Tommy Novak wasn't a bad man. He just wasn't particularly good at being alive.When he wakes up dead in a mysterious weaving room, he faces the tapestry of his life: threadbare, full of holes, held together by only two threads—his mother's prayers and those of a prison cellmate he barely remembers. An enigmatic weaver wants him to examine seven moments: the scholarship he quit, the supervisor job he didn't show up for, the custody fight he walked away from, the daughter he stood up ...

With rapid changes in procurement processes and increasing pressure for improvement, cohesion and efficiency, practitioners need to be aware of industry-wide generally acknowledged best practice. The recent Latham and Egan reports in the UK have spurred further intitiatives from the demand side of the industry to speed the pace of reform. This text examines those new initiatives, clearly explaining and comparing them with each other and with similar initiatives from other countries such as...

RoyceThe moment I woke up from brain surgery, I knew I was screwed. Too off balance, too slow, too broken to ever again claim “situation normal.” Now I spend my free time—I’ve got a lot of it—coding apps and avoiding the world.Until my friends set me up.Everything about Inara is so gorgeous I forget my own name, much less how to form coherent sentences. I’m not looking for love, but maybe it’s time to live a little dangerously.

Dimitri Sullivan is The Mortician at the Phantom Creek Mortuary. He's the go to guy when it comes to preparing a body for burial. No one can do the job like he can. Even the worst of injuries don't faze him. You name it he can fix it. He's a miracle worker. However, when it comes to romance people tend to run from him screaming. Being a Komodo dragon shifter just doesn't do it for them.Mufasa "Miles" Deidrick is your average lion shifter and a closeted gay man. When his sister dies...

From the mind behind Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes, and Chaos;Child! Now a hit anime, too! --Q: Do you believe in ghosts? A: Of course not! Yuta Gamon, a young boy who lives in Kichijoji, runs an Occult-related blog called "Kirikiri Basara". He spends his days dreaming of making a fortune off his affiliate links. Suddenly, Yuta's blog brings together the fate of nine strangers, as what starts off as a tiny feeling that something's wrong develops into a case that goes beyond imagi...

Sexy Encounters novellas are hot, quick, stand-alone reads that are a little naughty and one hundred percent romance with all the feels and a guaranteed HEA.Who says nice girls can’t have fun?The party was supposed to be a night to let loose and have a good time. Jayne’s only intention was to dance hard and party harder. Until she met him, the sexy bad boy, who turned her evening into so much more than she ever anticipated.It was a simple o...

What happens under the mistletoe…Noel Merrybell needs this job. Sure, being an assistant isn’t her dream job, but at least she gets to work for Mr. Roth. She’s always had a silly crush on him, but she knows that dating or sleeping with her boss would be a total disaster.Mason Roth is a ruthless bastard. He’s always had to be in his business, but when Noel starts working for him, all of his focus shifts. Instead of conquering the business world, he can’t sto...

JuneI've been a "good girl" all my life. As the only female in a long line of police officers, toeing the line is pretty much in my blood, even it's meant giving up things I've always wanting. Specifically, one thing I've always wanted: Matthew Simms. Or, as he's known in his motorcycle club, Knight. Because, yeah, that's how off-limits he is.Even if he wasn't off limits, he'd be out of my league. Former Army ranger, current tattoo artist, member of a MC, Knight has known m...

Their family is falling apart, but Destin will do anything to keep them together, no matter what…DestinIn one week, our brittle happiness for the future seems to have shattered to pieces. Not only do our families now know about Seb being pregnant, which was good, but Seb’s younger brother Dan shared a secret of his own with us, making the brothers butt heads. When Dan was finally ready to admit to his parents what was going on, Seb’s other ...

He's coming home to claim her...JacobI've been on active duty since I was eighteen. My intentions were to be a soldier for life. Then her letters showed up. Now, everything has changed.I fell in love with her through her words and I know she feels the same. So I'm taking my shot. I'm going to walk right into her flower shop and tell her she's mine.BethanyI was born with a broken heart and I've got the thick, jagged scar to prove it. I've seen the way...

Two young mates seem to be doing everything in an unusual order, but that doesn’t mean they can’t complete a few more ‘usual’ milestones, even out of order...DestinNew year, new… Well, new everything, it seems.By some luck, and with help from our parents, we were able to buy the house that Seb and I looked at a few weeks back, and the renovation of it has been progressing slowly but steadily. Between taking evening classes and worki...

Summer is here and that means big life changes for the two young mates…DestinWhile I’ve settled into a pretty good routine in these last months, between work, classes and spending time with Seb, I know that his life has been one big rollercoaster.But with his final essays and exams now behind him and summer ahead of us, things should become a little easier for a while, a very short while, hopefully. Because our baby will be born soo...