It didn’t matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end. It led me to him. My future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly ... he wasn’t. Now I’m a shell of who I was, on a path too blurry to follow, and I see no way out.No way up. They say first loves last forever.That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.

    A pompous jerk who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a camera in his face.All of which makes him absolutely perfect.Not for me, obviously, but for something much more important—to save the online fashion magazine I’m the editor of.It’s too bad I can’t get within a mile of the guy.Until I can.Well, I can’t, but my best friend can and she’s willing to sneak me into her photo shoot so I can take my shot.Honestly, I don’t have much hope. I’m no makeup artist and he pegs me as an imposter immediately.As it turns out, however, I’m not the only one who needs something.I might need a model with clout for the fashion show that could save my job, but hot stuff needs a little help too.A lot, actually. He needs a fiancée, and he introduces me as her without warning.As if I had a choice?However, it’s only one date, and if I don’t do it, the magazine is as good as dead.So, yes. Yes, of course I’ll fake it with him for one night.What could possibly go wrong?

    I almost believe their slogan, until my ride drives off, leaving me on the doorstep of a pretty house to reveal a blast from the past.Leaving one lion’s den, I’ve fallen straight into another. I didn’t agree to this part. To…them. I cherished my past, and the memories I shared with these guys until I was whipped away in the dead of night, and now they hate me for it. Jagger. Jameson. Leo. Ezra. They might be trouble, but I’m still the reckless, outspoken girl I’ve always been. I was made for them, but they’ve forgotten that fact. It’s like our history never happened. Things have changed, and they’re keeping secrets. I’ll find out what’s going on, whether they like it or not. I’m Luella Carter, and Emerson U is mine.Watch Me Fall is book in the Emerson U series, which is an MM RH romance with steamy scenes and violence. Which means it is suitable for those aged over 17.

    A dare. A single kiss.That’s all it took to flip my world upside down.I’ve always classified myself as straight, and as far as I can tell, so has he.I didn’t think one kiss would change that, but I was so wrong.Now, I can’t stop thinking about him. In all the ways I shouldn’t.My best friend.Aspen.His taste is branded in my memory, his touch seared in my skin.And I want more.This simmering attraction I feel only grows with passing time.Which is why I start tossing out new dares.Riskier ones that toe lines we never thought we’d cross.I’m gambling with our friendship, knowing it could ruin us.But there’s so much more at stake here.Like my heart.*Don't You Dare is a new adult college romance featuring two best friends, too many baseball puns, scorching dirty talk, and a whole lot of bi-curious exploration. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age.*

    What a sweet name for a girl who is anything but.The first time I laid eyes on Theo Whitlock, I chased him and his frat boy friends with a bat.I’m no white knight.I’m broke. He’s rich. I destroyed his car. He chooses not to rat me out.I was never supposed to go to college, but especially not one like Savage U, where only the wealthiest need apply. One might call this a lucky break, only I don’t feel so lucky with a drug dealer breathing down my neck, and a gangster threatening to burn my house down.You have a face that could launch a thousand ships.Theo and I don’t make sense, but being with him feels good, and I need more than my books and classes to distract me from the chaos and violence in my life.I know you’re my good girl. Aren’t you, Helen? Tell me.We’re casual. No complications. We have to be. I’m keeping secrets, and I have a feeling behind Theo Whitlock’s twinkly blue eyes is a whole world of darkness.Do you think about me?Too much…Did I hurt you?He will...if the other savages don’t get to me first.(Full blurb to come! The release date will be moved forward. Savage U is a spin-off of The Savage Crew, but can be read as a standalone!)

    They don't know what really happened. They didn't ask, so I didn't explain.Four years ago, my whole life changed in one night.I lost the loves of my life, and I suffered through something no one ever should.Returning to my hometown with a little piece of them, I’m not surprised when they aren’t thrilled to see me again.I came back to Silver Valley University to better my future. To take back the education I should have had beforeBut they are here, The Silver KnightsBrody, Jax and Chase the cocky football jocks and Lady Rain, the head cheerleader.They want me gone, still holding something against me that they never fully understood. And now they’re willing to do anything to make me leave.Thankfully my sexy neighbor is my saving grace in the hell they make for me.I won't explain that night to them. I shouldn't have to.If they think I'll just bow down like everyone else does, they have another thing coming.Secrets eventually surface, bringing the truth to light.Will the Knights take a knee when all is revealed?Or is it too little too late?Silver Valley University is a college bully Reverse Harem. This book may have some darker themes. Please be advised that sexual assault is a big topic in this story. Graphic sex. Swearing. Age gap.

