So we're finally free to leave the house after an unprecedented lockdown, but it seems we've forgotten how to converse entirel.After months of isolation, I was waiting in anticipation, dreaming of hot summer days with friends in the sun, music charging the atmosphere, and endless banter, this was not scene I was met with.It made me stop and wonder- how have we all changed since coming out of lockdown? and how are going to adapt our mindsets?In this short self-help bo...

This story follows Ivy Lee, a warm, compassionate, joyous woman from her childhood in rural North Carolina. The circumstances of her life were not ideal. When a life altering "condition" consumed her, she reached a crossroad. Family secrets and hushed decisions kept the one thing she loved out of reach. She held hope at the cliff of the psychological madness, which consumed her life as she longed for peace, clarity, and joy.

The Ivy is the quintessential London restaurant, where people go to see and be seen, encapsulating everything that’s glamorous and romantic about dining in the capital.The original Ivy was established in 1917 on the very site where it still stands, in the heart of London's Theatreland. The epitome of glamour, there can be few film stars, musicians, royals, writers, artists and raconteurs who have not passed through its hallowed front doors. There are now also nine ...

The Ivy is the quintessential London restaurant, where people go to see and be seen, encapsulating everything that’s glamorous and romantic about dining in the capital.The original Ivy was established in 1917 on the very site where it still stands, in the heart of London's Theatreland. The epitome of glamour, there can be few film stars, musicians, royals, writers, artists and raconteurs who have not passed through its hallowed front doors. There are now also nine ...

I'm not a good man. It turns out I'm an even worse professor.I have sinful thoughts about one of my students. Every night. I picture her in my bed. In my shower. Underneath me. Right up against the chalkboard. I'm especially fond of that one.In my defense, I know her thoughts are as sinful as mine. She's begging me with her beautiful blue eyes. Sh''s daring me to cross the line.No, I'm not a good man. And I'm done pretending to be. I know exactly wh...

I didn't think pulling off for a quick bite to eat in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere would change everything. I was wrong.Now, I'm running through the forest wearing nothing but a red cloak, being hunted by wolves.I don't know what in the fucked up Red Riding Hood role-play is going on here, but I'm desperate, terrified, and not ready to die. When they attack, I know this is it.Except… it isn't.Because the den of wolves that bite me so...

There's a fine line between love and obsession—and I've crossed it.I told myself that if I had one taste, I'd be able to move on. But I'm more addicted to her than ever.I tried to be a good man. I tried to stay away. I really did.But I kept watching her through the cameras I installed, replaying the footage in my head late at night.I'm sick in the head. I know I'm a monster.But sometimes the villain wins the girl. Right?

**The perfect holiday gift for the crime fiction lover in your life!Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of eleven delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the Festival of Lights.**In Stefanie Leder’s “Not a Dinner Party Person”—finalist for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Short Story—an unstable pharmaceutical rep tries not to kill anyone at her family dinner on the last night of Ha...

I'm an addict.It's hard for me to know the difference between addiction and love.But when I'm with Penny, I don't need any other vices. I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years. I feel… whole.I know I've messed up so much in my life. But it's time to move forward. It's time to make amends. Because no one deserves to be punished forever.Even a monster like me deserves to be loved.

I shouldn't want my father's best friend, but I do, and to make matters worse, he's now my boss. My incredibly attractive and extremely off-limits, much older boss. And the man I've secretly lusted after since I was a teenager.I see the way he looks at me when he thinks no one is looking, i see the war raging in his head. He wants me.Even though I am his best-friends daughter, and that's why he keeps me at arm's length, but I see those walls crumbling, and it makes me... ho...

Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification. For many insect pests, there is now almost unlimited ability to modify phenotypes to benefit human health and agriculture. Precise DNA modifications and gene drive have the power to make wild-type populations less harmful in ways that could never have been performed with previous tr...

Can a past love become their future?The Thorntons' mansion is full of timeless secrets waiting to be unraveled. When small-town journalist Ivy and ghost hunter Max are stuck in the forgotten, dilapidated house, they find more than just a haunting. Ivy finds herself dreaming of the former owners, Marcus Thornton and his lovely wife, Elizabeth. Their profound love was once the talk of the town, and the cause their mysterious, untimely deaths never found. When Ivy's dreams begin to be...