At eighteen, Rory Whitehead fled his hometown of Evergreen Hill, leaving behind his high school sweetheart and best friend, Samuel Daniels. Now, Rory's architectural firm is sending him and his colleague Malcolm home to assess the possibility of acquiring Evergreen Lodge, which Samuel owns. Faced with Samuel–and his teenaged son, Jasper–Rory overreacts and pretends Malcolm is his fiancé as well as his colleague. One misunderstanding leads to another until neither man knows which way is up....

Clark Wright's life as an ER nurse is turned upside down when he's attacked by a rogue vampire and left for dead. Saved by Alessio, a snarky vampire bartender with an unsettling connection to him, Clark is thrust into a dark paranormal world. As they hunt down Clark's attacker, they uncover a series of violent vampire killings plaguing the city.Bound by fate and a magnetic attraction, Clark and Alessio must unravel the mystery while confronting their deepening bond and the strange d...

Thomas Whitmore has struggled his entire life to fit in with upper-class British society as the son of an English doctor and an Indian woman. Despite his long-standing friendship with Charles Ashford, the younger brother of the current Lord Ashford, the peerage continues to snub him.Arthur Ashford comes across as cold and arrogant as he is wealthy and handsome. In truth, he wears that mask to protect his lonely heart from those who see only his title, not the man he truly is. After ...

This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a short introductory guide to this popular form of decision making and is aimed at environmental managers and scientists.This is a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and d...