Fans call me the king of the water. I'm focused, driven, and, most importantly, I win.Life as a professional swimmer comes with sacrifices, but they've never worried me. I'm used to life with little room for anything but training, eating, and sleeping. Nothing more, nothing less.When a son I knew nothing about lands on my doorstep—and a crazy but very beautiful nanny shortly after—my life is turned upside down. Allowing any change in my life could put my go...

Gemma Fiore can't decide what's worse: sharing a forbidden kiss with a stranger on her wedding day or her husband being murdered before the marriage has even been consummated.Matteo Santarossa never planned to steal a kiss from a married woman... it just happened. He hadn't planned to kidnap her either, but when gunshots are fired, decisions get made fast. And Gemma Fiore? She's the kind of woman he's ready to make risky decisions for.The heat between Gemma...

Holden Donahue saved me from an arranged marriage.Then he vanished without so much as a goodbye.Years later, he shows up backstage at one of my concerts. Uninvited and without an explanation. When my safety is threatened again, he steps in, inserting himself as my personal bodyguard.As if that wasn't bad enough, I'm also forced to live with him. While every shared moment claws at a wound that never truly healed.I remain distant, solidifying ...

What happens when an Olympic athlete and a young divorcée start their new year together? One hot night, lots of laughter, and a little surprise.One night. That's all I wanted: to start the new year on a good note and forget about the chaos last year brought.Enter Ryan. With his dark eyes, panty-melting smile, and sinful body, he's the perfect distraction.When I'm left with more than just the spell-binding memories of our night together, I'm positive...

You know that awkward moment when your agent tells you to fake date your best friend's sister so you can get the endorsement deal of your dreams? No?Call me crazy for considering it, but why not? Daisy's my friend, after all, and I've gotten quite close to her and her two awesome boys over the last few years since her douche-nozzle husband divorced her. She loves it when I flirt with her, so we could carry it off, couldn't we?An endorsement deal with Lock P...

This book is for teachers and learning about using coaching skills and practices with children and young people, colleagues, parents, and the wider school community. Research into the area of 'coaching in schools' is still relatively new however, the practice of coaching in schools has been evolving over several decades. This book gives insights into what coaching can look like in schools and is supported by the sharing of experiences by teachers from around the world. It is a book for tea...

There are moments when you think life is going one way then a major curveball sends you in the complete opposite direction.That's me, standing in the rain, wondering how things went so terribly wrong.What do I need? To hide at my brother's house to lick my wounds.What do I get? My brother's roommate, sexy-as-sin best friend, Carter Kennedy: the cute, adventurous boy who was my teenage crush and the inspiring, irresistible man who will never be mine....

Phoenix Montgomery is my sister's ex-fiancé.Billionaire heir and freshly released from prison. One glance is all it takes to rekindle our old hatred.Now, I'm forced to marry him. To live with him. To pretend I'm in love with him.But he doesn't know our lives are tangled in lies. He doesn't know I have a stalker. And now, he's a target too.My goal is to survive. His is to make my life hell.However, the past doesn't stay in the past, a...

Noah Winters was my heart's desire, the boy I loved desperately and had hoped to spend my future with. Until our plans were derailed, and life took us in completely different directions.When our fate changed and our paths crossed again, nothing prepared me for the punch to the heart when I saw him...or his anger and bitterness. He was no longer the boy I once knew but a hardened Olympic swimmer with life goals that no longer aligned with mine.All because I ...

The loss of a loved one is a devastating and soul-destroying experience. The loss of a dearly beloved parent for a child not yet old enough to reason why, leaves an abyss of pain and confusion and a world that seems unchanged, yet isnt at all the same. Black emptiness and the need to continue as normal, despite the very foundation of life being ripped out from under you, becomes a daily challenge. Attendance at routine events, household chores, school projects, dealing with friends and the...

They call me Sour. The opposite of sweet. Shanking, stabbing, steaming, robbing, I did it all, rolling with the Man Dem. I did it because I was bad. I did it because I had heart. And the reason I reckon I got away with it for so long? Because I was a girl.SOUR is the true story of a former Brixton gang girl, drug dealer and full-time criminal. A member of the Younger 28s, a notorious gang that terrorised the postcodes around Brixton in the 90s, Sour escapes a troubled family life t...

'A thoughtful, engrossing read. Warm and insightful. Roisin Meaney is a skillful storyteller' - Sheila O'FlanaganIt's their twenty-year school reunion but the Plunkett sisters have their own reasons for not wanting to attend ...Caroline, now a successful designer, spends her time flying between her business in England and her lover in Italy. As far as she's concerned, her school days, and what happened to her the year she left, should stay ...