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Hunted by an enemy, can she survive or will it end in fire and blood?

Miss Lizette Kent's life is in shambles. Not only did her mother just pass away, but she has been left without the means to provide for herself. While she is contemplating her future, she encounters an unexpected and vexing man: Tristan Westcott, a man that mistakenly seems to believe that she is the daughter of an earl, despite her insistence that she is not.

Violet Maker is dead. Benjamin Maker is missing. Amethyst Forester is the prime suspect in a murder case. With no choice but to exonerate herself, Amethyst seeks the truth of Violet’s death, but gets caught up in the mystery of giant vortices appearing in the London skies and terrifying the population. Can she stop the devastation of the vortices? And if she can, must she pay the ultimate price?

With a new boyfriend and new flat, Amethyst's life is going well. That is, until she's ported into the mystical realm of Avalon, where she must battle an ancient enemy to protect the known universe.

After Amethyst's jewelry shop is burned down, the half-dwarf is co-opted into a magical task force to retrieve a dragon's egg deep within mysterious elven lands. Joined by her academic gnomish friend, a vampire, and a lynx shifter, can they save the day before dragons burn everything to the ground?

Devious and valiant, Francis de Brangelton has never failed in any of his exploits. When the Duchess de Montmurrant employs him to investigate the embezzlement of her investments and to settle a grudge, he does not hesitate to recruit his friend Henri d’Arringnon. But Francis has no idea of "Henri’s" astonishing secret. Henrietta d’Arringnon has masqueraded as "Henri" for so long that neither a military skirmish at the Savoy border nor guard duty in Versailles has exposed her. When her identity is revealed, Henrietta’s and Francis’ friendship shatters, but duty still calls.

At 44, Cynthia Smart is exactly where she wants to be. Almost. In a couple of years, she'll be the CEO of the company she's spent most of her adult life working in. For now, though, she's still busy shimmying up the greasy pole of corporate business. She's single, carefree, and independent, and nothing can stop her getting what she wants and deserves. Until she discovers she's pregnant.

Discussion about abortion and associated rights are often limited to either "anti-abortion" or "pro-choice," the latter of which focuses on the importance of having the right to choose, rather than on what that right means for real people. In this timely essay, Pauline Harmange provides an intimate, detailed account of her abortion. Reminiscent of Annie Ernaux's Happening, Abortion is nuanced, complex, honest, and precise. Harmange gives voice to the emotions, reflections, and contradictions that someone could experience when they choose to terminate a pregnancy.

Princess Marya Sova has always been the born leader of her siblings, but when her father dies, her brother must take the crown. Marya knows she is better suited to the job, but as a woman, that is not an option. She will settle for serving as his advisor if it means helping her kingdom. But suddenly her brother is insisting she help secure them a political alliance by marrying into another kingdom. Is marriage really the only way a princess can help her kingdom?

For three long and lonely years, Tristan Trent, the Marquess of Hopkins, waited for his wife Elaina’s return. Eyewitnesses insist no one could have survived the storm that swept her overboard, but Tristan refuses to give up hope—even when he is trapped into a betrothal he doesn’t want and forced to declare Elaina dead. Elaina Trent has no memories of her life before waking in Alderney surrounded by strangers, and three years of trying to recall an elusive history has left her life in limbo.

Miss Rosamond Hendre has had the most remarkable change of fortune for a daughter of a seaman. She went from living a simple life in the countryside to being introduced to high Society as the ward of a marquess. She is excited to embrace her newfound life, and she wants nothing more than to find a love match this Season.

Greydon, the Viscount Rushcliffe, is content with his life as a Bow Street Runner, but it all comes to a jarring end when his older brother is murdered. He is now an heir to an earldom—a position he never wanted. As he is trying to come to grips with the newfound shackle on his life, Lady Enid—the only woman that he is inexplicably drawn to—comes to him for help to let his brother's murderer go free.

The Financial Times Guide to High Impact Negotiation provides a comprehensive and strategic roadmap to the whole negotiation process from preparation to execution. Follow the practical steps to complete negotiation successfully, build relationships, and finalize your deal.

In the dark fall of 1665, 15-year-old Kenna's sister is murdered. Kenna suspects her sister's husband, but if he is the murderer, Kenna will be next. As she flees her grandfather’s Scottish estate to escape him, she finds herself in the clutches of a stranger.

Kate Kingston wants nothing more than to instill her love of art into the hearts of her pupils, but when a solicitor arrives to inform her that her uncle died and she inherited his estate, she is hesitant to leave the comfortable life she has developed. Encouraged by her friends to embrace the new adventure, Kate uproots her life and travels to Larkfield where she must face the demons from her past—and work to replace the spoiled memories from her childhood with happier ones. The only problem: she doesn't know the first thing about running a large country estate.

When preservation architect Leah Halliday falls asleep in the bed once owned by King Richard III, she has no idea it will change her life. When she wakes up, it's the year 1485. Hugh Radcliffe, trusted knight of King Richard, believes Leah is his arranged bride Matilda, who she's never set eyes on before.

Carl Weber is a New York Times best-selling author who’s made a name for himself with wildly entertaining works marked by his trademark wit and storytelling panache. In The Choir Director, Bishop T.K. Wilson is banking on dynamic new choir director Anthony Mackie to reverse the failing congregation’s fortunes. But while Anthony’s got more than enough chops to raise a heavenly chorus, he’s also got a weakness for the ladies that could make the Devil himself stand up and take notice.

Haisley is small-town girl with big dreams. She has been living with her roommate and best friend, Olivia, for almost six years in Liverpool. They just graduated as veterinarians, and for their last summer together before they part ways, Olivia invites Haisley, her maid of honor, to her small town—Magnolia Springs, Alabama—where she is getting married.

What happens when you receive orders from the NSA to marry a complete stranger? Maxwell, a highly decorated member of the NSA’s task force, stared at the orders in front of him without bothering to disguise his skepticism. The mission, to marry Vanessa Lambert, who was worth several billions of dollars, received two PhD’s before the age of 21, and the foremost authority on biological agents and neural mapping.

Miss Emilia Hembry had a remarkable twist of fate when an unexpected inheritance changed her life for the better. However, now she must navigate through high Society—something she knows little about. The fear of failure is not far from her mind as she tries to accept her newfound position. Fredrick Westlake, Earl of Chatsworth, had a chance encounter with Miss Hembry and felt compassion for her plight. He offers to help, all while dealing with his own demons. He still struggles with returning from the war as one of Wellington's spies and leaving his comrades behind.