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Elleck Aurum, King of the Autumn Realm and ruler of Evernigh, has spent too much time in battle and wants nothing more than peace in his beloved kingdom. In a time when tensions are high between the four realms, the people of his kingdom are scared and restless. When the Spring and Summer Realm leaders are murdered and winter magic invades the land, Elleck is called to action once again.

Niquole Wright has it all; a loyal and devoted husband, two children, and a rising record label that she dedicates more time to than her family. Everything is perfect except for one thing…her husband, Germaine. She has run her course with him and he needs to be replaced.

This riveting collection of true stories from Dr. Martina Scholtens is filled with hope and humor, and together make up a deeply moving portrait of how one doctor attempts to provide quality care and advocacy for patients while remaining culturally sensitive, even as she wrestles with guilt, awareness of her own privilege, the faith she was raised with, and vicarious trauma after hearing countless stories of suffering. Based on her experiences, Scholtens’ writing explores the transformative moments in which a doctor-patient relationship becomes a human-human connection.

For as far back as she can remember, Roxie has wanted to be a singer. Just as her dream is beginning to take off, tragedy strikes. She puts her music away, intending to never pick it up again, when a chance meeting in New Orleans changes her entire outlook.

After a night of partying, Casey had to grow up fast. At a time when most 15-year-old girls were worrying about what they wanted to wear to the next dance, she was worrying about how she was going to finish school while raising a child. The whispers, the dirty looks, and having to see the boy who raped her every time she went into town, turned her into a recluse. When her old Pack Mate, Lily Quinn, reaches out and offers her a haven in New Orleans, Casey takes it. All she wants to do is raise her son and be happy.

This guide will show you how you can turn your skills, passion, or talents into a business and how to stay motivated and consistent as a solopreneur.

After five years of abuse, Kylie decided she'd had enough. She fled in the middle of the night with no destination in mind. Her only thought was to put as much distance between her and her hometown in Maine as she possibly could. She wasn't looking for a relationship, when she stepped off the Greyhound bus in New Orleans, because experience taught her that men acted one way in public, but in private, they were a completely different person. She thought she was safe. She should have known better.

He's the only man I've ever loved. He's also the only man to break my heart. Why do I keep forgiving him? Just one look in his pale blue eyes and I'm lost. I guess it's true, love can make you do crazy things.

Un ragazzo e il suo giocattolo preferito stanno per cambiare tutto... Jack ama il suo maialino di pezza, Mimalino, detto Lino. È sempre stato lì per lui, nei giorni belli e in quelli brutti. Una vigilia di Natale, però, succede qualcosa di terribile: Lino si perde. Ma la vigilia di Natale è la notte dei miracoli e delle cause perse, è la notte in cui tutto può prendere vita... anche i giocattoli.

The alliance holds strong after the last attack, but bad blood threatens to jeopardize the treaty and test the bonds formed between the River Run and Dark Shadow packs. Tyler never meant for one night of fun to turn into a secret relationship, yet he can’t...won’t give Regan up, even if it means lying to his alpha or leaving the pack that is his home. His family.

Our kids do say the funniest things. Listen to this book, and you’ll be laughing some more!

Cage’s world shifted when Katalina arrived, but not in the way he’d expected. The pain is tearing him apart, and with each day, he loses a piece of himself. Unable to watch Katalina love someone else, Cage sees no other option but to leave the pack. Will he find the answers he seeks? Or has he taken the wrong path, altering the fate of not just himself but the pack he’d once called home?

Kai Matsumoto was alone with no attachments and no weaknesses, as he has been for countless centuries. Rachel Montrose was supposed to be nothing more than a pleasant diversion for a single night. Five years later, when he moves from Tokyo to Seattle, he finds himself face-to-face with the only woman who had ever dared defy him. When Rachel’s daughter goes missing, Kai finds himself drawn into a web of lust, power, and greed. Together they are forced to confront the impossible, not only to find the missing girl, but to save themselves as well.

In the newest version of her vampiric life, Elizabeth DeMaigne is the guardian of Seattle’s underworld. Responsible for the lives of both immortal predators and human prey, Elizabeth has a singular goal - to maintain balance at any cost. When Adam Montrose accidentally unleashes an ancient evil on the city, she is compelled to undo the damage he has done, dragging the luscious human along for the ride. The one problem? Adam Montrose refuses to be controlled. And in their struggle for power, attraction threatens to become as consuming as the insatiable god they must stop.

Maddalena, la maggiore, è timida, sobria, riservata. Nina, di poco minore, è bella e capricciosa, magnetica, difficile, prigioniera del proprio egocentrismo. Le due sorelle, legate dal filo di un'intima indistinzione, hanno costruito la loro infanzia e adolescenza intorno a un grande vuoto, un'assenza difficile da accettare.

La famiglia Casadio vive da sempre nel borgo di Stellata, all'incrocio tra Lombardia, Emilia e Veneto. Gente semplice, schietta, lavoratrice. Poi, all'inizio dell'Ottocento, qualcosa cambia per sempre: Giacomo Casadio s'innamora di Viollca Toska, una zingara, e la sposa. Da quel momento, i discendenti della famiglia si dividono in due ceppi: i sognatori dagli occhi azzurri e dai capelli biondi, che raccolgono l'eredità di Giacomo, e i sensitivi, che hanno gli occhi e i capelli neri di Viollca, la veggente.

Paganina nasce negli anni Trenta, da un padre così ateo che voleva chiamarla Ateina (ma poi non se l'era sentita). Paganina ha un carattere forte e indipendente, e una inclinazione per l'eroismo e gli eroi. Così quando incontra Guglielmo, che è stato partigiano con suo fratello Spartaco e ha fatto saltare da solo un camion di tedeschi, sa che è lui l'eroe che vuole al suo fianco. Le basta presentarsi, "Sono Paganina", per dare inizio a un amore che attraverserà tutta la vita. Una vita che sarà percorsa da altre grandi passioni, su tutte quella della politica.

She called it a cruel seduction meant to take what belongs to another. I call it taking back what belongs to me. Because from the start she was mine. From the moment I saw her photo, she was mine. When her dark eyes narrowed on me, she was mine. Even before she gave herself to me, she was mine. And she always be mine.

All her life, Sheriff's Deputy Rachel Kent has dreamed of becoming one of the immortal Magekind witches who protect humanity from itself. But first she must prove herself to the handsome vampire whose job is to decide whether she'll become a danger to those she's supposed to save. Nathaniel Alard is a Court Seducer who has been sent to trigger Rachel's witchy transformation by making love to her three times. The problem is, gaining such incredible powers may drive Rachel insane and force Nathaniel to kill her. Otherwise she may kill him - and anyone else who gets in her way.

The original sin was a cruel seduction meant to take what belonged to another. That's the game Michael Killian intends to play when he kidnaps my husband and demands my soul in exchange for his freedom. He wants me as his pawn between silken sheets. An object of revenge. There's just one thing he should remember. The snake was the devil's pawn too. And snakes bite.