Casa editrice: Short Stories
4 tales of cheating…with family!My Wife Caught Me Doing My Twin Nieces/Seducing My Grandson On His Wedding Night/Spanked My Daughter While My Wife Slept/Scratching The Seven Year Itch With Grandpa
The final installment of The Mafia Academy Series—a dark enemies-to-lovers arranged marriage romance set at a mafia boarding school for the sons and daughters of the most powerful mafia lords… now with exclusive bonus content! Polina Aminoff At the Sicuro Academy, the Russians and the Italians give each other a wide berth. We’re bitter enemies after all. So imagine my disbelief when my brother announces that I’m to wed Dante Accardi, next in line to run the Accardi Italian crime family. After the shock subsides, I’m determined to save myself. It’s not until my plan is in full swing that I realize there might be more to Dante than I thought. But those closest to me, those who were supposed to protect me have always hurt me. Now I must decide whether to trust him with my heart or if he’ll just be another person in my life who brings me to my knees. Dante Accardi Polina Aminoff is a Bratva brat and an ice princess that I don’t think even an easygoing guy like me can thaw. And I’ve never had an issue melting the panties off a woman before. I’m just as unhappy about our engagement as she is, but my father made it clear—it is my duty to the family. Once we’re forced together, another side of Polina shines and I start to think we could have a future together that doesn’t involve being bitter rivals. But she’s hiding something, I just don’t know what. Which leaves me wondering, can I ever really trust my enemy?Mostra libro
Gilly keeps her secrets close—hidden in whispers, dreams, and the quiet spaces where the forest meets her imagination. Somewhere on the other side of the trees, her dad is waiting. Maybe. With Oggy, her best friend and keeper of a thousand made-up words, Gilly searches for answers: Can a prayer—or a spell—bring back someone who’s been gone too long? What if he doesn’t want to be found? And if she finds him, will he still be the dad she remembers? Written in the voice of a 10-year-old girl with a heart full of questions, Tangerines is a lyrical, tender story about family, friendship, and the quiet magic of believing in what matters most.Mostra libro
Arm of the Law by Harry Harrison - At one time—this was before the Robot Restriction Laws—they'd even allowed them to make their own decisions.... It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker's vanishing back. "What the hell is that?" "How should I know?" he said as he swung up into the cab. "I just deliver, I don't X-ray 'em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know." He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust. "Jokers," I growled to myself. "Mars is full of jokers." When I went over to look at the box I could feel the dust grate between my teeth. Chief Craig must have heard the racket because he came out of his office and helped me stand and look at the box. "Think it's a bomb?" he asked in a bored voice. "Why would anyone bother—particularly with a thing this size? And all the way from earth." He nodded agreement and walked around to look at the other end. There was no sender's address anywhere on the outside. Finally we had to dig out the crowbar and I went to work on the top. After some prying it pulled free and fell off. That was when we had our first look at Ned. We all would have been a lot happier if it had been our last look as well. If we had just put the lid back on and shipped the thing back to earth! I know now what they mean about Pandora's Box. But we just stood there and stared like a couple of rubes. Ned lay motionless and stared back at us. "A robot!" the Chief said. "Very observant; it's easy to see you went to the police academy." "Ha ha! Now find out what he's doing here."Mostra libro
The war is paused, but nowhere near over. Benjamin Colt and his team have done the impossible, but the Red Army must gather its strength before their Warlord leads them to one last battle and total victory. The far western city of Pyreenia is home to a people alienated from the rest of Mihdradahl, and the last holdout of the barbaric army led by Ben’s former teammates. But festering in the remote city is an evil greater than any horde of four-armed savages. With the help of new allies and old enemies, Benjamin Colt and his friends explore realms lost to time and sanity, all to keep a promise. By his life or his death, he’ll use everything learned as a Special Forces operator to win his queen her kingdom. The atmosphere is depleted. Ben’s army is rife with infiltrators bent on murderous revenge. His queen’s council is riddled with conspirators who plot his demise. Evil has a name as well as a sanctuary, leaving Benjamin Colt no choice but to take the path he knows best—to walk the gauntlet of combat. He’ll wield his brand of destruction to prove himself the true inheritor to the title, chosen by the ghost of the only other to bear the name… Warlord!Mostra libro
The first installment of a scorching new dark vampire romance series by the New York Times bestselling author, Lilith Saintcrow. Everything went according to plan until Bea actually drove the stake into the monster's heart. Bea Dunlevy's world was shattered one autumn night, and now she's gunning for the monster who killed her beloved brother. Three years of work and planning pays off, sure—until the stake proves not quite enough. Ageless, nameless, and powerful, he is also dying by inches—until chance grants him a miracle, in the form of a beautiful assassin. Now he must claim the one thing that can keep him awake, aware, alive; any protest will be ignored, any obstacle obliterated. But he is not the only danger in the demimonde. Another power haunts Bea's quest for vengeance. To survive, she may have to endure being claimed by a creature older than history, amid the betrayal of those who know what stalks the night…Mostra libro
This sharp and darkly comic novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky unfolds in a small provincial town where gossip, ambition, and social maneuvering quietly rule everyday life. At the center is a fragile, aging aristocrat whose sudden arrival sparks wild dreams of wealth, status, and sudden elevation among those desperate to escape their mediocrity. Polite smiles hide ruthless calculation, and every gesture of kindness masks a hidden scheme. As rumor spreads and expectations rise, manipulation tightens its grip. Pride, vanity, and desperation collide as characters attempt to bend fate through deception and emotional pressure. What begins as hopeful fantasy slowly reveals itself as moral farce, where personal gain outweighs loyalty, and dignity is easily sacrificed for advantage. Illusion grows stronger than truth, and self-interest dresses itself as affection. Through irony, tension, and biting psychological insight, Fyodor Dostoevsky exposes the hunger for power, the fragility of pride, and the quiet cruelty of social ambition. The story explores greed, humiliation, self-deception, and the absurdity of chasing dreams built on illusion. It is a darkly entertaining portrait of how easily human desire can override conscience—and how quickly hope can turn into quiet ruin.Mostra libro