    Their Trials are legendary. Dangerous. Testing candidates in ways no one imagines.But what I don’t count on is being grouped together with three men who might hinder my real purpose.The tatted, reckless “black sheep” would rather ruin me than build me up.The royal bad boy’s stalker-like obsession knows no bounds.Then there’s my gorgeous Economics professor who’s perfect on the outside but rotten in the middle.Who would’ve thought the biggest test of all was going to be staying away from them?I can’t trust them with my secret though. They’re part of the same social elite that I despise. They’re tethered to the organization I plan to destroy.However, my body and my brain aren’t always on the same page.If they strip me down to uncover my truths, I’ll be the next tragic headline.No one crosses the Knights and lives.♥♥♥PRETTY SECRETS is the first book in a dark college RH romance series with a secret society, rich, powerful men, and a strong heroine on a desperate mission.

    . . something to me. When those discerning gray eyes flick towards me, his brow rising in a silent greeting, there’s a tightening of my abs. A zapping hum quivering low along my spine.There are about a million reasons it shouldn’t be what the little voice in the back of my head insists . . . a crush.Because Kepler isn’t just some random guy. He’s my brother’s best friend. He’s also my TA for physics this semester. And also . . . a guy. I’ve never held strongly onto being straight, but I’ve also never had this sun-scorching need for another guy before.But I can’t avoid him when we’re suddenly in the back stacks of the library—alone—nothing but the smell of old books and softly falling dust around us. And instead of walking away from him, I let out the two words that burn in my throat:“Kiss me."Always is a swoony M/M college romance with a bisexual awakening and sizzling chemistry. It’s the first in the Indigo Falls College series, a standalone, and features a happy ending.

    They destroy my life with one decree: Kora Sinclair doesn’t exist.Sterling Falls was my chance to start over, but one night derails everything.My scholarship, my job – gone.I could run home, but giving up my dreams isn’t an option.Desperate times call for desperate measures.When I can’t repay my debt to an unforgiving man, he gives me a choice. I can steal Hades’ mask, or he can take what I owe from my flesh.But if I do this, there’s no turning back. More than the fear of his threats, revenge drives my decision. I need to steal the mask.After all, who better to become a thief than the girl they tried to erase?THIEF is a full-length, mature college/new adult romance with dark themes. This is a reverse harem, #whychoose novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This is book one of four in the series.

    The scrutiny? I’m ready for.⁣⁣⁣⁣But sharing very thin walls with Zeke Collins? I wasn’t prepared for that.⁣⁣⁣⁣And the more we’re forced together, the harder it is to distinguish that pencil-thin line between hating him… and wanting him.⁣⁣

    But he won’t give up on our future.I thought I knew who Sawyer Redmond was. I was wrong.But he’s fiercely determined to keep me, and I can’t avoid him. He’s everywhere—in class, at events, in my head.He forces me to discover a side of myself I never knew. One that terrifies me almost as much as it excites me.He says our secrets can bring us closer. But there’s no way I can love the man I’ve discovered…Is there?COLLIDE is an illicit, addictive forbidden age gap romance from USA Today bestselling author Piper Lawson. It is book 2 in the OFF-LIMITS series and should be read following CRAVE. Pre-order now to devour it release day!Read less

    What can I say? I’m a simple man.Unfortunately, my passions make it hard to behave, and the board of directors in my company is getting nervous.America’s most eligible bachelor just bought the biggest lingerie fashion company in the country, Cupid’s Arrows.The message from my advisors—don’t look at any of the models sideways.You’ve got to be kidding me. Do they realize who I am?But I behave… until the top model walks in the room. She’s my personal challenge poured into an hourglass figure.I’m hurting in all the best ways. Best part? She makes me second-guess everything I thought I knew about what I wanted in life. All of a sudden, one night isn’t enough. Not with her. It’s a hands-off situation though. My hands off her. And it’s not working.It would seem that cupid has shot his arrow, and he used my heart for his practice round.

    Before she can even say hello, she runs into the teenager who’s been vandalizing Loren’s house with his group of delinquent friends.Garrison Abbey is off-limits.As decreed by her very protective older brother.But if he’s so awful, then why is he so friendly to her? Willow can’t help but be drawn to the mysterious boy next door.He has a bad reputation.She’s yet to carve one of her own.The more their paths cross, the more Willow realizes maybe…just maybe they’re exactly what each other needs. Bad Reputation is a collector’s edition of Willow & Garrison’s romance. It contains:TWO NOVELS (Whatever It Takes and Wherever You Are) in chronological order.A READING GUIDE to read along with the Addicted/Calloway Sisters Series.BONUS CHAPTERS not found in the duet.If you have not met Willow and Garrison yet, we highly recommend starting with Whatever It Takes.

