Shackled to the bars of the past.Afraid. Lonely. Unable to move on.Then, I met him.Beautiful, intense, and stuck in a cage of his own. He makes me want to live again. I want to save him. I want him to save me.But good guys don’t like ruined girls. And even if he did, would I have the courage to break free, and learn to fly again?For him?LorenzoA sad woman once broke me, leaving a crater in my chest I’ll never fill again.Hollow.Crippled by past mistakes and present fears.Then, I met her.Enchanting, stunning, and in pain. I want to love her. I want her to love me.But she doesn’t deserve to fall into the abyss of my broken soul. I should stay away and yet, I can’t let her go. Am I strong enough to become a better man?For her?WARNING: This book contains mature content, which may be disturbing to some of you. Read at your own risk. It is suitable only for ages 18+.*Naked Hearts is a STAND-ALONE contemporary romance with no cliffhanger.

    Bill McGoven is the strange police officer who seems to be watching her every step.Loren doesn’t know that Bill—the reclusive owner of the one place she sees as a safe haven—is a werewolf. One who’s had his eye on her for longer than she can remember…And one whose past and present are bound to hers in a way she can’t even imagine. When one tragic night brings him from the sidelines of her life and into her orbit, there is no turning back.They’re bound together, whether they want to be or not.

    Ever since I saw her standing on that cliffside in Ireland, Eira has possessed more of me than she'll ever know. But by the time I saw her again, she'd suffered far more than anyone ever should.She'd been broken, abused, and was unwilling to trust me no matter how many times I tried to prove my intentions.For my kind to mate—it's rare—dangerous, which is why no one can know of my ties to the violet-eyed siren or her hold over me. My enemies would love to get their hands on the one thing that could lead to my destruction.But when her life is threatened, I know I can't simply watch from the sidelines anymore. Not when I'm ready to rip the entire world to shreds for another moment in her presence.Perfect for fans of C.N. Crawford, Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valentini, K.F. Breene, and Kel Carpenter, or anyone who wants to see what happens when one of the most powerful supernaturals in the world is pushed to his breaking point. WARNING: Eira's past is a dark one, and there was no way to tell her story without mentioning it. Due to that, this book contains dark themes.

    Ever since then, Lily has been desperately trying to keep things together, for herself and for her family. But now Alice is coming home from her treatment program and it is becoming harder for Lily to ignore all of the feelings she's been trying to outrun.Enter Micah, a new student at school with a past of his own. He was in treatment with Alice and seems determined to get Lily to process not only Alice's experience, but her own. Because Lily has secrets, too. Compulsions she can't seem to let go of and thoughts she can't drown out.When Lily and Micah embark on an art project for school involving finding poetry in unexpected places, she realizes that it's the words she's been swallowing that desperately want to break through.

    It’s about learning to grow alongside grief. About taking the hand of your younger self and forgiving them. Through pages of truisms and poems, this debut collection from Caitlin Conlon explores the boundaries of our most poignant and human emotions.Deeply personal yet universal, The Surrender Theory speaks to anyone who has put their heart out into the world and hoped with everything in them that it would come home unscathed.

    Something to tear into pieces. Something to burn.” We’ve all been paper before. We’ve all been fragile. Leaf-like and gently blowing. Enough to create stories or build fires. So, we go through life like that. We come across the things that tear us into pieces, and we keep going. We keep fighting because we must. We look for ways to be whole. To be the person we dream to be.  Fragile by nature, but tough by circumstance, paper girls are shaped by their love and loss. This collection of poetry and prose describes the journey of learning to live fully through the messiness of life and tenuousness of mental health.

    To his family, however, Chris's physique was merely a part of who he was-nothing more, nothing less. What was thought to be a harmless piece of Chris's identity gradually became a symptom of something entirely new-a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa that was taking control of Chris's life more and more by the day. Trapped by his disorder, Chris struggles to abandon his obsession with food restriction and his quest to maintain the only life he learned to value.A memoir composed primarily of diary entries written in an eating disorder inpatient hospitalization program, On Thin Ice: The Story and Diary of a Male Anorexic narrates the intimate and authentic story of a teenage boy fighting for his life against the tight grip of anorexia. Both a harrowing and perceptive tale of self-discovery, friendship, and the strength of the human spirit, On Thin Ice lends a voice to the millions of individuals around the world who suffer from an eating disorder and grants readers a glimpse into the day-to-day challenges of beginning recovery.

    21 women from across the world come together to explore the slasher sub-genre. Some embrace the tropes, some rip them to shreds. These powerful tales are provocative, contemporary and need to be told. Featuring own voices, you will discover the pen is mightier than the machete. Serial killers, revenge, lust and even the supernatural are just some of the elements in SLASH-HER. These stories are strong. They are bloody and they pack a punch.Are you ready?

    It is the act of learning to be whole in a broken body, a broken world. It is a collection of tales told through generations of stories hidden beneath the skin.

