Francine had her daughter’s life planned out for her since birth. She made sure that she hung out with the right people, wore the right clothes, and was destined to marry a lawyer who worked at her husband’s law firm. Beth was expected to throw tea parties, entertain the gentry and have children.Well, Beth at least got the last bit right. Instead of living up to her mother’s expectations, she became a single teen mum, moved from England to Australia, and became an apprentice chef.

Sisterly love is strong, but even stronger if you are a twin, right? Hallie and Heather may be twins but are as alike as chalk and cheese. Yet at heart, they are both loving, adventurous and committed to each other. Their mother dying while they are young from muscular dystrophy, they are sent to live with an aunt who’d rather be alone with her cat than looking after two spirited girls. And in the end, she has her way, and they have to move to Sydney, Australia, leaving their life in New Z...

What’s worse than being snowed in with your ex? Literally nothing.Initially, the only thing Marshall and Marshall had in common was a name. Marshall (aka Data) lived his life around spreadsheets, while Marshall (aka Marsh) was an F5 tornado of chaos. Yet for eight years, they were madly in love. Until Marsh abruptly ended things with a half-baked excuse.Six months later, Data gets a text from Marsh out of the blue: They need to clean out their cabin in Main...

Nothing says "welcome to your dream university" like dead bodies and a warning to stay in my lane.It’s almost impossible to get into Winter Grove University, so when I’m accepted on scholarship, I know my life will change for the better. Or will it?When an alpha starts harassing me to join his pack, I’m left with no choice but to tell him I belong to another. The thing is, I name-drop the richest, most notorious pack on campus.Dorian, Foster, and August aren’t happy...

For Bryce Derrickson, rejection is nothing new. He’s used to Broadway casting directors seeing his size and assuming he can’t be a graceful dancer. But getting dumped with no notice is a special kind of burn. At least his sweet dog Bobo still loves him.As if being left without warning isn’t bad enough, Bryce’s ex sublets their apartment without telling him, leaving him without a place to live. When his new ‘roommate’ turns out to be a stuffy, elbow-patches-on-blazer, permanent-frow...

In a lonely fortress with no way in or out lives the beaten hero of the Western Mountains, imprisoned by his enemies. Up the mountain one spring comes a young assassin to be his bride. But nothing goes according to plan.Lill is clear about his mission and well prepared by his training. He knows Vanu Urártu is a monster who deserves death, and he has the skills, honed by his brutal upbringing, to deliver that death. The part where he has to become a pleasing spouse before killing hi...

They say they saved my life, even though I never saw them do it.Cyril, Isaac, Ashe, Ezra, and Arlo call themselves the Lost Boys, and they’re just one branch of a ‘family’ that rules everything in the city I grew up in. They’re the bad guys, in every sense of the word, and they don’t care who knows it.Worse? They want to show me all of their sharp, bloody edgesAfter a vacation gone wrong, the Lost Boys tell me that they’re the only reason I made it out alive. That e...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A child ascends a broken throne. Temples stand silent, the gods' names scarred from stone, and Egypt's borders feel the press of rivals. In Tutankhamun: The Living Image, the boy who began as Tutankhaten and became Tutankhamun carries a nation's need to believe again.Drawing on inscriptions, art, and modern medical analysis, this book follows the young pharaoh from the aftershocks of Amarna to the careful choreography o...

A child ascends a broken throne. Temples stand silent, the gods' names scarred from stone, and Egypt's borders feel the press of rivals. In Tutankhamun: The Living Image, the boy who began as Tutankhaten and became Tutankhamun carries a nation's need to believe again.Drawing on inscriptions, art, and modern medical analysis, this book follows the young pharaoh from the aftershocks of Amarna to the careful choreography of restoration. We meet Ay and Horemheb—the elder state...

Real heroes show up when a woman needs a little help…Do you crave stories about savvy, capable women who suddenly find themselves in challenging circumstances—vulnerable to the elements or their situation? Love it when a hero comes along who makes them feel a vulnerable in different ways…sexy ways…?Here’s just a glimpse of the stories you’ll find in STRANDED…Inside these tales you won’t find damsels in distress who aren’t determined to save...

A transformative science fiction and horror novella about acceptance, reflection, and revenge.Jeff Pritchet isn't much different from other teenage boys, with one exception. His monstrous, spider-like appearance and loner persona make him a target for bullying, when all he wants is a friend who sees beyond the surface.Enter transfer student, Aarav Jain. Thoughtful, accepting, and insightful, he sparks an untapped hope in Jeff, transforming his life. But as ...

Kansas Boy: The Memoir of A. J. Bolinger offers the twenty-first-century reader delightful and revealing insights on life during an era of dramatic change in American history. Bolinger describes those years as “bursting with energy, wild with ambition.” The Kansas of his childhood and young adulthood was a place where life was lived at a rapid pace: investors pursued fortunes as town developers, settlers sought to establish prosperous farms and ranches, and reformers tried to crea...