Edge of Dawn: A Midnight Breed Novel

In this pulse-pounding and thrillingly sensual novel, New York Times bestselling author Lara Adrian returns to the mesmerizing world of the Midnight Breed, following new characters into a dark future where an uneasy peace can unravel into war—and a great betrayal can mask an all-consuming love.Twenty years after the terror of First Dawn—when mankind learned that vampires lived secretly among them—the threat of violence reigns as the two species struggle to coexist. The only group preserving the fragile harmony is the Order, an elite cadre of Breed warriors dedicated to protecting humans and vampires alike. And in this precarious world of torn loyalties and shattered trust, Mira, a fiery squad captain, finds that every fight bears an intensely personal cost.Raised among the Order, Mira has always believed in the warrior’s code of swift—and even lethal—justice. But the one thing she desires more than the Order’s hard-won acceptance is Kellan Archer, a sexy but troubled Breed fighter. In love with him since childhood, Mira once broke through his tough exterior during an unexpected night of rapture, but the next day he mysteriously disappeared, never to return.Kellan didn’t think he would ever see Mira again—or have to confront the truth of why he left. After abandoning the Order years ago, he now leads a band of human rebels intent on carrying out their own vigilante rule of law. Yet a high-profile kidnapping assignment brings him face-to-face with the past he sought to avoid, and the striking woman he has tried desperately to forget. And as tensions mount and the risk of bloodshed grows, Kellan and Mira must take sides—between the competing missions that dominate their lives, and the electrifying passion that claims their hearts.Praise for Lara Adrian’s Midnight Breed novels “Evocative, enticing, erotic.”—J. R. Ward, bestselling author of Lover Mine“A riveting novel that will keep readers mesmerized . . . If you like romance combined with heart-stopping paranormal suspense, you’re going to love this book.”—BookPage, on Darker After Midnight “A fast-paced tale of romantic suspense and intense realistic characters . . . Adrian compels people to get hooked on her storylines.”—Romance Reviews Today, on Shades of Midnight“An entertaining ride and as usual kept me riveted from page one.”—The Romance Reader Connection, on Ashes of Midnight“Packed with danger and action . . . Adrian has hit upon an unbeatable story mix.”—RT Book Reviews, on Midnight Rising“An adrenaline-fueled, sizzlingly sexy, darkly intense addition to Lara Adrian’s addictively readable paranormal Breed series.”—Chicago Tribune, on Midnight AwakeningAbout the AuthorLara Adrian is the New York Times bestselling author of the Midnight Breed series, including the novels Kiss of Midnight, Kiss of Crimson, Midnight Awakening, Midnight Rising, Veil of Midnight, Ashes of Midnight, Shades of Midnight, Taken by Midnight, Deeper than Midnight, and Darker After Midnight, and the eBook novella “A Taste of Midnight.” Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.December 26The year no longer matters; neither does the date. After what’s happening right now around the world, my guess is history will soon be explained simply in terms of Before and After. Before mankind realized vampires were real, and after. After a power- crazed vampire named Dragos freed scores of the most deadly members of the Breed— savage, blood- addicted Rogues— turning the incarcerated monsters loose on an unsuspecting, and obviously unprepared, human public. Even as I write this, I can hardly believe what I’m seeing.The carnage is unspeakable. The terror unprecedented. It’s hard to look away from the terrible news broadcasts and Internet video pouring into the Order’s temporary compound in Maine.Every report brings footage of screaming men, women, and children, hysterical crowds stampeding on darkened streets, none of them fast enough to elude the predators in pursuit. Cities glowing bright with flames, vehicles abandoned and smoking in the ruins, gunfire and misery filling the air. Everywhere, there is bloodshed and slaughter.Lucan and the rest of the warriors of the Order have mobilized for Boston to combat the violence, but they are barely a dozen Breed soldiers against hundreds of Rogues flooding into major cities back into the shadows, the cost in innocent lives could number easily in the thousands. And the damage left in the wake of all this blood- soaked chaos— the mistrust between the humans and the Breed— may never be repaired.Centuries of secrecy and careful peace, undone in a single night . . .Day 345, A.F.D.It’s been almost a year since First Dawn. That’s what everyone calls it now— the morning after the Rogue attacks that changed the world forever. First Dawn. What a hopeful, innocuous term for such a horrific moment in time. But the need for hope is understandable. It’s critical, especially when the wounds from that awful night and the uncertain day that followed are still so fresh.No one knows the need for hope better than the Order. The warriors have been fighting for twelve hard months to win back some sense of calm, some semblance of peace. Dragos is no more. The Rogues he used as his personal weapons of mass destruction have all been destroyed. The months of carnage and terror have ended. But too much hatred and suspicion still festers on both sides. It’s a volatile time, and even the slightest spark of violence could explode into catastrophe.In two weeks, Lucan is scheduled to speak on behalf of the Breed before all the nations of the world. Publicly, he will call for peace. Privately, he’s warned all of us in the Order that he dreads man and Breed may instead find themselves swept into war . . .August 4, 10 A.F.D.Sometimes it feels as if there’s been a hundred years of spilled blood and lives during the decade that’s passed since First Dawn. The wars continue. Violence escalates around the world. Anarchy reigns in many major cities, spawning criminal activity from bands of rebels and other militants in addition to the relentless killing on both sides of the conflict.Every day, the Order’s headquarters in D.C. receives sobering reports from the leaders of its district command centers now situated around the world. The war grows worse. Blame for the bloodshed is slung from both directions, deepening the unrest and adding fuel to an already raging fi re. Our hope for peace between man and Breed has never seemed further out of reach.And if this is the state of things ten years into this conflict, I am afraid to guess at what that could mean for the future . . .1Humans.The night was thick with them.They choked the dark sidewalks and intersections of Boston’s old North End, overflowed from the open doorways of dance clubs, sim-lounges, and cocktail bars. Strolling, loitering, conversing, they filled the near-midnight streets with too many voices, too many bodies shuffling and sweating in the unseasonable heat of the early June evening.And damned too little space to avoid the anxious sidelong looks—those countless quick, darting glances from people pretending they hadn’t noticed, and weren’t the least bit terrified, of the four members of the Order who now strode through the middle of the city’s former restricted sector.Mira, the lone female of the squad of off-duty warriors, scanned the crowd of Homo sapiens civilians with a hard eye. Too bad she and her companions were wearing street clothes and discreetly concealed weapons. She’d have preferred combat gear and an arsenal of heavy firearms. Give the good citizens of Boston a real excuse to stare in mortal terror.“Twenty years we’ve been outed to mankind, and most of them still gape at us like we’ve come to collect their carotids,” said one of the three Breed males walking alongside her.Mira shot him a wry look. “Feeding curfew goes into effect at midnight, so don’t expect to see the welcome wagon down here. Besides, fear is a good thing, Bal. Especially when it comes to dealing with their kind.”Balthazar, a giant wall of olive-skinned thick muscle and ruthless strength, met her gaze with a grim understanding in his hawkish golden eyes. The dark-haired vampire had been with the Order for a long time, coming on board nearly two decades ago, during the dark, early years following First Dawn, the day the humans learned they were not, in fact, the ultimate predator on the planet.They hadn’t accepted that truth easily. Nor peacefully.Many lives were lost on both sides in the time that followed. Many long years of death and bloodshed, grief and mistrust. Even now, the truce between the humans and the Breed was tentative. While the governing heads of both global nations—man and vampire—attempted to broker lasting peace for the good of all, private hatreds and suspicions still festered in each camp. The war between mankind and Breed still waged on, but it had gone underground, undeclared and unsanctioned but nonetheless lethal.A cold ache filled Mira’s chest at the thought of all the pain and suffering she’d witnessed in the years between her childhood under the protection of the Order, through the rigorous training and combat experience that had shaped her into the warrior she was now. She tried to sweep the ache aside, put it behind her, but it was hard to do. Tonight of all nights, it was next to impossible to shut out the hurt.And the part of this war that was personal, as intimate as anything in her life could be, now gave her voice a raw, biting edge. “Let the humans be afraid. Maybe if they worry more about losing their throats, they’ll be less inclined to tolerate the radicals among them who would like to see all of the Breed reduced to ashes.”From behind her, another of her teammates gave a low purr of a chuckle. “You ever consider a career in public relations, Captain?” She threw a one-fingered salute over her shoulder and kept walking, her long blond braid thumping like a tail against her leather-clad backside. Webb’s laugh deepened. “Right. Didn’t think so.”If anyone was suited for diplomatic assignment, it was Julian Webb. Adonis handsome, affable, polished, and utterly devastating when he turned on the charm. That Webb was a product of a cultured upbringing among the Breed’s privileged elite went without saying. Not that he ever had. His background—along with his reasons for joining the Order—was a secret he’d shared only with Lucan Thorne, and the Order’s founding elder wasn’t telling.There were times Mira wondered if that’s why Lucan had personally assigned Webb to her team last year—to keep a close eye on her for him and the Council and to ensure the Order’s mission objectives were being met without any . . . issues. Since her humiliating censure for insubordination by the Council eighteen months ago, it wouldn’t surprise Mira to learn that Lucan had entrusted Webb to smooth out any potential rough patches in her leadership of the unit. But she hadn’t worked her ass off, trained to the brink of killing herself to earn her place with the Order, only to throw it away.It was highly unusual—all but unheard of, in fact—for a female to come through the ranks with the Order and be awarded a place as captain of a warrior team. Her pride swelled to think on that, even now. She’d lived to prove herself capable, worthy. She’d pushed herself ruthlessly to earn the respect of the Order’s elders and the other warriors she’d trained with—respect she’d eventually won through blood, sweat, and stubborn determination.Mira wasn’t Breed. She didn’t have their preternatural speed or strength. She didn’t have their immortality either, something she, as a Breedmate—the female offspring of a Homo sapiens mother and a father of as-yet undetermined genetic origins—could obtain only through the mated exchange of a blood bond with one of the Breed. Without that bond being activated, Mira and those other rare females born Breedmates would age, and, ultimately die, the same as mortals.At twenty-nine and unmated, she was already beginning to feel the physical and mental fallout of her taxing career choice. The wound she’d been carrying in her heart for these past eight years probably didn’t help either. And her “conduct unbecoming” reprimand a year and a half ago was likely more than enough excuse for Lucan to want to reassign her to desk duty. But he hadn’t yet, and she’d be damned if she gave him further cause to consider it.“Storm’s coming,” murmu...


