"The report, "'Bound by Brotherhood': India’s Failure to End Killings in Police Custody," examines police disregard for arrest regulations, custodial deaths from torture, and impunity for those responsible. It draws on in-depth investigations into 17 deaths in custody that occurred between 2009 and 2015, including more than 70 interviews with victims' family members, witnesses, justice experts, and police officials. In each of the 17 cases, the police did not follow proper arrest procedures, making the suspect more vulnerable to abuse"--Publisher's description.

She's been used. Broken. Scarred inside and out, she tries to hide. But I see her. There's a fire burning deep inside. One they haven't extinguished. Imogen Byrnes is going to be mine. I'll show her there can be pleasure with pain. Freedom in submission. I'm a monster. Her monster. I'll bend her to my will. Break her in new ways. Then I'll put her back together. My beautiful, broken girl will be in my bed, and she'll wear my ring. Once she's mine, I'm never letting her go. Taken by the Bratva a stand-alone short novella with a limited plot, lots of steamy sex, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. No cheating and no cliffhanger. Please be warned there are scenes that may trigger some readers.

The Senegalese author’s prize-winning novel explores brutality and resistance in a fictional North African city gripped by a fundamentalist regime. Under the regime of the so-called Brotherhood, two young people are publicly executed for having loved each other. In response, their mothers begin a secret correspondence, their only outlet for the grief they share. Spurred by The Brotherhood’s escalating brutality, a band of intellectuals seeks to foment rebellion by publishing an underground newspaper. Menawhile, the regime’s leader undertakes a personal crusade to find the responsible parties, and bring them to his own sense of justice. In Brotherhood, Mbougar Sarr explores how resistance and heroism can often give way to cowardice, all while giving voice to the personal struggles of each of his characters as they try to salvage the values they hold most dear. Winner of the French Voices Grand Prize, Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and Grand Prix du Roman Métis

Two brothers bound together by affection and responsibility. Jadran is five years older than Josh and huge enough to be nicknamed Giant. Josh is younger, and smaller; but his sweet and stubborn brother thinks in a way that would be more typical of a small child. They are both dealing with changes to their newly blended, Muslim family. So Josh looks after Jadran and they both adjust. When the brothers find an injured young crane, Jadran wants to bring it back to their small apartment and teach it to fly at any cost. And it turns out the cost is high. Intensely moving without ever slipping into sentimentality, The Blue Wings is a warm, love-filled story about fragility, strength, and brotherhood, in all its complications.

In the second installment of the Brotherhood series, 19-years-old university student "Cathy" Cathryn Johnson is bought by a new Shujin, her new Yakuza Master, and has to serve him in this foreign land. He is kind, but severe when it comes to disciplining her. The contrast between him and Alec is like night and day. The latter has only given her a taste of what dominance and submission could be, but her new Master is about to teach her all there is to know about the pleasures of the flesh.Could she escape from him,from this country,and return to her old life back in the US?***29-years-old "Alec" Alexandre Kitamura Sousa was once a ruthless, calculating, and efficient CIA field agent until his assignment brought his world colliding with Cathy's. Now he is completely and utterly obsessed with the sweet girl. She has messed with his logical mind. When the Hostage Rescue Team failed in their rescue op, and Cathy was whisked away to Japan, Alec abandoned all reasons and went rogue, taking on a new assignment of his own in Osaka, Japan, in order to find her.But what awaits him in Japan is nothing like he could ever imagine. The Brotherhood's web of conspiracy runs deeper than any previous intel provided by the CIA assets within or without the country.Alec is once again torn between the desire to keep Cathy by his side, or serving his country.Could he ever give her up, knowing that the fate of the world is at stake? The plot thickens in this sequel to the first novel in the Brotherhood Series, Claiming You in Eden.Genre: Crime, Suspense, Erotica, Romance*Contains mature themes and triggers.**Can be read as a standalone, but best read together with the prequel Claiming You in Eden.

Saint Francis is considered the first Italian poet by some literary critics. He believed commoners should be able to pray to God in their own language, and he often wrote in the dialect of Umbria instead of Latin. Francis' writing fully reflects his personality and spirituality, making them at once formidably mystic and exquisitely human. They combine great elevation of thought with much picturesqueness of expression. Through his prayers, correspondence and regulas readers will connect and unite with one of the most beloved saints of the Catholic Church.