Drawn into a sprawling family riddled with theft, addiction, and prostitution, retired publisher and author Brian W. Smith witnessed a multigenerational saga of betrayal, treachery, and death. In this unsparing account of abuse and heartbreak, he follows one family member after another as they struggle to break free. Many don't. In the end, two young boys do.In The Poverty Paradox, Smith explores the close connection between poverty and education, showing how public policies usuall...

An emotional roller coaster of a read about a young mother who must decide whether to save her child by any means necessary—even if it means allowing her stepdaughter to die.Nina Arceneaux, a struggling single mother, has a choice to make—she’s been proposed to by a millionaire, a man she doesn’t love. Larry Denison offers to take her, and her eight-year-old daughter, Precious, out of their one-bedroom apartment and move them into a mansion in Monterey, California....

Enjoy this free cookbook and feel free to share! Only for One Knight, created by New York Times, USA Today and National Bestselling Authors, is inspired by the Knights of the Castle Series. This CookBook contains an interesting mix of cuisines from India, Italy, Southern USA, Africa, and many other places. Several authors from the series and their friends, have shared everything from childhood favorites to main meals that are sure to please the most discriminati...

"Addictions come in all shapes and sizes, but nothing feels as indulgent and irresistible as a new Bella Andre book! As always, Bella Andre finds the perfect balance between romance and steam, giving us another addictive Sullivans happily ever after!" 5 starsSuccessful Seattle Realtor Mia Sullivan is nobody's fool...apart from that one week five years ago when she gave away her heart to a sexy musician who gave her nothing in return but a few sinfully perfect days-...

After struggling with the loss of yet another person so dear to her heart, Mia Sullivan channeled her frustration and loneliness into focusing on her future career. At the top of her class at Harvard Law, she was nervous and excited when given the opportunity to work as a summer extern at one of the top firms in Boston. Her new boss was the young, extraordinarily handsome, and successful Marcus DeLuca. As she falls for his charms, she discovers he is keeping something from her. M...

A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, and a PI are bringing the heat to the New York Times bestselling author’s action-packed series.Sinners, whores, and sluts beware—your time is at hand: a faceless menace is threatening lingerie models on a cross country tour. Working as a bodyguard for Brodie Operations Security Services, Inc., Ethan Brodie is there to defend and protect.Ethan’s learned the hard way that beauty is no substitute for character. S...

Embraced by Oprah, the #1 New York Times bestselling guide that explains the connection between eating and emotion from Geneen Roth—noted authority on mindful eating.No matter how sophisticated or wealthy or broke or enlightened you are, how you eat tells all.After three decades of studying, teaching, and writing about our compulsions with food, bestselling author Geneen Roth adds a powerful new dimension to her work in Women Food and ...

All Jamie Lassiter wants is to marry his best friend's sister and settle down for the rest of his life in Chance Creek. He's saved his money, bought into the Cruz Guest Ranch and he's ready for that wedding, but Claire Cruz is nowhere to be found.Claire's too busy leaving Montana behind to care about cowboys or their wedding plans. She's got plans of her own - a trip around the world. She'll go as soon as she buys her tickets and she doesn't care if she ever sees Chance Creek again...

New school. New friendships. New life.Not so much.Alexandra is pissed about her parents abandoning her. She's beyond pissed that her friends did the same. She's enraged because things are unclear about her brother's death now. So her first stop is at Jesse's house to demand answers. She wants to know why her brother was friends with the criminal crowd before he died and she knows he holds the answers. But when she sees him, she doesn't get the answers she expected. Instead,...

Ethan Cruz should be mending fences on his Montana ranch, but instead he's driving to the Chance Creek, Montana, airport - to pick up the bride he didn't know he had. This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend, Rob Matheson, has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his "bride" right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city bride.

Sixteen-year old, Sophie Gerrard has been in love with her close friend, Peter Watson since childhood. She planned to tell him how she felt during their families' yearly vacation to the Caribbean. But when Peter arrives from London with a girlfriend and his cousin Ethan, her plans change.Disgusted by how the vacation has turned out, she agrees to go island hopping with Ethan, to avoid Peter. But even that didn't work out as planned. When their dinghy capsizes, Sophie and Ethan are ...

Great sex isn't everything. But it's not a bad way to start…Her Sexy Valentine by Stephanie BondCarol Snow is no Scrooge…but she'd rather get her heart racing by reading a sexy book than indulging in a messy, real-life romance. Until playboy coworker Luke Chancellor shows her what she's been missing….Play with Me by Leslie KellyAmanda Bauer has always craved a life of adventure…sexual adventure, that is. And that's why she and Reese Campbel...