Elizabeth Gannon

Beauty: Kai is not the most popular man in the village. He can't fish and he doesn't want to be a warrior. Instead, he wants to excavate the area for traces of the village's past, whether it happens to be underneath the main street in town or beneath someone's flower garden. He is content to live a quiet life and dream of something more. Truth be told, Kai is a mystery to most of the people in town... which is why they choose to send him across the frozen tundra to die.The Beast: The Snow Queen is not the most popular person in the kingdom, despite the fact that she rules it. Not that she cares what others think. She's content to sit in her magical ice palace, brooding about all the things she's lost and striking fear into the hearts of the idiot villagers. But, when her most treasured possession is destroyed by those morons, she comes looking for someone to fix it. Or for some swift, icy vengeance. Instead, she gets Kai. The annoying human is offered to her by the village like a sacrifice. The deal is quite simple: he'll use his skills to fix her treasure or she'll destroy everyone. Rather than be terrified of the threat though, the man appears only too happy to assist her in piecing the history of her family back together. What does he want from her? Why hasn't she simply killed him? And why does his smile melt her cold heart?

The Snow Queen

Andrea Blackwell

Jade Black

K. Fray

Jacklyn Baker

Agustín Guerrero

Kim Strattford

M. E. McLaughlin

Alice Hare

Kara Costegan

Love is a literal battlefield as these couples find love while trying to save-or destroy-the world.Powerless Against You features ten larger than life romantic tales of superheroes or villains in love. Get immersed in the drama of keeping secret identities, battling against a secret love, the struggle of coming into superpowers after tragedy, and much more. These tales tackle a wide spectrum of couplings and characters that are sure to capture readers hearts.Introduction by Gail Simone. Authors include Elizabeth Gannon, K Orion Fray, Andrea R. Blackwell, Jacklyn Baker, Agustin Guerrero, Jade Black, Kara Costegan, Kim Strattford, ME McLaughlin and Alice Hare.

Powerless Against You

Alone in the world, with only her brother to care for, Taylor is struggling to survive. For years, a war has torn apart her kingdom, turning the one-time tailor into a soldier in the local militia. Now her village is under attack. Taylor's fought long and hard for freedom, but now it seems that she's on the losing side of the battle. As her town burns, her enemies unleash one final weapon. Something so terrible that it's been the stuff of legends. An Ogre. A massive monster who can grow as tall as a giant and ignite his whole body in ravaging flames. Nothing can stop such a beast. ...Unless Taylor figures out a way to free him from his captivity and convince him to join her team, instead.Last of the race of ogres, Dom has spent years enslaved by the humans. He doesn't understand them. He doesn't like them. And he sure doesn't care about their pointless wars. When he first sees Taylor, though, he begins to seriously reconsider his hatred for her people. Taylor is nothing like the other humans. She's brave and beautiful and full of ideas. Sure she's a little bit small, but he's still dazzled with his good fortune. Ogres recognize their mate when they first see them and everything in Dom knows this crazy redhead is supposed to be his. He just needs to convince her that an ogre can be Mr. Right.When Taylor tells Dom she has a plan to end this ridiculous war, he eagerly agrees to help her and her screw-up of a brother reach the king. It seems like a good chance to win Taylor's affections and he's not very concerned about the dangers they'll face. After all, he can just kill any humans who get in his way. What could possibly be simpler? Except before long, they're dealing with a band of unscrupulous pirates, angry villagers with torches, assassins on their tail, and getting lost in a forbidden forest. Taylor wants to help Dom escape his captivity and regain his stolen homeland. Dom wants to show Taylor they were made for each other. But, surviving to see their happily ever after just might be harder than either of them think.

