No Strings Attached by Nicolette DayShe wants one night. He wants her forever.Hayden Summers just landed the job of a lifetime taking pictures for Time magazine, but she's determined to leave with no regrets. The first thing on her list? Erase the memory of her cheating ex with a wild night of anonymous sex. The second? Figure out why her best friend, sexy bar owner Jace Jennings, stopped speaking to her the night she told him about the job. Jace has a problem. Hayden isn't just leaving the country, she's risking her life—just when he's realized he's in love with her. When fate traps them in the storage room of his bar together, barely contained desire simmers to surface. In one last attempt to keep her, Jace offers Hayden the one thing she wants: a night of hot sex, no strings attached. But when the night is over, will Jace be able to let her go? And will Hayden leave with her heart intact?

Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What about Porson’s charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head?

A courageous sacrifice for a noble cause? Or a craven suicide pact as part of a massive conspiracy? This is the story of one man, one life with every detail pre-planned, and one perfect example of absolute power corrupting absolutely. And it'll make you think twice the next time you step into the voting booth...FIND OUT EVERY SCHEME OF THIS DIABOLIC SYSTEM. DONT BE IGNORANT OF IT. IT IS DECEPTFUL, IT IS HEARTLES, IT IS EVIL WHEN MEN REAPS WHERE THEY DID NOT SOW. DIPLOMATIC BAG, IS THRILLING, EXPOSITARY, EDUCATING.WATCH OUT HOW YOUR MONEY BECOMES OTHER PEOPLES PLEASURE-DONT BE DECIEVED, KNOWDLEGE IS POWER. KNOW EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MONEY LAUNDRY SCHEME CALLED ADVANCE FRAUD 419 FROM THIS DIALOGUE MOVIES- DONT PLAY IGNORANT OF IT... WATCH OUT NOW.

Mitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable new novel about the power of talent to change our lives This is the epic story of Frankie Presto—the greatest guitar player who ever lived—and the six lives he changed with his six magical blue strings Frankie, born in a burning church, abandoned as an infant, and raised by a music teacher in a small Spanish town, until war rips his life apart. At nine years old, he is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. His amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, with his stunning playing and singing talent affecting numerous stars (Duke Ellington, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley) until, as if predestined, he becomes a pop star himself. He makes records. He is adored. But Frankie Presto’s gift is also his burden, as he realizes the power of the strings his teacher gave him, and how, through his music, he can actually affect people’s lives. At the height of his popularity, tortured by his biggest mistake, he vanishes. His legend grows. Only decades later, having finally healed his heart, does Frankie reappearjust before his spectacular death—to change one last life. With the Spirit of Music as our guide, we glimpse into the lives that were changed by one man whose strings could touch the music—and the magic—in each of us.

What would you do with the power of a god?Rock star Rafael Marquez is making good on a promise to get his degree. The magic has been missing from his music, and he's hungry for so much more than the hard lifestyle he'd adopted. The godstone of Huehuecoyotl couldn't have come to him at a better time. Even better, it gave him the chance work with Freyja, his goddess-crush, and he's thrilled to make a difference by her side. When Freyja's banished to the underworld without him, though, the trickster will need all the allies he can find to go after her. He's determined to show the jaded woman that she can count on him. If he doesn't…she may not survive the growing forces that threaten them, and that's an outcome he can't live with.The Trickster's Strings is the second book in a five part series of adventure, romance, and cliffhangers. Part 3 will be available for sale and in KU in November. Meanwhile, look for a Godsongs novella out in September, set in the downtime toward the end of this book.

Sometimes even the most carefully conceived burglary can take an unexpected turn. Florence Palmer has her eye on concert violinist Aaron Levy's priceless violin. Unfortunately, she finds it's already been stolen. Her surprise doubles when the virtuoso she'd planned to burgle offers to hire her to help him steal it back. But they're not the only ones looking for the missing violin. When Flo inadvertently becomes the prime suspect in a case of murder, she and Aaron need to clear her name. Will they find the real killer and get the violin back to its rightful owner without anyone else, especially themselves, being killed?