Deeper Than Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel


(ISC)2 SSCP Systems Security Certified Practitioner Official Study Guide, 3rd Edition

The only SSCP study guide officially approved by (ISC)2 The (ISC)2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) certification is a well-known vendor-neutral global IT security certification. The SSCP is designed to show that holders have the technical skills to implement, monitor, and administer IT infrastructure using information security policies and procedures. This comprehensive Official Study Guide—the only study guide officially approved by (ISC)2—covers all objectives of the seven SSCP domains. Security Operations and Administration Access Controls Risk Identification, Monitoring, and Analysis Incident Response and Recovery Cryptography Network and Communications Security Systems and Application Security This updated Third Edition covers the SSCP exam objectives effective as of November 2021. Much of the new and more advanced knowledge expected of an SSCP is now covered in a new chapter “Cross-Domain Challenges.” If you’re an information security professional or student of cybersecurity looking to tackle one or more of the seven domains of the SSCP, this guide gets you prepared to pass the exam and enter the information security workforce with confidence


A Taste of Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novella


Taken by Midnight: Midnight Breed Series Book Eight


Σκοτεινή αγάπη

Παπαδόπουλος

Η Τέιτ και ο Μάιλς δεν θεωρούν τους εαυτούς τους καν φίλους. Το μόνο πράγμα που έχουν κοινό είναι μια αναμφίβολη αμοιβαία έλξη. Συνειδητοποιούν ότι μπορούν να έχουν την τέλεια, χωρίς δεσμεύσεις, συμφωνία. Αυτός δεν θέλει έρωτες, αυτή δεν έχει τον χρόνο: το μόνο που απομένει είναι το σεξ. Αυτό μπορεί να λειτουργήσει ρολόι, αρκεί η Τέιτ να ακολουθήσει τους δύο κανόνες που θέτει ο Μάιλς: Μη ρωτάς για το παρελθον, μην ελπίζεις για το μέλλον. Νομίζουν ότι μπορούν να το διαχειριστούν, αλλά τα πάντα αλλάζουν όταν τα αληθινά αισθήματα μπαίνουν στην εξίσωση.Οι καρδιές διαπερνιούνται.Οι υποσχέσεις σπάνε.Οι κανόνες παραβιάζονται.Η αγάπη γίνεται σκοτεινή.


LS02 - Suppression

If you don't love, you can't get hurt...Nick KeplerOne thing my childhood taught me was never show my emotions. Don’t make memories. Don’t count on other people. Don’t hope for the best.All that changed when I was adopted by Ryan and Whitney Kepler. Begrudgingly I let them into my life, along with my new sister and a best friend I would lay down my life for. But giving up my heart and accepting love in return from Kelsea Harrison? It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to do.And the truth is? I’m not sure if I’m that strong.Kelsea HarrisonFrom the very moment I met Nick Kepler I knew he would be the love of my life. Problem is I haven’t been able to convince him of that yet.When our best friends get married, Nick and I spend a drunken night letting our walls down and losing all our inhibitions. In one moment I’m given everything I ever wanted. Then, in the blink of an eye it’s taken away from me. The question is, can I be strong for the both of us?The answer? I have to be.


Building Trust


Feeling Brave


Trained by the Team


Ma vie et moi

Henry Miller est connu pour avoir bouleversé les canons traditionnels de la littérature au XXe siècle en osant briser les tabous de la société. A 80 ans, il revient sur cette odyssée que fut sa vie avec ses épisodes : son enfance à Brooklyn, son séjour à Paris dans les années 1930, ses amitiés, son amour avec Anaïs Nin, son retour aux Etats-Unis à Big Sur en Californie, sa passion de la peinture. Dans ce retour sur sa vie, il se livre avec une totale franchise et explique comment il a toujours essayé dans sa vie de transformer le pire en meilleur, et même la misère et le désespoir les plus noirs en joie créatrice. Au cours des pages, il raconte comment il a écrit tous ses livres, dans quel état d'esprit il les a composés. Il se parle et se raconte tel qu’en lui même : homme, enfant, écrivain, peintre, mari, père, amant, ami, tendre, mordant, cruel, visionnaire. Miller fut un homme total, prêt à faire sauter toutes les formes de verrou. Il se révèle également un fin lecteur, et comme Rabelais il pense que le rire est le propre de l'homme, en ajoutant qu'il est aussi sa force. Miller livre son conseil : « Soyez sans cesse en extase ! Soyez toujours plein d'ivresse divine ! » Cette autobiographie permettra de renouer avec le meilleur de cette verve qui a tant marqué les esprits et qui a contribué à les libérer de tous les carcans.Ce livre fut publié sous forme d’album par Stock en 1972. Jamais réédité depuis.En appendice, « Ici la voix du Pacifique », un article de Miller paru en 1965 dans Arts.


Revenant (Chronicle of the Seer Pentalogy #5)


Genesis


Eternally Hers: A FF Paranormal Romance Collection

Marie Ariel; Hewett Renee; Bone K.L.; Warner Tiana

Under a full moon, all creatures will succumb to their fate.Explore your wildest fantasies with these page-turning lesbian paranormal romances designed to captivate you.Fated mates.Destined lovers.The overwhelming instinct to complete the preordained bond will drive these women to do what they must to satisfy the need to mate.This collection of sapphic romance tales has something for everyone, from sweet to steamy, to dark and thrilling.The stories in the compilation are exclusive and can't be found anywhere else. Don't wait, this box set will only be available for a limited time before it is gone forever!Note: This collection contains material for mature readers (18+ and older) only.


LS01 - Ransom

When the Moonshine Task Force is absorbed into a new entity, Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team (LSERT) new faces come to town, new love is born, old love is found again, and there’s a plethora of drama and romance happening all over the tri-county area. LSERT puts police, firefighters, nurses, doctors, K-9 handlers, and EMT’s all in harm’s way as they work to keep the area safe from any threat.Emotions run high, passions ignite.Come with me, back to Laurel Springs, in what's sure to be a wild ride!Ransom ThompsonFor years I’ve wanted two things - to be a member of the Moonshine Task Force and to be the man Stella Kepler can’t live without.One out of two isn’t bad, or so I tell myself. Being the only K-9 handler for The MTF presents its own share of obstacles, but me and Rambo? We make it work. Life is status quo, until I’m called in to help with what appears to be a hostage situation and Stella is right in the middle of it.This is my one chance, and I’m not going to blow it.Stella KeplerWhen I’m stuck in an examination room holding a hurt woman and a man with a gun, I do the only thing I can. I sneak out, call 911 and hope help comes quickly. It does.In the form of Ransom Thompson.He and I have known each other since we were babies. Our mother’s are friends, our dad’s work together, and we’ve always been friends.Only, the last few months I’ve started to notice things. How mature he is, how alpha he can be, the chiseled six-pack, and the abundance of ink spreading across his body.When I offer to cook him dinner for saving me, neither one of us know how that one moment will change the course of the rest of our lives.


4 Werewolf Erotic Romance Bundle 4 (Three BBW Paranormal Erotic Romance - Werewolf Alpha Mate)

Do you love erotic stories featuring BBW heroines and gorgeous gentle alpha male werewolves? If so, you will love this bundle, featuring three erotic romances for a bargain price! These short stories contain explicit sex between BBW and sexy werewolves, and are intended for mature audiences only! 20,000+ word!Includes:‘Werewolf’s Psychotherapist’ ‘Alpha’s Revenge’ ‘Wolf on the Train’...............‘Werewolf’s Psychotherapist’'Clint and Veronica are on the threshold of their relationship. Clint is about to finish a final exam to become pediatrician and Veronica's architectural project is close to being accepted by the investors. They both feel it's time to start a family or to move on and pursuit their carriers. They go on a short vacation to have some rest, and after Clint finds a small puppy, the wolf attacks him. Clint was not hurt, but he continues to experience flashbacks and he believes he started to communicate with the wolf that bit him. When Veronica sees that he also became very different in bed, she decides to take action and find a psychotherapist to help Clint. Clint didn't expect that psychotherapist will turn him on... ...............‘Alpha’s Revenge’Is there a chance for love between a woman and a husband who became a werewolf? Scientist Roger catches his wife Monica cheating on him with a young French guy. In a rage, he goes back to his laboratory in order to inject himself with a radioactive substance, after which he beams a laser on himself with a wolf-s genetic signature. When he is back, Monica has to deal with an angry werewolf who is seeking revenge! ...............‘Wolf on the Train’"Story about love, trains, destiny and a handsome Siberian werewolf! After she caught her boyfriend cheating, Delilah Ragland decides to take a break from everything and she books a ticket for the trip of her life - the Trans-Siberian Railway! On her way, her friend from New York reports that her ex-boyfriend, who thinks Delilah might be caring his child, have sent someone to keep an eye on her while she is enjoying the majestic railroad, questioning the meaning of life and the destiny. Delilah also meets and handsome man, but she is too afraid to make a first move...


3 Werewolf Erotic Romance Bundle 3 (Three BBW Paranormal Action Erotic Romance - Werewolf Mate & NA Stories)

Do you love erotic stories featuring BBW heroines and gorgeous gentle alpha male werewolves? If so, you will love this bundle, featuring three erotic romances for a bargain price!  These short stories contain explicit sex between BBW and sexy werewolves, and are intended for mature audiences only! 18,700+ word! Includes: ‘The Stewardess and the Lone Wolf' ‘Paranormal Seduction in Paris’ ‘Cured by a Werewolf Psychiatrist’ ............... "The Stewardess and the Lone Wolf'" What happens when a curvy woman falls from 10,000 feet into a forest? She meets a lonely wolf! Curvy stewardess Jacqueline Lanier was doing another routine flight. She was smoking a cigarette in the toilet, using her refined yet simple system, when lightning struck the plane. By pure chance, she survived the plane crash, finding herself alone in the middle of the forest. After seeking shelter in a nearby cave, she is saved from a wild animal attack by a wolf that soon shifts into a human being. The mysterious man heals her wounds, but he wants something more. As he was in the middle of his hunting ritual, he believes he has found his perfect mate in Jacqueline… ............... "Paranormal Seduction in Paris" Are you ready for paranormal seduction? 'Nicolette is preparing for a concert in the Parisian ‘La Sainte Chapelle’, but after returning to her tiny hostel room, she finds that she has run out of the anti-psychotics she has desperately needed since a nervous breakdown she went through years ago.  She is afraid that the thoughts and feelings of other people will penetrate her psyche as they did when she experienced her last mental breakdown, and after calling her mother she finds the strength to go to a nearby hospital for help. Instead, she ends up in 'Notre Dame Cathedral' seeking peace of mind, but with the peace she also starts to receive telepathic messages. The voice claims to be a werewolf, and to her surprise, she finds herself being seduced by his extra-ordinary approach. ............... "Cured by a Werewolf Psychiatrist" 'A short love story about a broken-hearted woman and a psychiatrist with an unexpected cure.' Pauline Rheinlander's heart is broken after she found out that her fiancé was cheating on her, and besides sinking deeper into depression she is haunted by strange hallucinations. Her friend Julia recommends her to a psychiatrist who can help her to find a way out. The only trouble is, he is new in town and strange rumors of him being a werewolf who sleeps with patients have followed him from his previous workplace. After her first meeting with the handsome psychiatrist, she tells Julia that he is too attractive for her to continue with the therapy. Simply put, she wouldn't be able to work with someone who had become the object of her sexual desire. She goes back for a second session to tell him that she has to cancel the therapy, but the handsome psychiatrist has different plans for her. He also experienced a strong lust for her, intuitively feeling that she might be 'the right one', and he decides to take a step towards making Pauline his mate. She is not ready for a new man, yet she is intrigued by his approach...


