The Caretaker of Secrets {Faith}When it rains, it floods.Nearly homeless, failing college, harassed by a perverse boss, two pending lawsuits, and a decision that threatens to tear her away from the love of her life, Samantha Carey is beginning to lose faith in humanity, including in herself.It isn't until Samantha crosses paths with the sweet and benevolent 78-year-old Alice Clark, whose ray of hope can pierce through the darkest clouds. With a tumultuous, heartbrea...

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice, and interests. In this anthology, Ronald J. Terchek and Thomas C. Conte have brilliantly assembled the works of classical, modern, and contemporary commentators to illustrate the deep and diverse ...

Most leaders choose between philosophy and science. Character or capability. Values or tools. Leading With Art and Science argues that choice is the mistake.Drawing on twenty-six centuries of history, six philosophical traditions, and the full body of modern organizational research, J. M. Locke makes the case that neither dimension of leadership works without the other. A leader with values but without organizational knowledge produces outcomes that are sincere and insuffi...

Dive into worlds of wonder, action, adventure, and so much more. This collaboration includes short LitRPG stories of all types.Warning: Expect stats, character sheets, and experience points. This is meant for the PG 13 audience and avoids intense adult content.

Most leadership writing addresses what leaders should do. This book addresses who they must become.The frameworks, models, and decision tools filling the contemporary leadership canon are genuinely useful. They explain how to influence, how to build teams, how to navigate change, how to execute strategy. What they cannot explain is why some leaders, equipped with all of this, still fail at the moments that matter most - the fractured trust, the judgment that collapses unde...

Where Love Is is a fascinating and thought-provoking historical novel.Norma Hardacre is a member of smart London society. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to a penniless artist named Jimmie Padgate. However, she gets engaged to Morland King, a wealthy man who sees her as a convenient trophy wife as he furthers his career. Morland (who is also a close friend of Jimmie’s) is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, Jimmie, who is hopelessly in love with Norma, starts to ...

American singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968, and she passed away on January 12, 2023. As the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, she also became the sole inheritor of her father's estate after the deaths of her great-grandfather and grandpa. She was thrown into the limelight from an early age. Her biography is a must-read for everyone interested in learning about the lives of actual Hollywood aristocracy since her l...

Turn up the heat with Mills & Boon!Alaskan BlackoutBy Joanne RockHis search leads him to the one womanhe must resist at all costsWhen Quinton Kingsley arrives in Alaska’s rugged Aleutian Islands in search of his missing half-brother, he finds a red-haired beauty instead. McKenna O’Brien maintains his brother’s bar while he’s off-grid, but she has reasons for keeping this secret from the CEO. McKenna’...

Most leadership books tell you what great leaders do.This one tells you why it works-and why most change efforts don't.Somewhere between 60 and 70 percent of organizational change initiatives fail. Not because the strategy was wrong. Not because the leaders weren't committed. But because the people responsible for leading change didn't understand the one thing that determines whether transformation sticks or collapses:Human ...

Falling asleep for almost 300 years was never part of Pennrae’s plan.Of course, when you’re a mercenary with magical abilities and defy a spellbinding prophecy, bad stuff sometimes happens.Now, magic is long gone from the world. Penn works as a karate instructor, trying very hard to dodge her hot, flirty, and super annoying colleague, Callan. All is well until a Jigori—a nightmarish magic-eating monster—shows up at a New York City street fair, forcing Penn to use h...

Over thirty years ago, my pain and anguish at not being able to conceive a child led my husband and me down a path that included unsuccessful fertility treatments and obstacles in the quest to adopt a child. Through this series of trying events, my husband and I were eventually blessed when we became parents to Jade, a Korean girl. Our trials and tribulations had only begun, however, when we learned of Jade's birth defect and set out to repair the problem and give her as normal of a life a...

The Tale of Triona is a romance novel of Olivia Gale, an orphan girl who marries a handsome and brilliant writer and is deliriously happy until an old secret comes to light.Olivia is a newly orphaned young woman looking for adventure and excitement. She rents out her house to Blaise Olifant whose friend Alexis Triona soon moves in to stay with him. Olivia moves to London and enjoys life in London society before she meets Triona again. Triona writes...