The closer Janine gets to Davian, the closer she gets to choosing between the safe life she thought she wanted, and a dazzling but dangerous future of adventure and pleasure.Shanna Germain’s ‘Leather Bound’ is a sexy erotic novel perfect for fans of Sylvia Day’s ‘Crossfire’ series.Janine Archer has everything she wants: a private house in the coolest part of town. A hot man to share her bed when she’s in the mood. And best of all, her dream job at Leather Bound, the bookstore that she co-owns with her best friend.But when a beautiful man named Davian arrives at Leather Bound, looking for a book that doesn’t exist, Janine finds herself oddly compelled to track down the mysterious volume.Perhaps it’s the book itself, with its compelling promise of sexuality. Or maybe it’s Davian himself, with his dark sensuality that pulls on Janine’s lust and heart with unexpected fierceness.As Janine searches for the elusive book, other parts of her perfect life begin to change.She discovers a sexual world she never knew existed, and follows its erotic lure into a secret underworld of submission and pleasure.

Leather Bound (Mischief)

Literature & Fiction

Germain, Shanna

Genre Fiction

Mischief

Poison never lies. Talia was once one of the twelve martyrs of the forgotten compass, a prisoner of the unhuman creatures known only as the vordcha. She barely escaped that life with her body and soul intact. Now she has a new life as a poison eater in the city of Enthait. Here she is hailed as one of the city’s protectors. No one knows her history. No one has asked about her past. She’s been here long enough that Enthait is her home now, these are her people. She loves them and they her. But in the Ninth World, the past is a living, breathing thing. And when it hunts you down, you can run. You can fight. Or you can die. File Under: Science Fantasy

Numenera - The Poison Eater

United States

Angry Robot

Science fiction adventure in a decaying far future setting in the new tie-in novel from the popular Numenera tabletop and PC roleplaying games. In the far-future Ninth World, claves of Aeon Priests help their community understand and use the mysterious technologies of the past. But what happens when a group of these priests uses this knowledge and power to exploit the people who depend on them? In the region of Steremoss, a group of brave individuals are determined to resist this oppression from the shadows. They call themselves the Night Clave. File Under: Fantasy [ Protect the Clave | Devices &amp; Designs | Death Walkers | World's End ]

Numenera: The Night Clave

Cook, Monte

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales. Funded as a stretch goal of LIGHTSPEED’s Women Destroy Science Fiction! Kickstarter campaign, this month we’re presenting a special one-off issue of our otherwise discontinued sister-magazine, FANTASY, called Women Destroy Fantasy!: an all-fantasy extravaganza entirely written—and edited!—by women. Here’s what we’ve got lined up for you in this special issue: Original fantasy—edited by long-time FANTASY editor Cat Rambo—by Kate Hall, H.E. Roulo, T. Kingfisher, and Julia August. Reprints—selected by legendary editor Terri Windling—by Delia Sherman, Emma Bull, Carol Emshwiller, and Nalo Hopkinson. Nonfiction articles—edited by LIGHTSPEED managing editor Wendy N. Wagner—by Kameron Hurley, Galen Dara, Sandra Wickham, Shanna Germain, Sofia Samatar, Kat Howard, and Wendy N. Wagner. Plus an original cover illustration by Elizabeth Leggett.

Fantasy Magazine, October 2014 (Women Destroy Fantasy! special issue)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Hurley, Kameron

Samatar, Sofia

Connolly, Tina

Howard, Kat

Windling, Terri

Rambo, Cat

August, Julia

Wagner, Wendy N.

