Big hair, spandex, New Wave, punk rock, VCR tapes, leg warmers, neon, crop tops, bold colors, swatches, boomboxes, and is that a Rubik's cube? Welcome to the eighties!... more>>

Leonardo 'Black Tiger' Tigra is your regular local hitman doing average hitman things. Then, some kid accidentally shoots him in the leg. Fine. Shit happens. Until Leo learns that that one measly bullet has landed him smack-dab in the middle of a blood feud between the two biggest, greatest, meanest famiglias of Mariposa City. Now Leo is left scrambling to prove (and in some cases, disprove) his loyalty, his omerta, and his leadership skills. Wait, what was that last thing? Because apparently some people have gotten it into their heads that he'd be a good mafia Don.

Sigh. Everything was easier when he poured acid down people's mouths.

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The wide-eyed boy continued, fidgeting from foot to foot, "And it wasn't my decision." The next thing he said came in a quiet, embarrassed whisper. "My parents sold me off when I was young."

You're seventeen, you're still young, Leo's mind remarked but saying that out loud might've been misconstrued as sympathy, or worse, pity. And it made him seem old.

Leo eyed the teen. "Is this where you tell me your tragic backstory?"

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Darm Shelby might not be his real name. And he might have an edge in the post-war dump of the world. A sorcerer should have a few advantages, right? But he's resisted the urge - to answer the call, to discover his true identity - now all that is about to change. His passion for magic has driven him to take the plunge and realize his dreams. Then one little slip-up sends it all to Hades in a handcart ... He never, not even in his wildest ones, expected to meet ... It.... more>>

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Why on earth would Lady Sunshine, hailing from the desert Winkel of Greetiyah, enter the most fiercely contested swim challenge in Winkel World history? Perhaps... more>> pride and glory dazzled her. Or possibly she had to because none of her friends were foolish enough to volunteer for a contest called by some the Drowning Games. <<less

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Suffering amnesia from his previous life, a boy leads a troubled childhood. Reserved and watchful, he sticks to his own devices, however a sleeping dragon is not so easily hidden. Soon enough, he is scouted and taken up by an empire, apprenticed and catapulted into the realm of heroes. Among knights and less than shining armor and the scales that tip with every step they take.... more>>

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It is a new generation of adventure and exploration. A time in which people can cement their legacy in history. A world of monsters and magic. A world in which three people have been selected to create a new story. Despite what they may want, the gods have chosen them. Will they change the world or be just another passing moment? Only time will tell, these are their tales.... more>>

A farm boy from the middle of nowhere, a warrior who devoted his life into the art of combat, and a simple gang member find out that they have more in common then they would like. The three are thrown into something that none of them expected. <<less

When is it all just a story?

When one chance encounter goes wrong, a teen finds herself in the center of a state-wide scandal.

Two young influencers explore rumours of an old nuclear shelter in the basement of a recently raided drug lord. The bunker turns out to be... more>> much, much bigger and much stranger than can be believed but when they attempt to leave they can no longer find the exit, and they soon realise something is down there with them. <<less

---Stone Age fantasy in a Mayan-style jungle---... more>>

Tarek is the only one in all the tribes of the Lost that can't hear the Song, the gentle green magic that helps them survive the deep wilds of the jungle. What he has instead is the dreaded, fabled blood magic, the curse of the ancients. If anyone discovers his dark thirst, he will hang. A rival in the tribe is trying to keep him from marrying his betrothed Yaretzi, and a wandering elder named Xochil knows more about Tarek than is good for him. The yearly flood approaches, and either Tarek stays home and risks death or goes wandering in search of a cure to his curse... and the deep jungle holds a thousand deaths for those foolish enough to wander. <<less

Set in the modern New-York City of the early 21st century. 9 high-schoolers are cursed with magic and must protect Earth from the Wide-spread Zankoku Empire. Earth is the latest target for the Zankoku Empire, the 9 high-schoolers along with some help must fend off such a large threat while attempting to maintain mildly-normal high-school lives. ... more>>

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Coralie has terrible luck around magical artifacts. When a mysterious pendant makes its way to her father’s shop, it takes her on a bizarre journey to confront her painful past.... more>>

Now she must face an angry demon lord, an arrogant necromancer, and an assortment of reanimated oddballs before she can make her way home.