The Hooker. The Madam. The Driver. All on a collision course to a place where madness holds sway.After four years working in a New York brothel to pay off a debt to the mob, Nina is nearly paid up and ready to go home. She just needs to see one more client, a recluse who always pays a half-million in cash for a night with the brothel's best girls, but this last trick soon becomes a battle for Nina's soul. Meanwhile, the brothel's sadistic madam has been secretly hoarding money so she can move up in her family's organization, and she's depending on that windfall to tip the scales in her favor, but her driver Ramón has other ideas, making off with the money in a bid for his own freedom. The theft sets off a horrific chain of events for all three, testing their wills and changing them them forever.Publisher's Note: This is the second edition of this book, not a new tale. Watch for the sequel coming soon from Local Hero Press: Moon Gone Dark!

Joe didn't actually realize that he was searching for his birthday gifts, as his grandfather asked him to help him find a key as well as a ball of string that he had misplaced, but in unraveling these clues and searching for these objects, he discovered a bicycle and some computer games as well.Joe's birthday was coming up, but instead of just giving him his presents, his grandfather who was a detective, gave him some clues to search for instead. His grandfather also spun him a story about a lost key and an illusive ball of string and along the way Joe managed to unravel the clues and also find a bicycle and some cool computer games.

Success. Riches. Music. Passion. It's a life most can only dream of, but stardom comes at a cost.Rock star Nikki Razer has worked hard to achieve her dreams and she finally has everything she ever wanted—except true love. She's ready to find someone who can love the woman she really is, not just her rock star persona. When the band comes home for a break, she sets her sights on beautiful music teacher Drew McNally. But Drew is happy running her father's music store and she definitely doesn't want to date a celebrity—no matter how attractive she is. Her mother's obsession with fame destroyed her family and Drew's not going to let it happen again.Nikki thought she would do whatever it took to win Drew over, but she can't abandon her band and give up on her dreams. When it's time to face the music, will the price be too much to pay?

Prudence Velcray has known only rejection on Valentine's Day. Vowing this year will be different, she ends the romance with her boyfriend before she is dealt another crushing blow. Determined to boycott the romantic holiday, she retreats to Snowline Mountain Resort. Here, she accidentally meets Dr. Sebastian Stone, the brother of her third-grade Valentine, and the culprit of her Valentine's Day downhill spiral. To wrench matters, cupid's misguided arrow ensnares her in a hopeless attraction that she neither wants nor can deny.Sebastian Stone has devoted his life to medicine scarred by his brother Nicholas's battle with leukemia when they were children. He has avoided long-term involvements and shuns Valentine's Day conforming entrapments. Yet he is captivated by Prudence Velcray when circumstances throw them together, and they share a kiss that Sebastian can't forget. As he rebels against his feelings for Prudence, he can't help himself from falling in love with her. When...

One dream, as real as it is dangerous. One theory, that may explain one of the fundamental truths about the cosmos. An experiment to prove the link between the two. Follow Toltep and his grandfather Hara'can in their attempt to prove the obscure theory of the Strings of Itz'mucan.Toltep has just died. At least, that's what he has dreamt. With the help of his grandfather, the teacher and scientist Hara'can, he will try to determine through the theory of the Strings of Itz'mucan whether the dream was only a figment of his imagination or a real event. A Science Fiction short story not to be missed.

Blue light filled the windows. Phones rang. Something evil waits on the other side of the door. For Dayton and Maribelle, their day has gone terribly awry. Should they adhere to the instruction of a strange agent or solve the problem on their own?Agent Cosgrove gave one simple instruction; keep the door closed. Dayton and Maribelle try their best to adhere, but time was never on their side. What awaits on the other side of the door? Why wait? Panic and fear can lead a person to terrible mistakes.

