When Charisse Bellamy takes the job at New Haven's first ever Night Club, it's only intended as a short term solution to make ends meet. But she soon discovers there is no resisting the pull of her new boss, Abram. Despite worrying how her feelings for Abram will impact her budding relationship with police deputy Dalton, she can't seem to stay away, and it's not until a missing girl is found chained up in Abram's home that this beauty realizes one of her romantic interests is a beast.

Something Wicked Comes Her Way is a riveting read that keeps you engaged, offering a thought-provoking view of morality, loyalty, and the consequences of one's actions. The author expertly builds tension, connecting various plots that reveal how the characters confront past traumas and navigate new challenges. Each twist keeps readers on the edge of their seats. The combination of suspense and psychological intensity makes this book a must-read for adult thriller fans, lea...

Crumbs on the Table is a psychological thriller woven with romance, art, trauma, and the painful truth that some secrets refuse to stay buried.Set in Chicago, love and murder are the dilemmas for successful architect, Felicia Bailey.After her co-worker is murdered, Felicia is left at the center of questions she cannot fully answer. She was one of the last persons to see the woman alive, and the night of the murder is still unclear.Now, as her paintings begi...

Every technological revolution feels unique while we are living through it. But look closely at the past seventy-five years and a remarkable pattern begins to emerge.Television transformed the post-war household. Semiconductors made modern computing possible. Personal computers created the software industry. The internet connected the world. Smartphones put that world into our pockets. Cloud computing built the infrastructure beneath it all.Now artificial intelligence may be ...

QAnon, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Meaning diagnoses a particular social challenge facing Americans in the 21st century: the rise and spread of dangerous conspiracy theories across the internet.Rather than dismiss such theories as the product of delusions, this book argues that the true conspiracy these theorists are trying to uncover is really located in a critique of neoliberal capitalism, austerity, and economic precarity. The authors...

From the bestselling author of Woe Is I: A guide to grammar fundamentals that's sympathetic to the struggling writer and often just plain funny" ( The Seattle Times).Whether you need to improve your skills for work or school, or aspire to the Great American Novel, a grounding in grammar, spelling, and punctuation is essential—not just to make you look like a professional but to communicate effectively in emails, essays, or anything you need to wri...

Create Worship Spaces Where Everyone Can ParticipateIf people with disabilities are to fully participate, worshiping communities must go beyond providing physical accessibility. In this groundbreaking book, a diverse group of authors provides resources for churches and individuals to center disability: to take seriously the lived experience of disabled people, learn from their wisdom, and transform how we pray, worship, and speak about faith.Centering D...

No one said saving the world would be easy. But nothing could have prepared Charisse for the sacrifices she would have to make.When Char travels through time to put an end to the dystopian future Darcus has created, she never expects the two lives most in danger would be her best friend's kids. Or that they would have put themselves in such peril knowingly.And yet, here they are.Now, with the help of old friends, an underground rebellion called 'Wonderland,' a mad hatt...

The past comes back with a vengeance and lights the fuse to a supernatural war that could tear the world apart.When Charisse's formerly unmentioned first husband, Charlie Prince, crashes her romantic trip to the Big Apple with Abram, everything spirals out of her control. Woman are dropping dead all around him, and Charlie has no idea why.What he does know is that every victim is one of his ex-flings, and he needs Char's help to stop it before this strange phenomenon...

War has erupted on the mysterious Atomic Sea. The small country of Ghenisa, like many others, is tottering on the brink of collapse under the onslaught of the terrible Empire of Octung.Widower Dr. Francis Avery is aboard a military whaling ship far out on the Atomic Sea when a series of murders onboard forces him to track down the killer. His quest unites him with a mysterious woman named Layanna, who was pulled from the Atomic Sea and holds the answers to many secrets.Soon...

Against the surreal landscape of the deep south, three Lebanese-American sisters encounter their missing mother six years after she vanished from their lives. Georgia, now a ghost tour guide in the French Quarter, spots her mother's face in the crowd of tour-goers. Virginia, a receptionist at a mental health facility in Mississippi, is sure her mother walks in one day and asks to be committed. Louise, a relay operator in Birmingham, hears her mother's voice late one night on the line. Each...

Bridget returns to the hometown she left behind with one goal: finish a documentary, collect her footage, and leave before old memories have a chance to catch up with her. A rising filmmaker, she trusts facts more than feelings and believes every story deserves to be told, no matter how uncomfortable the truth may be. But this assignment is different. The anniversary celebration she's been hired to document is tied to an event that quietly changed the lives of everyone who was there—and ev...