Maisy Hayes is doing it tough. There's never enough money, even for the simple things like having a decent breakfast. Her friends have given up inviting her out. And then there's her sister's serious illness, her overwhelmed mum and her latchkey kid brother. It's a lot. Maisy never hears from her dad – not now that he's got a fancy life in a different city with his new wife and kids. Why would he care? Maisy's angry. She feels ripped off. And she's a first-class expert at hiding it – at ma...

A New York Times BestsellerA sparkling anthology starring Lady Whistledown—the elusive Regency-era gossip columnist popularized in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix.Lady Whistledown Tells All!Society is abuzz when the Season’s most promising debutante is jilted by her intended—only to be swept away by the deceitful ...

Join the Bridgertons, and the rest of the ton, as they pore over (and gossip about) Lady Whistledown’s latest musings. The elusive Regency-era gossip columnist -- popularized in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix – reveals society’s most recent secrets in this second glittering anthology, following the New York Times bestseller, The Further Observations of Lady ...

Chloe Franklin wouldn't call herself a commitment-phobe, so much as she's allergic to anything long term. She loves the sexy, sweaty, and intensely hot hours of the night that come before the sun rises, though. Especially when those nights are spent with Search-and-Rescuer Gage McGraw . . .Gage loves his job, but there is one thing he's starting to like more than the rush of a mission—a stacked blonde with a mouth that haunts his dreams. Every time he steps foot in the sleepy town ...

Determined to find her inner badass and save her business, boutique owner Michelle Ruby signs up for a twenty-four hour survival class. Except, she's the only person who registered, and the guide is a sex-on-a-stick G.I. Joe come to life. Between his massive muscles, smoldering blue eyes, and "there's no crying in camping" attitude, she’s in trouble . . . in more ways than one.Search and rescue squad member Dex Young never thought he'd be roped into teaching "survival skills" to pa...

Easton Ambrose has spent half his life protecting Natalie St. Clair from guys like himself. It's not like he wants to interfere with her dating life, but what's he supposed to do when she insists on going out with the wrong kind of guy? Kiss her, of course. But now she's pissed. And what starts as an apology turns to heated words . . . then just to heat.Jumping East was the worst idea in the history of ideas. The guy is Natalie's older brother's best friend, the definition of off l...

The fear of playing the fool is a universal psychological phenomenon and an underappreciated driver of human behavior; in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink, Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational, and Susan Cain’s Quiet, Fool Proof tracks the implications of the sucker construct from personal choices to cultural conflict, ultimately charting an unexpected and empowering path forward.In the American moral vernacular, we have a whole thes...

In her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every home in America. At Mama's Knee looks at race and race relations through the lessons that mothers transmit to their children. As a single African American mother in Baltimore, Ryan has struggled with each gut-wrenching, race-related news story to find t...

Hidden behind a mask at a charity ball, I let an unknown older man have me.He left me with more than just breathless memories—a secret I can never tell.Five years later, I'm a single mom, writing a piece on Atlanta Fire's legendary coach.He's a silver fox. Tempting, commanding, intent on using his sexy authority… on me.We should keep our distance.I'm his player's younger sister, and he's decades off-limits.And then I see it.

I should never have agreed to babysit the NHL's hottest playboy. Or move into his house. Or fake date him, for puck's sake.Luke Smith only takes one thing in life seriously: Hockey. He thinks every problem can be solved with a grin. And those big brown puppy-dog eyes? His get-out-of-jail-free card. But not this last time… and now it's my job to fix his reputation before he gets traded.To keep the puck bunnies away, I agree to fake date him. A complete puck-...

I spent the night with a complete stranger.Now, he thinks I'm a puck bunny. So, imagine my shame when I find out he's my new boss and I'm moving into his guest house… as his son's nanny .Okay, just because Atlanta Fire's star center knows how to handle his stick doesn't mean I'm going to let him out of the penalty box.Sebastian Blue is a walking mistake in a hockey jersey. Sinful smirk? You bet. Dedicated single dad? Of course. Rela...

Divorced. Single dad. Traded to a losing squad. Cheated on, betrayed, exposed. My perfect life blew up in my face and I'm still picking up the pieces. The last thing I need is her. A wildflower. A storm. A woman I can't resist.Lotus DuPree is a kick to my gut and a wrench in my plans from the moment our eyes meet.I promised myself I wouldn't trust a woman again, but I've never wanted anyone the way I want Lo. She's not the plan I made, but she's the risk I have to ...