This book contains talking animals, slight comedic violence, references to vomit, drugs, and Oxford commas.

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Alice gets reincarnated in a world of swords and magic, where she is blessed with the ability to use all-element magic. In the empire she... more>> resides, dark element magic is strictly prohibited and is highly abhorred. However, Alice is set up by an unknown emerging force lurking in the empire, causing her to accidentally display the forbidden magic in public. To escape prosecution, she goes undercover with a new identity, fleeing from the capital in disguise. Struggling to find a decent job, she ends up becoming an adventurer, a job she reluctantly takes on. As a girl raised in the modern world and a duke's daughter, she finds it difficult to adapt to the adventuring lifestyle. However, her skills and knowledge from her previous life proved valuable in improving her life quality as an unenthusiastic adventurer. With the help of her new companion, the airhead priest, who is ridiculously lucky, she fights to uncover the truth about the force that set her up and clear her name. What secrets will she uncover along the way? Who will be her allies in the final showdown with the ones who tried to destroy her life? <<less

One night spoiled rich kid Klaus Remington punched his mirror in anger and fell through to another world, accidentally shattering the mirror, and his only way home, behind him. As punishment for breaking the mirror he is conscripted to become a Mirror Warrior and protect various worlds from all consuming monsters called Images.... more>>

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In an ever-gray shrouded continent, live beings of immensely colored hair, eyes, and skin. Most possess wings, claws, and tails. They are the majority and... more>> control the minority. The minority being humans, transmigrated from alternate dimensions and realities. No one knows the purpose of human existence, but as time passes, unnerving rumors of a singular individual are growing. An individual possessing orange hair, black eyes, and fangs. Not only that, but he's a centaur that was vampirized. No one will order him around, not even the controlling avian creatures. So who is he, and why do others fear him? It is thought that perhaps he, Greyness Farthing, was the creator of this enshrouded continent. Still, the truth will soon be revealed as not immensely simplified as the indigenous and transmigrated inhabitants were led to believe. <<less

Cami, a Girl and a Planet. Synopsis
On TI LEPUS, a planet in a galaxy called Markers Star, one of many galaxies and planets that... more>> are part of an Empire ruled by The DARK LORD, thirteen year old CAMI SIS NEP takes a lunch to her mother where she is working. While there, CAMI is surprised to be asked to carry out a simple duty, one which she does not realise is actually a test. After leaving her mother, CAMI worries about what happened and thinks over her life. This leads her to the decision that she will do whatever she needs to do to better herself and resolves to let nothing get in her way.
The surprise test results in CAMI being offered a contract in a salon called the Trigon Club located in LEPUS MAL the capital of TI LEPUS. These salons are a way for young girls to enter houses of people of high status or gaining other contracts. After she turns fourteen CAMI moves to the capital where she works at the club and meets CHEAINE DRESSILER, the wife of RENTAP DRESSILER. CHEAINE takes an option on CAMIS contract and returns the next day with her husband. They accept CAMIS contract and she becomes part of their family.
Life is good for CAMI and it seems that she has obtained the first of her goals, that is bettering herself, but there are other forces at work. Unrest, fostered by professional agitators NIKIE and KIRKRUP DI FRIM, is becoming dangerous. The two work undercover for Councillor LEJA LEVES who is the actual leader of the agitation and is hungry for power. NIKIE, who knows and hates CHEAINE, has another idea, to create and train a group of suicide assassins.
The DARK LORD has sensed all this and returns to Tihab, the administrative center of the empire. With him are some of the LADIES OF THE CIRCLE who are his closest advisors. In a bid to reduce the tension and unrest he sends six of the LADIES as his ambassadors to Ti Lepus. Before they can arrive, the DRESSILERS and LORENA MAKAPET, Rentaps mistress are murdered in an act of terror inspired by NIKIE DI FRIM. CAMI SIS NEP escapes and go’s on the run. She makes her way to NETHER WEST where the underclass, who are workers of the lowest status live. ILARI NE PATOR, one of the leaders of the underclass tries to help CAMI but she is stabbed in an attack. The DARK LORD arrives, heals CAMI using his powers and then returns to his palace on Tihab taking CAMI with him.
While CAMI is convalescing in the palace, the Ambassadors arrive at Ti Lepus to try to negotiate with LEVES. Meetings between the ambassadors and LEJA LEVES, now Chief Minister, are unsuccessful and a deadline is imposed. Before the deadline expires, the DARK LORD arrives and speaks with other leaders of the planet who are opposed to LEJA LEVES. These include TREM DE MARKUS who has organised a group of the planets leaders as they realise that LEVES will also murder them. The DARK LORD also brings CAMI SIS NEP who speaks to all the planets population explaining what happened and revealing who ordered the murders of the DRESSILARS as well as speaking against all their societies’ unfair rules. She is so effective that her speech sparks a revolt against the many problems that plague their society. TREM DE MARKUS and his supporters begin the process of reforming the planets society. The DARK LORD gives them one thousand years to complete the process and hides the planet behind a story that he destroyed it.
CAMI leaves TI LEPUS with the DARK LORD as she realises that if she stays she would become the focus of resentment and a focal point for the forces that will be resisting change to rally against. The DARK LORD sends her, her two sisters and two of her brothers who he has collected along with some others to another planet in another galaxy. There she finishes growing up and finds love. <<less

