An inquisitive bachelor. A mysterious widow. A dangerous partnership in Regency London.Idle heir to an earldom, Viscount Northwood has never applied himself to anything important—until a shocking murder shatters the calm of his cozy London square. He has a chance to be useful at last: by solving the crime. The prime suspect is the beautiful but enigmatic widow across the way. Determined to uncover the truth, North calls upon the investigative tricks he’s learned fr...

Spinster Miss Eleanor Lockhart is suddenly homeless and employment is her only option. Ruined after succumbing to a scoundrel’s excessive charm nearly a decade ago, she’s lucky to obtain a position as a paid companion and committed to behaving with the utmost propriety. She definitely shouldn’t be in the arms of a man capable of utterly destroying what little remains of her reputation...Titus St. John, Duke of Kendal, is known as the Forbidden Duke, a mysterious, intimidating figur...

Originally curated by Harvard President Charles W. Eliot as a complete liberal education in fifty volumes, the Harvard Classics gathers philosophy, science, literature, and history into a single indispensable library. Plato's dialogues and Marcus Aurelius's meditations sit alongside Dante's Divine Comedy, Francis Bacon's essays, Charles Darwin's scientific writing, and Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, tracing the foundations of Western thought from ancient Greece to the modern age. Homer...

Step beyond the ordinary and enter a world of ghosts, strange encounters, hidden secrets, and unexplained phenomena. The Book of Shadows Vol. 1 is a collection of classic and atmospheric stories by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Robert W. Chambers, H. G. Wells, Beatrix Potter, Edith Nesbit, Barry Pain, E. F. Benson, D. H. Lawrence, and Thomas Burke. Bringing together a diverse group of writers, this anthology explores the darker and stranger side of classic literature. Within its pages are stor...

The Earl of Buckleigh was once an untitled misfit, tormented at Oxford. Now, he’s overcome his challenges and is eager for the future, especially when his oldest and dearest friend, Bianca, needs help to save the annual holiday party. Ash has a plan to rescue the event, but when the bullies from his youth are up to their old tricks, he must risk everything to put the past behind him and find true love.Furious when her brother refuses to host the St. Stephen’s Day party, Lady Bianca...

She was his savior…Banished from London for her reckless behavior, Lady Miranda Sinclair is robbed by a dashing highwayman en route to the country. By offering him a kiss in lieu of the jewels she had to leave behind, she commits the very type of act that caused her exile. When her dour guardians extend her punishment to performing charitable work at the local orphanage, she’s further tempted by the home’s owner, a provincial gentleman who stirs her passion.He ...

A man searching for peace. A woman determined to save her family name. Fulfillment is attainable ... but at a price neither expect to pay.I’m an adrenaline junkie.I get off on tempting fate—until the day I make a reckless misstep that claims three lives.The Alaskan bush offers the perfect opportunity to overcome survivor’s guilt and find peace: Live off grid in seclusion where a mistake only threatens one life—my own.My only tie to ...

A jaded woman looking for a good time. A man who crushed on her as a kid and hasn’t forgotten their first kiss. An unexpected run-in that promises heartache ... or forever.Samantha likes to bang a guy’s headboard and take off long before he bangs up her heart. Temptation returns in the form of a Zeus-like, tattooed hunk, the man whose first kiss roused her teenage hormones. His arrival carries the promise for more, but Sam's determination to enjoy a taste—or two—without ri...

4 iconic Hammer Horror films eerily novelized by a legendary author, with a new foreword by TV showrunner Stephen Gallagher and a new afterword by author Ramsey Campbell. Includes The Curse of Frankenstein, directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing, alongside The Gorgon, The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb.THE GORGON. What is the terrible secret of the village of Vandorf, where a murderer's victims turn to stone?THE CUR...

Conflict between Aboriginal Peoples and others (primarily Europeans) on the frontiers of Australian colonial settlement through the second half of the 19th century remains a contentious and confronting topic. In particular, the nature of the frontier experience for Aboriginal Peoples is still largely unknown, despite work on the part of historians to document the extent of frontier violence, the semantics of engagement, the nature of policing and judicial procedures, and the occurrence of ...

From USA Today bestselling author Andie Burke comes this cozy small town business-rivals-to-lovers romance about finding joy where you least expect it.Felicity Gallagher thought inheriting her aunt’s plant shop would be the fresh start she needed after the worst year of her life. She never expected that the trendy, mac and cheese themed restaurant next door–and its inconveniently hot chef–might be her downfall.Nicolas Holm-Bozic is arrogant and pre...

A woman trying to escape her grief. Two men missing a piece of their life's puzzle. Will Meg remain trapped in her pain, or will Trevor and Jack be the key to set her free?Art studio vandalized and her mother in a fresh grave, Meg Winters heads off on vacation with her two best friends. She hopes for peace from her grief and the return of her muse. She doesn’t expect to run into the two men she idolizes, Trevor and Jack, the secretive wonders of the art world whose work sh...