The How and Why of Laboratory Schools: Innovations and Success Stories in Teacher Preparation and Student Learning is an eagerly anticipated exploration crafted by esteemed researchers and practitioners from some of the foremost Laboratory Schools across the United States and internationally. These institutions, also recognized as demonstration schools or university-affiliated schools, play pivotal roles in the landscape of education, serving as bastions of innovation, research, a...

When dating coach Kellar Kennedy accidentally lands on top of The Sexiest Man Alive the paparazzi goes crazy, and a brilliant idea is born.What movie star Dayman MacDay needs is a platonic escort for the upcoming awards season. He convinces Kellar to sign on for the job and use the publicity to further her career.Their "just friends" arrangement guarantees they'll have fun together on and off the red carpet, but they resist the chemistry between them. Dayma...

A babysitter with benefits…a mechanic who can drive her wild...Finally! Kaylee Walsh has escaped her good-for-nothing ex and her small Tennessee hometown. She isn’t about to let car trouble and zero cash throw a wrench into her plans.But Rick Braddock makes Kaylee an offer she can’t refuse: free car repairs in exchange for a month of babysitting. He’ll make sure she’s on her way because he knows he doesn’t stand a chance when a woman is blinded by ...

In a town filled with lies, is there room for one more?When widow Devonny Campbell arrives in tiny Red Bud, Iowa, she is determined to make a new life for herself and the child she carries. But when her former career in adult films is uncovered, she becomes the catalyst for a nasty political campaign which creates a tornado of controversy.High school coach and guidance counselor Luke Bradshaw knows one strong wind will collapse the house of cards h...

Sometimes he's a beast. Can Bree tame him?After animal sanctuary director Bree is mysteriously attacked, she becomes obsessed with her rescuer, the enigmatic Griffin Lancaster.Bree's cooperation is key to preserving Griff's family legacy, and his skills are necessary to maintain the sanctuary's viability.While Griff lives on borrowed time, he must fight an internal battle between his desire for Bree, and his determination to protect her from the evi...

Fifteen years ago, he was almost her first.But he doesn't remember her.Trey Christopher is a divorced, recovering addict, ex-pro quarterback with a couple of Super Bowl rings and little else. Back in his hometown, he can rely on bitter disappointment and long memories to keep reminding him of his failures.Baylee Westring escaped a nightmare marriage right before an economic collapse stole her home, her career, and ...

Delinquent. Disruptive. Dysfunctional.Fifteen-year-old Darla Wallin knows what they say about her. Knows what they write in their files. The social workers and guidance counselors and probation officers. But they don't know her.Her mother, who supposedly knows her best, uses words like willful, wayward, and worthless.Darla used to think if someone would just give her a chance, she'd prove them all wrong. But no one ever does.Foster ...

A runaway daughter. An unforgiving father. A reluctant artist.At 18, Joy Laurence took off with the local bad boy who left her widowed, broke and pregnant. Back then her formidable minister father hung up on her when she called home. Now that she's back, he slams the door in her face. But for her adult daughter's sake, she is determined to make peace with her family.Although romance isn't even on her radar, Joy can't resist troubled and talented Gr...

Can a man evolve from arrogant ass to Father of the Year?Doug Winston looks into his newborn daughter’s eyes and vows to become the kind of man and father worthy of her. But he first must navigate the mess he’s made of his life.Doug’s wife has left him. The teenage son he raised despises him, the father he worships disowns him, and a child Doug never knew he’d fathered arrives on his doorstep.After his baby’s mother dies, her sister, Josie, wants to prove him unfit ...

A desperate woman. A disillusioned spy. A doomed mission.Zoe Bradford will do anything to find her brother Ben, a missing missionary in Latin America. Even if it means sleeping with an anonymous stranger in order to finance a rescue mission.Covert operative Aaron Manning doesn't believe a "normal" life is possible for him. But the bizarre arrangement he creates with Zoe makes him more determined to step out of the shadows permanently in order to ac...

Amanda Heinrich is trapped by vows she made to her husband, Martin, her daughter and herself. She sees no escape from the life she's created even after she meets her soulmate, Hart Michaelson. While she fights her connection to Hart, her focus drifts from her marriage leaving Martin open to seduction by a woman Amanda considers a friend. Photographer Lyla Decker has an agenda all her own and a camera trained to do her dirty work. When Hart is accused of murder, photographs surface to tell ...

Unconvincing disguises, reverse stripteases, and an uncooperative feline...Itching to start over, Cleo Ward is preparing to leave her bad choices and troubled past behind. A temporary gig cat-sitting will benefit her relocation fund. All she has to do is blend in with her aunt's retirement community.Easier said than done when Daniel "Web" Webster, the sexy property manager shows up...Nothing gets by Web, especially an intriguing too-young-to-be-a-resident f...