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As the only living heir, I was supposed to wed Vanderlyth's most notorious sack of potatoes. Except, our ship went down and said potato sailed away in the only lifeboat, leaving me to drown. My last image? His middle finger. Luck must be on my side because I wash up on the mainland. A place...

Wren Ballard is trying to find herself. She never expected to be divorced at twenty-seven, but now that the court date has passed, it's official. The paperwork is final. Her feelings on it aren't. Spending the summer in a small mountain town outside Seattle is exactly what she needs. The peaceful scenery is a given, the cat with the croaky meow is a surprise, but the real kicker? A broody neighbor with nice arms, a strange reputation, and absolutely no interest in her.

Healing takes time. Whether it's a broken bone or a laceration, patience is potent medicine. The same goes for relationships. I moved back to town hoping to patch things up with my son. Imagine my surprise when I meet his gorgeous best friend on the exam table at my OB/GYN office, hell-bent on ditching her V-card as quickly as possible. That's not going to happen.

Back in Springfield for the first time in years, I needed money, and I needed it fast. When my job as a hostess at the local Italian place wasn’t going to earn me enough to cut it, I did the one thing I promised I would never do: I got involved with one of the syndicates that rule the seedy city. Considering I’m trying to avoid anyone with ties to the Libellula Family, I head to the West Side, and hope like hell the Sinners Syndicate will give me a chance.

These stories are set in the familiar quasi-medieval worlds to which modern listeners are accustomed, and also stories rooted in the authentic myth-constructs of high antiquity, along with several that depend for their power on the juxtaposition of fantastic situations and terribly contemporary aspects of modern life on Earth. Together these stories make up a collection which provides reassuring proof of fantasy's eternal power in this technological age.

Nigel Shirazi was first in line for the chairmanship of Asbaran Solutions, one of the prominent "Four Horsemen" mercenary companies. First in line...until his drinking and temper caused him to fail out of college and get disinherited by the family. Now he leads the life of a playboy, enjoying a stipend from the family to stay out of the way. But someone is out to get his family, and Nigel is all that stands between the hidden enemy and the destruction of Asbaran Solutions and the Shirazi family.

Getting locked in an escape room with three sexy Alphas as Lila goes into heat wasn't on her new single life to-do list, but who is she to tell the universe no? Lila was thinking more along the lines of solo adventures, and trying things she's never been brave enough to do before, not scent-marking the Alpha she crushed on in college in the bathroom of her ex's apartment as he helps her loosen up. She's an Omega that's sick of denying her instincts. They're Alphas that want an Omega to cherish.

The Odyssey of the West series continues it grand exploration of the literature, revolutionary theories, and feats of intellectual progress that have shaped-and continue to shape-the modern world.

The Starlight Company’s survival depends on thieving and assassinating without upsetting the humans around them.

Asteria Zagreus, a mortal young woman enslaved on Celesterra, must face Placement Day, the one day where all humans, at the age of Twenty-One, are placed in new kingdoms and given new masters to serve. Come Placement Day, Asteria is forced into the Dusk Kingdom and given to its Prince, Cyrus Tynan. When she refuses him and his desires, Asteria realizes she has only one option: escaping her enslavement and finding something thought impossible—freedom. Asteria must begin to play her own game within the court...and with the Prince of Dusk Kingdom himself.

When Pope left our hometown my life changed. When he came back and saw his nemesis's ring on my finger, I knew he would be angry, but people change, right? When he found out I had a little girl he demanded I call things off with Kal. He says he refuses to let a man like him raise his child. I told him she wasn't his, but he still won't back down.

Since high school, I’ve rebuilt myself, free from the torment of my three ex-bullies. But when Thorne, cold and unapologetic, lands in my checkout line, I know my past isn’t done with me yet. One by one, the Iron Triad—Thorne, Ryder, and Blaze—crash back into my life, staking their old claim on me with the kind of intensity that sends a warning and a thrill down my spine.

Sable wasn't planning to return to the small town she grew up in, but now that she's back, the men she thought she left in her past all want a second chance. Colter was her first kiss, and the only alpha to ever reject her. Rhian, the small town omega prince charming that she could never call hers. And Taron, the bad boy alpha that showed her how to feel alive and vowed to be better, just for a chance to be hers. But that was six years ago. Surely they haven't waited for her all this time?

Jonathan never expected the woman he fell in love with to become his worst nightmare. When he met Allie at work, she was charming, beautiful, and full of promises. But behind her sweet smile lurked something else.

Nüchtern sein ist massiv im Trend. Es gibt jede Menge Ratgeber zum Thema Alkoholverzicht. Warum also dieses Buch? Was unterscheidet dieses Werk von der Masse an „Alkohol-Adieu“-Lektüre? Es ist das Fragezeichen im Titel. In „Alkoholfrei?“ geht es eben nicht um die absolute Nulllinie oder den moralischen Zeigefinger. Es geht um einen realistischen Umgang mit Alkohol für Menschen, die mitten im Leben stehen und ihren Feierabend genießen wollen – aber merken, dass die Gewohnheit langsam die Kontrolle übernimmt. Psychologe E. M. Thomas räumt mit den Mythen der Nüchternheit auf.

Jack Merryweather goes to the same school as Timmy Trial, but they aren't exactly friends. Timmy is a bully, and Jack only wants to escape from him. But instead, Timmy and Jack find themselves on an adventure together in the extraordinary city of Aletheia in the mysterious land of Err. When Timmy is taken captive by the dreaded Snares and carried far away into the dark forests of Err, Jack and his friends from Aletheia set out to rescue him.

Wishes aren't all they're cracked up to be...especially when you have to capture the Fairies who grant them to you. Er...make that faeries...and not the normal, hiding-in-plain-sight magical kind.

Bounty hunter Jack Coltrane finds a burning wagon lying on its side in the Wyoming Territory. The ground is littered with the dead, but he finds one survivor, a woman named Bridget Decker. Jack gets her to a doctor in Cheyenne. He discovers the Wyoming Raiders, a band of outlaws, are the ones who attacked the wagon, and they want to make sure there are no witnesses. And now the Raiders know about Jack, too. Who will survive the deadly showdown?

Julia–I literally ran into the man at a bar. He threw his drink on me and was completely unapologetic about it. That obnoxious, yet incredibly hot rock star awoke something in me. It terrifies me. But I stand firm in my motto; you can’t lose something you never had. The only problem is the universe keeps bringing us together.

Russell “Lucky” McCoy is the Vice President of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s also the adopted father of his two abandoned siblings, one of which has Down Syndrome. He’d resigned himself to the life of single fatherhood until he meets Harper Hannigan, the school’s newest special education teacher. Nothing matters but winning her heart—not their 14 year age difference, the obstacles determined to keep them apart, or even her father, the town’s new sheriff who’s determined to take down the motorcycle club by any means necessary.