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You never know what you might find until you start looking! Growing up in a conservative town in the Midwest, Paul has always known he was different. He’s never felt like a man, and since he was a little boy he’s always wanted to be a woman. He’s tried to hide it, but the truth is he’s always hated going to the bar with his friends, and when he sees the gorgeous women around him, he can’t help but wish he could be like them.

Leia has no idea who ex-Marine Major Tate McIntyre is when he saves her life in a dark alley. Yet Tate’s certain Leia is his to have, hold, and protect. He vows to keep her safe at any cost. His only price is her heart. Semper Fi.

BECOME THE GOAT OF SERIAL KILLERS College age men are abducted, ritualistically tortured, and their bodies are dumped in the Mississippi River. Lucas Jackson of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension must thwart the ambitious goals of a prolific serial killer who has escalated his timeline for murder. As Lucas's nephew attends college where the killer stalks his victims, can Lucas stop the killer before he hunts again?

A suspenseful yet delightful cozy mystery that I couldn't put down. The twist and turns kept me reading till the very end. ARC Team reviewer. I wanted to learn calligraphy at the local craft store. I didn't know the owner would kick the bucket after our first class. Her death is too suspicious. As I talk to the craft club who knows everyone that has ever come into the craft store I find out who would have wanted the victim inked out. Everyone saw her cat fight with the town's blabber mouth and her cousin's estranged husband and city councilman just happened to emerge just in time to call ...

I’m the elite bodyguard hired to keep him alive. He’s a reckless billionaire playboy who treats the target on his back like a game. With a killer closing in, the real danger is a forbidden desire that could destroy us both. Kari I’ve protected diplomats, politicians, and witnesses, but Archer might be the death of me. He’s rich, arrogant, and refuses to take the death threats against him seriously. He thinks because I’m a woman, I can’t handle the job. He’s about to find out exactly why I’m the best. But guarding Archer is harder than I expected. Not because of the danger, ...

There’s no shortage of thrillers in my bookstore, but I never expected to stumble over a body in the suspense aisle—especially when the main suspect is me. What was supposed to be a quiet life running my cozy bookstore has turned into the scene of a chilling crime. The victim? An irritating author with a long list of enemies. Among them: an ex-brother-in-law drowning in debt, a scorned girlfriend desperate for revenge, and others with motives as twisted as a thriller plot. Determined to clear my name, I team up with Peanut, my loyal Labrador, and my sharp-tongued best friend. Together, ...

From acclaimed author Belle Ami, renowned for her poignant World War II epic, The Last Daughter, inspired by her mother's survival of the Holocaust, emerges a captivating saga that transcends the bounds of time. Mona Lisa’s Daughter entwines the fates of two remarkable women against the backdrop of history's glittering peaks and darkest depths.

While Ryan's guy friends were interested in trucks and monsters, he's always preferred the more feminine things in life, even if he hasn't quite admitted it to everyone yet. It's always been hard for him to act the like man people think he is, and it’s getting harder and harder as his senior year prom approaches. He'll never get a second chance at his senior prom, and he'd love nothing more than to spend it with his longtime crush, the most popular guy in the school. But it wouldn't be the same unless he could be a woman.

Between 1929 and 1974, more than 7,600 North Carolinians were sterilized, sometimes without informed consent and frequently under coercion. The victims, poor men and women from around the state, were never compensated for losing the ability to conceive children. Nearly 40 years later, during a rancorous 2013 legislative session in which severe restrictions on abortion, voting rights and funding for public education were passed, the state got another chance to right one of its most shameful acts.

Un cowboy extraterrestre sans aucun intérêt pour une compagne. Une femme qui a fait de l'évitement des hommes un art, surtout ceux qui sont grognons et taciturnes. Quand un service de rencontres intergalactique les réunit, la résistance est futile. J'en ai fini avec les hommes. Non, merci. C'est non. Alors quand j'ai l'occasion de prendre un nouveau départ sur une nouvelle planète, je la saisis. Bien que j'aie de sérieux doutes concernant ce soi-disant service de matchmaking. Et ne me lancez même pas sur un monde où les hommes vénèrent littéralement les femmes. Sérieusement ? ...

