Jamie is late for her Valentine's Day date when the elevator she's in breaks down and she gets stuck with a handsome but rather snarky stranger. Not the perfect way to spend the most romantic day of the year, especially not if you are claustrophobic! It's a good thing that she has a boyfriend, though, because she finds the fierce attraction hard to resist.A year later Terry is on a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt that his fiancée has set up when the blizzard of the decade hits the c...

Josh doesn't tell Caitlin the truth about his college application, because he doesn't know how she'll take it. But she finds out and she takes it badly. So bad, in fact, that she disappears from his life completely and without warning.When their paths cross again, ten years later, in a different city and under very different circumstances, Josh is thrilled to finally get a chance to explain to her why he did what he did. But Caitlin doesn't want to listen. In fact, she doesn't want...

Sometimes the last thing you want is exactly what you need.Until We Lay is the story of Lainey and Palle, an American supermodel and a Danish sociology student, whose paths cross when Lainey is hired to do a show during Copenhagen Fashion Week.Venice of the North doesn't quite live up to its romantic reputation in cold and gray February, and when Lainey's extravagant but shallow life suddenly starts to crumble around her, she finds herself stuck in a purgat...

A Hot and Haunted Halloween Romance!All I ever wanted was to be a mother, but my husband had other plans and there I was, all alone with my crushed dreams and a broken heart in a dilapidated old house that had been empty for decades. The house was a bargain, because no one wants to live in a house where someone was murdered. Can you blame them? The elderly neighbors say that the house is haunted. Their son is the only bright side to living here. He's gorgeous, and a...

A stand-alone contemporary romance with an HEA.US award-winning journalist Susan Armstrong always gets her story. But her biological alarm clock went off a couple of years ago and now she has embarked on the next leg of her life's journey; she's going to have a baby. Seven months pregnant, she receives some very disturbing news and flies halfway around the world to find a former interview victim that might be the only person in the world that can help her. If he is...

To make sense of data and use it effectively, it is essential to know where it comes from and how it has been processed and used. This is the domain of paradata, an emerging interdisciplinary field with wide applications. As digital data rapidly accumulates in repositories worldwide, this comprehensive introductory book, the first of its kind, shows how to make that data accessible and reusable. In addition to covering basic concepts of paradata, the book supports practice with coverage of...

Carol hates Christmas! As far as she is concerned, it is just another Thursday, just another day at work. But during her workday, between 4 PM and midnight on Christmas Day, she is haunted by the kindness of strangers and painful memories as she ponders the true meaning of Christmas - past, present and future.Who is that man with the big white beard and the jolly laugh? And why does he care if Carol has a nice Christmas or not?

This open access book examines a rapidly 'datafied' society, reminding us that it is crucial to know what data is about and where it originates. This insight has led to an embryonic stage of new theorizing, empirical research, and the formation of new technologies, standards, practices, and concepts to ensure the availability of adequate 'paradata' – data on the making and processing of data. This edited volume aims to provide a cross-disciplinary overview of perspectives on the concept an...

The biggest problem when you're part of the billionaire Steele family? Finding true love.The Steele family has ruled the Texas cotton industry for generations, turning a small family business into a billion-dollar fortune. But love isn't easy to come by for this successful family. Apparently, all of that money buys heartache instead of happiness!The Steele Family Wealthy Romance Box Set contains three sexy romance novels -- Forbidden Hearts, Love Hunt

**TOP 10 New York Times bestseller**Ever meet a hot billionaire while your hand's in a toilet in the men’s room of one of his stores?No? So it really is just me. Hm.When you’re a mystery shopper, you get paid to humiliate yourself, all in the name of improving customer service. Romance isn’t in my job description.But the day I met Declan McCormick it was love at first flush.Until I nearly castrated him with ...

From award-winning author Mia Marlowe, three full-length historical romances with sexy alpha heroes and the independent women who figure out “how to” bring them to heel. How to Distract a Duchess, How to Please a Pirate and How to Vex a Viscount in one glorious romp of a book set!  Book 1—How to Distract a Duchess The widowed Duchess of Southwycke doesn’t give two figs for the ton’s opinions on proprie...

Wild Billionaires After Dark are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series.Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires!Meet the Wilds... Four sinfully sexy, uber-alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies.Stella "Stormy" Knight is an expert at hiding--her feelings, her past, and her identity. Sometimes all that hiding takes its toll, and...