When Kate Kane is presumed dead, the mantle of Batwoman is passed on to a young woman who uses it to avenge her adopted mother's killers.

Mary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.