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Working retail can be a mundane life filled with angry, crazy customers and never-ending whining from employees, but two things keep me coming back every day: the fact that my paycheck pays for the passion I get to work on at home, and the attractive mysterious guy who is becoming a regular in our store.

She is Tenley Shay, the voice behind TJ ON PAR, a podcast for Practical Adult Relationships, who spends her days touting her disapproval of love and the practicality of remaining a single-bell for life.

When I, as my Love Guru persona, publish an article about spending a week at a couple’s retreat at my favorite Hawaiian resort, she’s quick to pass on her cynicism. So, I’m calling her bluff and inviting her on an all-expense paid trip to the Kamana Wanalaya Resort for a little R&R before the holidays.

The first time I met Benson LaCroix, he sat in a bar wearing “cocky player” like a cheap cologne. The second time, he stood in a locker room in nothing but a jockstrap and a scowl. Apparently, the Miami Storm’s star pitcher isn’t too thrilled his new boss is the woman who turned him down.

As heir to one of the powerful dragon houses, my father expects my mate to be a "proper match" for my position. He's spent years parading those he approves past me. I hated them all. No woman was right for me—until our ruler tricked me into taking a human for a mate. My dragon has never been so alive. So obsessed. From the moment I laid my eyes on Chloe, I knew that I had to have her. To make her mine. Unfortunately, the most recent of my rejected "proper" mates is also the youngest daughter of a rival house.

Whitney Barney is determined to do a good job at keeping her boss’s kids occupied for the holiday in the mountains. Determined! Except she crashes in the snow on the way up the mountain and two hot hunks of bear shifter come to her rescue. Yum! But tension between them and her boss, secret polar bear shifter Aleksy, sets off the drama as they struggle over just who gets to claim the curvy human as his.

An inspiring, revelatory exploration of the genesis and impact of the fabled Elephant 6 collective and the baffling exodus of its larger-than-life luminary, Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the...

In Narcissism: How to Stop Narcissistic Abuse, Heal Your Relationships, and Transform Your Life, you’ll learn everything you need to know about narcissism. You’ll equip yourself with the tools you need to stop narcissists in their tracks, build healthier relationships, and recover from narcissistic abuse.

Some people get Green Eggs and Ham as a bedtime story, I got tales of gods and Titans, nymphs, demigods, and Oracles. My Greek grandparents not only told me stories. They were so proud of their culture and heritage, making sure I was fluent in both reading and writing the language. I thought I knew who I was, my heritage, my culture, my destiny. All of that changed when a Titan named Dione walked through the door of my divination shop. For so many years, I’d thought I’d been scamming people by reading their fortunes. Turns out I’m the real deal.

I thought I had everything: a devoted husband, and a magnificent new house for us to start a family in. But the house had secrets. The former owner, whose stern portrait hangs in the library—I swear I can feel him watching me. Touching me. Wanting me. I could convince myself it was all in my mind until I found out my husband cheated on me...but now, all bets are off.

When Officer Lacey James is called to the scene of a brutal murder, she doesn't recognize the victim. Jonathan Jones—JJ is new to Sweet Home. Everyone Lacey talks to in the close-knit community claims he was a good guy, but someone is lying. Someone wanted JJ dead. And someone else knows why.

Jessica Walker is on the run from her ex-boyfriend. Again. A youthful flirtation with a police officer led to a year of mental and physical torment. For seven months, she lived free of his abuse, and then he found her, and things went dark very fast. The only possible hiding place is with her sister's dear friend Diego Aguilar. But Diego isn't a regular guy. He's a world-famous heavy metal guitarist. A beautifully talented man who has been Jess' rock and roll fantasy for years. But after her past with her ex, the last place she wants to be is around any man. Even Diego.

June's got a pretty easy job as the personal assistant to her twin brother, star of the number one nature show on TV. Then he's accused of murder. Which sucks. Networks tend to fire first and ask questions later. And June doesn't want to lose her cushy assistant job. Or, you know, see her twin end up in jail. When she stumbles onto a clue, she's forced to turn to the only person who can prove her brother's innocence: her arch nemesis. Just one problem. Somebody wants him dead.

Librarian-turned-time-cop Beryl Blue journeys to 1922 France, chasing a time tourist who’s deviated from his visit to Jazz Age Paris. A routine mission. Or so Beryl thinks. Luckily, she’s got a new partner to help her figure out what connects a train, a sobbing woman, and a missing piece of luggage to the rogue time traveler they're after.

Time-traveling thieves, the Titanic, and a heist that goes wrong. Very wrong. Marina and Fred, thieves from the year 2125, tackle the biggest—and most daring—robbery of their time crime career when they drop onto the Titanic, minutes before its fatal date with an iceberg. They plan to pilfer as much gold and as many jewels as they can before the doomed ship goes down, then pop back to the future with their ill-gotten gains. A simple plan that soon goes spectacularly wrong, as Marina and Fred discover tempting fate is the biggest gamble of them all.

Fate happens when you’re making other plans… It’s been a long, long time since Beryl Blue left her gruff and sexy Army sergeant Tom “Sully” Sullivan behind in 1943. Two years to be exact. Though her heart still hurts, she knows Sully’s life is at stake if they ever see each other again. She’s moved on with her new life as a time cop in the year 2132 and is even contemplating a new romance, as she vows to put Sully, and the past, behind her. But fate has other ideas.

Time has met its match in Beryl Blue! Six months after feisty librarian-turned-time-cop Beryl Blue’s last adventure with the gruff and sexy Tom ‘Sully’ Sullivan, she’s back in 2133, chasing time-traveling thieves and other temporal miscreants for the time tourism company, Time Scope, Inc. She misses Sully terribly, but fate has cast a deadly shadow over his future, and until she can find a way to fix that fate, she knows they can never be together. Beryl’s also on a desperate hunt for the man who murdered her parents.

Aliyah Miller didn’t mean to bring her stuffed teddy bear to life—it was just a lonely, lust-fueled accident. But what started as a desperate attempt to take the edge off her libido has turned into something extraordinary. Teddy isn’t just alive; he’s everything Aliyah could have ever wanted. Charming, devoted, and utterly obsessed with her pleasure, Teddy is here to meet her every need—whether it’s emotional comfort or mind-blowing orgasms.

June Nash is back. In Key West on vacation. And not at all hiding out from her famous brother’s crazy fans, The Dewzers. It’s been a tough couple of months and she just wants a little peace and quiet. But life doesn’t work that way in June’s world. Drug runners have mistaken her for their contact and she ends up with a sailboat full of Square Groupers. Which the Coast Guard immediately takes off her hands. So she’s in the clear, right?

Just when I thought I had it all, something foul is afoot in Milagro Bay. On our morning run, Cerberus retrieved the unlikeliest of gifts—a foot with a limited-edition sneaker that could belong to none other than Lucky Joey, one of Carlo’s crew. Worse than the murder of my ex’s erstwhile friend, Luke is missing. My enemies wanted me out of the picture, and they’re about to get it with two more murders that point to me as the culprit.

I’m adjusting to my life as Oracle with new friends, a pet monster, and a smoking hot god at my side. Things are looking up and I’m learning the ropes. Mostly. The lights go out every time I access my oracular gift. Since the time of Pythia in Delphi, the Oracle’s worth and her life depended upon how she delivered the news to gods and kings. With Dione locked up, I can’t exactly ask her how to do it—not that I would trust her after what she did to my ancestors.