No Strings Attached is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Lester Del Rey is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Lester Del Rey then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Twenty year old, Allison Slater has been in love with her brother’s bandmate, Rhys McGowan, since she was fifteen years old. But to him, she’ll always be Jake’s little sister and off limits. Now a college sophomore and licking her wounds from a bad breakup, she sets her sights on making Rhys see her as someone he could date…maybe even love. Her opportunity comes when Rhys visits his parents in Savannah where she is attending college. But the night she’s dreamed of turns to heart-break, and she realizes she’ll never be the one for Rhys. For Rhys McGowan, his nightmare began when he woke up, naked and hung-over, next to his bandmate’s little sister. Unable to remember a thing from the previous night, he only makes matters worse by lying to Allison about not being interested in her. The truth is he’s spent the last year to ignore his body’s reaction whenever Allison is around. His resolve is tested when Allison comes on tour with Runaway Train, as both Jake and Abby’s nanny and to fulfill her fashion design internship. The more time he spends with her in the close quarters of the bus, the harder it is for him to resist. Will Rhys realize that having a relationship with Allison is worth fighting for even if it means that he has to fight his best friend for a chance?

In this charming debut about first love and second chances, a young girl gets caught between the boy next door and a playboy. Perfect for fans of To All The Boys I've Loved Before. Mansfield, Massachusetts, is the last place seventeen-year-old Edie Price wants to spend her final summer before college. It's the home of wealthy suburban mothers and prima donnas like Edie's cousins, who are determined to distract her from her mother's death with cute boys and Cinderella-style makeovers. She's got her own plans, and they don't include any prince charming. But as she dives into schoolwork and getting a scholarship for college, Edie finds herself drawn to two Mansfield boys strumming for her attention: First, there's Sebastian, Edie's childhood friend and first love, who's sweet and smart and . . . already has a girlfriend. Then there's Henry, the local bad boy and all-around player who's totally off limits—even if his kisses are chemically...

***New York Times* bestselling author Jaci Burton breaks the rule of mixing business with pleasure when two professional rivals cross paths at a tropical resort...** Since Ella Hick’s husband died five years ago, she’s thrown herself into her work, resisting every thought of getting involved with someone new. Now she’s finally ready for a man’s touch. And where better to indulge her desire for an anonymous hook-up than at a Hawaiian resort? So she’s stunned when the first man she runs into is her number one business rival, Clay Mansfield. Clay’s determined to be the man to introduce sex back into Ella’s life. He’s been by her side ever since her husband died, but only in friendship. Now he can finally release the desire he’s held in check all these years. Ella’s had plenty of fantasies about Clay over the past couple years and now she can indulge. As long as Clay plays by her no-strings rule: when the vacation is over, they’ll go back to being friendly rivals—business only. But they’re both about to learn that when it comes to business—and pleasure—rules are made to be broken. NOTE: *No Strings Attached* previously appeared January 2010 in the trade paperback anthology, *Laced with Desire*. Includes a preview of Jaci Burton’s *Thrown by a Curve*.

With No Strings Attached is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Randall Garrett is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Randall Garrett then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

"I want to worship you."With only one night, they have to make it count! A one-night stand is out of the question... Until good girl Emma Allaire meets tall, dark and drop-dead gorgeous Mr. X through an anonymous hookup app and her sexiest fantasies come to life. Who is this enigmatic man in her luxury hotel room bed? Mystery lover, man of her dreams or liar—will he save her heart or break it forever?"Dare is Harlequin's hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!"—Tiffany Reisz, international bestselling authorSexy. Passionate. Bold. Discover Harlequin DARE, a new line of fun, edgy and sexually explicit romances for the fearless female.

There's something inside Evan, digging through his skin, boring a trail of tunnels through him. Can he find a cure to his suffering?Have you ever been thirsty? Really thirsty? So parched you'd do anything for a drink? Evan has, and he'll do anything to find relief.

Notorious playboy Zach Papandreo agrees to a decadent Christmas fling in Clare Connelly's A Billion-Dollar Singapore Christmas duet. Look for his twin's story, An Heir Claimed by Christmas, in Harlequin Presents!Dimitrio and I have always known love is a joke. So watching my twin get married makes me question everything. I've never seen him happier. But I didn't earn my billions—or my playboy reputation—following my heart off a cliff. And I'm not about to start now. So when confident, gorgeous Jessica Johnson suggests one night of mind-bending pleasure, I'm all in!One fantastic night in her luxury Singapore hotel room should be enough. But when the fiercely independent entrepreneur suggests we continue things over Christmas—no strings, no expectations and definitely no love—I can't help giving her exactly what she wants. Over and over again!Distracting the sultry brunette from her dysfunctional...

