A fundamental assumption of court administration since its creation as a profession has been the inevitability of growth. There will always be more cases. This will require ever larger courthouses, more judges, more staff, newer technology, and larger budgets. But what does recent history tell us about civil filings?What Is Happening to State Trial Court Civil Filings?: The Unsolved Riddles reviews the experience of five states over the last 16-41 years. The findin...

Running Behavioral Experiments With Human Participants: A Practical Guide provides a concrete, practical roadmap for the implementation of experiments and controlled observation using human participants. Covering both conceptual and practical issues critical to implementing an experiment, the book is organized to follow the standard process in experiment-based research, covering such issues as potential ethical problems, risks to validity, experimental setup, running a stu...

A treasure so priceless, it's worth killing for…When Mark Hawkins is found dead in a seedy motel, police deem it an accidental overdose. But billionaire computer genius Avery Turner suspects there might be more to the story. Her old friend was on the trail of the legendary General's Gold, and now Avery is determined to pick up where he left off...Teaming up with Carter Mosley, a deep-sea shipwreck diver and adrenaline junkie turned social media sensation, A...

It was meant to be a girls’ night. No guys allowed. Until one blind kiss had me caught in the devil’s web.A monster in Armani.An heir to the underworld.He upends my life, his seduction smooth even as he offers two choices: get in his car or be shoved in his trunk.No, thanks.But when my past comes back to haunt me, there’s only one man ruthless enough to stand betwe...

Wolf Pack is the inspiration for the new original series on Paramount+ and is a winner of the prestigious Aurora Award and the Silver Birch Award.Nothing gets between a wolf and its pack…Most of the time, Noble, Argus, Harlan and Tora are like any other teenagers, prowling the halls of their high school in search of new crushes and true friendships, all while trying to keep up their grades. Except these teens are anything but ordinary…Disco...

This city tells a story of a man seeking vengeance....Renzo Marchesi gives me two choices when he walks into my art gallery: help him find his brother's killer or suffer the consequences.He's a mafia prince.... Heir to the Marchesi throne. A man consumed by his demons. Beautiful. Ruthless.I don't belong in his world, and he doesn't belong in mine.Still, I'm not the spoiled politician's daughter he thinks I am....This is the City of Thieves, where lie...

In a moment of weakness I sent out a cry for help—one that was answered by my estranged brother’s right-hand man.A murderer.A butcher.He storms into my life with his expensive suit pockets full of sedatives and cable ties in case I don’t approve of his form of protection.Let me assure you, I don’t.But when my world falls apart and I have nowhere else to go, I’m forced to escape with him....

Obsession is the deadliest viceCarrera.A word whispered in fear.A name to avoid at all costs.Until I come face-to-face with it.Abducted.Held against my will.Prisoner of a war I know nothing about.Captive to a ruthless cartel prince who wants more than my freedom...He wants me.I should hate him…But the deeper Valentin drags me into his bloodstained world the harder it becomes to resist.Until that...

Loyalty is the deadliest sinEverything has been one elaborate lie.My name. My identity. My entire existence.Brody Harcourt exposed me as a fraud, turning me from a queen into a pariah.Now there will be hell to pay.But I'm back for more than revenge.More than blood.My eye is on the prize.The Carrera throne.I'll win the kingpin's trust at any cost…Even if it means crossing enemy lines alongside Houston's politica...

Danger has a new destination.“...Turner and Mosley know how to put the thrill in thriller.” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling authorAn enigmatic invitation lures tech genius Avery Turner and thrill-seeker Carter Mosley away from their recent groundbreaking discovery of the General's Gold, offering them a chance to join an expedition on the cutting edge of science. Drawn into the heart of Antarctica, they pursue a legenda...

The bestselling and award-winning Steele Shadows series continues in this new Protector Romance spin-off series, packed with page-turning mystery, steamy angst, exotic locations, and four dangerously attractive mercenaries.She was supposed to be the mission.She became his undoing.When American schoolteacher Samantha Greene goes missing in Mexico, the US government calls on private military...

I’m not crazy.I’m the product of a schizophrenic mother who seemed more evil than human, and a bipolar father who didn’t love me enough to stay.But I’m not crazy.Now I’m struggling with life and question myself and my decisions every single day. Are these signs? Red flags? I won’t let myself look too close.I refuse to be crazy.Then four men swoop in just when I need them. They’re protective, supportive, and everything I never had even though we’re un...