If you’re one of many developers still uncertain about concurrent and multithreaded development, this practical cookbook will change your mind. With more than 85 code-rich recipes in this updated second edition, author Stephen Cleary demonstrates parallel processing and asynchronous programming techniques using libraries and language features in .NET and C# 8.0.Concurrency is now more common in responsive and scalable application development, but it’s still extremely difficult to c...

Her innocence is his prizeTaken by the tycoon Devilishly sexy Roark is enchanted by Lia, New York’s most beautiful widow, and determined to atone for his role in her contract marriage. Discovering Lia’s still a virgin, he’s intent on remedying her purity with passion!Seduced by the royalTara makes Count Lucien Maxime’s blood run hot, but past experience has convinced him she must be a gold-digger. Until tragedy brings them together ...

A vow of revenge…When Sophie Griffin-Watt walked out of tycoon Javier Vasquez’s life, and down the aisle with another man, he swore to find a way to make her pay.A proposition from her past…With Sophie desperate for Javier’s help to save her family, his assistance comes with a price tag… the gorgeous body that was denied to him!An unimaginable outcome…Javier’s delicious game of retribution seemed the...

Cathy is used to making the beds – not slipping between their sheets!Arrogant Prince Xaviero has one rule: once he’s taught Cathy everything he knows, their affair will be over. Unless he changes his mind! Ordinary Daisy Donahue catches billionaire Ethan Cartwright’s eye amongst the throngs of designer-clad Australian socialites during an afternoon at the races. Ruthless Ethan is intrigued, he has a job for her: housekeeper by day, bed mate by night…Plain, timid Michelle Sp...

The Ruthless Billionaire’s VirginScarred billionaire Ethan Alexander shuns the limelight until his gallant rescue of Savannah Ross forces him into the media’s glare. Ethan discovers Savannah’s buxom figure belies her inexperience, which fascinates him. He has a dark heart in need of salvation – will this innocent in his bed unlock it?The Billionaire’s Defiant WifeWealthy businessman Jonas Berkeley knows there is much more to Aimi th...

Fired Waitress, Hired MistressThere’s only one position he wants her in… Nina Petrelle, disastrous waitress to overprivileged island holidaymakers, has been fired by her high-handed new boss, Gabe Steele – aka the hot, sexy stranger she spent the best night of her life with!For One Million Dollars: Mistress at His Mercy!Jobless, homeless and penniless: housekeeper Cleo Taylor seeks suitable employment. Billionaire tycoon Andreas Xen...

Under the Spaniard’s Lock and KeyNurse Maggie Ward is as pure as the snow-white uniform she wears. So when she falls for the darkly beautiful Rafael Castenadas she has no idea their unexpected meeting isn’t accidental… Not until it’s too late and she’s become tangled up in his carefully spun web…and she’s under his lock and key!The Secret Spanish Love-ChildPlain-Jane Alex McGuire was the ideal distraction for Gabriel Cruz in his hea...

She kept his child hidden…Now he’ll claim them both!Cristiano Moretti is furious that Hallie hid the consequences of their hot night together! He will not inflict his own childhood abandonment on his son, and demands that Hallie marry him. Soon they realise the passion between them is as powerful as ever…but when all Hallie wants is a real family, will Cristiano’s seduction be enough to secure his legacy?

A Night, A Secret…A ChildBillionaire Nicolas Dupres had never got over Serina Harmon or her betrayal. So when he was called back home, here was his chance to claim one more night of passion and closure. Only Serina had a secret that could change his life…One-Night Love-ChildFrom the moment Flynn, Earl of Dunmorey discovered he had an heir, he couldn’t rest until the child was his! One look into Sara McMaster’s eyes and the heat of their one night together comes floo...

‘Marry me. This week.’After losing her mother, Imogen Holgate believes she’s living on borrowed time with the same terminal illness. So the cautious accountant blows all her savings on a once-in-a-lifetime trip around the world and meets sexy Parisian Thierry Girard.But after two steamy weeks there are permanent consequences to their temporary affair…Now, with more than herself to think about, Imogen turns to Thierry for help – but the last thing sh...

Marriage ArrangementLoukas Andreou: a force to be reckoned with in business – and in the bedroom – was the man Alesha Karsouli must marry according to her father’s will. She reluctantly concedes to a paper marriage with separate lives. She wants her independence… he wants a good Greek wife!Imprisoned…and Pleasured!Merciless, vengeful Daniel Caruana will have tempting Sophie Turner, his nemesis’s sister, exactly where he wants her – ...

Life changing Decisions, Diamond GiftsHer Valentine Blind Date Before Cari Christensen could say Mr Right?, the dark, gorgeous stranger had whisked her outside the dance club to his waiting car. By the time Max Angeli realised Cari wasn’t his blind date, he was already falling for the pretty waitress.Tipping the Waitress with DiamondsCelebrity chef Brett Cameron has a tough choice to make. Carry on with his new restaurant dream or a...