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Nica Clearsight is the last of her kind. Following the Dragon Wars, she remains hidden in human lands. If any Black Dragons were to know of her whereabouts, they would immediately kill her for access to her vast ancestral hoard of treasure. Merrik Strongtooth is ambitious, and hungry for the prestige that holding a lordship like Thunderkeep castle would give him. Having earned his position through hard work and questing, he wasn't about to give it up just because of angry ghosts.

Alexander and his friends—Jen, Kenny, Bradley, and Adam—thought winning a prestigious science competition and earning a trip to the newly designed International Space Station was their greatest achievement. From conducting groundbreaking experiments to floating in zero gravity, the adventure of a lifetime awaits them among the stars. But when a mysterious algae experiment takes an unexpected turn, strange malfunctions begin to plague the station.

When this book was published in 1921, Elsie Lincoln Benedict's How to Analyze People on Sight was received as a serious scientific work of analytic sociology, but fast forward 90 years and the same words ring hilariously. Apparently well intended at the time, the book appears to invent the very notion of stereotyping.

Black Lives Matter began as a hashtag when Alicia Garza wrote what she calls 'a love letter to Black people' on Facebook. But hashtags don't build movements, she tells us. People do. Interwoven with Garza's experience of life as a Black woman, The Purpose of Power is the story of how she responded to the persistent message that Black lives are of less value than white lives by galvanising people to create change.

In January 2010, founder of ArtLeadHer Mashonda Tifrere and music producer Swizz Beatz finalized their divorce. When Swizz married award-winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys, a new dynamic was born - three adults who loved and were deeply committed to raising Mashonda and Swizz's four-year old son Kasseem. In Blend, Tifrere draws on the insights they gained from their journey as well as advice from family therapists, parenting experts, and other blending families, to provide an invaluable resource for blended families.

In many of my books, we discuss the different tools that are in use by a narcissist who is being a nuisance to those around him. He uses threats, coercion, gas-lighting, manipulation, lying, cheating, triangulation and cognitive dissonance to prey on his victims.

No matter how much Olive longs for a pet rabbit, it's never going to happen. Not when she lives in an Australian country town where most people think they're a pest. So imagine Olive's shock when she unexpectedly finds not one, but one hundred and one rabbits. And one of them can talk! How Olive will ever be able to hide and protect the rabbits is going to be her greatest challenge, and all while preparing for the Year 5 play. At least she has her costume ready, although the old top hat she found in the local op-shop seems very odd.

Lola and Ian had what they thought was the perfect relationship. Vacations. Fine dining. A healthy sex life. But when their childless lifestyle begins impacting their social lives, they decide to take the natural next step.

What's more important to a soldier- his love of his country, or his love of a woman? In the summer of 1990, Rachel Weber spent a week down on the Florida coast, soaking up the sun's rays while she waited for her life to begin. It was there that she met Dean Sherman, a handsome, muscular soldier with blue eyes. The two spent a week together full of champagne kisses that only ended when Operation Desert Storm forced Dean to choose between his duty and his love. He chose duty.

The older sister of Emma LaRue wasn't looking for love. In fact, the last thing Kaylee LaRue thought as she attended her sister's Caribbean wedding was that she would meet a man as confident as Owen Parker. The suave businessman oozed charm, and when that charm was directed at Kaylee, it gave her pause. She couldn't be sure if the man was actually interested in her or just interested in a good time. In reality, Owen Parker had never met anyone like Kaylee LaRue.

1521, England: At Hampton Court, Thomas Tester tastes wine meant for kings—and for killers. Born to a bloodline of herbalists and poison detectors, Thomas risks everything to protect his family and the crown from betrayal cloaked in velvet and venom. 2025, Tennessee: Dr. Grace Blackwood uncovers a pattern of overdoses tied to falsified pharmaceutical trials. When whistleblowers start dying and her brake lines are cut, Grace must rely on ancestral knowledge, Appalachian resistance, and the long-buried Testers' ledgers to survive—and expose the truth.

Ray Slaverson, a world-weary Florida police detective, has his hands full with the murders of two attorneys and a third suspicious death, all within 24 hours. Ray doesn’t believe in coincidences, but he can’t find a single link between the dead men, and he and his partner soon smash into an investigative stonewall.

World renowned sci-fi television star Reese Simmons looks like she has it all - fame, wealth, and a slew of beautiful women who follow her every move. Except Reese’s life is crumbling around her. She hates her job and is constantly accused of being a “reckless party animal.” Reese’s agent decides the one surefire way to get her image back on track. She has to date the worst person in the entire universe, her co-star Justine Turner. Her solution: she needs a fake girlfriend. And fast. Enter Lucy, the BFF.

In today's increasingly visual business world, personal style matters. A well-dressed woman conveys authority and confidence, critical traits for leading a team and driving revenue. Clothes the Deal will teach you that enviable personal style isn't just for millennials and celebrities - it's a skill you are more than qualified to master, with far less clothes than you ever imagined.

Yfrey is lost, alone in a world where her kind is persecuted. She has one hope: to find the Roghnaithe, one who is destined to help save her world from destruction by a tyrannical ruler.

A tale that beats back our assumptions about the time of Jack the Ripper. Not the grim story of an unfortunate drunken prostitute killed before her time, but one of a young woman alive with all the emotional complexity of women today. Running from a man wanting her to pay for her crimes against his brother, Mary Jane Kelly must recover a valuable hidden necklace and sell it to gain the funds to leave London and start over elsewhere.

Why does everything always go wrong at the same time? Danielle and Patricia's idyllic walk in the countryside comes to an abrupt end, when they find a corpse hanging from a chestnut tree. Danielle’s investigation uncovers related suspicious deaths and disappearances. There’s little respite at home, as their best friend Marjorie is distraught. The town’s immersed in gossip at her husband, the mayor's overt relationship with a young assistant. What can Danielle do to restore the balance?

Annie Chapman led a hard, lower class life in filthy 19th century London. Late in life, circumstances and her choices led her to earn her crust by solicitation. After a bruising brawl with another woman over money and a man, she lost her lodgings and found herself sleeping rough. That dangerous turn of events delivered her into the hands of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.

The beast of poverty and disease had stalked Elizabeth all her life, waiting for the right moment to take her down. To survive, she listened to the two extremes within herself - Bess, the innocent child of hope, and Liza, the cynical, hard-bitten opportunist. While Bess paints rosy pictures of what lies ahead and Liza warns of dangers everywhere, the beast, in the guise of a man offering something better, circles closer.

When small-town girl Emma LaRue won a vacation to an exclusive tropical island, a last minute cancellation meant she would be going by herself. Shy and studious, she never had time to fall in love, and often wondered if she was just meant to be alone. However, that all changed when a handsome stranger literally walked into her life while on the beach and sparks began to fly. New York's most eligible billionaire bachelor Jack Saunders thought this vacation would be the perfect escape, one last hurrah, before taking full control of his father's company.