Every action brings its inevitable consequence.Ras has lost everything he holds dear. The source for all life in Imago, shattered. The city he tried to keep above the clouds, crashed. The love of his life, overloaded with the countless host of those who have gone before her since the Clockwork War. And it’s all his fault.Yet an ember of hope remains.Unbeknownst to Ras, this has always been the plan…but the man who set everything in motion h...

At best, the plan was ill-advised, hastily crafted, and short sighted.It had to work.The Collective has been shattered, but at a cost. The dread sky pirate India Bravo has taken control of Atmo city fuel supplies, threatening to let entire populations plummet to their deaths if her demands aren’t met, and she wants Ras Veir.Among balancing his budding romance with Callie Tourbillon, living in his father's shadow, and leading his new crew abo...

This game-changing book, How to Untie a Balloon, was written by former hostage negotiator and founder of Conflictish®, Ryan Dunlap. He guides listeners into the messy world of human interaction and behavior. Listeners will gain practical tips to navigate some of the problematic behaviors they experience with others that contribute to conflict.Why now? In a world where getting along is basically a survival skill, this book isn't just a good listen—it's an absolute necessity...

If you had to choose which memories to keep, who would you become?Sam has a problem. In a world where all of your memories can be digitally augmented and recorded for later viewing and sharing, Sam's are eroding fast due to malfunctioning equipment. Unfortunately for Sam, that particular bit of equipment is installed in his brain, and a simple malfunction can lead to a decidedly less than simple cerebral hemorrhage, coma, and even death. Sam's only hope to prevent losing everything...

Truth or Dare?Truth.Have you ever played Guess Who while blindfolded with three irresistible firemen?Not yet…My name is Abby Lee, or BayAreaAbby, according to one million followers on Social Share. There are quite a few perks to having that kind of following, but each month I put together a local community donation event and it’s my favorite thing to do. D...

Pressure is inevitable. How you handle it determines everything.In this expanded hardcover edition of How to Untie a Balloon, former hostage negotiator and Conflictish® founder Ryan Dunlap delivers a practical framework for staying composed under pressure, resolving conflicts, and leading effectively when the stakes are high. With a new chapter and never-before-shared stories of real-world negotiation experience in life-or-death situations, Dunlap reveals how unche...

It’s finally happened. I’ve surrendered myself to my father and the beasts who would pay to own me. I did it to protect my friends and my mates, but I’d NEVER guessed that the one mate who resented me the most would betray me so brutally.Xander Drakos is a hateful dragon with a cursed heart and now that he’s formally rejected me, he is free to do as he pleases. Chained and bound, he escorts me to Drakos Estate, where horrors await..The only thing we didn’t expect? That Xand...

What happens when a type-A small-town baker and a Hollywood lawyer collide?Whoopie… pies, for starters.Audrey Nouel didn’t swap Manhattan’s Michelin stars for Maine’s whoopie pies just to fall for a man who wears thousand-dollar suits like pajamas. She’s got a bakery to run, a cease-and-desist letter threatening her business, and zero chill for the city-boy Grinch who strolls in looking like he wrote the naughty list.Jack L...

In a world of vicious beasts, if you are not a predator, you are prey.Aurelia Aquinas is a discarded girl. Forced to live a life of isolation, she is forbidden to speak of her powers and forbidden to find her soul-bound mates.She awaits the day she can escape to a human college and live a life free and away from her father and the beasts that might come But when she is called to heal an injured beast, locked away in a dungeon, he's not the ...

Telling the truth isn’t an option.But keeping the deception alive isn’t sustainable either.Something’s got to give, and I’m afraid it will be my heart.It beats for one, while I need the other.Just as my life is falling apart, fate decides to take the reins.For the first time, I’m enjoying the small pleasures of life, all the while watching it slip through my fingers, one devastating lie at a time.But at the end of the day, providing for my fa...

The world ended the night I was born. Coincidence? I think not.Stuck living in the catacombs underneath what used to be NYC, I've managed to stay hidden and alive and safe-ish.But when my guardian fails to return from a supply run, I'm forced to contemplate life on the surface.Worse? Three warriors have infiltrated my home, insisting that I am the last gold dragon they've been searching for. That everything I know everything I've believed is a lie.And more?

With my life going down in literal flames I ran from everything: From my father, from a forced marriage, from my mates.Now, charged with a crime I didn’t commit, they’re all hunting me. And they’re all furious.The dangerous deputy headmaster of Animus Academy manages to catch me and along with three of my five mates (two are still a mystery) we’re taken back to the prison-school they use to teach feral beasts how to live alongside humans.Now I’m locked up w...