    How can it resist? He’s charming, devastatingly handsome, and sweeps me off my feet before I realize the impact he’s making. And then it’s too late.We fall too fast to worry about the consequences. We love so hard that we ache when we’re apart. Even though I have a past that still haunts me and he has a future that could put us at risk, none of that matters when we’re together.Until it does. And then everything changes.Although the best thing he ever gave me now calls me Mommy, I can’t help but wonder if Cooper Haywood and that fateful storm were one and the same.

    I was in love. School was going great. I managed to hide the pain, to push it down, but it all came flooding back. The grief was almost blinding, but I saw Eli’s broken heart with perfect clarity the day I drove away from him. This was my year to be selfish. Falling in love with my best friend's brother wasn't part of my plan, but sometimes the best things in life are unpredictable. And the end of Eli’s senior year was anything but expected. EliMy priorities completely flipped when my brother's best friend moved to town. Everything I never knew I needed came in the form of a redhead from California with a heart too big for her own good.But Logan drove away from me, leaving me broken-hearted and alone.With my senior season winding down, it's my last chance to get called up to the NHL, and my dreams are within reach— it's everything I always wanted. But that was before I met her. How much do I need to sacrifice to prove to her that she's my dream too?If she asked me to, I'd selflessly give it all up for her.

    Follow the syllabus.2. Don’t date the undergrads.Easy enough. I’m a science nerd with a Graduate thesis to write. My weekend plans don’t exactly include doing keg stands at the Alpha Delta Xi house.But when the fastest halfback in college football shows up in the front row of my chemistry class, the rules start to seem... a little more like guidelines to me.Hello, John Kirby.Farewell, my V-card.If anyone finds out about us, I could lose a lot more than my inhibitions.But John isn’t like any guy I’ve ever dated. He’s clever. And loyal. And ripped like a sheet.I can believe him when he says he’ll never hurt me. Right?We broke the rules.I never expected him to break my heart, too.First Down Darling is a steamy stand-alone sports romance guaranteed to tug your heartstrings. It was originally published as Johnny Deeper and In Too Deep. This new edition includes brand-new and extended scenes not available in the original version.Want more Chicago North University? Don’t miss the first book in the Kings of Chicago North series Touchdown Baby!

    until it all came crashing down.Before she was mine to have, she was mine to kiss!

    Pretend to be one big happy family to shine up his tarnished public image.2. Don’t date his footballers.Easy enough. Football was his world. Theatre was mine.But when the star quarterback starts showing up everywhere I go, it gets harder and harder to resist his charms.Enter, Junior Morgan.Exit, my clothes.If my father finds out we broke his rules, he’ll make life difficult for both of us.Walking away isn’t as easy as it looks.Not with Junior’s kiss on my lips.His hand caressing mine.His baby inside of me.Congratulations, quarterback. You scored.Now what?Touchdown Baby is a steamy stand-alone sports romance guaranteed to tug your heartstrings. It was originally published as Bump & Run/Whiplash. This new edition includes brand-new and extended scenes not available in the original version.Want more Chicago North University? Check out my Bad Boys of Delta Xi series, starting with the wild romantic comedy On His Face!

    All around town, he’s a bona fide celebrity, his reputation with the ladies reinforcing a facade he's determined to protect. No one, not even his best friend, knows he's bi.Enter Grandmaster Kai Nakado, the one person not impressed by Breck's imperial air.When Breck signs up for his martial arts class, Kai makes it clear he finds his new student arrogant, impulsive, unfocused. With each exchange, their clashing chemistry intensifies, and Breck finds himself not just angry and frustrated… but inexplicably turned on. A fire that rages even hotter when Kai introduces him to the art of rope bondage, a talent Kai proves even more skilled at than martial arts.At the hands of this experienced Dom, Breck's tenuous control threatens to slip from his grasp, the things he thought he wanted suddenly not so clear. If he’s not careful, Kai will completely derail him, a risk he can’t afford if he plans to make it to the pros.Can he stop what’s already in motion, or will Kai tame the unattainable king?Tamed, book one in the Courtside King Duology. A steamy, slow-burn, gay romance that will keep you riveted on the sidelines for more.

    They deserved it after what they did to me. But when I knew them before, they were bad boys that took their violent teenage angst out on me. Now, they’re men.Men who want to take back the years they think I stole from them.When I get an acceptance letter to the prestigious Thornhurst University offering a full scholarship, I’m convinced that my luck has finally changed for the better. Until I find out just who is responsible for bringing me here.The Kings of Thornhurst.This scholarship should be a dream come true, but it comes with strings firmly attacheda. If I want to stay, then I’ll have to face the nightmare they want to inflict on me:Fear.Degradation.Humiliation.They don’t just want to destroy me, they want to make me like it. They want to own me.Every King needs a Queen, and these ones like to share.For what they’re offering, I might just let them.

