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Oriana dreams of escaping her life of ruthless cruelty from the people who now rule over those who remain. With no telling whom the plague will strike next, Oriana draws strength from ancient tales of her enemy and transforms herself from victim to warrior with the help of a mysterious and powerful dagger given to her by a kind and dying boy. Years later, during her enemy's betrothal ritual, Ezra, a boy she has never before seen, selects her as his mate. Whisked away to a seemingly perfect world, Oriana discovers sinister secrets at every turn.

Discussions about inequality often focus on achievement gaps. But opportunity is about more than just test scores. Opportunity gaps are a function of not just what students know, but who they know. This book explores the central role that relationships play in young people's lives and provides guidance for a path forward. Exploring the latest tools, data, and real-world examples, this book provides evidence-based guidance for educators looking to level the playing field and expert analysis on how policymakers and entrepreneurs can help.

Contains books five and six of Reset, a thrilling natural-disaster survival series. Torrent: No end in sight. With the survivors settled into their shelters, they quickly learn that nowhere is safe. When their loyalty is tested, they question the price they have to pay for food and shelter. Striking, book six: Time is up. The end of the road was near. With little more than the clothes on their backs, the survivors are hungry and exhausted. When danger closes in and their lives are threatened, they must find a way to fight for what remains. Their survival depends on it.

Life on the remote Glavine 2 outpost fits fighter pilot Teddy Zartler like a glove. Cards, booze, girls, and not an enemy in sight. But when Glavine 2 is wiped out by the onslaught of the Memnon fleet, he and his squadron must find their way back home before it’s too late. Reeling from the fallout of the Memnon Uprising, Commander Dominic Graves and the Dragonfly crew lead the remnants of the Aquarian fleet against the invading force. Outnumbered, outgunned, and trapped by a secret Memnon weapon, can the remnants of Aquarian civilization survive?

Practical and reliable, Bekah Matthews is tired of her good-girl image. After her boyfriend dumps her, she decides to throw caution to the wind. So what better way to let her hair down than to have a no-strings-attached fling while living on the paradise that is Hazel Island?

After a messy divorce, Gwen Parker retreats to idyllic Hazel Island to start a new life. She has no time for relationships now, not when she has a bed and breakfast to run. No matter that her friend, the gruff and ruggedly handsome Jack Benson, makes her yearn for more. Yet Gwen knows that she's too broken from her first marriage to risk heartbreak a second time. Jack Benson prefers to live a solitary life. As a fisherman, he's well-aware that relationships, like the tides, come and go.

Shelly is a disciplined, schedule-loving attorney whose has written an internationally beloved romance novel based on an affair she had in the 1990s, her early twenties, with sexy, nomadic, professional surfer, Jason Mattis, whom she only saw once a year for five years in a row.

Alexandra Gray has never played by the rules. Kissing a handsome stranger on the beach one starlit night? That's just another Saturday for her. But Alex's carefree ways are tested when her new landlord threatens the future of her beloved bookstore. Even worse? This new landlord is the same man she kissed that starlit night, the same man she's been dreaming about for months. Real estate investor Aaron Morrison moved to Hazel Island with his niece and nephew for a fresh start after tragedy struck.