Young, arrogant tycoon Earl Grey seduces the naïve coed Anna Steal with his overpowering good looks and staggering amounts of money, but will she be able to get past his fifty shames, including shopping at Walmart on Saturdays, bondage with handcuffs, and his love of BDSM (Bards, Dragons, Sorcery, and Magick)? Or will his dark secrets and constant smirking drive her over the edge? This extended excerpt from Fanny Merkin's Fifty Shames of Earl Grey is presented courtesy of Da Capo Press.

[Watty's 2017 Shortlisted] Every cape needs a magician, and every magician a cape. That's what Aldeheid was told. A cape killer, an exiled Prince. That's what Aldeheid had become. After being banished from his home at the Etheria Bastion, Aldeheid finds himself homeless and hopeless. But a chance encounter with the mysterious Kitaya the Unwanted gives him the opportunity to set himself on a better path. However, determination alone isn't enough to prepare for the danger ahead, and a looming doom that threatens to change the very fabric of earth. As he and Kitaya fight their way through the realms, Aldeheid will find himself caught between a past the keeps haunting him, and an uncertain future. For earth was meant to be his new home. His new beginning. But earth is on the brink of destruction. *** Awesome cover was made Zuko @Ideologically