Mirabella is running for her life when two huge, muscular alien warriors come to guard her. Will she lose her heart when she is…Shared by the Monstrum?Mirabella is a reluctant ruler—she never asked to be the Ruling Member of the Sacred Seven—the governing body of Opulex. But things get much worse when all the other members of the Sacred Seven are murdered by a ruthless serial killer. Miri goes into hiding but help is on the way in the form of two huge, muscular Monstrum warriors wh...

On April 15, 2013, Rebekah Gregory and her five-year-old son waited at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to support a friend who was running. When the blasts of terrorists’ homemade bombs packed with nails and screws went off three feet away, Rebekah’s legs took the brunt of the blast, protecting her son from certain death. Eighteen surgeries and sixty-five procedures later, her left leg was amputated.Despite the extraordinary trauma she underwent and the nightmares she contin...

You order a large coffee with milk and two sugars at the drive thru, and wind up with a large black-decaf. You go to save the presentation that's taken you all week to complete-only to discover it's corrupt. Your bank slaps you with a $25 charge for overdrafting 25 cents… And all you can think is…WTF?Luckily for you, this book fills in the blanks and gives you humorous ideas for what to do when life makes them say, "what the f*#!?" Step by step, the authors take readers through inv...

Recrystallization and Related Annealing Phenomena, Third Edition, fulfills the information needs of materials scientists in both industry and academia. The subjects treated in the book are all active research areas, forming a major part of at least four regular international conference series. This new third edition ensures the reader has access to the latest findings, and is essential reading to those working in the forefront of research in universities and laboratories. For those in indu...

Yamada’s Textbook of Gastroenterology has for 20 years been the most comprehensive gastroenterology reference book, combining an encyclopaedic basic science approach to GI and liver disease with the latest clinical thinking, especially in diagnostic and therapeutic developments. It is universally respected across the globe.The original outstanding editorial team was led by Tadataka Yamada, MD, one of the world's leading figures in GI research. As in previous editions, the ...

Ride at your own risk…AvenGet in. Get paid. Get the hell out. That’s the plan. Scotland’s rolling hills are calling me home, and this job is just another stop along the way.But being her bodyguard is harder than expected. Keeping tabs on a fiercely independent lass who refuses to follow the rules? Nearly impossible.Then my cold, blackened heart starts to thaw as I watch her dirty little shows. She’s maddening, bratt...

A historian traces the origins of the modern law-and-order state to a surprising source: the liberal policies of the New Deal.Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely associated with Roosevelt’s efforts to end the Depression and provide social security for the elderly, we have failed to acknowledge one of its most enduring legacies: its war on crime. Crime policy, Anthony Gregory argues, was a defining ...

Despite its mystique as the greatest Anglo-American legal protection, habeas corpus' history features power plays, political hypocrisy, ad hoc jurisprudence, and failures in securing individual liberty. This book tells the story of the writ from medieval England to modern America, crediting the rocky history to the writ's very nature as a government power. The book weighs in on habeas' historical controversies - addressing its origins, the relationship between king and parliament, the US C...

Just when Kyle thought he'd gotten over his first love, events forces him to confront the feelings of his past. Now Kyle has to make a decision that could change the course of his life forever. Will he choose to move on or reclaim the first love of his heart?

When Leo's best friends, Jerrell and Cory, surprise the circle by announcing they're gay, a shockwave is sent throughout the group, causing Leo to question everything he's ever known about sexuality, masculinity and even himself. Once Leo makes the hard decision to leave the life, he's only known, behind he'll finally find himself in a space to discover the person within that's always been ignored. But there's a problem, Leo realizes the man inside now resides in a community totally foreig...

Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely associated with Roosevelt's efforts to end the Depression and provide social security for the elderly, we have failed to acknowledge one of its most enduring legacies: its war on crime. Crime policy, Anthony Gregory argues, was a defining feature of the New Deal.New Deal Law and Order follows President Franklin Roosevelt, Attorney General Homer Cummings, and their war on...

From USA Today best-selling author Jane Anthony comes a seductive second-chance stand-alone rock-star romance.Ainsley Daniels wasn't the first girl to crawl out of my bed; she's just the first one I was dying to drag back in.As lead singer of the most notorious rock band in the world, people kiss the ground I walk on. I could have anyone I want. Any time. Any place.But I want her. And I'm going to have her.It's been more than a year since I first laid eyes o...