[Ten million dollars. Her price tag. An open-marriage contract.]“The credit limit increase is generous,” the lawyer said. “From one million to ten million annually.”“What if I change my mind?”“Then you lose the children,” the lawyer said, matter-of-factly. “Without family money or independent income, custody battles become very difficult.”After eighteen years as t...

"Go ahead and play the victim. That's all you ever do," he spat and rage flashed in her eyes.Before he could process what she was doing, she'd grabbed him by his tie and yanked hard. They both stumbled forward and she crashed into him, her face colliding with his chest....When Raelynn's contract marriage to Alpha Rai, her destined mate is threatened on the night of her wedding anniversary, her life takes a spiralling descent into chaos. Divorced and rejected by her ...

"She was supposed to be a substitute. Now, she's the one person he can't live without."Solana shifted at five, and everything in her life went wrong.An ancient wolf awakened in her body, and from that day on, she was labeled a monster. Beaten, starved, and poisoned with wolfsbane, she grew up as the lowest Omega in Red Grove Pack, carrying a crime she never committed.Her mate rejected her. Her pack broke her. And when her sister ran away, Solana was offered up in he...

Ariana, the heiress to Warwick Kingdom, rejected her childhood companion, Jasper, who returned with a pregnant Omega. Reeling from the betrayal, Ariana met a mysterious merchant from Harmonia Kingdom, a weak werewolf whom Ariana couldn't smell his scent. "Who are you?" She watched him in utter disbelief. "Your merchant and I'm here because everything about you interests me.” "Is flirting all you know how to do?” "So you admit I'm a good flirt?" His smile was wider, "That makes me happy, pr...

The Sentences That Create Us draws from the unique insights of over fifty justice-involved contributors and their allies to offer inspiration and resources for creating a literary life in prison. Centering in the philosophy that writers in prison can be as vibrant and capable as writers on the outside, and have much to offer readers everywhere, The Sentences That Create Us aims to propel writers in prison to launch their work into the world beyond the walls, while also em...

'Nowzad was a gentle giant when it came to taking treats. He never, ever snatched. To me it was just further evidence that, deep inside, there was a great dog struggling to find his way out'When Pen Farthing brings stray dogs Nowzad and Tali back from his tour of Afghanistan, little does he know what he has begun.Suddenly he has four dogs to look after - two of whom have never been house-trained. And soon he is inundated with requests from other Marines and soldier...

'When people gave up on Wylie, Wylie refused to give up on people.'For a street dog born in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, to be crowned top dog at Scruffts, a competition for crossbreeds held during Crufts, the largest dog show on earth, is nothing short of a miracle. But for Wylie, the gentle, cropped eared ball of fur, miracles seemed to happen quite regularly.Beaten and abused while being used as a bait dog, Wylie suffered terrible injuries that nee...

This work is the long-awaited sequel to the historianNigel Penn’s award-winning book Rogues, Rebels andRunaways, in which he entertained and informedreaders with stories of the lives of some remarkablecharacters from early Cape history.In this new volume Penn, a consummate raconteurand storyteller, brings to life an assortment ofextraordinary personalities from the eighteenth andearly nineteenth centuries. There is Maria Mouton,the first white woman at the Cape to be executed, forher adult...

'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick mud walls. Today, however, it had only succeeded in stopping a terrified-looking small white dog. I knew that the Taliban could be hiding in any one of these buildings, just waiting for one of us. But I knew I couldn't just walk away.'In a remote outpost of Now Zad, in Helmand province, Pen Farthing's tour of duty will change his life fore...

"I am not the same girl you knew six years ago. I am a female warrior of Lichen pack now, and men like you do not stand a chance in hell against me."As the betrayer's daughter, Soraya Wilthon was eager to find her mate, but the man she expected for a long time pushed her deeper into hell.Now, she was strong enough to have the bullies under her feet, but she lost all hope to her mate, fate had other plans for her."Be a good girl and open up."As one touched her, t...

"You are very strong, but you don't have to be strong with me..."When Chloe inherits her grandfather's secluded house, she doesn't expect to fall for the mysterious Caden—a centuries-old vampire who hides in the shadows, guarding his dark secret. But desire burns hotter than fear, and when his true nature is revealed, passion and danger collide in ways neither of them could have imagined.Meanwhile, Angus, a reckles...

Losing yourself in excessive daydreaming? Maladaptive Daydreaming is an actual condition undergoing study. Pen shares her own personal experiences and offers helpful suggestions on how to channel and manage the daydreaming habit.Do you experience a loss of time because you spend that time daydreaming? Do you drive from one place to another and cannot recall how you arrived at your destination? Do you experience depression or irritability because you cannot spend time daydreaming?