USA TODAY bestselling authorBack from the dead, this heiress wants answers...But will she find love?When CEO Ward Benally finds a beautiful brunette in his office, he assumes she's a corporate spy. But Brea Steele is the long-lost daughter of the company's founder, desperate to uncover the truth about her mother's death. Ward will help, and keep her close—as his pretend love interest. Yet as their fake romance turns real, will the truth shatter their fragile alliance? Views: 444
Mage Meralda's perilous airship journey across the vast Great Sea made her a hero. Her discovery of the Arc may doom her world. The Arc, a mysterious metal structure hanging ten thousand feet above the stormy Sea, is singing. Tasked by the King to decipher the Arc's strange song, Meralda discovers plans for an outlandish machine hidden in the song's mathematical lyrics. With sharp-tongued vegetable familiar Mug at her side, Meralda embarks on an unexpected journey across the void. Together they face ravenous beasts, ancient engines, and the most diabolical creature of all – Meralda's own long-lost mother. With nothing but her wits, her Sight, and her determination to return home and find a decent cup of coffee, Meralda vows to lead her tiny band to safety. But her long journey home also means facing an old sorrow, and a singularly unpleasant truth. As monsters close in, can Meralda prevail where thousands before her failed and... Views: 444
From a young age, Cobie Galloway made a career of playing the girl-next-door on the silver screen. Only, she’s not a teenager anymore. Ready to challenge herself artistically and earn the part she’s always dreamed of, she’s forced to face the realization that in order to win the roles afforded to edgier actresses, she might first have to audition by playing someone edgier in her day-to-day life.
Pop star Lila Wilder built a multimedia empire by always having her finger on the pulse of what’s hot. However, as she struggles to produce her next smash hit record, she’s finding it hard to keep her name in the public eye, and a string of tumultuous relationships with Hollywood boy-toys no longer captivates anyone’s attention.
Both women tentatively agree to a headline-grabbing fauxmance, with two simple rules: Always stick to the script, and never forget that on the stage of public perception, nothing is real. Can two women find love in a world of carefully crafted illusions, or will a successful charade mean the potential for something more gets left on the cutting-room floor? Views: 444
An abandoned baby. A bride who's channeling her inner Scrooge. Can Annabelle track down who left the baby while keeping her bride from having a merry meltdown? 'Tis the season for mistletoe and matrimony. Wedding planner Annabelle Archer and her team are busy preparing for a winter wedding when they get something that wasn't on their wish list—a baby left on the doorstep. Determined to find out who left the baby, Annabelle finds herself delving deep into the world of Christian motorcycle gangs all the while pulling together a holiday party and keeping her bride from throwing a holiday hissy fit. Marry and Bright, a novella, is the eleventh standalone book in the hilarious Annabelle Archer Wedding Planner Mystery series. If you like larger-than-life characters, madcap capers, and an insider's look at glamorous society weddings, then you'll love Laura Durham's award-winning series. Buy Marry and Bright to get cozy with this... Views: 444
Kate Whidby doesn't want to impose on her newly married brother after their parents die, so she accepts a mail order bride offer in the paper. Little does she know the man she intends to marry has a dark past, sending her fleeing into a neighboring town and into Jesse Jenning's life.Jesse never wanted to be in law enforcement, but after a band of robbers kills his fiancée, he dons the badge and swears revenge. Will he find his fiancée's killer? And when Kate flies into his life, will he be able to put his painful past behind him in order to love again? Views: 444
Getting to Etna Station is all that matters, with the world rapidly collapsing around them, Mike and company make a desperate trek to reach what they believe to be a safe haven. Can they out run the demons that chase them? Will they succumb to Knox and his tyrannical army or Payne, a revenge-bent vampire? New friends will be made along the way while some old ones will fall. If they make it, will it be all they hoped or just another nightmare? Views: 444
Michael Ventura, entrepreneur and CEO of award-winning strategy and design firm Sub Rosa, shares how empathy—the ability to see the world through someone else's eyes—could be what your business needs to innovate, connect, and grow.Empathy is not just about being nice. It's not about pity or sympathy either. It's about understanding—your consumers, your colleagues, and yourself—and it's a direct path to powerful leadership. In Applied Empathy, Michael Ventura, CEO and founder of Sub Rosa, a design firm that finds creative solutions for iconic brands and institutions such as GE, Nike, Citibank, Nikon, Warby Parker and also West Point and the White House, offers entrepreneurs and executives a radical new business book and way forward. Applied Empathy presents real strategies, based on Sub Rosa's design work as well as the popular class Ventura and his team have taught at Princeton University, on how to make lasting connections... Views: 444
Tara is trying to move on after a nasty divorce, but her tattoo work lets her withdraw from the world instead. Her best friend Nathan and Nick, the foreigner with the sexy body and sharp wit, may awaken a desire she thought had died, but can she risk her heart to take that chance? Views: 444
