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When Emily Parker, a fiercely driven American coxswain, lands a rowing scholarship to Oxford University, she’s determined to make the legendary team. Far from home and desperate to prove herself, she comes up against a wall of privilege and prejudice. But Emily refuses to let anyone rock her boat - least of all the entitled and arrogant Oxford rowing captain, Hugh Willock. Forced into the same team, their strokes start way out of sync, until competition and chemistry pull them into a dangerously smooth rhythm.

When I took a vacation to Mexico, I never could have imagined the deadly game of hunter and prey waiting for me… Kidnapped by the cartel along with my friends, I’m thrust into a brutal world where survival depends on submission. Matias, one of the cartel’s most feared enforcers, also known as the wolf, is tasked with breaking me. He’s wild, untamed, and fixated on me. Every instinct screams to hate him and resist, but he’s relentless, stalking me like a predator. In the midst of this nightmare, I begin to see another side of Matias beneath his savage exterior.

Since Yakima's been able to date, her detective father has reminded her of the type of men to steer clear of. At twenty-seven, she's done just that until one night of partying and a botched raid lead her into the house of mob boss Francisco Matisse.

I've always prided myself on seeing through people's bullshit. But Dmitri Ivanov? He's a puzzle I can't solve. Sure, Boston's elite sees the perfect businessman—all devastating smiles and Armani suits. I see the monster beneath, the darkness he tries so hard to hide. The way he watches me like he wants to devour me whole. I hate how he gets under my skin. Hate how my body betrays me every time he corners me, how his touch sets me on fire even as his arrogance makes me want to scream.

My step-dad is as wicked as they come, and he wants to claim me. Three months after Mom married Remy Morrone, she's killed by his enemy. Leaving me at the mercy of my step-dad. A cold, ruthless, and wicked man who decides I’ll make good money at auction. I make a wish for Prince Charming to buy me and whisk me away. And at a pre-auction dinner, I meet him. Alex Vishekov is sweet and charming, and he vows to rescue me. My step-dad doesn’t like it. He keeps looking at me in the most primal way. And then everything changes. He calls it off and tells me I’m his.

Following my abduction, I find myself in the opulent home of Gaston Marques, Mexico's most feared billionaire. He's dark, he's dangerous, and he's obsessed with possessing me. I detest him and resist him, but he doesn't care. He takes what he wants, and he wants me.

I've made a career of being invisible. Until I met him. Alexei Ivanov. The "Ghost" of the dark web. Digital prince of the Ivanov crime empire. Brilliant. Volatile. Irresistible. Breaking into his systems was supposed to be revenge. Instead, I found an addiction. Each taunt deliberate—digital breadcrumbs leading him straight to me. He thinks he's hunting me, but I've been hunting him all along. As our game spills from screens into reality, the electricity between us becomes impossible to ignore. The line between predator and prey blurs with every encounter.

He has stolen me from my fiancé and claims I belong to him now. Piero Panarello was going to be my husband. Handsome. Charming. Rich. I’d started to fall for him until out of nowhere I’m stolen by his enemy. Cillian Hook. Equally handsome, but not so charming. He vows to take everything from Piero, starting with me. Cillian is ruthless and cold. He forces me down the aisle and takes me as his wife against my will. All I can do is hope Piero comes to save me. And yet, the longer I spend in this villain’s clutches, the more my grip on reality shifts.

At eighteen and against her father's wishes, Amyris moves to another country, hoping to make her dreams a reality. Before she can hit the ground running, her life takes a turn she hadn't expected after meeting and marrying Ivo Yannik—a man who lured her into the union under false pretenses.

This is a podcast for emerging writers who want to improve the quality of their work and learn more about the publishing industry. Your one host, Bianca Marais (the bestselling author of 'The Witches of Moonshyne Manor') interviews authors, agents, editors and just about anyone and everyone who's involved in bringing a book to market. She's joined by her cohosts, literary agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra from P.S. Literary Agency, who read and critique query letters as well as opening pages in their Books with Hooks segment. Expect good advice, honest insights, and a few laughs along the way...

