A music teacher determined never to celebrate Christmas again… …the ninety-year-old woman weighed down with guilt and remorse… …and the man who wants nothing more than to bring the light of the holiday back into both hearts… ********** For Janice Michaels, the bane of her career as a music teacher is preparing students for the annual winter holiday program. Christmas has brought nothing but grief and loneliness for the past decade, after she lost her beloved husband to a fatal car accident. Hearing holiday music day after day during the first few months of the school year is like ...

As long as Autumn King could remember, her family tried to pressure her into dating Blaine Holland. Their parents were friends and thought it would be a match made in Heaven. Autumn didn’t see it that way. Autumn wanted her family off her back once and for all, which is why she agreed to her sister’s idea of giving Blaine a shot. She didn’t think he was any more interested in her than she was in him, so sending a few text messages wasn’t a big deal. Once her family saw Blaine didn’t want to date her, they would leave her alone. Finally. Except things didn’t go according to ...

“Truth is not something to be found, it is something to be uncovered within.” In a world that often moves too fast, where silence is drowned by noise and meaning is buried beneath endless words, the wisdom of Zen arrives not with grand speeches, but with gentle stories. This book is a collection of such stories. Simple. Quiet. Yet transformative. At the heart of each tale is Tashi, a young apprentice living in the highlands of Tibet, navigating the mysteries of life, self, and spirit. Through mountains, temples, talking cats, invisible walls, and even the simplest things, Tashi ...

"Possessive. Dangerous. Addicted to her." I’m no prince on a white horse—I’m the villain in black Armani. 🖤💼 Ruthless. Untouchable. Head of the Salvatore Crime Family. I was sent to take her life… Instead, I’ll steal her soul. 😈🖤 He thinks he’s the tough guy. The king in a world of criminals. 👑 But I’m the dark princess, born to rule. And when I rise, Roque Salvatore will fall. By the time I’m done, his black heart will be mine. 🕷️🔥 Don’t miss this epic dark mafia romance! Roque and Romina bring the heat in a twisted game of lust, power, and ...

The city that never sleeps has a killer on the loose… When a string of bodies turns up in New York City’s grimy alleyways and subway tunnels, Detective Jack Carver finds himself on the trail of a sadistic serial killer the newspapers are calling “The Butcher.” Teaming up with a psychological profiler, they descend into the city’s underbelly, hunting a faceless predator who always seems one step ahead. In this urban labyrinth of smoke-filled alleys, neon-lit bars, and hidden darkness, one wrong move could be their last. Gritty crime thriller meets slasher horror, Kiss of the Knife ...

She was never his captive. She was his curse. On her wedding day, she killed three men. Blood soaked her white dress. Her diamond ring carved her skin. His empire burned in the distance. They called her his prisoner. His obsession. His broken little bird in a golden cage. They were wrong. Six months earlier, Zephyr Maltese—a ruthless mafia king—claimed her as collateral for a blood debt. He surrounded her with luxury, wrapped her in silk, and stripped away her freedom one calculated touch at a time. His voice demanded obedience. His hands rewrote her rules. His obsession disguised ...

When Logan wakes up in a compromising position with two half-naked girls, he immediately knows that something is wrong. He doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t recognize one of the girls. Everyone assumes that it was just a wild night of partying that got out of hand. But Logan was missing for two days and knows something terrible happened. The problem is, that he has no memory of what occurred before or after he went missing. Logan knows that the key to his lost weekend is the unknown girl, who is still unconscious, and unable to be identified. If he can figure out who she is, he can ...

His father’s blood hadn’t dried when Soren made his choice. Find the scarred assassin. Make him pay. But revenge comes at a price. The Guild of Assassins doesn’t accept outsiders. Unless they’re willing to kill. Dragged from his life as a sculptor’s apprentice, Soren is thrown into a brutal world of poison, blades, and shadow. In a remote mountain fortress, he must train alongside cutthroats and killers—each one as desperate to survive as he is. Because the Guild’s final test is simple: kill or be killed. As Soren learns to lie, steal, and murder, he forms bonds he never ...

I crash my ATV into a mountain man's outhouse, and somehow I'm the one who ends up screwed. One wrong turn on my way to a wellness retreat, and I'm face-to-face with six feet of muscle-wrapped fury who looks like he could bench press a redwood. Rafe Jensen is everything I avoid in men: grumpy, antisocial, and completely immune to my snarky jabs. He's also annoyingly gorgeous, makes coffee that could wake the dead, and has hands that know exactly how to... build things. When a storm traps us together, he strikes a deal: I help rebuild what I destroyed, or I can hike back to civilization ...

In the shadowed aftermath of a tragic car crash that claimed her sister's life, Faye is thrust into a tumultuous new reality as the guardian of her ten-year-old niece, Amelia. Struggling to juggle the demands of college and a part-time job at a local coffee shop, Faye is barely keeping her head above water in a life already teetering on the edge of chaos. But the fabric of their already fragile existence begins to unravel when Amelia starts manifesting eerie abilities. The air chills with her touch, objects freeze on contact, and unnaturally, hailstorms rage within the confines of their ...

Jessica marries state hero from college football past, Julius Cox. She finds him to be spectacularly wealthy, beyond her wildest dreams. Will the marriage last? Can Jessica, at her young age, compete for his affections with a Hollywood Movie Star-Natalie Livingston?

A feel-good second-chance romance filled with heartfelt sparks, cherished dreams, and the irresistible charm of the city. Melinda never expected to see Nate again—the boy who gave her first kiss and broke her heart. But when he returns to her cozy neighborhood just as she’s stepping in to run the bakery she loves, old feelings resurface fast… along with sparks she thought she’d left behind. When Melinda learns the bakery is being sold, she sees a chance to finally pursue her dream. But her late father’s will includes a twist: she must first complete his adventurous Carpe Diem list...

Before the game there was power, there was desire. And one man who made control feel like chaos. Dominic Vale rules his world with discipline, wealth, and detachment. Every encounter is calculated. Every feeling—silenced. But the auction world he observes so clinically is about to flip the script. Before the games, before the power plays—there was him. This is the origin story of a man who never meant to feel, and the moment that cracked everything open. Inside this seductive prequel to the Power & Possession series, you’ll find: 💼 A ruthless billionaire with secrets even he ...

Marry me. That’s what my brother’s best friend—Logan Beckett, an ex-Marine—says to me in the cereal aisle. Logan needs a wife to boost his veteran housing benefits . I’m jobless, drowning in medical debt, and one asthma attack away from disaster. I need health insurance and a lifeline. One year. No feelings. Separate beds. What could go wrong? Everything—because Logan Beckett has never felt like a business arrangement. Not when he looks at me like I’m his mission. Not when he tries to protect me. And definitely not when he kisses me after our courthouse vows like he means it. ...

Three siblings. One stolen artifact. Seventy-two hours to save a life. Jack Brennan is on the run. Hunted by ruthless bounty hunters scouring the streets of London for runaway factory apprentices, he’s living on borrowed time. But Jack’s problems are about to get worse. His sister has sent an urgent message: a drunken nobleman has stolen a sacred amulet—a blood-red spider encased in amber—from the Maiden temple where she serves. Jack’s older brother, Billy, relishes the thrill of their newfound freedom and hatches a daring plan. With the help of a resourceful theatre makeup artist...