An esoteric thriller full of sex, magic, and politics. This gripping page-turner has something for every fan of occult fiction: a murder mystery set against religious extremism with symbolism, alchemy, and magic fueling the action. The evocative setting of Venice and the Veneto region of Italy dominates the plot, along with vivid scences in Santiage de Compostela, Provence, Washington, and the Vatican.

Dybbuks. Illegal printing. A genderqueer lesbian with a knife. Set against a backdrop of literary censorship and growing Jewish political consciousness, Sydney Taylor and Stonewall award-winning Sacha Lamb's sophomore novel is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope. On the night before her wedding, 17-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life. To keep from being discovered, she takes on the male identity of Isser Jacobs — but it soon becomes clear that there is a real Isser Jacobs, and people want him dead. Her mistaken identity takes Sorel into the dark underworld of her small city in the Pale of Settlement, where smugglers, forgers, and wicked angels fight for control of the Jewish community. In order to make it out, Sorel must discover who Isser Jacobs really is — and who she wants to be.

"The most direct, irreverent and devious self-improvement book on the market." There is nothing "pretty" about this book. It's about doing what it takes to "get what you want." Whether you want to get rich, get laid or get even or anything else this book will give you the straightforward insight and knowledge to do it. This is not a "white lighters" book of "manifestation" but a down and dirty no-holds-barred grimoire designed to set your brain in a fixed direction toward your goal. Sometimes it takes all the subtlety of a sledgehammer of get the point across and that is why "The Forbidden Book of Getting What You Want" was written. Warning! "The Forbidden Book of Getting What You Want" is a trap. Once you read it you can't "un-read" it.

Tales of the Forbidden, Book 1: Forbidden Temptation -- By Jaden Sinclair-- Devon Noved isn't the kind of man to turn a blind eye to a beautiful woman or to turn away from a challenge. Growing up in Treece, he knows every girl and every family. That is, he thought he did. Kera Zoe was taken from school and placed in the Compound until she turns twenty-one. With the title of a runaway over her head, she's guarded closely until the celebration. She doesn't want a husband and fights within everything she has when Devon proclaims her as his wife. Now a temptation is before her, one that is very forbidden. Can Kera keep fighting what is growing between them, or will she give into her heart and love the man before her?

Forbidden Rapture, Tales of the Forbidden, Book 2 By Jaden Sinclair -- Dane Knight never believed that there was a girl out there just for him, or that she might walk right past him, until Samara Tabor did just that. She is everything he could ever want. She brings out feelings inside him that he never knew he had, or could feel for someone. Having her summoned to the Compound is the easy part. Showing her how right they are for one another is a bit more difficult. But when secrets from the past come to haunt them, Dane's love is tested and he has to gather all his strength to fight for the one he loves the most-even if his rapture is forbidden.