He never imagined her heart would be so hard to reach.Forced into a marriage of convenience after her husband dies, Amanda Haynes is determined she will never love again. Not that it bothers Brandon Miller. He needs her husband's cattle. She needs financial stability and long-term support for her son and herself. But she never expected to care so much about the running of the ranch.Butting heads over the decisions of the ranch, adding to her frustration and...

From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a decadent sensual world where gorgeous alpha males are committed to fulfilling a woman's every desire…THE DEEP ENDOlivier isn’t sure what he’s gotten himself into when he joins the Honey Club, only that a dark part of him hungers for the lifestyle offered by this exclusive club. Here, no boundary will be left untested…and one's deepest fantasies will become an exquisite re...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

This is the fifth annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readersThe Long List Anthology Volume 5 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling over 450 p...

He mistakes her for a madam of a brothel. She wants nothing to do with him. Sparks fly as fate tosses them together in this steamy historical adventure.A wary widow.No stranger to love, Lady Desmond is well-versed in the heartache that can accompany it. Burned by her traitorous heart again and again, Cass has determined her life will include only what she can control—and has made her work as the proud proprietress of the Revelry’s T...

A successful Wall Street trader turned Cambridge neuroscientist reveals the biology of financial boom and bust, showing how risk-taking transforms our body chemistry, driving us to extremes of euphoria or stressed-out depression.The laws of financial boom and bust, it turns out, have a lot to do with male hormones. In a series of startling experiments, Canadian scientist Dr. John Coates identified a feedback loop between testosterone and success that dramatically lowers the fear of...

The bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times) confronts one of the most compelling issues of our time: personality-altering drugs and the complex moral questions they raise.When neuroscientist Edward Armstrong begins dating Kimberly Stewart, a descendant of a woman who was hanged as a witch at the time of the Salem witch trials, he takes advantage of the opportunity to delve into a pet theory: that the “devil” in Salem in 1692 had b...

She knows everyone's secrets.His could get them killed.For ex-CIA officer Luke Easton, an undercover assignment at a luxury hunting and fishing lodge in Maine should have been a cakewalk. But all his carefully laid plans go up in smoke when family friend—and notorious gossip—Chloe shows up, risking his cover and his entire operation.Chloe isn't just vacationing—she's lying low. After a week of anonymous harassment...

Opposites attract in this sweet and emotional read from USA Today bestselling author Marie Ferrarella, part of The Fortunes of Texas: Rambling Rose series.The stakes are high for this would-be dad…CAUTION: TROUBLE AHEADContractor Dillon Fortune wasn’t always so cautious. But as a teenager, impulse led to an unexpected pregnancy and a daugh...

Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her fifteen years ago and never came back.With the victim’s children missing and the husb...

When the one you love risks it all, how far will you go to save them from themselves?He shouldn’t have left, knowing the cartel was relentless to follow through on the threat. Casey deserved her hate and only wished he could take her pain too. More secretive than ever, his honed instincts screamed she was up to no good. He had no idea how much trouble she’d gotten herself into until it was too late. This time though, Casey wasn’t leaving, determined to run straight...

For the last year, Fiona and Matt have been inseparable. He is the calm to her storm and she is head-over-heels in love with him. The only downside? Rumors that Matt and his best friend, Travis, used to share everything, including their dates. This wasn’t an issue when Travis lived two thousand miles away, but now Travis is back in town.Travis knows coming home and seeing Matt in a new relationship won’t be easy. Fiona is witty and sassy, and good god but she has the most amazing b...