We tend to admire people who stay true to their convictions in the face of opposition, who are not tempted to twist or withhold the truth for selfish reasons, and who seek the truth even when it means giving up their cherished views. Indeed, integrity, honesty, and truth seeking are crucial virtues on both intimate and global scales, significant in everything from our relationships to our politicians' accountability. The past forty years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of philosophica...

From New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake comes a new series set in her Masters and Mercenaries world.A man without a pastJax woke up in a lab, his memories erased and his mind reprogrammed to serve a mad woman’s will. After being liberated from his prison, he pledged himself to the only thing he truly knows—his team. Six men who lost everything. They must make certain no one else gets their hands on the drugs that stole their lives, all while hidi...

Discover a life-changing bombshell of a secret, a grumpy chef, an insta-single dad, an inn renovation, a couple of major changes in life plans, an adorable baby in need of a family, a spicy lake tryst, plus a quirky town that takes care of its people, found family, and everlasting love.This two-book set includes these stand-alone romances set in Dragonfly Lake:Undone: When an unexpected inheritance brings aspiring TV-writer Ava back to her small hometown, w...

Loaded with captivating data, this brief and engaging overview includes a portion of the major abstract showstoppers of nineteenth-century England. In the event that you at any point needed to know which Thomas Hardy novel to peruse in the first place, or simply needed to stand your ground at a mixed drink gathering of English educators, this book is for you. Notwithstanding disclosing to you why Reverend Patrick Bronte copied his youngsters' new red shoes, and whether George Eliot was a m...

Can a Marine turned baker and a jaded contractor find their way to a second chance?Braxton Whitmore needs a change. After leaving the Marines, he’s free to build a new life. But is he gonna be a baker? Really? When his buddy inherits a decrepit bar and proposes they partner up to turn it into a bakery, Brax figures why not? Until his ex comes walking in.Mia Whitmore has built a new life for herself, far from the heartbreak and secrets that tore her...

Betrayal is best served hot with a side of your dad's best friend.I had everything. A bright future, a dad who loved me, and his three best friends who would do anything for me. One more than the others.Then I lost it all. Everyone who loved me left me. Med student turned stripper. Betrayed by the ones I loved the most.All it took was one evening, one moment, and my life was spun on its axis. My dad's best friend found out my darkest secret, but ins...

He loves the sweet life.Greg Hutchins is reluctantly adulting these days. He’s settled in his job, recently bought his first house, and has a network of friends he can call family. But there’s something missing in his life, and he can’t quite put his finger on it. When he’s assigned to a case that involves investigating a biochemical company, he meets a woman who’s sweeter than any candy. Maybe she’s just the thing to make him feel complete.She’s ready for the ...

There is a thin line between love and hate.But how about between love and loathe? Because that's where I was. I loved my father, but I loathed him at the same time.My father lied. My father betrayed me.The life I knew was ripped from under my feet, and I was given a six-foot-seven bodyguard named Titus. Five steps behind. Always.Until he wasn't.Titus King swore to protect me at all costs. Even in death, he promised to protect me beca...

Everything I thought I knew about myself was nothing more than a fabrication.I had it all—the perfect life, the loving family, the best friend, the rock n roll boyfriend—until I didn't.The fairytales I grew up with were lies. Like my ex-best friend once said, fairytales are not real, and there is no prince on a white horse coming to save you. She was right. I was naive to think I deserved a happily ever after—until him.Dark, tall, handsome, and twic...

Can a retired naval commander and the love he left behind overcome a 34-year-old secret to find their way to a second chance?Captain Mitchell Greyson is a man who believes in duty. A bigger purpose and a thirst to prove himself took him away from his tiny Tennessee hometown--and the girl he loved--more than thirty years ago. After a distinguished career in the Navy, Grey's headed home, searching for new purpose and a glimpse at the road not traveled.At the ...

To stop a mafia war, I'm being forced to marry my sworn enemy.A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence, Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he's named after.And now, I belong to him.Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between the Irish and Greeks. A rising tide to lift all ships.A match made in hell. And if we can't stop killing each other, "until...

I came to Whispers to start over. Just me, my baby, and a bakery that smells like second chances.No more judgmental glances. No more family who treated me like a stain they couldn’t scrub out. Just flour, sugar, and the quiet hope that I can build a life worth living.I didn’t expect to meet Griffin.Grumpy, gorgeous, and maddeningly closed off, he’s the town’s most elusive billionaire and the man who built homes for the rich but never made one for himself.He ...