Paisley's endless tears and manipulative chaos have been the soundtrack to her brother Damian's life, fueling a resentment that has curdled into a dark, simmering rage. For years, he has fought her "noise" with cold, placid silence. She seeks attention through emotional pleas; he craves the absolute control that would finally put her quiet.The breaking point arrives in a secluded grove of pines. When the line between their mutual loathing and a terrifying, possessive desire is viol...

Brought to you by Penguin.Hard work is irrelevant. Be radically honest. Adequate performance gets a generous severance. And never, ever try to please your boss.These are some of the ground rules if you work at Netflix. They are part of a unique cultural experiment that explains how the company has transformed itself at lightning speed from a DVD mail order service into a streaming superpower - with 125 million fervent subscribers and a mark...

Second in a thrilling, fast-paced adventure series about Sherlock Holmes's gang of street-urchin detectives.Holmes and Watson are out of town and it’s up to the Boys to rescue Mary from the clutches of her evil stepfather, Marvin the Mystic. But Marvin is in cahoots with the dastardly Moriarty! Together they scheme to rob rich people’s houses while Marvin performs seances. The Boys know Mary will never be safe with Marvin on the loose, so Rosie, the little flower g...

Protecting the single momWhen a fellow FBI agent is kidnapped and a protected witness vanishes, Leo Gallagher will stop at nothing to find them both. So when he discovers a link between the case and a single mother in Wyoming, Leo and his trusty K-9 partner rush to question Alicia Duncan. Could she be the key to locating the missing persons?Not if a killer has anything to say about it. Someone is determined to keep Alicia from talking, so Leo and his chocol...

Mastering the Cube skillfully lays out proven organization design principles. Comparing today’s complex organizations to a Rubik’s Cube, the authors explain how focusing improvement efforts on just one or two facets of the organization is akin to concentrating on just one side of the cube. Doing so is bound to affect—and more likely jumble—the other areas needed to generate a healthy and sustainable organization. They advocate stepping back and taking a systems-wide, comprehensive view of ...

It feels as though Tabitha Stewart has been losing one loved one after the other in her life. Following the death of her last remaining relative, she realizes that it’s time for her to take a leap in life and venture out on her own. Along the way to her newfound freedom, Tabitha hasn’t been paying attention to the weather conditions, and now it’s too late. Not wanting to risk her life in the freezing storm, she is forced to walk to the farmhouse she spotted in the distance.After a ...

A novel featuring "aliens of real depth and conviction . . . and an absorbing narrative" from the Hugo Award–winning author of Beyond the Veil of Stars ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Porsche and Cornell fell in love as they infiltrated an alien world for the sake of humanity. But Porsche it turns out, is not human . . .Now the two return to Earth only to discover a conspiracy so deep that it casts doubt on those to who...

When Amber Green is offered a new job and a chance to move to a tropical paradise, she says yes and packs her bags, leaving her old life behind. Or so she thinks…Millionaire Reid Sullivan is a widower who is immediately intrigued by Amber, and offers the beautiful woman a job to work for him as his live-in housekeeper after hearing she needs a place to stay.Dante DeSoto is a hard-ass detective from Chicago whose investigation leads him to Vista Island after the sudden death...

September, 1821. When her father announces that she must marry the ancient, grim-faced vicar, Lucy decides upon a desperate plan. Stealing his prized stallion, she escapes across the moors, only to fall into the hands of notorious horse thieves and the cheating arms of their rough but charming leader.She is forced to take part in their crimes, but when she tries to deceive Philip, son of the Earl of Darwell, Lucy meets her match. Philip gives her an ultimatum: go to the gallows, or...

A destructive entity hiding within a dark nebula threatens the future of the inhabitants of the Great Ship in this space opera sequel to Marrow."This literary SF novel works at all levels, from the big action sequences and mind-expanding concepts to the quiet, reflective moments." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)In The Well of Stars, Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his ac...

Two weeks...How can so much change in the span of two weeks? I got my birthday wish. I have a new job, new friends, new life. But it came at a cost—my dad. He’s missing, and I’m still no closer to finding him.To complicate matters, I’m struggling to figure out just who Liam, Knox, Ethan, Chase, Theo, and Jackson are. And, more importantly, what they do.I’m tempted to rely on them, to trust them. But how can I, when I’m not convinced they’re being completely...

The fourth title in a thrilling, fast-paced adventure series about Sherlock Holmes's gang of street-urchin detectives.London’s docklands: home to a large Chinese community and rife with smuggling – and not only of goods. Into the fray burst Sherlock Holmes’s Irregulars, who find themselves swinging into action (at no little risk to themselves) to stop a thriving racket shanghaiing children into slavery. And never is the cause more desperate than when one of those c...