She ran from one dangerous man. She never expected to find safety with another.After years of living in fear, Delaney Rourke takes her six-year-old son and disappears across the country, determined to build a life where no one can find them.In a remote Montana town, she finds work on Wade Ostrander's ranch a guarded cowboy who asks no questions but notices everything. As Delaney works beside him through calving season, an unexpected bond begins to grow between them....

I ran two thousand miles with my son, a shoebox, and four hundred dollars.My car died on the doorstep of the most dangerous man in Montana.Delaney Cortés counts everything twice: money, miles, exits. Seven years with a man who initialed her grocery receipts taught her that depending on anyone gets you owned.Then her transmission gives out on the shoulder outside Halo Custom & Salvage, and the repair bill is five times everything she has, and her five-year-old walks ...

They buried my father on a Monday.By Friday morning I was married to the man who let him die.Saoirse Brennan learned to count money before she learned to pray. She has kept her father's books since she was twenty-two, and she has never once been wrong about a number.Then two rounds put him in the ground outside his own bar, her uncle sells the family's last piece of the waterfront out from under his grave, and every man in South Boston starts waiting to see how long...

‘Wingnettes’ is a derivation of ‘vignettes’. Vignettes itself are not long or full narrative pieces. They can be short fiction of descriptive sketches or moments, depicting a certain feeling, character or setting, a literary sketch or a scene. The author calls his vignettes ‘wingnettes’ for the wings on the author shown on the book cover.

Before was a time when they fell to Earth, observed by two humans.Climate change has brought Earth to her knees. No water. Barely any food. The inhabitants of an unmade city leave to find sustenance. Stumbles upon an oasis. A fight to death for the vegetation. One survivor. Get beamed up to a alien craft. What happens next…

Combining compelling field research with sharp analysis, The Politics of Healthcare Expansion unravels why efforts to expand equitable healthcare so often fall short – and why some succeed. Through comparative case studies from Chile, Mexico, and Peru, this book reveals how political party commitment, or the lack of it, shapes the design, implementation, and sustainability of healthcare reform. Moving beyond ideology, it demonstrates the crucial role of programmatic party engagement and an...

PRE-ORDER THE NEXT INSTALMENT IN DONNA LEON'S COMMISSARIO BRUNETTI SERIES, A REFINER'S FIRE, NOW. AVAILABLE JULY 2024.'A splendid series . . . with a backdrop of the city so vivid you can almost smell it.' The Sunday TelegraphWinner of the Suntory Mystery Fiction Grand PrizeThe twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen ...

The camera was never the problem. Two photographers can shoot with identical technical mastery, yet one books out months in advance while the other waits by a silent phone. In today's digital-first market, visibility is the new differentiator—and every week your website stays unoptimized, your reviews stay sparse, and your Instagram goes quiet, you lose another inquiry here, another booking there, a slow bleed that compounds for years.Lens Leads is written for professional portrait...

The curtain rises, and three dozen people sit where a hundred might have sat ten years ago. If that scene feels familiar, Stage to Screen is the field guide your theater needs. Leon Mercer shows board members, volunteers, and part-time marketers how to replace fading radio spots and paper flyers with a modern audience-building engine—one that works all year round, without a marketing department or a six-figure budget.People have not stopped caring about live performance. What broke...

Every seat in your festival is perishable inventory. A restaurant can recover from a slow Tuesday; a software company can fix a landing page next month. A half-empty Saturday-night screening cannot be sold on Monday. Stream & Screen is the working playbook for indie festival teams who must sell tickets, satisfy sponsors, and grow a lasting audience against deadlines that will not move.This is not a collection of channel tips built on hope. Leon Mercer starts where effective promoti...

A gallery can spend heavily on fairs, ads, email, and photography while sending one muddy message: we show interesting art. Technically true for thousands of galleries - memorable to none of them. Brushstroke Business is the digital marketing guide for contemporary art galleries determined to attract high-end collectors, sell out exhibitions, and build direct collector relationships that do not depend on chance.Leon Mercer insists marketing begins before the first campaign: with a ...

You can catch light in a cathedral and coax genuine laughter from strangers in formalwear. So why is the photographer across town - no better with a camera - booking five-figure destination weddings six months out while you chase last-minute cancellations? Frame Your Fame is the wedding photography business blueprint for photographers ready to command premium packages and fill their calendar with couples who value their way of seeing.Leon Mercer's answer begins before any ad campai...