Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

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.

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.

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

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."

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.

Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

After Heart’s narrow escape with death, she questions where she stands in her marriage. However, when her husband is nowhere to be found to give her the answers she seeks, Anthem quickly picks up the pieces of her broken heart. When things go a bit too far and Heart finds herself caught in a love triangle, who will win her over? Will she walk down the road of self-destruction? Bronx and Paris are moving at a fast pace. Falling fast into her web of lust, Bronx pulls all the stops to make Paris his one and only. Unfortunately, Paris has other plans; and being in a committed relationship ...

The holidays have arrived! Some love the hustling and bustling that comes with this time of year; others are excited about the gifts only. However, those that really love Christmas, know it’s all about the traditions. Nicholas Snow’s family share Christmas Week. Baking competitions, karaoke night and flag football, are just some of the events that take place. Yet, Nicholas isn’t excited about any of it this year. His focus is on getting his ex-girl back. But when Christmas comes tumbling into his bar, plans change. Christmas Perry loves Christmas but doesn’t have her own traditions....

Burgandy Weiler owns Burgandi’s Bouquet, a chain of successful floral shops. She’s the mother of two beautiful children, and the wife of Christopher Weiler. Christopher AKA Crypt is every woman’s dream - Fine and rugged, with long money and even longer connections. Upgrading Burgandi he takes her from cleaning dirty hotel rooms, to being a boss. However, behind closed doors, Crypt is battling a sex addiction that has Burgandi feeling like a visitor in her own marriage. Thorne Ellis grew up in the rough streets of Detroit, but his heart was always in the garden. His late grandmother, ...

Christmas just ain’t Christmas without the one you love. That’s exactly how 30-year-old Promise Peterson is feeling this year. After tragically losing her first love last Christmas Eve, she isn’t feeling the holiday season. Christmas isn’t so merry when you’re mourning the deathaversary of the love of your life. 32-year-old Ryan “Choppa” Griggs has the city of St. Louis in the palms of his hands. Staking claim of the streets as just a jitt, he takes care of his people, and his people takes care of him. When he comes across the snobby yet beautiful Promise during one of his ...

Heart Whitfield is living the life most women would kill for. She’s married to one of the most influential men in Houston, chief judge Dante Whitfield. In the eye of the public, they’re like the modern-day John and Jackie Kennedy, the power couple everyone loved – but out of the limelight, Heart, is sleeping next to a monster. Having to cover up bruises and constantly lying to her family, Heart, struggles to keep up the pretenses of having the perfect marriage and doting husband. But with having a husband like Dante, there is no escaping. Dante Whitfield has worked hard to gain and ...