High Con

He didn’t just claim me. He branded me. Nicolette I thought I was in an office to help my father renegotiate a deal. Turns out—I was the deal. Thirty days. Zero mercy. Full submission. My father signed the contract. I signed away my pride. Now, Cassian Wolfe owns me—body, mind, and orgasm. And every time I beg, he makes me beg harder. Cassian She didn’t read the fine print. I didn’t need her consent—just her signature. Now she’s mine. Leashed. Collared. Branded. I want the crack in her voice. The tremble in her knees. The tear that says, “I hate how much I need you.” ...

The Longest Con tells the fascinating story of the partisan con artists who have corrupted conservative politics in our time, creating a toxic phenomenon that culminated in the election of Donald Trump, a bumptious fraud whose checkered career and tawdry retinue, including his presidential cabinet, have featured almost every variety of scam. But long before he appeared, Trump's path to power was blazed by the motley horde of swindlers and quacks who preceded him.

He didn’t just promise to save her brand. He claimed her body as collateral. Celeste I was the future of couture—until scandal shredded my name and set fire to everything I built. Then Sebastian Wolfe showed up: billionaire investor, media fixer, and ruthless negotiator. He didn’t offer a bailout. He offered terms. One contract. One collar. Complete submission.I signed to survive. But now I sleep in his penthouse. I kneel when he commands. And the man who rescued my empire is wrecking me from the inside out. Sebastian She walked into my office with pride in her spine and desperation ...

Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they would always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn—an Ordinary—has been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, she’s rescued by a mysterious man from the market. Mak’s shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot.

He didn’t just claim the contract. He claimed me. Sloane I built a tech empire from scratch—and lost it in a single night. A betrayal signed in ink. A clause buried in fine print. A partner’s signature that sold me as collateral. Thirty days. No appeals. No escape.Now I’m shackled to the man who dismantled my world. Vincent Drake is more than a billionaire predator—He’s a collector of obedience. A master of punishment. And he intends to break me one command at a time. Vincent Sloane Winters was never supposed to belong to me. But she does now. She’s fiery, defiant, and ...

A shocking exposé of Volkswagen's fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal. In mid-2015 Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world's largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million cars that deceived emissions-testing mechanisms. By early 2017 VW had settled with American regulators and car owners for $20 billion, with additional lawsuits still looming.

On a beautiful summer’s night twenty years ago, troubled seventeen-year-old Tamara Drayton was found floating face-down in the pool of her family’s idyllic mansion in the south of France, leaving her twin brother, golden-boy Blake, to pick up the pieces of their shattered family.

Kyle surprises himself. Imagine an ex-con becoming the type of man others depend on, rely on. Two others, one the sweetest omega of all. He didn’t ask for the role, but he wants to try and make this poly thing Daniel wants so badly work. And he’s beginning to fall in love with Owen. Owen has his habits and ways he likes to do things. These are all thrown out the window with the pandemic, and even before that. Daniel, the omega he’s in love with and needs a little tender care. Jeremiah loves Daniel, but he knows he’s no good for them, the worst possible for Daniel. He’ll bring them...

DEI Exposed puts the spotlight on a Big Con: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Crutch, the marines and Captain Beaumont are sent to Yavenland to retrieve a man who claims to be the rightful king of Ironbay. Is he a pretender to the throne or the real heir? Can Crutch and the Auld Faithful survive the treacherous sea journey to Yavenland? What lurks in the catacombs beneath the city of Yuren, the capital city of Yavenland? And what waits for Crutch and the Ironborn if they can make it back to Ironbay alive? True Royals is an adventure on the high seas and in the grimy sewers. An action packed fantasy adventure on land and on sea, Andrew Cavanagh's writing lands ...

A young thief attempting a daring casino heist during a high-stakes tournament is torn between two warring brothers in Den of Liars, a thrilling YA fantasy romance by acclaimed author Jessica S. Olson. Lola St. James is the world’s best kept secret. When her father’s loss in the Liar’s...