A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase.It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers — and the death of her beloved grandmother — Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and most popular boy in the school. Deciding to throw herself into the role, she rummages in her grandfather's attic for some props. There, she discovers an old violin in the corner — strange, since her Zayde has never seemed to like music, never even going to any of her recitals. Showing it to her grandfather unleashes...

My name is Jude Harris and I’m an adrenaline junkie. If it makes my heart pound and my blood rush, I’m all in. That’s how I ended up at the sex club. It was supposed to be one night of fun. No names. No professions. No small talk. Perfect anonymity. One hundred percent no strings attached. I thought I could handle the rules, but that was before I saw her. I should’ve walked away and forgotten the whole thing. Coulda, shoulda, woulda… didn’t. She told me not to get attached, but I did it anyway. If I thought our first sexual encounter changed my life, the second one rearranged my future.

Love hurts—is a second chance worth the risk?

Over a decade after breaking up with the love of his life, 42-year-old Jackson Knox has given up on finding anyone new. Breaking things off had been for the best for both of them, and Jackson has learned to live with the heartache. As he prepares to start a new job at a well-respected music school far from the place where he and Noah Santiago fell in love, he unexpectedly bumps into him again. Is it fate?

Musical genius Noah Santiago is hiding in his family’s home in a lakeside town in upstate New York, trying to figure out how to go on without being part of the world-renowned Barrington String Quartet. The pain of losing his career has left him gutted. The last person he expects to bump into is the man who still owns his heart after all these years.

Noah is wary of opening himself to more pain, and Jax fears Noah will never forgive him. Can their withered love bloom again? And how will they find their place together after so long apart?

Book Two in the Strings of Fate series.MAGIC WILL RETURN. Darkness is poised to descend upon Fythnar, and with his true identity revealed, Elijah quickly learns that he is the land's best hope against the impending threat of Bonemire. He cannot face Valdis' dark army alone and must travel to the remaining three courts in the hope of earning their support. But there is just one problem. Elijah is unwilling to use his newfound magic and accept his royal destiny.Meanwhile, Lorch finds himself as a pawn in a game of power, grappling with his desire for revenge while nursing his broken heart. Confused, afraid, and angry, Lorch allows his father's dark influence to spread like wildfire across the north. He is tempted by his father's ideals yet torn between doing what is easy and what is right.With war looming, friendships will be tested and long-dead alliances reforged as powerful magic returns. As Fates intertwine and uncertainty...

