When vows and passion collide there can be only one victor when things are strictly personal.Noelle Locke has been hurt many times by the opposite sex. She refuses to take a chance on love again. Yet when she meets a man who if not only a temptation but a danger to her carefully controlled world she is unable to resist. It didn't matter she was there for business she takes a chance but sets a limit…she will enjoy her time with him and not let herself get emotionally involv...

When life gives you a second chance how do you decide what to do?Julianne Locke knows the pain of loss and what it can do to a soul. She has refused to let any man close…until an accident puts a man in her path who will change her life forever. Keenan is the one man she cannot seem to keep at a distance. Whether it's fate or coincidence that brings them together, Julianne cannot walk away from this man who pushes all her buttons and makes her want to believe in hope once a...

Summarises advances in cultivation practices to close yield gaps, including more efficient irrigation and nutrition techniques;Discusses innovative methods of ‘climate-smart’ cultivation such as integrated crop management and the system of rice intensification (SRI);Reviews the latest research on insect pests, weeds and integrated pest management

An unexpected encounter leads to a lasting passion…Lila Jarvis wasn't prepared to be involved in a rescue after a long day at work. The man she saves is even more surprising and she has no idea what she is in for. From the moment they meet until she goes looking for him to check on him, she is thrown for a loop on what to do with Driscoll. She knows he is a famous singer, yet it's the man who is tender, open and downright weird—he calls it eccentric—who has her coming back...

"Singleton". Another anthology, but this time, we get a rare insight into the more intimate details of the characters. The title reminds us that the protagonist is a lone wolf, and has no desire to join the pack.

Jack Avery has always had questions about his daughter, Olivia. His intuition has always told him there is more to her than what appears on the surface. In the past, he has always shrugged it off, telling himself it is due to the fact that she was adopted at nine years old.Jacks marriage is also crumbling. He and his wife, Melissa, seem to be constantly fighting. In his last-ditch effort to save his marriage, Jack agrees to move his family back to his wifes hometown. It is here tha...

When temptation rises, giving in is more than sweet.Bella Locke works hard at her supper club and doesn't have time for anything else…or so she thinks. A special event at her club brings Bella to her favorite candy shop where she meets a man who is pure temptation.Morgan James has a major sweet tooth. Visiting the candy shop for some treats, Morgan runs into a woman whose sweet, smoky voice makes him think of things he would rather not. His life is good, settled—he...

When your love for someone is tested, how do you get beyond the silence and pain to get back to what made you become an us…?After a busy day, Regina Jacobs gets home to the empty house she used to share with her husband. The sight of the divorce papers waiting for her devastates her. She loves her husband and although they have not lived together for a while or even really talked, she'd thought they could work it out. She pushes off the hurt and embraces the fury. She won'...

First in the medieval whodunnit series set in Bampton, Oxfordshire, during the plague years and featuring a newly qualified surgeonHugh of Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight, has been educated as a clerk, usually a prelude to taking holy orders. However, feeling no certain calling despite a lively faith, he turns to the profession of surgeon, training in Paris and then hanging out his sign in Oxford.A local lord asks him to track the killer of a young woman whose bones...

Keeping watch over the Easter Sepulchre, where the Host and crucifix are stored between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, is considered a privilege. So it is shocking when it is discovered that Odo, the priest’s clerk, has abandoned his post. But as the hours pass and Odo is not found, Hugh de Singleton is called upon.It is Hugh that finds the dried blood before the altar, and fear grows for the missing man … Will Hugh be called upon to investigate another murder, or will the man be f...

Some valuable books have been stolen from Master John Wyclif, the well-known scholar and Bible translator. He calls upon his friend and former pupil, Hugh de Singleton, to investigate. Hugh’s investigation leads him to Oxford where he again encounters Kate, the only woman who has tempted him to leave bachelor life behind, but Kate has another serious suitor. As Hugh’s pursuit of Kate becomes more successful, mysterious accidents begin to occur. Are these accidents tied to the missing books...

It is the autumn of 1367. Master Hugh de Singleton is enjoying the peaceful life of Bampton, when a badly beaten man is found under the porch of St. Andrew’s Chapel. The dying man is a chapman, a traveling merchant.Before he is buried in the chapel grounds an ancient, corroded coin is found in the man’s mouth. Master Hugh’s quest for the chapman’s assailants, and his search for the origin of the coin, makes steady progress—but there are men of wealth and power who wish to halt his ...