In the last few decades, more and more people are going to college to further their education. It's hard to become a scientist, a professor, or a businessperson without getting some sort of college degree--but college isn't always necessary to achieve success. Some people are ready to enter the workforce right after high school. Ellen DeGeneres was one of those people. The comedian began her career doing stand-up routines in New Orleans coffee houses. Today, Ellen has one of the most succe...

Max Stephens uses his past as an excuse to avoid any type of commitment to relationships in his life.There are only a few people that know the truth about his past, and he plans to keep it that way.He is also a love them and leaves them type of guy, until she literally knocks him off his feet.Reagan Cramer uses her past as a shield to avoid getting close to anyone.Relationships are something she doesn't want or have time for, while she's raising her nephew. Eve...

'A pitch-perfect second chance romance with off-the-charts tension and chemistry' Carley Fortune, New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer AfterA former pop star finds herself back in the spotlight - along with an old flame from her past - in this 'friends to lovers' meets 'enemies to lovers' romance from the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask, the sensational TikTok romance!Then.

When responsibility and desire collide...For Carrie Waller, dating is a distant memory. She juggles custody of her twin teen daughters with her condescending ex, and the only action she gets is from the vibrations from her calendar app notifications. When she meets Marine Force Fitness Instructor Ryan Duran at a wedding, his quiet confidence-and their instant chemistry-make Carrie wish there wasn't a continent separating them.After nearly twenty years with the Marines, Ryan...

The manor's rumored one-hundredth door may conceal secrets hidden as deep as the estate's bookshelves extend high . . . but the haunted past has a way of ensnaring curious souls.In 1888, Minnie Tipton finds herself beset by the dark superstitions that envelop the Pennsylvania mansion her father bought. Convinced the vengeful spirit of a Civil War captain haunts the house and worried by her father's rapidly worsening illness, Minnie delves into the home's fraught pa...

It was one brief encounter, and one moment in time that changed their lives forever.Jensen Causer hasn't had the best of luck in life. His ex-wife splits, and left him with twin teenage daughters. He has sworn off relationships, and he spends all of his time focusing on helping his children heal. Jensen decides to hire two of the best designers around to do some remodeling, and give him some much-needed peace. Everything is going according to plan, until one moment changes...

A thoroughly entertaining and darkly humorous roundup of history’s notorious but often forgotten female con artists and their bold, outrageous scams—by the acclaimed author of Lady Killers.From Elizabeth Holmes and Anna Delvey to Frank Abagnale and Charles Ponzi, audacious scams and charismatic scammers continue to intrigue us as a culture. As Tori Telfer reveals in Confident Women, the art of the con has a long and venerable tradition, and its fe...

**Finalist for the CALIBA 2023 Golden Poppy AwardA LibraryReads PickUtterly original and wildly entertaining, Killing Me is a laugh-loud-loud thriller with a protagonist whose life is a total mess.**She escaped a serial killer. Then things got weird.Amber Jamison can’t believe she’s about to become the latest victim of a serial killer. She’s savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she is ...

Temptation is always made worse when you long for the forbidden...Vampire King Bridon Walkyr has waited centuries for the return of his Chosen. Yet instead of the docile and fragile human he anticipates, his beloved has been reborn of the very race that wishes to destroy his kind. Unwilling to lose her a second time, he travels to the mortal realm under a guise to intercept his mate and challenge fate.Lycae Princess Willow Miloradovic lives under the strain of a pr...

Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year.“This was the most anomalous year (so far) in human history,” guest editor Bill McKibben writes, “the year in which the relationship between people and planet showed its most dramatic signs yet of unraveling.” The selections in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 revea...

The Blood Moon RisingBook One in The Blood Moon Empress SeriesBy Hollye JaimeElara Vale has spent her entire life surviving in the shadows of a kingdom ruled by dragons.When a mysterious invitation calls her to Blackthorne Academy—the most feared dragon training fortress in the realm—she is thrown into a world of ruthless dragon heirs, deadly magical trials, and ancient secrets buried beneath the mountains.Humans do not belong at Blackthorne....

**“Tracks Along the Left Coast more than accomplishes its self–appointed task of celebrating de Angulo’s legacy.” —Rain Taxi“Schelling’s biography of Jaime de Angulo—'cattle puncher, medical doctor, bohemian, buckeroo,' among other things—presents a fascinating, full–bodied portrait of a man and an era, as well as delving deep into California’s Native history. De Angulo’s isn't a household name, but in Schelling's work the man called by Ezra Pound the 'American Ov...