Travels with a Fairytale Monster

The kidnapping pirates from Travels with a Fairytale Monster get a book of their own ...And this time they're (kind of, almost, maybe) the good guys!Uriah- It's the pirate's life for Uriah! Epic sea battles, beautiful women, double-crossing crewmen... Sure everyone hates him, but no other existence would be half as fun! Nicknamed the "Ocean's Shame" for his duplicitous ways, Uriah has spent his life mastering swordplay and exploring uncharted lands. Until, one day, he ends up on the wrong side of a fight and stumbles across something worth a lot more than a buried chest of gold.Ransom- A losing battle with pirates has left Ransom blind, scarred, and with no memory of her old life. Uriah is the only one she trusts. For five years, she's been on his "crew," which mainly means she does all the planning and worrying for her irresponsible captain. When the two of them windup in an unfriendly land, with no ship and no money, they realize they're going to need someone to swindle. Quick. Luckily, they've got a line on a moron with a treasure map. The Plan- Step 1: Don't kill their annoying client, his put upon wife, or his nightmare of a mother-in-law. ...At least not until the annoying client leads them to the lost city he's searching for. Step 2: Hold the queen's pesky brother hostage, just in case she's holding a grudge over the whole "abduction" thing from the last book. Step 3: Avoid all the other pirates and immortal bad guys out to kill them. Step 4: Don't look into Ransom's past. Ever. Step 5- Start to see your partner-in-crime in a whole new light. Because, maybe nobody likes fairytale pirates ...but that doesn't mean they can't fall in love.

Nobody Likes Fairytale Pirates

Tandrea: How does a nice, normal girl end up getting herself kidnapped by a barbarian? Tandy isn't exactly sure, but there's no denying that it's a lot more exciting than her usual life back at the university. As a linguist, sent by her people to help communicate with the savages of The Wasteland, it's her job to bridge cultural barriers, no matter the risks. Especially if those bridges lead straight to the huge, handsome, half-dressed leader of the rebels. Tzadok, The Wasteland Butcher, takes her captive and Tandy thinks it's the perfect opportunity to learn more about his strange world of sand monsters and sword fights. ...And to study Tzadok up-close.Tzadok: As The Lord of Salt, Tzadok reigns over all the tribes of The Wasteland and he isn't a popular ruler. Big and angry, he's barely holding the various clans together. He can't allow foreigners to invade their lands without brutal punishment. It would mean the end of his rule to show weakness. But he also can't allow Tandy to die. One look at the stunning, green-skinned woman and he knows that his future is linked with hers. Tzadok is going to keep her safe, even if it means fighting her people and his own. He might have taken Tandy prisoner, but Tzadok is the one who's held captive by her striking beauty.The Wasteland: Together with Tzadok's eccentric uncle and his uncooperative hostage, Tzadok and Tandy are on an adventure across The Great Nothing. Somehow, they need to stop the other Wasteland clans from killing them, and Tandy's people from killing them, and a giant snake god from killing them, and the odds are really not in their favor. But the longer they're together, the more Tandy comes to realize that there is more to this fearsome barbarian than meets the eye. And the more Tzadok realizes that he will fight the whole world to keep this strange woman beside him.

