What a father will do to protect his son and what a son will do to save his father.For as long as he can remember, Declan has loved his father, Michael. He has also been aware of the strange... something... between his father and the powerful Mr Cantala.One fateful night, Declan's illusions and innocence are shattered.Michael realises the only way to save his son is to get him out of town. The more life throws at him, the more Declan realises he is...

Rosie Parker is a dancer through and through. Even if her dance teacher has written her off and shoved her in the back of the class. It's frustrating, but she doesn't mind it as long as she gets to keep dancing. So when she gets a scholarship to dance at Westbrook School of the Arts right when her father looses his job, it seems like a no brainer, right? But accepting would mean being ripped away from her two best friends and moving into the dorms...

New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp sets Regency Edinburgh aglitter for the holidays! Rylla Campbell is determined to rescue her brother from a life of dissipation, whether he wants to be rescued or not. But how to find him amid the gambling hells of Regency Edinburgh? By disguising herself as a young man, of course! Her scheme seems to be working, until Lord Gregory Rose sees through her rather fetching disguise-and steals a kiss...

The rose is bursting with meaning: over the centuries, it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments. Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has attached itself to us, its needy host and servant, to become one of the most adored flowers across cultures....

Have you ever wondered why government programs seem to have a reverse Midas Touch, turning gold into failed programs? Why doesn't spending more money ever appear to solve homelessness, congested roads, or social inequity? How about why those pesky libertarians are always screaming about taxation being theft? If it is illegal for politicians to get bribes, why are they all rich? Bureaucracy, it seems, always makes things worse, but why is that?

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CRIME STORIES THAT WILL KEEP YOU UP LATE TONIGHT! Mind the blood, hide any weapons, and get an alibi. Murder is not for the faint of heart, nor is this collection of stories set in Eastern Washington. Join an array of characters as they struggle through the worst moments of their lives. A husband hides his wife's terrible crime. Two contract killers deliver a final punishment to a mob informant. A remorseful man is forced to share his prison cell...

Stasi Romanov uses just a little witch magic in her lingerie shop, running a brisk side business in love charms. A disgruntled customer threatening to sue over a failed love spell brings Trevor Barnes to town. Trevor's the best attorney around, and he just happens to be a wizard. Everyone knows that witches and wizards make a volatile combination-sure enough, the sparks fly and almost everyone's getting singed. Add to that Cupid playing a practical...

Rosemary finds herself alone, apart from her sisters baby in a foreign land on the run. What she needs is a knight on a white horse what she gets is an Italian in a rusty car. Together they gain wealth acquire two children and finally find love and happiness.

Tara Triannon is no stranger to trouble. She's yet to find an enemy her skill with a sword couldn't dispatch. But, how can she fight one that attacks through her dreams? With her nightmares worsening, Tara seeks answers but finds only more questions. Then her sister, Laraina, reveals a stunning secret that forces Tara to go to the one place Tara's sworn never to return to. Her troubles multiply when Jovan Trevillion, the secretive soldier of fortune...

Grade 7-10-- Molly, 17, is an Asian-American who was adopted as an infant by Caucasian parents. Having lived unquestioningly with her curiosity about her birth parents, she decides to try and locate them. At first her adoptive parents are hurt and angry, but they eventually decide to support her and to accompany her when she meets her birth mother and half-brother. Molly's best friend, Roland, also an Asian-American, boosts her morale through most...