A mechanic unintentionally wins a contest to co-star alongside her favorite adult film actor, in this spicy debut romance.After a lifetime of sexual frustration, an exceptionally bad day at the garage, and a full box of grocery store wine, Amelia Roarke finds herself entering the last contest she ever expects to win. One that promises the opportunity to feature with the adult film star that’s captivated her since the very first video she saw him in.As his s...

The queer witchy fantasy murder mystery series concludes in one last mystery for Mallory, Cornelia and Diana, as they have to solve their biggest, and most important case of all - who killed Theodore. Perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries and cosy crime by authors such as Ben Aaranovitch, Josiah Bancroft and Tammie Painter.It's three days until Samhain, and the Undetectables are going to die. No longer taking magical cases (not that anyone would hire them), th...

The queer witchy fantasy murder mystery series concludes in one last mystery for Mallory, Cornelia, and Diana, as they have to solve their biggest, and most important case of all—who killed Theodore. Perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries and cozy crime by authors such as Ben Aaranovitch, Josiah Bancroft, and Tammie Painter.It's three days until Samhain, and the Undetectables are going to die. No longer taking magical cases (not that anyone wou...

"Love, sex, family drama, the lot." John Self, The Irish Times Best BooksIn Look At You, a young woman grows up between Trinidad, England, and Ireland, shaped by a divided family and the shifting worlds around her. Through a series of vivid, intimate moments, she begins to understand who she is — and where she belongs — in a world full of contradictions, cruelty, tenderness, and unexpected beauty.Told with striking clarity and emotional precision, this is a novel o...

Fully updated for Android Studio 2026.1.3, this book teaches you how to develop Android applications using Java.Starting with the basics, the book explains how to set up an Android development and testing environment, then covers tool windows, the code editor, and the Layout Editor tool. It then introduces Android architecture and takes an in-depth look at designing Android applications and user interfaces in Android Studio.The book also covers the Android Architecture Comp...

Since the 1980s, Ireland has gone through a profound social, demographic, and religious disruption, the impact of which has been seen across recent fiction from Irish writers. Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel traces this cultural shift and its impact by examining how modern novels have reckoned with a new conception of Irishness.Despite the heady mix of cultural and social destabilization, reform, and economic successes and challenges, this period of relentless di...

This book, fully updated for Android Studio Quail, teaches you how to develop Android-based applications using Kotlin.Beginning with the basics, the book outlines how to set up an Android development and testing environment, followed by an introduction to programming in Kotlin, including data types, control flow, functions, lambdas, and object-oriented programming. It also covers asynchronous programming using Kotlin coroutines and flow in detail.Chapters also cover the And...

This book, fully updated for Android Studio Quail, teaches you how to develop Android-based applications using Kotlin.Beginning with the basics, the book outlines how to set up an Android development and testing environment, followed by an introduction to programming in Kotlin, including data types, control flow, functions, lambdas, and object-oriented programming. Asynchronous programming using Kotlin coroutines and flow is also covered in detail.Chapters also cover the An...

From the author of Ghost Writing—winner of the 2025 North American Book Awards Gold Medal in Romance and a 2025 Shelf Media Top Notable Indie Book—comes Beautiful Place by the Sea.Beautiful Place by the Sea is a heartfelt coastal romance set in a small Maine vacation town—complete with a cozy bookshop, a spicy love story that starts off on entirely the wrong foot, and family secrets that refuse to stay buried. It’s about grief and healing, inherited stories, and the places that cal...

Welcome to Jetpack Compose Essentials - 2026 Edition, a comprehensive guide to building Android apps using Jetpack Compose, Android Studio, Material Design 3, and the Kotlin programming language.The book begins with setting up the Android Studio development environment, followed by an introduction to Kotlin, covering data types, operators, control flow, functions, lambdas, and coroutines. You will also learn how to accelerate app development using AI.With this foundation es...

Jetpack Compose Essentials - 2026 Edition is a comprehensive guide to building Android apps using Jetpack Compose, Android Studio, Material Design 3, and the Kotlin programming language.The book begins with setting up the Android Studio development environment, followed by an introduction to Kotlin, covering data types, operators, control flow, functions, lambdas, and coroutines. You will also learn how to accelerate app development using AI.With this foundation established...

This book is a comprehensive guide to building Android applications using Android Studio Quail (2026.1.1), Jetpack Compose, and the Kotlin programming language. It is designed to provide the knowledge and skills you need to create modern Android apps using the latest development tools and frameworks.We begin with foundational steps, including setting up an Android Studio development environment, followed by a detailed introduction to Kotlin, the language underpinning Android develo...