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J.B. Clarke and the lovely ladies of Broken Fang have won their first victory against the vampires who secretly rule the world. But their fight is far from over. To defeat the vampires once and for all, they’ll need to rally powerful allies to their cause. But before they can do that, they need to make a name for themselves amongst the hidden underworld of monsters, mages, and vampire slayers.

Kyle Amos's new life was about to begin. All he had to do was die first. Kyle should have known better than to fall in love with a monster. Now he's paid the ultimate price to become what he is and the greatest betrayal imaginable has left him stranded and alone, everyone he loved reduced to a pile of ashes in his past.

High King Brucarius 'Goldblade' Blackthorn has arrived in Timbermere. While Valdis Wolfbane left his past behind him along with his sword and armor, the king asks a favor of the former warrior. What the king does not realize is that this warrior is now a farmer. His supernatural gifts are used to toil the land and harvest crops rather than split skulls and sever limbs. Where before he commanded a squad of battle-hardened men, he now finds himself leading... an ensemble of women who love the farm just as much as he does.

I'm on the run from a bad family situation. Everyone said Dreamwood Isle is where I would find happiness at last, a balmy and promising beach town on the Texas coast. I'm tired of curling up on park benches. I hate stealing to survive. But it seems even here in paradise, I'm still struggling to find a place I belong. That changes the night I steal from a local beachside bar called the Easy Breezy. I don't make it far before Cooper—the handsome, humble owner—catches me. I already know it's the end. I'll be taken to the cops, turned in, finished. Instead, he takes me back to his place.

Three mysterious monster girls have arrived in the city of Chester Creek, and they’ve been poking around in all the wrong places. Are they potential allies or a new threat? No one can tell, but fortunately, Clarke’s team includes Sammy Eloise: a slime girl with a fondness for video games, cosplay, and poisoning anyone who gets in her way. They’ll need all her shapeshifting talents if they’re to unravel this latest conundrum!

My name is Sheena May, and I'm done running. Insidious yellow eyes lock onto the secrets of my magic, and my former best friend shows up with a bombshell that could ruin us all, leaving me to figure out if I'm really the weapon my enemies think I am.

Hounded by a necromancer hellbent on appropriating her ancestral lands, Ronika must recover an ancient relic from a cursed mansion to keep her enemy at bay. To do so, she requires an escort. Convincing an enraged wraith to help seems like an impossible task. But she discovers that the being behind the billowing shadows is an honorable protector who moves her in an unexpected fashion.

When Ophelia seeks the services of the Prime Mating Agency to find her soulmate, she’s floored to learn that her perfect match is Gaelec, an intimidating, feline-looking ex-convict. Despite her better judgment, she agrees to the union only to discover that a sweet and cuddly male, with the fluffiest fur, hides behind the stern but sexy mountain of muscle that is her new husband.

These stories and more are featured in the third short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, continuing the saga of survival in a world transformed by the arrival of the System. Humanity has adapted to a new reality filled with Classes, magic and monsters, but the struggle for life, love and purpose never ends. This anthology brings together gripping tales from returning authors and two new short stories by Tao Wong.

Janelle’s life is defined by a crumbling, underground research base. Imprisoned for 20 years after the base was bombed, she and the few Creckel survivors are running out of time as the last of their resources are depleted. With no hope for rescue, Janelle and her companions wait for the dreaded Reaper to finish what the bombs missed.

Times have changed and the digital age has brought to us the internet. Now everyone is on an even playing field. All you need to do is learn how to use the tools on social media platforms so you can get your name and business known. That’s what this audiobook is about. How to get your brand seen and selected within seconds. The opportunity to have the consumers become a loyal follower and see the value you’ve brought as an essence that can’t be forgotten.

It’s been three months since Axel Hunter Radcliff fell through a magic portal into another world of dangerous monsters. Hailing from a family of Chosen Ones, he’s trained his whole life to be a hero. He just didn’t expect destiny to involve taming monster girls into semi-civilized adventurers.

Valdis Wolfbane returns home to the farm, set on the new wares for his shop and the training of his creatures. His mind is never far from cure needed by his beautiful lover and former monster hunter, Calista Knight.

When I entered this competition, I never thought there would be so much at stake. Not only is my poor little battered heart on the line, but so is my life. As the dreaded family visits continue, more devastating secrets are revealed. And one changes everything. I’m only just recovering from the shock when it’s time for another elimination, and this one proves to be the hardest of all. Broken and torn apart, I’m forced to move on to the worst part of this entire competition: introducing the remaining bachelors to my crazy family. This should go well…

With the festivities in Timbermere underway, Valdis Wolfbane and his cohort of lovely ladies are off to the Spring Faire. Valdis is expecting trouble, for that’s the way his grizzled warrior’s mind works after years of fighting and warring. But the trouble he’s likely to find is in the form of his greatest weakness: a pretty face.

For thousands of years, customers have been individual humans, families or organizations. But soon, generative AI enabled software and hardware machines will start to act as customers. First they will shop for us, later they will act for themselves. You can’t take them to dinner, and they won’t fall for your slogans, but they might help grow your market – if you know how. Companies are already being called on the phone by software that sounds like a person. Cars will buy their own fuel and tires. That smart speaker in every home can become the housekeeper and shopper for the family it serves.

Two months after her eighteenth birthday, scrappy Hikari Skye is ready to leave her ramshackle mobile home on Earth for icy dwarf planet Ceres and the underground bases that house Space Force. She's trading her dingy trailer park; her baby sister, Bea; and her best friend, Rho, for the excitement of the Proxy Wars and the freedom of the galactic front lines—where her father once deserted his own platoon. And the most appealing part? She's leaving behind Draeden Rache, the cocky, privileged bully who tried to kiss her last year.

Growing up in trailer trash hell, the carnival was my only happy memory as a child. I held onto the magic of that memory until I could finally escape. And like Alice down the rabbit hole, I entered a world beyond my wildest dreams. A world with a shiny, colorful exterior, but filled with rot and corruption underneath. But no matter what these people put me through, I can’t go back to my life before. The man with the biggest secret is the only one I can trust. He’s dangerous, but he’s safety to me. He’s broken, but he put me back together.

J.B. Clarke and the lovely ladies of Broken Fang have forged new alliances thanks to their victories against the vampires who secretly rule the world—but their job is far from over! They’re closer than ever to uncovering the secrets buried deep below the city of Chester Creek, and to securing the ultimate weapon in this magical war: the fabled Portal of Gold.

The curtain closed, yet they wanted more. So here, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, is your encore.