While many researchers study offenders and offending, few actually journey into the correctional world to meet offenders face to face. This book offers researchers, practitioners, and students a step-by-step guide to effectively research correctional populations, providing field-tested advice for those studying youth and adults on probation, on parole, and in jails and prisons.The book addresses topics such as how to build rapport with offenders and those who monitor them; how to s...

Set in Someday Valley, surrounding the charming small town of Honey Creek, Texas, New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas’s latest novel tells the heartwarming, tenderly romantic tale of a man who drives his car off a cliff—straight into a life he never imagined . . .Starri Knight is a big believer in fate. How else to explain the compelling connection she feels to the stranger she pulls out of a wrecked car on the very same road where her parents died twenty...

Doctor Who meets Outlander in this fast-paced time-travel adventure!On holiday from university with her family in Israel, Gwyn stumbles across a strange device while exploring the ruins of Masada. She is unwittingly thrown back two thousand years in time to the bloody siege between the Roman invaders and fiercely nationalistic Jewish defenders. Blending in is her only option to stay alive; but can she escape before the siege comes to a head?Meanwhile, Michelle is the Time Sp...

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas delivers a tender tale of the Old West, a handsome Texas Ranger, and a mysterious woman fleeing a terrible fate in the first powerful novel in the Whispering Mountain series.Honest, straightforward, and ruggedly handsome, Travis McMurray is also more than a little bit busted, the result of an ambush during his service as a Texas Ranger. And beautiful Rainey Adams is in a fix of her own: on the run from an arran...

Three Turning Points short stories (A Soldier's Love, A Soldier's Honour and A Soldier's Coin) featuring Meric, our beloved soldier friend and his adventures after the end of Transylvanian Knight. Forced to face Vlad the Impaler after a decade, Meric must choose between duty and survival, protecting his fledging love for Mikhail.

A Soldier's LoveAfter the events of Transylvanian Knight, Meric and Vlad face off twelve years later.Meric is a mercenary soldier sent to serve Prince Vlad Dracula, who has finally been released from prison in Hungary. On the journey Meric falls in love, but doesn't know if he can be the man his lover deserves.A Soldier's HonourAfter escaping the torturous clutches of Vlad the Impaler, Meric and his lover Mikhail escape to t...

Three Turning Points short stories featuring Meric, our beloved soldier friend and his adventures after the end of Transylvanian Knight. Forced to face Vlad the Impaler after a decade, Meric must choose between duty and survival, protecting his fledging love for Mikhail.

Since humankind was able to imagine, stories about the future both immediate and far-reaching have been passed on. We ask ourselves:Will we, as a species, be able to overcome our differences and work together?Will planet Earth be salvaged or abandoned?Will we be able to connect with other humans in a digital age?Will we be able to recognise ourselves and our society in twenty years' time? How about in fifty or a hundred?F...

Gwyn is back in time again but this time she's on a mission to influence the actions of Vlad the Impaler.Convincing a charismatic yet violent prince to go to war against the Ottomans is one thing, but things get complicated when Gwyn falls in love with Vlad's wife. She risks getting stuck back in time again, but gets help from an unexpected quarter - an Ottoman soldier who hates Prince Dracula and will do anything to destroy him.Vlad isn't so easy to destroy, and he won't l...

A lizard overlord who's had enough and quits her job to run a drive-through sushi joint.A developer consumed by his own API, faking his death in order to claim insurance money.And a feminist vampire who invests in start ups then takes a decade-long nap.These are just some of the quirky characters you'll meet in The Dark Office, a strange yet familiar place in our not-to-distant-future, inspired by people in real life.Also included in this volume are tales fr...

”Our Truth Is Not A Lie” is an audio and e-book with 18 compelling stories about the black experience. There are often times our experiences are suppressed and unaddressed. When we share our truths, it is either disregarded or minimized. Our Truth is Not A Lie, and you will hear us loud and clear. Our voices, visions, and black are ALL powerful and beautiful. We deserve to more than matter. We have all worked extremely hard to change the narrative and build a legacy. Listen to our stories....

Doctor Who meets Outlander in this queer time-travel adventure in Renaissance Italy.Gwyn is just getting the hang of her time-travelling skills when her confidence takes her too far. She saves the wrong person and now the whole timeline is off track. Now she has to manipulate one of the most dangerous people in all of Europe, Cesare Borgia, son of the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, as the French threaten to invade Italy.With Machiavelli as a bail lawyer, and Da Vinci hanging ou...