Journee Lewis has always believed that life rewards preparation. Driven, ambitious, and determined to succeed, she has spent years mapping out the future she wants for herself—a thriving career, a loving marriage, and a family she can call her own. To Journee, happiness isn't something you stumble upon. It's something you build. Then she meets Malcolm King. Charming, successful, and everything she always knew she needed, Malcolm seems to be the missing piece in the life Journee worked so h...

This accessible guide explores the fascinating intersections between neuroscience, psychology, and education, offering an easy-to-navigate A–Z format that unpacks key concepts, debates, and themes essential to understanding how the brain learns.From emotions and motivation to memory and attention, the authors reveal how groundbreaking neuroscience challenges traditional beliefs about learning and provides practical insights for transforming education. With clear explanations, concr...

The snick of a lock. The squeak of door hinges. The creak of a floorboard...Nothing is more mysterious than footsteps in the dark. Are those approaching steps that of friend or enemy? Lover or killer?Authors L.B. Gregg, Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon, Dal MacLean, Z.A. Maxfield, Meg Perry, C.S. Poe and S.C. Wynne join forces for Footsteps in the Dark, eight sexy and suspenseful novellas of Male/Male Mystery and Romance.

When Eddie Salcedo is found dead on his boat, Coral Cove residents assume it’s a tragic fishing accident. Case closed.But their new police chief, Declan Hale, doesn’t buy it. The details don’t line up, and the deeper he looks, the more the truth starts to shift beneath his feet.Then there’s Spencer Cross, the local reporter who seems to be everywhere Declan turns. Sharp, observant, and far too good at reading between the lines.Spencer isn’t trying to interfere. He’s...

Liam Baker can see things. Dead people like to visit him and tell them how they were wronged. Some might call it a gift, other's a curse. But either way this ability makes him useful to Los Angeles homicide detective Kimball Thompson.Some madman is slitting the throats of young male prostitutes and then dumping their bodies in the desert with vague clues of pink feathers and the number five.Usually Liam can talk to the spirits of the dead. But someone is blocking him. Someo...

Mum, Let's Write a Musical to Save the Earth!Poppy has a notebook, a head full of ideas and a very big dream.She wants to create a musical that will encourage people to think about the Earth and what they can do to help protect it. With Mum and Biscuit the dog joining her on the adventure, Poppy begins writing songs and building a show from the ground up.First comes the story. Then come the performers. Then the rehe...

**“… one of the most original books I’ve ever read.” – I Heart Reading“One of my most enjoyable reads of this year, cracking along at high speed and using intriguing ideas to create a world that’s like a cracked mirror version of our own history.” – BookieMonsterIn the heart of London lies the Engine Ward, a district forged in coal and steam, where the great Engineering Sects vie for ultimate control of the country. For many, the Ward is a forbidding, desolate place, but fo...

Paul Smith prefers his calculator to people. People are annoying and demanding, but numbers will never let you down. He works tirelessly for his dad’s mortgage firm, foreclosing when it makes financial sense, and not losing any sleep over it either. Paul’s dad has always been a demanding taskmaster. But when he has a major health scare, Paul’s dad see’s the error of his ways. He decides he wants to change to a more benevolent business model. After having decades of harsh business practices...

I am always here. In the shadows. Watching over you. Ready to protect you from everything and everyone, even from yourself. You have no idea what I’ve had to do to keep you safe. Or what I am prepared to do to make you mine.Emma Naudé dreams of a loving husband and a family of her own, but she stumbles from one disastrous relationship to the next. When she discovers a daisy on her chair in a coffee shop, everything changes — and not in a good way. Someone is watching her. ...

Not All Shapeshifters Howl at the MoonIt’s the night of the full moon and you thought werewolves were bad enough. Now you have to worry about what else might be stalking you through the streets! Were-bees? Were-llamas? Were-siphonophores? Even the ocean isn’t safe! In WERE-2, the latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains, we return to the back alleys (and oceans) in the dead of night to discover what other were-creatures might see you as prey. Not until yo...

The breathtaking story of a homicide at the U.S.-Mexico border, the subsequent trial, and the harrowing consequences of America’s longstanding culture of vigilantism and the lies we tell ourselves about immigrationAround noon on January 30th, 2023, a 48-year-old man named Gabriel Cuen Buitimea crossed the desert from Mexico into the United States. A doting father of ten, Cuen Buitimea was the primary source of support for his family. Although he had occasionally be...

Two leading scholars explore the story of the American Prayer Book's development through nine critical turning points.The Book of Common Prayer has a central place in the faith and practice of Anglicans around the world and, within the United States, in The Episcopal Church. In their exciting and comprehensive new work, Nathan Jennings and Matthew S.C. Olver offer a fresh and original argument: the American prayer book tradition is not merely a historical artifact ...