    

    

    The only thing missing? A national championship. Something he intends to rectify. With his kicker laid up and the university’s home opener in three weeks, he’s not above poaching talent from the women’s soccer team. Or recruiting a sassy, STEM-loving brunette who wants nothing to do with football or him.Kennedy Carter is no jersey chaser. Hell, she doesn’t even like football players. They’re all swagger and no substance. Guys who like to play games on and off the field? Hard pass. She knows exactly how those stories end. But when Waverly’s sexy quarterback dangles the prospect of a full scholarship under her nose, it’s game on.Sparks fly and the more time they spend together, the harder it gets to fight the sizzling attraction. Austin’s always done what’s expected of him, but when the clock runs out, he’ll have to decide what’s more important: fulfilling his legacy or following his heart.This is a full-length, standalone enemies-to-lovers sports romance with a sizzling, swoonworthy HEA.

    Through unprecedented access to Krzyzewski’s best friends, closest advisers, fiercest adversaries, and generations of his players and assistants, three-time New York Times bestselling author Ian O’Connor takes you behind the Blue Devil curtain with a penetrating examination of the great, but flawed leader as he closes out his iconic career.   Krzyzewski  built a staggering basketball empire that has endured for more than four decades, placing him among the all-time titans of American sport, and yet there has never been a defining portrait of the coach and his program. Until now. O’Connor uses scores of interviews with those who know Krzyzewski best  to deliver previously untold stories about the relationships that define the venerable Coach K, including the one with his volcanic mentor, Bob Knight, that died a premature death. Krzyzewski was always driven by an inner rage fueled by his tough Chicago upbringing, and by the blue-collar Polish-American parents who raised him to fight for a better life. As the retiring Coach K makes his final stand, vying for one more ring during the 2021-2022 season before saying goodbye at age 75, O’Connor shows you sides of the man and his methods that will surprise even the most dedicated Duke fan.

    We were the golden couple of our high school. The king and queen of prom, the sweethearts voted most likely to get married and have babies, and the absolute idiots who decided to attend the same college.Because that’s when it all fell apart. The naïve, puppy love versions of ourselves couldn’t see the obvious cracks we’d had back in our hometown. But they sure revealed themselves when we started living in an off-campus house together with four of our other friends.Within a semester, blow-out fights, jealousy, every-other-week breakups, and my abandonment issues had him bowing out. Not just on me, but on the house, too. Until our senior year, when his parents refuse to keep paying rent on two places.So he moves back in, and I’m forced to live with my ex. The one who has ruined all other men for me. The one I still cry myself to sleep at night thinking about. The one who confesses, during a run-in in a dark hallway, that he hates how much he still loves me.And when he starts dating again, he might as well plunge a knife straight through my heart. Despite our breakup, I’m on the verge of losing him for real this time, and possibly forever. The only option is to seek help for my deep-seated trauma, the thing that Callum always encouraged me to see someone about. The thing that eventually pushed him away.Put two of the most driven, headstrong, and passionate people in any relationship and it’s bound to combust. We’ve always had that twin flame kind of love.So, together we might burn. But we also might heal.

    1 college hockey star in the country falls in love—with a man?Nick Johnson, a top prospect for a pro hockey team, has a secret: he’s gay. Tired of living in the closet for the sport he loves, he sees no way out.Jacob Meyer’s string of bad boyfriends left him cynical about love. Instead, he focuses on his studies as a third-year law student. With a new job waiting for him, he’s eager to graduate and move on.On a school-sponsored trip, Nick and Jacob meet in a most unexpected way. When Nick tells Jacob his secret, they decide to hang out, just as friends. But their attraction is too strong to ignore, and they soon begin dating.Since Nick is a big man on campus, it doesn’t take long for people to notice his attachment to Jacob. All hell breaks loose when the relationship gets out. As the national media descends, university officials try to figure out how to solve their “problem.” Their efforts divide Nick’s team, inflame fans, and put Nick and Jacob’s futures in jeopardy. Will the men be able to survive a plot to destroy them without derailing both their careers?Nice Catching You is an out-for-you romance featuring a lot of love, exciting hockey, and a beautiful holiday. There’s also plenty of steam and a very happy ending.

    I grew up with no real home or blood family around.That is until my uncle decided to be an unwelcome hero. He offered me a new life, a home in his mansion, and a fresh start at an exclusive private school. He thinks he’s better than me… They all do. Especially his hot as hell adopted son, Cameron. The reason I’m on lockdown.Uncle Jimmy thinks he’s doing me a favor, but I know his secrets, just like he knows mine. But the difference between us all, is I’d rather live my previous life than one like this. CameronIn one night, she destroyed something that meant the world to me. After filing charges, I inflict what I think is hell by having her sent to a detention center, a place with no future. Lock-up. Where she belongs. I want my revenge, what was lost to me forever, but I’ll take what I can get.That is until my adoptive father introduces me to his niece, and I see before me the very bane of my existence. I refuse to look into her eyes, to give in to the intrigue she stirs within me.I refuse to want her. Until the choice isn’t even mine.JP Hero ✅Bad-ass FMC ✅Step-cousin relationship ✅Enemies to lovers ✅WARNING: This book has triggers.It contains a pregnancy loss storyline. Graphic sex scenes, violence and strong language recommended for readers aged eighteen and over.This is a stand-alone book and ends with a HEA.

