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When Denver’s long-term partner breaks up with him, Denver returns to the quiet town of Cooper’s Ridge and his parents’ ranch. Leaving 12 years earlier, Denver knew he would never be accepted as a gay man in an unaccepting town. So, when he meets Kes—an old school friend—in the bar he owns, he is shocked to find him in an openly gay relationship. Something he never thought would happen here. What surprises him even more is the instant mutual attraction the three men have.

You want to write a nonfiction book that matters. Book readers love and rave about a book they underline, dog-ear, and highlight. How do you do that, when you’ve never written a book like that before, when you aren’t sure what content to include in a nonfiction book, or how to organize it? And when you’re not sure if your idea is worth pursuing in the first place? At the heart of the answers to all these questions is a craft created by A. J. Harper, ghostwriter and editor for some of the foremost thought leaders of our time.

What has been missing from the daring tales of fairy tale heroes is quite simply some heft. In Burly Tales, Lambda Literary Award-winning editor Steve Berman has gathered a dozen stories of whimsy and romance that feature gay men with plenty of curves and fur. Run away with us to enchanted woods, where the cubs and bears are not going to eat you (not without informed, enthusiastic consent), where no one will judge if you take up residence in a house with seven bearded men and only one bed.

In a future where children are segregated into institutions ranging from comfortable 'Learning Communities' to prison-like 'Academies', 17-year-old Jackson is an academic high flyer, living in a top Learning Community and destined for a position in the Leadership. But when he is sent with his friend Wilson to deliver a package, the boys are attacked - leaving Jackson badly beaten and Wilson dead. Confused and upset, Jackson returns to his Learning Community, only to be dismissed by his teachers, who claim not to know him.

Feeling overwhelmed in your journey of parenting an anxious teen? Tried various strategies but still struggling to connect? You are not alone. Parenting a teen with anxiety can feel like navigating a minefield, but with the right approach, it doesn't have to be. This book offers practical solutions to help you thrive in your parenting journey.

Meet FBI Agents Emma Monroe and Zack Armstrong. She's cursed. He's damned. Together, they make one hell of a team. Emma Monroe is a Siren, cursed by the gods and bound to earth to atone for an ancient failure. She’s had many names and many lives, but only one mission: redemption. Now that she works missing persons cases for the FBI, it could be just a rescue away. Unless her new partner leads her astray.

The number of children, youth, and families seeking help for a wide range of mental health concerns is growing at an alarming rate, and many struggle to thrive despite well-intentioned interventions from skilled helpers. Unplugging from technology and reconnecting with the web of life is a powerful antidote to the highly technological and fast-paced realities of so many.

In the heart of every entrepreneur lies this paradox of success: The strengths that got you to initial success—such as “shooting from the hip,” closing all the deals, and making all the decisions—will stunt your company’s future growth. That’s the essence of Founder’s Syndrome. It causes you to cling to excessive control in the business for too long. It stifles collaboration, hinders innovation, and undercuts financial performance.

Join Agents Emma Monroe and Zack Armstrong. She's sacrificed. He's suffered. They've both been betrayed. Now it’s time for a reckoning. Special Agent Emma Monroe has a secret. She’s a Fallen Siren, cursed by the gods and banished to Earth for her failure to prevent the kidnapping of Persephone. As an FBI agent she saves the lives of others believing redemption could be one rescue away.

Emma Monroe is a Fallen Siren, cursed by the gods and banished to Earth for her failure to prevent the kidnapping of Persephone. She's had many names and many lives, but only one mission: redemption. Now she works for the FBI and is on temporary assignment in Charleston. Solving this next missing persons case could be the key to ending her ancient curse - unless the temptation that's her new partner gets in the way.

Abby Kenyon belongs to Quentin Walker heart, body, and soul. But she's a wolf shifter from the pure Black Mesa Wolves Pack, and he's one big brute of a bear shifter from the mixed Silvertip Shifters clan. She can't have a bear as a mate. Or can she? Quentin Walker knows down to his bones that Abby is his mate. But she's never seen a mated wolf/bear pair and is certain it can't work. The autumn full moon mating run is Quentin's last chance to prove that only he can win the hunt for his mate's heart.

Pix Camden hails from a powerful line of dragon shifters, but she left their controlling ways behind long ago. Now, she lives by her wits - footloose and fancy-free. Yet, something big is still missing...until she meets wild bear shifter Beckett, and he tempts her restless heart. Beckett North can hardly contain his unruly bear on the best of days. Then, he meets the captivating Pix. Even though she soothes his savage beast, he can tell she's hiding something from him, and it threatens to drive his bear mad.

Rough, gruff bear shifter Shane Walker left behind his fighting past for a fresh start in life. But, when Jessie McMillan, the passionate three-night stand he also left behind, unexpectedly shows up with a baby boy that's his son just in time for Christmas, can he rein in his wild bear before he ruins everything again?

Fox shifter Everly always ends up cornered and cowering. Growing up shunned by more dominant shifter species taught her there's no such thing as real community...or true love. But she's always secretly longed for the sexiest, most dominant bear shifter around, even though he almost destroyed her family.

Mountain lion shifter Marisa wants only to be put down. Madness taunts her every day. Her tormented past won't let her go - until grizzly bear shifter Riley and his young children shake up her world. They give her something to live for, if only she can escape her brutal history.

Special Agent Emma Monroe is a Fallen Siren seeking redemption. Thousands of years ago, she was banished from Mount Olympus by Zeus and cursed by Demeter for failing to prevent the kidnapping of Persephone by Hades. Now she's working for the FBI, seeking salvation while searching for and finding the missing. Her partner, Zack Armstrong, is a werewolf with a grievance of his own. The former Black Ops sniper who once carried out a string of questionable assignments is atoning for his past.

A woman scorned. The sanctity of her sanctuary threatened. The betrayal of trust...even loyalty. Don’t ever tell her not to take it personally, because that’s exactly what it is. Personal. Your first blunder was mistaking her kindness for weakness. Your second was betraying her. The third? Underestimating her. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Take the plunge into these tales of deadly women who will stop at nothing until vengeance is theirs. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk.

In The Lawyer Bubble, Steven J. Harper reveals how a culture of short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation’s finest minds to the long-run implications of their actions. Law school deans have ceded independent judgment in the quest to maximize immediate results. Senior partners in the nation’s large law firms have focused on current profits and individual wealth at great cost to their institutions. Yet, wiser decisions can take the profession to a better place.

T.S. Eliot tells us in his poem “The Hollow Men” that the world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper. Well, he was wrong. Dead wrong. When death and destruction come, the screams of terror, horror, and excruciating pain will rend the blood-red sky and be heard across the world. When your number is up, there’s nowhere to run and no place to hide. You can't cheat death; death will find you. It always does.

As a black child growing up in 1920s Colorado, Frank Macon was often told that he would never amount to anything. His severe dyslexia didn’t help, nor did his tendency for mischief. But in spite of all that, Frank rose to heights beyond anyone’s imagining. Ever since childhood—when he jumped off a roof wearing homemade wings—he wanted to be a pilot. In this inspiring memoir, Frank tells his story of achieving that dream.