The vertebral spine is a key element of the human anatomy. Its main role is to protect the spinal cord and the main blood vessels. The axial skeleton, with its muscles and joints, provides stability for the attachment of the head, tail and limbs and, at the same time, enables the mobility required for breathing and for locomotion. Despite its great importance, the vertebral spine is often over looked by researchers because: a) vertebrae are fragile in nature, which makes their fossilizatio...

Private security has never been so risky—or so tempting.Ex-military security specialist Conlan James avoids commitment like the plague. His job, his Harley, and an occasional one-night stand are all he needs—or so he tells himself. But after he rescues Jess from a tense situation, he can’t get the shy, sexy brunette out of his mind. He can teach her self-defense, but can he shield his own scarred heart?Southern belle Jess Kingston spent eight weeks healing ...

I'm a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Tonight that changes. I thought my first time had to be magical. The perfect date. The perfect place. The perfect guy. I thought I wanted to be in love. But now, I'm desperate. I'll take any guy as long as he's decent looking and treats me well, at least for the night. Turns out Mr. Perfect isn't so hard to find. He's hot, dreamy, and filthy rich. And he wants me. Sex with him is going to be better than I ever imagined. He's going to ruin me for all other ...

She saved me.Pulled me from the depths of the ocean.Siren—her name fits. Her beauty striking; her voice heavenly.But unlike the mythical version, Siren didn’t lure me to my death.She saved me.And now, seeing her about to be sold to the highest bidder, it’s my turn to save her.——I was raised to always tell the truth, no matter what.And it’s served me well.Until today.Today, I wish I could lie.Because my ...

I'm the villain in most romances.I'm a thief that steals happily ever afters.Except unlike most romances, love doesn't conquer me, I conquer it.I've stolen countless women from unsuspecting men.Gotten my one night with them.And then watched the heartbreak that occurs in my wake.Love doesn't survive once I enter the picture, if it ever existed at all.Although, stealing Sloane might be my greatest challenge of all.Ashe...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romance series!I was taken.Kidnapped by a boy I thought I could love.Then he sold me as if I were property.For three years I endured.Beatings.Torture.Pain.I never broke.I was strong, determined, resilient.But then one day it happened…I broke.Setting me free.I should have run away, found a new life, and started over.

Secrets don’t belong in the office—or the bedroom.Alex Brannigan walked up to Cailin on the dance floor like he owned the place. Owned her. And for a few perfect hours, he controlled her like he did everything else in his life—completely. Giving her pleasure. Saturating her with his need.Then she woke to an empty bed. Alex was a one-night stand she didn’t think she could forget, but still, just a one-night stand. No big deal, right?She was ...

Welcome to Black Wolf’s Bluff, where turning forty doesn’t mean your life is over. It might just mean the spark that can light up everything is right around the corner.She’s turning forty.Lily Easton’s series of lackluster boyfriends ended three years ago with the ex from hell—self-absorbed, thoughtless, and seriously bad in bed. After she dumped him, he told everyone in their small town she was the horrible lover. Being made the dating-po...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles...He’s an arrogant complication.I don’t care if Landon Davis has sold millions of records. I don’t care that his damn crooked grin makes my panties wet.I can’t want him.I should be mourning, but I can’t. I just need him gone. Then I can align the chaos floating in my head.——She has a f*cking boyfriend.I’ve seen the picture of them together. But Alex Blakely still ...

**REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK!A summer in Greece for three best friends ends in the unthinkable when only two return home. . . .**Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures.While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized on her newfound infamy ...

In Glacier National Park, a cunning killer uses icicles to impale victims, leaving them to freeze to death in the cold air. National Parks Officer Peyton Risk, an expert at solving homicides within the National parks, is summoned to hunt the killer down. With Peyton’s deep knowledge of the wilderness, she can track a killer as no one can. Yet this killer may just be one step ahead of her….WHAT’S LEFT (A Peyton Risk Suspense Thriller—Book 2) is Book #2 in a new series by mystery and...

“Amazing. The action simply didn’t stop.”—Reader review for What’s His⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Home aide Emily Just's latest job brings her to a lakeside haven, catering to a couple swathed in bandages and vanity.But beneath the glamorous surface of this image-obsessed couple's life, Emily discovers a treacherous web of infidelity that could turn lethal.Struggling with her own resentment towards wealth, she must navigate her own lens of envy that could dangerously skew ...