She boarded with her dreams neatly folded in her carry-on. She landed with her heart in beautiful chaos, forever altered by a chance encounter.Ally Brenner, a driven project manager from Vancouver, boards a flight to Amsterdam, focused solely on landing a career-changing contract. Little does she know that her carefully planned world is about to be turned upside down by Candice Blackwater, a charismatic and successful investor.Candice, intrigued by Ally's i...

What would you do if you were worth $350 million dollars? Would it change who you are—or would you use it to change the world? In the late nineties, John Lefebvre was approaching middle age and living out an unpromising legal career in Calgary. Then he jumped on board a dot-com start-up as a founder of Neteller, an online payment company. As Neteller’s fortunes rose along with those of the online gambling industry, the pay-off for Lefebvre and his partners would be astronomical. But it did...

There are wolves in the woods, circling their home and waiting for Stefan to make just one wrong move so they can snatch his young charge away. Stefan does his best to keep her safe, but he's just one wolf and it is impossible for him to fight off an entire pack.Anna is small and weak and painfully human. He loves her, even when he shouldn't. Some days, it is easy to forget just how wrong their love is, but he can't help himself. They're not related by blood, after all, and she is ...

From the moment they meet, Matt Boyd knows Rachel Wainwright is The One. Doesn't matter that he's from the wrong side of town or that her family has bigger plans for her. They belong together-and they defy the odds to be with each other. Contrary to what everyone says, they will make it.But when an unexpected tragedy drives a wedge between them, everything they share seems in jeopardy. Matt knows Rachel deserves the truth about what happened. Yet that truth could turn her away from...

To save his race, he must keep the chosen virgin pure.But she has other plans…A shapeshifting unicorn desperate to save his race...The last guardian of his kind, Markos Ambrostead must keep the chosen Virgin hidden and untainted. But when an attacker breaches his protective magic, he’s forced to reveal himself to defend her life.A tenacious woman who refuses to be ignored...Celia Hawkins wishes the world would get a ...

"Lynne Golding knows how to tell a story. With yarns she gathered at her great aunt’s knee, she has woven a compelling story that harkens back to a time of pre-war innocence in a town I’ve always been proud to call my own." — Former Premier the Honorable William G. Davis In the year 1907, all of Brampton is present at the sod-turning ceremony for the Carnegie Library. At the end of the event, the crowd rises as one to walk to the Presbyterian Church for a consecration service... Everyone e...

Cult classic, revised and updated. Alchemist D. Gold reveals the inner world of marijuana and hashish, uncovering secrets and modern techniques to enhance potency. First published in 1974, the original edition of Cannabis Alchemy sold over 100,000 copies, making this one of the all-time best sellers of the counterculture.

A Toronto Star and Globe and Mail Bestseller!On an August afternoon in 1914, the Stephens family acknowledged what most Canadians knew: Canada was at war. They acknowledged it without knowing the innocence they would lose; the beleaguered state they would assume. Welcome to the world of Jessie Stephens, an inquisitive girl about to become a modern woman; her brother who vied for the Mann Cup in Vancouver and military victory in Greece; her sister ...

SOON TO BE A MOTION PICTUREFilm rights sold to Notting Hill director Roger Michell and producer Kevin LoaderA new mother becomes convinced that her children are not her own…Lauren, a new mother, is exhausted by the demands of her twin boys. Since coming home from the hospital, she rarely leaves the house. But it isn't only new motherhood keeping her there. Lauren knows someone is watching them and someone wants her babies. It start...

THE DEALSheikh Ashraf ibn-Saalem's gorgeous face was unforgettable. But long-lost Barone cousin Karen Rawlins told herself she'd best not forget the terms of their marriage deal. They both wanted a child to love…she without gaining a controlling man, he without losing his heart. It was simple: Make a baby and stay together…platonically…just long enough to give their child a name.But nothing was simple after an Arabian night with this sexy sheikh. Even thoug...

A bundle of books #1 (KNOCKOUT) and #2 (SUCKER PUNCH) in Mia Gold’s Holly Hands cozy mystery series. This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading.In KNOCKOUT (Book #1), repossessing Lamborghinis and other exotic toys from criminals is second-hat for Holly. But finding a dead body—and solving a murder—is not. Luckily, Holly has Lucky by her side—a neglected pit bull she found on the wrong side of a job, who refuses to leave her side...

Software as a service (SaaS) is on the path to becoming the de facto model for building, delivering, and operating software solutions. Adopting a multi-tenant SaaS model requires builders to take on a broad range of new architecture, implementation, and operational challenges. How data is partitioned, how resources are isolated, how tenants are authenticated, how microservices are built—these are just a few of the many areas that need to be on your radar when you're designing and creating ...