In a sleepy small town, a snarky, unemployed human female fights her desire for the savage alien enforcer standing between her and her future. The alien whose skin glows and has body parts designed to take… and please. This steamy alien romance explores sensual power dynamics on the way to its happily ever after for Mel and Jax. If you don’t enjoy the dark fun where snarky heroines meet their alien alphas, please do not read. If you do enjoy that dark fun, then get your copy today! 18+

These alien warriors might be trouble, but their human partners are more than a match for them. This 3-book omnibus of sci-fi romance action novels has a crew of feisty, smart human women, gorgeous Apexian alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. If you like muscled alien warriors, women who know how to hold their own, and hot romance, you’ll love the Apexian warriors series. This collection contains: Book 1 - Ruled A mission that can't fail. A wounded alien warrior with a dark past. A woman determined to protect her heart. Book 2 – Iced A broken warrior puts everything on the line to save the woman he loves, even though he can never have her. Book 3 - Owned When a routine mission goes wrong, a broken human and a conflicted alien have to fight an evil enemy and their hearts to be free. *** This boxed set is the first in the complete Apexian warriors sci-fi romance series. Each book can be enjoyed alone, or binge the entire series for extra fun among the stars.

A wounded alien warrior with a dark past. A woman determined to protect her heart. Wren Tulloch needs a win. If this mission to capture a rare sapo explosivo fails, she's out. And she knows the cost of failure. But Wren has a problem. All six foot six inches of smoldering, purple-eyed, Apexian. Her work partner is a rule breaker. A good-time alien, with abs to die for and an attitude that makes her blood boil. But she won't fall for him. Because if she does, he'll mess her around, and her fragile heart will shatter. Striker Bandidar lives in the moment. Screw tomorrow. He could be dead by then. And rules are boring. But there's one adorable human rule keeper who's making him have second thoughts. He won't go there. He's faced soul-shattering loss and betrayal from people he trusted. Have fun, live for today, and everything will be fine. But when his gorgeous, frustratingly sexy partner is taken, Striker learns some rules have to be obeyed if you're to find meaning, joy, and a happily ever after in the stars. Will he overcome his fears and lose his heart to Wren? And if he does, will she let him in? *** This action-romance sci-fi novel has a crew of feisty, smart women, hot, gorgeous alien warriors, action-packed battles, funny, quirky alien critters, and steamy scenes set in space. If you like muscled alien warriors, women who know how to stand up for themselves, and steamy romance, you’ll love Ruled, book one in Arcadia Shield's complete sci-fi romance series.

“Hate me all you want, pequeña chispa, it doesn’t bother me. So long as you obey like a good little prisoner, we won’t have another problem. Understand?” -Ru’en Riddled with guilt and desperate to protect her family, Tamara controls her ability to wield fire with an iron fist and subjects herself to the whims of evil scientists. She suffers in silence for years, until all hell breaks loose and soldiers invade the facility. Injured and alone, she prays for someone to rescue her. She gets Ru’en instead, an ice giant alien alpha with cold eyes and an even colder heart. As a Warrior Elite–a top secret Special Operations unit of super soldier aliens–and the only Frigant left in the known galaxies, he relies on his regulator to stop his subzero temperatures from freezing everyone around him. Until he finds his match in Tamara. Fire and ice collide as they battle for dominance, but even when he overpowers her, she refuses to cower. She's his omega lifemate, but she'd rather set him on fire than submit to him. With hate flowing between them, her family still in the clutches of evil scientists, and danger lurking around every corner, can they see past their differences and find their happily ever after, or are they doomed to remain mortal enemies? Wronged and Wrecked (Warrior Elite Series Book 8) is a full-length, scorchin’ hot, dark sci-fi alien romance set on a far-off dystopian planet. Intended for +18 readers. Tropes/themes include: *Enemies to Lovers *Forced Proximity *Haters to Lovers *Grumpy Alpha *Opposites Attract *Strong Female Lead *Special Monster Peen *He Falls First and Harder *A Morally Grey/OTT Jealous/Possessive Hero *Nonshifter Omegaverse (nesting, knotting, marking) *Graphic Violence (sexual and nonsexual) *HEA (Happily Ever After) *Mf pairing (male/female) *No cheating

“You’re mine, little omega. Mine to claim. Mine to pleasure. Mine to protect.” -Fek Locked in an underground lab by evil scientists, Veena stays strong through hours of torture for the sake of her omega sisters, but when soldiers invade the facility and declare them rescued, she collapses in relief. She wakes above ground for the first time in her adult life, but she doesn’t find the freedom of her dreams. She gets Fek instead, a massive alien alpha with orange scales and reptilian eyes. As a Warrior Elite–a top secret Special Operations unit of super soldier aliens–and the brother of a seer, he dreads the call of the mate bond. Until he feels Veena's presence and rampages across the desert, destroying everything in his path to claim her. Their wild union is both a dream come true and the beginning of a nightmare. She's his omega lifemate, but a dark prophecy looms over his future. When Veena suffers an unexpected heat and becomes pregnant in the wilderness, Fek desperately tries to get them to safety, but fate lands them back in the clutches of evil scientists. Can they escape together and find their happily ever after, or will they be forever doomed? Taken and Teased (Warrior Elite Series Book 3) is a full-length, scorchin’ hot, dark sci-fi alien romance set on a far-off dystopian planet. Intended for +18 readers. Tropes/themes include: *Breeding *Pregnancy *Threatened Miscarriage *Sweet Omega *Protective Alpha *Forced Proximity *Touch Her And Die *Strong Female Lead *Special Monster Peen *OTT Jealous/Possessive Hero *Nonshifter Omegaverse (nesting, knotting, marking) *Graphic Violence (sexual and nonsexual) *HEA (Happily Ever After) *Mf pairing (male/female) *No cheating