2 Werewolf Erotic Romance Bundle 2 (Three BBW Paranormal Action Erotic Romance - Werewolf Mate Stories)

Do you love erotic stories featuring BBW heroines and gorgeous gentle alpha male werewolves? If so, you will love this bundle, featuring three erotic romances for a bargain price! These short stories contain explicit sex between BBW and sexy werewolves, and are intended for mature audiences only! 20,500+ word!Includes:Queen of the Wolf PackVirgin for the AlphaCourted by the Wolf Lawyer ..............."Queen of the Wolf Pack" "The epic short story of the forgotten Queen and gorgeous werewolf King."The police have called Christine, a freshly divorced curvy woman, to help them by using her clairvoyant abilities to find out who has killed a local police officer, and it turns out that the insight she receives could cost her life when a mysterious black car tries to kill her.After being saved by another unfamiliar person, she finds an answer to the mystery of her birth parents and why she was left alone in the forest when she was just three years old. Her destiny will lead her to meet the King of The Protectors werewolf pack - the guardians of the Earth. Christine finds out that she is the lost Queen of the pack, and the best way to activate her werewolf heritage is to mate with the gorgeous and gentle King Aengus. At first, she refuses to take responsibility for the destiny that is unfolding in front of her, but she cannot refuse for long.................."Virgin for the Alpha""Will she sacrifice her virginity in order to escape from a threatening situation with a possible high reward?"Once again, young curvy Lauren Outler has stayed late in her office to finish all the work that has been thrown on her shoulders. Her job in the local bank has been the only bright spot in her life in recent times since she feels too insecure to go out and find a guy who can satisfy her fantasies; after all, she is still a virgin at the age of twenty-one. After a short break from calculating taxes, the bank’s alarm goes off, and a gorgeous yet mysterious man halts her in the hall. His name is Hector, and he isn't a threat to her security; in fact, he is a very gentle man with noble causes who needs help in his heist once it fails to go as he planned. He offers her two and a half million dollars if she helps him escape, and Lauren comes up with a plan. They will hide in a secret vault on the last floor and wait till the situation becomes safe enough to leave the building. Meanwhile, she has a hard time accepting the supernatural powers that Hector claims to have as a result of his werewolf heritage. After they lock themselves in the building, they hear the police calling the chairman of the bank in order to see if anything is missing from the vault. The only way to escape safely from the vault is if Hector uses his paranormal abilities to make a hole in the wall, but the maximum of his abilities can be reached only by the sexual arousal that triggers his werewolf DNA. It seems that Lauren has no choice. She must sacrifice her virginity in order to escape the bank and secure her future… with the werewolf................Courted by the Wolf Lawyer" "The most honorable thing she could do was to lose her honor"Stockton’s District Attorney, the curvy Regina Mitchell, has just found out that her boyfriend is cheating on her when she receives an emergency call from the Governor. She has less than 48 hours to prepare an indictment for the corrupt director of a nuclear power plant who is under suspicion of committing environmental crimes. When she thinks that the situation couldn't possibly get any worse, she finds out that the director will be defended by a famous attorney, Maximilian Blackwell, who was dumped by Regina after a short relationship they had while they were students at Harvard Law School. ...............This bundle contains wild, explicit sex between a lovely BBW and a sexy hero werewolf, and is intended for mature audience


1 Werewolf Erotica Bundle 1 (Three BBW Paranormal Action Erotic Romance - Werewolf Mate Stories)

Do you love erotic stories featuring BBW heroins and gorgeous gentle alpha male werewolves? If so, you will love this bundle, featuring three erotic romances for a bargain price! Stories include: 'The Werewolf's Courtesan', 'Fire of the Alpha' and 'Hunting down my Alpha'. These short stories contain explicit sex between BBW and sexy werewolves, and are intended for mature audiences only! 20,500+ word!'The Werewolf's Courtesan'Christmas is coming, and Stephanie Nightingale is a single mother of six-year-old Aaron. Ever since she divorced from her abusive husband, she hasn't let any other man in her life as she was afraid to make the same mistake twice, yet at the same time she misses the touch and the warmth of a man.A few weeks before Christmas, her family has a reunion in New York, and after a family lunch she goes into the city to meet her friends, promising her son she will be back to read him a bedtime story. Unfortunately, she doesn't make it home that night… instead, she is kidnapped and wakes up on an unknown island the next day.The first person to visit her is her new boss, Bernard. He explains that she will have to become a prostitute for werewolves if she ever wants to see her son alive again. She will be living a luxurious life in order to satisfy the unusual clients of the brothel, and she obeys in the hopes that she will see her son again.Although frightened and concerned for her son, the first werewolf client that she ends up with is stunningly attractive billionaire, and she comes to realize that she might actually enjoy her new job. Surprisingly, though, he is not just there for a short one-night stand; he is interested in the story she has to tell..."Werewolf's Courtesan" is a 6400+ short story about a smart, voluptuous woman who is ready to do anything to save her son. Anything.


The Best of Southern Living Cookbook

Featuring over 500 recipes, Southern Living presents the Best of Southern Living Cookbook!


Trabajar bien, trabajar por amor

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The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women_50 Trailblazers of Comedy

The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women is an illustrated, timely book that celebrates fifty of the most groundbreaking women in comedy who used their gift of humor to shake up the status quo and change perceptions of gender and comedy forever.Step aside, Seinfeld. It's time for the brave, hilarious women of comedy to finally get the recognition they deserve. The people who say women aren't funny are actually saying something else: that humor in the hands of women is radical and scary. Nevertheless, women have persisted for generations now, deploying their wit in game-changing ways. The League of Extraordinarily Funny Women showcases fifty women — past and present — who used humor to deliver cutting social commentary, tangle with sensitive subjects, challenge traditional ideas about femininity, and above all, do anything but sit still and stay quiet when laughs are on the line. This humor-filled book explores where the women are today and how...


Reaver


Reaper


Lethal Rider: Lords of Deliverance Series:

The prophesies were there... but no one listened. They are the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and they have the power to usher in Doomsday... or prevent it. Eight months ago, demon-slayer Regan Matthews seduced the fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Thanatos. Now, she's pregnant with his child - a child who, if prophecies are to believed, is fated to save the world. But things aren't always as they appear, and the baby conceived by two warriors may yet be the very catalyst that kicks off Armageddon. Thanatos, who will be Death when his Seal breaks, never thought he'd have a family, but as he grows close to Regan and his unborn son, he allows himself to dream. But as the world edges closer to the end of days and his evil brother plots against him, Thanatos realises that the sacrifice he must make will destroy everything he dreamed of having.


Forsaken by Night

Desire collides with danger as a vampire and a shapeshifter cross paths in this searing MoonBound Clan story from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling paranormal romance author Larissa Ione.After accidentally shifting into a wolf—and getting stuck—Tehya, herself a vampire, has spent the last twelve years as the pet of Lobo, another vampire who has the unique gift of communicating with wolves.When Lobo found Tehya starving and nearly frozen to death, he took her in and nursed her back to health, all the while completely unaware that she was really a fellow vampire. But there was always something special about her, and he finds out exactly how special after she's injured and returned to her true form. Desire collides with danger as he soon finds that he must protect not only Tehya but also himself..


Chained by Night

The future of his tribe. Leader of the vampire clan MoonBound, Hunter will do what he must to save his people from extinction—or worse, a torturous eternity as vampire slaves and subjects of human experimentation.To keep his enemies at bay, he has agreed to mate a rival clan leader’s daughter in return for peace between the clans and an ally in the looming war with the humans. The lover of his soul. But survival comes at a price. First, Hunter must break an ancient curse by successfully negotiating three deadly tests. Then he must resist the searing passions of the gorgeous vampire warrior he despises but is bound to mate. Will Hunter stay true to his word? Or will he risk everything for the woman he really loves: the vampire seductress’s identical twin sister?


Blood Red Kiss

Kresley Cole & Larissa Ione & Gena Showalter

Good things always come in threes--and this paranormal romance anthology featuring steamy stories from New York Times bestselling authors Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione, and Gena Showalter is no exception!Get ready for a collection chock full of vamps, demons, aliens, and plenty of sizzle!


Azagoth

Demonica #11, Demonica Underworld #01, Lord of Deliverance #05.5

Even in the fathomless depths of the underworld and the bleak chambers of a damaged heart, the bonds of love can heal...or destroy. He holds the ability to annihilate souls in the palm of his hand. He commands the respect of the most dangerous of demons and the most powerful of angels. He can seduce and dominate any female he wants with a mere look. But for all Azagoth's power, he's bound by shackles of his own making, and only an angel with a secret holds the key to his release. She's an angel with the extraordinary ability to travel through time and space. An angel with a tormented past she can't escape. And when Lilliana is sent to Azagoth's underworld realm, she finds that her past isn't all she can't escape. For the irresistibly sexy fallen angel known as Azagoth is also known as the Grim Reaper, and when he claims a soul, it's forever...


Z: A Demonica Underworld Novella


Vampire Fight Club


Supernatural

Product Description"Vampire Fight Club" by Larissa Ione: When a wave of violence forces shape shifter Vladlena to go undercover, her first stop is a haven of vice - with a dangerously sexy vamp in charge. Both Vladlena and Nathan are hiding something, but they can't conceal the lust that simmers between them..."Darkness Eternal" by Alexandra Ivy: After being held captive by one vampire for four centuries, Kata had no intention of taking another one to the underworld with her. Yet even in the pits of hell, there's no ignoring the intoxicating desire awakened by his touch..."Kane" by Jacquelyn Frank: Kane knows Corrine was meant to be his...just as he knows that truly possessing the lovely human is forbidden. But on the night of the Samhain moon, the beast in every demon in stronger than reason, and Kane's hunger is more powerful than any punishment..."Dragon on Top" by G.A. Aiken: Escorting the highborn Bram through deadly Sand Dragon territory will try Ghleanna's patience...and her resolve. For Bram is determined to enhance the journey with a seduction no female could resist...