    Removing him from school … this will fix it. The therapy group … this will fix it. And his dad moving out. Maybe, this will fix it. Despite his positive affirmations, the black dog never really leaves him. It watches from the corner of his room, never straying too far away—waiting for the perfect opportunity to sink its teeth in.But Xavier has a plan—one he hopes will help all the kids in his support group. Enlisting the help of best friend Aster, he tries to convince his dad to turn the family sheep farm into a therapy retreat for the group session kids. But he is up against decades of tradition, his parents who are on a “break,” and the spectre of the black dog.Can Xavier learn to cherish the moments in between the struggles—the moments in the meantime?

    --Pete Earley, author of CrazyAs director of the National Institute of Mental Health, Dr. Thomas Insel was giving a presentation when the father of a boy with schizophrenia yelled from the back of the room, "Our house is on fire and you're telling me about the chemistry of the paint! What are you doing to put out the fire?" Dr. Insel knew in his heart that the answer was not nearly enough. The gargantuan American mental health industry was not healing millions who were desperately in need. He left his position atop the mental health research world to investigate all that was broken--and what a better path to mental health might look like.In the United States, we have treatments that work, but our system fails at every stage to deliver care well. Even before COVID, mental illness was claiming a life every eleven minutes by suicide. Quality of care varies widely, and much of the field lacks accountability. We focus on drug therapies for symptom reduction rather than on plans for long-term recovery. Care is often unaffordable and unavailable, particularly for those who need it most and are homeless or incarcerated. Where was the justice for the millions of Americans suffering from mental illness? Who was helping their families?But Dr. Insel also found that we do have approaches that work, both in the U.S. and globally. Mental illnesses are medical problems, but he discovers that the cures for the crisis are not just medical, but social. This path to healing, built upon what he calls the three Ps (people, place, and purpose), is more straightforward than we might imagine. Dr. Insel offers a comprehensive plan for our failing system and for families trying to discern the way forward.The fruit of a lifetime of expertise and a global quest for answers, Healing is a hopeful, actionable account and achievable vision for us all in this time of mental health crisis.

    . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever norms or stereotypes are expected of them in that time and space. Sexy But Psycho is a challenging and uncomfortable book which seeks to explore the way professionals and society at large pathologize and sexualise women and girls.Utilising decades of research, real case studies and new data from her own work, Dr Taylor's book will critically analyse the way we label women with personality disorders. Why are women and girls pathologized for being angry about oppression and abuse? How have so many women been duped into believing that they are mentally ill, for having normal and natural reactions to their experiences? Sexy But Psycho argues that there is a specific purpose to convincing women and girls that they are mentally ill, as the world avoids addressing violence against women and their centuries of ignored trauma.

    Planning his bachelor party is a trip to hell sprinkled with accidental kisses that taste of heaven. Past misunderstandings, present attraction, and a future built on hope all tangles together to make this weekend one to remember.Sinfully Yours by Shilpa Suraj is the story of a one night stand turning into nights that they hope never end.Sidharth is Bollywood’s biggest hit-turned-overnight-flop. His best friend Sanjana’s bachelorette in Goa is the perfect place for him to hide out and drink his sorrows away. Until he passes out in the arms of the extremely hot pixie who moonlights as a bartender in a shack in Goa. And Dani is left with an armful of drunk movie star who is as messed up as he is hot.Deceitfully Yours by Andaleeb Wajid is the story of what happens when a fake relationship starts to feel very, very real.Sanjana and Karthik just wanted their parents to stop talking marriage to them. So, they faked an engagement and now their parents are not talking marriage but planning a wedding instead. When their friends throw them a combined bachelor and bachelorette party, they use the opportunity to plan their breakup. Except behind all well laid plans lies the path to disaster.Three love stories, three oddball couples, one epic weekend in Goa…Will they find their heart’s twisted path or focus on the brain’s straight-but-boring one? Will they gamble on their happily-ever-after or choose to leave Goa as they came, single and not ready to mingle?

    I’m told the trauma repressed my memories and that I imagined the creatures who tore apart my family. Six-year-old Trinity couldn’t cope with the reality she witnessed and created her own.They’re wrong. I’m no longer a child, but I still see monsters.Six years ago, three crept into the edges of my dreams, their violet eyes shining through the shadows. But these creatures with horns and claws didn’t want to hurt me. One whispered his wicked thoughts, another watched me but never spoke, and their leader tempered their wild desires. I wanted to surrender to their dark embrace, but my monsters left me untouched and alone with my fantasies.I’m now at Briargrove House for treatment, where Dr. Radcliffe specializes in teasing out the truth hidden inside damaged people’s heads. He promises to unlock my memories and bring those who murdered my family to justice.But how damaged and dangerous are the others who live with me at Briargrove?Dr. Radcliffe hopes to banish the imaginary monsters, but my three return. They call themselves the Dark, are wilder than my dreams, and fulfil every pleasure they denied me. They belong to me, and I am theirs.My dark lovers insist that the true monsters live inside Briargrove House, so I must return to their realm. If I don’t, other creatures will take me to a different place, where the dreams promise to become nightmares.Monsters Awakened is the first book in the Ruthless Dark series. If you like scorching hot paranormal romance with dominant and possessive monster heroes, a heroine who’s strong enough to bring them to their knees, and a world where she doesn’t need to choose, scroll up and pre-order today.Note: although the heroes are monstrous, all encounters in the series are fully consensual.

