The prequel novella to Forbidden Arrangement.Valentina Ford is the only daughter of a rich businessman. She loves her family but wants to find her own way in life. And then she meets him, Sam Valenti...and everything she thinks she knows about life and love is turned upside down.

Two months ago, Nathan Grant was thrown into the world of Alchemic Warriors and the flesh-eating homunculi they hunt.His mentor, Astrid Rachelle, left him to go back to his life with his friends and sister... who think he's the Starlight Lancer, defending the town from evildoers. Then Astrid comes back into his life with a new mission: find and destroy the League of Extraordinary Elects, a Homunculus society with a plot to annihilate all of humanity. Now Nathan has to make a choice...

Dear Remington Parker,You may think you're the handsome prince of the law firm and I'm your dutiful wench, but I'm not here to be your plaything.Yes, you're handsome-ish.Yes, you're a partner at the firm.Yes, I'm your ugly duckling assistant.But no, I'm not desperate, and I don't want you.I have no interest in being the nanny to your newly found kid when you want to go on dates. And I have even less interest in your offer to ...

In Inklings of Invisility: Essays on Asexual and Aromantic Traces in Speculative Fiction S.L. Dove Cooper examines the depictions of asexuality and aromanticism in science fiction and fantasy, genres uniquely situated to create a marginalised lens through which to view contemporary society.These seventeen essays explore both popular and lesser-known depictions of asexuality and aromanticism in speculative fiction. From discussing the impact of semantics in everyday languag...

Dear Grumpy Horrible Boss,You suck as a lawyer. I don't even know how you passed the bar. Or how you sleep at night taking clients like Jack Whittington.Just in case you didn't know, you can't fire me just because I have a part-time job working bachelor parties. What I do on the weekend is none of your business and not a part of my employment contract. If I want to go back to wearing coconut bikinis and popping out of cakes, I can.As soon as I get m...

An "exciting" minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston ( The New York Times).On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in inco...

Dear Mr. Gallagher,I do not need this job. In fact, I will remind you that I'm doing you a favor. I am working for you only because I don't want you to inflict your grumpiness on my friends any longer. I am a strong, confident woman and know how to put men like you in their place.I won't succumb to your flirtations or your attempts to try and shock me. I am not impressed by your six-pack or your six-figure bank account. I suggest you realize that I am out o...

The Feels Like Falling Boxset contains Feels Like Falling, Feels Like Flying, and Feels Like Love.We were two perfect strangers in the night…
Every Monday night, I would go to the hotel.
I never knew his name.
He never knew mine.
His eyes held secrets.My eyes held lies.
When I was in his arms, nothing else in the world existed. Until the night everything changed.
My past is dictating my future.
His past ...

Jewel has spent his entire life making himself as small and invisible as possible. His healing magic is rare, powerful and dangerous. If he could, he’d spend his days caring for wounded animals or those unable to afford a physician. His older brother, the crown prince, has a far different use in mind for Jewel’s powers, however. He would much rather Jewel use his magic to extract information from captured spies, or simply torment whoever Henry chooses.Briar is here to rob the royal...

In this 2013 winner of the prestigious R.R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers, as well as the 2013 PROSE Awards for Mathematics and Best in Physical Sciences & Mathematics, also from the AAP, readers will find many of the most significant contributions from the four-volume set of the Collected Works of A. M. Turing. These contributions, together with commentaries from current experts in a wide spectrum of fields and backgrounds, provide insight on the significance a...

A-List actor and rockstar Oracle Lion needs no introductions. He's the handsome playboy of New York & Hollywood and every woman wants to be with him. Every woman except for Piper Meadows. Piper wants nothing to do with a man like Oracle. And that's why she pretends she has no idea who he is when she first meets him. She wasn't to know that would make Oracle see her as a challenge. She wasn't to know that her lack of interest would lead to an offer that she was going to find hard to refuse....

I just wanted to have some fun...It all started when I moved into my new apartment in Brooklyn and met my neighbor, Olivia. We became fast friends and so when she had to go out of town on an emergency work trip, I agreed to give her brother her keys so he could look after her dog. And then I met him. Her brother was Carter Stevens and he was sex on legs. He was a banker by day and a musician by night; arrogant, handsome, with the most tantalizing smile I'd ever seen. When he invited...