Should the Emperor have ten thousand people's respect? Can the Emperor have three thousand harem? Can the Emperor do as he pleases? People would definitely take it for granted. Is it so rare for a woman to have the position of queen? Are women supposed to be submissive? Should a woman obey the laws of the world?Can't a woman run away on her wedding day? Shangguan Feixue would never agree to it. Thus, on the day of Shangguan Feixue's grand wedding, on the day she became the queen of tens of thousands of people, he threw away her most beloved and hated Brother Yan, Xiao Xiaoyao, and went there to be happy. Just as Shangguan Feixue's feelings for her brother Yan had warmed up, his body had actually been snatched away by the evil ghost. A wisp of Xue Er's soul, had actually come to the side of Little Huan, whom she had always seen in her dreams. She really wanted to return to her own body, really wanted to return to brother Yan's side.

Chen Ren, who possessed the blood of the three races, had coincidentally obtained the teachings of the Blacksmith Saint and chose the path of a Magician that no one had ever succeeded in cultivating. The path of cultivation was filled with obstacles and thorns, and one mistake would result in death. It was true that taking the old route of cultivation would reduce the danger, but how could one reach the peak of cultivation by following the old path? I have the blood of the human race, so I value friendship; I have the blood of the elves, so I love peace and never bully the weak; but, if you think I am easy to bully, then I also have the blood of the demons, I can attack you with my sword without a word! He could be happy to avenge his benefactors, slaughter his enemies, and slaughter his way out of the mountains of corpses and the seas of blood!

Desire leaves her bound to a demon. Love will unlock her destiny. In Shumei's world, her black hair marks her as being touched by magic and thereby vulnerable to its corruption. Shunned by her village, she and her family scrape by selling herbal remedies, but a mysterious epidemic has depleted her stores, and she is forced to leave the protection of town to replenish them. With only moonlight to guide her, Shumei does what she can to evade the demons known to stalk the woods, but she finds herself confronted by an alluring man with a wicked smile and desolate eyes—one who somehow knows her deepest, darkest desires…and whose depraved hunger betrays his inhuman nature. Little does she know how a single moment of weakness will end up unlocking her potential, her destiny, and her heart. ♥♥♥ Caught in the Devil's Hand is a full-length "dark lite" fantasy romance featuring demons, awakened magic powers, and a steamy romance between an incubus and the young woman who can't help wanting him. If you like enemies with benefits, cynical heroes who learn to hope, magical bonds, and happily ever afters, you'll love Caught in the Devil's Hand. Note that while the relationship ends in an HEA, the story ends in a cliffhanger.

The year is 548 and Empress Theodora is dead. Emperor Justinian suspects murder and orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her killer or suffer the consequences. Many aristocrats at the imperial court had reason to want Theodora dead. General Artabanes, Justinian's cousin Germanus, and Antonina and her husband General Belisarius have suffered at Theodora's hands. Might Gaius, palace physician, have tampered with Theodora's medication? Even Pope Vigilius, detained in the capital by a religious controversy, is not above suspicion. Meanwhile, John must also grapple with domestic upheavals. His daughter is about to give birth and his aging servant Peter is dying. Will John be able to serve justice, his loved ones, and the emperor?

Love, revenge, secrets – and murder – in a medieval kingdom at war. Janna's search for her unknown father has brought her to the heart of the royal court of Winchestre, but her purse has been stolen, she has no proof of her identity, she's working as a drudge in a tavern to support herself, and she can't choose between the two men who love her. Winchestre is ablaze in the deadly battle between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda, but the true danger to Janna comes from the man sent to silence her forever. Chance brings Janna's father to the tavern – but when sabotage threatens the tavern's future, Janna must choose between her duty to save the woman who gave her sanctuary, and her duty to obey her father.

The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind.Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays", comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier playsdid). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer.Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would "contain every 'surefire" melodramatic situation' - mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings..Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a fusion of the pragmatism and unconventionality of the heroes of Arms and the Man and The Devil's Disciple into a portrait of jocular, morally serious leadership.