Bridget Lawrence has an arrangement with the town pariah: when something breaks in her run-down house, he fixes it in exchange for a free meal.Only, free meals turn into frequent dinners with her and her son, and her handsome handyman becomes the one thing she doesn't need: A handsome distraction.Thomas Birmingham has had it rough in the luck department. Abusive father, runaway sister, and one juror away from a life sentence in prison....

Six years ago, to the outrage of her family and the delight of London gossips, Lady Helen Dehaven refused to marry the man to whom she was betrothed. Even more shockingly, her refusal came on the heels of her scandalous behavior: she and her betrothed were caught in a most compromising position. Leaving her reputation in tatters and her motivations a mystery, Helen withdrew to a simple life in a little village among friends, where her secrets remained hers alone.For reasons of his ...

Ranulf Ombrier's fame throughout England for his skill at swordplay is rivaled only by his notoriety as King Edward I's favorite killer. Ranulf's actions have gained him lands, title, and a lasting reputation as a hired butcher. But after years of doing his king's bidding, he begins to fear for his mortal soul and follows his conscience away from Edward, all the way to the wilds of Wales.Gwenllian of Ruardean, Welsh daughter of a powerful Marcher lord, has every reason to leave Ran...

For one month of the year, around the winter solstice, gargoyles can assume human shape, though it entails a steep price. Averic has become entranced by a woman he sees pass by his cathedral each day and decides to take human form during the Christmas season to get to know her better. Tricia McKinnon is just about to give up on her long-held fantasy of finding a dominant man who is also strong, honest, and caring. When a fall at a street corner literally dumps her into the arms of Eric Sto...

Beckett Harlow is a player. He's incapable of keeping a girl longer than a week. A commitment phobe.He's my best friend.I've known him forever and a day, so when an innocent joke leads people to believe we're engaged, Beckett wants to use the opportunity to get my mom off my back and prove to his exes that he's capable of being in a serious relationship.Everything goes according to plan until faking it unearths feelings I thought I'd buried years ago, and the longer...

A chosen one. An ancient curse. And a small town with a bite.After tragedy strikes, Aspen Troy and her family are forced to uproot their lives and travel across the world to live in an old house that fuels a small town's legends and horror stories.Horrific nightmares leave her waking with real scars and the image of a man she can't seem to shake out of her head. A man who turns out to be the reason the disturbing stories circulating town exist to begin with...

London, 1890. Reporter Jennie Quinn is determined to find justice for a murdered informant. Deception is her weapon of choice, but being undercover cannot protect her from a powerful criminal’s seductive game of cat and mouse. She aches to trust Matthew Colton, the enigmatic former lawman with passionate kisses too tempting to resist. Colton is as dangerous as he is clever, though, and Jennie will not abandon her quest for the truth.Seeking vengeance against those who dest...

She's got ice in her heart and a kiss on her lips...1939, New York. Private Eye, Melody Malone, is hired to find a stolen ruby, the Eye of Horus. The ruby might hold the secret to the location of Cleopatra's tomb - but everyone who comes into contact with it dies. Can Melody escape the ruby's curse?1939, New York. River Song, author of the Melody Malone Mysteries, is forced to find a reality-altering weapon, the Eye of Horus - but everyone who come...

Johanna Templeton is on a life-and-death quest. Swept into an intrigue that rivals the tales she pens, she joins forces with a Highland rogue to find the treasure that will save her kidnapped niece—a prize the Scot seeks for reasons that have nothing to do with ransom. Engaging the Highlander in a sizzling battle of the sexes, Johanna shields her heart.Connor MacMasters, spy for Queen Victoria, is a man on a mission—keep a legendary gemstone from an evil man. Trailing an American n...

NAUGHTY HEROESIn And Out Of UniformA collection of UNFORGETTABLE HEROESFeaturing NY Times, USA Today, Amazon & International bestselling authors!Written by the Naughty Literati™N.J. Walters, Nicole Austin, Belle Scarlett, Katherine Kingston, and Elizabeth Lapthorne.Contents:MARINE ON A MISSIONN.J. WaltersWhen Mitch McCoy left rural Kentucky to join the U.S. Marines he never thought he'd return. Now he's undercover with...

The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Designed to measure the quality of pedagogy and practice, this essential tool will help early years educators, teachers and school leadership successfully develop their children’s positive dispositions, self-regulation, perseverance, engagement, ability to learn and citizenship. This unique Creating a Culture for Learning in the Classroom measurement scale is versatile and can be used in a number of ways. Educators can use it for self-evaluation for their own practice, so that they can bui...