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When it comes to life's fun and games, always know: The rules. What's at stake. When to quit. Wise words from...well...my fortune cookie. But wise words, nonetheless.

Still recovering from a devastating breakup, 34-year-old Savannah Mitchell has finally managed to put her life back together when she gets the shock of her life—after a brief fling with a man named Max, she is pregnant. When she gets in touch to tell him, he reveals that he’s just gotten back together with his ex, Madison, and he will need time to break it to her. Surprisingly, Madison isn’t upset—in fact, she’s excited, and wants to help.

In 1980, the iconoclastic economist Julian Simon challenged celebrity biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet. Their wager on the future prices of five metals captured the public’s imagination as a test of coming prosperity or doom. Ehrlich, author of the landmark book The Population Bomb, predicted that rising populations would cause overconsumption, resource scarcity, and famine—with apocalyptic consequences for humanity.

"The Bet" is one of Chekov's most anthologized stories. A rich banker makes a bet with a poor artist that he cannot voluntarily stay imprisoned for a long period of time. The result of the bet is quite different than either man could have supposed.

The bet was simple. You draw a name from the hat. That's the girl you have to seduce. The girl you have to make fall head over heels in love with you. It wasn't hard for him to do, in fact, it was something he did all the time. He was known for breaking hearts. Sex was just that, sex. And it didn't take him very long to get a woman on her back. And then he drew her name: Jules Peterson. His former best friend, first kiss, and first love. She shattered his heart into a million pieces three years ago. She left him right when he needed her most.

As if getting cheated on and dumped weren't enough, her roommate suddenly disappears after stealing Ellie's identity and half her furniture. Now Fin Hunter insists Ellie owes him 7,000 dollars and he won't leave her alone until he collects it. Determined to keep her overbearing family out of her life, Ellie agrees to work for Fin's illegal online poker operation. He's given her six weeks to pay off the debt. And to make matters worse, Fin is more than Ellie bargained for. He's too bossy and too sexy for his own good.

On the secluded continent of Edenvale, possessing magic is a death sentence. Those who have it are labeled Cursed, and by order of the king, they are Cleansed—a horrific event utilizing a hot, hungry pyre and an iron collar. Enemy to the king, a group known as the Cursed rebels defend their lands from his reach, creating an ongoing bloodthirsty war. When Sage's brother is conscripted for the war, she is forced to trade in her cozy, peaceful cottage life and join the Cursed rebels to get him back.

Indulge in this "laugh-out-loud" (Jill Shalvis) #1 New York Times bestseller about two childhood enemies who--decades later--discover that there is a fine line between love and hate. "I have a proposition for you." Kacey should have run the minute those words left Seattle millionaire Jake...

A laid-back cop, a sassy lawyer, and a bet that changes everything. Link, my brother’s best friend, thinks my new client is a lost cause. When I mention my high school reunion is coming up and I don’t want to go alone, Link proposes a bet: Win this case, and he'll be my fake date for my reunion. But one bet isn’t enough. Next thing I know, we're stuck together, competing in challenges. And he can’t resist upping the ante. But beneath the playful banter, something shifts. A stolen kiss reveals there might be more to us than just friends. I never expected a bet to turn into love, but ...

The one thing you can’t buy is love… Cord: I lost a gambling wager, and now I have a debt to pay to my business rival. I can either fork over the intellectual rights to the new app I just created that's predicted to earn millions, or I can return to my hometown in the Texas desert and convince the one who got away to fall in love with me again. The only thing is, I don’t do love. In fact, I’ve been accused of being heartless. But now I find myself packing up and heading back to my roots and the one person I swore never to see again, the one I gave my heart to years ago and who ...

She was supposed to be a joke. Now I can’t stop touching her. It started as a bet. Make Lila Monroe break. Make her beg. Make her thank me for it. But the more I push her, the more I want to own her. Her shame. Her heat. Her body that betrays her every time I touch it. She hates me. But not enough. Because she leaks for me. Moans for me. Kneels for me. And every time she cries my name, I want to ruin her a little more. This was never about the money. It was always about her. 🩸 Bully Romance 🧪 Hormone Disorder That Fuels Humiliation 💔 Hate To Need You 🔥 Forced Submission And ...

The Betrayal Bind, now fully updated and expanded in its second edition, is the essential attachment-based guide to healing after infidelity and sexual betrayal. Whether you are facing an emotional affair, physical affair, compulsive sexual behavior, pornography addiction, or chronic cheating, this book explains exactly what happens inside you after betrayal, the hidden patterns that keep you trapped, and the pathway to breaking free.

Now a Prime Video TV series starring Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel A Washington Post and Sun Sentinel Best Book of the Year “Cunning. . . . Get ready to be led down the garden path to a conclusion so morally ambiguous a professional ethicist might have to be called in.” — Washington...

Tallulah Hayes has a bad temper but a good work ethic. Ronan Hawthorne has a world-class pedigree but wants a different life. They hate each other. They have since high school, when Ronan ghosted Tallulah on prom night. They’re not going to be friends. Unfortunately, they are going to be co-workers.

After the jealous tyrant Don Rodrigo foils their wedding, young Lombardian peasants Lucia and Lorenzo must separate and flee for their safety. Their difficult path to matrimony takes place against the turbulent backdrop of the Thirty Years War, where lawlessness and exploitation are at their height. Lucia takes refuge in a convent, where she is later abducted and taken on a nightmarish journey to a sinister castle, while Lorenzo goes to Milan, where he witnesses famine, riots, and plague - all evoked through meticulous description and with stunning immediacy.

Her husband lost a bet – but her boss gets the prize! After fifteen years of marriage, my husband and I are always looking for ways to keep things interesting. So when I suggest a risky bet for the biggest football game of the year, my hubby is all in. Fortunately for me, my team wins, which means I get a ‘hall pass’ to have one night of passion with my silver fox boss. I’m worried about how my husband will react to the idea of sharing me with another man, but it turns out, he’s into it. Totally into it. And after one incredible, scorching hot night with my billionaire boss, my ...

The beloved characters from The Best Man movies and hit television series reunite for a sexy and soulful, heartbreaking and hilarious reckoning of love. Recently divorced and fresh off a Pulitzer Prize win, Harper Stewart is in a new era. He’s working on a movie and living the ultimate...

A man undercover must reveal the truth in the swamps in the continuation of New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon''s Mystere Parish: Family Inheritance. One day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some...

She had sworn off dating, but being with two men at the same time wasn’t dating, right? Natalie was done with relationships. They would only distract her from her artwork and her career track, but it all changes when she meets two super hot DJs at her best friend's birthday party. Can she keep her heart out of it and learn to enjoy herself? Blake and Mark see Natalie from across the club and make a bet. The first one to seduce her and convince her into entering a threeway relationship with them, they would win. And if everyone ends up happy and satisfied, they'd all win anyways. What ...

He thinks he's god's gift to women. She thinks he's a sex-mad jerk. For $10K he'll prove he can win her over. Arrogant. Womanizing. Jerk. Xavier Stone has been called many things, and he's proud of most of them. Driving a Ferrari 488, living in Tribeca, and running businesses that spit out $$$, he's living the dream. He can, and often does, have any woman he wants. Except for Isabel Laronde. That chick is something else. And right now, she's not interested. Failing to attract her attention, Xavier seeks to prove himself by placing a bet: $10K to win Isabel over and to get her into his bed.