In Aurora Vale, dawn arrives inside a lantern.Every winter, the Great Dawn Lantern is lit atop Frost Tower, and morning spills across the snow like gold. But on the longest night of the year, the Storm Queen rises from the ice, steals the light, and traps brave Elara in a frozen spell. Suddenly, the kingdom is locked in endless night.Only Mira—small, quiet, and often overlooked—hears the last ember of dawn still singing. With a tiny lantern, a loyal snow fox, and a heart mu...

When Marianne Vale arrives in the county of Dorset with a modest dowry, an ailing mother, and a wit too sharp for easy admiration, she has no expectation beyond keeping her household intact and her younger sister safely launched into society. The last thing she requires is the notice of Mr. Julian Ashcombe—master of Ashcombe Hall, a gentleman of formidable reserve, inconvenient kindness, and a pride the neighborhood mistakes for arrogance.

The cameras began popping before Seraphina Vale stepped out of the black town car, but when she finally emerged onto the red carpet, the sound changed. It sharpened. Deepened. Became hunger.She wore liquid silver from throat to ankle, a gown that caught the lights and broke them into a thousand pale stars. Her dark hair swept over one bare shoulder in deliberate waves, and the smile she gave the crowd was practiced enough to belong to the woman the world adored—yet not practiced en...

Stress Management Tools and Strategies provides practical, evidence-based approaches for identifying, understanding, and managing stress effectively. The text focuses on actionable techniques including time management, mindfulness practices, relaxation methods, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle modifications. Through student-friendly language maintaining academic rigor, the material makes stress management accessible while grounding techniques in psychological research. Each chapter b...

Behavioral Economics: Operant Principles in Decision Making explores how operant conditioning principles illuminate economic decision-making and consumer behavior. The text grounds behavioral economics in behavioral science while enriching analysis with insights from psychology, neuroscience, and experimental economics. Through systematic examination of reinforcement schedules, choice behavior, and behavioral economics principles, the material demonstrates how operant theory explains econo...

Environmental Psychology and Well-Being examines psychological relationships between humans and natural environments, exploring how physical surroundings influence mental health, behavior, and quality of life. The text provides comprehensive exploration with hundreds of global examples demonstrating environment-psychology connections. Through systematic analysis, the material reveals how green spaces restore cognitive function, natural settings reduce stress, urban design affects behavior,...

A Story of Competition, Cooking, and Unexpected LoveTABLE OF CONTENTS#TitleWhat Happens—Prologue: The NoticeMarisol reads the email that changes everything — one spot, one apartment1The Parking Lot of DestinyShe taps his truck. They shake hands. The rivalry begins.2The TastingTh...

"She said the house was alive. The courts said she was not well. Liza believed the courts — until the house came looking for her.""Her mother wasn't crazy. She was the only one telling the truth."Liza Bensam has built her life on the perfect image. A six-figure Instagram following. A clientele that includes celebrities and socialites. A stunning apartment in the city, far, far away from the crumbling house on Aldwick Road where she spent three years of her...

Armaan should have stepped back. He knew that. Instead, he reached up and brushed one damp strand of hair from her cheek. His hand lingered for the briefest moment, the air between them turning molten."Mira…"She lifted her face. "If you say my name like that again," she whispered, "I won't be responsible for what I do."His restraint snapped with a violence that shocked him. He drew her to him, and she came willingly, as though she had been waiting for weeks for him ...

When thirteen-year-old Iris Vale follows an ember-eyed fox through a locked railway door, she enters Lhovarre—a world of midnight trains, listening forests, and mirrors that remember what has not happened yet. Beneath its beauty, something ancient is waking.To stop it, Iris must cross a land where names can be stolen, shadows can wear familiar faces, and a sleeping crown lies buried beneath a frozen sea. With only a sly fox, a frightened boy, and a lantern that burns on truth, she ...

The restaurant was called La Rosa Notte, though most people on that old corner of the city simply called itRosa's. At dusk the windows gathered the last gold of evening, and by nightfall the whole place glowed withcandlelight, polished wineglasses, and the scent of basil, butter, and warm bread. Inside that amber hush,Elena Moretti moved with the unstudied grace of a woman who had learned to make exhaustion look likeeleganceShe was beautiful in the w...

Jack Calloway stood behind the zinc-topped bar, polishing a crystal coupe glass with the kind of focus usually reserved for dismantling bombs. He was thirty-two, with dark hair that refused to stay entirely neat and eyes the color of good hazelnut liqueur. He wore his vest and rolled-up sleeves like armor.The heavy oak door swung open, admitting the Friday night Hollywood breeze and two women. One was tall, striking, and dressed like she was ready to start a riot. The other was Viv...