Megan:All I wanted to do was climb the corporate ladder and get my money's worth out of my business degree.But just as I'm making some progress, Eric Castle inherits the company, and I'm expected to be the former grease monkey's assistant!Rugged good looks and massive muscles are not what I was expecting from my new boss.And now, I have to worry about my career and my heart...Eric:I'd been turning wrenches for two decades when I found out I was the heir to an automotive empire worth billions.I’d been a mechanic for so long, my first impulse was to refuse to take the helm and stay in the shop.But then I met Megan Barnes, my deliciously curvy new assistant, and my focus shifted from fixing engines to revving hers.And I plan on making her mine, no matter the cost...Sit back, relax, and get ready for a quick fix of Happily Ever After between a younger plus-size woman and an enticing older Alpha man that will do anything to claim her as his own... Views: 41
Of all the gorgeous grouches Melanie's ever worked with, Declan Bain is without a doubt the worst. And as an aspiring costume designer still working as a wardrobe girl in L.A., she's definitely met her fair share. So, when a weird development arises out of the blue, crossing their paths and effectively turning their lives upside down, waking up next to him in her childhood bed is only the second most shocking result. Finding out he'd actually wanted something to happen between them is the first. And now that Declan's fully aware of just how much she's enjoyed working with his...um, wardrobe, all this time, he's decided to collect on all the very dirty, very alcohol-fueled promises she made him before falling asleep. Melanie really has no idea what she promised the man, but if it's even half as wicked as the things he's promising to do to her, she's not sure she'll survive. But she's absolutely willing to find out. Previously... Views: 41
Jacob Green was just an average college student. But three months ago, he ran through the wrong door and found himself trapped in the city of Meridian – a literal necropolis, concealed from the modern world, made up of forgotten places and populated entirely by the dead.As the only living, breathing resident, Jake has struggled to scrape out an existence while waiting for the Necropolis Police Department to decide his fate, and it's not looking good. But when an unusual string of crimes hits the city, Jake's overseer and tormentor, NPD Detective Marsh offers him a deal: Jake's life in exchange for helping them solve the worst series of crimes in the necropolis' history.Someone, or some thing is killing the dead, and if Jake can't figure out who's responsible, he could be next.Necropolis PD is a hidden world fantasy that combines mystery, horror, magic, and more than a little humor. This book is perfect for the living and... Views: 41
A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention—and our personal information—that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our worldNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we... Views: 41
Though she’s still struggling to put her personal life back together a year after leaving Los Angeles, Mallory Collingswood’s career is perfectly on track as she takes to the role of Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra like it’s her birthright. She’s determined to focus on her music and enjoy her second year back home when she’s approached about a collaboration with the Royal Ballet. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that only a fool would turn down...or accept, depending on the outcome. Taking on the role will mean working harder than she ever has in her life, and performing in a way she never has alongside the Royal Ballet’s brightest star. Individually, they are opposites in almost every way, but together they form a perfect pair, and for the first time in ages Mallory wonders what it would be like to love, and be loved, again. Views: 41
The latest historical thriller by New York Times Notable mystery author Lawrence Goldstone plunges readers into the dramatic events surrounding the assassination of President William McKinley.Just after 4 p.m. on September 6, 1901, twenty-eight year old anarchist Leon Czolgosz pumped two shots into the chest and abdomen of President William McKinley. Czolgosz had been on a receiving line waiting to shake the president's hand, his revolver concealed in an oversized bandage covering his right hand and wrist. McKinley had two Secret Service agents by his side, but neither made a move to stop the assailant. After he was apprehended, Czolgosz said simply, "I done my duty."Both law enforcement and the press insisted that Czolgosz was merely the tip of a vast and murderous conspiracy, likely instigated by the "high priestess of anarchy," Emma Goldman. To untangle its threads and bring the remaining conspirators to justice, the president's most senior... Views: 41