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Shaw Daniels is the bane of my existence. Always has been. Always will be. When we were kids, he annoyed me to no end by being good at everything. He didn’t have to study or really even try. Meanwhile, I tried too much and still lost to him. Then when we were teenagers, our rivalry became twisted. He started sabotaging all my relationships. I retaliated by doing the same to him. Now, we’re adults and we should be able to move on. But when I become a physical therapist for his professional hockey team, it seems as though we can’t let go of our rival tendencies.

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.

When it comes to finding a research breakthrough, scientist Karlin McKenna won’t let anything get in her way–at least not until her employer pressures her into crossing an ethical line. If she refuses to play their game, it could cost her everything. Including her brother’s life. Private security operative Asher Forge has never been one to turn down a chance to go undercover, and taking part in a top secret medical trial sounds pretty sweet. Especially when his client happens to be a beautiful redhead who clearly hasn’t broken a rule since the second grade.

When Alex left the Air Force, she thought her days of adventure were behind her. But when the United Nations offers her a mysterious assignment, she can't resist. Tasked with leading the first team through a portal to another world, Alex must grapple with the concept of being a leader. But the other side isn't at all what Alex expected, instead she finds a classical fantasy landscape littered with the myths of Earth's past. While they start out as secretive observers, the team's mission is soon jeopardized, and Alex is quickly thrust into the middle of the power struggle of a corrupt kingdom.

First rule of bro code – never date your best friend’s little sister. Especially when she’s been fired from her dream job and needs a friend. I haven’t seen Riley Carter since she was a kid. Which is why I accidentally hit on her before realizing who she is. Pumping the brakes on a runaway attraction is easier said than done. Riley’s exactly my type. And completely off-limits. So I make it clear to her and everyone in Lucky Falls that I’m her ‘other big brother’.

Ivy Rune’s only goal is to pass her final exam and become an Arborist like her late father, even though she fears she’ll never be able to truly uphold his legacy. Just before her big test, Ivy discovers her father’s secrets . . . and they had nothing to do with the quiet life he led. Suddenly, clues unspool from wood carvings and old journals, leading Ivy to the outskirts of town and straight to the Count’s forbidden castle. When Ivy uncovers a hidden world of magic, she and her best friend are unexpectedly altered.

Ambitious paralegal Bristol Chaplin has sacrificed everything for her dream of becoming a lawyer, but there is one price she isn’t willing to pay. And after one night, one lapse in judgment, and one man’s word against her own, she could lose everything she has worked for. Private security operative Cameron Forge doesn’t want to fall in love. With the help of his brothers, he’s content to spend his life serving God and protecting the innocent.

Sixteen-year-old Charlotte is convinced her life would be perfect if she could only get past the one obstacle holding her back: a girl named Bellany Silverfield, who seems to have it all - beauty, popularity, power, and the boy of Charlotte’s dreams. But when Bellany is murdered, Charlotte’s life doesn't get any better.

Office manager Grace Hinton is used to working behind the scenes at Forge Brothers Security. She knows that the team can’t function without her, even if her long-time crush Benjamin Forge would never be willing to admit it. But when her childhood friend Katie goes missing on spring break, she can’t bear to stay at her desk. Solving a mystery at the beach surrounded by rowdy college students isn’t exactly Ben’s idea of a great time. He’d much rather hide in his computer cave with the air conditioning at full blast, but even he has to admit he could use some practice in the field.

Desiree Black’s foster family welcomed her years ago, but most of the villagers merely tolerate the 17-year-old’s presence with barely concealed hatred - and fear. Dez herself can’t stomach remembering the strange power that rose up inside her and left her brother with a shattered arm. The only peace she finds from others’ accusing stares is in the misty swamps surrounding the village. Swamps that have long held mystical secrets. Secrets that are ready to be exposed.

After a scarring experience her freshman year of college, she’s decided she’d much rather have something fun than something serious. Her best friend Miller has seen it all - the tears, the parties, the drunken phone calls at four in the morning when she needed a ride. In fact, there might be several things Miller saw that Jo herself can’t remember. Things Miller can’t forget.

She inherits the bookshop of her dreams . . . But she has to run it with the ex she vowed never to speak with again. "Book lovers, book clubs, and anyone who's ever dreamed of owning a bookstore will adore this cleverly interwoven story" (Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

In a kingdom ruled by ravenous vampires, I was bred to serve and destined to bleed. When I'm chosen by an elite, I'm thrust into a deadly world of courtly intrigue and dark desires. The prince's icy exterior hides a fierce passion, but will I claim his heart or his crown? The more I unravel the twisted secrets of the vampire court, the more I realize that for my people to thrive, the king must die... and I'm the only one who can defy him. Can I find my grandfather's secret antidote and use it against the fanged tyrant—or will he kill me before I seal the deal with his immortal son?

They’ll always be friends, but they can never be more. Dawson Keller has held a torch for his best friend’s little sister for as long as he can remember. He might be a flirt, but his heart will always belong to Olivia. Olivia Lawrence lives to serve others and work on the family farm. Helping people and tending animals keep her mind off the one thing she wants but can’t have—a family. Her brother’s best friend might joke that they’re meant to be, but he doesn’t know how little she has to offer a husband. Especially a man like Dawson who loves kids and makes everyone laugh.

Ivy Rune not only escaped the Count's castle; she uncovered the truth of her father's disappearance. But the consequences of this revelation force Ivy to seek help from her friend Ember’s mother. However, as Keeper of the White Forest, Airlend Frost is also an enemy of the Count.

Sage just wanted a quiet evening reading with a glass of wine. When a dragon and a merman fall through her roof, she assumes she is in a dream. She agrees to escort them out of the city and deep into the forest to find what they are looking for. Why not? It’s a dream, after all. When they open a portal to another realm, Sage must decide whether she will stay in her normal life and wake up without the full story, or secretly follow them on an adventure that will change everything.

Maggie Reynolds is finally ready for love again—until the past shows up in the form of someone who may or may not be the late husband she thought she'd lost. Five years after her husband's death, Maggie is finally ready to let go of him and the dreams she had for their future. A summer at...

I woke up to a changed world, and saw the sunrise for the first time. The covenant is broken, but the empty throne creates a powerful temptation. Am I to be a queen, or a rebel assassin? Who has the right to make that judgement? When my mortal enemy usurps command of the king's army and sends them after me, I journey to distant compounds seeking allies. I'll do anything to save my siblings from Nigel's grasp, but how many lives will be in danger—immortal or otherwise—before humans and their vampire masters settle their differences?

The world of the Creator Goddess has darkened as growing evil threatens the people she so lovingly shaped long ago. In a quest to take her place as ruler of the cosmos, the Spirit King’s forces ravage the kingdoms of Pothena. Only the dragon-riding Rebellion stands between him and victory. Seventeen-year-old Desiree Black has one goal—to discover the truth about what happened to her illustrious parents.

Wendell Meyers leaves his crime-riddled past to take a road trip across the western desert, and makes a stop at the isolated Hotel California, hoping the payola scandal at his firm will simply "blow over" in his absence. He settles in to enjoy the great service and many delights offered by the mysterious resort and its staff, but is soon plagued by nightmares and waking dreams intermingled with his lavish daily indulgences.