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Alan Bradley's A Red Herring Without Mustard, discussion questions, and an essay by the author.Flavia de Luce, a dangerously smart eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders, thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacey are over—until beloved puppeteer Rupert Porson has his own strings sizzled in an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity. But who’d do such a thing, and why? Does the madwoman who lives in Gibbet Wood know more than she’s letting on? What about Porson’s charming but erratic assistant? All clues point toward a suspicious death years earlier and a case the local constables can’t solve—without Flavia’s help. But in getting so close to who’s secretly pulling the strings of this dance of death, has our precocious heroine finally gotten in way over her head?Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Exclusive: An Essay by Alan Bradley Flavia de Luce walked into my life one winter day, parked herself on a campstool, and refused to be budged.It took me quite a while to realize that she wasn’t even faintly interested in the mystery novel I was attempting to write at the time: the one into which she had wandered. I found out quickly enough that Flavia wanted her own book--and that was that.And it was just the beginning. There were still more problems to come.The first was this: Flavia lived in 1950, while I was writing about her in 2006 and 2007.As an author, it’s not as easy as you might think projecting--and keeping--your mind in a different century from your body--not without forever being yanked back into the present by everyday annoyances such as frozen water pipes, expiring license plates, incessantly barking dogs, and the need to shop for food.Another problem was this: I lived on Canada’s west coast, where the clocks are set to Pacific Time, while Flavia lived in Bishop’s Lacey, England, which is on Greenwich Mean Time--a difference of nine hours. In practical terms, this meant that Flavia was raring to go every day just as I was getting ready for bed. Because there was no point in either of us being tired and cranky, we finally managed to work out a compromise in which I began awakening at 4:00 a.m. to write, while Flavia (rather impatiently) hung around until after lunch, waiting for me to show up.As The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie progressed, I soon learned that Flavia wouldn’t be pushed around--especially by me. Because she had so many of her own ideas, she had little patience with mine. Occasionally, if I were tired, I’d find myself trying to put words in her mouth: to push her, as it were. But Flavia would have none of it."Blot that," she seemed to be saying. "Let’s back up and start again."And of course we did.Then there was the problem of the chemistry. While Flavia knew everything about chemistry that could be known, my own knowledge of the subject could be put into a thimble with room left over for a finger. If I protested that I was in doubt about the precise details of one of her more bizarre chemical experiments, Flavia would snap her metaphorical fingers and say, "Well, you can look it up in your spare time."Almost from the outset I realized that the tale Flavia had to tell could never be contained in a single book. And that’s how the series was born. Fortunately, my editors were in total agreement!We liked the idea of each book revolving around some now-vanished English custom, or way of life, and of being able, gradually, to get to know the de Luce family, giving each of them the time and the space to--eventually--tell his or her own story.Of course, to convey authentic 1950s voices, the pacing would have to be slower than we are used to in the 21st century. On the other hand, a more relaxed narrative would allow for an additional overall richness of description that might not be found in a more breakneck series of thrillers.But I needn’t have worried: Flavia had her own voice and insisted on being listened to.It was I who had to do the learning. --Alan Bradley(Photo © Shirley Bradley)From BooklistFlavia, the precocious, imaginative, and adorable 11-year-old sleuth, returns for her second adventure. It’s a mystery in itself how a mature male author can pen the adventures of such a young female child and keep readers believing in the fantasy. Flavia’s world is 1950s England—specifically, a very old country house that just happens to have a long-abandoned chemistry laboratory. And Flavia just happens to be fascinated by chemistry—particularly poisons. This helps her solve mysteries because, as Flavia says, “There’s something about pottering with poisons that clarifies the mind.” This time she becomes involved with the members of a traveling puppet show that features the tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. When the puppetmaster is mysteriously electrocuted during the show, Flavia knows it can’t be an accident and eventually finds the murderer. The rest of Flavia’s family are also eccentric, to say the least, and add greatly to the overall fun. Thank goodness Bradley is not allowing Flavia to grow up too quickly; we need more sleuths whose primary mode of transportation is a bicycle. --Judy Coon

A high-stakes case of industrial espionage ties them together, but before they can pursue their attraction, they must find out who's pulling the strings.

Samar Pratap Singh and Nina Sabharwal can't seem to keep their hands off each other. Yet, they don't quite trust each other either: he thinks she's eyeing bigger fish, she's convinced he's a heartbreaker. They have both decided that falling in love is simply not an option - no strings attached is how they roll. Only, the fact that they have to see each other at work every day makes situations stickier, and the more their lives become intertwined, the more they realize that love - a real and lasting love - is just a leap of faith away. But will they make that leap? Can they?

One mistake leads to a year of exile... Used to the busy playground of Winter Park, police chief Reese Daniels is shipped off to sleepy Lake City, Colorado. She takes the job of sheriff seriously, but makes it clear to one and all: this year is just a blip in her life. When it's done, she's gone. Forest Ranger M. Z. Morgan has lived in Lake City long enough to be considered a local. The pace, the quiet and the many friends make life there well worth the lack of dating material. A girlfriend would still be nice, and the new sheriff is easy on the eyes. It's entirely natural for Morgan and Reese to be friendly, but Reese's repeated reminders that she's not sticking around make it impossible for anything more between them. That is, until they strike a no strings bargain. Some guaranteed exchange of heat as the long winter sets in seems just what they need to pass the time. So what if it's the best sex they've ever had? It's still only temporary. They won't mistake sex for more, even if it only gets better—month after month. After month. No Strings—it seemed like a good idea at the time. Golden Crown Literary Award winner Gerri Hill weaves a sensuous, sizzling story against the spectacular backdrop of a year in the high country.

