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In the wake of his parents’ deaths, Robin just wants a boring English government job that would make enough money to support him and his sister. What he gets instead is a job mediating the magic parts of English society with the mundane. Plus, the magical liaison, Edwin, is standoffish at best. When a dangerous mystery from the magical world curses him, Robin has to trust Edwin and follow his lead if he wants his freedom.

Alessandra wants to rule a kingdom, and she will murder the Shadow King to do so. To overcome his reported imperviousness, she just has to get close enough to kill him. Who is closer than a man’s wife? However, her clear plan to kill another one of her lovers is waylaid by the king’s likability. Will she be able to relinquish total control for an equitable partnership?

This fantasy novella follows Rosa and the archer Hou Yi as they protect the people even as they age out of the hero and assassin they once were. These queer women will travel into strange, dangerous lands to hunt down monsters from eastern and western folklore and get to the root of their past regrets while they do so. Who says fighting never solved anything?

Celine flees her Parisian life and lands in 1872 New Orleans. She will need to be as sharp as her sewing needles if she wants to make her way. Something dark is feeding on people of the city and their deaths continue to link back to the young dressmaker. Celine will need to make a place for herself in the dangerous underworld — and with the man who runs it — if she wants to survive.

Nothing is scarier than a freelancing hench with time to burn and revenge on the brain. Anna cleans spreadsheets for villains, but when a “Hero” injures her during a gig, she is fired. No-job, limited-mobility Anna has enough time to crunch the numbers on heroism’s financial cost to society. A major villain sees her blog, gives her a job, and together they might just save the world.

Nax hits a new level of failure when he’s kicked out of piloting school in less than a day. But when a terrorist group attacks the Academy, it is up to him and three other flunkies to get the message out before they go down for a crime they didn’t commit.

First Sister serves the ship’s captain in silence out of duty. So, when her captain leaves her behind, she is left friendless, powerless, and in the hands of a new captain, Saito, someone who might be more than she lets on. Lito is an elite soldier whose partner disappeared after fighting Saito. Their stories will collide as Lito attempts to find his partner and First Sister begins to take on a larger role in the ship.

Everyone knows great men need servile women to properly pilot the mechas that protect humanity from aliens. Honorable young women often die in the process, but it’s what must be done. Zetian begs to differ. When her sister is killed in the process, she enrolls in the program to kill the pilot. She succeeds, becoming a feared pilot-killer, an Iron Widow. Someone the government can’t afford to kill. Even if they want to.

A Victorian London circus is a strange place. Even for Iris, a death-defying African tightrope dancer. Desperate to discover the source of her invulnerability and any past memory, she stumbles into a tournament where the winner’s sponsor will lead everyone through the oncoming apocalypse. If she fights for Adam, he will let her know the truth, but even someone who cannot die might not win a competition where everyone has their own magical talents.