I own you now.Desperate and alone, I strike a bargain with a mafia boss.I make myself available to him, he pays my bills.I’m his beck-and-call-girl. He’s my sugar daddy.Bobby Manghini owns me–that’s our arrangement.Giving myself to him is easy.He may be older, but he’s sinfully sexy. Skillful in bed.It’s a win-win for both of us, so long as I remember one thing:Don’t fall in love.Bobby...

Cowboy on the Run . . .Once upon a time Luke Tanner had it all. Well, almost all. Then a Hollywood stunt gone wrong stole his best friend -- and Luke knew it was all his fault. He could have stopped it, should have stopped it.Jillian Crane doesn't agree. When she tracks her late fiancé’s best friend to his Colorado mountain hideaway, she is determined to make Luke start living again. She doesn't know she's the last person on earth Luke wants to see. And she certainly doesn'...

**#1 New York Times Bestseller“THIS. This is the right book for right now. Yes, learning requires focus. But, unlearning and relearning requires much more—it requires choosing courage over comfort. In Think Again, Adam Grant weaves together research and storytelling to help us build the intellectual and emotional muscle we need to stay curious enough about the world to actually change it. I’ve never felt so hopeful about what I don’t know.”—Brené Brown, Ph....

With an overly zealous mother as her guide, 19-year-old Sam has never had problems navigating through Christian suburbia before. But, all that changes when she befriends and becomes intrigued with Clara, her widowed neighbor and the village’s social outcast. When their friendship grows into the “unnatural”, Sam is forced to examine her upbringing and come to terms with who she really is.

Rodeo cowboy Noah Tanner spent his life going down the road. He never stopped. He never stayed –until rehab from an accident stuck him in Laramie, Wyoming over the holidays.So, fine. He’d stay with Tess. Who better to spend Christmas with than the gorgeous nurse who’d patched him up once before?Once Tess Montgomery had loved Noah. She still had him to thank for her greatest gift — Susannah — the child Noah never knew he had.Then Noah met Susannah, and his world chan...

At its truest form, love is a study in seasons.Love is as much the huddle for warmth when the weather is cold, as it is the sweat on your back when it's time for the sun.It is afternoon peace, when you welcome the night with its stars and its chill; but it is also bravery, when you're given the promise of morning but can't be given the promise of a gentle morning.Which is why the book you're about to read is sometimes triumphant and sometimes sad, sometimes purposef...

Love comes with superpower consequencesHana is your average 20-something nurse—except for one small detail: she is responsible for the care of the world’s best-kept secret: superheroes—who are known as Paladins.Hana has one very simple rule when it comes to her love life: she doesn’t date superheroes! She’s been there, done that—never again.Her life gets turned upside down when Bashir, a stunningly good-looking Paladin, shows up at her hous...

HUNT SEA MONSTERS? THEY’VE GOT OTHER PLANS!The ninth event is here, and the entire player base must work together to defeat enough aquatic monsters before time is up. Maple Tree is so powerful they sweep the battlefield with little trouble. Other than Iz, who’s after limited-edition crafting materials, the guild members aren’t really invested in an event that’s not challenging or competitive. Instead, they spend their time searching for rare monsters and bosses or scouting out other guilds...

Written in elegant and precise prose, Don Vicente contains two novels in F. Sionil José's classic Rosales Saga. The saga, begun in José's novel Dusk, traces the life of one family, and that of their rural town of Rosales, from the Philippine revolution against Spain through the arrival of the Americans to, ultimately, the Marcos dictatorship.The first novel here, Tree, is told by the loving but uneasy son of a land overseer. It is the story of one...

Maple Tree has just reached the seventh stratum, and there’s only one thing on everyone’s minds— get every member of the guild their very own pet monster! There isn’t a moment to lose because the next event is about to begin, and pets are supposed to be critical! Since Maple already has Syrup and Sally has Oboro, they’re helping everyone else find their partners while exploring the massive new map. Of course, Maple still somehow finds a way to stumble into even more insanity!

The eighth event ended spectacularly, with Maple Tree and the game’s two best guilds teaming up in an epic boss battle. Now that things are quieting down, Maple and Sally head out to explore a hidden dungeon together—a flying castle where one false move spells death...for anyone else, at least. They take selfies, act like tourists, and enjoy the simple pleasures of just hanging out. However, that laid-back vibe may not last long with the appearance of new rivals: a girl wreathed in lightni...

BEGUN, THE GUILD WARS HAVE! With new allies and skills at the ready, Maple Tree embarks on their first event! The obvious favorites to take the crown are the big guilds like Flame Empire and the Order of the Holy Sword, each boasting well over a hundred members and some of the best players who topped the ranks in previous events. To make matters worse, everyone on the server has been stocking up on anti-Maple skills and items after her rise to infamy. For any hope of victory, Maple Tree wi...