    Debauchery, secrets, and plot twists abound. This is book 1 of a 3 book series—each book focuses on a different couple.Shadow River Elite is a bully romance series set in the same world as Rosehaven Academy.

    He’s controlled. She’s got a sweet tooth the size of Canada, and he only takes his coffee black. While Emma is failing out of their university’s piano program, Noah is at the top of the class.But when the two opposites are partnered together for a duet, sparks fly on and off the piano.There’s just two tiny issues: 1. Finn, the cupcake-thieving charmer who keeps showing up at Emma’s work. 2. Oliver Bishop, the famous piano god Emma's been crushing on since kindergarten.Three guys. One Emma.No amount of college prep could’ve prepared her for this.The Duet Dilemma is the first book in The Duet Diaries series, a slow build Reverse Harem.

    A past that collided with hers and could destroy the pretty world that she lived in. One push from her became too much and I savored her downfall, except she took me down with her.Now I was exposed to all of Wellington University and that reputation I had built was a pile of bricks at my feet.The greatest lie of all was that love was worth the fight.

    CEO of a huge company.Should I say... complete opposites?I think that would be appropriate.And a good thing, considering my past.You see...I tend to attract a-holes.In all pretty shapes and sizes but a-holes, nonetheless.I credit that to my uncontrollable natural curves.My ex, for instance, was a stalker.He violated my boundaries and left me feeling...Well, you get the point.I moved to the glitz and glam of Manhattan after that whole ordeal.A fresh beginning was what I wanted.But instead, I run into my new boss...Aka my Mr. Opposite.Also, the guy I graduated with.And turns out, the guy that harbored a secret crush on me.But there was no way we could be that different and find the same path in life, right?Or could we?

    Now it's our daughter's wedding day, and your smile tells me you're here for more than to walk her down the aisle. When we met, it was the summer of Shania Twain, the color of Mocha Iced lipstick, Sand & Sable perfume, and the summer I began a seventeen-year-old mother. But time has changed me. So tell me, why are you back? Jill

    He's not sure what to make of the beautiful omega who seems to hate his guts for no reason. When nerdy physics major Miles Tran gets assigned to tutor the university's star football player, he's hesitant to accept the duty. He's got his own past with football players, one that has left him with scars both internal and external. He's unsure what to make of the handsome alpha who seems so different than the horrible abusers of his past. Little do they know that their meeting is about to change both of their lives in ways they couldn't have foreseen.

    A Student/Professor Reverse Harem Romance The sexy professors who make my life hell are about to teach me a naughty lesson.Write an English essay about being a virgin, I thought.Seemed like a great idea at the time.Now, not so much.My professor, who always looked at me with hungry eyes, is now looking at me with something else in his gaze.He’s intent on teaching me…a lesson.Only, he won’t do it alone.His friends want to help him ensure I’m handled…properly.That they fill all my…needs.That I become an expert in deep…thinking.I’m always learning things the hard…way,And that includes the A I’m sure to get in lovemaking.Sophomore year just took a very sexy twist.

    Then he rejected me.Asher was my fated mate, and he took off when I needed him most, rejecting me and my inner wolf. Then my half-sister is murdered at an exclusive college that's enshrouded in magic and secrets. When the school offers me a scholarship, I accept and move onto campus. I’m going to find out who killed her, then rip them apart. And if I run into Asher while I'm there? He'll learn I'm no longer his sweet little thing. He’s about to taste the fury of a wolf shifter scorned.Everly’s everything to me, but to protect her, I had to shove her away. If I go near her, the Drudge Pack will discover who she truly is. My father—their enforcer—will kill her. But when she shows up at Ravenmire College, my inner wolf hungers. I’ll do anything to keep her safe—even if that means sacrificing myself and betraying my dangerous family.Moon Scorned is Book 1 in the Raven Moon Wolves Series. Expect a dual pov, twisty suspense, and plenty of romance between a determined woman and an alpha hero. If you love Heather Renee, Elizabeth Briggs, and Jen L. Grey, you're going to adore this new series.

    

    It will be fun, they said. Too bad I'm terrible at my job. Until the rookie defenseman offers to help...

