Supermodel Akira Kuroaki may have the looks, but his haughty attitude and sharp tongue are a defense against the cutthroat modeling industry he’s immersed in. Frustrated with the shallow world he dominates, Akira finds an unexpected distraction in a small boutique. There, he meets Itsuki, a stone-faced shopkeeper with a demeanor that piques Akira’s curiosity.Intrigued by Itsuki’s lack of reaction to his charm, Akira decides to push the limits, dragging Itsuki into a fitting room an...

A hotel billionaire gives her sanctuary from her abusive ex...but he never expected to find the love of his life this Christmas.When Sarah Walsh flees an abusive marriage, billionaire Alec Harrow gives her shelter for the night. She’ll do anything to escape the man hunting her…but the last thing she wants is to trust a wealthy, powerful man—especially one as good-looking as Alec.Alec knows he’s playing a dangerous game when he learns that Sarah’s husband ne...

When her otherwise healthy, even idyllic, first pregnancy ends in the sudden and terrible stillbirth of daughter Avery, Heidi Chandler and her husband are left at a total loss. Looking into Averys perfect face, one that never cooed or cried, Heidi realizes how much her life has changed. Holding Avery is a raw exploration of life after the death of a child. Heidi Chandler unapologetically recounts her heartache — the fears and doubts that come with knowing she is a mother but without a child t...

Maclay School's Journal of Creative WritingOn our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-an...

We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values a...