Lost and Found in Dog Town

A mischievous mutt goes missing in Dog Town. Can she solve the mysterious riddle and bring her beloved pup home by Christmas? No one would steal the precious pooch of a dedicated community nurse—especially not in dog-friendly Dorset Hills at Christmas. It’s unthinkable. Yet Mim Gardiner is forced to consider the possibility when George disappears from his own backyard one snowy night. She’s been working overtime and letting little things slide on the home front. Is someone trying to teach her a lesson? The dashing new neighbor with the chip on his shoulder has complained about George’s barking. It turns out he’s not the only one with a grudge against Mim’s scrappy little charmer. Still, nobody would deliberately harm George. It would be a crime against all that matters in Dog Town. But why isn’t the City taking George’s disappearance seriously? Mim feels lost until a bold band of rebels comes to her aid. Can old friends, new allies and a handsome hero help connect the dots and find little dog George before the big day? If you love dogs, humor and romance with your mysteries, Book 3 in this heartwarming series for animal lovers will pull you right back into the quirky Dog Town world. You won’t want to leave till you finish the COMPLETE series of 11 books.


The Mix Up: A Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Meet Cute Book Club)


Razr: A Demonica Underworld Novella


Snowed In with the Billionaire

Will a Christmas surprise make both their dreams come true?Brea Nelson is used to her family’s prickly attitude, but she’s determined to spend the holidays with them. Unfortunately, a major storm and serious car trouble complicates her plans.Stranded in the middle of nowhere, she finds herself knocking on the door of the infamous George Clark, a cutthroat CEO whose name is all over the news. Brea is pleasantly surprised by his muscular body and striking good looks. But his cold, rude demeanor promptly douses what’s left of her holiday cheer.Business always comes first for billionaire George Clark. But a near-death experience has forced him into hiding on Christmas Eve. When his solitude is disrupted by the shy but beautiful Brea, he’s less than thrilled at the interruption. But he can’t deny there’s something special about this plucky woman… Something that cuts through his arrogant exterior, and warms his cold heart.One night may be all it takes to ignite a spark between these two strangers. But will a Christmas miracle be enough to keep them from going their separate ways?


Tiger Enemies-to-Lovers #1-Tiger Enemy’s Dirty Secret

I’d heard the rumors about Morgville. I’d heard about the weird sightings and happenings.I just didn’t realize I’d bewalking into a cursed town.Or into the arms of a deadly tiger shifter with a dirty secret.He doesn’t like me. And he will do everything he can to get me out of his way.But it’s not this sexy shifter I have to worry about.It’s the monsters. They come out every night, killing anyone they can find.And it’s only a matter of time before I’m next.Author's Note: This is a steamy stand alone with an HEA intended for 18+


The Brothers Karamazov

'The most magnificent novel ever written' Sigmund Freud The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov. Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. Translated with an Introduction and notes by DAVID McDUFF


The Wolf's Vulnerable Alpha (Seven Corners Shifters Book 5)

A big, tough, omega is helping me catch the thief who stole from my youth center. Will he steal my heart instead?True Ramirez is not your typical omega. He’s big, he’s strong, and he’s head of security for his pack. He’s not the sweet, cuddly type. The idea of being mated never crossed his mind, because love isn’t for omegas like him. Sometimes, though, he can’t help but notice Morty, the alpha director of the local youth center True donates to. When brand new computers get stolen from the center, True goes on a mission to get them back. He staunchly ignores the confusing feelings growing for Morty. After all, it could never be in the cards for them, right?.Morton Willoughby is not your typical alpha. He’s short and doesn’t have as much toughness to offer as other alphas do. He’s been waiting all his life to find his dream omega, settle down, and have a family of his own. Now pushing forty, it seems like a pipe dream. He often wonders, what omega would want him? Instead, he puts his heart and soul into his three hundred kids at his community center. When a major theft occurs, Morty’s desperate for help. He calls donor and tough omega True Ramirez. True vows to get the stolen equipment back, but will Morty’s heart be stolen instead?Can True find the culprit? Will True and Morty realize that they’re perfectly mismatched? Will they give the Safehouse family a new addition?CATEGORY: Gay romance containing male pregnancy.


Her Guardian Angel: A Demonica Underworld/Masters and Mercenaries Novella (Lexi Blake Crossover Collection Book 2)


Notes from Underground and the Double


Biting the Firefighter (Solaris Island Book 5)


The Enforcer: An Opposites Attract Hockey Romance (Chesterboro University Book 5)


Pleasure Unbound

In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . . She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life. Two lovers will dare to risk all. Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul . . .


蛋與吐司的美味組合公式：Coffeehouse時尚輕食～雞蛋三明治的終極探索，注入新菜單的研發靈感 卵とパンの組み立て方

''反向思考，以配料雞蛋為主角，徹底研究「蛋」與「麵包」的最佳組合方式。 半生➾半熟➾全熟X磨碎➾切塊➾切片X水煮➾油煎➾烘烤只是細節的些微差異，組合出來就是不同的滋味 　　雞蛋是三明治的眾多材料中，最受歡迎的超級人氣王。本書是以把雞蛋「從配角提升為主角」為概念，擴展了多樣化享受麵包的方式。你絕對找不到另一本比本書更詳細探究「蛋與吐司麵包」如何組合搭配會最好吃的書了。從雞蛋的烹煮方式、分切方式、吐司的6種類X6種厚度、各種麵包的分切角度與方法、麵包口味與雞蛋美味搭配的考察3階段……，仔細到讓你驚訝。 　　水煮、油煎、烘烤等烹調方式，蛋白與蛋黃是否混合，只是簡單的小小差異都能呈現完全不同的風味。雞蛋，就是這麼神奇的食材。以水煮蛋來說，煮成半生～半熟～全熟，口感與味道隨著加熱的每分鐘都在改變；切的方法、壓碎的方法、混合的方法、夾的方法，也都會呈現出不同的味道。書中非常詳細的解說了各種調理方法所帶來的美味差異。 　　本書內容涵蓋範圍廣泛，從基本的水煮蛋三明治、煎蛋卷和風三明治、使用雞蛋的世界三明治、搭配麵包的雞蛋料理、麵包&雞蛋製作的甜點，徹底解析各式各樣的食譜配方與製作方法。是可以成為烘焙業、便利超商、咖啡廳等等的菜單開發的想法書，想在家中重現也完全沒有問題。 　　【本書內容】　　01與吐司麵包搭配 基本的雞蛋　　包含水煮蛋&利用水煮蛋做的蛋沙拉、用玉子燒煎鍋做的歐姆蛋、早餐必備軟軟嫩嫩的西式炒蛋&水波蛋……，以及使用雞蛋製作的各種經典醬料等等，並有蛋的基礎知識、好用工具與三明治的基本：蔬菜的處理方法。 　　02吐司麵包夾著蛋　　蛋沙拉可不是隨便放在吐司上夾起來就好，塗抹方式和吐司厚度的比例，會產生出不同的滋味喔。不同的蛋沙拉要如何抹在吐司上、邊緣要留多少，煎蛋卷與炒蛋要怎麼夾、要用幾公分厚的吐司、要如何跟其他食材搭配味道才會均衡、吐司才不會吸收水分辨濕軟，都是有學問的。 　　03吐司麵包放上蛋‧沾上蛋　　本單元是如庫克太太三明治般的開放式三明治的吃法。同樣用平底鍋烹煮雞蛋，蛋黃蛋白各自有著不同味道的荷包蛋，和全部混合在一起的炒蛋，是兩種完全不同的東西。用簡單的組合進行比較，找出各種不同的新發現，這就是設計新菜單的第一步。 　　04吐司麵包浸蛋液　　如單元名稱讓人聯想到的菜色，就是最有名的法式吐司。這裡要教你將牛奶和雞蛋分開的做法。牛奶阿帕雷瞬間就能滲入吐司，再用雞蛋阿帕雷裹住吐司，可以短時間完成且絕不會失敗。而充分浸透雞蛋和牛奶製作的阿帕雷蛋奶液的專賣店法式吐司，也有縮短時間的小訣竅。適合一般家庭，也適合當成咖啡廳菜色。 　　05適合雞蛋的麵包種類和組合搭配　　搭配雞蛋和麵包的基本就是「吐司」的組合。本單元詳細考察並分析各種吐司和基本蛋沙拉組合最合適的平衡，並將麵包厚度、雞蛋切碎的大小，還有調味均衡感等因素一一拆解，然後重新構築。並介紹了17種歐式與日式麵包，怎麼切才適合製作三明治，口味適合怎麼搭配等等。請盡情發揮靈感，自由做出變化吧。 　　06最佳配角雞蛋世界的三明治　　收錄知名的日本炸蝦三明治、新加坡咖椰醬吐司配溫泉蛋、美國總匯三明治、瑞典三明治蛋糕……，每一款都有剖面圖，讓你清楚看見內餡的層疊夾法。 　　07適合配麵包世界的雞蛋料理　　收錄有：透過SNS紅遍世界的馬鈴薯泥半熟蛋、慶祝復活節不可少的魔鬼蛋、法國朝聖勝地聖馬歇爾的名產舒芙蕾歐姆蛋、西班牙家庭料理大蒜湯、近300年前發明的蘇格蘭蛋…….等等。 　　08麵包與雞蛋的甜點　　運用經典雞蛋醬料的義大利黃金麵包佐沙巴雍甜醬與鑲餡布里歐麵包、用蛋白製作杏仁片麵糊的法式麵包脆片、用柑橘風味阿帕雷蛋奶液焗烤的柑橘風味焗烤布里歐麵包，7款奢侈的美味甜點。 　　正因為簡單所以作法深奧，請與我們一同深度探究雞蛋與吐司麵包的最佳美味組合吧！


Famine: M/M Paranormal Romance (The Four Horsemen Book 3)


The Mystery of the Hapless Hound of Curly Bay (Curly Bay Animal Rescue Cozy Mystery 16)

Courtney Cain is used to seeing dogs that are sad or upset when they first arrive at the shelter, but she’s never met one quite like Ruthie the bloodhound!Ruthie does nothing but howl mournfully when she’s in her cage, and when she’s not crated all she does is run away.Courtney is particularly concerned since the Curly Bay Lake has been drained for repairs, and there are some very dangerous areas at the park where the dog could get hurt. The lake seems to be the only thing the citizens of Curly Bay can talk about, especially the mysterious legend of the lake phantom.Could Ruthie the bloodhound and her unusual behavior have clues that will unlock the ghostly mystery?The enigmas that surround the lake only continue to increase, and Courtney is determined to down to get to the truth.


