IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENTBrilliant attorney Cole Cassidy rushes to his mother's side whenshe is accused of murdering wealthy Texan Sophia Fortune. Coleis convinced his mother is being framed, but the questionsremain—why…and by whom? In the scandal-ridden days thatfollow, Cole gets another shock—the private investigator hiredby the Fortune family is Annie Jones, the ex-cop he loved and leftwhen she was accused of a crime she didn't commit.Annie never forgave...

Krisztina Tóth's first substantial work in prose after four volumes of remarkable verse, consists of fifteen beautifully written and highly sensual short stories. Most are narrated with poetic intensity and intimacy from a young, unnamed female narrator's point of view. Whether about childhood acquaintances, school camps and trips, or love and deceit in love, they are all are set against the backdrop of Hungary's socialist era in its declining years. The stories are carefully strung, like ...

Thousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City. This book is about them, the so-called mole people, living alone and in communities, in subway tunnels, and below subway platforms. It is about how and why people move underground, who they are, and what they have to say about their lives and the "topside" world they've left behind.

Rocky Mountain RancherThe drifter came from the night. Came from the storm. And came with a past…. Still, warmhearted widow Maddy Landers needed a hired hand. So what if Luther Ward had done time? The man was clearly no murderer. Why, Maddy would trust him with her life, her little ones and the spread he cherished as if it were his own.Tight-lipped Luther ranched like a man driven—and loved like a male deprived. His pent-up passion proved hot as a branding ir...

This compelling book delves into the hidden world beneath New York City, where thousands of people make their homes in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels. Through powerful storytelling and in-depth reporting, it explores the lives, struggles, and resilience of these underground communities, revealing a side of urban life that is rarely seen. It offers a haunting yet humane portrait of survival, poverty, and the complexity of life below the surface of a bustling metropolis.

A MIX-UP AT THE BUTTONWOOD BABY CLINIC…Megan Malone just needed a Lamaze coach—not a handsome, hormone-spinning father-to-be who insisted he help raise ***her***bundle of joy! But that's just what Mac Duncan—the man who should have stayed the ***anonymous***sperm donor—was demanding when he found out he'd fathered a child.Now Megan began to welcome Mac's protection and promises for their baby's future. And uh-oh—was that the baby kicking, or Megan's heartst...

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a unique lipoprotein that has emerged as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular vascular disease. Data from case control, epigenetic and mendelian randomization studies indicate that people with elevated Lp(a) have a two-fold to four-fold increased risk of cardiovascular events compared to people with low Lp(a) levels. Despite this risk, awareness of Lp(a) is still very low among health care providers. Even cardiologists often overlook Lp(a), in part becaus...

The book offers a theoretically justified and pragmatic concept of the so-called 'lex mercatoria' contributing to the debate concerning the existence of this law as an autonomous, a-national and universal legal system established by trade practice. This new work equips commercial arbitrators and counsel with a formula to 'recognize' and apply a rule of the lex mercatoria in practice. It argues that a rule of the lex mercatoria is established if there is a majority congruent behaviour withi...

Filling a large gap in the literature, this book focuses on the management of patients who have, or are at risk of developing, cardiovascular disease. Designed to serve as a resource for the busy, practicing clinician, the approach is evidence-based but practical. Conceptual development and the exploration of biochemical and physiological mechanism

This book provides a detailed review of many different aspects of pathogens, from the effects of single base pair mutations to large-scale control options, bringing into a single volume over 100 years of findings from thousands of researchers worldwide. Diseases caused by soft rot Pectobacteriaceae (SRP) are a major cause of loss to crop, vegetables and ornamental plants worldwide, and have been found on all continents except Antarctica. While different aspects of the SRP have appeared in ...

MAIL-ORDER BRIDE?How could traditional rancher Travis Winchester be irresistibly attracted to statuesque sophisticate Rory Mancini? Especially since she was supposed to be his brother's mail-order bride? Well, his sibling had suspiciously skipped town, and Travis couldn't exactly abandon this woman. But things went too far…too fast. Suddenly, Rory's shocking confession resulted in a night of passion—and a marriage proposal!

This volume presents significant advances in a number of theories and problems of Mathematical Analysis and its applications in disciplines such as Analytic Inequalities, Operator Theory, Functional Analysis, Approximation Theory, Functional Equations, Differential Equations, Wavelets, Discrete Mathematics and Mechanics. The contributions focus on recent developments and are written by eminent scientists from the international mathematical community. Special emphasis is given to new result...