PERFECT FOR READERS OF: 🏮 Mulan meets Ali Hazelwood's clever STEM Romances ❄️ Ancient Chinese Silkpunk & Grand Imperial Aesthetics 📐 Dual Geniuses & Mutual Intellectual Pining 🤫 He Falls First & Knows Her Secret Disguise 🍲 Snow-dusted streets, and steaming midnight hotpots In the golden age of the Great Tang Dynasty, water moves empires-and the finest mathematical minds hold the keys to the realm. To study the sacred art of hydraulics calculation, Jimsi must commit the ultimate act of treason: she binds her chest, dons a scholar's robe, and enters the all-male Imperial Works. In a world of iron gears, she has everything to prove-and everything to lose. One slip, and the imperial censors will charge her with a capital crime. Huo Isen-the undisputed prodigy of the Directorate. Cold, sharp, and commanding, his algorithms can balance an entire province's floodgates in a single breath. Yet, from the moment their fingers brush over a sandalwood drafting desk, he notices what the rest of the empire fails to see: the delicate curve of her knuckles, the fire in her starlit eyes, and the fearless heart behind her disguise. From breathless late-night calculations to shared shearling gloves in freezing carriages, their unspoken bond deepens beneath the winter sky of Chang'an. Will the truth tear them apart, or will an unyielding love prove more enduring than the grandest empire?

Erotica, Homicide, Paranormal. Ten years ago, Lucian, a rookie cop, experienced his first crime scene. It was the forty-ninth victim of a serial killing spree. Over the course of a decade, forty-nine young, beautiful women had met their ends, all with the same cause of death: EXTREME SEXUAL EUPHORIA. Ten years later, Lucian, now a disheartened captain in the homicide division, took on a new case. This time, the victims were two young men. And on the autopsy report, chillingly familiar words stared back at him: EXTREME SEXUAL EUPHORIA. The long-forgotten cold case had resurfaced. And along with it, so did the little girl Lucian had adopted from that crime scene ten years ago: Reya. *This book includes graphic depictions of violence but not limited to: sexual, verbal, emotional and physical abuse. Reader discretion is advised.

Book Three of the Exodus Tells the story of two men, who's lives are forever changed by the enigmatic Minerva, first child of Mars. Who has become a religious icon for the inhabitants of the Red Planet in their struggle against their oppressors

A girl, violated by her stepfather and left pregnant, refused to wither beneath the weight of others' pity. Instead, she forged herself anew, sharp as shattered glass, untamed as the wind, and radiant with defiance. She cloaked the ruins of her soul behind a mask of reckless allure, playing the part with a smile that dared the world to look away. Until the day she met a man who made her heart tremble, and her mask began to crack.

"Betrayed by her sister and boyfriend, she swore off love and never to open her heart again. Until she met him, a kind-hearted stranger hiding his wealth in search of something real. What happens when the past resurfaces, secrets unravel, old wounds reopen, and her sister becomes her rival once more? Is it love, fate, or just another heartbreak waiting to happen? Will love triumph, or will betrayal win again? Discover the twists behind 'So What Was It?'

"To die by the hand of a Peony Flower, Even as a ghost, you would be in want of nothing." 「牡丹花下死 、做鬼也風流」 Year 300 BCE, China has not yet been united and the term "Emperor" doesn't even exist. China remains divided into warring states - a land of kings, torn by endless war. In the feudal kingdom of Rui, Princess Hengxin's powerful maternal family is rumored to have descended from the Goddess Bai Mudan. But this legendary lineage has never saved her from a life of neglect. When her father offers Hengxin as a royal hostage to their powerful ally, the State of Rong, she is cast out with only a desperate hope to survive. Hengxin is alone and friendless - until she catches the eye of Prince Ji Heng, a cold, calculating son of Rong's king. As whispers of rebellion and war swirl around them, their arrangement grows ever more volatile. Ji Heng's cool mask hides a growing obsession - a possessive fire in his veins whenever Hengxin is near. Together, they could ignite a dynasty... or destroy each other.

Science Fiction story set in the near future, increasingly powerful solar flares are making the Earth inhospitable, Humanity is facing a crisis. Six characters, two timelines. Adam: Recently married, starting to work in a security detachment on the Jovan Moon Ganymede. Dirk: an agent for a mysterious organization Alice: An attractive asian journalist in her mid 50s Nadia: Administrator at a small university in Houston, who's father is the CEO of a large pharmaceutical corporation David: Brilliant young Scientist about to change the history of mankind Nia: A streetwise teenage girl with a complex past, her determination to change the status quo, and exact revenge upon those that wronged her leads to chaos

Yumiko was just a simple village girl looking to try some of the new heavenly restaurants, when she came across a new sea food restaurant. That's when she meets one of the owners of the restaurant, Ao Bing, a handsome dragon confined in a wheelchair. Yumiko can't help but feel drawn to him, so everyday after she returns in hopes of one day she would gain his attention.