Captive of a Fairytale Barbarian

Three Consortium of Chaos novellas based on classic love stories! Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, and Emma are reimagined with super villains, laser weapons, and Santa Claus's crazy kids.Mary Meryton is good at being a bad guy to the bad guys. She doesn't fit in with the rest of her social-climbing family and has no interest in joining a team with any of their criminal friends. Attending dull villains' mixers with them is bad enough, but having to deal with Ian Claus' arrogance is just the last straw. Handsome, mysterious, terrible at conversations, Ian shows up in town and immediately starts tongues wagging. Is he a hero? A villain? Why does he keep showing up at parties, if he's just going to stand around and silently judge everyone? Most importantly: Why does Mary even care? The more she gets to know Ian and his psychotic, holiday-themed siblings, the more Mary thinks there's more to this guy than she first expected.Jane Gateshead is a sidekick in need of a job. But, after leaving The Horizon Academy, a school for training the next generation of heroes, she's been blackballed by the cape community. Her only option is to take work with a villain and Professor Damascus Thornfield is hiring. Charter member of the Institute of Mad Science, he grudgingly agrees to train Jane in villainy. Working in Damascus' creepy lab on his creepy island isn't nearly as creepy as Jane feared, though. In fact, weather machines, practicing her flying skills, and her sexy evildoer of a boss are making her happier than she's ever been before. Unfortunately, something from the past is threatening Jane's new life. If they're going to have a future together, she and Damascus are going to have to face it together... and maybe battle an ooze monster.For years, Mia Hartfield has been stuck in a not-so-friendly rivalry with Deacon DeWitt. Deacon is the crown prince of crime: successful, popular, and waaaay too handsome. Meanwhile, Mia's only claim-to-fame is her ability to pair other criminals up with their perfect match. ...Even if they don't always appreciate her matchmaking. Now, Mia is determined to find a partner-in-crime for herself. She needs to find a new evil team to join and the annual super villain mixer is the perfect place to meet someone new. Except, it might just be that Deacon is the guy she'd been searching for, all along

The Mad Scientist's Guide to Dating

Formerly the Next Big Thing

Happy Tanksgiving, from the Consortium of Chaos!As a former caped hero, Oz is committed to doing good. Sure he's freaked out by germs and hates disorder, but that doesn't stop him from helping innocent civilians and keeping the city safe from bad guys. ...Even though he's currently partners with one of them.As a former super villain, Natalie is used to carrying out complex robberies and impossible assassinations. Sure her powers mean that her personality shifts every day, but that doesn't stop her from being the biggest badass around. ...Until mysterious super-soldiers show up and try to kill her.Now it's up to Natalie and Oz to solve the mystery of who wants her dead. Thankfully, they've got the help of the rest of the Consortium of Chaos, who only occasionally blow things up and kidnap people. Oz is frustrated by the messiness of Natalie's life and Natalie isn't sure about Oz's whole "saving the world" idea, but somehow they're making this crazy partnership work. In fact, the longer Natalie and Oz are around each other, the more this mismatched team begins to see that they just might make a perfect pair.

Not Currently Evil

A famous family on the decline...A forbidden affair...Love isn't an exact scienceSasha Westgate was the heir apparent to a storied scientific dynasty. The Westgates, "The First Family of Interdimensional Travel," are dedicated to have having over-the-top scientific adventures and saving the world. Once the most powerful family in Reichelt Park, they are now on the decline thanks to their tendency to have doomed adventures and ruinous loves. Years ago, scandal caused Sasha to leave her home behind and desperately try to forget her old life. But now, broke and famous, she's forced to return to the town- and the forbidden man -she left behind.Thraex is an inescapable maze of a man. Simply a bastard from a nightmare dimension who the Westgates rescued and brought home one day as their ward, Threax has spent his whole life living on the outskirts of their rigid, gossiping society. But his piercing bedroom eyes hid an unexpected intelligence and drive, and now he's in complete control of The Westgate Foundation. And the Westgates themselves. He's determined to force the family back to their former greatness, if it kills them all! ...And most of that plan involves keeping his former step-sister as close to him as possible.Now, murder, crazy science, and carnal temptation collide in the sultry heat of Reichelt Park."This book is like if Tennessee Williams wrote The Fantastic Four and Rick & Morty as a romance novel. It's a mix of a 1990s Southern Gothic romance and a 1960s Science Adventure tale. And it has a tiny giraffe. All books should have a tiny giraffe. To Kill a Mockingbird would have been a thousand times better if a tiny giraffe had been a part of the cast."- The author, who is completely unbiased, obviously.