Real Hazard: West Coast Forensics


Dad’s Best Friend: An Age Gap, Surprise Pregnancy Romance


Jed

Jed was happy, or at least he thought he was. He had his law firm that he and his father had started together. He had more money than he’d be able to spend in over a dozen lifetimes, and he had his health. What more could he ask for? Jed wasn’t sure what the answer to that question was, but he planned on finding out.The sexy new neighbor was getting on Mercedes’ last nerve. Not only had he set up a target practice on her property, but he also showed up on her doorstep whenever he pleased and invaded her personal space more often than she was comfortable with. He was charming, handsome, and sexy, and that just plain got on her nerves. He knew how to use his good looks and charm to get what he wanted, but he wouldn’t have his way with her—ever. Yeah, all Mercedes had to do was stick to her guns and ignore her hot, new neighbor until he got bored and went back to his high-profile life in the city.Jed is book two in the Grumpy Mountain Men Series by K.L. Ramsey.


Sunny Skies and Summer Kisses: A heartwarming, feel-good romance (Life on the Moors Book 7)


Demons

Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals – even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky’s sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs


Urgent: An ABCs of Love Novel


Change Her Mind: A Novel


Las leyes fundamentales de la estupidez humana

«La humanidad se encuentra –y sobre esto el acuerdo es unánime- en un estado deplorable», nos dice Carlo M. Cipolla, uno de los mayores historiadores del siglo XX. Lo cual se debe en buena medida a la abundancia de los estúpidos, la más peligrosa categoría de seres humanos, que nos rodean por todas partes, dispuestos a hacernos daño (y hacérselo a sí mismos).Todo comenzó como un rasgo de humor, asociado a la crítica del fraude científico en Allegro ma non troppo, hasta que sus lectores descubrieron que estas Leyes fundamentales de la estupidez humana no sólo eran una parodia de ciertas formas de análisis sociológico, sino una reflexión llena de lucidez sobre la realidad de los daños que causa «el poder político, económico o burocrático» puesto en manos de los estúpidos. Leído hoy, cuando somos víctimas de la estupidez, repetidamente denunciada, de las políticas de austeridad, el texto de Cipolla cobra una inquietante actualidad.


Seduce

I thought being kidnapped by vile, alien slavers was bad enough. Then I woke up on a lust moon.I know all about the Xulonian recreation moons, but I’d hoped to end up on the hunting one. As a security officer for the empire, I know how to fight. I am not prepared to wake up practically naked on a strange island.It doesn’t take me long to figure out that the hedonistic island I’m trapped on isn’t what it seems—and the voyeurs who pay to watch aren’t easily satisfied.With no weapons and no way off, hiding is my only option. Until I run straight intohim.The massive Taori isn’t willing to put on a show for our captors either. He’s determined to escape. Teaming up with him makes sense until the carnal lust surrounding us triggers his mating fever. Now the only way to escape may be to give the alien voyeurs—and the Taori warrior—what they so desperately want.SEDUCE is a full-length sci fi romance novel with an HEA and no cheating. It features steamy scenes on an alien lust moon, deadly battles, and some serious alien mating fever.If you like dominant and dangerous alien warriors, alien abduction to seduction romance, and hot scenes with a happily ever after, you’ll love SEDUCE, the third book in Tana Stone’s sci-fi romance The Sky Clan of the Taori series.


La búsqueda de la lengua perfecta

En este libro elegante y ameno, Umberto Eco rastrea la utopía de la lengua perfecta a lo largo de casi dos mil años. Desde la lengua prebabélica hasta los lenguajes formalizados artificiales pasando por las lenguas místicas, mágicas y oníricas, el indoeuropeo, la cábala, las lenguas perfectas de Dante y Llull, el esperanto o las lenguas internacionales auxiliares, el profesor Eco nos va conduciendo hasta el final de la larga búsqueda de la cultura europea en pos de la lengua perdida. Pero ¿se puede conjugar la posibilidad de una lengua vehicular única con la necesaria defensa de las lenguas que se mantienen como vehículos de una tradición milenaria? Umberto Eco no defiende ni el monolingüismo ni el poliglotismo total, sino el triunfo de una comunidad de personas sensibles al espíritu, al perfume, a la atmósfera de un habla distinta, de tal forma que capten el genio, el universo cultural que cada uno expresa cuando habla la lengua de sus antepasados y de su propia tradición.


Leo


Deep Wood: An Enemies to Lovers Mountain Man Romance (Driftwood Peaks Book 4)


Second Chance for Mr. Alden: An Opposites Attract, Bodyguard Romance (Curvy Ever After Book 4)

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Single Dad Shifter (Magical Wolf Town #3)

The attraction is instant. But can it survive my inexperience and our age gap?I’ve never been with a man before, not to mention a single dad wolf shifter.My folks tell me it’s dangerous for a witch to get involved with a wolf …Our magic placed a mystery curse on his family. Does our love even stand a chance?He caught my attention from the moment our eyes met.There’s just something irresistible about this daddy wolf.I struggle to make sense of my feelings … of being turned on by his presence.Have I simply remained untouched for too long?Or perhaps there is something deeper connecting us.A pull that torments me with thoughts and fantasies I wouldn’t admit out loud.Fantasies of him close … very close… his hands and lips all over me ...Yet as they say, our imagination creates our reality … and here we are alone in his hut.Should I lose myself in him?Magical Wolf Town is a small, remote town where the paranormal is very real indeed… if only you know how to look for it. Secret witchcraft, powerful wolf shifters, and the magic of mates makes the residents of this town forget their everyday life and get lost in the only thing that really matters: love that lasts forever.


Reckless Liar: A Ridgewood Novel (Ridgewood Series Book 1)


The Change Up


Notes from Underground and the Double


Between His Lover and the Deep Blue Sea


The Player in New Zealand (Love and Wanderlust Book 04)

That surly ex-rugby player making a ruckus in the dark corner of the bar I work at? Yeah, I try to avoid him. Too bad he’s my boss.I thought I was grumpy AF but I’ve met my match. Tane Parata has two moods when I see him  in the bar he co-owns with his sister: grouchy in a dark corner or reliving his rugby days with a rowdy group that likes to cause trouble. I try to avoid him at all costs—the last thing I need is more male drama in my life after my stalker ex. He's why I came to New Zealand—to escape.When my closest friend in the country—who happens to be Tane’s sister—asks me for a huge favor, I can’t say no. Now I’m Tane’s fake date to a family wedding, and it turns out he is trying to turn his life around.Adventuring around New Zealand opens my eyes to more than just Lord of the Rings fandom and sheep. I didn’t expect to fall in love with the country…or Tane.The fourth in the Love and Wanderlust series, The Player in New Zealand is two grumps having a meet-hate before a fake date pushes them together.  This standalone contemporary romance is perfect for everyone who wants their wanderlust to continue into the happily-ever-after.


Dance For Me: A Dark Mafia Enemies to Lovers Romance (Ciccone Brothers Series)

It all started with a dance.From ballet slippers and plies to a seductress in platform heels.On stage, she’s elegant, poised– a siren. But when the proverbial mask comes off, she's feisty, short-tempered, and a force to be reckoned with.With the spotlight always on her, it was hard to ignore how she shined. But now my club is on the line and new enemies are surfacing. I know the best thing to do is walk away, but following rules has never been a strong suit of mine.She was only supposed to dance long enough to pay a debt, but toying with her is too much fun.Sidra Castillo will be mine whether she likes it or not.DANCE FOR ME is the third full-length book in the Ciccone Brothers series and is a stand-alone novel complete with a HEA. Please note: the books in this series contain mature content (18+), graphic violence, and may contain triggers that may be offensive to some readers.


The Starless King (Into the Nether Court Book 1)


Demons


The Boyfriend Kickoff


Wrapped In Us

Uncovering a human trafficking ring, Brody unknowingly brought danger to the doorstep of the only woman he ever truly loved, and their family, who he desperately wants to protect.After being rescued from captivity and working hard to remember the familyhe was forced to leavebehind, drugged to forget, Brody holds the power and proof tobring downall the powerful people behind the heinous crimes against humanity.Now he lies on a cot, in an eight-by-ten jail cell, thinking about his next move while beingconsumed with worryabout their safety and the possibility that Emma will uncover the proof andlearn his secretthat is buried in the third drawer.Can love truly conquer all, or will secrets and distortion crush all his dreams and ruin the lives of those he wishes to save?


The Ghostly Groundskeeper

Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US

If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this mystery series set in the small town of White Eagle Montana.In book 12 in the series, Tony offers to pay for a televised ad promoting the annual haunted house, and Tess agrees to act as spokesperson. She shows up to film the piece and quickly discovers that the 'haunted' in haunted house was proving to be more real than imaginary. Join Tess and the gang as she decides to uncover the truth about former resident Doctor Franktown once and for all.


Hooked: An Everyday Heroes World Novel (The Everyday Heroes World)

Kane I didn't plan on escaping prison until the prisoner transport bus I was on got ambushed, and I was whom the hijackers were targeting. I had no choice but to flee the scene. Someone wants me dead, but I don't know who for sure. There's only one person I can go to for help. I only hope Jordana won't betray me again. Jordana The last time I saw Kane was right before his sentencing. I was secretly five months pregnant. It seemed too cruel to tell him we wouldn't be raising our daughter together after I was the one responsible for his arrest. Three years later, after I started putting the pieces of my life back together, he shows up on my doorstep in the middle of the night, in dire need of my help. Although I should arrest him, a part of me longs to know his touch once more. He's irresistibly sexy. He's the father of my child. And the man I'm still desperately in love with. Saving him means risking my freedom and career as a cop. But walking away could orphan our precious daughter.


Broken

Secrets are always revealed in the end...Life was going well for Katrina Carter. She loved her job, her friends, even her boyfriend. One phone call changed everything....Lorenzo Cade made something of himself because he had to. One fated night and a drive back into the past have his life inside out once again.When Lorenzo and Katrina are face to face again, will the ties they once shared bind stronger than ever or will they forever be BROKEN.


Psync 2 (Enchanted University Book 3)


The House of the Dead

In January 1850 Dostoyevsky was sent to a remote Siberian prison camp for his part in a political conspiracy. The four years he spent there, startlingly re-created in The House of the Dead, were the most agonizing of his life. In this fictionalized account he recounts his soul-destroying incarceration through the cool, detached tones of his narrator, Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov: the daily battle for survival, the wooden plank beds, the cabbage soup swimming with cockroaches, his strange ‘family’ of boastful, ugly, cruel convicts. Yet The House of the Dead is far more than a work of documentary realism: it is also a powerful novel of redemption, describing one man’s spiritual and moral death and the miracle of his gradual reawakening.


