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Jaxon Lavigne left the small town of Chackbay, Louisiana, to escape disapproving parents and has never looked back. She’s now a popular English lit professor. Life is good. Really. The only problem is the invite in her mailbox. Who in their right mind has a 15-year high school reunion?

One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is both unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This assumption has provided cover for the devastating social and economic costs of job insecurity. It is also false. In this book, leading expert Pavlina R. Tcherneva challenges us to imagine a world where the phantom of unemployment is banished and anyone who seeks decent, living-wage work can find it - guaranteed.

Brooke Dawson has always made her own rules. She’s a struggling freelance artist by day and a catering bartender at night, but her heart is full...almost. When she picks up a bartending shift at a high-society party, she hopes to bring home enough money to pay her rent. She never expects to run into Arlette Adair: her former best friend, the girl she spent all of college secretly crushing on, and the one who got away.

Lochlan Paige is one of the biggest stars in Nashville. With her gorgeous stage presence and pitch-perfect voice, she’s earned her countless awards and sold out shows. But being famous hasn’t changed the fact that her favorite place to write music is in the quiet confines of libraries. Everything changes the moment she meets college student Vanessa and her fast-paced, very closeted world of country music is turned upside down.

Here, presented in one volume, are the four stories that comprise the The Escort series by Lucia Jordan. An erotic romance series between Bea, an IT exec who is drawn into the seductive world of the ultra-rich by the two Wallace Brothers after she reluctantly decides to cover her flat mate's appointment as their escort. The two men are accustomed to getting what they want, and when the naïve and inexperienced Bea shows up as their date for the evening, they begin a whirlwind relationship that will change her, and the two brothers, forever.

No good deed goes unpunished. I learned that lesson the hard way when I agreed to helping my friend Justin with a favor. My platonic friend Justin. A favor that helped him with his reputation, but turned mine into the trending topic at my school.

Wealthy tech whiz Sena Abrigo has deep roots in the Arizona-Mexico borderlands. But when she marches into Owen Station on red-soled stilettos like she just walked off the cover of Vogue, she plans to pull this little town into the future. And she is used to getting exactly what she wants. First, she has to get past Hazel Butler.

I never intended to get married...or pregnant! I was in the club trying to think how I could create a life milestone. He was there celebrating a business milestone. And the next thing I know...I wake up in his bed, with a ring on my finger! My logical reaction - I run. I run away from him, from Vegas. Without realizing that I’m carrying a part of him with me - his baby! That’s why they say what happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Fast forward three months, and I receive divorce papers. Until...he looks at my swollen pregnancy feet and the "oh so cute" baby bump.

Seriously...no...it can’t be. He always treated me like a dirty little secret. And now he’s my boss. Twelve years ago, John McQueen promised we’d stay friends after one delicious night together. It’s impossible to forget his godlike body and piercing blue eyes. But after being bullied so much, I couldn’t. Getting your heart broken time after time never feels good. What’s that saying? It hurts me to hate him, but loving him is worse. And now I have to work for him. I wonder if he’s still the same tempting, awful jerk I fell for.

Keep calm and survive high school. That was my motto. It was easier with the Allendale Four by my side, and with college on the horizon, I had no doubt we'd have the best time of our lives. No parents. No rules. Lots of freedom. Except, even with the bullies that harassed me out of the picture, the past is hard to shake. New obstacles emerge, along with old hang-ups and bad habits. 

What happens when the road of love is filled with detours? Or giant potholes and washed out bridges. I had the Allendale Four. Had them. In my heart. In my bed. And then...I lost them. But our bonds are linked and when one of the boys needs me, I’m there. We’re there and that’s when the road gets bumpier than ever before.

Swimmer Quinn Hughes has given up a lot, in order to be an Olympian: Her social life, her love life, and everything that comes with being a normal 23-year-old. Just days away from competing in the Tokyo Games, Quinn runs into her childhood best friend and high school sweetheart, Kennedy Reed. Five years earlier, they’d made a pact that they would try again, if their paths ever crossed. Now, she can’t shake the feeling that this is a sign.

Seventeen-year-old Quinn Hughes needs to be in top shape if she wants a medal at the Swimming World Championships in 10 months. This means no easy distractions, no matter how pretty they are. She’s still piecing her confidence back together after not qualifying for the Olympics, her relationship with her twin brother is getting worse the more he hangs out with the popular kids, and then Kennedy Reed suddenly squeezes herself back into Quinn’s life. The girl who was her best friend. The girl who gave Quinn her first kiss. The girl who hasn’t spoken to her since.

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We each have contact—however fleeting—with countless people each day about whom we know little to nothing. Join award-winning author Georgia Beers as she explores this very concept in Slices of Life, her first collection of connected short stories. Each story gives you a glimpse into the life of a character who happens to be a lesbian. Some are in love. Some are in trouble. Some are just going about their day. And at some point during that day, each character will cross paths with another, and then you’ll get a glimpse into her life. 

It’s the summer of 1946, and Emily Stanton is returning to New York City for her wedding. After graduating from college and having her life planned out for her, she’s ready to walk down the aisle to the perfect man. That is until she’s face-to-face again with the woman who defined her love for the city and so much more over one long summer four years earlier.

Jewel Jackson has pined for Bobby Brandon for years. He’s been “with his soulmate” since high school, so pining was all she ever expected. However, when he returns home to help out with his family’s stock contracting business, he shows up sans fiancée and suddenly looking at Jewel in a whole new light.

Abigail Wetherington believes the evil that stalks her family in the streets of London is a sleeping dog come back to bite them. So with her last breath, she implores her beautiful granddaughter, Lillie, to flee to the family's polo estate in South Carolina and seek the protection of someone Abigail has come to trust - Swain Butler. What Lillie doesn't know is that she is putting herself in the hands of a woman who may be the biggest family secret of them all.

When Roxanne finds the man who shattered her heart back in high school, she comes up with a plan to get even with him. She plays a dangerous game, and even gets engaged. Roxanne‘s plan is going well, but love plays a fast one on her, and she ends up falling hard for the CEO.

Let me mention why falling for Charlene is not my wisest move: I need her to be my shark. And that means, I need to work very closely with her! Did I mention that I’m captivated by her innocence, by that raw talent, by the way she wins over potential investors? And she doesn’t give a f--k to my money.