Broke and Famous

The B-Squad just got called off the bench...Julian: Julian comes from the Golden Age of super-villainy. The son of Neptune and a mortal woman, he's spent millennia as an outcast of both worlds. As king of the ocean, all Julian wants to do is protect the denizens of the deep and drown the humans for their crimes against sea creatures. He doesn't care about the Consortium of Chaos's new jobs as "heroes." He still hates everyone, which is kinda unfortunate since he's just become the one person responsible for keeping the world safe. He'd probably just ignore the human's plight and go for a swim, except the beautiful woman he's been searching for for years has shown up to help fix his "image problems." Which means Julian might have to actually pretend to be a hero, after all.Bridget: Bridget is a public relations specialist. Kind of. She's not exactly at the top of her field, but she's giving it her best shot. The curvy, average, dateless human is going to help Julian and his bizarre group of semi-insane, super-powered friends reach their full potential as heroes. And not JUST because he's the handsomest man she's ever seen. Years ago, Julian saved her life. In an age where good guys and bad guys seem way too much alike, Julian is the only person she's ever seen act heroically. He can do anything. He just needs to believe that. ...And stop telling all the humans that he's going to conquer the planet. ...And maybe not worry so much about seafood restaurants murdering his underwater subjects. ...And actually pay attention to all the people trying to take over the city.New enemies are rising and nearly everyone else in the Consortium is MIA. Now, it's up to Julian and the Consortium members who are too old, weird, evil, or headless to be invited on the REAL missions to save the city. Except they suck at it. Humans are whining about the death-toll, the Consortiums screw-ups are all over the news, and their evil garage sale isn't helping to pay the bills. Bridget's going to fix all that. She's determined to make the world see them for the heroes they are. Julian's certainly willing to go along with her ideas, no matter how many public appearances he has to make at elementary schools and shopping malls. He knows he's a villain and he couldn't care less about what the rest of humanity thinks, but he sure loves the idea of being a hero to Bridget.

The Only Fish in the Sea

High atop the Fortress of Liberty...The life of a super-hero is not all it's cracked up to be. Just ask Wyatt Ferral, one of the city's cape-wearing favorite sons. For one thing, he can't stand the other heroes, and is starting to see that they aren't especially heroic. Plus, he's forced to wear stupid looking spandex costumes, and his unauthorized biographies are filled with glaring inaccuracies. Heroing is so isolating. Some days, he just wants to walk away from it all and have a real life. All it would take is one personal tragedy to push him over the edge...Meanwhile at the Consortium of Chaos...The life of a super-villain is a blast, just ask the super-villainess known as "Harlot." Just because you're dedicated to evil doesn't mean you can't have a little fun, right? So, when the almost forgotten hero Wyatt Ferral walks into the Consortium's headquarters one day and says that he has a plan, she's intrigued. Can Wyatt help their troubled organization finally succeed in one of their world domination schemes? Can she keep her fellow villains from killing the handsome hero long enough to hear what he has to say? Will he see the subtle but important distinction between collecting his memorabilia and stalking him? Was his Hero swimsuit calendar photoshopped, or do his abs actually really look like that? So many important questions...

Yesterday's Heroes

The Consortium of Chaos: The super-villain organization semi-unwillingly thrust into the field of heroics. They're not nice people, but now they do nice things. ...Occasionally. If it's during office hours and there's nothing good on TV, anyway.The Consortium of Chaos goes back to school!Stacy: Stacy's awesome. Just ask her. Her powers let her control electricity, she's collected every Pokemon card, and she's almost sure she isn't going to flunk out of college this semester. Being Stacy has never been so amazing! Honestly, she's positive she could be running the entire C of C, whipping the villains-turned-heroes into shape, except she's got bigger ideas percolating in her cheerfully evil brain. Stacy's determined to fulfill the next step of her master plan to claim her man. She's been in love with Hazard since she was a little girl. Now that she's all grown-up, it's time to teach the eight foot giant who he really belongs to. What better place to begin his education than at Garden State University? Hazard: Hazard's alone and he likes it that way. For two hundred years, he lived in unrelenting pain and darkness. Then, he met a certain chipper blonde with criminal ideas and a shiny smile who gave him a reason to live. For some reason he can't fathom, Stacy has followed him around for years, chattering about TV shows and book clubs. Stacy means everything to Hazard. And he's not about to risk losing her by revealing that he's hopelessly, desperately in love with the little weirdo. No matter how... adult she suddenly seems. Which is why he can't explain how he let himself get dragged off to GSU to help her graduate. In fact, half the Consortium is on campus to support Stacy. The "reformed" super-villains are going out for the football team, redesigning the curriculum and taking over a fraternity house for themselves. It's going to be the best semester ever... So long as Stacy can keep Hazard from falling into the clutches of the most nefarious, gold medal winning, swimsuit model, super heroine to ever crawl out of mean girl hell... Bekki. Oh, and there are also some monsters.

