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His name is Maxen Ashley Colchester, and he swore a duty to his country. Then, he swore his heart to them. They say that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, a secret sin, a tiny extra stitch sewn into his future since birth. And here Ash is, President of the United States, a king who was foolish enough to build his kingdom on the bones of the past. His sins are no longer secret. His flaws have never been more fatal. And he's never been closer to tragedy than he is now.

There are many rules a priest can't break. A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God. I've always been good at following rules. Until she came. Then I learned new rules.

“From the book’s chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows from a mix of genres to the writing itself, which shimmers with a dazzlingly sharp sense of wit, everything about St. James’ latest is done...

His name is Embry Moore, and he serves at the pleasure of the President of the United States…for now. Embry has been many things. He's been a son and a stepbrother. An army captain and a vice president. But only with Ash is he a prince. Only with Ash and Greer does his world make sense. Only between them, his king and queen, can he find peace from the demons that haunt him and the battles he's fought inside himself.

We are told God will punish the wicked; that sinful men will reap what they sow. We are told to scourge our souls with prayer and pain to become clean once again. Well, here I am. Wicked and sinful. Desperate to become clean - even though it feels so good to be dirty. But even I never expected what came next. Even I never expected my punishment to come so soon.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls. Upstate New York, 1982. Viv...

After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.

Warned as a girl to keep her kisses to herself, Greer Galloway wants nothing to do with kisses—or love. Twice she's ignored the childhood warning and kissed a man, and both times ended in gutting, miserable heartbreak. Now she's sworn off all romance forever, determined to teach her classes and do her research and live out the rest of her days alone.

It’s time to change the way we see babies. Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori, The Montessori Baby shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the...

Maximize Your Impact: Leveraging Life's Speeds for Optimal Efficiency. Discover a new way to lead and live through a unique process for overwhelmed professionals seeking balance and success. In this era of hustle culture, "embrace the grind" influencers, and all manner of get-rich-quick schemes, it's easy to get sucked into the paradigm of speed. Slow Down to Go Faster is a refreshing take on how to maintain fulfillment-and integrity-in the face of these headwinds. This audiobook will guide you on a journey of self-discovery that prioritizes purpose, intentional choices, and being present.

Nick is coming home for Christmas, and he only wants two things: 1) a cup of coffee, hot enough to reglaze the inside of his ceramic mug. 2) not to see his far-too-gorgeous, far-too-forbidden stepsister. But it's none other than his stepsister opening the door to welcome him home, and there's not enough hot coffee in the world to distract Nick from how much he's tempted to make Nora his own...

For Fallon Wayland, birthdays are just another reminder of her looming spinsterhood. This year is shaping up to be no different. Fired from her job, dumped by her boyfriend, and oh yes, witnessing the murder of a high-ranking lieutenant in the local crime family. Ever since a disastrous, hot-as-hell kiss years ago, soldier-turned-security specialist Shane Roarke has avoided his baby sister's reckless—and gorgeous—best friend. Yet when her life is threatened after she witnesses a gang hit, he insists on protecting her...even if she objects.

Being a firefighter isn’t easy. Especially for a Black woman. Working with family helps a little. But when somebody from your company doesn’t come back from a call, it’s brutal—as in, “How’m I supposed to go on?” brutal. And one death took me to a really dark place. A year later, I’m at the Pirates’ hockey training facility. Just another day on the job. Until I find a charred journal. I look inside for the owner’s name, but the words on the page punch me in the gut. It’s like reading my own thoughts. Reliving my own pain.

In Magnolia Grove, the race for mayor is heating up… and someone just turned it deadly. The town is buzzing about three things: the upcoming election, the grand opening of the historic underground tunnel tours, and a shiny new coffee bar opening right across from Parker Hayes's cozy cafe Catch You Latte. The whole town seems excited about the competition. Parker? Not so much. When a promotional event in the tunnels ends with a tragedy, everyone is ready to call it an accident. But as questions pile up, whispers of murder start spreading through town.

I'm not a good man, and I've never pretended to be. I don't believe in goodness or God or any happy ending that isn't paid for in advance. What do I believe in? Money. Sex. Macallan 18. They have words for men like me - playboy. Womanizer. Skirt chaser. My brother used to be a priest, and he only has one word for me: sinner.

Fallon Vale never thought a simple tweet could change everything. But when she dares to share her deepest, darkest Halloween fantasy, the game begins. A masked stranger watches her. He follows. He teases. And with every stolen glance, every shadowed step, the line between fear and desire blurs.

The “clever and wonderfully chilling” (Fiona Barton) suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare... Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants—the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild...

In un mondo ricco di stimoli tossici imparare a capire quali sono le risorse sane su cui poter puntare per vivere felicemente le relazioni, la famiglia, il lavoro è fondamentale. Il dottor Andrea De Simone, psicologo e psicoterapeuta, spiega come costruire e rafforzare i cinque pilastri che sostengono l'arte di essere felici: l'autostima è il primo elemento da prendere in considerazione e riguarda la capacità di credere nel proprio valore in modo consapevole. La motivazione è il carburante delle nostre attività, lo strumento attraverso il quale le nostre intenzioni diventano realtà.

This guide offers a step-by-step plan that helps parents cultivate daily routines so that they can turn life with toddlers into a mutually rich time of curiosity and learning.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone comes a brand-new college town raunch-com about a sexy single dad professor and a feisty law school grad turned nanny in this steamy tale of Academic Affairs… Now available as an audiobook...