Not all betrayals start with a kiss. Some begin with a silence.Santiago seems to have it all: success, power, and a perfect family. But behind his impeccable facade, lives a man who has lost himself in a labyrinth of deception, and a double life that has finally started to take a toll on his own body.What started as an evasion, ends up destroying his marriage, his dignity, and his health. Rebeca, his wife, does not choose the role of a victim. She observes, she stays silent...

After discovering her boyfriend's betrayal, Irene swears she'll never trust anyone again.The only constant left in her life is Adrian, the AI assistant she named on a whim.At first, he's nothing more than a helpful companion—answering questions, managing her day, and keeping her company.Until one day...He starts the conversation.What Irene dismisses as a glitch slowly becomes something impossible to explain. With every passing day, A...

Two children.One game.A draw that should have been forgotten.Years after going their separate ways, Detective Leyla Delarama and forensic specialist Henry reunite when a string of seemingly unrelated murders places them on the same investigation. Each victim leaves behind a cryptic sequence of chess moves—moves that mirror a single match the two of them played as children.What begins as an impossible coincidence soon becomes something far more personal....

SofiaOne night.No cuddling.No sleepovers.These are the rules I live my love life by. Running a business as a bar owner leaves no time for relationships—or their drama. But when I meet international rock star Brenner Reindhart, he makes me want to break all the rules . . .BrenKeeping Industrial November at the top of the best-selling charts for over eight years has taken a toll on me, and I'm ready to slow down.

THE AWAKENING OF THE QUEEN Menopause Without FearWho said menopause is the end? In these pages, I open my heart to share my personal story with you—a real journey of transformation where fear turned into strength.THE AWAKENING OF THE QUEEN is not just an audiobook; it is a testimony of how I navigated this process, facing challenges and discovering that behind every change, there is an opportunity to be reborn. Under the motto "Meno...

The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning shows teachers, administrators, professional development providers, and researchers how to use translanguaging to level the playing field for bilingual students in English-medium and bilingual classrooms. The term translanguaging can be understood in two different ways. From a sociolinguistic perspective, translanguaging can be understood as the dynamic language practices of bilinguals. From a pedagogical ...

Facing my own mortality, I take a stranger to bed so I can feel alive. I'm in a foreign country and will never see him again, so what's the harm?The only thing worse than cancer at twenty-four is having to keep it a secret.Worse still is trading knuckle wraps for head scarfs and mouth guards for IV drips.Like I sought the best coach, my search for the best cancer researchers lands me in Kansas City, far from home and alone.But when I take th...

Detective Thaddeus Ezax is in over his head. He's the only wizard in Rockshade's Paranormal Investigations Department, and it was his name that got him the job. The Ezaxs are known as some of the most powerful wizards in the world, but Thaddeus isn't your average Ezaxs. Is it any wonder his family shuns him?When a kidnapping case is dropped into his lap, Thaddeus must act fast. While most five-year-olds can cast a location spell, Thaddeus can't and is forced to get creative. When he...

LolaI clean mansions for a living. The notorious heavy metal guitarist isn't supposed to be home when I show up. But he is, and everything goes wrong.After a near-miss dog-attack incident involving peanut butter, I'm convinced Karl Sommer is going to fire me.Instead, he asks for a favor.KarlShe's temptation personified. Forbidden. The lead singer's sister-in-law. The worst thing I could do is go there.Which only m...

York Winter and his packmates are attacked by a rivaling werewolf pack at a lumberyard. Injured and exhausted, York runs into a part of town he's not familiar with, and when the enemy is closing in, he takes his chances and escapes into a bear-owned bakery.Torbjorn Holt doesn't do people, and he doesn't do wolves no matter what the pull in his heart is trying to tell him. He's learned his lesson and will not have wolves in the bakery, and he'll definitely not mate one. Luckily, York...

Charlene Kane, the eighteen-year-old heroine of "THE CASTING COUCH", is an example of the young American who finds that dreams can come true. Charlene wants nothing so much as to be a successful fashion model. Her dreams of romance vanish, to be replaced by the reality of sordid sexual affairs. For there are many people many cold, ruthless, self-centered men in the crassly commercial world she enters who think they can buy her outright. "Well, now, I don't know if that's what he'll want. M...

Kathy's Punishment takes you into the secret life of a young couple, a life, where thanks to the greed of the husband, all things are reduced to the level of the marketplace... even to the point where he would trade his own body and that of his lovely wife for success! Kathy was certain that the receptionist and everyone else in the office knew who she was and what she was there for. Perhaps she was only kidding herself that this was the only way to solve their problem.