The vertebral spine is a key element of the human anatomy. Its main role is to protect the spinal cord and the main blood vessels. The axial skeleton, with its muscles and joints, provides stability for the attachment of the head, tail and limbs and, at the same time, enables the mobility required for breathing and for locomotion. Despite its great importance, the vertebral spine is often over looked by researchers because: a) vertebrae are fragile in nature, which makes their fossilizatio...

Private security has never been so risky—or so tempting.Ex-military security specialist Conlan James avoids commitment like the plague. His job, his Harley, and an occasional one-night stand are all he needs—or so he tells himself. But after he rescues Jess from a tense situation, he can’t get the shy, sexy brunette out of his mind. He can teach her self-defense, but can he shield his own scarred heart?Southern belle Jess Kingston spent eight weeks healing ...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romance series!I was taken.Kidnapped by a boy I thought I could love.Then he sold me as if I were property.For three years I endured.Beatings.Torture.Pain.I never broke.I was strong, determined, resilient.But then one day it happened…I broke.Setting me free.I should have run away, found a new life, and started over.

I'm a twenty-two-year-old virgin. Tonight that changes. I thought my first time had to be magical. The perfect date. The perfect place. The perfect guy. I thought I wanted to be in love. But now, I'm desperate. I'll take any guy as long as he's decent looking and treats me well, at least for the night. Turns out Mr. Perfect isn't so hard to find. He's hot, dreamy, and filthy rich. And he wants me. Sex with him is going to be better than I ever imagined. He's going to ruin me for all other ...

She saved me.Pulled me from the depths of the ocean.Siren—her name fits. Her beauty striking; her voice heavenly.But unlike the mythical version, Siren didn’t lure me to my death.She saved me.And now, seeing her about to be sold to the highest bidder, it’s my turn to save her.——I was raised to always tell the truth, no matter what.And it’s served me well.Until today.Today, I wish I could lie.Because my ...

Secrets don’t belong in the office—or the bedroom.Alex Brannigan walked up to Cailin on the dance floor like he owned the place. Owned her. And for a few perfect hours, he controlled her like he did everything else in his life—completely. Giving her pleasure. Saturating her with his need.Then she woke to an empty bed. Alex was a one-night stand she didn’t think she could forget, but still, just a one-night stand. No big deal, right?She was ...

I'm the villain in most romances.I'm a thief that steals happily ever afters.Except unlike most romances, love doesn't conquer me, I conquer it.I've stolen countless women from unsuspecting men.Gotten my one night with them.And then watched the heartbreak that occurs in my wake.Love doesn't survive once I enter the picture, if it ever existed at all.Although, stealing Sloane might be my greatest challenge of all.Ashe...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles...He’s an arrogant complication.I don’t care if Landon Davis has sold millions of records. I don’t care that his damn crooked grin makes my panties wet.I can’t want him.I should be mourning, but I can’t. I just need him gone. Then I can align the chaos floating in my head.——She has a f*cking boyfriend.I’ve seen the picture of them together. But Alex Blakely still ...

It’s challenging to live the life of a stripper, especially a respectable one. This intimate, erotic, and sensuous work is not for everyone, and offers fulfillment in a variety of ways for every woman who chooses this profession.Within a candid guidebook gleaned from her experience working undercover as a house mother in three Dallas strip clubs and interviews with more than fifteen hundred private dancers over a decade, Ella provides a glimpse into the lives of those who twerk for...

This isn’t a love story. This is a story of all the reasons we can’t be together. Reason number one: we lie.Liesel Dunn has a secret. One I literally ripped from her hands when we were kids. Her secret was in a letter that I tore in half. I have half the secret. She has the other half. We’ve always refused to share our part of the truth, so we’ve lived separate lives. Until fate brings us back together. She needs a hitman. I answer her call. I’ll do her this favor. But she...

Welcome to Black Wolf’s Bluff, where turning forty doesn’t mean your life is over. It might just mean the spark that can light up everything is right around the corner.She’s turning forty.Lily Easton’s series of lackluster boyfriends ended three years ago with the ex from hell—self-absorbed, thoughtless, and seriously bad in bed. After she dumped him, he told everyone in their small town she was the horrible lover. Being made the dating-po...

From USA Today Bestselling Author Ella Miles comes a new dark romance series!Arlo Carini saved my life, only to destroy it.When I first met him, he was the wealthy, powerful, sexy stranger giving me and a dozen other art history students a tour of his mansion. But he soon became my everything.My savior. My lover. My obsession.He tried to warn me. Every chance he could, he tried to get me to run far, far away. But it only ma...