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“A rare and compassionate look into the lives of Americans who go unclaimed when they die and those who dedicate their lives to burying them with dignity.”—Matthew Desmond, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Poverty, by America “A work of grace . . . Both cleareyed and disturbing...

I'm going to war with the bullies that have tormented me at the academy. It's time to make Jensen McCauley and his minions pay. But when our prank war lands us both on restriction, the two of us are trapped together. It's all his fault. It's all his plan. Jensen wanted to be left alone so he could unravel the secrets surrounding his sister's death. I've got enough to figure out. I have to make sense of the on-again, off-again heat between Lex and me, my hopeless crush on Rafe, the sexy instructor who think I'm a human trainwreck, and the way I've ruined my friendship with Penn.

I've known Chase Durand since childhood. He's drop-dead gorgeous, sophisticated, ridiculously wealthy, and wildly intelligent. Unfortunately, he's also my best friend's brother and completely unattainable for me. Always has been, even though I've had some kind of idiotic attraction to him for the last decade.

Re-released... Luka Petrov refused to let the brutal legacy of his Slavic vampire father and the unsavory legacy of his human mother define him. As Dhampirs, he and his brothers had vampiric powers and wealth that ensured that they were feared and revered in both the immortal and human worlds. Fate gave him a mate he neither wanted nor needed. His fated-mate was supposed to further his Slavic lineage, which was on the brink of extinction, but Luka wasn’t interested in continuing that lineage. Their legacy was steeped in blood and violence, a lethal heritage that didn’t deserve to be ...

This chastity hell I’m in has my body throbbing with a constant desire for my four Mafia Gods. Leo, my father's friend, and right-hand man wants me like nothing else and his desires have me forgetting he’s much older. Nicky, my bodyguard annoys the crap out of me, but how he would take a bullet for me draws me to him like bees to honey. Cesare, my childhood sweetheart, knows all my secret fantasies, the good and the bad. Romeo, we would be a match made in Hell. But he’s wearing me down with every sensual look from those ice-blue eyes. Each Alphalicous man is doing everything he can to...

Lila Harrow rides west to claim the Dakota land left by her late aunt, determined to escape the unwanted betrothal waiting for her back home. But to her dismay, in Ashford Crossing she discovers that the claim can only be secured by a married woman. With no husband and no allies, she finds unexpected help in the form of a quiet, kindhearted doctor. Dr. Nathaniel Cole has built his life around duty and care, raising his silent niece Clara, while tending to the town’s needs. Marriage was never part of his plan, yet Lila’s predicament awakens his compassion, urging him to offer a practical...

Jane Kamali is an agent for the Justified. Her mission: to recruit children with miraculous gifts in the hope that they might prevent the Pulse from once again sending countless worlds back to the dark ages. Hot on her trail is the Pax - a collection of fascist zealots who believe they are the rightful rulers of the galaxy and who remain untouched by the Pulse. Now Jane, a handful of comrades from her past, and a telekinetic girl called Esa must fight their way through a galaxy full of dangerous conflicts, remnants of ancient technology, and other hidden dangers. 

A man awakens in silence, surrounded by darkness. He believes he has died—but the truth is far more haunting. Unclaimed is a literary short story exploring memory, mortality, and the invisible thread that binds us to others. Told in lyrical, intimate prose, it reflects on the relationships we build—and what remains of us in the silence after we're gone.

In 1938, at the height of the Great Depression, a madman hunts his victims through the hobo jungles of Cleveland, terrorizing the city. Ethel Harding, a prostitute struggling to survive both the cold streets and the Torso Killer, takes refuge with a devout missionary sect - only to find that its righteous facade conceals the darkest of secrets. Sixty years later, the police find the butchered body of Alfred Wiley in the woods. But before his daughter, Kris, can even identify the remains, things he never told her begin to surface one by one.

In August 1862, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania quickly responded to President Lincoln’s request for more troops. An overwhelming response of volunteers would provide the Union with eighteen infantry regiments that would serve for a period of nine months. Individual motivations to enlist were as varied as were the volunteers themselves. Many wanted the attractive recruiting bounties, and others sought the adventure. The majority in the recruiting lines were there with the sentiments of “right” and “duty”, a symbol of their honor and manhood. These devoted groups of mostly central...

