“Abuse OF Men BY Women: It Happens, It Hurts, and It’s Time to Get Real About It” is a ground breaking book shattering the silence surrounding partner abuse where the target of the abuse is a man and the source of the abuse is a woman. It challenges the common perception that partner abuse only happens to women. Counselor and relationship coach, Ann Silvers, M.A., questions the cultural trend to ignore, condone, laugh at, or even applaud women treating men in ways that would be rightfully ...

Salina was fourteen years old when her family was murdered. She barely escaped from a man that wanted to keep her as one of his special collections. To him, she is his perfect little doll, like the other little dolls in his collection. For the past ten years, she has been in hiding, yet he always lets her know he has found her. She is bound to end her nightmares and, with the aid of the Butch 9 Team, she is ready to face him once and for all. To her it is time. She starts working at this l...

Men can be on the receiving end of an abusive relationship.This book challenges the misconception that domestic violence and other forms of partner abuse only happen to women. It brings attention to the reality that men can experience abuse within intimate relationships — whether from an emotionally abusive girlfriend, a physically abusive wife, or a female partner who is demanding, controlling, or manipulative. Through personal stories and insightful analysis, it ...

Summer 1960:After years of scraping by, Caleb Murphy has graduated from college and is finally getting to start a new life. Except he suddenly has no way to get from Boston to Los Angeles. Then, to add to his misery, there's perfect, privileged Peter Cabot offering to drive him. Caleb can't refuse, even though the idea of spending a week in the car with a man whose luggage probably costs more than everything Caleb owns makes him want to scream.Peter Cabot would do pretty mu...

Four years ago, firefighter Caleb Romero saved a child and met the woman of his dreams. But trauma killed the timing, so he’s contented himself with being the friend she needed as she navigated sudden parenthood.Four years ago, Emerson Aldridge became a mom in the worst possible way. Without qualm, she abandoned her own dreams to shepherd her teenage daughter through their shared grief. Her number one priority has been to raise Fiona the way her best friend would have wanted.

The fourth novel in the Chosen Ones series—from the New York Times bestselling author of Storm of Shadows.Samuel Faa is a Gypsy lawyer with the power to control minds. Isabelle Mason is wealthy, privileged, and refined, and has the gift for healing. Two of the Chosen Ones, they share a past filled with love and betrayal, and a future denied by fate-until the day they're trapped underground. No way out. No way to deny the passion that still burns b...

Burr Rollins is a private investigator who is thrust into an increasingly dangerous investigation into the disappearance of a childhood friend, Tyler Cohane. Woken one morning by a frantic phone call from Ty's mother, who has just been roughed up by some thugs looking for her boat-bum son, Burr sets out to discover why Ty disappeared and why some very bad people seem to be anxious to find him. His investigation quickly leads him to another childhood friend, Claire Henderson, whose brother ...

Less than 48 hours. That's how long Florence W. Aldridge has to live.Every event in a person's life is connected. The state of our lives, at any given time, is the sum of everything we have done and everywhere we have been. Our next decision determines, not merely where our lives end, but who we become along the way. How far can one lost woman go to redeem herself by the time the clock stops ticking?These are the final moments of Florence W. Aldridge...

Racism never got off the bus . . . On a rainy night in Houston, in a ratty apartment as dark as his dreams, retired bus driver Frank Granger wakes in a cold sweat convinced a stranger with a gun lurks at the foot of his bed.And he's right.In this riveting tale of suspense and revenge, Carter offers a vivid look back at one of the darkest times in our nation's history.BONUS STORY: Road Gamble"Whipping around sharp bends, tires squealing on wet asphalt . . . "...

It’s no mystery why readers love the Puzzle Lady, Miss Cora Felton, the eccentric amateur detective who keeps everyone guessing as she keeps herself in the thick of trouble. Find out why critics agree that “Cora is emerging as a lovable and unique sleuth” (Chicago Sun-Times) in “a fun series for mystery fans and cruciverbalists” (USA Today).Wealthy widow Emma Hurley died with only her servants at her side — but after she passes away, her greedy heirs crawl out of ...

Family BlessingsChase Rollins has much to be grateful for. A new home, a new career running the Fluff & Stuff pet store and new friends. But he could have so much more. Lovely bookstore clerk Vivian Duncan just might be the perfect wife. But when Viv becomes a foster mother to four-month-old Theo, Chase knows he has a problem. A life with Vivian will mean a life with children-and that's one challenge he's not sure he'd ready to tackle. Can Viv and Theo convince him that a family is...

A wealthy businessman's one night stand has a few surprises in store for him, including a baby, in this gripping contemporary romance.Security entrepreneur Zachary Gatlin can't decide whether to kiss her senseless or give her the brush-off, but Sadie Adams insinuates herself into his business and he's hooked.Sadie's on a mission to dig up dirt on Zach and disqualify him from a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Success means she'll be able to pay for her little...