Juliana’s curse could destroy them. Mac’s responsibility to his people could crush him. With Tessa getting closer and closer to destroying all of Dragonspark, Mac knows he has one last offer for her that could end this war for good. Especially now that his feelings for his right-hand woman, Juliana, are growing stronger. But it’s not safe to pursue. Not when his murderous ex is hell bent on revenge. Juliana knows control and calm. She has to. It’s the only way to keep her curse at bay. But with the mounting fear that plagues them at Dragonspark HQ, that control is slipping. Her ...

Marianne is in a slump: barely able to support herself by teaching, not making progress on her poetry, about to lose her Brooklyn apartment. When her novelist ex-fiance, Eric, and his venture capitalist brother, Mark, offer her a job directing a low-residency school for Christian writers at a motel they've inherited on Florida's Gulf Coast, she can't come up with a reason to say no. Mark finds an investor in God's Word God's World, a business that develops for-profit schools for the Christian market, but the conditions that come along with their support become increasingly problematic.

The residents of Swan Mirror Tower live in the lap of luxury. Along with fortune and fame, the residents have their fair share of affairs, lies, and deceit. The haunted lake behind the tower is legendary but often times underestimated. The legend of the lake has often been dismissed as a story to frighten children, but older people know better. They remember the devastation. The lives of the residents in the tower are forever changed when a woman is found floating in the mysterious Shadow Lake behind the tower.

You don't have to be born Italian or French to capture the effortless chic, nonchalance, and mystique that these women exude as they glide through life living la bella vita. You bring Bella Vita (the beautiful life) to your own life wherever you may be and without spending a dollar more than you do now. Formerly published as Euro Chic

I’ve fallen for my Doctor, a man who killed me 12 years ago. I left Chicago and returned to Braven Bay, Wisconsin, my hometown. I was the black sheep of a well-established family that owned half the town. And now, I return a jobless widow with a baby—the true reflection of a successful Sinclair. After nearly dying in an accident, I see the gorgeous ocean-green eyes of a doctor who saved my life. It just happens to be the same man who left me after ripping my heart out. Dr. Sebastian Hastings is a 6’3” gorgeous former military grump. He is also my brother’s childhood best friend ...

Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on and off the field in a frank, funny, and award winning web diary. Now, in her Intimate Adventures, Belle elaborates on those diary entries, revealing (among other things) how she became a working girl, what it feels like to do it for money, and where to buy the best knickers for the job.

Can James adjust to his new life as a woman and carry out the mission he swore to accomplish, or is he going to solve the mystery of how this happened and get back into his old body before Lana manages to talk him into staying the way they are? Find out in Space Swapped!

King Hans has searched his lands far and wide, but he can find no woman who satisfies him, even though he must produce an heir. No one seems able to touch his heart, no matter how beautiful or kind the lady. Hans is starting to despair of ever finding a bride who pleases him when he hears of the sorceress ice queen, Ilsa, purported to be the most beautiful woman anyone has ever laid eyes upon. When he seeks her aid and explains his problem, she offers him an unexpected solution - she turns Hans into the very woman he claims to desire.

I’m in love with my professor, a man who is unknowingly the father to my child… He broke my heart six years ago and left for the Navy. I thought he and I were ancient history, but now he is teaching me ancient history. Professor James Carter is 6’4”, intelligent, and gorgeous. The connection between us ignites instantly, a magnetic force that's impossible to ignore. Yet, as sparks fly in the hidden corners of campus, I grapple with the weight of my secret. A five-year-old daughter he is not yet aware of. Threats surface, and old rivalries rear their heads. But James is willing to ...

A fateful encounter with the brooding billionaire single dad next door reignites memories I believed buried. Returning to my hometown with a shattered heart, a memory loss, and a deep secret, I seek solace in solitude. Fate intervenes when I meet James, my high school sweetheart turned grumpy billionaire single dad next door. Learning of a deception by his former employee, James unexpectedly offers me his building. In return, I agree to help watch over his son, Ethan. With each shared moment, I find myself drawn to James again, discovering his tender heart beneath his gruff exterior. His ...