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He's the coldest, most ruthless billionaire in New York. And he just bought himself a fake fiancée.Maya Lin is barely surviving as the assistant to Declan Sterling, a man whose heart is reportedly made of solid ice. She needs the money to save her family's struggling bakery, and Declan needs an assistant who doesn't cry when he throws coffee mugs. They despise each other.But when a massive PR disaster threatens Declan's multi-billion-dollar merger, his board demands proof t...

Our vows were meant to be chains. Instead, they forged a weapon. When Don Alessandro Orsini commands me to marry Sofia Bianchi, I accept the duty with cold precision. A marriage of convenience to a disgraced man's daughter is a small price for power. She is a pawn, an asset—nothing more. But from the moment our eyes lock, she meets my ice with fire, defying me before a single ring touches her finger. She doesn't tremble. She doesn't beg. She sharpens her tongue on my control and dares me t...

He was my jailer. Now he's the only man I trust. Rafael Ortega, the Orsini Empire's deadliest enforcer, is my father's perfect weapon—cold, lethal, and now my constant shadow. When an ambush nearly kills me, I'm forced into his protection, confined to his Brooklyn brownstone where every glance crackles with hatred and forbidden heat. I want to despise him for stealing my freedom, but the walls between us crumble when I uncover the brutal truth of his past—a trafficked child forged into a k...

A forensic auditor who stumbled onto a multibillion-dollar money laundering scheme linking the Sterling family to a private army, Isabella faked her own death to keep the crosshairs off Marcus's back. For five years, she has lived in the shadows, writing the decryption key that will finally bring her predators to justice.But when a botched extraction drops Marcus directly in front of her, the past violently collides with the present. To survive the lethal reach of his own family, M...

Heir to the cursed Ashford orchard, Caleb Ashford has a voice he can't use and a future he can't protect. When a mysterious blight threatens his family's legacy, the only hope is the daughter of his father's rival—Willow Hartley, a brilliant horticulturist with a chip on her shoulder and a secret of her own. But the curse that has silenced Ashford firstborns for generations tightens its hold with every forbidden word he utters. And as the clock ticks toward the harvest moon, Willow unearth...

I was just a job—a mafia princess to guard, a hostage to keep alive. Until she made me want to burn it all down. As the Orsini family's most lethal enforcer, my orders were simple: hold Elena DeLuca in a gilded cage until the truce holds. But she's no wilting flower. She's fire and defiance wrapped in curves that make me forget my duty. She paints, she schemes, she tempts me with every breath—and I'm losing the battle to keep my hands off her. But Elena hides secrets that could ignite a wa...

Elena Vasquez has one rule: never let a charming, wealthy man get close enough to do damage again.She built her reputation on precision, flawless execution, and the ability to clear a room of variables she can't control. Caleb Sterling is every variable she can't control, compressed into one person with blue eyes and a complete disregard for seating charts.He's an adrenaline junkie who runs an adventure sports subsidiary for a living and treats every room like a terrain to ...

A New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2017 SelectionA Mighty Girl Book of the YearIllinois Monarch Award Nominee 2018-2019Florida SSYRA Book Award Nominee 2018-2019With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure -- the brand new series Zoey and Sassafras has something for everyone! Easy-to-read language and illustrations on nearly every page make this series perfect for a wide range of ages.In the first book of this series...

With assistance from Michele Maltseff, artist Walter T. Foster shows you how to render a variety of different horse breeds in pencil, with tips on adding touches with charcoal, crayon, and brush and ink. In this step-by-step book, he explains not only a number of drawing techniques and special effects but also his own method of developing a drawing to its fullest. You will learn about various breeds and their proportions, starting with their heads and then progressing to full bodies. And i...

Fans of How to Train Your Dragon will love this whimsical tale, the first in a series, by a Newbery Honor winner, featuring charming illustrations and pet "training tips" in each chapter.Crusty dragon Miss Drake has a new pet human, precocious Winnie. Oddly enough, Winnie seems to think Miss Drake is her pet—a ridiculous notion!Unknown to most of its inhabitants, the City by the Bay is home to many mysterious and fantastic creatures, hidden beneath...

This short story related to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest features Lillian at 17 years old. Her discovery of a long-lost paint box in the forest, her love of making art, her very first kiss, and the draw of a magical world all combine in this bittersweet tale about having to make a difficult choice.First published in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking, 2002). Also appeared in the collection Muse & Reverie.One of the ...

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrates the insect world.Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. They can be fully appreciated by an individual reader, but they're particularly striking when read aloud by two voices, making this...