Dr. Annie Lane is struggling to sleep. With sleepless nights plaguing her, she finds herself emotionally strung-out.When Annie finally manages to sleep, she begins experiencing disturbing dreams. The images are vague but one thing is clear; someone is in danger and she knows it is down to her alone to help. After many frustrating nights of blurred confusion; Annie finally has a clear vision. Unable to see the person involved, she can see the location.With a destination clear in her mind, Annie makes her way to ‘The Cove Café,’ which is set in the idyllic beachside location of Avon Cove. There she sits, while invisible strings pull her towards a fate unknown; to a person unknown to her. On that fateful day; Annie meets Eve. Eve frequents her family-run cafe and immediately intrigues Annie as a person of interest. Not only does she find her attractive but she also feels like she knows her. She wonders if that is because of her dreams. As the two women spend more and more time together, they grow closer. The dreams also become more intense…and even more worrying. Just as Annie is realising she has fallen in love; she dreams the event in finite detail. Eve is in terrible, immediate danger. Can Annie find the truth behind her dreams to save the woman she loves? Find out in…Invisible Strings.

On the surface, Sebastian "Baz" Valenti is a rock god with the lifestyle to match. With his drop-dead gorgeous looks and his band, Baseline Sins, at the top of the charts, he can have any woman he wants. But the constant touring and recording has taken its toll. Now he’s turned to scoring films, a gig that has introduced him to the one woman he really wants but can’t have... Trudeau Morrison is all business all the time. As the managing director of ManDown Films, it’s her job to keep Baz focused on business too. It’s not an easy task, considering Baz has made no secret of his desire for her. But Tru doesn’t want to get involved with a rock star, even if he is the hottest man she’s ever met. Trouble is, once Baz gets an erotic taste of Tru, he’s not going to give her up. Now he just has to show her that rock-steady is nothing compared to rock and roll...

WELCOME BACK TO END OF THE LINE, MONTANA! Come by for a visit, we think you'll like it here! Sally Andersen has spent her life teaching school kids and being a caretaker for her ailing father. Alone after five years, she sees her friends marry and start families and decides she, too, wants a family... just not in the conventional way Serving overseas left Clay Saunders with no leg, PTSD, survivor guilt, and more pity than he wants. Recuperating at the Last Hope ranch at the insistence of his old friends, the Kinnison brothers, he is asked to take part in a charity bachelor auction by the little town's fiery, redheaded music teacher. What Clay doesn't expect is the hope of a normal life that sparks inside of him at her unusual request... She wants a baby. NO RULES. NO COMMITMENT. NO STRINGS ATTACHED. **Review Amazon reviewers thoughts on the Kinnison Legacy in End of the Line, Montana-the books that introduced us to End of the Line and inspired the spinoff Last Hope Ranch series! "I read this book first with kindle unlimited and then bought it. I don't give out 5 stars easily but this book was so poignant and sweet that it won my heart. Well developed characters that draw you into the story. Definitely recommend!"-Amazon reviewer, on Rugged Hearts "The combination of high emotions, deep-seated internal struggles and hot sizzling sex make this a great story. Love, guilt, avoidance and revenge are only the tip of the iceberg. Amanda McIntyre developed a storyline with characters with whom you can relate. This can be read as a standalone but I highly recommend the series."Penna Reader, Amazon Reviews, on Rustler's Heart "Ms. McIntyre has a compelling way of blending love, angst, & familial bonding in a tale that is hard to put down. Although each book in the series is "stand alone", it takes all of them to emphasize that family is more than blood relations. If you enjoy a contemporary read about overcoming the odds & being stronger for it, I highly recommend The Kinnison Legacy series, and truly hope that Sally & Clay are bugging Amanda to be heard."-TE Rolle, Amazon reviewer on Renegade Hearts From the Author Hello Readers! Thank you for making the Kinnison Legacy an Amazon best-selling trilogy! After many emails requesting more from the folks in the little town of End of the Line, Montana, I am happy to announce NO STRINGS ATTACHED, BOOK I in the LAST HOPE RANCH series!  I hope you'll love Clay and Sally's story ! And watch for more surprises coming from End of the Line!! This book is a spin-off series to the Kinnison Legacy. Each book stands alone, but you can familiarize yourself with the town and its characters by also reading RUGGED HEARTS (Book I) RUSTLER'S HEART (Book II) , and RENEGADE HEARTS (Book III) of the Kinnison Legacy! Blessings & cowboy dreams~ Amanda 