    He has been her support system for the past two years—the only one who ever noticed the pain simmering just beneath the surface. Hunter knows how to ease the ache and comfort Ellie in times of need.But he also knows how to make her hurt again.As Ellie takes her first steps into adulthood, she quickly realizes all her problems followed her. Feeling trapped and hopeless, she’s resorted to the belief that her life will never be more than what it is.Until she meets Mateo.Ellie and Mateo’s worlds collide when they become partners in philosophy class. As an experienced upperclassman, Mateo shows Ellie a different way of thinking and being.She’s used to Hunter seeing her for her shame and suffering.But Mateo sees Ellie for more than the broken girl she thinks she is—he sees her as whole.If Ellie takes a chance on Mateo, so much could go right—if she can get past everything that’s going wrong.Is she able to step out of the life she’s grown comfortable with in order to embrace a new love story, or will the past come back to hurt her?____________________Blurry Messes is Holly's debut novel! It's an angsty college romance that explores issues such as emotional abuse, codependency, and mental health. It is part one of a duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Please note that this book contains triggers, explicit language and descriptive sex scenes

    These 16 authors and a mixed variety of genres will have you caught in a trap of addiction and need with each page and even introduce you to some new authors.This is a charity anthology with all proceeds being donated to Prostate Cancer UK.The contributing authors are:-Alice La RouxAmy DaviesAmy StephensC.N. MarieCarrie Austin-MaloneClare BentleyDanielle JacksElena MonroeK.A. KnightLizzie JamesLynda ThrosbyM.L. BroomeMarissa J. GramollRenea PorterRosie EastSusanna Strom

    Advaseries. Lovers?Two assassins living in a specialised school are paid five million dollars each to eliminate the other, considering the two hate each other it is a task both seem eager to carry out. That is until feelings begin to surface, and the two must decide if the price is really worth the cost after all.

    My dad has anger issues, and my mom drinks too much. When I’m at home, I spend most of my time locked in my room, trying to avoid the toxic environment.I have two things that help me escape. My art, and Colt— our college basketball teams best shooting guard and my best friend with the emotional depth of a tree. He cares for nothing but basketball, his dad…and me.We’ve been best friends for years. If he’s not climbing through my bedroom window at night, I’m climbing through his. It’s a habit that started the day his mom died, and we haven’t spent a night apart since.But we’re just friends. Nothing more.Our dating relationships are equally disastrous. Colt’s tendency to say inappropriate things, and my inability to trust makes dating other people hard and exhausting.The truth is there’s only one person I trust, one person I’m comfortable with. And that’s Colt. No one else. He’s been my first everything.My first friend. My first hug. My first date. My first kiss.But then the lines blur and we become more than friends. Will I find my happily ever after…or will I lose my best friend?

    Official blurb and cover coming soon.

    It seems most everyone on campus saw the TV series in which he was transitioning, and some feel very strongly he doesn't belong at the prestigious all-male school. Struggling with classes and bullying, junior Owen Lewis swoops in like Theo's personal savior. But as the heat rises between the two, so too does the torment from some of the school's lacrosse team. As a product of the foster care system, Owen knows all about not being wanted. That's why his lacrosse teammates are so important to him — they've become the closest thing he's found to a real family. Being bounced around constantly between different homes with just a plastic bag of his possessions taught Owen there was no such thing as love. But if that's true, why does Theo feel like a home he's never known? Owen is convinced that nothing will stop him from protecting Theo — but what if the choice is between his found family and his first love? When all seems lost, both have choices to make. Will they choose each other? Us Against the World is a 65K word HEA set at the fictional Roseden University, in Roseden, Pennsylvania. It is the first in the series of Roseden U books, and contains some derogatory language (LGBTQIA+).

    Not when Prince Charming is Waverly University’s starting kicker and 'falls hard' is code for 'breaks leg in three places.' Now the Wildcats’ shot at a national title is on the line, and the fans are out for blood.Me? I'm just trying to get through nursing school and graduate on time. No one knows I was responsible for Chase Spellman’s accident, and I plan to keep it that way.Which might be easier said than done since my new patient is the smooth-talking, sexy-as-sin Prince Charming himself…

    One secret could burn it to the ground. Brenna Sloan expected to spend her summer partying at her uncle's beachside sports bar . . . But then she met him.Hot, tatted, and just as ripped as the pitcher on the cover of Jock magazine.For once, Brenna gets the guy, her happily ever after within her grasp.But without her sister's approval, she can't move past today.Her twin is her ride-or-die.He's the love of her life.And she won't choose between them. Not for him. Not for her sister. Not for the pact she made when she was ten.Her strength is living down the Sloan reputation, not living up to high expectations. Torn between her heart and her bonds, will Brenna's compromise cost her everything?

