Banned in 1925. Rediscovered nearly a century later. One woman's fearless truth still demands to be heard.In My First Thirty Years, Gertrude Beasley lays bare what others only dared to whisper. Raised in poverty and violence in early 20th-century Texas, Beasley refused silence. Her memoir—blunt, bold, and decades ahead of its time—was banned shortly after publication for its searing depictions of sexual abuse, class struggle, and a woman's fight for bodily...

Stillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own sobs. Eighty stillborn babies a day means heartbroken families mourn the death of children who will never breathe, gurgle, learn to walk, or go to school.In 2006, Janel Atlas became one...

Shortly after its 1925 publication, Gertrude Beasley's ferociously eloquent feminist memoir was banned and she herself disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Though British Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell called My First Thirty Years "truthful, which is illegal" and Larry McMurtry pronounced it the finest Texas book of its era, Beasley's words have been all but inaccessible for almost a century—until now.Beasley penned one of the most brutally honest coming-of-age...

I knew from the moment I first saw him he was the one. The only boy I could ever want.The only boy I could ever love.They say he’s bad for me.But I know he’s not.Until the day he rejects me.And breaks my heart.Completely.Everything changes in the blink of an eye. My entire life as I’ve known it is…gone. Secrets are revealed. Promises once made are irrevocably broken. There’s no way my family can get back to what we once were.So when...

An emotional love story that follows the touch-and-go relationship of Hayden and Tenley; two young people who desperately want to love and be loved but are afraid to completely let go of their pasts.Their body art is hot. Their chemistry is even hotter.From her dark hair sweeping below her waist to her soft, sexy curves, Tenley Page intrigues tattoo artist Hayden Stryker in a way no one else ever has…especially when she asks him to ink a go...

The irresistible, blazing-hot sequel to New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams's Forgiving LiesRachel is supposed to be planning her wedding to Kash, the love of her life. After the crazy year they've had, she's ready to settle down and live a completely normal life. Well, as normal as it can be. But there's something else waiting—something threatening to tear them apart.Kash is ready for it all with Rachel, especially if "all" includes having a football team of ba...

In this emotionally-charged, sizzling romance, a wayward girl enters a fake relationship with a college football star—until past secrets threaten their all-too-real feelings for each other—from the New York Times bestselling author of Lonely for Only You and A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime.“A sweet and sexy read with a dash of angst. It will hook you from page one!”—Under the CoversTemporary. T...

The fourth story in the New York Times bestselling REAL series follows the unexpected passion one vivacious young woman feels for a quiet loner trying to heal from his past.While her best friend Brooke found her perfect love with Remington Tate in Real, the spontaneous, talkative Melanie has only had many sexy dalliances with one easy-going man after another. So, when she finally meets the love of her life, she is beyond excited. Until she realize...

Loch Powers was the hottest guy I'd ever seen in my entire life.And I hated him with every fiber of my being.I'd practically known him since birth. Heck, we'd literally shared a crib as babies at his mom's daycare.Then I'd crushed on him hard when we hit middle school but he wouldn't give geeky, glasses-wearing me the time of day. When his mom made him take me to the sixth grade dance, he'd humiliated me and I vowed to never talk to him again.The next year w...

Katy Evans returns with a sexy novella, the final installment of the unforgettable love story that began in Manwhore.What lies ahead for Chicago’s most envied couple, Malcolm Saint and Rachel Livingston?Sparks flew between them in Manwhore. Separated by deception, they felt the intensity and heat of their attraction turn up in Manwhore +1.Will Chicago’s wealthiest and most notorious player finally settle down, or will one ...

When you become the poker prize, all bets are off...Jade Frost thought she was going on a date with her boyfriend--not to his poker game.She really didn’t expect that weasel to throw her in the pot.Then he had the nerve to lose. Talk about the perfect excuse for Jade to make him her ex-boyfriend. She wasn’t quick enough, though. Before she knows it, a frat boy wins the hand--and her.Shep Prescott is extremely handsome and richer than sin, but he doe...

In Scarlett Cole's The Strongest Steel, Harper Connelly never expected to find herself outside of a tattoo parlor at one in the morning. The scars that decorate her back are just one more reminder of things she'd rather forget, the past she wants to leave far behind her, but before she can move on, she needs him.Tattoo artist Trent Andrews has his own reasons for specializing in inking over scars. And there's no way in hell he's going to t...