No Strings Attached: A Lexi Carmichael Mystery, Book Eight By Julie Moffett Oops, I did it again... Leave it to me, Lexi Carmichael, to become a target for an elite organization of cyber criminals simply by being in the wrong place at the right time. As if I weren’t already freaking out about planning my best friend’s bachelorette party, I now have to keep my eyes peeled for people trying to kill me. After accidentally intercepting a dangerous hack into the NSA and discovering the involvement of a foreign country in said hack, things begin to get seriously complicated. Diplomats, danger and spies, oh, my! With Slash and my loyal friends by my side, I’m in a race against time to stop a team of sophisticated hackers on a deadly mission. My team of geeks is brilliant...but derailing an international plot for revenge will take everything we’ve got. This book is approximately 86,000 words

Alya has an almost magical talent. Her hunches are never wrong. The scientists of planet 4-I want to use her talent and promise her a spot on the next offworld colonization team in return for her assessment of the potential of the latest worlds they've discovered. But Alya meets Cedric, the grandson of the brilliant and tyrannical director of 4-I and she begins to doubt her own intuition. Cedric has dreamed of becoming a scout and exploring new worlds and when he meets Alya he is more determined than ever to leave 4-I, with her. His grandmother needs him on 4-I, though, because she has schemes afoot to protect her planet and to cover up a murder and she does not intend to let him go. However, she has underestimated her grandson-and the young woman whose intuition is so strong and whose destiny is linked to Cedric's.From the Inside FlapAlya's hunches were never wrong. So the scientists of 4-I were happy to promise her a place in the next offworld colonization team if she agreed to assess the potential of the latest worlds they had discovered. Then she met Cedric, the grandson of 4-I's brilliant and tyrannical director, and for the first time ever she began to doubt her uncanny intuition.Cedric dreamed of becoming a scout and exploring other worlds. When he met the lovely Alya he was more determined than ever to leave Earth -- with her. His grandmother, though, needed him as a pawn in her Machiavellian plot to cover up a murder and protect 4-I itself from being destroyed.She had no intention of letting him go. But the director underestimated her grandson -- and the woman whose destiny seemed linked with his . . .

An enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters.Ever since her grandfather introduced her to eight-string marionettes, Francesca has dreamed of performing from the rafters of Venice's popular Minerva Theater. There's just one problem: the profession is only open to men. When her father arranges to sell her into marriage to pay off his gambling debts, Francesca flees her home. Masquerading as a male orphan named Franco, she secures an apprenticeship with the Minerva's eccentric ensemble of puppeteers. Amid the elaborate set-pieces, the glittering limes, and the wooden marionettes, she finds a place where she belongs—and grows into the person she was always meant to be: Franco. The past threatens to catch up with Franco when his childhood friend Annella reappears and recognizes him at the theater....

A hot summer bind-up filled with new friends, new flings, and hot digs.A house at the beach.A bunch of hot strangers.A three-month party that's off the hook.From the Hollywood Hills to the shores of Cape Cod, everyone's all in: from sunrise to sunset, from rays to raves, and everything in-between--anything goes. It doesn't matter where the money comes from or whose heart gets broken; It's the summer that's going to change everything.

Since Steffy was little, she and her older sister, Nina, have lived with beloved Auntie Gina. But when Steffy and Nina's dad comes home to live with them, everything changes.So Steffy does what she does best: She cooks her way through the hardest year of her life. But sometimes her life feels like a kitchen-sink meal—too many ingredients that don't quite work. All Steffy wants is for her family to be whole again. Can her recipes help bring them back together?Steffany Sandolini is...1 cup perseverance2/3 cup listening skills2 tablespoons talent1 teaspoon loyaltyA dash of stubbornness And more ingredients she hasn't thought of yet. How will she mix them all together?