    After all, no one wants a repeat of what happened the last time her grades were at stake. Least of all Penny.The only problem is that Atlas is extremely distracting.His green eyes and his rumpled dark hair make her forget everything and daydream. It doesn’t even matter that Atlas can be a rude and arrogant jackass who pushes all her buttons.But it’s okay.For the sake of her grades and her fragile mind, Penny can learn to focus. And she’s well on her way to doing that, until Atlas makes a proposition – dinner in exchange for tutoring her…A standalone novella.

    So, when bad-boy Tyler starts talking to her, she’s convinced he must have an ulterior motive. What she doesn’t suspect is that he’s actually a demon escaped from Hell to live out his college-age dreams of going to concerts and playing in a punk metal band. And that he actually likes her. Soon, swoons and romantic dates replace Chloe’s trepidation. But as Chloe and her new friend Alicia are dragged deeper in Tyler’s world, they realize that many less-friendly demons roam the Earth too. And one of them is murdering girls—girls who look a lot like Chloe. With the help of Tyler and a contingent of angels, Chloe and Alicia take the paranormal investigation into their own hands. Because if they don’t find out which demon is murdering girls soon, Chloe will be next.

    Clear, actionable steps for you to build new values, experiences, and perspectives into your organizational culture, infusing it with the diversity, inclusion, and belonging employees need to feel accepted, be their best selves, and do their best work.Bypass the faulty processes and communication styles that make change impossible in so many other organizations; access these practical tools and ideas for increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in your company.Filled with actionable advice Alida Miranda-Wolff learned through her own struggles being an outsider in a work culture that did not value inclusion, and having since worked with over 60 organizations to prioritize DEI initiatives and all the value and richness it adds to the workplace, this roadmap helps leaders:Learn why creating an environment where everyone feels belonging is the new barometer for employee engagement.Develop an understanding of the key terms around DEI and why they matter. Assess where your organization is today.Define and take the small steps that build new muscle memory into an organizational culture.Increase employee engagement, collaboration, innovation, communication, and sense of belonging.Build confidence in how to solve future DEI-related challenges.Get buy-in from colleagues (and even resisters) who can clearly see how to move forward and why.Overcome any limiting work environment and build all new processes and communication priorities that allow your employees to be a part of something greater than themselves while your organization learns to value and embrace the unique experiences and perspective that each employee brings to the company.

    There are two people that she knows she can rely on, her father and best friend, Talon. Her father’s failing health has her barely managing financially. Between nursing school, medical bill co-pays, and everyday life she’s struggling. Her only saving grace is the local drag racing scene. When she gets an inside invite to the most exclusive race, she knows she can’t refuse.Barker Tobin moved to Los Angelos as the new president of the Sons of Sin MC. Taking on the unreputable Los Angelos chapter and reforming it into a respectable group has been no easy task. Knowing reputations have the tendency to be exaggerated helps him take a chance on the chapter. Barker's own has him pegged as a ladies' man and he's fine with that because one heartbreak was enough. Barker isn’t prepared for Annistyn and his cocky, undefeated attitude catches up to him. Losing the race is the last thing on his mind once he lays eyes on Annistyn but she has a secret. One that could completely tear them apart just as things get started.

    No goddamn clue how to execute that plan—not, like, in a step-by-step strategized way or whatnot—but that’s not gonna stop him from working it.THE PLAN:Turn himself gay, keep Rain from ever looking for his D-fix anywhere else, and the future will be golden.The only kink in it?Jared motherfucking Greene.Rain has a plan. Not exactly his strength, but since River’s decided they’re done with all the scientific sexperimentation shit now, he has to do something, right?THE PLAN:Get a gay sex coach, convince Riv there are still a fuck-ton of extradickular activities they need to test out together, and keep the twindom intact forever.The only kink in it?Jane the Certifiably Insane.TESTING THE WATERS is a long fall down a well-lubed twincest rabbit hole. River and Rain may think they’re just going to dip their toes in the dickalicious pool of gay exploration to test the waters, but honey, trust me: that thing is a whirlpool. It’s going to suck them in, spin them around like a Dead or Alive remix, then spit them out nine episodes later into a cum-drenched happily-ever-after of the totally taboo variety that will rock their whole damn world.

