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It's Good to Have Goals… My ex is out to ruin everything - but that doesn't mean that I'm going to let her take the best thing that's ever happened to me out of my life. Amelia and I make perfect sense together. It's just everything around us that doesn't. Poppy is doing everything she can to screw up my reputation and my life, and Amelia feels like the only good thing I have left.

Vancouver is not a city to rush. It's a city to experience. Set between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains, Vancouver is often admired for its beauty - but truly understood through its neighbourhoods, waterfronts, and everyday rhythms.

From Tori Ross, the National Indie Excellence Award winner for The Cuffing Season Contract, comes a laugh-out-loud romance sure to fire up all five senses and answer the eternal question of what happens when your brother's best friend buys your dirty panties. Laney Wyatt has problems. She's just been fired from her brand-new paralegal job. To make matters worse, her student loans are coming due and her medical bills from a past skiing accident are piling up.

Tired of the rush and crush of life back home and escaping a family scandal that could cause his world to crumble around him, Ethan Mitchell escapes to Hawaii and a rental home away from the rest of the world. He’s counting on quiet and peace, but what he doesn’t count on is the rental’s owner. Ava Hunt comes in to his life like a whirlwind. She’s gorgeous in a way that means Ethan can’t take his eyes away from her when she’s with him.

She was never meant to be a bride. She was meant to be a weapon. On her eighteenth birthday, Dawn is claimed by an ancient bargain her bloodline can never escape. Dragged into the fae realm, she is promised to Caelum—the cold, merciless prince who intends to crown her queen and bend her fire to his will. But it is Titus, Caelum’s dangerous, infuriating brother, who takes her first. Cruel-mouthed, silver-eyed, and dripping with sin, Titus is tasked with breaking her in—teaching her to survive, to fight, to burn. Every lesson is a provocation. Every touch is a challenge.

Home of Darkness and Shadow follows King Keyton of Noctyrr, a ruler bound by tradition, guilt, and a kingdom that fears its own darkness. Haunted by the spirit of his late queen Daylynn, who lingers as a jealous shadow born from unspoken pain and expectation, Keyton lives a life of silence—until King Christian of Aurellion enters his world. Christian, a king raised in light and openness, challenges everything Noctyrr believes about fear, power, and love. As the two kings grow closer, Daylynn’s shadow fights to keep Keyton trapped in guilt and obligation, nearly tearing the kingdom apart.

Experience Victoria is your immersive guide to one of Canada’s most charming and livable cities — where historic elegance meets West Coast ease. Known as Canada’s Garden City, Victoria blends British heritage, coastal beauty, vibrant neighborhoods, and a relaxed pace that rewards travelers who want more than a rushed checklist. This book takes you beyond the postcards and into the heart of the city.

Jake Miller signed a contract in a moment of desperation, trading his debt for a radical new medical trial. He awoke in a sleek, sterile suite as the property of NexGen Biologics. His transformation is not a choice. It is a protocol. Under the cold, precise hands of Nurse Alina, Jake’s body is systematically reshaped, his bones softened, his flesh remade, his very neurology rewired for a new kind of pleasure.

They took my wife away in a single morning. Now I'll move heaven and earth to bring her back. I was just a mechanic in Miami, a husband making school lunches and kissing scraped knees, measuring love in peanut-butter sandwiches and bedtime stories. One ICE call later, my wife vanished into a system that treated her like a case number instead of the center of our world, leaving me with two terrified kids and a home that suddenly felt like a crime scene. Now every day is a fight. Against officers who speak in procedures instead of answers. Against lawyers' deadlines and government silence.

After nine years, twenty-six-year-old Monroe Félix exits an abusive relationship with longtime boyfriend Dave Black. Shortly after, she gets a life-changing diagnosis of bipolar disorder, PTSD, and alcoholism. As this happens Monroe meets fifty-one-year-old producer Darcy Hart. The two become fast friends, but as their relationship grows, feelings start to develop. As they get closer, they find in each other's company what they had never known before. However, not all is well, as Dave lurks in the shadows of Monroe's life, tormenting her at every turn.

Caspian I was honed to be a weapon—trained to pull the trigger without blinking, to lead the O’Malley empire without weakness. Then, I saw him. Giovanni Cattano—my enemy’s son. A walking target. A beautiful disaster. I should have slit his throat. Instead, I kissed him like he was the oxygen I needed to breathe. I don’t know how to stop. I don’t think I want to.

After a harrowing rescue, Theo and Robbie take Kat to Maui to recover, only to be swept into another intrigue. Robbie comes into his own and learns to appreciate who and what he is while Theo comes to terms with his family. But a greater prophecy is at play—one that may draw the couple into things they are not yet ready for.

Harold & Tom are the best of friends. Where you find one, you will always find the other. Join them as they go on their holiday, and have lots of fun. This exciting adventure has been brought to you by the same creative team who wrote 'Harold & Tom', 'The Companionship in A Case Of O.C.D.', 'Soap Box Derby', 'Duck Crime Investigators: A Feather From A Foe', and 'Horseback Wizard And The Flight To The Sunshine'.

Change has never come easy for Aaron, even when it’s been for his own good. He avoids it when he can, rebelling against anything the least bit uncomfortable. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to prevent the implosion of his band. Now he must decide how to deal with the fallout. Quit? Or help his best friend and former bandmate build something new? He wished the choice was easy, but there are too many triggers buried in his head and old memories dredged up when ghosts from his past reach out to him.

After an unfortunate mishap, Robbie has to learn how to use his Command abilities. Just when he thinks that it’s safe to turn them off entirely, he is challenged in a way he never imagined and is faced with the decision to use his abilities or lose his beloved cousin for good. His growth puts a strain on his budding relationship with Theo who is already stretched thin with his own dilemmas. Will the couple grow from their individual struggles, or will this be a final dividing point?

Little Billy by Al Copperhead is a charming tale that follows the adventures of a young boy named Billy. Set in a quaint village, Billy’s curiosity and kindness lead him on a series of enchanting journeys where he encounters magical creatures, learns valuable life lessons, and discovers the true meaning of friendship and bravery.

With the help of technomage and hacker Theo, rare snake shifter Robbie escaped his mother and clan, who planned to use him as breeding stock. While still working to break through the conditioning and mind control of his past, Robbie is enjoying exploring a new relationship with the worldlier Theo.

In his groundbreaking book, The 10 Levels of Intelligence, Alexander McAllister takes you on a riveting journey through the complete spectrum of human cognition. This is not a list meant to categorize or judge. Instead, it is a profound exploration of the hidden hierarchy of thought, designed to help you re-examine what it truly means to be intelligent and to value the unique function each level serves in our world.

Who better than a professional project planner to help organize a community wide fundraising event? It seems that Dion picked the perfect time to leave the corporate sector and return to his old neighborhood. His family's thriving restaurant is about to go mobile with the unveiling of a newly purchased food truck and the suggestion of new menu items provides the perfect theme for a series of tasting events.

A shocking betrayal causes Kendall and Alvaro to re-evaluate everything as they race against the clock to save themselves and everyone they love. With no one else to turn to, they lean on each other until a devastating decision tests their commitment and threatens their entire foundation. Will the steps they take to alter their fate be enough to survive?