Miria lives in a decadent, dangerous world we can scarcely imagine...The world of the Darwellian Collapse.Over one hundred years in the future, resources have dwindled, and the human species along with it. Opportunistic men have seized absolute power, and the concept of equality is a distant memory. Decadence and luxury are the pursuits of the privileged, while those of the lower class eke out lives more reminiscent of medieval times, rather than that of an advanced civilization.The privileged spend their days in pursuits of the flesh, where no sensual act is too bizarre, no treatment of those beneath them too cruel. Human life means nothing to these would-be gods.It is into this world that nineteen year old Miria is thrust, when she is abducted from her bed by men who see her as chattel. But when she meets the strong and mysterious Ronan, a man who commands himself as he does others, she encounters both wonders and evils she could not have imagined before.While this is a BDSM romance, the world depicted herein is a very dark and dangerous place. The non-privileged are treated as if they do not matter, and are used for the amusement of the wealthy. Nothing is off-limits. Should you choose to read this story, you will encounter graphic scenes that may shock you, or even upset you. Please be advised that this story is for mature adults who can handle scenes of decadence and violence. It is not for the faint of heart.

After nine years Kate broke the one and only rule she and her boss, M, made—don’t fall in love. But the weekends away, the sweet nothings whispered in her ear, and the secret rendezvous at work functions all got to her. He was her biggest weakness, and she would do anything he asked. But then he started pulling away. It got worse when the new intern, Chelsea, was promoted. Her revealing clothes and flirtatious nature made Kate instantly dislike her, and M seemed to need Kate less and less. And then the unthinkable happened. It wasn’t just that she’d woken up alone the morning after telling M she loved him or that he hadn’t even texted her in the days after. No. It was M kissing Chelsea on New Year’s Eve. Kate struggles to forget the past, tries to get over M, but she can’t get him out of her head. She moves away, starts a new life, but nothing seems to work. She finally sees a glimmer of hope when she meets a handsome new man on her way to her sister’s wedding. But when M re-enters her life she needs to make a choice: keep pining after M or move on with her life.

Winner of the 2016 Marfield Prize In 1902, Rainer Maria Rilke—then a struggling poet in Germany—went to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. The two were almost polar opposites: Rilke in his twenties, delicate and unknown; Rodin in his sixties, carnal and revered. Yet they fell into an instantaneous friendship. Transporting readers to early twentieth-century Paris, Rachel Corbett’s You Must Change Your Life is a vibrant portrait of Rilke and Rodin and their circle, revealing how deeply Rodin’s ideas about art and creativity influenced Rilke’s classic Letters to a Young Poet.

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