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Opening a small town bakery, Jill Monroe feels Lady Luck is finally smiling on her. She’s got everything she ever dreamed of, except the cowboy who won her heart. A new story has investigative reporter Lucas Boudreau stretched thin. Being home near his childhood sweetheart isn’t helping. When unwanted attention escalate to threats, can Lucas gamble with his heart and still protect the woman he’s always loved?

Join the Colonize Epiales Challenge and enter a world that will test your skills, challenge your strategies, and require you to think fast. Compete against 11 other teams for four intense weeks by establishing an outpost in the treacherous virtual reality world of Epiales. Using cutting-edge technology and Winside Immersion Pods, you will be logging in to a lifelike experience—but be warned: it’s anything goes out there! Only one group can win the coveted Winside Scholarship. Will it be you?

Chasing my pro hockey dreams in the City of Angels has been a relentless battle. Each season feels like starting over, and being miles away from my family only adds to the struggle. I don't know what I would do without my online gaming friends. Especially @EmpressHollywood. I know nothing about her—not even her real name—but what I do know with certainty is that our chats are my lifeline. I wish she would let me in, but she guards her secrets even more closely than I do.

Despite Jess's initial reluctance to get involved with ex-Marine Troy Carson, her friendship with him is growing to be something more. But love cannot exist without trust, and trust is something she can't afford—not when she needs to cling to the secrets of her past. Not when she's hoping to be part of her daughter's life again. Too much is at stake if the truth gets out.

Jill was raised in a militia, but found the strength to break away. She hadn't expected that break would lead her to a life filled with supernatural friends and space battles, but she could handle anything thrown her way. Even the sexy alien she kept butting heads with.

A lifestyle change for Derrick Williamson provides plenty of perks—a move to Shiloh Springs, a new home, and quality time with his son. Only two things stand in the way of this perfect life: a missing teen and Daisy Parker. Owner of the local diner, Daisy’s the one woman he can’t forget with a secret she’ll do anything to keep. But will his search for the missing teen cause Derrick to lose his son and the woman who’s stolen his heart?

A glorified babysitting assignment escalates into more than Chance Boudreau bargained for. When he meets Tina Nelson, their simmering attraction creates a dangerous distraction. But when Tina’s past catches up to her, can Chance unravel the clues before she becomes a permanent casualty in a diabolic scheme?

Minutes before Brian Walsh, then just a teenager, heard his beeper go off, calling him to help put out another fire, he was on top of the world. An hour later, after a freak flashover and confusion that sent the junior firefighter into the inferno against regulations, Brian had suffered such profound burns to his face that he was unidentifiable to his fellow firefighters. Nearly everyone expected him to die that night. He did not. In this stirring autobiography, he tells his incredible story, sharing the lessons that only tragedy could teach.

Renee O’Malley has gotten very good at using assumed names, living on the run, and hiding from people who want her dead. When Shiloh Boudreau drops everything to follow a lead on the missing woman, he runs into one itty-bitty problem—she refuses to stay found. With her past rapidly closing in, can Shiloh keep her safe without losing his heart?

In the ER after being shot, Camilla Stewart can’t remember what happened. When Heath Boudreau hears the woman he cares about is injured, he drops everything and rushes to her side. As the threats to Camilla escalate, they have to stick together. Camilla’s missing memories hold the key, but can they stay one step ahead of a killer determined to see her dead?

Former operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before millions of lives are lost. Surprisingly, the codes reside in the photographic memory of Shelby Keelan, a beautiful computer expert who's so far survived two murder attempts. Used to doing things solo, Dylan will get Shelby to Washington, DC, then walk away. So he's stunned to discover she's as much a loner as he is—and how much that appeals to him.

Keelie Hayes has fast and hard rules about life and love, which have served her well. She's kept her heart safe from being broken again. Until I, hockey star Cormac Bouchard, skated onto the scene with my charm and scorching sensual gaze only for her and changed the entire game. Keelie's no longer sure about her rules, but she's throwing up every frosty defense possible to keep from dreaming of that coveted shot at forever.

Freelance journalist Nathan Troy is a global citizen looking for eye-opening news. Living in Beijing, he stumbles upon a ward full of patients afflicted with an unknown, deadly disease. Facing closed doors and open hostility, he won't rest until he exposes the dark conspiracy. But as he digs deeper for answers, mysterious figures try to scare him off the trail with tortuous violence. To his horror, it looks as though there's no stopping a shadowy cabal of mad scientists from wielding an epidemic designed for ethnic cleansing.

Adam Rutledge is still reeling from a close encounter with a ruthless criminal, and his dark dreams hint at a coming danger. When the unthinkable happens and another child is taken, suspicion falls upon Adam, who has no alibi and no way to explain his psychic abilities. Adam runs from the law to find the missing child and clear his name. His mind stretched to the breaking point, he learns the painful key to saving the child. He must uncover his family’s terrifying secrets. But bringing the past to light could make Adam the last of his bloodline.

Aurora (Rory) Espinoza is ready to pounce on any adventure, fight, or sexy times. With her handy throwing knives, her engineering and munitions expertise, and her secret shifting ability, she has never met a situation she couldn’t get out of. Therefore, stowing away on a ship headed into space was right up her alley. During her trek through the stars, who knew that keeping her secrets, her hands, and her heart to herself would prove the hardest part of her mission?

As Los Angeles comes of age in 1966, two undercover cops struggle to keep up while maintaining a balance in the growing drug trade. Boundaries are broken and borders are crossed in an effort to do good - while doing bad.

In Strategy in the Age of Disruption, a team of dedicated strategists delivers an exciting and practical guide to Industry 4.0, a commercial transformation that's impacting every facet of the market, the environment, and our social lives. You'll learn what Industry 4.0 is, what it means for you and your company, and how you—as a leader, manager, expert, entrepreneur, or investor—can capitalize on it and put it into practice.

In Decrypting Money, cryptocurrency experts Marco Krohn, Anthony Jefferies, Marco Streng, and Zoran Balkic pull back the curtain on the world of public ledgers, decentralization, mining, blockchains, and private keys. They reveal a place where printing presses cannot debase money and funds are safely—and quickly—transferred over insecure networks. Without technical jargon or complicated formulae, this insightful resource provides everyone from the bitcoin novice to the experienced user with background knowledge.

Dear Lydia, I need help with my neighbor. She doesn’t like me, but I can’t stop thinking about having sex with her. Half of me wants to screw her, and the other half wants to choke her. Or choke her while I screw her. How do I put her out of my mind?

The Goal: Find a fake girlfriend to prove to my boss I’m not a flight risk. The Plan: Blackmail Sloan Zehler when I catch her messing with my brother’s car. The Agreement: Five Dates. The Execution: Pretend to date, pretend to care for each other, but no sex. And definitely don’t fall in love.