The Seventh Edition has been updated with stronger coverage of evidence-based practice, including content on how to read, interpret, and critique systematic reviews, which are considered by many to be a cornerstone of evidence-based practice. Also included in the Seventh Edition: a more balanced presentation of medical and social science methods and nomenclature; enhanced coverage of qualitative research; and more!

    I should have walked away, but I was powerless to resist him.I don't remember a time I wasn't hopelessly in love with Gabe Turner. He's every fantasy I've ever had come to life, but I'm not supposed to want him. He's gorgeous and cocky and totally wrong for me. Plus, he's my brother's best friend, which means he's completely off limits.Anyway, it's not like he sees me as anything but a brat.Right?After that last kiss, I'm not so sure...WARNING: This book contains one over the top alpha, a sassy heroine, and enough laughs to crack a rib. If laugh-out-loud insta-love with lots of sexy time isn't your thing, this story probably isn't for you.

    He heads down another path that puts him in even more danger.Addicted to adrenaline, Jesse chases the wildest flames of all to put out his insatiable desire for danger. Way up in the Oregon mountains, he feeds his hunger by fighting the incessantly growing wildfires that rip through the land he grew up loving.But when he meets Fiona, a beautiful hot-headed firefighter that’s even more ambitious and determined than he is, she ignites a fire in Jesse that he has no chance of putting out.

    •Practice exercises are given at the end of chapter included conceptual questions & multiple choice questions with hints, answer & solutions. •Multiple choice questions with single correct and more the one correct answers, Comprehension based questions, Assertion-Reason, Matching Type questions, etc. •Every reaction is explained mechanistically for subject understanding. •Solutions are given at the end of every chapter for clear the concepts.

    And boy… do I have a story to tell… See, it all started when I took a job at Savagez Exotic Animal Rescue.Sure, maybe working for a guy with a terrible eyebrow ring wasn’t the best idea, but when you’re fresh out of veterinary school, how many people will let you work on lions, tigers, and bears?So, yeah, everything was going “fine” until I found out that some of the tigers… were actually shifters, cause evidently, that’s a thing.Next thing I know, the actual tiger king has thrown me over his shoulder and brought me back to his lair in the Florida Everglades to share with his brother.On the one hand, I’m just sorta glad I didn’t get eaten… well, not that way anyway...

    Still smarting from the fact that her husband left her for a younger woman, she’s trying to cope single-handedly with a sick elderly cat, a sick elderly mother and a sick elderly car – to say nothing of two daughters who treat the house much like a comfortable hotel. And on top of everything else, she’s having trouble hanging on to her job.So why does everyone else seem to think turning fifty is the trouble? And why does everyone seem to think she’s losing her mind? She’s not really going crazy ... or is she?

    The book contains four IELTS tests and further practice and guidance sections, and the free accompanying audio CDs contain all four listening tests.

    He’s off-limits.At least that’s what I’ve always told myself.Then when he comes back into town, he keeps showing up just when I need him.My ex-husband is causing problems, threatening to take my daughter.And I feel like I’m about to lose it all.I know I should figure this out on my own, but Bart’s not having it.He’s taking matters into his own hands.Welcome to Forest Grove. It’s a small town in the hills of Tennessee where everyone knows each other and love always prevails.For one reason or another, the people may leave, but they each return to find love and romance in this small town with a big heart.Coming Home to the Grove is a series of interconnected, stand-alone small-town romance stories. Each book promises a sweet, steamy, happily ever after.

    An arrestingly handsome, dangerously charming, athletically ripped man-whore. It doesn’t help that he’s the heir to a billion dollar oil fortune, either.When he’s not teasing me about being a curvy girl or making fun of me, he’s going out with every good looking skinny bitch he can find, trying to score so he can brag to his buddies.Sometimes, I hate him so much, I just want to slap that stupid grin right off his face.I can’t stand to be around him. I need to get away. Far, far away. But not for the reasons you might think. But running away means I have to support myself, somehow. Tyler My stepsister used to call me a man-whore. If only she knew why I acted like I did. Sometimes, coming from a privileged family isn’t as easy as some people think.I used to make fun of her, but I’ve missed my stepsister since she’s been gone. Something happened here at home and she ran away to go to college in another city.I’m trying to live up to my father’s expectations, to prove I’m good enough to take over the family oil business, but that’s not always easy. Sometimes I need to let off a little steam.Imagine my surprise when I book a private lap dance with a smoking hot pole dancer and she turns out to be …. Stepbrother Desires is a standalone story with no cliffhanger

    The fear of losing my job is nothing like the fear of what could happen to the woman who is slowly working her way past my wall. For the first time in my life I can see how bent I am. Hannah: Reed was nothing like the monster that I had expected would now own me. Just as I'm starting to trust him I discover something I could never imagine. As he chips away at me I wonder how we will end? I’m so scared that all the pieces won’t get put back together. Will we ever be whole or are we destined to be forever bent? Bent is book Two of The Owned Series. It ends on a cliffhanger which will be answered in book 3. Don't let this deter you. This is one book you won't want to put down!

