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Mari Beadie needed a boyfriend, and former NHL hockey star Chase Miller happened to be in the right place at the right time. The kiss that followed wasn't necessary, strictly speaking, but it sure was hot. Hot enough that when the tables are turned, Chase knows just the pretty bartender to ask to be his pretend girlfriend. Only this time, it's not a one-time deal.

Initially published in 1914, Papa was the first major dramatic work by playwright and poet Zoë Akins (1886-1958). A subtle but quietly savage comedy of manners, the play was not a commercial success but has since come to be regarded as a masterpiece. As a skillfully drawn portrait of genteel corruption, it ranks with the works of masters of dramatic satire like Moliere and Oscar Wilde.

Karen's finally decided what she wants to do when she grows up. Too bad it'll mean leaving behind her new neighbor, who's stirred up a different kind of grown-up feelings. But when he rebuffs her attempt to have a fling before she leaves Wardham, Karen knows it's for the best. A clean break, no messy emotional entanglements.

Fresh from her introduction to the dangerous world of criminals and cons in Jump the Gun, smart, sexy, and movie-crazy Annabelle Starkey flies to Portland, Oregon, to visit to her newly relocated parents. They, like Annabelle, are rebooting their lives, although the directions their new starts will take are not yet clear. Annabelle is now part of a fledgling detective agency headquartered in New York, home turf to her boyfriend, Mickey, just retired from the NYPD.

In this long short story (or novella), a writer arrives at an old manor for a six-week residency, only to discover that while there, she can't seem to write a word. The longer she stays, the more she loses her grasp on who she is and what she needs to say, until gradually, the background becomes the foreground, as the minutiae of the place she finds herself in start to loom large. In the echo chamber of her own head, the natural world and the strangers around her begin to speak to her in odd ways.

A rousing call to arms for a fairer society from the well-loved Guardian political journalist Zoe Williams. Whether we have children or not, we all want the future to be fairer and happier, and Zoe Williams believes we need to make that happen collectively. Get It Together is a rousing call to arms for us all to play our parts in creating a more equal society. Zoe believes it's not enough to sit back and watch as our NHS slides away from us....

In 2187, Marile Historian-1 just wants her Ph.D. She plans to earn her degree by traveling back in time to study Milton Carver, an Afro-American and the greatest physicist of all time. The History Department's professors worry she inadvertently changes the past. The department's head already knows she and Carver share a love that could instead change the future.

When do you need to say that you have to let go and surrender? It is true that human’s life is unpredictable. No one knows what will happen in the near future. As a director of your own life, you have to know when to give up and when to fight. But, it is easier said than done. Like others, it is hard for you to face the reality. Listen to this book and learn more.

Xerxes, a 90-something survivor of the extinct Brazilian Communist Party, hires an unemployed journalist to write his life story, and most importantly explain his 1935 tragic love affair with comrade Elza Fernandes, code-named The Girl. Elza’s tale is one of the most bizarre true stories in Brazilian history: as a beautiful sixteen year old, she was suspected of betraying the Party and, although the charge could not be proved, was sentenced to death by Luiz Carlos Prestes himself.

Everyone remembers the tale of Snow White and her wicked stepmother. No one remembers Fawn Brown, the other princess, who made the fairy tale happen. Fawn Brown grew up in the shadow of her half-sister, Snow White. Daughter of the King and his second wife Margaretha, Fawn lacked Snow’s beauty and her position as heir to the throne. Fawn’s lot was to wait timidly in the background of the court until she could be sent off to a dull assignment in the bleakest corner of the kingdom.

When her best friend, Heather, calls in the middle of the night, Becca Dalcourt assumes it's the usual drama. Wrong. Heather's parents have been arrested as dissidents - and Becca's mother, the dystopian regime's most infamous torturer, has already executed them for their crimes against the state. To stop Heather from getting herself killed trying to prove her parents' innocence, Becca hunts for proof of their guilt. She doesn't expect to find evidence that leaves her questioning everything she thought she knew about the dissidents...and about her mother.

Mercia Murray is a woman of fifty-two years who has been left. Abandoned by her partner in Scotland, where she has been living for twenty-five years, Mercia returns to her homeland of South Africa to find her family overwhelmed by alcoholism and secrets.

Jake Anderson, a lone wolf, never wanted to join a pack- until he met his mate Holden Walker. But two members of Holden's pack aren't too keen on Jake stepping us as a new alpha male. The only way for Jake to change the wolves' minds is by showing his complete dominance of them in a steamy wolf pack ménage. Will they submit to Jake as their new alpha or will the lone wolf have to play dirty?

Meet Annabelle Starkey, a shrewd, sweet, and sexy Stephanie Plum-type without the Jersey girl attitude. She’s a one-man kind of girl who loves hats and shoes - and movies. She can’t help but wonder why her own life doesn’t match her favorite silver-screen scenarios. Then one day she meets the charming, slightly mysterious, and definitely magnetic Mickey Paxton and decides it’s time to live one of those Cary Grant films. She accepts Mickey’s invitation to fly to Las Vegas for a holiday and a test flight for romance.

Brother Pio has spent his entire life in a secluded Spanish monastery where he hides a fearful secret. Not only is he attracted to men, he also finds pleasure in pain. Instead of offering a path to sanctity, the thongs of his whip drive him into a flurry of lustful thoughts and desires.

All three Lone Wolf stories are now available in one complete set. Jake, a lone wolf and detective, moves to a small town in Idaho to get away from the city. Along with the beautiful scenery he's greeted by a powerful werewolf pack whose leader, Holden Walker, just happens to be his new boss. Jake's not interested in pack life - but Holden won't take "no" for an answer. Can Jake fight off Holden's advances even as Jake's body begs him to give in?

In a galaxy torn apart by war, Mara Skiren is a scavenger, a black-market dealer. Blackmailed into helping Commander Kell Frayne infiltrate a treacherous corner of the galaxy, Mara learns that her biggest danger is from her sexy, by-the-book partner. She's a loner with more than a few battle scars on her heart, but something about Commander Frayne stirs up her long-buried need for an intimate connection.

After a car accident leaves Elizabeth White, a mild mannered accountant, with amnesia, she fights to remember the past while fumbling with the present. Then her boss, the gorgeous billionaire Cal Mustang, asks Elizabeth to take over the accounts of his three lavish Las Vegas casinos. She's hesitant - but no one denies Cal Mustang his desires. Not only does the enigmatic billionaire have his eye on the young accountant, his seductive domination stirs Elizabeth's body and memory in a way no one else can.

Jake accepts that Holden, his boss and an alpha wolf, claimed him as a mate. While he can't deny the chemistry between them, he's not ready to join Holden's pack unless the two of them rule as equals. However, the only way for Jake and Holden to be equal in the pack's eyes is by the sheer force of dominance - and Holden isn't interested in giving in. Can Jake overpower his mate and tempt him to submit?

In Deborah Zoe Laufer’s End Days, a suburban family is undergoing a spiritual crisis following the September 11th attacks. Sylvia Stein has turned to Christianity to save her disaffected husband Arthur and her rebellious teenage daughter Rachel. But as Sylvia races around preparing for the Rapture, Rachel is learning that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in her philosophy.