A sailor escapes from his ship while visiting the Marquesas Islands and joins the crew of a savage boat.

When Noelle Stevenson saw the positive results of her pregnancy test, she didn't know what to do. The baby's father was gone, killed serving his country in Iraq. And nineteen-year-old Noelle was barely making ends meet putting herself through college and working part-time. So when her take-charge boss, Devlin Hunter, offered to marry her -- in a purely temporary business arrangement -- how could she possibly refuse? Dev wanted to do the right thing for a woman in need. But he didn't anticipate that his beautiful bride, wed in a marriage of convenience, would stir his hardened heart. This platonic partnership was rapidly headed down the road to romance....

“The president of the United States . . . is missing.”With these words, New York Times journalist J. B. Collins, reporting from the scene of a devastating attack by ISIS terrorists in Amman, Jordan, puts the entire world on high alert. The leaders of Israel and Palestine are critically injured, Jordan’s king is fighting for his life, and the U.S. president is missing and presumed captured.As the U.S. government faces a constitutional crisis and Jordan battles for its very existence, Collins must do his best to keep the world informed while working to convince the FBI that his stories are not responsible for the terror attack on the Jordanian capital. And ISIS still has chemical weapons . . .Struggling to clear his name, Collins and the Secret Service try frantically to locate and rescue the leader of the free world before ISIS’s threats become a catastrophic reality.

SUMMARY: She never ever thought Jake Barnes would know the truth. When he left town without any warning, Savannah couldn't tell him she was pregnant. He didn't give her the chance. So now—years later—because he's back and finds out he has a child, suddenly she's the villain.… How is that fair? Savannah Salinger raised her daughter and knows what's best for her own kid. But she can't seem to push Jake away, and having the infuriating man so close…so close to her…stirs up all those feelings she thought were buried as deep as the secret she swore she'd never tell.

A Fantasy Fiction Y.A. novel.After a dark magical event of catastrophic proportions, the young Prince Luken of Corlan suddenly finds his entire way of life changed. His quiet, peaceful existence soon becomes a frantic battle of leadership and survival. Without the other royals, it is left to him, to try to guide his people, and protect them from the marauding hordes that have invaded his country. Attacked from two of the neighbouring nations, it soon becomes apparent they are outnumbered. To make matters worse, it is feared that things far worse than enemy soldiers roam the land.With a small band of friends, he endures to do his duty to the ever-increasing number of refugees. Knowing they cannot retreat forever, they decide to make a stand. With haunted dreams and the nuisance of a man named Dagon, strange magic is revealed to him. Understanding and believing is one matter, attempting to wield and control it is another. Despite the efforts of others, his continuation to doubt the destiny set out before him, may prove the difference between their survival and their extinction.

Here are some of Tolstoy's extraordinary short stories, from -The Death of Ivan Ilyich—in a masterly new translation-to -The Raid,- -The Wood-felling,- -Three Deaths,- -Polikushka,- -After the Ball,- and -The Forged Coupon,- all gripping and eloquent lessons on two of Tolstoy's most persistent themes: life and death. More experimental than his novels, Tolstoy's stories are essential reading for anyone interested in his development as one of the major writers and thinkers of his time.

New Term. New Dramas. New Friendships. And that's just the parents...After a year of country living, Rachel Young is finally getting into the swing of things. Her four kids are happy and content at the village school, and she's managed to navigate the choppy (shark-infested) waters of the playground mafia.Or... so she thought.When Penelope Kensington moves herself and her kids into Rachel's home, after discovering husband Rupert has been having an affair, Rachel knows she must ask them politely to leave. The problem is, Penelope never takes no for an answer.As Rachel tries to deal with Penelope, she also meets new school mum Mel. Mel is a breath of fresh air but her arrival sends ripples of gossip through the playground. Mel has a few secrets in her closet, and it seems she's not the only one...Hilarious and entertaining, with characters you won't forget in a hurry, fans of Fiona Gibson, Kerry Fisher and Tracy Bloom will love this book.Read what everyone is...