Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Who is Audrey Hoedemaker? It's a question her sister Maureen has heard more times than she can count, and she doesn't know what the short answer would be. Little sister, troubled teen, backpacker, musical theatre coach, con artist, childcare worker. Murderer. A tragic, traumatic childhood casts a long shadow on the Hoedemaker sisters. Maureen has worked hard to move beyond the violence of the past and build a good, honest life for herself. Audrey, however, just can't seem to do the same, careening from one state of chaos to another.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed a handsome knight would come and rescue me from my wretched mother. He'd ride up on his white steed and break the curse I've been fated to carry since the day I was born. Funny how things changed over time, how the fairytale twisted into something far more crooked—and darker—than I ever imagined. In reality, my knight is scarred and broken, living alone in a castle of bones that overlooks the sea. He isn’t searching for me. He never was.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

Traumatized by the bombing of Dresden at the time he had been imprisoned, Pilgrim drifts through all events and history, sometimes deeply implicated, sometimes a witness. He is surrounded by Vonnegut's usual large cast of continuing characters (notably here the hack science fiction writer Kilgore Trout and the alien Tralfamadorians, who oversee his life and remind him constantly that there is no causation, no order, no motive to existence).

Original cast members from the beloved TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reunite for an all-new adventure about connections that never die—even if you bury them. A decade has passed since the epic final battle that concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV). The game-changing spell that gave power to all potential Slayers persists. With new Slayers constantly emerging, things are looking grim for the bad guys.

A grumpy deputy struggling to find his Christmas spirit after a tragic loss, a new school teacher trying to fit in, and an adorable puppy that brings them together. Mark Phillips has no intentions of celebrating Christmas ever again. Not after the tragedy that ruined his family forever. His chip on his shoulder suits him just fine, and makes everyone in town know better than to cross him. That is, until he has a run-in with the new teacher in town and her adorable pup. She seems determined to bring sunshine into his life, whether he wants it or not. Christie Wilcox’s having a hard time ...

★★Escape from your life romantic suspense★★ A fun, feel-good, 4-book collection with men worth falling for.Lawfully Adored: When Social Worker Lindsay's favorite foster kid goes missing, will Officer Aiden be able to find him in time? The Girlfriend Rescue: A search and rescue cop training to become a K-9 handler, a lovely dispatcher who always has his back, and an earthquake that threatens to tear them apart. Rescue Agent for Dana: Can Joe make room in his bachelor life for a kind woman? Can Dana mend the heart of a war-torn rescue agent? And will they be able to rescue the pack of...

A widowed father, the woman who puts his senses in a whirl, and a little girl’s Christmas wish that changes everything. Sam Behr didn’t think finding work would be so hard after moving closer to family for his young daughter’s sake. But with Christmas only weeks away and money tight, he might have to pack up, leave town, and ask for his old job back if he can’t catch a break. Giving up hope of his daughter developing strong family ties won’t be easy, but he’ll do whatever it takes to provide for her. Joanna Becker will never concede defeat where her failing family bakery is ...

No more workplace romance for her! A rising star at a small-town dinner theater, Hope Isaacson has big plans for the future. Plans that don’t involve dating on the job. She tried that once, and it ended in disaster. But when a good friend and coworker begs her to serve as his plus one at a family holiday celebration, she decides to make an exception. Just this once. After being tragically widowed, Roman Rios has no interest in dating again. So a onetime date with his just-a-friend coworker feels like the perfect way to get his matchmaking sister off his back. One excuse leads to another, ...

Detective Grant Rogers is tracking a criminal... And his case will take him straight into the arms of his ex. It's not easy seeing the woman you might have loved again, especially when you know you promised to never hurt her. As Grant stands in front of Macy, feelings flood back to him. But he has a job to do and he can't let his guard down. He explains to Macy that he's in town on official business, tracking down a suspect. But secretly, he also hopes to reconnect with her. The only problem is, he's not sure he can protect Macy while trying to win her back. Macy West thought she had left ...

Fall for a billionaire - or THREE! - today in this inspirational billionaire romance collection! Journey to Manhattan for an opposites attract romance, a boss-nanny romance with a friends-to-lovers twist, and a forbidden work place romance among an awesome city setting in three full-length novels from award-winning and international best selling Amazon author Jenna Brandt. Over 250 glowing reviews on the individual books! You'll get THREE full-length books, each featuring a sexy-and-sweet billionaire, feel-good romance, and inspirational stories full of heart in this Billionaires of ...

Hunter Oakley's best friend asked him to help start a K9 handler school, a task he probably should have thought through before agreeing. Being a beat cop in their hometown was no preparation for the commitment he was undertaking. Little did he know, the academy's opening day was going to have a rocky start when he accidentally bumps into a fiery brunette on his way to work… Avery Cunningham followed her best friend to Hero, Texas to take a job as head chef at her friend's B&B. She’s been intrigued by small towns all her life, but she gets more than she bargained for when she arrives. ...

Braden Harding was determined to go down in history as the greatest K9 handler the Air Force had ever seen, and that meant graduating top of his class at the Hero Search and Rescue Academy. What he doesn't expect is to get thrown headfirst into small town politics, and compelled to judge a beauty pageant he couldn't care less about. Even though he tries to keep himself from getting too involved, Braden can't help but feel drawn to the star contestant. Hadley Wilder was born with a tiara on her head, or at least that's what her mother has told her since she could remember. She was put in ...

Charlie Buckworth is the latest rookie at the new Hero Search and Rescue Academy. He’s always dreamed of one day being a K9 handler, but he’s been saddled with an enormous Newfoundland who seems determined to make sure Charlie doesn't graduate. Add to that, he’s pretty sure the B&B he’s staying at is haunted, and there’s a strict yet stunning librarian hounding him about hefty late fees for a book he borrowed over a decade ago. All Charlie wants to do is borrow a book on how to manage his mischievous pup and read it without being disturbed by ghosts. Taylor Klein never quite fit ...

Todd Hamilton's from Hero, so he knows all about the search and rescue academy and how his high school rival uses it to prop himself up to look good. That's why when his boss insists he goes there for training, Todd decides he's going to do everything he can to take the academy down. What he doesn't expect is for the pretty new doctor in town to be an unwelcome distraction. Dr. Juliette Curtis just got hired to be the second set of hands at a clinic in rural Texas. She had no idea when she left the big city for a slice of small town life that it meant giving up her privacy. She can't ...