Christmas With a Palace Thief

National Readers' Choice Award Finalist


Titan

Delilah -- I love my family. I really do. But having three older brothers and an overprotective father doesn’t make it easy to have a life. They’ve run off every guy I’ve ever tried to date. It’s time I made a life of my own, even if that means I have to leave home to do it. I never thought I’d end up in yet another town with a motorcycle club, or that I’d be working out of their clubhouse as a webcam girl. I enjoy the freedom, and the money. No one would ever believe I’m technically a virgin. I haven’t even been really, truly kissed much less done anything else with a guy before. When the club President, Titan, kissed me, then issued a challenge, how could I possibly refuse? Titan -- I no longer looked at the girls frequenting the clubhouse the same way I had before. Being a dad changed my perspective, especially since I had a daughter. I still had fun, but it had lost its appeal. Then she walked in. Too young. Too innocent. Until she asked to join the webcam girls. The thought of strange men watching her made my hands clench. It was safer if only I had access to the feed, or so I told myself. Really, I’m just being a possessive bastard. Delilah will be mine, whether she realizes it or not. One kiss is all it takes for me to know she belongs to me. When she’s taken, I know I’ll do whatever it takes to get her back, and I’ll bury anyone who’s hurt her. Delilah is mine, and I will kill to protect her.


Bred and Wed: Baby Breeder


Fate


I Dated an Aquatic Ambassador

One woman is rescued from her imprisonment, and the other charged in to free others. Two women, different partners, one goal—free the actives of Uradda.Ledia has been working day and night for years. Her aunt is held hostage on Ledia’s good behaviour, so she behaves. She does her work at the port and goes to the Blind Date Corp resort in Aksalla to complete their erotic gardens.Meeting Juro has been fun. She has had someone to talk to about her work and experiences, and the brightly coloured Hyreno recognized her for what she was. She was born to be a water breather, but since she never opened her gills, her lack of water is slowly killing her.With the help of some friends, a plan is created to get her out of Uradda, and once that is accomplished, there are a few things to do. She needs to get used to her mates, and then she needs to get back into Uradda and break the damned walls.As a Uraddan refugee, Jeneev didn’t hesitate. When they asked the BDC escorts to volunteer, she jumped into line. The idea initially was to get the escorts to participate in the military action and have their regulars get into line to defend their sex partners. Jen’s relationship was platonic, and there was no answer from her patron, so she headed out on her own to blow up the Uraddan harbour. She was really not prepared for what happened next.


Alpha Hybrid Book 4: The Pentagram (Cavern of Light Series)


Alpha Hybrid Book 3: The Captured (Cavern of Light Series)


Pisces


Pretend With Me: A Fake Engagement Small Town Romance


Chirping the Win (Loving the Sound 8)


The House of the Dead

In January 1850 Dostoyevsky was sent to a remote Siberian prison camp for his part in a political conspiracy. The four years he spent there, startlingly re-created in The House of the Dead, were the most agonizing of his life. In this fictionalized account he recounts his soul-destroying incarceration through the cool, detached tones of his narrator, Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov: the daily battle for survival, the wooden plank beds, the cabbage soup swimming with cockroaches, his strange �family� of boastful, ugly, cruel convicts. Yet The House of the Dead is far more than a work of documentary realism: it is also a powerful novel of redemption, describing one man�s spiritual and moral death and the miracle of his gradual reawakening.


Alpha Hybrid Book 2: The Magistrate (Cavern of Light Series)


Alpha Hybrid Book 1: The Becoming (Cavern of Light Series)


Ancestral Night: A White Space Series

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants.She thinks she knows who she is.She is wrong.A routine salvage mission uncovers evidence of a terrible crime and relics of powerful ancient technology. Haimey and her small crew run afoul of pirates at the outer limits of the Milky Way, and find themselves on the run and in possession of universe-changing information.When authorities prove corrupt, Haimey realizes that she is the only one who can protect her galaxy-spanning civilization from the implications of this ancient technology—and the revolutionaries who want to use it for terror and war. Her quest will take her careening from the event horizon of the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s core to the infinite, empty spaces at its edge.To save everything that matters, she will need to uncover the secrets of ancient intelligences lost to time—and her own lost secrets, which she will wish had remained hidden from her forever.


The Secretary and The Boss


Seaside Seduction (A Grumpy Boss & Curvy Girl Steamy romance) : The Rental Rendezvous Series

A modern-day barbarian stuffed into a suit strikes a deal with a smart mouthed curvy girl to deliver an emotional pick me up with a sweet and spicy happily ever after.♥ I'm not the type of woman to mess around with the CEO. He’s an older man, an ex-Navy SEAL and my dad’s friend. At least that's the plan... ♥AURORAFrom the moment I met Holden Cleary, I was smitten. He’s the only man I want, but as our firm’s biggest client, he’s the man I can’t have.The escort I hired to be my date for my stepsister's wedding turns out to be a scam, so Holden comes up with a plan to protect me from humiliation. I thought I could resist him, but when we're forced to share a villa, I realize I’m in over my head.HOLDENAurora needs a date for her stepsister’s wedding, so I jump at the chance to be her fake boyfriend. Only there’s nothing fake about the way I feel. I knew she was my forever girl the moment I laid eyes on her.She believes we are wrong for each other, and her father won’t approve. I disagree and will do anything to prove just how right we can be.Seaside Seduction is a sizzling full-length romance packed with banter, heart and so much heat you'll want to grab a cold drink and a fan. Low angst, no cheating.


Second Chances at Brambleberry Creek: A totally gripping, emotional and romantic page-turner


The Village of Stepanchikovo

Summoned to the country estate of his wealthy uncle Colonel Yegor Rostanev, the young student Sergey Aleksandrovich finds himself thrown into a startling bedlam. For as he soon sees, his meek and kind-hearted uncle is wholly dominated by a pretentious and despotic pseudo-intellectual named Opiskin, a charlatan who has ingratiated himself with Yegor’s mother and now holds the entire household under his thumb. Watching the absurd theatrics of this domestic tyrant over forty-eight explosive hours, Sergey grows increasingly furious - until at last, he feels compelled to act. A compelling comic exploration of petty tyranny, The Village of Stepanchikovo reveals a delight in life’s wild absurdities that rivals even Gogol’s. It also offers a fascinating insight into the genesis of the characters and situations of many of Dostoyevsky’s great later novels, including The Idiot, Devils and The Brothers Karamazov.


Christmas in Mazita

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

In this offbeat Christmas story about Bob Dukes and his family, Bob is called upon to entertain the Royal Navy over the Christmas period. He is annoyed about this as he feels it is outside his remit as Commercial Officer to the Governor of Mazita, an off-shore island on the East African coast. The task proves to be even more challenging than expected especially for Poppy, Suze and Charlie who are called upon to display a compassion and knowledge way beyond their years.


The Witch's Love Spell Novella 1 (Warlock Romance Trilogy)


The Sacrament (Eye of the Coven Series)


Fighting for Redemption: An MMA Fighter Romance (City Limits MMA)


Eye of the Coven (Eye of the Coven Series)


Shifter’s Mate: Wolf Shifter Fated Mates Romance


Divulged Secrets (Eye of the Coven Series)


The Brothers Karamazov

'The most magnificent novel ever written' Sigmund Freud The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov. Dostoyevsky's dark masterwork evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur, and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. Translated with an Introduction and notes by DAVID McDUFF


The Air Raid Girls at Christmas

The second book in the Air Raid Girls series - a wonderful new Christmas story of friendship, love and duty in wartime, perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Rosie Hendry.'An ideal stocking filler for those who enjoy a well-written novel depicting wartime life' Holderness Gazette---------------------------------------------November, 1941.Christmas is coming... and despite the blackout, shortages and a constant threat of air raids, the inhabitants of Kelthorpe on the Yorkshire coast are determined that war won't stop them celebrating.The run-up to Christmas sees sisters Connie and Lizzie, and their good friend Pamela, busier than ever. Between their jobs, carol-singing rehearsals with the church choir and night shifts doing their bit as Air Raid Wardens and ambulance drivers, it's all go.But when Connie and Lizzie's dear dad falls ill, their sweethearts Tom and Bill are called up by the Royal Navy for dangerous mine-sweeping duties, and Pamela's sweetheart Fred is targeted by vicious locals, the girls have to believe in miracles to keep soldiering on.Can their dearest wishes come true this Christmas?---------------------------------------------Readers LOVE the Air Raid Girls series:'There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book' 5 star review'In all the women at war series of book I have read so far, I think this is the best' 5 star review'I couldn't put this book down' 5 star review'Loved the whole story. Hated it coming to an end' 5 star review'Just the kind of book I like' 5 star review


Mummer’s Night: A Northminster Novella

On the third day of Christmas…Major Giles Vernon and Felix Carswell are called away from the Christmas hearth and their families to investigate a savage crime. In the bleak whaling town of Eastby, wealthy widow Anna Wetherby has been horribly murdered and her housekeeper and friend Ellen Stoddard stands accused of the crime. But it soon becomes clear that an innocent woman may go to the gallows, as forces in the town conspire to obscure the truth, and Vernon and Carswell must unpick many tangled threads and uncover a long-forgotten crime, before justice can be served.Mummer’s Night, set in the twelve days of Christmas, is a Northminster Novella and a festive addition to the acclaimed Northminster Mysteries.This book is best read after Tarleton’s Coffer.


Sold to My Ex's Dad: The Auction Series

He's her ex-boyfriend's dad and she has nothing to lose. For the right bid, she can be his for the night...AspenI'm a week away from losing everything if I can't pay my mom's medical bills and funeral expenses.I'm so thankful she isn't around now to see what I'm about to do.I'm about to auction off the last thing of value I have.My V-card.EvanI'm out celebrating my friend's divorce when she walks on stage.Aspen, my son's ex-girlfriend.I can't take my eyes off her in barely any clothes until it hits me she is auctioning off her v-card.When the guy at the table next to me places his bid I lose it and the next thing I know she's sitting on my bed waiting for me to make the next move.I bought her v-card but can I actually take it without losing the only family I have left?Step inside the world of The Auction Series where the highest bidder wins. It's not goods and services on stage to be bought and sold, but people who have put their bodies in the spotlight. When the hammer comes down and the amount is paid, will love be the real currency?Join some of your favorite romance authors as they take you behind the auction room doors. Bidding starts this August.


My Story of Us: THOMAS


Buried Secrets

Mindy Long left her painful past behind and is determined to create a new life for herself. All she wants is to grow a successful business and provide a stable, loving home for her nephew. But when she’s kidnapped, Mindy realizes she’ll have to defeat a deadly enemy from her past to be truly free. To accomplish that, she needs the help of a cop with lethal skills.


Master Class Complete Series

A master’s class in surrender.My entire life, I was trained to be a perfect bride.I thought I was ready for my wedding.I longed to meet the man who would be my husband.Instead I met him—The Master.He says I'm not good enough.He says I haven't learned everything I need.Ten lessons are all that stand between me and my future.But the sensual journey he takes me on will teach me more than I ever dreamed.


