Bound by tradition. Now they must follow the rules.SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOOLLAHRA DIGITAL LITERARY AWARDS 2017Companions are the kingdom’s most beautiful and educated women—possessions of Syrasan’s royal men.Aldara is sixteen when she is sold to the obnoxious crown prince as a gift for his brother. Forced to leave the only life she has ever known, Aldara is sent to Archdale Castle, where she is mentored to become Prince Tyron’s perfect Companion. But...

"Crosby serves up suspense, secrets and Southern scandal like no one else!" - Harlan Coben #1 New York Times bestselling author"Dangerously addicting." -Sherrilyn Kenyon #1 New York Times bestselling authorIf you love a gripping Southern suspense, USA Today bestselling SPEAK NO EVIL is for you. Lifting the veil of secrecy on a grand Southern family in decline. New York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby explores the lives of Caroline, Augusta, and ...

Ki is a single mother pregnant with her fourth baby. She wants to move out of Hurt Village projects, but her fiancée Jovian isn’t ready to settle down. A known player; he has a different woman for each day of the week. When he finds out the price of his cheat ways, the cost is more than he can ever repay.Miguel is Ki’s neighbor and also her best friend. He is in love with her, and determined to make her his woman. So he begins to slang dope again. Will he gain her heart, stack his ...

Keep her inside. Keep her alive.Blake Suttone has a stomach full of grief and no food. A decade of famine has taken its toll on the splintered kingdom, but it is the merchants who suffer most. A wall stands between the hungry and the food, and the kingdom’s defenders stand guard atop it. Desperate times lead to desperate acts, and Blake will do whatever is necessary to ensure her family survives. But a growing attachment to a certain commander was never pa...

Will Ever yield to the whispers of her heart and her passion for Ben, or will the pulse of the city once more drown out the call of the countryside?Ever Wolton, a grieving artist, escapes the suffocating city streets for her family's farm, entangled in a web of heartache and choices. Amidst the idyllic embrace of Prairie Sky Acres, she wrestles with her father's legacy and the enigmatic farmhand, Ben Hastings, whose strength and kindness beckon from the su...

She will fight for her freedom. He will fight for her life.Mila might be slaveborn, but she has no intention of remaining a slave. Impatient for her freedom, the nineteen-year-old takes matters into her own hands. Armed with the combat skills her half-brother taught her, Mila ignores the pleas of her family and takes to the arena. She is prepared to do whatever is necessary, prepared for anything—except Remus Latinius.Raised inside the greatest gladiator sc...

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills.This in-depth book shows you how to understand your role, manage your time, master str...

Will the memories of an unforgettable year bring them back together or will radio silence and time keep them apart?Despite riding the wave of success with his band, Prairie Sound bass player, Layne Stark was living a life full of regret. Eight years of self-loathing for breaking the heart of the one and only girl he ever loved. A lifetime’s worth of memories of an unforgettable year, that made his chest ache every time he thought about the beautiful German exchange student that cap...

“An uplifting tale of friendship, kindness, and connection . . . This joyful story of the unlikely friendship between five strangers and one remarkable cat is a must-read for cat lovers.”—Marianne Cronin, author of The One Hundred Years of Lenni and MargotNúria, a single-by-choice barista with a little resentment for the “crazy cat lady” label, is a member of The Meow-Yorkers, a group in Brooklyn who takes care of the neighborhood’s stray cats. On her volu...

**A band of heroes seeking a magical fire enters a perilous swampland full of deadly flora and fauna in thisepic environmental fantasy from a master of the genre.“Tanya Huff is a long-time favorite read of mine.”**—Charlaine Harris, New York Times–bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novelsShattered by mage wars, the Broken Lands will test the bonds of family and friendship, strength and sanity. To save their people, the Heirs of Mars...

Tanya Huff delivers seven fantastical tales featuring the young Herald Jors, set in Mercedes Lackey’s legendary realm of Valdemar.In Valdemar, only the true of heart are Chosen to wear the Whites and become Heralds—guardians who journey throughout the nation upholding justice, making judgments, and combating evil in its many forms.This collection of stories follows the adventures of Herald Jors: a young man just a few years out of his Greys and already maki...

If you liked 50 Shades, you will love this story!Remember James from when we were a kid? That sexy, rich, thirty-something year old guy who moved in and could afford anything he wanted? Yeah. Me too. I was in his penthouse last night.This is part 1 of The Billionaire's New Toy:Summoned: For His PleasureForced: To EnjoyUsed: To Satisfy