Italy, 1943—Germany occupies much of the country, placing the Jewish population in grave danger during World War II.

As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion. As the years go by, the two find themselves falling in love. But the church calls to Angelo and, despite his deep feelings for Eva, he chooses the priesthood.

Now, more than a decade later, Angelo is a Catholic priest and Eva is a woman with nowhere to turn. With the Gestapo closing in, Angelo hides Eva within the walls of a convent, where Eva discovers she is just one of many Jews being sheltered by the Catholic Church.

But Eva can’t quietly hide, waiting for deliverance, while Angelo risks everything to keep her safe. With the world at war and so many in need, Angelo and Eva face trial after trial, choice after agonizing choice, until fate and fortune finally collide, leaving them with the most difficult decision of all.

ROMANCE SET IN A DYSTOPIAN FUTURE

In post-apocalyptic North America, two emerging nations are at war and sexual slavery is legal. Lila Velez desperately wants to lose her virginity before the troops visit her town and take it away by force. She makes plans to seduce her only friend. Lila does not love him, but he is the only man who has shown her true affection, an affection she is willing to take as a substitute for love.

Lila hides a secret that will bring her closer to Aleksey Fürst, a foreign, broody man who she distrusts because of his links to the troops and his rough, yet irresistible appearance. He offers Lila an alternative to her plans, a possibility that terrifies her…and tempts her in spite of herself.

With threats looming at every turn and no way to escape, Lila fears that falling in love will only lead to more heartache. The consequences of laying down her arms for Aleksey and welcoming hope might destroy more than her heart. They might force her to face the worst of her nightmares becoming a reality. Is love possible in a world that has forgotten what the human touch is?

NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR

* This is a book full of romance and anti-rape messages. I didn't write this book to romanticize violence against women but to tell the story of a girl who has to come of age under the most terrible circumstances.

* This full-length novel is a stand alone. No cliffhanger.

* Alpha male hero. No cheating. No slut-shaming.

* Includes a discussion guide for bookclubs.

* Possible triggers for abuse survivors.

* Loosely based on documented evidence of unpunished war crimes.

Join Mr. F, Penny, and Gnat as they continue to trek across Post-Zombie Apocalyptic America in search of a better life. This second volume of the Damned Hunger Chronicles finds our protagonists going through uncharted territory when they stumble upon an underground military compound with darker secrets than the ground above.

Will all three make it out alive? Will Mr. F find enough blood to satiate his baser needs? Will Penny find peace and acceptance in her role as Mr. F's eternal servant? Will ten-year-old Gnat have a religious epiphany and suddenly understand God and people's obsession with such before the powers within his fragile body bubble over and annihilate what is left of mankind?

Or will their newfound hole in the ground swallow them whole, forever? Read The Death of Love to find the answers to these, and at least four other fascinating questions.

Curiosity. A Journey. Misfortune. Anastari had always wondered what lay beyond the borders of Sorsani. She yearned to see the places her new husband Blorzen told her about for herself and wanted to explore the other regions. Blorzen is just as eager to explore Rendal but was unsure about its people.

With their prearranged lives as landowners set to start as soon as the celebration was over, they plan their trip and leave the farm. As expected, they encounter predators and exhaustion along the way, but see amazing landscapes and machines more advanced than anything in Sorsani. Soon frigid temperatures and elusive shelter hinder their journey.

They continue north into the next region, headed towards a city that could hold treasures or tragedy. Will they survive and make it back home?

A New Life is the first novella in the Chronicles of the Reverie. If you like discovering new worlds, clean romances, and action-packed journeys, then you'll love this sci-fi adventure by Natomi Karkael.

Human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at the tender age of 13, shares her harrowing journey to freedom. Her escape led her to South Korea two years later, following a grueling ordeal. To be completely free, Yeonmi realized she had to confront the truth of her past and share her story.

Her narrative unveils an ugly, shameful story of being sold with her mother into slave marriages by Chinese brokers. Initially, she tried to conceal these painful details while blending into South Korean society. However, she soon recognized the power of her survival story to inspire others. Her journey also includes the quest to find her sister, who had escaped earlier and vanished into China for years.

Mitch Walker is in a desperate race against time to save his dying nephew. In a bold and risky move, he undertakes an insanely dangerous crime to secure life-saving medicine. However, things spiral out of control, triggering a chain reaction of chaos and murder.

Hunted by a ruthless crime syndicate, Mitch's only hope lies with a cop named Betts, who ironically wants him behind bars. As the crime syndicate employs dark technology, the investigation takes unexpected twists.

Driven by the faint hope of saving the sick child, Betts and Walker are forced into an unpredictable alliance in a fight for survival. If you crave a fast-paced, action-packed thriller, BRAZEN VIOLATIONS is your perfect pick.

Nectar in a Sieve tells the story of Rukmani, married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she never met. Together, they work side by side in the fields, battling against the harsh realities of nature—droughts, monsoons, and insects.

