Michel Wilkes was raped at her first and only high school party and since she's never looked at another man the same. Now ten years later, she owns a very successful spa and is dating a very beautiful woman. She's enjoying her life and the people in it. It isn't until she meets another woman when things start goiing awry. Then she meets a man, but he isn't just any man. He's sweet, sexy, fun, and a good "friend". Now she has a woman and a man whom she can't get enough of. She has to pick, ...

Combining the latest research evidence with the authors’ practical expertise, Helping Children with ADHD offers a complete intervention programme for flexibly delivering behavioural and cognitive interventions to children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated conditions.Redefines and develops best practice in the application of cognitive and behavioural techniques to help children aged 6-12 with ADHD and associated comorbid conditions, including learning difficulties

Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about Old Joe planting his garden! This book offers a built-in phonics review for early readers. Today, students need help learning how to read more than ever before. This full-color book engages and excites young readers while they gain practice with several high-frequency words: down, follow, now, old. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 19...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY licence.Young people transitioning out of care towards independence, work and adulthood are on the edge of these phases of life. Considering previously neglected groups of care leavers such as unaccompanied migrants, street youth, those leaving residential care, young parents and those with a disability, this book presents cutting-edge research from emerging global scholars.The collection addresses the precarity experienced by...

From Nikki Shannon Smith, author of Stranded, comes a story of the Titanic, family, survival, and the secrets we hide from those we love.Colette only wants three things: to prove she isn't weak, to get a job, and to uncover the mystery surrounding her father. All her life she's heard that he died in a factory accident, but she's haunted by dreams of bitter cold and a sea of stars -- and part of her knows it's somehow connected to him. Colette is not to wor...

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set.From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to ...

Enter Kimberly. Kimberly is married to a man who always has to know her every move, exactly who she's with, and how long she's going to be with them. His controlling behavior is heightened when Kimberly discovers that he is using drugs. Then he begins to hit her even after he's promised so long ago that he'd never put his hands on her again. She wants to leave, but how can she leave the man she loves when he needs her most? Especially when he told her if she ever tried to leave him, he'll ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST • In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell.A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARCelia discovered her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother, Argent, left ho...

In this new standalone novel, Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo introduces a beguiling fantasy city in the tradition of Calvino, Mieville, and Le Guin.A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Fall 2024 SF&F pickA demon. An angel. A city.The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, married, and maddened the city and its people for generations, and built it into a...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A New York Times Editors’ Choice • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy and “master storyteller” (New York Times) returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millenniumLos Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • Locus Award FinalistNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, VANITY FAIR, TI...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this cozy fantasy debut, hailed as “perfection…a beautiful treasure of a book that will warm your heart and heal your soul.”—Sarah Beth Durst, Author of The Spellshop“The warmest, loveliest book I’ve read in ages.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular WitchesTao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling betwee...

In Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, Ilya, son of a Russian prince, is largely ignored by his father and tormented by his larger, older brothers. His only friends are three old people: a priest, a magician, and a woman who toils in the palace dairy. From them Ilya learns faith, a smattering of magic, and the power of love—all of which he will need desperately, for his life is about to be turned upside-down.The prince's magnificent cherry orchard is visited at midnight by the leg...