The owner of a boat drives his boat recklessly on a dangerous rick, killing himself and all his passangers.... more>>

He now has to face the consequences of his actions. <<less

Captured by the lights, Tva is forever changed whether he wants to be or not

Alexa Rey is way too smart for school – and for the crooks, cops, and corporate creeps who are out to get her.

Xalini Vayulaya is assigned to marry and protect Varu Alak, who has been targeted by people paid by the country of Nahik. Will the healer-type... more>> spy be able to complete her mission without losing her heart? <<less

While attending the 2038 annual Juneteenth march with her friends, activist and archivist Amina Fernandes witnesses a devastating terrorist attack using a mysterious technology that leaves dozens of police officers dead and injured. As the local Black community suffers under the resulting occupation by a federal taskforce seeking to apprehend the terrorist, Amina stumbles onto evidence that the attack might have been a false flag. ... more>>

Horrified by the implication of this information and wanting to live up to legacy of Black radicals she's idolized all her life, Amina decides to do something about this seeming conspiracy and protect her community. Assembling friends and allies to aid her plan, Amina acts to uncover whatever plot is brewing in her city. What she doesn't know is that her need for answers and justice will spark a series of events that will change everything and test how far she's willing to go to live up to her revolutionary values.
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All Xiu Jianyu wants is the respect and appreciation of the governor of Guliang (the money and riches that come along with it are a nice extra touch!). He has moulded himself into a master of manipulation in order to try and win him over completely, but despite all of that, the governor still decides to send him to the province of Shufang as a spy to gather information about the court and its ruler, Huan Haiqiang. Xiu Jianyu is not happy about it, but he agrees to go, with the promise of future reward if he does a fair job as impetus.... more>>

However, the court of Shufang, is not at all what he thought it would be, and neither is Huan Haiqiang. With his plans and expectations thrown completely up into the air, Xiu Jianyu tries to work through the mess he has found himself in, while attempting to ignore what he truly wants in favour of what he is supposed to have wanted all this time. <<less

For as long as Yuri could remember, his life was controlled by other people. After being sold to an international crime syndicate known as the... more>> Memoir, the young alpha was proven time and time again that resistance was futile. But he reached his breaking point. It was time to fight, and to take what he lacked from those who had it. That was his self satisfaction. <<less

A girl who sees ghosts. A magic out of control. A group hellbent on destroying what they’re afraid of. ... more>>

Maddie can see ghosts and for that she is sent to a mental institution. Maddie Johnson is sent to a mental institution because she talks to people who aren’t there. She insists that they’re ghosts. Just as she thinks she’s convinced the doctors that she is fine now, a dark-haired ghost with dreamy brown eyes rushes in and ruins everything.

She is sent to a halfway house that helps people with mental illness assimilate back into society. But then she hurts someone using magic she didn’t know she possessed. Now she has a new problem. She will have to learn to control her magic.

She discovers that the town has secrets of its own and there are people going missing. How far are people willing to go to destroy what they are afraid of? Maddie and her handsome spirit might just find out first-hand.

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Agamennone has been summoned in a fantasy world while sleeping. He's been summoned to be the new Demon Lord, the savior of the actually well-enstablished 'Demon Kingdom'. He would rather do anything else.... more>>

Sexual stuff may/will happen but it won't be the focus of the story. <<less