Writer and director Christopher "mink" Morrison (Dust) crafts an unforgettable tale of destiny, danger, and hard-boiled sorcery!In the year 2020, bounty hunter Daniel Legend finds himself tracking a quarry of a different kind: his long-lost sister. Armed only with his wits, his gun, and a mysterious postcard, Daniel makes his way to the heart of the seedy Shinjuku district of Tokyo, where a clash between two underworlds—the criminal and the infernal—threatens the very fabric of rea...

She's always had my loyalty.I’m the right-hand man to the rising star of the East Coast mafia. But he’s not the one who’s always had my allegiance. It’s Carina, his sister, the one woman who’s had my heart in a vise grip ever since she came back from school. But she’s off limits, and some lines, once crossed, can never be redrawn.I tell myself to keep my distance, but the more she tempts me, the more I falter. Carina isn’t just beautiful, she has secrets, o...

She is my salvation.The Butcher. My nickname isn’t really a nickname. It’s a calling. An identity that I was born with, and one that’s as much a part of me as my heart or my liver. I’m violent, remorseless, and I delight in causing pain.I’ve never made any apologies for my nature. Never felt the need to…until I saw Bianca. When I glimpsed her, something inside me shifted. Before I even knew what I was doing, I’d kidnapped her and stolen her away.Onc...

She's mine for the taking.I agreed to marry a woman I’d never met for one reason only—to become part of the Larone family, the most powerful mafia name in this city. My bride was never important to me. Sure, I’d treat her fine and keep her at arm’s length, but this was never going to be a love match.Until I heard her smart mouth. Until I saw her. Until I lifted her veil and looked into her eyes.That was it for me. I went from being a made man to a m...

Love pops up in unexpected places in this collection from MINK. Even though temptation might not be foreseen, love takes control and brings these alpha heroes to their knees for the women they adore. This collection features Unexpected Queen, Unexpected Love, Unexpected Devotion, Sweet Psycho, and Sweet Obsession (the highly-requested story for Ocean!).Unexpected Queen — He thinks they’re getting married as noth...

A First Course in Linear Algebra is written by two experts from algebra who have more than 20 years of experience in algebra, linear algebra and number theory. It prepares students with no background in Linear Algebra. Students, after mastering the materials in this textbook, can already understand any Linear Algebra used in more advanced books and research papers in Mathematics or in other scientific disciplines.This book provides a solid foundation for the theory dealing with finite dime...

'This book is hilarious! I have not been able to put it down and I have literally belly laughed on a number of occasions.' Reader ReviewIt's Annie Beaton's 50th birthday! But instead of getting roses and perfume, she gets sacked, her son, Ben, tells her she's growing a beard and her husband Joe tells her he wants a divorce.Moving to the countryside to stay in her eccentric aunt's house, Annie must find her mojo again and fa...

In this long-awaited action-packed entry to the acclaimed Queen series, Naeema "Queen" Cole—a crime-solving modern-day Foxy Brown— is once again on the hunt for a killer on the streets of Newark…Naeema has avenged the brutal murder of the son she never knew and taken out the culprit behind the attempted assassination of her on-again-off-again husband Tank. She hoped deadly vengeance was no longer a part of her life and normalcy would reign. She was wrong. Her wild and craz...

Follow Randy Mink in this autobiographical anthology as he takes readers through four different periods of his life. His tear-jerking book, "Front Porches to the Picture Window," features heartfelt stories written in his Hemingway style, writing the simplest and truest sentences he knows. Those tears of sorrow will change to tears of laughter with later humorous stories written in a style that has been compared to Lewis Grizzard. Randy takes readers from his youth to his later years filled...

Passion, attraction, and the unforgettable moments when two women realize they want something more.This collection of lesbian romance stories explores the excitement, vulnerability, chemistry, and desire that can bring two women together. From unexpected encounters and irresistible attraction to relationships that become far more meaningful than either woman anticipated, each story offers a different journey into love and connection.Written...

While indigenous languages have become prominent in global political and educational discourses, limited attention has been given to indigenous children’s everyday communication. Voices of Play is a study of multilingual play and performance among Miskitu children growing up on Corn Island, part of a multi-ethnic autonomous region on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.Corn Island is historically home to Afro-Caribbean Creole people, but increasing numbers of Miskitu people be...

This textbook provides an introduction to abstract algebra for advanced undergraduate students. Based on the authors' notes at the Department of Mathematics, National Chung Cheng University, it contains material sufficient for three semesters of study. It begins with a description of the algebraic structures of the ring of integers and the field of rational numbers. Abstract groups are then introduced. Technical results such as Lagrange's theorem and Sylow's theorems follow as applications...