“You’re my lifemate, little warrior. My soulmate. My omega. I’ll have you locked on my knot in the end.” -Lyc Born in an underground lab and raised by evil scientists, Subject 66C has one purpose in life: accept her fellow test subjects’ pain and calm them for further experiments. She uses her power to protect those trapped in hell with her, but she holds no hope of freedom for herself. Until she’s thrown in a cell with Lyc, a massive alien alpha with red and black scales and eerie reptilian eyes. As a Warrior Elite–a top secret Special Operations unit of super soldier aliens–and a seer, he’s devoted his life to protecting his teammates and their fated mates. When a mission goes sideways and he’s captured by the enemy, he finds himself strapped to a torture chair and locked in a cell with the most gorgeous creature he’s ever seen. Unable to resist the call of the mate bond, he flies into a rampage and destroys the room only to discover a horrible truth. She’s his omega lifemate, but her touch steals the rage he uses to maintain his sanity. With the scientists set out to break them with increasingly crueler experiments, Lyc’s foresight into the future filling him with foreboding, and Subject 66C’s power evolving, will they succumb to the dangers and lose everything, or break free and find their happily ever after? Protected and Punished (Warrior Elite Series Book 4) is a full-length, scorchin’ hot, dark sci-fi alien romance set on a far-off dystopian planet. Intended for +18 readers. Tropes/themes include: *He Falls First and Harder *Forbidden Romance *Enemies to Lovers *Forced Proximity *Morally Grey Alpha *Touch Her And Die *Strong Female Lead *Special Monster Peen *Nonshifter Omegaverse (nesting, knotting, marking) *Graphic Violence (sexual and nonsexual) *HEA (Happily Ever After) *Mf pairing (male/female) *Forced cheating

You've never used a video guide like this before. You loved Chariots of Fire and you want to see something like it. Where do you start? Look up Chariots of Fire in the index, and find it in Drama. There you'll see it listed under White Flannel Films: Welcome to the glory days of the British empire when the ruling class rode horses on large country estates, servants were in plentiful supply, and only an adulterous lover questioned the status quo. As in other costume dramas, the period details are celebrations of all that was brilliant and luxurious, with the camera sweeping over British, Indian, or African countryscapes and exquisite turn-of-the-century interiors. But all this lush upholstery doesn't cover up the intelligent, thoughtful stories -- usually based on Lawrence, Forster, and Waugh novels -- played by stellar British actors. In White Flannel Films there are concise, witty reviews of select movies like A Room with a View A Passage to India Heat and Dust The Shooting Party Out of Africa White Mischief and more There is also a unique ratings system that helps you distinguish the bombs from the sleepers. But the key is that all these films offer the same kind of viewing experience -- if you like one, chances are good you'll like the others, too. Seen That, Now What? is your own personal video genius, who knows everything about movies and exactly what you like to watch.

This pioneering book presents a history and ethnography of adventure comic books for young people in India with a particular focus on vernacular superheroism. It chronicles popular and youth culture in the subcontinent from the mid-twentieth century to the contemporary era dominated by creative audio-video-digital outlets. The authors highlight early precedents in adventures set by the avuncular detective Chacha Chaudhary with his ‘faster than a computer brain’, the forays of the film veteran Amitabh Bachchan’s superheroic alter ego called Supremo, the Protectors of Earth and Mankind (P.O.E.M.), along with the exploits of key comic book characters, such as Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Parmanu, Doga, Shakti and Chandika. The book considers how pulp literature, western comics, television programmes, technological developments and major space ventures sparked a thirst for extraterrestrial action and how these laid the grounds for vernacular ventures in the Indian superhero comics genre. It contains descriptions, textual and contextual analyses, excerpts of interviews with comic book creators, producers, retailers and distributers, together with the views, dreams and fantasies of young readers of adventure comics. These narratives touch upon special powers, super-intelligence, phenomenal technologies, justice, vengeance, geopolitics, romance, sex and the amazing potentials of masked identities enabled by navigation of the internet. With its lucid style and rich illustrations, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of popular and visual cultures, comics studies, literature, media and cultural studies, social anthropology and sociology, and South Asian studies.

This book addresses the connection between political themes and literary form in the most recent Argentine poetry. Ben Bollig uses the concepts of “lyric” and “state” as twin coordinates for both an assessment of how Argentinian poets have conceived a political role for their work and how poems come to speak to us about politics. Drawing on concepts from contemporary literary theory, this striking study combines textual analysis with historical research to shed light on the ways in which new modes of circulation help to shape poetry today.