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The instant New York Times bestseller. From Microsoft's president and one of the tech industry's broadest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization of everything accelerates. “A colorful and insightful insiders’...

Don't miss the laugh-out-loud companion to the classic, The War with Grandpa--now a major motion picture--about a girl who must face off against her grandma or risk losing the biggest competition of summer. Meg is excited when she hears the Centennial Strawberry Days Celebration is holding a...

A city girl at Christmas. A cowboy with no time for it. Ella Henderson never imagined her worst month could hold something worth saving. Out of work and out of options, she inherits a Montana ranch from a grandfather she never met and heads south, hoping the open skies and silence might offer a sliver of peace. But Starcrest Ranch is no sanctuary—it’s failing, freezing, and full of people who remember her mother with more questions than answers. Especially Max Carter. The gruff foreman with calloused hands and quiet eyes isn’t thrilled to share space with a city girl, especially one ...

She didn’t come looking for a new beginning. But maybe one found her anyway. Claire Whitmore wasn’t searching for a second chance—she only meant to settle her great-aunt’s estate and return to her quiet, measured life. But Sugar Maple Cove has a way of holding on to people, and the seaside inn she inherits carries more than just creaking floors and sun-faded quilts. It holds memories—and maybe the promise of something new. Elijah Brooks has spent years keeping his distance, fixing other people’s broken things while ignoring the cracks in his own heart. When Claire walks into ...

In this revised and updated edition of the original, groundbreaking book Overcoming Perfectionism: The Key to a Balanced Recovery, Smith describes the key differences between overt and covert perfectionism; the role early attachment, temperament, sibling relationships, and life circumstances play in developing this pattern; and how to shift toward a center of balance for a more fulfilling life.

In Girls of Tender Age, Mary-Ann Tirone Smith fully articulates with great humor and tenderness the wild jubilance of an extended French-Italian family struggling to survive in a post-World War II housing project in Hartford, Connecticut. Smith seamlessly combines a memoir whose intimacy matches...

He built a quiet life to forget. She risked everything to remember what mattered. Headmistress Mia Carter had built a perfectly controlled world in the small town of Willow Creek, protecting herself from the chaos of her past. But when a ruthless board member threatens to cancel the town’s beloved Christmas Festival, her orderly life begins to unravel. She never expected help to come from James Nolan—the reserved, steady art teacher who preferred shadows to attention. But as their forced partnership deepens into late-night planning sessions and whispered strategy, their connection ...

Lady Diana Malbury is known for her charm and intelligence, why else would she rather solve another one of the late Earl of Chestwick's word puzzles than entertain potential suitors for the Season? The old earl presents her with the highest-stake challenge yet . . . If she remains unwed for the Season, she can return to his estate next summer and solve the latest puzzle by way of his extensive library, her favorite place in England . . . But Randal Wilson, the new Earl of Chestwick, has returned from the war a decorated hero but also wounded and angry.

Marrying my best friend’s little sister is supposed to save my company… not steal my heart. I’m one board vote away from losing my position as CEO, and my power-hungry uncle is ready to pounce. The solution? A marriage of convenience to Cedar Rowan. She’s drowning in student debt, her parents want her to settle in our cozy Small Town. After losing her sister—my best friend—our friendship has become my lifeline. Cedar is smart, sassy, and her sunshine personality chips away at my grumpy exterior. But pretending she’s mine feels dangerously real. This arrangement was supposed to...

She believed in fresh starts. He needed one more than he knew. After years of quiet dedication to her grandmother’s boat tour business, Abby Rhodes had everything she needed in the cozy lake town of Forager Cove—except a reason to believe in love again. But the day a mysterious man collapsed on her boat and lost all memory of who he was, everything began to shift. He called himself John at first. Gentle, grateful, a little lost. Abby never expected to fall for him—or to discover his real name was Cade Ashton, heir to a luxury hotel empire and a past he couldn’t outrun. As seasons ...

