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One night. No names. No faces. It should have been simple.When Rourke crashes a secret masquerade ball, she has no idea the nameless, faceless stranger she hooked up with is about to be her new boss. He has her running in circles like he’s trying to break her, but when her life is in danger, this mafia prince will stop at nothing to keep her safe.Cinderella meets Fifty Shades in this dark, royalty romance from USA Today bestselling author Jeana E. M...

An orphaned teen comes-of-age in 1945 Jerusalem in this “brilliantly perceptive” historical fiction novel offering a portrait of Middle Eastern politics and life on the precipice (New York Times).“Olivia Manning’s work has been out of sight for decades, but her newly reissued School for Love is about to charm and startle a whole new generation of readers.” —O, The Oprah MagazineJerusalem in 1945 is a city in flux:...

The only thing standing between her and disaster is a man she can't trust...As far as Dinah Pittman is concerned, men can't be trusted. Especially cops. Her own father was a former cop and a convicted felon who stole a small fortune before dying in prison. The best part? No one knows where the money is...and someone is willing to kill off everyone who knows anything about it.And Dinah is next.Rafe Morales left the Dallas police force to settle down to a sim...

Margot doesn't have time for love.Will is afraid to love.And neither of them are expecting to fall in love with Blossom: a gentle Staffy with a tragic past, a belly made for rubbing and a head the size of a football.After their first meeting at the rescue centre, both Margot and Will want to adopt Blossom so reluctantly agree to share custody. But Will's obsession for micro-managing and clear-cut boundaries and Marg...

The classic WW2 historical fiction saga—hailed as “among the very best fiction about the Second World War”—continues with this second trilogy following the Pringles family (Sunday Times).As the Nazi army advances, English ex-pats are caught overseas in the Middle East amid personal battles between courage and fear, love and betrayal.Olivia Manning returns to the story of the young English couple Guy and Harriet Pringle, last seen a...

Wildlife photographer Hannah gets more than she bargained for when she camps alone in the wilderness and stumbles upon werewolves Logan and Nathan skinny dipping in an isolated lake.Caught spying on the pair's private moment together, she is unable to evade capture. Confronted by the alpha Logan, her fear and arousal is unmistakable, triggering a blazing desire in the two men.Before she knows it, Hannah finds herself exposed before them--stuffed and...

A survivor's awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and woman.She was a hardworking business woman, had a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 9/11, good fortune was no match for catastrophe. When a wall of flame at the World Trade Center burned more than 80 percent of her body, Lauren Manning began a ten-year journey of survival and rebirth that tested her almo...

“Immersive…awe-inspiring.” —The New York Times “An epic story of love, hope, and perseverance.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker KlineThis “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the corruption that enriched her father’s employers in early 1900s Colorado.In a voice infused with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving ...

Jane Austen – novelist, forthright letter writer, daughter and sister of Anglican clergy – had a rarely-matched insight into human character. Like Lent itself, she exposes frailty, caprice and pomposity without losing a profound and compassionate understanding of human nature. Her life was profoundly shaped by the church and Christian spirituality, making her writings an ideal accompaniment for the 40 days of Lent. Rachel Mann introduces Jane Austen, her world and her ideas, and, for each ...

When fertility specialist Dr. Cox tells Max that he may be the cause of Tiffany's failure to conceive, Max leaves in a fury, telling the doctor to "fix the problem."Little does he know, the fertile Dr. Cox has some very naughty ideas for how to get Tiffany pregnant! He'll bring her the pleasure she doesn't even know that she needs, and fulfill her every desire--including putting a baby inside her.The virile young doctor plans to take Tiffany, hard and unprotected, and show ...

'They can say what they bloody well like, but we're a fuckin' fine mob.'Deep in the mud, stench of the Somme, Bourne is trying his best to stay alive. There he finds the intense fraternity of war and fear unlike anything he has ever known.Frederic Manning's novel was first published anonymously in 1929. The honesty with which he wrote about the horror, the boredom, and the futility of war inspired Ernest Hemingway to read the novel every year, 'to remember how things really...

**Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take us inside the minds of Civil War soldiers—black and white, Northern and Southern—as they fought and marched across a divided country, this unprecedented account is “an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War" (**The Philadelphia Inquirer).In this unprecedented account, Chandra Manning With stunning poise and narrative verve, Manning explores how the Union and Confe...