Captain Ilse Varga wakes choking on stasis gel to a frozen, empty vault and a broken simulation she has relived thousands of times. Sealed deep underground alongside thousands of sleeping soldiers, she is part of the Deep Reserve, a long-forgotten army waiting for a surface call that was never supposed to come. When a signal finally pulses through the ancient hardline, it brings not salvation, but a child who commands life itself—capable of stealing or granting decades of time with a singl...

Haunted by a dark secret, Sebastian Rockwood, Earl of Melton, values emotional control above all else. Unlike his younger siblings, Sebastian never yields to the famed Reckless Rockwoods family trait of impulsive, rash behavior. But his prized self-control crumbles when he spontaneously outbids a debauched libertine to save Helen Rivenall from a horrible fate. Never has the risk to his heart been so great as his treasured willpower slowly gives way to temptation, and he discovers nothing c...

Step into the haunting world of Paraphrenzy, a frozen planet where over a hundred thousand souls lie entombed beneath the crust, sharing a three-hundred-year-old dream of green fields and perpetual spring while the surface withers into ash. The architect Zordus has returned from orbit for his thirty-second cycle, bound by duty to awaken his sleeping civilization, only to find himself biologically regressed into the fragile body of a twelve-year-old boy. Trapped in a child's frame and confr...

Penelope Presley has suffered through unspeakable loss and scandal. Forced to live under her cruel Grandfather's thumb, she finds herself both relieved and frightened when he tells her she will be marrying the man known as the Beast of Yorkshire.Having already lost two wives and a fiancée, Duncan Taggart, Duke of Yorkshire, is desperate for an heir. To have an heir, he must have a wife, but who is ever going to willingly marry a man with a reputation such as his? He takes ...

What of miracles and lucid dreamscapes? What of our kinship to the natural world, and why do they converge every now and then?This three-part collection of poetry exposes personal and spiritual growth throughout a lifetime, the telling of which is through a consuming passion for nature, its treasures and the human experience.– Part One: "A Glimpse"Mother Nature mirrors our collective soul, brutal and beautiful.– Part Two: " A Quest for True North"Unv...

The only book on preserving you'll ever need! A vast and ambitious hardback cookbook featuring over 150 preserving recipes for drinks, condiments, salads, sweets, and more.Cultured draws on culinary traditions from around the world, employing techniques such as fermentation, pickling, dehydrating, salting, and sugaring. The recipes are organized by timescales—from quick pickles ready in a few hours to savory pastes that take weeks to ferment but can surviv...

**A teenager’s idyllic summer of freedom is shaded by the growing weight of responsibility and a recognition of the fallibility of the adults around him.Actor and director Ed Burns returns with the continuing fictionalized saga of growing up on Marlboro Road.**In this his second Marlboro Road novel, Edward Burns continues the tale, loosely based on his own childhood. The Guardian called Burns’s first novel, A Kid from Marlboro Road, “keenly felt…vivid…a te...

“Full of ideas, folklore, and inspiration for beginning a home-focused magical practice.”—Arin Murphy-Hiscock, author of The Green WitchWitchcraft is not always about what tools you have or how detailed and drawn-out the ritual is, but how you live each day. Cottage of the Woodland Witch shows practitioners of all paths how to begin living more intentionally and purposefully in the home.Throughout her journey of bec...

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK**“Wait for Me left me speechless...An absolutely gorgeous exploration of friendship, authenticity, and the power that a few strings and a well-written lyric can wield.” ―Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright CreaturesFrom the author of Mercury and Shiner comes a novel about the bond between two female folk singers, the love stories that haunt them, and the music ...

**A Reckless Proposal. A Counter Offer. The stakes are higher than either imagined.Her Reckless Proposal** — Ophelia Templeton’s dead husband, Viscount Havenstock, convinced her she was a cold, unfeeling woman incapable of passion. When her drunkard of a father loses her home to the Earl of Thornbury in a wager, Ophelia presents the man with a rash proposal. The return of her home in exchange for the challenge of teaching her to feel passion. Unfortunately, she’s propo...

’ Abundantly curvaceous, Octavia Stapleton has been relentlessly chased by fortune hunters to the point she intends never to marry. When she overhears the Duke of Ashurst call her a charity case, Octavia is mortified. Her humiliation is complete when she falls into a rose bush while eavesdropping, only to be rescued by the sinfully handsome duke.’ ...

Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition.If you've raised a child, you know that parenting doesn't stop when they turn eighteen. In many ways...