The Mason Brothers Duet


Stray: MM Paranormal Fantasy Romance (Outcast Mates)


Winter's Widow

Demon Winter is an unabashed rogue. What better way to find more women to warm his bed than helping his sister Genevieve with her ladies' gaming establishment? It's the perfect arrangement. Until a duchess he can't resist walks through the doors and everything changes.Mirabel, the widowed Duchess of Stanhope, has rigidly adhered to propriety her entire life, and all it garnered her was a miserable marriage to a cruel man. With her time of mourning over, she is on a mission to be wicked.Fortunately, the sinfully handsome, wildly unsuitable Demon Winter has offered to aid her in her quest. He's perfect for the task. Demon is a silver-tongued rakehell ten years her junior who was born in the rookeries. There is absolutely no chance Mirabel will fall in love with him. None.A lady who has never broken the rules is about to break every one of them. But Demon Winter? He just may break her heart.Heat level: Scorching hot! Don't say you weren't warned...


Hate Me

Hate Me is book one of Alex and Delaney's duet and book one in the Badger Creek Duet Series. A two-part, angst-filled, slow-burn, enemies to lovers new adult romance. Hate Me must be read before Hate Me Not in order to enjoy the full story.The last place Delaney Hayes thought she would find herself is Badger Creek. It's the place she left with dreams of college scholarships and a future as a professional skier. But less than a year later, she's back with her tail between her legs, embarrassed and bitter, working as a ski instructor.And then there's Alex Cunningham. A guy most girls would dream of working with. Arrogant and gorgeous with a sinful smile to match. Determined to make Delaney's life miserable, he seems to turn up everywhere she is and her patience for him is wearing thin.However, fate has other plans and when tragedy strikes, they're forced together in a way they never expected.


Moça com Chapéu de Palha

O título deste romance, Moça com chapéu de palha, antecipa muitos aspectos da técnica narrativa de Menalton Braff. De imediato, ele sugere uma composição impressionista, que induz o leitor a participar da criação do significado da obra. O texto é lírico, intenso, e a análise do narrador, voltada para a crise existencial mais grave de sua vida, modifica-se com o passar do tempo. Nesse sentido, o estilo narrativo de Menalton nos remete – ao reavaliar o mesmo fato a medida que o protagonista se distancia dele – à série de pinturas de Claude Monet sobre a catedral em Rouen. Este livro ainda revela muitas cenas campestres, pinceladas como se fossem uma natureza morta. É quando também há maior abertura para o registro de cenas cotidianas, triviais, mas que, pela qualidade com que as tintas e os movimentos são manipulados, ganha um papel muito relevante em Moça com chapéu de palha: elas completam o painel impressionista, que vai misturar a leveza do erotismo com o peso da incerteza sobre a vida. As impressões nascem ora do que vai sendo mostrado com solidez, o amor entre o protagonista e Angélica, sua mulher, ora pelas incertezas do narrador em torno do seu destino. E é justamente em torno das incertezas que o romance ganha um contraponto, um tom que por vezes, de modo instigante, nos faz lembrar da literatura noir, repleta de mistérios e suspenses. Acentua-se então o cenário urbano, da redação do jornal e das relações profissionais ali estabelecidas, da falta de ética, do poder que consome o compromisso com a verdade, um lema que a imprensa carrega consigo feito um estandarte. De um lado, o campo, o cuidado na preparação da comida, na arrumação da mesa de jantar, no zelo com o jardim, na vida amorosa e sentimental, enquanto, de outro, estão a cidade e sua máquina incessante, brutal e estressante. Qual dos dois é mais verdadeiro? Qual dos dois é mais importante? São perguntas que se colocam neste romance e são formuladas em diálogo com a própria criação literária, num…


Cooper

Welcome to the Puppy Place—where every puppy finds a home!While rehearsing for a play, Charles meets Cooper, a corgi with a whole lot of personality. Charles only feels comfortable onstage with Cooper there with him. Can Charles find this star of a pup a home?


Fantasies Forever

When the McVicker brothers and their wives get together, interesting, not to mention steamy and sexy, things are bound to happen. This time, it started with a simple question--"Why isn't John married?" The sisters-in-law decide John needs a woman in his life--someone soft and quiet, gentle and reserved to bring out his protective instincts. However, when John believes he's being stalked, his brothers hire Cori Taggart, a bodyguard, because she's assertive, hot and sexy, and they hope John will take notice. John doesn't realize everyone is plotting, but that's in his best interest because he hates being set up. Left to their own devices, John and Cori discover an explosive chemistry. Cori likes to be in control and John has no problem letting her. But can Cori keep her personal and professional relationships separate when John is in real danger and it's up to her to save him?


The Suspicious Case Of A Dog Spa Crime (Curly Bay Animal Rescue Cozy Mystery 15)

Courtney is delighted that the Curly Bay Pet Hotel and Rescue finally has a full-time volunteer in Ms. O’Donnell’s friend Linda. But Linda quickly proves to be more of a hindrance, and perhaps something even more heinous...Courtney is certain she witnesses Linda committing murder. The police insist she has a rock-solid alibi, but Courtney knows there must be more going on.It doesn’t make things any easier when a regular spa customer insists that her little dog hasn’t been acting the same ever since his last grooming appointment.Courtney knows she has a lot to sort out!


Chaos: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance (Elite Rogue Alien Warriors Book 3)


The House of the Dead

In January 1850 Dostoyevsky was sent to a remote Siberian prison camp for his part in a political conspiracy. The four years he spent there, startlingly re-created in The House of the Dead, were the most agonizing of his life. In this fictionalized account he recounts his soul-destroying incarceration through the cool, detached tones of his narrator, Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov: the daily battle for survival, the wooden plank beds, the cabbage soup swimming with cockroaches, his strange �family� of boastful, ugly, cruel convicts. Yet The House of the Dead is far more than a work of documentary realism: it is also a powerful novel of redemption, describing one man�s spiritual and moral death and the miracle of his gradual reawakening.


The Warrior's Curse (Cursed Blood Book 3)


Hunter's Wish: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance (Xarc'n Warriors: Mountains Book 4)


The Village of Stepanchikovo


To Bet on a Rogue: Symphony of Ash


03-Hijack in Abstract

A Cherry Tucker Mystery


04-DEATH IN PERSPECTIVE

A Cherry Tucker Mystery


02-Still Life in Brunswick Stew

A Cherry Tucker Mystery #2


Injustice : Les dieux sont parmi nous - Année 1 Partie 2

Avec plus de 500 000 exemplaires vendus, le jeu vidéo INJUSTICE ? GODS AMONG US est entré dans le cercle très fermé des jeux de combat les plus joués au monde. Découvrez la série tirée de cet univers alternatif où les héros de DC COMICS subissent le joug d'un Superman devenu dictateur.Le règne de Superman a débuté. Après avoir assassiné le Joker, le combat de l'Homme d'Acier contre l'injustice a pris un tournant plus sombre. Secondé par Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash et, sous le costume de Robin, Damian Wayne, Superman...


01-Portrait of a Dead Guy


cafe-sweets vol.210 今あらためて知りたい手ごねパンのこと　このパンを手ごねする理由

特集》このパンを手ごねする理由粉と水を混ぜる段階から人の手でパンづくりを行うと、粉や酵母種の特徴、気温の状態に合わせて、加える水の量や混ぜ加減などを思いのままに微調整できます。粉の種類もますます増えてきた昨今。それらの個性を生かす1つの方法として、今あらためて、手ごねを見直すシェフも増えています。とはいえあくまでも、手ごねは“めざすパンに近づくため”の手段。理想の味わいや食感に仕上げるために必要だから取り入れると話すシェフも多いです。さまざまな観点から手ごねを実践するシェフたちに、その特徴を最大限に生かした製造ポイントと、「なぜこのパンには手ごねが欠かせないのか」を聞きました。・このパンを手ごねする理由ショウパン アルティザンベイクハウス／パン屋塩見／ルスルエルユニック／キソ／ブーランジェリー オンニ／ひととわ・各店が使う粉、製造する生地、商品数一覧


From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris - a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series.This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text.Also available:How it Works: The HusbandHow it Works: The WifeHow it Works: The MumThe Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life CrisisThe Ladybird Book of the HangoverThe Ladybird Book of MindfulnessThe Ladybird Book of the ShedThe Ladybird Book of DatingThe Ladybird Book of the Hipster


Hijack in Abstract (A Cherry Tucker Mystery)

A Cherry Tucker Mystery


2 Still Life in Brunswick Stew

A Cherry Tucker Mystery #2


1 Portrait of a Dead Guy


The Children of Húrin


The Blade Artist

Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life – and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California. Some say he's a fake and a con man, while others see him as a genuine visionary.But Francis has a very dark past, with another identity and a very different set of values. When he crosses the Atlantic to his native Scotland, for the funeral of a murdered son he barely knew, his old Edinburgh community expects him to take bloody revenge. But as he confronts his previous life, all those friends and enemies – and, most alarmingly, his former self – Francis seems to have other ideas.When Melanie discovers something gruesome in California, which indicates that her husband's violent past might also be his psychotic present, things start to go very bad, very quickly.The Blade Artist is an elegant,...


Aprender a silenciar la mente


Teardrops and Flip Flops: A Laugh Out Loud Romantic Comedy about a Traveling Widow, Her Rescue Dog, and the Men Who Want to Court Them. (A Gone to the Dogs Camper Romance Book 1)


Undeniable (Key West Book 4)


Teardrops and Rest Stops: A Warm Your Heart Romantic Comedy about Two Travelers and the Dog Who Judges Them (A Gone to the Dogs Camper Romance Book 2)


Three Weddings and a Kiss

Everyone loves a wedding...Nothing lifts our hearts like the joyous peal of wedding bells. Or the sight of a happy couple being showered with confetti and good wishes. Now the most exciting new names in romantic fiction and the bestselling author who started it all--escort you down the aisle to a place of honor at four glorious celebrations of everlasting love:Kathleen E. Woodiwiss reintroduces us to the beloved characters from The Flame and the Flower including Jeff Birmingham, who seals an impetuous proposal with one brief, precious and passionate kiss.Catherine Anderson calls us to meet a tempestuous pair of wild western hearts, in a tale of a frontier revenge that backfires.Loretta Chase melts our hearts with a story of an unconventional young woman's offer of marriage to a "mad" and presumed dying earl.Lisa Klepas shows us how true love will always win in a romance about one stubborn lady--and the persistent...