Dara, Galen

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Poison Eater: A Numenera Novel

ReadHowYouWant

As Kinky as You Wanna Be is not an instruction book. It won't teach you how to tie up your squirming lover or choose the proper lube. Rather, it teaches you how to be a kinky person who has safe, sane, and smart experiences. Like a tourist's guide to BDSM, As Kinky as You Wanna Be offers a road map to your own kinky self. This book helps you discover which kinky countries you want to visit, gives you tips and techniques on the language of BDSM, and helps you navigate the customs and rituals of the kink community. With sections on discovering your pleasures; talking about kink with your partner, your family, or your doctor; staying physically and mentally safe; putting your kinky dreams into practice; and dealing with difficult situations, As Kinky as You Wanna Be is your guide and confidant. The book features informative interviews with BDSM experts such as Jay Wiseman and Lee Harrington, and it is sprinkled with stories from top erotica authors like Janine Ashbless and Rachel Kramer Bussel. Whether your first kinky experience or thousandth, As Kinky as You Wanna Be guides you -- safely and smartly.

As Kinky as You Wanna Be: Your Guide to Safe, Sane and Smart BDSM

Parenting & Relationships

Cleis Press

DECADES OF GMING EXPERIENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS! Whether it’s advice from grognards who were running games at the dawn of RPGs, or suggestions from the new generation of game designers, these 21 essays by experts are here to help you improve your GMing skills and create fun, amazing, memorable campaigns that’ll be talked about for years. In this book, master GMs and storytellers give you advice about solo campaigns, shy players, cell phones, and making rulings on the fly. Are you unprepared for the game you’re running half an hour from now? Did you accidentally kill all the PCs? Do you want to run a game for kids? Did the plot take a sudden turn and the PCs have gone into uncharted territory? We’ve got you covered. Complete with discussions on highlighting player strengths, tips for new and veteran GMs, and character romances, you’ll find useful advice about making your game more welcoming, more engaging, and more fun. Featuring essays by Wolfgang Baur, David “Zeb” Cook, Shanna Germain, Monica Valentinelli, Steve Winter, and many other game professionals. “Kobold Press builds on its excellent track record with another great release—new and provocative.” —Mike Mearls PRAISE FOR OTHER BOOKS IN THE ENNIE AWARD-WINNING KOBOLD GUIDE SERIES “Class is in session . . . The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding should be considered a textbook on intelligent setting creation.” —Dave Hinojosa, The Gaming Gang “Highly recommended for gaming nerds everywhere.” —CityBookReview.com “A fantastic resource.” —Skyland Games www.KoboldPress.com

Kobold Press Kobold Guide to Gamemastering (Kobold Guides)

Jacobs, James

Baker, Keith

Kulp, Kevin

GREENWOOD, ED

Baur, Wolfgang

Boomer, Clinton

Kenson, Steve

Dillon, Dan

Cook, David Zeb

Kobold Press

Learn to Build Worlds with Titans of Fantasy and Tabletop! Middle-Earth, Faerûn, Westeros, Eberron, The World of the Wheel, Exandria ... these richly-detailed fantasy worlds have captured the imaginations of legions of fans worldwide. These settings offer worldbuilding that launched a thousand--or a thousand thousand--dreams. Whether you're worldbuilding because you want to write the next Game of Thrones, intend to build a rich, vibrant world to enthrall the players of an upcoming tabletop RPG campaign, or you're just curious to find out how all these creators did it, the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2, puts a team of master world-architects at your side. Featuring practical essays and roadmaps for the intrepid worldbuilder to follow, this anthology shows you how to: * create a pantheon of gods * incorporate technology into your fantastical environments * build great settings that look beyond our own history and cultural expectations * design a world in just 30 minutes * leave space when building a world so the characters can help bring it alive The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2, features 15 stars of tabletop roleplaying games and fantasy fiction, such as Gail Simone, Keith Baker, Veronica Roth, Ken Liu, Kate Elliott, Mike Shea, Tobias S. Buckell, Shanna Germain, Cassandra Khaw, Gabe Hicks, the Dungeon Dudes (Monty Martin & Kelly McLaughlin) and more. What worlds await? Let's find out!

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2

ROTH, VERONICA

Buckell, Tobias S.

Khaw, Cassandra

Simone, Gail

Liu, Ken

Shea, Mike

Elliot, Kate

Hicks, Gabe

Martin, Monty

McLaughlin, Kelly

Gaming

Paizo, Inc.

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