Sparks fly between an American popstar looking for a comeback and a British action star who hates the spotlight in this fake-dating romance debut.Popstar Chloe Belle is determined to take her new album to No. 1 and prove her haters (and rock star ex) wrong. So why can’t the media focus on anything but her recent divorce or her double chin? When Chloe’s run-in with her celebrity crush, English action star Andrew Westrate, goes viral, their teams propose a deal....

“Hackett’s skillful plotting and character work will keep readers hooked…”- Publishers WeeklyCan a luxury resort transform her life by giving her back control? Georgia Evans thinks it sounds too good to be true. Turns out her motherly intuition isn't wrong . . . In the vein of Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers, Mom Brain turns a discerning eye toward society's view on modern motherhood and reframes "mom brain" as a superpowe...

The Reluctant Mariner tells of an Australian couple's five-year circumnavigation of the world in a 12.2-metre long, steel-hulled ketch called Onawa. The author, Joanna Hackett, was once a self-proclaimed landlubber who had never even considered sailing off over the horizon in search of adventure but, having married a man keen to do just that, was willing to "give it a go". Her candid account, penned with dry wit and accessible style, made The Reluctant Mariner a sell-out when it first hit ...

Hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue ribs.Sounds like the perfect all-American cookout-unless you're a vegetarian. With more people adopting a mainly vegetarian diet, the choices might seem limited for all those great outdoor parties. Whether it's a barbecue or a picnic in the park, it's time to get creative with meatless summer meals! Inside are mouthwatering recipes such as:Grilled Seitan with Apple SalsaCreole SlawGrilled Eggplant...

The Old Gods are gone, and they are taking the ancient world with them.Now, as Rome falls, he must rise.Seventeen years after the barbarian general Odoacer deposed the last Roman Emperor in the West, the young aristocrat Orephes is told by his dying father that he is the last surviving demigod, hidden away by the old gods before they vanished forever.Abandoning his post as a feared knight in the army of the Roman general Eschelus - an aging yet respected believer in...

How do we think about the worlds we live in? The formation of categories of events and objects seems to be a fundamental orientation procedure. Facet theory and its main tool, the mapping sentence, deal with categories of behavior and experience, their interrelationship, and their unification as our worldviews. In this book Hackett reviews philosophical writing along with neuroscientific research and information form other disciplines to provide a context for facet theory and the qualitati...

Bay North wants revenge, no, she craves revenge. Hunted for her psychic ability to steal time and forced to watch her family die, all she wants is to make the crime lord who's taken everything from her pay. But now he's set the ultimate hunter on her trail and Bay will need all her skills just to survive the gray-eyed, hard-bodied man out to kill her.Ex-Navy SEAL Sean Archer has nothing left but a thirst for vengeance. After his team is killed in Afghanistan by a time thief, he cam...

Enemies become lovers when a man and a woman on opposite sides of a an intergalactic war are forced into close proximity in this sci-fi romantic adventure.Ex-space marine Savan Bardan survived the Galactic Wars to become the most ruthless trade negotiator in the galaxy. His planet needs energy to survive, and he'll do anything to close the deal for the Perman fusion crystals that can provide it?even if it means seducing his beautiful, infuriating opponent, a rival ...

Ursula Hackett's tried-and-tested approach for essay success helps students to create brilliant, original, high-scoring essays that are enjoyable to write – and read. With dozens of hands-on exercises and clear examples, Brilliant Essays begins with students' everyday experience of using language, arguing a case, reading, thinking, and communicating with other people. Chapters help students to examine – and dispel – assumptions, build and control their arguments and use evidence e...

In this irreverent, nostalgic, and light-hearted take on the typical space opera, the down-on-his-luck alcoholic Nick Bridges is abducted by aliens to save the galaxy - whether he wants to or not."Something they never tell you about being a hero - it's really just about being at the wrong place at the wrong time and living to tell the tale."Stuck in a dead-end job as an adjunct Professor of Psychology focused on paranormal sightings and cla...

The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference.In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett...

Step into the action-filled, suspenseful world of the anomalies, where some humans are gifted with extraordinary powers. Time Thieves, Mind Raiders and Soul Stealers are in a battle of survival against the crime lords and secret government agencies hunting them for their abilities. Welcome to a world where these anomalies risk everything to survive...and risk it all to fall in love.Includes four novellas:Time Thief - Bay North wants revenge, no, she craves revenge. Hunted f...