It's the middle of September in 1939. Anna Weiss, a young nurse, arrives at the Brandenburg-Görden State Hospital in Germany expecting to care for children with disabilities. Instead, she discovers an oppressive atmosphere of fear and silence. Frightened patients are separated from their families and denied proper food and medical care before they eventually disappear one by one behind a locked staff door. As Anna quietly resists her supervisor's cruelty, smuggling food to starving childre...

When hedge fund owner Jay Montgomery raids his own fund, he disappears with millions belonging to his investors—including his wife Grace, his dead partner’s widow, and a vengeful Russian oligarch. Long-time frenemies, Grace and widow Dana want their money back and reluctantly team up to track him through the Ozarks, Switzerland, and Monaco.Their pursuit turns deadly when two people connected to Jay are killed. The women fear they may also have become targets after a series of fake ...

When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat. But Georgia Davis -- former cop and newly-minted PI -- is hired to look into the incident at the behest of the accused's sister, and what she finds hints at a much different, much darker answer.It seems the privileged, preppy schoolgirls on Chicago's North Shore have learned just how much their innocence is worth to hot-under-the-collar businessmen. But while these girls can pay for ...

She’s determined to play Cupid, but will her arrow go astray?Nat Keller has worked at upstate New York’s Hazel Oaks Resort her entire adult life, dedicating herself to the lakeside lodge she considers home. After moving constantly as a child, planting roots and showcasing her organizational skills as the resort’s Head Concierge is her dream job. When she’s tasked with helping a married couple rekindle their romance, she’s excited to prove herself until she learns s...

On the eve of the Cuban Revolution, headstrong 18-year-old Francesca Pacelli flees from her ruthless Mafia-boss father in Havana to the arms of her lover, a rebel fighting with Fidel Castro. Her father, desperate to send her to safety in the US, resorts to torture and blackmail as he searches the island for her.So begins the first part of a spellbinding saga that spans three generations of the same family. Decades later, the family is lured back to Cuba by the promise of untold ric...

Can the truth cost his love….?After a near career-ending scandal, ER doctor, Edmund Davidson relocates to Marietta looking for a fresh start. Edmund settles quickly into the small Montana town and thrives in his new job. He especially enjoys sparring with the gorgeous, smart but enigmatic nurse practitioner, Jade. She intrigues him like no woman he’s ever met, yet he can’t help feel that she’s harboring a dark secret.Jade Phillips has returned to Marietta after a personal t...

Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Max Fischer delivers a raw, lyrical, and heart-shattering novel-in-verse, The Unpoetic Life of August Grey, about grief, first love, and the joy of becoming who you are.You can only hold your breath underwater for three minutes before you go unconscious. For seventeen-year-old August Grey, life in his small Nebraska town has felt like that endless third minute ever since his best friend Waylon died.When August earns a...

A seat on the throne or a place in her heart?Greyson Montgomery dreams of a simple life, but as the crown prince of Aldora, simple is not in his future. Before ascending the throne on Christmas Eve, Greyson is given one month to explore how the other half lives. Armed with a few hundred dollars and a fake backstory, Greyson flies to Savannah, Georgia, to see if he has what it takes to chase the American Dream.Scarlett Calhoun is a Southern Belle with a heart as big...

Nurse Shelly Westbrook has returned home to Marietta hoping to give her son and niece a Christmas holiday to reboot a disappointing year. Christmas is magic and Marietta is the perfect place for them all to start over.Dr. Peter Davidson has never indulged in the Christmas spirt, but he thinks he’s hallucinating when he reaches the city limits and sees a sleigh driven by a white bearded man in a red suit. The minor collision is inevitable, as is his slight concussion. His obsession ...

'Ilene is the winner of the all-time WOW! Award. Ilene took my ideas at the Tom Peters Company and created a repeatable process for companies to implement. The business results produced were consistently off the charts.'Tom Peters, author of multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Thriving on Chaos and In Search of Excellence.Why do 70% of organizational transformations fail - even with brilliant strategies and de...

When mistletoe is not enough...With her only son still single, Mrs. Claus is rolling up her red sleeves and playing matchmaker. With a little advice from Cupid and a list of potential brides, she’s convinced a dash of magic will get the snowball rolling. There’s just one problem, Nick isn’t looking for love. All he wants to do is fill his father’s boots as he prepares to take over as Santa Claus.While Mrs. Claus is scheming away, Nick meets Heather, a charm...

Get the eBook free when you register your print book at Manning.Sometimes your LLMs return brilliant responses. Other times, not so much. Do you know why? Prompt Engineering in Practice shows you how to move from accidental AI results to reliable, production-grade systems you can deploy with confidence. Written by AI veterans Richard Davies and Rafael Fischer, this book introduces a unique approach: treat prompts as engine...