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To say my first interaction with Fin leaves much to be desired is an understatement. He infuriates me, barely speaks, and glares at me all the time. Not to mention he thinks I'm a mess. It isn't in my plans to start to like him. To fall for him. To want something more. But Fin's past is filled with a pain that makes any kind of us impossible. He can't seem to figure out what he wants, and truthfully, neither can I.  

After her publishing career and engagement fell apart in Boston, Leah Powell has no choice but to return to her hometown. Feeling lost and discouraged, she stumbles upon a once prominent sea captain’s historic home that now looks as dilapidated as she feels. Suddenly inspired, Leah decides to transform it into a bookstore and café she will call The Sandy Page.

I've wanted a baby my whole life, so to find out from my Doctor that my days are numbered... well that was a blow. I saved all my money for IVF, to have my parents need a bail out for their tax bill. But Fate came to my rescue. I have one last job that will give me all the money I need to make a baby of my own, and surely one last holiday fling with my new 'boss' won't hurt?

Kat Richardson’s New York Times best-selling Greywalker novels star one of the genre’s most fascinating—and fan-favorite—heroines: PI Harper Blaine. In her sixth adventure, Harper travels to the Olympic Peninsula for a pre-trial investigation. There she meets the spirit of a man who claims he was murdered. Harper’s search for answers leads her to a resort the locals call Blood Lake. A malevolent power lurks beneath its frosty waters....

Hate is a strong word. Depending on the company, loathe is a good substitute. Abhor might be a little fancy, but it gets the job done. But the word that really sums up how I feel about Liam Darcy is, without question, hate. He doesn't seem to think much of me either. The second he lays his fault-seeking eyes on me, he sets out to oppose me. Everything about him is imposing, as if he consumes the nearby air to power the rise and fall of his broad chest, and it's clear he resents my presence on his advertising team. 

What if the strongest leaders aren’t the loudest in the room—but the most self-aware? Most leadership struggles don’t come from a lack of skill or strategy. They come from leaders who don’t know where they truly stand. When leaders rely on control, performance, or certainty instead of awareness, teams comply—but they don’t commit. In Leadership—The Paradox of Surrender, Hilda Koch challenges the traditional leadership narrative and introduces Point A—your true leadership starting place. Not the role you perform. Not the mask you wear.

In this homage to True Grit, a young woman makes a perilous journey west in 1863 in search of her gold-mining father. "...exhilarating and hard to resist." —The Washington Post on Westering Women After their mother dies, Haidie Richards and her younger brother, Boots, are put to work in an...

After suddenly ascending to the Thalassos throne, scandalous 'spare' Adonis needs a wife to secure the crown. He doesn't expect to inherit his late brother's convenient bride, but Jemima Nasar's experience in the royal court makes her an asset. Yet the forbidden and uncontrollable hunger he harbours for her is reckless. Becoming Adonis's queen frees Jemima from her father's nefarious ambitions. Her tenacity and his rebellious nature make them a formidable couple. But what if Jemima wants something more from their duty-bound marriage?

Everly Dupree helps the dead find peace whether she wants to or not. This Christmas, all Everly Dupree wanted was a little peace and quiet, some time with family, and a glass of eggnog. What she didn't need was the ghost of the scandal in her past to rear its ugly head. When reporter, Amber Hale shows up on Everly’s doorstep asking for an interview she learns there were worse things her ex-husband could do besides cheating on her—like embezzling money from his family’s company and framing Everly for the theft.

The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, and Susan Cain’s Quiet, Fool Proof tracks the implications of the sucker construct from...

Lianna Mercier has everything. She’s beautiful, well-educated, her father is rich, powerful - and she works for him. The perfect little princess, raised to be just like daddy. But it’s all a lie. A bloody, screwed up lie, and David Gethen is about to tear it all down and destroy Lianna in the process. He wants revenge, he wants to finish the plan his father started years ago - but after he takes her, after he tortures her, he begins to realize just how wrong he may have been.

She is in hell. Trapped in the shadows, Rainey is unable to do much more than watch while her entire life is destroyed. While the Original Witch's plan continues to fall perfectly in place, it's up to Elijah to put it all on the line and save his hunter. Or die trying.

Most times left solely within the confine of plantation narratives, slavery was far from a land-based phenomenon. This book reveals for the first time how it took critical shape at sea. Expanding the gaze even more widely, the book centers on how the oceanic transport of human cargoes - known as the infamous Middle Passage - comprised a violently regulated process foundational to the institution of bondage. Sowande' Mustakeem's groundbreaking study goes inside the Atlantic slave trade to explore the social conditions and human costs embedded in the world of maritime slavery. 

My name is Tom Bailey and I'm a trainer and personal growth expert with over 15 years of experience helping people make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives. In this short introduction, I want to share why my book, "Vegas Nerve Exercises to Rewire Your Brain", could be the key to the transformation you've been looking for.

After her girlfriend breaks up with her for being too emotionally stifled, Jo Miller is trying to become more expressive. But then her boss calls her into his office for a private meeting and sexually assaults her. His parting words are, “you won't want to talk about this Jo. You think you do now, but trust me, you won’t.” Jo had been ready to go straight to the police, but every time she tries to talk about what happened, live insects crawl up her throat and into her mouth. 

Daniel’s quest to save humanity just took a dangerous detour. With the dark elves pushing deeper into human lands, Daniel must race south to find the ancient artifact capable of turning the tide of war. But after a storm blows him off course and into the depths of the sea, he encounters a mysterious, seductive race of underwater women—and his harem grows even larger.

When detectives James Manning and Covina "Dewey" Duwai are called in to investigate a series of bizarre murders, they make a shocking discovery: the legend of the hidden righteous ones, the 36 who preserve the world from destruction, is no legend at all. They are real, and they are being murdered. As the bodies pile up and the world tilts into chaos, Manning and Dewey must protect the righteous ones from a ruthless killer able to beguile his victims and command them against their will. 

It is the early twentieth century and the spiritualism movement is soaring in America. World War I and an influenza pandemic have killed hundreds of thousands. People are desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, so they seek the help of mediums, psychics, and fortune tellers. The mourners don’t realize they’re being deceived by frauds. But famed magician Harry Houdini isn’t fooled. He knows that these scammers’ methods are no more than conjurer’s tricks. Houdini and his team of investigators, led by detective Rose Mackenberg, set out to expose the ghost hoaxes.

Ava hasn't found Tinabella to be the easiest roommate to get along with. She's sneaky. She's popular. And she bends the rules a lot when it comes to magic. Still, Ava never asked for Tinabella to be banished to a tower, trapped by a strange spell. And when the wickedest witch of them all attacks the School for Wicked Witches, trapping all the teachers within an enormous twister, Ava knows that it’s better to have Tinabella by her side than to keep her locked away.

Cape Morgan, Maine, is the utopian ideal for a charmed life, and Beatrice Wicker knows it. The multi-million-dollar house on the sea coast. The joint bank accounts. The safety and security that go along with being married to an esteemed architect and community leader. So what if her husband sneaks off to see his second family now and again? Beatrice is willing to look the other way. It’s simply the price she must pay to keep their life together. Josh doesn’t realize that Beatrice knows about his other life. That’s just one of Beatrice’s secrets.