Are his playboy days over for good? In the wake of political defeat, former mayoral candidate Ainsley St. James does something totally out of character she has a one-night stand with a seductive stranger. Never expecting to see him again, she accepts a job covering a breaking story in Hilton...

Smite Turner is renowned for his single-minded devotion to his duty as a magistrate. But behind his relentless focus lies not only a determination to do what is right, but the haunting secrets of his past - secrets that he is determined to hide, even if it means keeping everyone else at arm's length. Until the day an irresistible woman shows up as a witness in his courtroom. Miranda Darling isn't in trouble - yet. But she's close enough that when Turner threatens her with imprisonment if she puts one foot wrong, she knows she should run in the other direction.

By the time I walk through the doors of the academy, where the born shifters of every pack are trained to fight and lead, I’m famous. Infamous? One of those. I’ve already fought a battle or two. And my family’s complicated relationships with magic, which has been long forbidden to wolves, isn’t popular with all the packs. I guess I should’ve said this is the place for born male shifters. There aren’t a lot of shifters like me, with flat irons and skinny jeans packed in their bags.

In Jen Doll's young adult debut novel, Unclaimed Baggage, Doris - a lone liberal in a conservative small town - has mostly kept to herself since the terrible waterslide incident a few years ago. Nell had to leave behind her best friends, perfect life, and too-good-to-be-true boyfriend in Chicago to move to Alabama. Grant was the star quarterback and epitome of "Mr. Popular" whose drinking problem has all but destroyed his life.  

Sharon Adams once thought she had her whole future planned - until her dreams were snatched away and she was left running her family’s convenience store. Then on a fateful snowy night, she finds two strangers at her door. The first is Cord Branson, an intriguing and irresistible man from another town. And the second is a baby, the one she’s always dreamed, and long despaired, of finding....

Abby's weird computer program is working again. And it comes in handy when she and her friends agree to help the Old Dears with their family tree. Except Abby and John learn more about one of the ladies' ancestors than they ever wanted to know. Convicted in 1871 of murder and arson, Reuben Buchanan is a blight on the family's reputation. But was he really guilty?

I was stolen by invaders when I was three seasons old and taken to Lord Vunne’s chamber. There, he tried to mold me into a monster. I became fast friends with other youngling males who I soon called my brothers. We protected each other, until Vunne sold us to the Galaxy Games, a series of traps and pitfalls with an elusive final destination. If I complete my desert course, I’ll be free, but if I fail even one task, I will face extermination. I don’t care about what happens to me. My life was lost to me when I was three.

When Elizabeth, a successful engineer from the deep south, visits her cousins in Colorado, she discovers that her family has been hiding a secret, one that will change her life forever. To add to her confusion, she meets Clint, a handsome, yet cocky young pilot, and experiences emotions she was completely unprepared for. Too bad her family had other plans… plans that include an arranged bonding to a complete stranger. An older wolf shifter she absolutely detests… with a contract she has no intention of honoring. This exciting stand-alone wolf shifter story is filled with overly ...

Fixing Amir Nighthill's image was supposed to be just another job—a high-paying, high-stakes challenge, but nothing I couldn't handle. He was a billionaire heir. The black sheep of his family. A man whose name was always in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. A walking scandal—reckless, unpredictable, and one mistake away from losing everything. I expected him to be exactly that. Then I met him. From the moment our eyes met, something about him felt... off. The way his storm-gray eyes locked onto mine like he knew me. The way his voice felt like a whisper of something I had lost. ...

This book provides a practical framework for understanding and complying with unclaimed property laws, covering legal foundations, property types, dormancy rules, reporting obligations, and audit exposure. It provides clear operational guidance, with industry-focused examples, governance considerations, and directly applicable risk management strategies. The book helps participants reduce their compliance risk, withstand audits, and implement defensible unclaimed property processes with confidence.