    A series of whispers, theories and rumours…Kenna’s mother Ava was killed in a bushfire not long ago. Now Kenna’s living with her uncle and his young family in the small town where Ava grew up, and she feels like an intruder.Noah’s mother has a mental illness that makes him both carer and jailer—constantly watchful, keeping things on an even keel.One night Kenna sees the general store on fire, and a boy standing watching as it burns. It takes her a while to notice he’s holding a petrol can, but then things move fast. She’s tackled him and run off with his bag before she even knows what’s happened.The bag belongs to Noah, and he really wants it back. Kenna wants something too. To make someone else burn the way her mum did. And there’s something she doesn’t know: how Noah can help her find out the truth about her family.

    Now her name is Kate Stone and it's her turn to confront Ty and try to find answers to the questions that have obsessed her since her ordeal. What is the legacy of this coercive relationship? Who holds the cards now? In the confusion of past and present, will Kate remain trapped in a deranged dance of desire and revenge? Or will she regain control and find release?Both a courtroom drama set in London and a road trip in the searing heat of the West Australian desert, Release is the story of two people confronting each other, each intent on destruction and survival. A companion to Lucy Christopher's bestselling novel Stolen, this gripping psychological thriller explores a young woman's discovery of the complicated truth about a relationship that once seemed alluring.For readers of Gillian Flynn, S.J. Watson and Helen Fitzgerald.

    Can Lyn reclaim her sanity in the midst of chaos and confusion?A happy wife and mother who loved nothing more than taking care of her brood, Lyn Barrett was knocked off course by a family crisis that triggered her inner world to crumble.Her diagnosis of multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder, threatened her life as she knew it, her family, and her future.With the knowledge that DID is a coping strategy young children use to protect themselves from chronic trauma, Lyn embarked on a journey to discover her true self.

    Rescued by the last bastion of humanity thriving in this perilous otherworld, Theresa and her students learn that they are the heirs of the Ten Escyllian Relics: godly weapons left by the previous Ten Saviors one thousand years ago. Now the Earthlings are suddenly forced to discard their pasts and accept their new destiny as Saviors . . . no matter how implausible and dangerous it may become. Now enemies—monsters, humans, and things in between and beyond—threaten them from all sides. Can Theresa and her students do what it takes to survive against the deadly perils of the mystically unknown, the infectious assaults of unimaginable horrors, and the gut-wrenching deceptions brought on by their ascension as the Saviors of the Sun? An isekai adventure filled with culturally diverse characters, complex villains, deadly magic and emotionally epic battles, Saviors of the Sun is a phenomenal journey that will hook you until the last page.

    Six mutants, scattered across time and space, their stories coming together with one figure at the center.Tentacle Princess. Goat Bitch. Evaporate. Penance. Hench. And Twinkle Lights.Sometimes, all you need is a himbo.

    Her well-appointed home is in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood. She has a kind and successful husband who makes her laugh. She celebrates the accomplishments of friends and acquaintances, is widely regarded as "nice," and after years of struggle, is finally making a name for herself in Hollywood. But the successful, confident, and gracious face she presents to the outside world can often feel like a deception to Maggie, who's long grappled with mental illness and feelings of inadequacy.Enter Joanna Hergert, an autistic middle-aged woman living with her elderly mother in subsidised housing. When Maggie's husband, Jim, strikes up an acquaintance with Joanna and her mother outside a local restaurant one afternoon, Maggie is quick to befriend the pair—despite Joanna's not-at-all subtle romantic fixation on Jim—prompted, in part, by a less-than-admirable desire to be seen as generous. However, what starts as a charity project, soon blossoms into a complicated, intimate, and beautiful lifelong friendship that will challenge Maggie to confront many of the things she's tried to avoid about herself, her privilege, and the trade-offs she's made to live life on her own terms.Engrossing, heart-breaking, moving, and at times very funny, Easy Street is part midlife coming-of-age, part buddy comedy about an unlikely pair of women, and part dramedy about embracing an openness of spirit, the strength of the families we fashion, finding peace with the choices we make, and, above all, learning to be compassionate with ourselves.

    Perfect crime: From writing crime to being part of one, an author discovers what it takes to commit the perfect crime.Demons: A witness to a crime flees the scene, only to be forced to confront her personal demons.Whose life is it anyway?: A lawyer sets out to discover who's been poisoning her.Of closets and skeletons: A coming-of-age story that quickly takes a sinister turn.Poison pill: A hostile takeover is the least of the problems facing this family-run pharma business. … and other stories.Dive into the twisted minds of some of the most compelling characters that fiction has to offer in these quirky mysteries.