“If ISIS needed a doctor, they would take one. Just because she is American does not make her immune to the terror that runs through this country.”How does one return from a nightmare unscathed? Dr. Clair Stevens, a newlywed pediatrician, has to come to terms with that question when she is suddenly and violently kidnapped while volunteering in Syria. Surrounded by violence and horror, she must find solace in even the smallest acts of kindness—but not even these are without...

This book aims to draw careful distinctions between the various forms of housing insecurity and personal circumstances research participants experience. While the urgency of the housing crisis in the US has produced a lot of scholarly work on housing, it often fails to recount the real life struggles that the housing crisis is causing. This is where the book provides a distinct contribution to housing studies and urban geography. The author use of trust as an analytical lens, her qualitati...

Could two players both win the dating game?Nadia Keenan is corporate HR by day, web-dating warrior by night – she runs WomanBwarned.com, where bad-date stories are aired and shared to help other women avoid the same pitfalls.Ethan Rush, serial dater-and-dumper and utterly, gorgeously lush, has just found out he’s been trashed – repeatedly – on Nadia’s website and he’s…um…not happy. Both know they’re in the right. Neither is ready to back down. Let the battl...

A Work Out StoryBlobby Bobby and Lane the Pain. A thousand years ago, Lane spent his time in high school tormenting Robert Stephen Phillips to the point of tears. Stephen thought he'd left all of that behind, including his extra weight and his horrid nickname, when he came out to his parents. But now Stephen's been transferred back to his hometown and will once again have to face his disapproving parents and childhood nemesis.Imagine Stephen's surp...

With Jude in a coma, it's finally beginning to look as though Aaron and Heather might get their happy ending. With the birth of their child fast approaching and life returning to normal - well as normal as life can be when you're engaged to one of the most eligible billionaires in the world - there is only one thing left for the couple to do.When Aaron plans their perfect day in secret, he has only one thing to worry about. Will Heather say yes? But not everyone gets a happy ending...

When Elise McAlister's hang glider is shot down, she survives the fall to find her troubles have followed her to the ground. There's a gunman chasing her and, worst of all, he runs her right into Henry "Cutch" McCutcheon's arms. With the generations-old feud between their families, depending on any McCutcheon is difficult. And depending on Cutch, the man who loved her but left her, seems disastrous. But Cutch won't lose this chance to win Elise back—and keep her safe. Together, they take t...

Adulthood sucks.With college graduation behind them, Seth Thompson and Bilal al-Mansoori enjoy their last carefree summer. But the perfect future Seth’s envisioned since high school—moving to New York to pursue a career as an artist—doesn’t appeal to city-phobic Bilal. A job offer allowing Bilal to remain in upstate New York drives a wedge between them, and Seth’s family’s well-meaning interference doesn’t help at all.A trip to the UK for Bilal’s sister’s wedding o...

When Brynne left Alaska, she promised herself she would never go back.The day after high school graduation, she got in her beat-up Honda Civic and drove down the west coast to pursue her dream of becoming a Hollywood makeup artist. Growing up in a rural fishing village with dirty, rundown buildings, and dirty, rundown men, she longed for the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. She had no qualms about leaving behind her dysfunctional family and her nowhere-job at her mother's fi...

Compassionate. Curvy. Educated. Sara Basler's life in the dreamy resort town of Esterford shouldn't be so hard when she's got so much to give, but the BBW's hope and savings are quickly running out as she waits for her internship at the local wildlife rehabilitation center and museum to turn into something more.Little does she know a chance encounter with an injured coyote will change everything, leading her into a snarl of attraction and intrigue with an incredibly wealthy heir wh...

In these three sultry and exotic tales of Eastern Lust, innocent young woman find themselves slaves to cruel Sultans.These rulers of the East will take whatever they desire, and will punish their slaves as they see fit!Story One: The Sultan's New ToyEmine's life as she knows it is over. Taken from her village, she is destined to be the Sultan's concubine.He is a man as cruel and ferocious as he is handsome. Emine is inexperienced, with no kn...

Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are engaging in the extreme." — San Francisco Book Revi...

The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart brings her signature imagination, adventure, and humor to a magical full-color chapter book for young readers!One night, Emma finds a mysterious green bottle floating in the ocean. When she pulls out the stopper, she sets a blue genie free! Most genies grant three wishes, but Karim can’t grant even one anymore. A yellow genie stole his magic nose ring, leaving him small, powerless, and trapped in that bottle. ...