People fall in love with their best friends all the time. But for me, the circumstances of this unrequited attraction are even more agonizing.I am gay.My best friend, Sawyer, is not.Since we were fifteen, I've harbored this torturous crush. Now, as we both enter our thirties, it seems time to resign myself to the fact that nothing is going to come of it. Ever.Or so I thought…One night, a bottle of gin and a little uncharacteristic self-pity were all the i...

Charlie I'm definitely straight, but when rock god Eli Steele offers me the opportunity of a lifetime in exchange for being his fake husband for a year, I can't say no. That's how I find myself sharing a bed - and more than a few kisses - with the lead singer of Blood Money. All I have to do is stay focused on my work and pretend to be in love with him. Easy, right? Eli I took a stupid fucking bet and now I have to convince Charlie to fall for me without using mind control. He's straight, ...

Drew What’s a retired rockstar vamp to do in a quaint, quiet English town? Buy the only pub, make it a vampire haven, and flirt incessantly with my one and only employee, of course. Nova I hate everything about my new boss. His face. His arrogant smile. The way he acts like he knows everything. I hate him so much I just want to… kiss him? What the hell?

This holiday season, the truth will finally come out.Valentina has always had a complicated relationship with Banon, the son of the minotaur woman her father married. He’s drop dead gorgeous, full of himself, and football runs in his blood. Even though he was instrumental in the misery and bullying that were her high school years, Val has always held a torch for him. Now in college, she thinks she’s finally moved on from her childhood crush.Though he tries to hide it, Banon...

Danica Wendell seems to have it all figured out.She's a respected neonatologist at one of the finest hospitals in the nation, engaged to the man of her dreams, and living a life that most only dream about. Well, one of those things is true. The other? Well, that's her secret to keep for now.Petra "Pete" Pancott isn't settling for an average life. She's globe-trotted, embraced every thrill, and carved out a career that's on her own terms. Sure, sometimes she...

A female pure bred Papillon is stolen from her owners truck at a rural gas station while he is inside paying for his gas. The thief takes her to his cabin in the woods many miles away. She ultimately escapes into the neighboring thousands of acres of forest and streams. As she tries to find her way home, she encounters many dangers and experiences with the thief still trying to track her down. This is a story that shows the grit and tenacity of an animal with the instincts to find ...

**A spellbinding, muligenerational story set between the 1950s and the present, The Butterfly Room is an enchanting tale of heartbreaking secrets from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own**Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is surrounded by memories of her idyllic childhood ...

Izzy Tierney is doing everything right.She's got a job she's proud of and a passport full of stamps from her frequent work trips. Everyone keeps telling her she's living the dream—but it's starting to feel more like drifting. Constant motion is just another way to avoid standing still long enough to feel lonely. She tells herself she's content, but something's missing—something she's never quite let herself want.Kiera Phillips is caught in a swirl of uncert...

Sports Nutrition for Endurance: Fueling Your Long-Lasting Performance provides comprehensive insights into the essential dietary strategies for endurance athletes. Covering topics such as carbohydrate loading, hydration, and recovery nutrition, this ebook equips athletes with practical advice to enhance their performance, boost stamina, and maintain energy levels through optimized nutrition plans tailored for long-distance sports.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains gathers Isabella Bird's 1873 letters from the Colorado Territory into an epistolary travelogue of striking immediacy. Crossing high-country ranches, mining camps, and the open valley of Estes Park, she records harsh weather, rough hospitality, and fledgling frontier economies; her ascent of Longs Peak with the enigmatic Mountain Jim is a classic set piece. The prose is supple and exact, blending natural history with social observation, and stands within...

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and encouragement. And for those who are pausing—looking positively but cautiously at what needs to change—at the prospects and challenges that may be encountered, Harward and the collection of aut...

**Beautifully read by Kristin Atherton.A spellbinding, muligenerational story set between the 1950s and the present, The Butterfly Room is an enchanting tale of heartbreaking secrets from Lucinda Riley, international bestselling author of the Seven Sisters series.'Captivating . . . poignant yet uplifting' – Woman's Own**Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is sur...