Luka avait des sentiments pour Leandro, son patron, et il ne semblait pas que Leandro était indifférent à cela. Mais tout a changé lorsque Luka a refusé de faire quelque chose qui allait à l'encontre de ses principes, amenant Luka à tracer une ligne avec son patron : plus de flirt, ils étaient juste patron et employé. Leandro a rapidement trouvé un nouvel amant, donc tout semblait fonctionner, du moins pour un temps. Cependant, son patron est toujours à ses trousses !Que peut-il fa...

Elio Mancini n'était qu'un jeune homme qui rêvait de devenir vétérinaire, mais en raison des difficultés rencontrées par sa famille, il a dû abandonner ses études et travailler. Malgré cela, il menait une vie paisible avec sa famille jusqu'à ce qu'une rencontre fortuite avec Vicenzo Di Marco change le cours de son destin.En raison des dettes laissées par son père à sa mort, Elio est contraint d'accepter la proposition de mariage de Vicenzo, le boss de mafia le plus redouté d'Italie...

Elio Mancini war ein junger Mann, der davon träumte, Tierarzt zu werden, doch aufgrund der Schwierigkeiten, mit denen seine Familie konfrontiert war, musste er seine Studien aufgeben und arbeiten. Trotzdem führte er ein friedliches Leben mit seiner Familie, bis ein zufälliges Treffen mit Vicenzo Di Marco den Lauf seines Schicksals änderte.Aufgrund der Schulden, die sein Vater nach seinem Tod hinterließ, ist Elio gezwungen, den Heiratsantrag von Vicenzo, dem gefürchtetsten Mafia-Boss...

Adrien Gautier hat Carlo Mancini, einen erfolgreichen Journalisten, unerbittlich umworben, in der Hoffnung, dass dieser eines Tages seine Gefühle erwidern könnte. Ihm waren Carlos Verachtung und kalte Worte gleichgültig, ebenso wie der Verlust seiner eigenen Würde; er fesselte ihn sogar mit einem Vertrag – er wollte ihn um jeden Preis. Doch als sie sich voneinander entfernen und kompromittierende Fotos von Carlo mit einer Frau in Adrians Hände gelangen, beginnt Adrien, die Natur ihrer Bezi...

Luka harbored feelings for Leandro, his boss, and it didn't seem that Leandro was indifferent to this. But everything changed when Luka refused to do something that went against his principles, leading Luka to draw a line with his boss—no more flirting; they were just boss and employee. Leandro quickly found a new lover, so everything seemed to work, at least for a while. However, his boss is always after him!What can he do to avoid falling into the mafioso's clutches?

Adrien Gautier persistently pursued Carlo Mancini, a successful journalist, in the hope that one day he might return his feelings. He didn't care about Carlo's disdain or cold words, nor did he mind losing his dignity; he even bound him with a contract—he wanted him at any cost. But when they grow distant and compromising photos of Carlo with a woman fall into Adrien's hands, Adrien begins to reconsider the nature of his relationship with Carlo, ultimately deciding to set him free. But why...

Recommender systems are ubiquitous in modern life and are one of the main monetization channels for Internet technology giants. This book helps graduate students, researchers and practitioners to get to grips with this cutting-edge field and build the thorough understanding and practical skills needed to progress in the area. It not only introduces the applications of deep learning and generative AI for recommendation models, but also focuses on the industry architecture of the recommender...

This book is dedicated to the introduction and research on safety and security intelligence science. It is the first time to put forward the idea of intelligence-led safety management, which demonstrates distinct interdisciplinary characteristics. It caters to the needs of safety and safety intelligence in the era of big security and big intelligence, and enhances the academic value of safety intelligence research. Whether you are engaged in practical work or scientific research on safety ...

This book systematically illustrates the dynamic mechanical behaviors and discusses the fundamentals of the constitutive modeling of roller-compacted concrete (RCC), influenced by the construction technique and mix design. Four typical problems are analyzed using laboratory tests, numerical simulation and theoretical analysis, i.e., to illustrate the special dynamic mechanical behaviors of RCC, to reveal the dynamic size-dependence of mechanical properties, to discuss the aggregate size ef...

This book examines whether the integration of edge intelligence (EI) and blockchain (BC) can open up new horizons for providing ubiquitous intelligent services. Accordingly, the authors conduct a summarization of the recent research efforts on the existing works for EI and BC, further painting a comprehensive picture of the limitation of EI and why BC could benefit EI. To examine how to integrate EI and BC, the authors discuss the BC-driven EI and tailoring BC to EI, including an overview,...

The competition is over, but their trials have only begun…Quinn and her friends may have survived the deadly Ethodine and stopped the Sylph queen’s tyrannical schemes—but that victory was just the start. Now they must hold together a fragile alliance of rival clans who barely trust one another—let alone their new fire-wielding queen.With goblin attacks on the rise and the moonrain drought tightening its grip on the land, tensions heighten. And as...

Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to anti-immigration policies in the United StatesGod’s Resistance chronicles the work of faith-based activists who have mobilized to counter the effectsof mass detention and deportation. Focusing on Southern California, home to a large undocumentedpopulation, the authors examine which strategies have been most effective, as well as the obstacles that faith presents to organizing effectively. In-depth interviews with over...