In the vibrant heart of Miami, a city where wealth and beauty collide, Shane Williams – a billionaire CEO with a playboy reputation – encounters a woman who makes his heart beat in ways money can't buy. Lara, strong-willed and fiercely independent, has been battling the demons of her past, paying off a debt she didn't ask for with a resolve as unyielding as the ocean waves.When their paths cross at a lavish wedding, Shane sees Lara, not as the collateral she's been made to feel lik...

A schoolteacher escapes an abusive marriage and finds love on a blind date. Mary Jane’s new man, sure that riding a Harley will restore her confidence, ends up following the white lines with her through fifteen years of marriage. Traveling together, they learn to be partners, both on and off the road, until Dwayne is diagnosed with cancer. After losing her husband, Mary Jane once again must learn to live on her own—but she’ll never be the same again.

Absolutism in Renaissance Milan shows how authority above the law, once the preserve of pope and emperor, was claimed by the ruling Milanese dynasties, the Visconti and the Sforza, and why this privilege was finally abandoned by Francesco II Sforza (d. 1535), the last duke. As new rulers, the Visconti and the Sforza had had to impose their regime by rewarding supporters at the expense of opponents. That process required absolute power, also known as 'plenitude of power', meaning t...

How does Southern food look from the outside? The form is caught in constantly dueling stereotypes: It’s so often imagined as either the touchingly down-home feast or the heartstopping health scourge of a nation. But as any Southern transplant will tell you once they’ve spent time in the region, Southerners share their lives in food, with a complex mix of stories of belonging and not belonging and of traditions that form identities of many kinds.Cornbread Nation 7, edited ...

A Cozy Paranormal Romance MysteryWelcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.As a centaur, Deputy Jake Majoy (Deputy March) is immortal, and has seen and done a lot in his five hundred years. Enough to know that Everlasting feels like home. It’s been perfect for him to fade away and blend in; you see, the town is anything but normal—and the locals protect their own. So when a newcomer ends up in their midst, at the same tim...

When Phoenix Quinn finds his ex-girlfriend hiding in his boathouse, he’s confused. After all, she’d said she was done with him and, difficult as it had been for him, he’d respected her wishes. Now that she’s back, can he convince her to stick around long enough to find out what sent her running in the first place?When strange men show at Kaylee Kirkpatrick’s job asking questions about her, she knows it’s time to disappear again. She wonders how much longer she can outrun her family...

Lucan St. Claire refuses to take the cursed title of fifteenth Duke of Stourbridge-he wants nothing to do with his heritage, including a magnificent stately home in the English countryside. So when he's forced to return to his family's seat, he takes beautiful new personal assistant Lexie Hamilton with him for some much-needed distraction….Only Lucan has no idea that his temporary assistant isn't quite who she seems…And by the time he finds out it will be too late!

In The Shocking Conclusion To 'Stripped' …In the final chapter of Adriana Hunter's gripping series, Guilty Pleasures…Abby never expected to find herself in such a difficult situation. In love with two men, she is forced to make a decision: stay with the rugged cowboy Chase Thomas and hope that he can commit, or leave him behind for Jake Myers, the savvy businessman with dark secrets, who promises to love her forever.Abby knows that no matter who she chooses her life...

Kelly’s been framed for diamond theft. Nothing is more important than clearing her name and keeping her job. There’s only one problem—the deadly snowstorm tearing through Kentucky.Detective Jake Bowie comes home exhausted and prepared to sleep his vacation away. His dog, Jasper, has more important things in mind… like rescuing a half-frozen damsel in distress.No stranger to puzzles, Jake senses there’s far more to Kelly’s story than she admits.Can he see through the...

From making his bed…To sharing it!Charismatic Jake Sanderson has always flustered shy housekeeper Abby Jenkins. She deliberately avoids his intoxicating presence while cleaning his Sydney mansion. Until, after an emotional encounter, she glimpses another side to her enigmatic boss…Being suddenly swept into Jake's world—and his arms!—is an eye-opening experience for widow Abby. Exhilarated by their thrilling chemistry, she's finally emerging fr...

Maid of honor at her cousins’ double wedding is as close as Blythe Broussard plans to get to tying the knot again. But Wes Phillips refuses to take “I won’t” for an answer. The widowed Maryland congressman is passionately campaigning for a date with the once-burned D.C. designer. And Wes’s eleven-year-old son just joined the race.Getting reelected isn’t as important as winning Blythe’s trust and convincing the guarded beauty to take a shot at love…even if her scandalous past threat...

Rediscover this thrilling holiday Western romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Susan Mallery. Previously published as Married in WhitehornWhen widow Angela Sheppard arrived at Whitehorn, she was looking for a new beginning and a teaching position at the local elementary school. Instead, she was found by Deputy Sheriff Shane McBride, injured and unable to remember the attackers that put her in the hospital her very first week in town....