Electrical Hazard

The Consortium of Chaos: The super-villain organization semi-unwillingly thrust into the field of heroics. They're not nice people, but now they do nice things. ...Occasionally. If it's during office hours and there's nothing good on TV, anyway.Librarian: Marian Willson, AKA "the Librarian," takes super villainy seriously. Whether it's memorizing the internet or knowing just which chemicals to mix to make a teargas bomb, Marian is an encyclopedia of criminal schemes. She also knows eight thousand recipes for pie, even if she's never taken the time to have a slice. Doctor, lawyer, weapons expert... Marian can do it all and she doesn't tolerate failure. Yep, she's just the person you want on your team the next time you're being targeted by dozens of trained killers. Which seems to happen to Cynic. A lot. Aside from the fact he isn't too unpleasant to look at, it's hard to imagine why she bothers to keep saving him.Cynic: Steven O'Probrian AKA "The Cynic," takes nothing seriously, except pushing all Marian's buttons. He's been fantasizing about her cool blue eyes and awesome martial arts skills for years. Unfortunately, Cynic is the most annoying person in the world. Ask anyone. Being a jerk is his only hobby. He makes a habit of saying the wrong thing and doing the wrong thing and killing the wrong thing. And now a whole lot of crazed assassins are trying to kill him. Given his superpowers, Cynic isn't too concerned about the whole "dying" thing, but having a price on his head sure is a good excuse to skip town with Marian. Soon, the two of them are on the road trip of his dreams, with ninjas, and casinos, and killer clowns. If he can just find a way to be less like himself, Cynic knows he can get Marian to love him back. Unfortunately, his enemies might know a way to end Cynic's fun once and for all...

The Guy Your Friends Warned You About

The Consortium of Chaos: The super-villain organization semi-unwillingly thrust into the field of heroics. They're not nice people, but now they do nice things. ...Occasionally. If it's during office hours and there's nothing good on TV, anyway.Tyrant: Kasos Octavio Victavios IV, Head of the Consortium's Inter-dimensional Affairs Department, has spent thousands of years trying to conquer the entirety of existence, one dimension at a time. Now, something is distracting him from his mission, though, and he's started behaving in very strange ways. Obviously, his restlessness isn't his fault. Tyrant's flawless. Just ask him. No, his ungrateful, way-too-smart hostage must be doing something to cloud his mind with these strange new thoughts about how beautiful she looks. Will he be able to overcome her frustratingly attractive interference and succeed in finally killing all of his co-workers? Rayn: The Princess of the Fairy Folk of the Meadow has been Kasos' "captive" for eight-centuries and she's pretty happy with their arrangement. An inter-dimensional kidnapping trip with her extremely hot captor certainly beats her old life. Aside from Tyrant's bad attitude and lousy taste in music, she's been having a blast. But, circumstances are now forcing Rayn to enlist his assistance in saving her kingdom, even though Tyrant plans to conquer it for himself. How do you convince a man who's so egotistical that he prays to HIMSELF, that he needs to think about someone else for a change? And to stop killing all the people, trees and family members you want him to save?

Elizabeth Gannon

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