Gordon left England for China at the age of twenty. In mid-1900, he arrived in Shanxi where the Boxers were relentlessly persecuting foreigners and the provincial governor had just given the order to behead missionaries. His lucky escape from the mayhem there should have made him more cautious about his own safety, but in late 1917 he was walking into danger again. This time it was in Russia where the war, the abdication and political upheaval were having devastating consequences on many l...

The explanation and implementation of statistical methods for the medical researcher or statistician remains an integral part of modern medical research. This book explains the use of experimental and analytical biostatistics systems. Its accessible style allows it to be used by the non-mathematician as a fundamental component of successful research.Since the third edition, there have been many developments in statistical techniques. The fourth edition provides the medical statisti...

Are you ready for the latest compelling romantic suspense series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kathy Ivan? Prepare to be swept away as the Boudreau brothers face down bad guys, cheer when justice is served, and sigh when happily ever after rules the day.RAFE: When Sheriff Rafe Boudreau catches Tessa Maxwell climbing through the window of a house where she doesn’t belong, the crime rate isn’t the only thing that spikes. Turns out, trouble has followed the small-to...

Theo Prescott is better off alone. A successful divorce attorney, he knows that relationships don’t last, true love isn’t real, and fairy tales are the stuff of fantasy. Deep down, he knows if he let himself fall for someone, he’d only end up causing pain. And he refuses to do that to anyone—including and especially his best friend, Lauren. Even if she’s gorgeous, ambitious, and smart. Warm and funny. Talented and quite possibly perfect for him.Lauren MacKinnon has been pining afte...

He'll take any risk...Wade Craig is on the lookout for illegal activity, not gorgeous tourists. So when Lacey Sutherland shows up in the bar he’s staked out to keep tabs on a suspected smuggler, Wade’s guard is up.Lacey is a professional matchmaker, not a drug runner. But with her business tangling her in something dangerous, she has no choice but to turn to the one man intent on keeping her safe. Lacey’s every instinct warns her the sizzling connection won...

Friends to Forever includes three friends-to-lovers stories by USA Today Best-Selling Author Amy Knupp.True Blue: When Gabe North’s best friend, Lexie Gallagher, is left at the altar, he whisks her away to help her heal. He’s longed to be more than friends for years, but to admit that could ruin their friendship. That’s a risk he’s never been willing to take…until now.Playing with Fire: Reeling from tragedy, former firefighter Derek Severson isn't up for attention from anyo...

The first three books of Kaylea Cross’s bestselling Vengeance Series in one box set.Stealing Vengeance:An expert thief and assassin meets her match in the soldier she left behind.She’s an expert at getting into places she doesn’t belong. But for once she can’t escape from this situation on her own.Covert Vengeance:A female hacker assassin is pitted against the hitman sent to hunt he...

Welcome to the small town of Elm Ridge, Kentucky, where you’ll swoon, smile, and fall helplessly in love with the Green family.Those three heartwarming romances have no cliffhangers and no cheating.-COLTONShe's all wrong for him.So why can't he stop thinking about her?Colton Green knows exactly what he's going to do...

Prepare to fall in love with the Youngers, four headstrong siblings who think love is only in fairy tales. But when romance comes calling, none of them can resist their hearts’ desires.This boxset includes all four full-length novels of Iris Morland’s Younger series.***Then Came YouAfter witnessing his parents’ doomed love affair, serial playboy Ash Younger decided long ago that love was not meant for him. Yet the night he encounters a myster...

A man searching for peace. A woman determined to save her family name. Fulfillment is attainable ... but at a price neither expect to pay.I’m an adrenaline junkie.I get off on tempting fate—until the day I make a reckless misstep that claims three lives.The Alaskan bush offers the perfect opportunity to overcome survivor’s guilt and find peace: Live off grid in seclusion where a mistake only threatens one life—my own.My only tie to ...

His rescue from the ocean after a horrible plane explosion was his top priority, in any way, shape, or form. A small sailboat and a nurse to do the job was more than Ryland hoped for.When Tabi somehow drags him and his buddy Garret onboard and surprisingly gets them to a naval ship close by, Ryland figures he’d used up all his luck and his friend’s too. Sure enough, those who attacked the plane they were in weren’t content to let him slowly die in the ocean. No. Surviving had made ...

Security consultant Vic Andrews fears nothing. Except emotional entanglements. He lives on the edge and by his own rules. Never mess with your best friend’s sister, for one. Especially when that sister is sweet and sexy goddess Gina Delgado. Vic is strictly a “no strings attached” kind of guy, and a young widow with three kids is guaranteed to tie his heart in all sorts of knots. Too bad other parts of his anatomy aren’t as easily deterred.Gina is no stranger to men like Vic. Men i...