With remarkable fortitude and courage, Rukmani faces the challenges of changing times, poverty, and disaster. Her life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves. This beautiful and eloquent story presents a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India, whose whole life is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Rukmani's unwavering love for her husband, Nathan, becomes a beacon—a nectar that sustains them through hardship. Amidst the harsh realities of poverty and change, this novel weaves a tapestry of love, loss, and endurance.

Kamala Markandaya's prose captures the essence of rural India, portraying the hopes and aspirations of a young nation, surmounting many obstacles along the way.

In 2154, the world as we know it has fallen into oblivion. Mankind lives decimated and scattered in the remnants of the old world. But only a few know what really happened.

Growing up in a secluded city ruled by a dogmatic tyrant, Adam watches hunger starve the poor, sickness claim the young, and war kill his three older brothers. Turning seventeen, he has one year left before being forced to join the Grey Guard and follow his brothers into the unknown.

Wanting to put an end to the broken system and mindless war, to seek a life of harmony with the one he loves, he decides to do whatever it takes to bring the tyrant to his knees.

Felix Hartmann's powerful debut novel tells a tale of good and evil, truth and deceit, and paints a riveting and ruthless picture of a rebellious young man who must choose between surviving under a tyrannical regime and risking everything in an ultimate fight for freedom.

Abby has been through hell and has survived one of the most brutal childhoods imaginable... barely. To the outside world, she is just a loner with an attitude.

When her grandmother dies in a tragic explosion, Abby is left with questions—and nothing else. Homeless, sleeping in a junkyard, and on the run from a system that has failed her over and over again, she meets Jake, a tattooed blue-eyed biker with secrets that rival her own.

Two broken souls that can't be healed. They can't be saved. Abby & Jake have to decide if they can accept the darkness not only within one another, but within themselves. If they can accept each other for who they really are, they might learn that love isn't always found in the light.

Caution: This is not your typical romance. The story of Abby & Jake contains disturbing situations, graphic violence, sex, strong language, drug use, and all types of abuse.

When Gladiator Inc, an adult toy company, expands their market to familiarize the ‘vanilla’ world with the elements of BDSM, the result is a pay-per-view reality show with video feeds streamed live to subscribers. The show, Dom Wars, is a competition to determine the Top Dom that will become the spokesperson for the company.

The contestants all wear cameras to film every moment and angle of the competition, while they complete various challenges to determine who has ultimately Dominated various elements of themselves.

The hero and heroine of the series, Lucian Bane and Tara Reese, have barely made it into the Sixth and Final Round of Dom Wars. This week-long Survival Round will determine the Top Dom, once and for all.

The contestants are taken to an uninhabited island, where they will have to cross formidable jungle terrain. First Dom to reach the boat anchored on the other side of the island wins the million dollars and the title. Seems simple.

Except Lucian’s old adversary, the Sadist Jase Duff from Round One, has been tasked with making sure none of the five teams make it to the boat. If he is successful, he wins the prize, only it's not money that Jase Duff cares about, it's revenge on Lucian and Tara. And his sadistic need to inflict pain makes it game on.

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is—but she knows she needs to survive.

After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants.

As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home—until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.

The Trees arrive in the night, thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into a shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed, and broken bodies, still wrapped in tattered bed linen, hang among the twitching leaves.

Adrien Thomas has never been much of a hero. But when he realizes that no help is coming, he ventures out into this unrecognizable world. Michelle, his wife, is across the sea in Ireland, and he has no way of knowing whether the trees have come for her too. Then Adrien meets green-fingered Hannah and her teenage son Seb.

Together, they set out to find Hannah’s forester brother, to reunite Adrien with his wife, and to discover just how deep the forest goes. Their journey will take them to a place of terrible beauty and violence, to the dark heart of nature and the darkness inside themselves.

Joanna Price is a city girl with the perfect life. She loves her job as a book editor, she just married Liam, a high-profile bestselling author and the man of her dreams, and she's headed to the Caribbean to enjoy two weeks of paradise for her luxurious honeymoon.

Connor Duffield is a gruff, grumpy rancher from the Midwest. He's a country boy with a no-nonsense approach to life, more scars than he'd like to admit, and he hates city girls. It's just misfortune that they have to sit next to each other for a six-hour plane ride. Even more so when their flight is caught in the perfect storm, and Joanna wakes up stranded on a desert island with Connor, the very man she hoped she would never have to see again.

Why are they alone on this forsaken island? What happened to Joanna’s husband? When her dream honeymoon turns into a hilarious tropical nightmare, Joanna’s first thought is survival. However, she and Connor will quickly discover just how boring paradise can be.

As the days turn to weeks, and then months, this mismatched pair will have to learn how to coexist and how to resist the sparkles of an attraction they weren’t prepared to feel. When they are finally rescued, will Joanna’s marriage be saved as well, or will the life she knew and loved be in ruins?