Read Deidre Knight's posts on the Penguin Blog. The spartans wage fierce wars-but nothing matches the battle within their hearts... Spartan slave River Kassandros can transform into any weapon. After a bloody battle he's forever a dagger-until a mortal can release him. Drawn to this blade, Emma Lowery draws blood with it and frees River. But even as they fight off intense passions, a sinister power arises to destroy them. To protect humankind, they may have to make the ultimate sacrifice-and lose their chance at love...

Seneca Graves, a writer and BDSM lifestyle advocate, is targeted in an attack at a convention. In a terrible confrontation, Asa Farroe changes the lives of several people and causes Seneca to seclude herself in the rural Ozarks. For almost five years she lives in a home that's also a fortress against intruders and intrusive life. When people who were at the original assault begin being murdered, Seneca's life is again bound together with a former protector and lover, Special Agent John Book of the FBI. At the same time, Holly Root and Jason Wills of the local police, join the investigation. They are partners dealing with their own attractions and dangerous flirtations. All are thrown together in a mix of mystery and heated attraction as Seneca and Book become mentors to Holly and Jason in feminine-led love. As the pressures of romance, sexuality, and investigations come to a head, secrets are revealed, putting lives and careers at risk. As the danger increases, the connections, the passions, and the sex become more than any of them ever imagined. Everyone must evolve and learn as a new killer rises to threaten them all, once again in a very public confrontation.

"Desire wars with duty in Forsaken by Night, a MoonBound Clan novella from Larissa Ione! Tehya has spent the last twelve years as an accidental wolf, but is truly a vampire at heart. When she gets injured, Lobo takes her inside MoonBound's headquarters and nurses her back to health. But when Tehya wakes up and returns to her original form, it sets off a dangerous chain of events that may very well end in the death of the vampire she loves--but who thinks of her as a complete stranger."--- Adapted from page [4] cover.

She didn't know love could be forever... Aubrey Hunnisett practically glowed with excitement as she strode among the dancing lights of Club Lunar. Everywhere around her, bodies pulsed and thumped in time to the hypnotic music, but her thoughts were focused elsewhere—on the enigmatic owner, Michael Lennox. She knew getting him to sell Club Lunar would take work, but she was willing to put in the effort. Club Lunar would be the perfect addition to the club she already owned, and one way or another, she would have it. But she hadn't expected the dark, mysterious Michael, or how he would make her feel. She knew her gaze lingered too long, her heart beat too fast. But she couldn't help the electric thrill that coursed through her as he gazed at her or the strange, inexplicable craving that went beyond mere attraction. It was almost as if he'd hypnotized her, reached out to her with those sinfully hot eyes, and took hold of her soul... Michael's heart raced—metaphorically, of course—as the woman barged into his office, demanding to buy him out. She was beautiful. Strong. All business. But she had no idea what she was asking. Club Lunar was under attack by something evil, something even a vampire as powerful as Michael couldn't root out. And it was bad for business when customers kept turning up dead. Suspicion prickled his mind as he gazed at her, wondering if her offer to buy him out had anything to do with the trouble. But when he probed her thoughts, he discovered something even more terrifying—a soft heart hidden beneath her hard business exterior, a beautiful and gentle soul who didn't belong amid all this darkness. He knew he should tell her to go, but something about her pulled him, drew him in, and he just couldn't let her out of his sight... Reader note: contains sexy and dark vampires, hot, dark romance, enemies to lovers, and a happily ever after.

WINNER of the Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize—Western Canada Jewish Book Awards NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents’ Holocaust stories in the wake of her own divorce, investigating how trauma migrates through generations with empathy, humour, and resilience. Marsha was five when a simple question led to a horrifying answer. Sitting in her kitchen, she asked her mother why she didn’t have any grandparents. Her mother told her the truth: the Holocaust. Decades later, her parents dead and herself a mother to a young son, Marsha begins to wonder how much history has shaped her own life. Reeling in the wake of a divorce, she craves her parents’ help. But in their absence, she is gripped by a need to understand the trauma they suffered, and she begins her own journey into the past to tell her family’s stories of loss and resilience. Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir of Holocaust survival, intergenerational trauma, divorce, and discovery that will guide readers through several lifetimes of monumental change.

After penning a series of bestselling novels, Eleanor Riley vowed to leave her past--and the man who broke her heart--far behind. As the creator of one of television's most beloved dramas, Elle couldn't have written a better comeback for herself. But her success doesn't leave much room in her life for romance...until Luke Kingston enters the scene. Luke, a stunningly handsome star, is set to play the latest love interest in Elle's show...but he's got his eye on Elle, and she can't deny their sizzling chemistry. Then Elle has a chance encounter with Troy Saladino--the man who had been the love of her life--and suddenly a million old feelings are rushing back. With two gorgeous men pursuing her, Elle can't decide who holds the key to her heart: her new love or her old flame. Will her choice bring her happiness--or more heartbreak?

She let him kiss her in a special way. Is this the man that she had been destined to meet? It happened the night of a masquerade ball when a twenty-three-year-old Molly was given a special kiss. The only thing she could see in the dark was a ring on his finger, Garrett's ring! Convinced that Garrett is the man she was destined to be with, she goes to his brother, Julian, asking him to teach her how to seduce a man. Julian suggests attracting his brother's attention by having Molly pretend to be his girlfriend. Maybe it will work - the notorious playboy should know. But she never thought she'd end up living with Julian, who is the first person that she had ever fallen in love with.