    I was hoping a little self-care would help me find the courage to be a new Cass, a better Cass. I want some confidence and control over my life, beginning New Cass's experiences with an early-spring hike in the beautiful mountain country of Moonlight Ridge.But now I’m lost. My cell phone has no signal, it’s getting dark, and it’s begun snowing. Can this vacation go any more wrong?Weston:I grew up in these mountains: self-reliant, strong, living on my family’s land. My job as a forest ranger keeps me near my family, here in the mountains I love, but sometimes I get lonely on my own.When my dog Max starts howling outside my cabin in the middle of a snowstorm, I dash outside with my rifle, practically knocking over the most beautiful, voluptuous, almost-frozen girl I’ve ever met.Now I’ll do anything I can to hold on to her and show her my mountains, my way of life, and my heart. Will Cassie find the courage to give me hers?Short sweet steamy alpha male-curvy girl instalove romance. No cheating, no cliffhanger, always an HEA.

    Although shifters have integrated into human society, there's been a lot of issues with them. She shortly discovers one of those issues when she's unceremoniously kidnapped, tossed into a vehicle, and wakes up stuck in a cage, with a bunch of other women in identical prisons. Bronnen notices two things. All the women are pretty – and there's a line of shifters ready to come and inspect them, with the intent of buying them. Two shifters are drawn in by her beauty, and her personality. Two princes from distance clans, with the rare bloodline of dragon shifters. Two princes that start a bidding war to try and win her for their own. She has another idea on the cards, however... AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is a stand-alone story with an HEA, so no cliff-hangers! This story contains explicit love scenes and is intended for 18+ readers only. CONTENT NOTE: This is a short story that may be read in under 2 hours. This book also includes an extra 5+ hours of bonus stories for your enjoyment.

    He needs a mate to lead a pack. What could possibly go wrong? For the past two years Addison has been working as investigative journalist in Seattle. Addicted to her work, Addison doesn’t have time for anything like love. It’s all okay, though, as no man has ever been impressive enough to catch her eye. Well, not until she comes across Flint, the growling, brooding, scorching hot heartthrob of a man who’s contracted to build her new island home off the northwest coast in Washington.Flint is the alpha of a pack of wolf shifters living on Silverwood Island. Between juggling his daily job as a contractor and his duties as alpha, he worries he might never find the perfect mate, a pressure that becomes a burning desire. But once Addison crosses his sight that worry extinguishes for good, and now he hopes to earn her trust before she sees the wild wolf inside.As things quickly get steamy between Flint and Addison, a big grizzly threatens to tear apart the new life Addison and Flint are forging together. But neither are ready to just give up the fight, and when the bear comes within inches of Addison’s life, the wolf inside will come out to protect the one he loves.Note: Adults Only!

     Kaden The Excalibur has a new escort joining the force, and she’s all mine. For now. Cal, the owner, had to swear to me he was telling the truth: she’s a virgin. Who wants to be a professional escort. And Cal wants her to spend a week with me before she’s auctioned off to the highest bidder. I’m supposed to use my sizable... skills… to train her how to please a man—without taking her innocence. I’ve never broken my word, and she’s not here for me, but I can’t let another man touch her. Grace It’s crazy, but I have to. I need the money. And, I need what Kaden is teaching me. The things that man can do with his hands… and his mouth… and his… I’m surrounded by luxury and wealth while I’m with him, and I’m getting used to being in his bed. Even if we can’t go all the way. But when Calvin insists on testing how well Kaden has trained me to please, I’m not sure if I can go through with this. Backing out means I can’t get my siblings out of the foster system—and it might mean losing the man I’m falling for.

    Ten years after leaving her home to seek a career in New York, Tess, a successful celebrity journalist, returns to the Ozarks and to Branson to interview famed country artist Buck Campbell, the orphaned football player and talented singer whom she had loved in her youth.