Burl is the story of one man's unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed with a fatal kidney disease as a child, Burl Osborne pioneered home dialysis treatment and became the 130th person to undergo a live kidney transplant in 1966—then an unproven, high-risk operation.While managing his challenging illness, Burl distinguished himself early as a writer and reporter with The Associated Press, eventually rising to the...

The riveting biography of Burl Osborne, former chairman of The Associated Press and publisher of The Dallas Morning News, who waged and won one of the last great newspaper wars in the U.S.Burl is the story of one man’s unlikely rise from the coal mines of Appalachia to the pinnacle of journalism. After being diagnosed with a fatal kidney disease as a child, Burl Osborne pioneered home dialysis treatment and became the 130...

Introducing "Beautifully Damned" by Jane Wolf, a poignant and captivating collection of poems and short stories that explore the depths of the human experience. Drawing from personal struggles and connections with those around them, Jane Wolf offers a unique perspective on the beauty and pain of life. Through their raw and honest prose, readers will find themselves drawn into a world of emotion and introspection, where the lines between joy and despair are blurred, and every moment holds t...

"You think I'll have anything serious to do with a wolfless omega?" Those words destroyed me.But when my dormant wolf awakened with impossible power, suddenly everyone wanted a piece of me.Mary Hart spent 22 years believing she was a worthless wolfless omega, enduring her boyfriend's betrayal and the hospital's mockery.But when she mysteriously performs impossible surgeries, the truth emerges: her wolf was magically bound to hide her identity as the last surviving H...

Born human, raised by wolves, Firekeeper seems the last person anyone would choose to back as a candidate for heir apparent to a royal throne. Nonetheless, when Firekeeper and her wolf “brother,” Blind Seer, travel with Earl Kestrel’s expedition into the kingdom of Hawk Haven, the earl thrusts the wolf-woman into the midst of the heated intrigue surrounding who will be chosen as the heir of elderly King Tedric.Soon, the only thing the competing factions seem able to agree upon is t...

Celia and her friend have wandered into a notorious wolf hangout, and she's frightened but intrigued. When a chance encounter with an alpha wolf awakens a desire in her to give herself over to him, will she defy her husband and let herself be pursued by the alpha? And what will she do when the entire pack shows up?

Lui è un uomo spezzato dal passato. Lei è luce pura in un mondo che non ha mai smesso di combattere. Insieme, potrebbero salvarsi… o distruggersi.Norah Drywater ha solo diciott’anni quando perde tutto. Senza più una famiglia e con un uomo pericoloso sulle sue tracce, lascia la riserva in cui è cresciuta per mantenere l’ultima promessa fatta a suo padre: raggiungere Quinn, l’unico uomo che potrebbe offrirle un rifugio.Quinn Galway vive isolato tra le montagn...

The bridal expo was supposed to be harmless. Champagne samples. Overpriced lace. Women arguing about peonies.Instead, I’m kneeling beside a dead model in a room full of wedding gowns.This was not in the plan.I was already juggling seating charts, cake tastings, and the minor inconvenience of our dream venue burning down when a model collapses at Firefly Bay’s bridal expo. Dead. Very dead.So now, instead of finalizing flower arrangem...

Talking to ghosts is officially my new normal. The lack of privacy? Manageable. The part where their killers would prefer I stayed uninvolved? Less so.Since inheriting a private investigation business, I’ve become the go-to person for Firefly Bay’s recently deceased. Which is how I end up with my latest client: local psychic Myra Hansen. She woke up dead, she’s furious about it, and she’s absolutely certain her death wasn’t natural. Which is awkward, considering he...

Being a private investigator who can talk to ghosts means my mornings are rarely peaceful.But when the ghost of schoolteacher Sandra Greaves interrupts my coffee demanding justice, even I know this one isn’t routine.Sandra doesn’t remember everything. Just enough to know someone wanted her quiet. And as I start digging into school finances, questionable payouts, and a board determined to protect its reputation, it becomes clear her death wasn’t random....

At nine months pregnant, I had three things on my to-do list. Learn to tolerate decaf. Pee every ten minutes. Stay out of trouble until the baby arrives.Then a dead woman walked through me in the cereal aisle.Claire Hanover — disgraced ex-vice-principal turned ambitious real estate agent — died at the Firefly Bay Hotel the morning of the Coastal Property Summit. The official line is suicide. Claire's line is that she didn't jump. And she's standing barefoot...

Oh, now she's in trouble. Cassie's boyfriend has left her all alone while he goes on a business trip, leaving her lonely and horny. Sending the well-built guys of his gang (or, as he calls it, his "pack") to keep an eye on her is not helping matters. When an accidental brush with Caleb starts heating things up, Cassie had better decide quickly: stay loyal to the boyfriend who is gone, or give in to what she's feeling for Caleb? If only there were a way to do both.