From distant planets to enchanted worlds of magic, embark on a journey through amazing short fiction in this epic anthology featuring twenty-two science fiction and fantasy authors.Travel from distant planets on the edge of space to enchanted worlds filled with magic.Laugh with plucky thieves and cry with aging mages.Discover ancient wisdoms, rise above unbeatable odds, and reflect on personal sacrifices.ALL FO...

If you've been looking for a kick up the backside to finally launch that business, start a new project you've been putting off or just become all round awesome, this audiobook is for you.Why do some people have an awesome life, plenty of money, amazing friends and a business to love while others struggle at every step, are constantly broke and can never get out of the daily grind? What enables some people to work hard, play harder and make a difference every day, yet still have time...

After years of building the same interface elements, some designers and developers get wise and try to create reusable, common solutions to help everyone stop reinventing the wheel every time. Most fail. In Design That Scales, design systems expert Dan Mall draws on his extensive experience helping some of the world's most recognizable brands create design practices that are truly sustainable and successful."Dan's book is a game–ch...

Khalil al Kalada left her to become king of the desert. Now, confronted by the man she neverexpected to see again, Nell bites her lip. His glossy black hair and his tall, imposing figure haven’t changed. And in his eyes, a lustful fire still burns for her. Naturally, he is suspicious, wondering why Nell would suddenly come to his desert country. Her body shakes with the important secret that she must reveal to him—Nell and Khalil had a son. And Khalil is the only one with the power to save...

Tara Delaney comes from a long line of witches. The men who marry them are blessed with good fortune. However, Tara’s own fortune has not been great. She was left at the altar, and now she’s inherited her grandma Brigid’s old house in Whiskey River. When she finally arrives in town to deal with the house, she meets the town’s mysterious recluse, Gavin. Gavin was good friends with Tara’s grandma, but there’s something from his past haunting him, and there’s something dark surrounding Brigid...

Antonia’s work takes her to the desert kingdom of Sinnebar, the country she’s always dreamed of visiting, but on the way her boat is attacked by pirates. She dives into the stormy sea and somehow makes it to a fancy yacht, but the owner, a mysterious man called Saif, catches her and confines her. She’s furious at arrogant Saif for treating her like a criminal, but she’s enthralled by his wild charms. Little does she know that Saif is really the man known as the “Sword of Vengeance,” the Ki...

While she’s still grieving her parents’ death, a wealthy man from Spain suddenly shows up in Cleo’s life and claims to be her real family. His name is Dominic Montoya. He’s handsome and arrogant as if he was born to be a ruler, and he says he wants to welcome Cleo, who is the daughter of a promiscuous maid who seduced her master, back into the family. Suppressing her feelings of unease, Cleo accompanies him to a mansion in the Caribbean. What awaits her there is a secret and cruel love sto...

Donna is thrilled when her lover, a younger Italian man, proposes to her. Toni is a little irresponsible, but he can give her the family she’s always wanted. But when the two of them visit his family home together to announce their marriage, Donna learns the startling truth: his family home is a mansion! His family is so wealthy, it's like they live in another world. That's when Toni's arrogant older brother, Rinaldo, tries to pay Donna to break off the relationship, convinced that she's a...

Top London model Tamara is caught off guard when Prince Kaliq of the Kingdom of Qwasir shows up in her dressing room to tell her, "I've chosen you to model the royal A'zam Sapphires at my national festival." Seven years ago, Tamara rejected Kaliq's marriage proposal, even though she loved him...because she knew that he only needed a bride in order to fulfill his princely duties. With trepidation, Tamara agrees to his job offer and heads for the desert, not knowing that Kaliq has revenge on...

Handsome young Luke arrives at rural Bay Beach Children’s Home, his expensive car making him look out of place. He then attempts to hand over his baby sister to the home’s “mother,” Wendy. But Wendy is dealing with her own complications, and she’s quitting her job that very day, so she cannot acquiesce to his demand. Luke will entrust the baby to no one but her, no matter what, so he hires her as a nanny and offers her a place to live with the baby. But before she agrees, Wendy has one con...

Shy, stutter-prone Samia has been told that she’s a gangly, gawky girl who will never amount to anything, but thanks to her royal bloodline, she’s been prepared and presented as a woman fit to rule. And even ifshe can’t marry for love, she can at least be wed off for the sake of diplomacy. After seeing the way the way his father treated his mother, Sadiq thought that he would never love, so when these two are united, they expect nothing to come from it. Yet their desert kingdom of romance ...

Eileen has been forced to work as Rick’s secretary at the behest of her grandmother, and it’s driving her crazy. She used to have a crush on him, but he only teased her about her big eyes. She doesn’t want to feel like that anymore. Now he’s grown and handsome, but she won’t be fooled again—though it’ll be hard to keep her head when she has to spend the whole weekend working with him…