Ramsey Shields is about to find out how much grit he has underneath his computer executive exterior. Edge Software is on the verge of a breakthrough with their latest product. As “Shrink” enters early testing, the genius behind the complex product architecture mysteriously commits suicide in the company lab. Ramsey Shields is badly shaken by the loss of his colleague and friend, not to mention the significant loss to the company. As Ramsey searches for answers, his innocent quest uncovers evidence that points to something more than just suicide. He enlists his wife, Jill, as he probes ...

Making amends for past mistakes can result in unintended consequences. Criminologist, Maeve Rosetti, returns to the small town where she grew up, aiding in the search for her missing fifteen-year-old niece while navigating a complicated relationship with the sister she left behind. Where is Jessica? The police believe she is holed up with a friend to punish her parents, but Maeve has serious questions. A couple of off-the-grid inhabitants raise suspicion. Could one of them have kidnapped Jessica? Murdered her? Then, her brother-in-law’s strange behaviour sows a seed of doubt. And there ...

Some people get meet-cutes. I get a meet-crash. When Vincent Forde rear-ends my car, I expect an apology—instead he tosses me a scowl that could melt steel and acts like I’m the problem. Charming, right?

During his nearly fifteen-year reign of terror, Ronald Lloyd Bailey’s depraved obsession with sexual sadism held communities across southeast Michigan in a shroud of fear. From the early 1970’s to the mid-1980’s, the former patient at one of Michigan’s foremost psychiatric hospitals, abducted as many as fifteen teens and over time became a sadistic serial killer.

Knowing her God was bigger than any cancer, ten-year-old Christina faced this tremendous obstacle with unwavering faith and a smile in her heart. There was no room for anger, and the question “Why me?” would never be asked. Instead, this diagnosis was answered with “Use me. Use me, Lord, for Your Name and Your Glory! ”There was no coincidence that Celeste Bowers would be blessed with gifts of writing, teaching, coaching, making people laugh, and being a mom. All these gifts held crucial roles when her ten-year-old daughter, Christina, was diagnosed with cancer.

After I returned to my small hometown six months ago to attend my estranged grandmother's funeral, I swore I would never go back. That is, until my grandmother's lawyer calls me up. If I don't return to Harmony Island and fulfill my grandmother's stipulations, the generationally owned family inn will be turned over to the state and sold off to the highest bidder—my grandmother's rival and mother to the man who broke my heart, Missy Willis. I'm not sure I'm strong enough to return home, but I also know, I can't let Miss Willis win.

When Parker Blanton meets Ben Olsen during her freshman year of college, the connection is immediate - and platonic. Six years later, they're still best friends, sharing an apartment in Portland's trendy Northwest District as they happily settle into adult life. But when Parker's boyfriend dumps her out of the blue, she starts to wonder about Ben's no-strings-attached approach to dating. The trouble is, even with Ben as her wingman, Parker can't seem to get the hang of casual sex - until she tries it with him.

She was unmarried, untouched, and almost 30, but novelist Amanda Briars wasn't about to greet her next birthday without making love to a man. When he appeared at her door, she believed he was her gift to herself, hired for one night of passion. Unforgettably handsome, irresistibly virile, he tempted her in ways she never thought possible . . . but something stopped him from completely fulfilling her dream.

When an unspeakable ancient evil returns, an orphan girl’s secret may be the world’s only hope. After witnessing the murder of her mother and enduring captivity by outlaws, a young girl finds herself the slave of a brutal mountain man. Trapped by magical wards carved into the trees surrounding a trapper’s shack, the girl almost gives up hope. The arrival of a ghostly gunfighter, as pale as the moon, changes her fate.

All his life Nick Hemming wanted nothing more than to be happy. He had brief periods of happiness but never found the inner peace he so craved. When he meets Carmen Seville, everything changes... When Carmen leaves him, Nick travels down a path of self-destruction. He tries to fill the void she left with memories of her and conversations with a ghost who lives in his head.

Over years of developing and teaching their renowned Mindful Self-Compassion program, Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer have found MSC to be uniquely helpful for people struggling with the soul-draining depletion of burnout--from health care professionals, teachers, and caregivers, to tapped-out business owners and employees.

A personal account of the stroke experience and the recovery and rehabilitation process. A guide for stroke victims, family and caregivers on what to expect immediately following a stroke, and during the recovery and rehabilitation process.

In 1941 Germany, seventeen-year-old Anna Goldberg finds herself confined to her home as the Nazi regime tightens its grip on her homeland. When her father, Josef, learns of his impending arrest by the Gestapo, he fakes Anna's death and entrusts her to a mysterious friend who conceals her in the unlikeliest of places—right under the Nazis' noses. As Anna navigates this perilous game of hide and seek, she must summon unparalleled courage to confront her enemies, armed only with the delicate yet potent Lily of the Valley.

Finding dirt on politicians is usually easy, but Congressman Clements is more careful than most. Never one to back away from a challenge, devious Diamond enlists her old friend Snow in a scheme to catch their target in a compromising position. But the world of espionage rarely runs smoothly, and Diamond soon finds herself stuck in a tight spot. Can she save the job as well as fight her feelings for the man she loves?

Photina, an advanced AI, becomes entwined in a groundbreaking experiment when her creator Eli designs an advanced clone Gemini, equipped with the revolutionary Pinocchio Chip. This chip endows the new entity with the full spectrum of human emotions, preparing to transfer Photina’s consciousness into this new emotionally capable body.