I’ve spent years trying to avoid Elias Morales, King of the syndicate academy. He hated me on first sight, and I learned to hate him. A hatred that never had any cause, but defined us both. Elias may be the most devastatingly handsome boy at the academy, but he’s cruel to the core. Senior year is finally here, and my escape is in sight. I’ll never have to see my tormentor again once I graduate. But, Elias doesn’t intend to let me go that easily. He wants to make sure I’ll never forget him, no matter how hard I try.

Cosa vuol dire studiare design, ingegneria e architettura al Politecnico di Milano? Ve lo raccontano Rachele, Matteo e Mei attraverso le loro storie, i loro sogni e anche i loro dubbi. È un diario a più mani, un racconto corale su come si impara a progettare, lavorare insieme e sbagliare meglio. E soprattutto su come, tra caos, caffeina e idee testarde, si costruisce il proprio modo di vedere il mondo, con la curiosità e la complicità di chi parla la stessa lingua di progetti, prove ed esami. “100% Polimi – Storie e domande di chi vive il politecnico tutti i giorni” è un podcast ...

“Bianca Marais is a genius” — Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling author A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat. Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge...

I’ll burn Chicago to the ground before I let her marry a Volkov. Maeve Callaghan is my forbidden obsession. The reason I left for Europe three years ago. We were on the edge of crossing a line that could get us killed. Now I’m back and my desire returns with a vengeance. When my boss announces her engagement to a Russian, I know I’d die before I let her marry him. Maeve flees, taking the decision from my hands. Her father makes the grave mistake of sending me to retrieve her. I’ll betray the clan for her, hell, I’d die for her. Maeve doesn’t know the monster behind the man.

I’ll die before I call him daddy. Within hours of reaching Chicago, I’m taken. Strung up in front of the most dangerous man in Chicago. Spartak Volkov expects me to cower to him and give up my family. He wants my submission. He wants me to betray the people I love. He wants to use me to end the war. None of that scares me, though. It’s the sick desire in his eyes when he looks at me.

Raw, real, and relatable, this book is your guide to navigating life's fires. Bianca Olthoff is here to show that our struggles and hardships may be the fire that refines us instead of destroys us, brings us hope instead of despair, and leads us right into the arms of a God who loves us. Play...

Deceitful. Arrogant. Cold. Those are the three perfect words to sum up my husband to be. After little deliberation, my parents decide Isiah Darcy is the perfect suitor. He’s rich, British, and the perfect ally for the Benedetto family business. I can’t stand him, but they don’t care what I want. He’s stuck up and has little respect for women. Once we’re married, he makes it painfully clear I have no rights. I’m nothing more than a puppet. A way for him to get what he’s always wanted. Revenge on my family for something that happened years ago. My husband wants to tear my family apart.

A gentle reminder for the days you feel light in this world, and for the days in which the sun rises a little slower. A gentle reminder for when your heart is full of hope and for when you are learning how to heal it. A gentle reminder for when you finally begin to trust in the goodness and for when you need the kind of words that hug your broken pieces back together. A gentle reminder for when growth hangs heavy in the air, for when you need to tuck your strength into your bones just to make it to tomorrow.

He’s a cruel man, and he’s taking me against my will. Bar tending at the Devil’s Alpha bar was supposed to be temporary. Until my brother got in too deep with the MC that runs it. Now I’m stuck in this dead-end job in the worst part of Chicago. Until a fated night, where things take a darker turn. The night a tall and gorgeous stranger enters the bar. He sticks out like a sore thumb, with his designer suit and expensive watch. Axel is making a deal with the Morrone family. The man is the eldest son, Massimo Morrone, heir to the Morrone mafia throne.

Lies, deception, and Betrayal are all the things that these Maserati brothers are feeling. When the statement whats in the dark comes to light deemed to be true for them. These men find themselves not knowing how to move forward. The women they thought loved them unconditionally never really loved them, and to find out the truth becomes unbearable. Loving a king is only for a queen, and these brothers have yet to find their queens, they thought they did but the mask that these women were wearing disguised who they really were. Cherry Maserati, a Queen in her own right, has her share of ...