Life's most difficult experiences can leave you feeling uncertain, overwhelmed, and unsure of what comes next. Past failures may weaken your confidence, unexpected changes can disrupt your sense of direction, and self-doubt can keep you from building the life you want. But even the hardest lessons can become opportunities for meaningful change.Life's Toughest Lessons: Change and Growth is a practical and encouraging guide to developing resilience, overcoming adversity, and...

Tom Crowler has been captain of the San Francisco Sea Lions for a decade of failures. With no cups or trophies to show for his time in the NHL, Tom retreated into himself a long time ago, and that's exactly where he intends to stay until he retires. But when he catches the new team superstar, Jaxon Grant, in a compromising position, Tom finds it impossible to continue hiding his deepest secret behind a bland, pleasant mask.Jax is everything Tom isn't: loud, flashy, the winner of mu...

If there's one thing missing in Kilian Howard's life, it's dignity. Talent, good looks, and social skills wouldn't go amiss either, but more than anything, he longs to be taken seriously. With everyone on his team treating him like a child, including the second hockey coach in two years threatening to bench him for not being good enough, is it any wonder Kilian turns to a virtual stranger in the form of Damir Denisov to explore some very adult needs?Damir is more than willing to en...

One night destroyed everything I loved—my family, my peace, my future.Now baseball is the only thing keeping me together. It’s the one dream I refuse to lose, even if stepping onto the field means battling panic attacks, whispers from my past, and a teammate determined to see me fail.Then Kade Maxwell crashes into my world. Literally.One collision in the school parking lot. One heated moment in a janitor’s closet where his copper eyes lock on mine and the air crackl...

Enjoy this paranormal military romance by bestselling author S.B. AlexanderVampires are born, not made.The gene that creates them lurks in human DNA.As a foster kid being bounced from home to home, I didn’t give much thought to the fanged members of the population.Until my twin brother, Sam went missing.Dragged into the principal’s office at my latest loathsome school, I meet the darkly appealing Webb London.My world...

★★ A Readers' Favorite 2022 International Book Awards Gold Medal Winner ★★I hunt vampires for a living.Capture the target. Collect the money. Don’t get emotionally involved.Simple rules… until I meet Sam Mason.The powerful Vampire Navy SEAL is lethal, arrogant, and dangerously irresistible.One look into his hypnotic green eyes, and I know he’s the kind of enemy who doesn’t just kill—he consumes.Mind. Body. Soul.Every ...

I thought the trail had gone cold. My baby sister vanished without a trace, and I’ve been chasing shadows ever since. But a call from the morgue drags me into a case I can’t walk away from… and into the path of a woman I’ve never been able to forget.Maggie Marx.She was my rival in the streets and my weakness in secret. The wrong girl from the wrong side. Off limits. Untouchable. And exactly what I wanted.She’s still got the grit, the bite, and the curves that make a...

With fourteen years as the San Francisco Sea Lions' top defenseman under his belt, Phil Easton is tired. After his coaches push him into playing on a bad knee and he ends up on long-term injured reserve, the chances of having his contract renewed dwindle before his eyes. He's ready to hang up his skates when head coach Ben Morris shows up on his doorstep to help him recover. As what starts as a short-term boarding situation turns into friendship and maybe more, Phil can't help noticing a f...

Daniel Rosenbaum leads a predictable life. He's a professor at Lobell, a small liberal arts college in the Hudson Valley, where he spends his days teaching classes and doing research alongside his friends and fellow professors, Colette and Mario. The biggest change Daniel's routine has seen in years is when car trouble leads him across the Hudson and into an unexpected romantic encounter with local mechanic Tony.When tragedy strikes in the form of Mario's murder, Daniel's orderly l...

Secretly dating Coach Parker’s daughter was never part of the plan. Neither was becoming her dealer…ADAMReturning to my drug-dealing past wasn’t on the agenda when I accepted the full ride to play ball at Cypress U. But Mom lost her job. And my sister’s medical bills are mounting. So, I’ve no choice but to change the playbook.When Emily walks into my life, like a fallen goddess with the ultimate power to destroy me, I know I...

Since the moment they met, San Francisco Sea Lions defenseman Luca Mazetti has harbored a debilitating crush on his on-ice partner and roommate, Breezy. Loud and friendly, Breezy mistakenly believes he's Italian even though he's from Montreal. In short, he's everything Luca never thought he'd want. When Breezy asks for help navigating love and sex, Luca is powerless to resist, despite knowing he's only going to end up getting hurt.Chris Calabrese, "Breezy" to his teammates, knows h...

"Every now and then there comes a story that will rip your heart out and piece it back together. This is that story." J.A. Owenby, International Bestselling AuthorOne boy looking for salvation. One girl yearning for hope.Colton Caldwell is hotter than I remember—broad chest, muscles in all the right places, wavy brown hair, and eyes that suck me in.All private-school perfection.Pity he can’t drive worth a d...