Dr. James Kauffman and his wife, April, were the perfect couple: a respected endocrinologist and a beautiful radio host. But under the surface lurked a world of drugs, sex, and biker gangs. A world Dr. Kauffman would kill to keep secret.

Siempre quiso ser profesionista, pero todo le salió mal. Rodeado de ratas, a punto de morir, supo que debía tomar una decisión urgente. Una novela hipnótica en la que el protagonista describe como su crisis vocacional lo llevó a situaciones extremas: Perdió a su hermana, participó en sobornos y terminó en una terrible cárcel donde aprendió a valorar los principios perdidos. Contiene también un análisis de profesiones indispensable tanto para elegir una carrera, como para tomar decisiones de empleo, negocios y cambio de trabajo.

Three close friends come together when they are thrust into a new home in the high desert because of their individual family situations and their admittance to TPAA high. They have a lot in common: school, where they live, living with aunts and uncles, NASA dream, being omegas, and a very real dream for finding their very own daddies. Surprise, the daddies have never been daddies before either. Everyone's learning all the way around. My Aeronautics Professor: Jesse has it together in school and he’s well on his way to that NASA dream. He knows what he wants professionally, but the stress ...

Evie Odio a Ronan Mercer. Desde que entró en mi instituto, se convirtió en mi peor pesadilla—rico, cruel, intocable. Siempre consigue lo que quiere. Y lo que quiere es romperme. Juró que nunca le daría ese placer. Pero entonces mi madre hace un trato del que no puedo escapar. Una noche. Un baile. Una cita de graduación con el diablo. Debería ser fácil—aparezco, aguanto sus juegos y me voy intacta. Pero Ronan no quiere solo hacerme sufrir. Quiere poseerme. ¿Lo peor? Creo que podría dejar que lo haga. Ronan Todo empezó como un juego. Una simple apuesta para hacer que la pequeña...

Ava Jace ha convertido mi vida en una pesadilla. Mi arrogante y exasperante hermanastro es el rey de la escuela—intocable, cruel e implacable en su persecución de mí. Sabe exactamente cómo hacerme estallar, cómo hacerme temblar de rabia… y cómo hacerme desearlo a pesar de todo. Lo odio. Odio la forma en que mi cuerpo reacciona cuando se acerca demasiado, el modo en que mi pulso se dispara cuando sonríe como si ya supiera que acabaré rindiéndome. Pero no lo haré. Porque si me enamoro de mi bully, lo perderé todo. Jace Ava cree que puede ignorarme. Que puede caminar por estos ...

Se suponía que iba a ser una broma. Ahora no puedo dejar de tocarla. Todo empezó como una apuesta. Romper a Lila Monroe. Hacerla suplicar. Hacer que me lo agradezca. Pero cuanto más la empujo, más quiero poseerla. Su vergüenza. Su fuego. Su cuerpo que la traiciona cada vez que lo toco. Me odia. Pero no lo suficiente. Porque se moja por mí. Gime por mí. Se arrodilla por mí. Y cada vez que grita mi nombre, quiero destruirla un poco más. Nunca se trató del dinero. Siempre se trató de ella.

It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination, Chicago's corrupt political leaders fraternized with gangsters, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as $30 million.

"Nobodies is driven by the energy and intelligence of its central couple, who are always firing on all cylinders." — BookLife for Publishers Weekly From Warren Adler, bestselling author of The War of the Roses—now a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman—and Shannon McKenna, master of romantic suspense, comes a gritty noir crime thriller of deception, revenge, and redemption. They’re ghosts. They’re thieves. And they’re running out of time. Framed and forgotten, Henry Cody lives in hiding under a stolen name, plotting revenge against the people who ...

She was leaning against the door. Her smile was a sickly twisted grimace; the sort a prisoner gives a judge when he's asked if he has anything to say before he's sentenced. Russell Haxby is a ruthless used-car salesman obsessed with manipulating and cavorting with married women. In this classic of hard-boiled fiction, Charles Willeford crafts a wry, sardonic tale of hypocrisy, intrigue, and lust set in San Francisco in the early '50s.