Duty and Reputation before Love and Passion.Lowen Roskelley, the sixth Duke of Carrivick, seeks the perfect bride to complement his prestigious title. But an infuriating encounter with a notorious vixen leaves him questioning his carefully laid plans.Love and Passion before Duty and Reputation.Miss Helena Hargreaves, the product of a love match, dreams of a husband who embodies her romantic ideals. After a chance encounter with a se...

An alien invasion hits the town of Muddy Gap, but a disgruntled pie aficionado is the only one who seems to remember it…Denver Bryant’s passion for pie has sent him across Wyoming in search of the best slices. Though he dutifully posts reviews on his blog, he’s never been able to recreate his brief moment of viral popularity, and its trickling income isn’t enough to pay his rent next month.Driving home from a roadside diner, Denver witnesses a UFO explode d...

Winner of the 2024 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal"…invaluable advice that will benefit your life in more ways than you can imagine. […] If I could give this book six out of five stars, I would."—Philip Van Heusen for Readers' FavoriteEat, sleep, work, repeat. Ever feel like you live to work, rather than work to live?Long hours. Endless tasks. Constant pressure to do more, be more, give more. It’s easy...

She would have killed for a bestseller--but someone beat her to it...Professor of Passion, the smutty new romance from Mildred Twiller--a.k.a. Azalea Twilight--isn't the kind of book Claire Malloy likes to hock at her bookstore, but Claire agrees to host a book party for her friend's trashy tale. As torrid as the novel is, it's nothing compared to the evening. After the party, poor Mildred is found dead in her home--stranged with a tightly knotted silk scarf. Now it's up to Clair to...

How is it physically possible for a completely blind individual to confidently ride a bicycle through a crowded, unfamiliar city street without a cane? The answer lies in one of the most staggering demonstrations of human biological adaptability ever recorded by modern science: human echolocation. By producing sharp, precise tongue clicks, certain blind individuals have trained themselves to analyze the returning acoustic echoes to determine the exact size, distance, and density of surroun...

An immersive analysis of camp life and soldiers’ well-being during the Civil WarThe Civil War was a watershed in public awareness of the many health-related issues soldiers faced while living in camps. Sanitarians among civilians and regular army officers attempted to meet those challenges by addressing a range of topics associated with preventive healthcare in the volunteer army. The US Sanitary Commission, a nongovernmental agency sanctioned by the Federal govern...

A beautifully funny and deeply moving contemporary queer romance with a magical twist, the perfect next read for fans of TJ Klune and Ashley Poston.A brutal assault nine months ago left eccentric portrait artist Micah with facial scars and PTSD. He’s struggled to leave his apartment ever since, and he can’t let anyone in. Then his only sanctuary is disrupted by signs of a haunting.Between the 80s synth pop and motivation messages scrawled on his bathroom mi...

A cozy post-post-apocalyptic novella inspired by the song (Nothing But) Flowers by the Talking Heads.In a world slowly unraveling under a gentle apocalypse, NEON—a flower merchant with a brain more AI than human—and Atticus—a shy farmer with fantasies of romance and freedom—are in love. In order to escape Atticus's controlling stepfather and a community steeped in prejudice, they elope under the cover of night, determined ...

Located near Cumberland Gap in the rugged hills of East Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. Its founder was former Union General Oliver Otis Howard, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, who made it his mission to sustain an institution of higher learning in the mountain South that would honor the memory of the Civil War president.In Lincoln Memorial...

This stunning new storybook about the chicest mouse of Paris is a celebration of dazzling costumes, intricate ballet steps and the joy of dancing!Claris the mouse loves the ballet! And when she spies a dancer who dreams of being onstage, she's determined to help. But if new pointe shoes and a featherlight tutu don't do the trick, what will? Discover the magic of encouragement in this uplifting picture book for ballet fans!Compassion is

A transgender salvager on the outskirts of a dystopian Utah gets the chance to earn the ultimate score and maybe even a dash of romance. But there's no such thing as a free lunch…–––Valentine Weis is a salvager in the future wastelands of Utah. Wrestling with body dysphoria, he dreams of earning enough money to afford citizenship in Salt Lake City – a utopia where the testosterone and surgery he needs to transition is free, the food is plentiful, and folk ar...

When you make a game of murder, be careful who the players are...Who could resist the mock-murder weekend at the charming Mimosa Inn-- certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, who decides to bring her petulant daughter Caron along for some detecting. As the guests settle in for a weekend of sleuthing, dressed as their favorite literary detectives, many a Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot stand poised to solve a murder. But fiction becomes alarmingly real, as the ...