Strings Attached is a powerful memoir about resilience in the face of unspeakable tragedy, an inspiring and poignant tale of how one man transformed his own heartache into a legacy of joy for his students. His students knew Jerry Kupchynsky as "Mr. K"-the fierce Ukrainian-born music teacher who rehearsed them until their fingers almost bled and who made them better than they ever expected to be. Away from the classroom, though, life seemed to conspire against him at every turn. Strings Attached takes you on his remarkable journey, from his childhood on the run in Nazi Germany, to his life in America caring for his disabled wife while raising their two small daughters, to his search for his beloved younger daughter after she mysteriously disappeared-a search that would last for seven years. His unforgettable story is lyrically told in alternating chapters by two childhood friends who reconnected decades later: Melanie Kupchynsky, his daughter, and Joanne Lipman, a...

Blair Bennett's only twenty-four but already has an impressive résumé. A sought-after songwriter, she's written an arsenal of hit singles for other artists. Now she's ready to conquer the music industry with her own band, and touring with the biggest pop star in the world, Reagan Moore, will get her exactly where she wants to go.It's a lot harder than Blair expects, especially when she has to cope with the loss of her grandfather. She develops a close bond with Reagan, whose quick wit and easy charm keep her on her toes. As their attraction blossoms, Blair shows Reagan how to have fun again despite her fame, and their impulsive adventures ignite feelings neither can deny.Everything would be fine, if only Blair could keep it together. But her unhealthy ways of dealing with her grief and her troubled past jeopardize not only her budding music career but her relationship with the only woman she's ever fallen for.

Need help? You probably shouldn't ask Grey.He's a runaway Fey prince in New York City. He feeds on love like some kind of vampire. He really doesn't like people. Grey has no plans to be a hero, but when magical monsters from childhood attack, his plans go up in smoke.

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce didn't intend to investigate another murder -- but then, Rupert Porson didn't intend to die. When the master puppeteer's van breaks down in the village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is front and centre to help Rupert and his charming assistant, Nialla, put together a performance in the local church to help pay the repair bill. But even as the newcomers set up camp and set the stage for Jack and the Beanstalk, there are signs that something just isn't right: Nialla's strange bruises and solitary cries in the churchyard, Rupert's unexplained disappearances and a violent argument with his BBC producer, the disturbing atmosphere at Culverhouse Farm, and the peculiar goings-on in nearby Gibbet Wood -- where young Robin Ingleby was found hanging just five years before.It's enough to set Flavia's detective instincts tingling and her chemistry lab humming. What are Rupert and Nialla trying to hide? Why are Grace and Gordon Ingleby, Robin's...

Detective Jeff Woods and his partner have a new case. Someone has been making threatening phone calls to the mayor’s daughter, vowing to kill her disabled child. Though there have been accidents at the girl’s school—enough to take the threats seriously—the facts are few, and leads are sparse.Needing a breather from the burden of the case, Jeff heads to a bar, where he meets Alex Fisher. Alex isn’t his type, but he’s young and cocky and perfect for a one-night stand. Or two. Soon Jeff starts thinking about how difficult and lonely it is being a cop, and that maybe Alex could fill a void in his life. But Alex has his own obligations: a disabled brother who is the target of threatening letters.Jeff isn’t sure he’s ready to play house or overcome his prejudices, but he begins to think Alex might be worth it. Caught between his growing affection and his inner demons, Jeff struggles to focus on the case and protect Alex and his brother as the danger builds.

She found the perfect guy. But he hates her dolls. Anna is the weirdest girl Gavin has ever dated.He lost his arm in an accident, and his mohawk makes him stand out from the crowd, so he’s dated his share of weirdos, geeks, and freaks. Yet no one quite like Anna. She’s cute, hot, and has boobs Gavin wants to bury his face in, but she just won’t shut up about her limited edition Japanese doll collection, or whatever they’re called.So Gavin comes up with a perfect plan - a no strings attached relationship, so they can fool around without overcommitting. He’d get to have his pussy and eat it too.Anna thinks she’s met the perfect boyfriend in Gavin, but her pierced and tattooed prince of darkness turns out to be yet another disappointment relationship-wise. When he proposes a friends-with-benefits arrangement, Anna figures she might as well make the best of it and unleash all her kinky fantasies on the guy. After all, it’s not like he’ll be there to judge her in half a year’s time.Soon enough, there are more strings attached than any of them expected.