Forge doesn't negotiate when it comes to money ... until he's offered a virgin in exchange for a debt.The curvy blonde awakens something primal in Forge. He takes the girl as his own and he has no plans on giving her back. Beth's innocence is the light to his darkness. He started out wanting a toy, but soon can't imagine life without her.Beth never had a say in her own life. When she's sold to a notorious MC Prez, she expects a nightmarish life as a club whore. What she gets is a possessive biker who claims her for himself. He's older, covered in ink, and feared by everyone—and she becomes addicted. Forge teaches her to love herself, and in turn she falls hard for the bad boy.But good things rarely last, and Beth soon becomes Forge's weakness in a dangerous turf war. Will their love survive or will Forge have to return his prize? Views: 147
Prince HenryI was raised to believe I would one day wear the crown as King of Rhodon. After being downgraded to the spare of the heir a year ago, my time is mostly spent trying to stay out of the papers and figuring out what to do with my life. When I am called home to be godfather to my sister's new child, I want to get in and out with as little notice as possible.Until I meet my godchild's nanny. Suddenly I feel a need to stay, protect, and have. I may not know what I want to do with my life, but I know who I want at my side and in my heart.LaurenBeing hired to nanny the future ruler of Rhodon seems like a dream come true. Falling for the baby's uncle, well, that is a bit more complicated.Even with reporters breathing down our necks, I can't resist him or all he has to offer. Is this a true love to last a lifetime, or will this go down as a royal scandal for the ages?Ridiculously Royal is a series of standalone, insta-love steamy shorts about royals finding true love and happily ever afters that are anything but common. Check out HENRY if you like curvy nannies and alpha princes who cause a scandal when they fall in love. Views: 147
For fans of The Hazel Wood, this middle grade novel takes the dark stuff of fairytales and crafts it into a powerful story of friendship and light.Every evening Lampie the lighthouse keeper's daughter must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks, but one stormy night disaster strikes. The lantern is not lit, a ship is wrecked, and someone must pay.To work off her debt, Lampie is banished to the Admiral's lonely house, where a monster is rumored to live. The terrors inside the house aren't quite what she thought they would be—they are even stranger. After Lampie saves the life of the neglected, deformed son of the admiral, a boy she calls Fish, they form a close bond. Soon they are pulled into a fairytale adventure swimming with mermaids, pirates, and misfits. Lampie will discover the courage to fight for friendship, knowledge, and the freedom to be different. Views: 147
The murder of a Pakistani social media star exposes a culture divided between accelerating modernity and imposed traditional values—and the tragedy of those caught in the middle. In 2016, Pakistan's first social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch, was murdered in a suspected honor killing. Her death quickly became a media sensation. It was both devastatingly routine and breathtakingly brutal, and in a new media landscape, it couldn't be ignored. Qandeel had courted attention and outrage with a talent for self-promotion that earned her comparisons to Kim Kardashian—and made her the constant victim of harassment and death threats. Social media and reality television exist uneasily alongside honor killings and forced marriages in a rapidly, if unevenly, modernizing Pakistan, and Qandeel Baloch's story became emblematic of the cultural divide. In this deftly reported and artfully told account, Sanam Maher reconstructs the story of Qandeel's... Views: 147
In a city where candy is a crime and sugar is scandalous, Nelle Faulker is a 12-year-old private detective looking for her next client. When notorious candy gangster Eddie de Menthe asks for her help to find a missing teddy bear, Nelle Faulkner is on the case. But as soon as the teddy turns up, Eddie himself goes missing! As a seemingly innocent investigation unravels into something more sinister, Nelle and her friends quickly find themselves swept up in a shady underworld of sweets smugglers, back alley deals, and storefront firebombs. If Nelle has any hope of tracking down her missing client, first she'll have to unmask the true faces behind the smuggling ring. Can Nelle and her friends find a way to take the cake? Or will they come to a sticky end...? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory meets Bugsy Malone in this page-turning mystery from World Fantasy Award-winning author Lavie Tidhar. With moody spot illustrations by Daniel Duncan, readers will be... Views: 147
When death arrives in Paso Robles, so do clues to an infamous art heist in Boston. . .For seven years, psychic Celine Skye has led a life free of visions in quiet Paso Robles. But now the visions are back. Along with a dubious customer from Boston. Celine has always been able to sense death. But not even she can foresee her employer Dirck's murder. Finding his corpse in the wine bar he owns is bad enough. Grappling with the suspicion that Dirck's death could be connected with the Gardner Museum heist is even worse. As Celine struggles to make sense of the psychic clues she receives, there's just one question in her mind: What exactly did Dirck know about the Gardner Museum heist to get himself killed? Views: 147
She knows she witnessed a murder...But only one man believes her.After rafting guide Nora Radley witnesses her staff member's murder—and narrowly escapes being shot—the crime scene casts doubt on her story. With the evidence pointing to suicide, only her ex-fiancé, Ranger Henry McKnight, is on her side. Ten years ago, an eerily similar unsolved crime tore her engagement to Henry apart. But this case might just cost them their lives.From Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith. Views: 147
