grund wird die Abenteurerin Zora Bennett mit einem Team losgeschickt, um genetisches Material eben jener drei Spezies zu beschaffen. Doch dann landen die Gruppe nach einem Zwischenfall auf einer einsamen Insel und machen eine schockierende Entdeckung!

Baylor "Wizard" Chadwick didn't think he'd fall hard and fast for a woman like a few of his club brothers had recently done. Not until the Hounds of Hellfire tech expert saw Thea Drummond's photo during a background check.

Within moments of being given as a mate to three fearsome shifters, Lexie was stripped bare, spanked for her defiance, and then brought to a shameful climax with their whole village watching. But as she's carried off with her punished ass still sore inside and out, it's not what these savage beasts did to her in public that's on her mind. It's what they're going to do to her once they have her all to themselves.

All the bigwigs on Earth said I'd have a bright future in space. They obviously knew nothing, 'cause I'm sweating in the bows of an alien pirate ship. The lizards who captured me figured out I've got a way with machines. Thank god, I've concocted one hell of an escape plan. Then he waltzes into the middle of it, seven feet of handsome wrapped in blue skin and horns. Human guys never wanted me, but Tark doesn't even bother to say hello. I get the alien who leaps straight to, "We're married!" Tark looks at me like I hung the moon, and the heat of his touch gets my motor running.

Hank Garret doesn’t need any help finding a mate. Too bad Uncle Uzzi won’t take no for an answer. Driving the infamous matchmaking Witch to visit the Maverick Pride is one of his favorite duties, but lately, it’s the very thing disturbing the Falcon Shifter’s peace of mind. Watching those Tigers find their true mates is just too painful. When Uncle Uzzi recommends Hank’s services to a Lioness in need, duty calls. It was fine. he could remain professional. He just has to ignore the gorgeous spitfire in his backseat for the next twenty-four hours. Piece of cake–gulp.

Valessa is in danger. Her town has been captured by Aventinian raiders, the women taken, and now she's on a ship destined for nowhere good. But when a terrifying, four-armed sea-ogre pirate boards the ships and demands compensation, Valessa's luck changes. The sea-ogre demands a bride. It's the perfect opportunity for her to escape. Valessa volunteers. She tells everyone she's very experienced with sea-ogres and knows just how to please them. She's very descriptive about it, too. Thing is . . . Valessa's a liar.