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Life has become a farcical mess for icy British A-lister Elizabeth Thornton. America's most-hated villain stars in a top-rated TV medical drama that she hates. Now, she's been romantically linked to her perky, new co-star, Summer, due to the young woman's clumsiness. As a closeted actress, that's the last thing Elizabeth needs. If she could just get her dream movie role, life would be so much better. The only problem is that the eccentric French film-maker offering it insists on meeting her "girlfriend", Summer, first.

Australian crime reporter Maddie Grey is out of her depth in New York, miserable, and secretly drawn to her powerful, twice-married media mogul boss, Elena Bartell, who eats failing newspapers for breakfast. As work takes them to Australia, Maddie is goaded into a brief, seemingly harmless bet with her enigmatic boss - where they have to tell the complete truth to each other. It backfires catastrophically.

CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do. Eden Lawless relishes her new job, the hot boss who gives her butterflies, and her eccentric workmates who tell weird jokes about their day. Blackmail? Hacking? Doxing? Hilarious! But what if it's not a joke? Would that mean Eden has to fight the boss she's falling for?

LA-based English indie filmmaker Alex Levitin reluctantly takes a job in New Zealand to save the "worst movie ever", Shezan: Mistress of the Forest. Things might go easier for her if she didn't almost run over the standoffish, beautiful local cop on her first day in town. And it'd really help if her film set wasn't being mysteriously sabotaged. When Ika Whenu's Senior Constable Sam Keegan isn't trying to stamp out a motorcycle gang drug problem afflicting her town, she's publicly slamming everything about the exploitative film and the Hollywood blow-ins making it.

Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia's ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can't understand why anyone would want her dead. As she gets to know her target, she can't work out why she even cares.

A naïve activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn't realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance. Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She's now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful. Enter Eden Lawless. The guileless activist finds it a bit weird being employed by a mystery organization to bring down a corrupt mayor. But, hey, she's up for a challenge. Much harder is getting her beautiful new boss out of her head.

Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance. Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began. Iconic characters revisited include Elena Bartell (The Brutal Truth), Elizabeth Thornton (Breaking Character), Monique Carson (Hotel Queens), Natalya Tsvetnenko (Requiem for Immortals), Catherine Ayers (The Red Files), and Cynthia Redwell (Under Your Skin).

Shattergirl, Earth's first lesbian guardian - a brilliant but aloof alien superheroine who can hurl and destroy large objects - is refusing to save people and has gone off the grid. Lena Martin, the street-smart tracker with a silver tongue and a disdain for the rogue guardians she chases, has only days to bring her home. As the pair clash heatedly, masks begin to crack and brutal secrets are exposed that could shatter them both.

Ambitious ice queen and corporate lawyer Felicity Simmons has spent her life focused on one thing: scuttling up the career ladder. She's achingly close to taking charge of a media empire for her boss when she's sent to investigate a South Bronx charity that helps homeless people's pets. Has the charity made off with her boss's generous donation? And, who on earth is that gorgeous soft-butch veterinarian who looks as if she could toss a Shetland pony over one shoulder? Not that Felicity has any interest in some opinionated Amazon or her adorable fleabag of a dog.

What do a stolen food-delivery robot, a woman from the past, and a bizarre scheme to microchip military veterans have in common? The infamous Caustic Queen, Washington DC bureau chief Catherine Ayers, would love to find out but she has a lot on her plate right now. She and her fiancée, reporter and Iowa girl Lauren King, are busy wedding planning in Lauren’s home town.

Ambitious Daily Sentinel journalist Lauren King is chaffing on LA’s vapid social circuit, reporting on glamorous A-list parties while sparring with her rival - the formidable, icy Catherine Ayers. Ayers is an ex-Washington political correspondent who suffered a humiliating fall from grace, and her acerbic, vicious tongue keeps everyone at bay. Everyone, that is, except knockabout Iowa girl King, who is undaunted and unimpressed and gives as good as she gets.

Brilliant ice queen Amelia Duxton is a hotel vice president who thrives on control, truth, and efficiency. All she wants is to buy the coveted Mayfair Palace. Fiery Kai Fisher is charming and chaotic and renowned for closing ambitious deals. Her sights are set on snatching the Mayfair Palace out from under the nose of her hated arch rivals, the Duxton family. But when secrets emerge and everything starts to fall apart, how can either of the warring women win - especially when they’ve just met their match?

Als ambitionierte Wirtschaftsanwältin widmet Eiskönigin Felicity Simmons ihr Leben einzig und allein ihrer erfolgreichen Karriere. Als sie kurz davor steht, die Leitung eines Medienkonzerns zu übernehmen, wird sie von ihrer Chefin, Elena Bartell, auf eine unerwartete Mission geschickt: Felicity soll eine gemeinnützige Organisation überprüfen, die sich in der South Bronx um die Haustiere von Obdachlosen kümmert.

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Lauren King ist jung und ehrgeizig. Liebend gerne würde sie ihren Job als Klatschreporterin beim Daily Sentinel aufgeben und in die Politikredaktion wechseln, aber ihr Chef lässt sie über Hollywoods Promis und die Partys in L.A. berichten. Schlimmer noch: Ihre direkte Kollegin ist die eiskalte und einschüchternde Catherine Ayers, eine ehemals sehr erfolgreiche Politikkorrespondentin in Washington, die nach einem Skandal strafversetzt wurde und Lauren drangsaliert, wo sie nur kann. Bei einer Business-Party stößt Lauren auf eine richtig gute Story.

Wenn zwei ehrgeizige Frauen, so verschieden wie Feuer und Eis, das Gleiche wollen, ist die Leidenschaft nicht weit. Ein Liebesroman, so vielschichtig, frech und intelligent wie seine Protagonistinnen. Als sie in einer Hotelbar in Las Vegas aufeinandertreffen, ahnen Amelia Duxton und Kai Fisher nicht, dass sie dasselbe Ziel haben: den Deal ihres Lebens zu machen und das luxuriöse Mayfair Palace Hotel zu kaufen. Doch damit enden auch schon die Gemeinsamkeiten.

Die besten Filme schreibt das Leben selbst. Die Indie-Regisseurin Alex Levitin reist widerwillig nach Neuseeland, um den "geschmacklosesten Film aller Zeiten" zu retten, denn sie braucht das Geld. Es macht die Aufgabe nicht gerade leichter, dass sie an ihrem ersten Tag fast die örtliche Polizistin überfährt. Senior Constable Sam Keegan ist jedenfalls weder vom Film noch von der Hollywood-Crew begeistert, die in ihre Stadt eingefallen ist. Und schon gar nichts hält sie von der süßen Alex mit dem flotten Mundwerk und den lausigen Fahrkünsten.

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