Marco Vitori is very good at his job. He is less good at 3 p.m.His daughter Maya has learned to wait — standing at the classroom window every afternoon, watching the car park, counting the minutes until he arrives. It isn't neglect. It's the mathematics of a man trying to do two people's work with one person's hours. Three years a widower, and his grief still shows up as a scheduling problem.Ivy Azzurra is a kindergarten teacher, and she notices things: the child who waits ...

High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel.The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross.A USA Today bestseller!An Indie Next pickA LibraryReads Hall of Fame pickA LitHub most anticipated book of 202...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[A] five-star read . . . If you love a family saga, sprinkled with historical fiction elements, and strong female protagonists, you need to read this book.”—theSkimmDiscover a little town in southern Italy that might be just like every town—with women and men, husband and wives, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, all trying to navigate the world while staying true to their hearts.What would ...

Escape to a beautiful Italian island for one life-changing summer. 'A gorgeous, romantic book with a compelling storyline... truly excellent' Louise Douglas'A gorgeous journey of love and self-discovery, secrets and sunshine.' Gillian HarveyIt’s time to return to the island…Alessia knows her grandmother grew up on the beautiful Italian island of Ischia, off the coast from Naples. But Orn...

**An Instant USA TODAY bestseller!A sun-soaked trip to the Amalfi Coast promises a fresh start—and reveals secrets never imagined in New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak’s tender new novel.**In the wake of her debut novel’s breakout success—and a very painful public divorce—Charlotte Williams-Jackson has something to prove. With her second novel overdue, she’s scrambling to hold it together. But her focus is rocked when she discovers that her chi...

He’s in it to win it.Until he falls under his neighbor’s spell...Bram Larkspur’s rugged, sexy looks belie his fear of all things horrifying. But as Casper Road’s newest resident, he’s excited to join the annual Halloween decorating contest. The competition is keen, especially from six-time champion, architect Zachary Glass. But when enigmatic Zachary sparks a prank war, it’s game on—until one sizzling kiss turns these rivals into allies. Now only one thing s...

Hell's Kitchen has nothing on the flames Giancarlo and Garrett ignite at Restaurant Ransom...Garrett Ransom is America's hot chef du jour. He has a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City, a hit reality TV show, and a new man in his bed every week. Yes, he secretly thinks his business partner, Giancarlo "Carlo" Rotolo, is hotter than a ghost pepper, but he would never jeopardize their friendship with a fling. Then Garrett overhears some juicy gossip a...

Sicilian Engagement Series, Book OneBillionaire Lorenzo Ferrante has tried marriage before and knows it for the trap it is. However, like it or not, he needs a fiancée now in order to close a deal that will set him free from his family’s sordid past. All the Sicilian wants is to start fresh somewhere and build a good life for himself and his two little girls. A wife would also be able to help him care for and guide his twin daughters. It’s as simple as that.Thanks to her lo...

A single stroke can change your world.Xander Fairchild can’t stand people in general and frat boys in particular, so when he’s forced to spend his summer working on his senior project with Skylar Stone, a silver-tongued Delta Sig with a trust fund who wants to make Xander over into a shiny new image, Xander is determined to resist. He came to idyllic, Japanese culture-soaked Benten College to hide and make manga, not to be transformed into a corporate clone in the eleventh...

Fans of Percy Jackson will devour this first book in Dianne K. Salerni's time-bending series that combines exciting magic and pulse-pounding suspense. In this riveting fantasy adventure, thirteen-year-old Jax Aubrey discovers a secret eighth day with roots tracing back to Arthurian legend.When Jax wakes up to a world without any people in it, he assumes it's the zombie apocalypse. But when he runs into his eighteen-year-old guardian, Riley Pendare, he learns that he's really in the...

** National Readers' Choice Award Finalist **Security chief Umberto Niro has dedicated his life to a single mission: defending the Barrali royal family from all threats, both internal and external. When he detects an intruder deep inside the palace, capture is swift and certain. Then he discovers the thief is his former co-worker—and ex-girlfriend—Sara Angeletti, and he suspects there’s more to the Christmas break-in than meets the eye.Umberto turned his ba...

Our Quiet Empire has risen.It’s time to remove all those who don’t belong.SiennaEnemies thought they could rein me in, but they lost.Now, I watch their empire crumble from within—a downfall we orchestrated.From the shadows, we rise, and only one name will rule over Italy.Friendships and loyalties will be tested, dark truths revealed, but we’re prepared to fight anyone who opposes us.I...