She came back to claim her inheritance. He gave her a reason to stay. After the passing of her estranged grandmother, Ivy Hart never expected to return to Oak Hollow—let alone as a bride. But the will is clear: to claim the inheritance tied to her childhood home, she must marry a local and stay for one full year. Luke McAllister is the last person she imagined standing at the altar with. A widowed rancher with quiet eyes and calloused hands, he’s also her former best friend—and the only man who ever truly saw her. For him, the arrangement offers a lifeline for his struggling ranch and...

Poppy Rice is home in her D.C. apartment with very little furniture and a stack of boxes she still hasn't unpacked after five years. It's three AM and she's suffering from her usual insomnia, so she watches a tape of the CBS Evening News. Dan Rather is interviewing convicted ax-murderer Rona Leigh Glueck who, in 10 days, will be the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War. Poppy pauses the tape on a close-up of Rona Leigh's delicate, child-like hands. So maybe it was a lightweight ax?

Josh the Billionaire is back and my heart doesn’t stand a chance. Running my B&B was supposed to be my fresh start. Not a reunion with my old friend and secret crush, Josh, while on business. He’s all grown up now, with an adoptive son, and a successful career. With a rugged charm that still makes my heart skip a beat. He offered to help, and I accepted, how can I refuse assistance from a pro. Working side by side, blurs the lines between friendship to something more. Investors had other plans for this small seaside town including my B&B. But Josh’s protective instinct kicked in to ...

As such things are measured in Washington, Denise Burke has everything a woman of wit could want: two hip kids able to look after themselves; a marriage constructed to allow maximum mutual leeway with a husband smack in the center of Clinton's inner circle; and a high-profile lover. Plus, she's a best-selling author of several true crime books. But when death strikes close to home, Denise becomes a woman with a big-time problem.

I agreed to be my brother’s best friend, a billionaire's fake fiancée, knowing it’s forbidden. Confronting him about his wild party next door was supposed to be straightforward. But nothing is simple when his captivating green eyes meet mine. This playboy CEO with a reputation, becomes the center of my world. He proposes a fake engagement to ward off his persistent ex and media followings, as the city’s most eligible bachelor and Billionaire. Being with him, attending all those special events and benefits, the line between pretense and reality blurs. Despite my brother's warning, my ...

Lady Minerva Malbury has never lost a game of chess, and if she wants to avoid marriage, it's a streak she'll have to keep alive. Everyone knows the marriage mart is a game, but no one expects this one: the first gentleman to defeat Lady Minerva in a game of chess wins her hand. His best friend's sister was all, Anthony MacMillian, Lord Drake, could think about most days. Since her season debut, four years ago, he's had to endure countless games of chess that threated his fortitude to remain in the wings.

Lady Isadora Malbury must remain unwed if she wishes to continue to be a member of the exclusive and secret Wicked Ladies Salon. Having survived two seasons already without a single proposal, one more shouldn't be a challenge, that is until she finds herself wagering with the pompous Duke of Aces for her hand.

For much of history women have been seen rather than heard. Their thoughts, their views, have lain too long in the shadows of our culture. Whilst this traditional view has some merit it is not entirely accurate. Here, gathered together in these volumes, we can, through their words, experience their lives; we can hear their voices, their thoughts, joys, loves and losses. For the female poet there was always the confining hand of men to instruct that their time was perhaps spent more productively elsewhere. These lines, these gilded verses, often protest otherwise.

I cannot live like this forever. Someday, everything will end and I will have no reason to exist. My eyes have seen every place, every form, every dimension. My purpose is constant and eternal. Or so I thought. There is a way out for me and I have found it. In her. It was said long ago, before I was created, that death will come from above. I must save myself from this torment that I know is coming when this all ends. When the skies of madness return.

Fall in Love with Four Grumpy Billionaires in One Heartwarming Box Set. Dive into the captivating world of grumpy billionaires who made life-changing decisions that shaped their futures forever. This special collection brings together four Clean and Wholesome standalone novels, each weaving a tale of love, transformation, and happily ever after. CEO Next Door I agreed to be my brother’s best friend and billionaire's fake fiancée, knowing it was forbidden. Confronting him about his wild party next door was supposed to be straightforward— until his captivating green eyes met mine. This ...