The Absolution

From the author of the #1 international bestseller The AbominationThe no-holds-barred conclusion to Jonathan Holt's revolutionary Carnivia Trilogy (preceded by The Abomination and The Abduction), The Absolution follows Venetian police captain Kat Tapo and U.S. Army intelligence analyst Holly Boland on their most dangerous and disturbing journey yetOn Venice's crowded Lido beach, a man is found lying half in and half out of the sea with his throat cut open and his tongue torn out by the roots. On his face is a curious antique mask.Kat Tapo of the Venice Carabinieri is pleased to be running her first murder investigation. But when she learns that the mask is a piece of Masonic paraphernalia known as a "hoodwink," she starts to wonder if she's been put in charge because, as a woman, she's unable to penetrate the closed world of Italian freemasonry.The dead man turns out to be a senior partner in a small Catholic bank,...


Fake Summer Husband


The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Featuring seminal work in the philosophies of mathematics and language, this comprehensive and assiduously edited collection also makes available his provocative and controversial views on religion and international relations.


Flirting with Faith: A Reverse Age Gap Romantic Suspense (Flirting with the Finest Book 3)


Angels of Wrath

New York Times bestselling authors Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice deliver fresh thrills and unexpected twists in this latest installment of their electrifying series, Larry Bond's First Team: Angels of Wrath.Led by CIA agent par excellence Bob Ferguson, the Team pitches in to help the FBI investigate a radical group of zealots who want to create a “post-Christian” era by instigating a catastrophic showdown in Jerusalem. But Ferg and company soon discover the cult has strange connections to the Iraqi resistance and to a Syrian arms dealer. Enlisting the help of Thera Majed, a beautiful paramilitary and an expert on Middle eastern relations, the team breaks up to track each link. They seek to stop anything catastrophic from happening before the President arrives in Iraq for the next round of elections. Their quarries lead Team members into an immensely complicated world of fanatical terrorists, each potentially dangerous. . . but who among them is the next to strike? Uncertain of the most imminent threat, the Team finds that they have landed in the midst of an operation headed by Israel's famous Mossad, and are ordered to cooperate with the Israelis . . . but are the Israelis cooperating with them? Unsure of their allies, the Team realizes that they are on the trail of two completely different attacks whose targets are thousands of miles apart. Both operations are intended to trigger a vast religious war. With the clock ticking down, can the team extinguish the spark of Armageddon?


Cold Choices

Following the events Jerry Mitchell encountered in Dangerous Ground, the pilot-turned-submarine officer is now a department head, the navigator, aboard USS Seawolf. Now on a mission deep in the Barents Sea, north of Russia, Seawolf explores the sea floor, part of a sophisticated reconnaissance plan that will watch the Russian navy as it trains for battle. Although well outside Russia’s territorial waters, Seawolf is ambushed by Russia’s newest submarine, Severodvinsk. Although it doesn’t fire any weapons, its aggressive new captain, Alexi Petrov, harasses the intruder with dangerously fast, insanely close passes by the American boat.The two subs collide, with the Russian boat crippled and trapped on the bottom. Only Seawolf knows where she is, and the rest of the Russian fleet is too angry to listen. Mitchell and his shipmates have to keep their own damaged boat afloat, figure out a way to make the Russians listen, and keep the trapped Russian submariners alive until they can be saved - if that is even possible.From Publishers WeeklyA nuclear submarine can be one of the more dangerous places to be trapped, as shown in this suspenseful follow-up to bestseller Bond's Dangerous Ground. Capt. Aleksey Petrov has just taken command of Severodvinsk, the first nuclear sub to enter Russian service in years. His orders are to drive away any American subs observing Russian naval maneuvers in international waters. When a miscalculation leads to a collision with the USS Seawolf, the damaged Yanks can limp away, but Severodvinsk goes to the bottom. The Seawolf's commander attempts to help the stranded sailors, despite resistance from Washington and Moscow. Both sides will have to overcome their mutual suspicions if they are to make the rescue. If this techno-thriller lacks the geo-political sweep of The Hunt for Red October, its depiction of the bond shared by submariners, even those on opposing sides, makes it more intimate and, along with convincing portraits of men under severe stress, more human. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistJerry Mitchell, hero of Bond’s previous novel, Dangerous Ground (2005), returns in this exciting adventure. While on a mission in the Barents Sea, a ruthless Russian sub commander decides to play chicken with the USS Seawolf, a maneuver that results in a damaged American sub and the aggressor on the bottom of the sea with the air slowly running out. Mitchell and his crew now face a moral dilemma. Do you flee for repairs or do the right thing and rescue the enemy that tried to destroy you? Complicating matters is the very real concern that there may not be enough time for Mitchell to rescue the Russians and still repair his own sub. The reader can practically feel the frigid water as the novel kicks into high gear. The slow-starting setup could be shorter, but the tense story line from the collision onward more than makes up for it. Fans of military thrillers, especially those by Clancy and his ilk, should devour this one. --Jeff Ayers


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Dangerous Ground

The US submarine Memphis should have been mothballed decades ago. Instead, she is charged with one last, secret mission: to locate leaking containers of Russian nuclear fuel on the floor of the Arctic Ocean. More than just an environmental nightmare, this radioactive burial ground houses enough nuclear capability to destroy most of America's major cities. Lead by the Bligh-like commander Lowell Hardy, the Memphis' crew deals with flaring tempers, faulty machinery, raging Arctic Seas, and their newest crewmate, Jerry Mitchell. Mitchell was a naval pilot whose career ended with an unfortunate accident. Politics got him assigned to the Memphis as a weapons' officer. Now his novice skills may very well be the ship's greatest liability.Making matters worse, the President has appointed two civilian scientists to lead the mission. Dr. Joanna Patterson and Dr. Emily Davis soon find out that no matter how much power the president has granted them, this is still Hardy's ship.Nor is this mission what it seems. Lurking beneath the frigid, black, radioactive waters is a secret far more deadly than anything naval command could imagine---a secret so menacing the Russian fleet is hell-bent on destroying the Memphis and all who sail in her.From Publishers WeeklyCalling to mind such undersea techno-thrillers as Clancy's The Hunt for Red October and Hagberg's By Dawn's Early Light, this latest outing by Bond, a former naval officer turned bestselling military suspense author (Larry Bond's First Team, etc.), is an edge-of-the-seat yarn about an aging nuclear submarine on a secret mission to Russian waters. Using his senator uncle's political clout, Lt. (j.g.) Jerry Mitchell—a former pilot permanently grounded thanks to a wrist injury sustained in a freak carrier crash—has found his way into submarine training, where, among the other basic skills, he becomes an expert on the Manta, a robot device used for underwater exploration. Cmdr. Lowell Hardy, veteran skipper of the Memphis, a nuclear sub long overdue for decommissioning, is given orders to take Dr. Joanna Patterson from the President's Advisory Science Board and her comely young assistant, Dr. Emily Davis, into Russian waters to look for evidence of illegal disposal of nuclear waste. Mitchell's alleged political pull and the presence of women aboard create unrest among an already unhappy crew. Somewhat predictably, the mission uncovers a major threat to world security and the suspense cranks up when the Russians learn they've been found out. Despite an obligatory surfeit of naval alphabetese and a muster of trite maritime stereotypes with seabags full of childish personality conflicts, this is an engaging read. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"The technothriller has a new ace and his name is Larry Bond."---Tom Clancy"Calling to mind such undersea technothrillers as Clancy's The Hunt for Red October . . . this latest outing by Bond . . . is an edge-of-the-seat yarn."--Publishers Weekly on Dangerous Ground"A chilling look into the silent warriors of the deep."--W.E.B. Griffin on Dangerous Ground"Dangerous Ground is a great submarine novel . . . I want to write like Larry Bond."--Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Liars and Thieves"Larry Bond's new novel of submarine warfare is the real deal. Everyone else is writing about life and tactics aboard an American nuclear submarine, but with Dangerous Ground you are actually there. I wish I'd written it."--David Hagberg, USAToday bestselling author of Joshua's Hammer"Larry Bond's intimate knowledge of a submarine's technical details is matched by his understanding of human nature, and he combines fascinating characters with captivating technology to keep you turning the pages. Larry Bond is a master of his craft, and Dangerous Ground is the best submarine novel yet!"--Walter J. Boyne, New York Times bestselling author of Operation Iraqi Freedom


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Larry Bond's First Team: Fires of War

Larry Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Dangerous Ground, and Jim DeFelice have earned widespread acclaim for the gritty authenticity and spellbinding suspense of their military-political adventures involving the First Team. "The Team" lead by top CIA officer Bob Ferguson, and supported by Special Forces commando Stephen Rankin and Marine Jack Young, is authorized to take immediate action, beyond the bureaucratic restraints of US intelligence or the military establishment, in the ever-surprising War on Terror.After years of exhaustive negotiations, North Korea's Kim Jong Il abruptly agrees to surrender all of his nuclear weapons. This sudden change in policy has the US suspicious, and the Team is dispatched to uncover the truth. Newest Team operative, the young and beautiful Thera Majed, goes undercover during the preliminary inspections of the entire Korean peninsula, on a mission so sensitive that she will be disavowed if discovered. But when she discovers hidden weapons in South Korea, a firestorm of debate is set off in Washington. A public announcement of their suspicions could derail the North Korean agreement, and the South Korean government may not even be aware of the weapons' existence. Ferg and the rest of the Team jump in to investigate, and the closer they get to the truth, the harder mysterious forces work to keep them away. Someone is planning for a full-scale nuclear attack that would throw the civilized world into political and economic upheaval, and Ferg and the Team are the only ones in the position to stop them. From Publishers WeeklyAfter crisscrossing the Middle East to fight the war on terror in 2006's Angels of Wrath, Bond's elite operatives turn their attention to the North Korean part of the Axis of Evil in this suspenseful thriller, the third in the First Team series. After the North Koreans suddenly and improbably vow to give up their nuclear weapons, inspection teams-infiltrated by First Team member Thera Majed-uncover evidence of missile material in both North and South Korea. It doesn't help that the CIA doubts the reports, leaving team leader Bob Ferguson out on a limb. Majed aids the defection of the North Korean scientist Dr. Tak Ch'o, who alerts the team to a secret alliance between North and South Koreans determined to reunite their country and take nuclear revenge on Japan. Disguised as a Russian arms dealer, Ferguson angles to prevent international disaster. A large cast means numerous shifts of viewpoint, which slows the pace at the beginning, but also helps capture the mutual suspicion and paranoia of covert intelligence operations.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"The technothriller has a new ace and his name is Larry Bond."--Tom Clancy"[A] fast-paced, complex thriller."-Publishers Weekly on Larry Bond's First Team: Angels of Wrath "Action on every page. Maybe in every paragraph." -Kirkus Reviews on Larry Bond's First Team"Technothriller fans rejoice! Larry Bond is good---very, very good."--Stephen Coonts