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So many young people enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic marriage but then discover they’ve been duped. Because they learned about love and sexuality from faulty sources - social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past - they have no idea what healthy lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce-ridden in history.

The last thing Lady Perdie Crawford expected when she fled London was to encounter difficulties in securing lodgings as a lady traveling alone. Claiming a particular Scotsman as her husband was only supposed to be a brilliant tiny ruse. Except the damn handsome, devilish, charming scoundrel claims they are now truly married, and he must stay by her side to protect her from undesirables. Perdie was not looking for distraction, or marriage, or the love and attention from any gentleman. Yet, with each moment spent in Thaddeus's presence, attraction burns hot and fierce.

COVID-19 has created a truly unprecedented world in which digital technology has been thrust to the forefront of everyone's lives. As in-person conversations become fewer and online conversations grow day by day, people begin to wonder: Is it possible to create and maintain real, meaningful connections through digital technology?

Manhattan’s most eligible bachelor, Kyle Hunter, is a Marine Corps vet, the son of a US senator and the prodigal heir of American corporate royalty. He’s rich, smart, and a notorious flirt. Kyle Hunter is also in love with his best friend. So why did he tell Manny they could never see each other again? Manny Tescadero isn’t about to be hurt twice. He’s lost a lot and if there’s one thing he learned in Afghanistan, it’s to defend yourself and those who need you at all costs.

When you’re on a path of spiritual and intuitive awakening, you will at some point run into blockages that hijack your progress. These can be programs, habits, conditioning, or patterns you’ve picked up that sabotage your efforts to meditate, become more centered, or activate your intuition. You want your physical world to elevate your spiritual world, not drag it down. But is that even possible? It is.

Dustin, I can be a prick. I know this, and I’ve been working on it since high school. No, really I have. Nothing could remind me of that little fact better than the girl I owed the biggest apology of my life. Only, Willa had disappeared until the day I managed to get her fired from her job 12 years later. I could make things right for her; get her a position on my team at Hunter Railways.

Sebastian Crawford, Duke of Hartford, cares about his duty, honor, and family. He has everything planned: His sister is engaged, and now, he plans to select his duchess from a list of eligible debutantes. The last thing he expects is his sister to go missing a few weeks before her wedding!

The sound of a whip licking the floor should cause her to tremble. The whistle hiss of it cutting the air should tell her to run. The pin-prick kiss of leather should make her wince. These would be normal reactions, but Samantha Hunter couldn’t go back to being normal if she tried. Oleg, her Master, is a king among kings in the BDSM world. He’s broken his promise to join two Mafia dynasties in an arranged marriage.

The events of the previous summer have the trio on edge and cowering at every corner. While Ava preps her troops for war on the second building of Marcus Creations, Kaycie is struggling to keep her head clear of hallucinations. Once Marcus' crew gets wind of a potential breach in security, all hell breaks loose, putting Demo in the position of making a decision that could end the life of the woman he loves.

Some messages cannot be choked and stifled. Some messages have a voice that must be heard, a truth that must be spoken. Whether it be in this lifetime or the next, ultimately, justice will prevail. Healing Bridget: Injustice to Freedom, is a short story about harsh realities of the past surfacing for an opportunity to be set free. Through intention, determination, and vulnerable moments of surrender, the author takes you through her very personal, raw, and powerful healing experience.

Yet another business trip, and I find myself seated next to a smoking-hot piece of eye candy on my flight to New York. Turns out he’s got a special talent for locating the free-spirit I thought I’d lost somewhere at the bottom of my laptop bag. He said it was nice to meet me, but I wouldn’t know how nice until we got very familiar with an airplane blanket and each other, too. It was a crazy thing to do, just a onetime stunt. So why am I still thinking about him after five years?

Ever been fascinated by the complex world of serial killers? It's so complex but also simple if you really think about it. Right? Want to get a deeper insight like, "What makes someone turn to cannibalism?" or "How do experts dissect a crime scene?" Well, "Serial Killer Trivia" will satisfy all those burning curiosities. And the ones you didn't know existed!

Book two in the My Boys series! I thought that growing up with Noah, Bryce, and Lucas would make slipping into a relationship easy. Our happy home seemed fine at first...then Bryce moved in, and it was like a domino effect from there. Something was missing, and as I tried to maintain my new relationships, my insecurities began to manifest when my Dad decided that I needed his attention. It had been years since I last saw him, but now he suddenly wanted to be part of my life. Can I face him and tell him the truth about me and my boys?

People think Samantha Hunter lives a fairy-tale life. Only this young, wealthy American in Paris has a secret. If she lets it free, there’s no telling what she’ll do. Being the wild child is one thing. Letting her dark fantasies run wild is quite another. How could she? The better question is…how could she not?

Still haunted by the death of her childhood best friend, Jett, Ava returns to her small hometown searching for the truth behind what happened. When she falls into the hands of danger and is saved by a familiar face, Ava attempts to figure out how Jett returned from the dead. In the midst of introducing him into her world, trouble finds her again; but this time, Jett won’t be able to save her.

Sometimes dreams are more appealing than reality, but what happens when you live there too long? Heidi Langdon feels fulfilled as a baker and barista at the local Colorado ski resort cafe. Her coworkers disagree, feeling a life of living alone with an antisocial feline and eating junk food, is a recipe for disaster. After an evening of investigating online dating sites, Heidi drifts off into her very own Winter Wonderland where she meets the love of her life.

Ruth lived a quiet life until a car accident changed everything, and demonic forces began following her. When she gets spirited away, Ruth must find the reasons the monsters chose her and unlock a way back into her world.

In therapy, on the cusp of a mental breakdown caused by a sleep-defying baby, Alyssa DeRose listens as her therapist (read: paid best friend) finally puts her version of the truth into words: "It's okay if becoming a mother was both the best and worst thing to ever happen to you." Alyssa now welcomes fellow women into the brutal and transformational season of life called new motherhood, inviting us to reflect on our own flawed stories of motherhood and offering needed permission to embrace our imperfection.

Nineteen-year-old Vicki Barnes is home for spring break, but she's all alone in her parent's big home - they've gone touring and won't be back for months. Boredom has well and truly set in...that is, until she sees the new neighbors moving in across the road. They're a beautiful couple in their late 30s, and Vicki is intrigued, not to mention turned on, when they share an X-rated kiss, right there in the driveway, before rushing inside like two sex crazed teens.

Elliott Greene is just a 15-year-old kid from northern Texas asking for someone to care. Living in a family that often reminds him he's an outcast, bullied by the jocks at school who use him as a punching bag, and alone in a world of friends who don't seem to put in the effort. While enduring the verbal and physical lashings of those around him, he finally crumbles and decides that being dead is better than the life he was given. This is the story of what could have happened had one person...just one person, reached out to him that day.