Mercedes Fuentes, or Mousy Mercy as she often refers to herself, has buried herself in academia in order to avoid those frightening creatures that make up the other half of the human population: MEN! When an opportunity to pay off the majority of her student debt is offered to her by a family friend, Mercy has her doubts. But how can she refuse a weeklong date with a handsome man, at the end of which she will be nearly free of all debt? Enter the seemingly innocuous, over-worked oil tycoon...

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope.THE AMISH WIDOWER’S TWINSAmish Spinster Clubby Jo Ann BrownLeanna Wagler has barely gotten over Gabriel Miller standing her up and announcing he was marrying someone else when the widower and his twin babies move in next door. Now she’s his temporary nanny, but can they finally reveal their secrets and become a forev...

In the context of recent media scrutiny on the state of prisons in the UK, the efficacy of incarcerating large numbers of offenders is an issue which is rising steadily up the political agenda. In 2016, the Howard League for Penal Reform – an organization that has energetically lobbied for improvements in the treatment of offenders throughout its lifetime – celebrated its 150th anniversary.This book considers the life and work of Margery Fry, the woman who created the modern Howard...

**Women Who DareIntrigue, Danger and Passion****One summer in New Orleans-Madeline Johnson** is determined to uncover the truth about her brother. His last words-a cry for help on Maddie's answering machine-contradict what the New Orleans police are telling her. The cops seem in a real hurry to close the case, and the one detective who may be able to help is about to go on vacation.Alex Batiste's vacation plans are set. His daughter's come t...

A Queer Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror!Head west on Rose Island and you get to the pricey summertime communities like Saltwinne, Destiny Bay, or Dunewood. Head east and you'll find exclusive resort towns like Pinewood Harbor, Charmington, and Sunken Oak. But those city kids and artists looking to get away for a long weekend, they're heading right out to the middle of the island for that old gaycation getaway: Roseville Beach.You play the amateur sleuths prot...

The story of Lucy Diggs Slowe, a pioneering African American figure in sports and educationBorn just twenty years after the end of slavery and orphaned at the age of five, Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) became a seventeen-time tennis champion and the first African American woman to win a major sports title, a founder of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She provided leadership and service in a wide range of organization...

The Brontës: Complete Novels of Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Brontë encompasses an extraordinary collection showcasing the varied literary genius of the Brontë sisters. This anthology spans their passionate, often Gothic, narratives demonstrating a range of psychological depth, unbridled emotion, and keen social commentary that squarely places it within the rich context of Victorian literature. Noteworthy for containing all 8 novels, this comprehensive edition offers a sweeping overview of the...

The complete BBC radio adaptations of Alexander McCall's bestselling seriesInspired by Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, 44 Scotland Street started life as a serial in The Scotsman. It was a huge hit, and was soon novelised, adapted on stage and dramatised for BBC Radio 4. Collected here are all five radio series, in which we follow the interconnected lives of the residents of adjoining flats in a tenement in Edinburgh's Georgian New ...

All six episodes of the gloriously gritty comedy crime dramaTaggart meets A Touch of Cloth in this parody police procedural featuring DI Bob Boxer and his sidekick DC Shona Doberman. They're an unlikely couple of cops - he's grizzled, old-school and wears a cardigan; she's young, instinctive and wields a Blackberry. But together they tackle cases so tough, they'd make Frost flinch and Rebus run away...In Headless in Glasgow, a ser...

All 18 episodes of the police procedural featuring the Glaswegian cops of P DivisionGlasgow's finest are on the case in these thrilling radio adaptations, based on the books by Peter Turnbull.In the four-part serial Condition Purple, a murdered prostitute is found in the heart of Glasgow's prosperous business quarter. Could a tattoo on her body hold the key to finding her killer? In Two Way Cut, another four-parter, a headless body without...