    It examines in detail the Civil Rights era fight to desegregate Rochester schools and reviews the various attempts in the last fifty years at metropolitan-level solutions to Rochester's educational ills. Ultimately it brings the historical narrative to the present day, illustrating the flaws inherent in the school reform model that has dominated national education policy for nearly forty years."--

    Elora has never been so cold. Growing up in the tropics did not prepare her for a new life in Minnesota. For the first time, she’s living in a place that doesn’t float and her best friend isn’t also her family. Everything is a new experience, a new adventure. Including hockey. The arena is freezing, but the game is fierce, fast, and fascinating. She can’t take her eyes off the action… or off a certain player.He’s wary of everyone...Wyatt is done with puck bunnies. He just wants to play, go to class, and be left alone. The opposite sex dishes out nothing but misery. School and hockey must come first. Then he meets Elora, and she’s totally clueless about hockey, about school, about a little bit of everything. And she’s the opposite of the ice queen who crushed his heart. But he’s not ready to light that lamp. When Elora suffers a crisis of confidence, Wyatt’s willing to help her regain her faith in people, especially him. Even if it takes confronting his past to have a future. Can Wyatt show Elora that he’s the man she thinks he is or will they end up being two ships passing in the night?

    "What are you doing out here on the soccer field?""I could ask you the same question," I retorted as he chuckled, his gaze sweeping around us with amusement."Well, I'm playing football."I realized his teammates were waiting for him as I cringed."Right. Sorry.""Why are you apologizing?""What?"❤Victoria Marshall has recently moved to the US, due to the recent death of her father. She finds herself living with her Aunt Dottie whilst she struggles to adapt to her new life, attending college to study English Literature in the hope of teaching.She finds herself meeting Drake Anderson, a player both on and off the field. As handsome as he is, one thing Victoria can't stand is drama, and Drake seems to be surrounded by it.Try as she might they can't seem to keep away from each other, and even she can't deny the sparks that fly whenever they are together. Despite having her reservations, Victoria has to go with her heart; whatever the consequences.

    

    The abundance of Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake helped grow the country for millenia and gave rise to the Kingdom of Angkor. Fed by the rich, mud-colored waters of the powerful Mekong River, the lake owes its vast bounty to an ecological miracle that has captivated poets, artisans, and explorers throughout history. But today, the lake is dying. Hydropower dams hold back billions of gallons of water and disrupt critical fish migration paths. On the lake, illegal fishing abetted by corruption is now unstoppable. A fast-changing climate, meanwhile, has seen a string of devastating droughts.Troubling the Water follows ordinary Cambodians coping with the rapid erasure of a long-held way of life. Drawing on years of reporting in Cambodia, Abby Seiff traces the changes on the Tonle Sap—weaving together vivid stories of those most affected with sharp insight into one of the most threatened lakes in the world. For the millions who depend on it, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

    Breonna Taylor, Alberta Spruill, Rekia Boyd, Shantel Davis, Shelly Frey, Kayla Moore, Kyam Livingston, Miriam Carey, Michelle Cusseaux, and Tanisha Anderson are among the many lives that should have been. The #SayHerName campaign lifts up the stories of these women and girls in order to build a gender-inclusive framework for understanding, discussing, and combating police violence.Without this knowledge, we cannot have a full understanding of the wide-ranging circumstances that make Black bodies disproportionately subject to police violence, and we cannot understand the ways in which racialized policing and gendered violence intersect and produce lethal consequences. #SayHerName provides an analytical framework for understanding Black women's susceptibility to police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, and it explains how-through black feminist storytelling and ritual-we can effectively mobilize various communities and empower them to advocate for racial justice.Including Black women in police violence and gender violence discourses sends the powerful message that, in fact, all Black lives matter and that the police cannot kill without consequence. This is a powerful story of Black feminist practice, community-building, enablement, and Black feminist reckoning."Kimberle Crenshaw is a national treasure."—Kerry Washington

    Finally fed up with her situation, she decides it's time to start over somewhere new. But a catastrophe brings her plans to a screeching halt and forces her to endure encounter after encounter with her brother's best friend. AKA: The man of her dreams.Seth Miller has known Hannah her entire life. She's like the adorable little sister he never had... until she isn't anymore. Seth tells himself (and her over-protective big brother) she's just a friend, but some feelings won't be ignored. Will Seth make Hannah's dreams come true, or is he too late?

    In fact, she has spent so many nights tucked away in her apartment that her best friends insist on taking her out.Hazel ends up locking eyes with a green-eyed stranger across the bar, and she decides to do something she’s never done before: have a one-night stand.What could go wrong? She gets to have an amazing night with the hottest guy she’s ever seen and then go back to her perfectly normal life. No strings attached.The plan is executed successfully until the green-eyed stranger walks into Dr. Hazel Greenwood’s lecture hall at Brunswick University.It turns out that Wes Mitchell, the man who gave her the best night of her life, is a student in her Microeconomics class this semester.To add a cherry on top, Hazel finds out she and Wes may have created a little bit more than just a good time during their one night together.This is book two of the Rage Road Series. While it is recommended that book 1, Bless My Soul, be read first, this book can be read as a standalone.

    It isn't long before their friendship gives way to the type of longing that can't be ignored. The problem? Andy is gay and West is ostensibly straight...or is he?