Valentine's Day. A time for love. A time for proposals. A time for romance. And apparently, a time for bar brawls. To say Audra Wethington's patience had run out with the goddamn holiday was a gross understatement. As far as she was concerned, it was just a reminder of the day her fiancé broke their engagement. Call her bitter, but seeing as it was also said ex-fiancé’s wedding anniversary, well that wasn't exactly restoring her faith in cupid's glorified ass. There seems to be only one thing that can salvage V-day in her eyes and that happens to consist of a very gorgeous, yet very ornery rancher going around causing bar fights just because he's interested in her. Wasn’t that just the cutest?

Love So Wild (The Lawson Brothers Book Eight)

Aubrey Williams is determined to forget the one night she spent with Thor McKenzie. She is a dedicated, capable nurse, and she will focus on caring for her patients instead of thinking of a big, sexy Black Bear who touched her in the night and rocked her world. But she has no idea just how much her world is about to change. When one of her patients dies mysteriously and suddenly, Aubrey finds herself caught up in a deadly operation where the stakes are higher than she could ever imagine… Thor McKenzie is a big, scarred Black Bear who has just returned to the clan from a dangerous undercover mission. Aubrey is sweet, fun and loyal, and even though he wants to claim her and spend forever with her, he knows that one night is more than he deserves with the beautiful, curvy human. There are lives hanging in the balance, not just Aubrey's. Something sinister is at work, and Thor may have to fight a battle where there can be no winners...

Prepare to be enthralled by this lyrical, achingly human debut novel about a young girl's remarkable resilience in the face of loss. Struggling to cope as her family falls apart, eleven-year-old Luz María Castillo retreats into her beloved set of Lotería cards--a Mexican game featuring riddles and vibrant images. Each card represents a different memory, and as Luz shuffles through the deck, she weaves her recollections into a compelling story of love, loyalty, tragedy, and hope.By turns affecting and inspiring, Lotería is a powerful novel that heralds the arrival of an outstanding new writer, one who reminds us of the importance of remembering, even when we are trying to forget.

Her Prince Charming?Sister Tabitha was an effi cient nurse, but when it came to matters of the heart she was less sure of herself. So when she fell in love, she had no idea how to deal with her feelings.Was that why the Dutch surgeon Marius van Beek called her Cinderella? If only Marius would ride up on a white horse and ask for her hand in marriage. But people lived happily ever after only in fairy tales, didn't they?

The first novel in a trilogy set on the border between Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late 19th century. A young woman seeks the truth behind her father's disappearanceEvery year, Augusto De Boer undertakes a treacherous journey through the Italian Alps, smuggling his family's tobacco across the border to Austria. With conditions getting harsher, he decides to take his fifteen-year-old daughter Jole along with him, teaching her how to navigate the perilous crags and valleys while avoiding the nocturnal beasts and hostile customs officers.Three years later, Jole must retrace their steps alone: her father has not returned from the border. With only her horse for company, she makes her way across the starkly beautiful mountain landscape, hoping to provide sustenance for her family and discover the truth about her father's disappearance.Bursting with hope and depair, Soul of the Border is a lyrical coming-of-age story about...

THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LOSE IT ALL AT THE TRACK A New York bar bouncer with dreams of being more, Tommy Russo jumps at the chance to join a horse-owning syndicate. But to do so he’ll have to pony up $10,000 – and that’s money he hasn’t got. So what’s an ambitious young man to do? Anything he has to… From Publishers Weekly Starr ( The Follower ) traces the life of a New York bar bouncer down on his luck in this sinister noir tale. Tommy Russo, an aspiring actor, wants in on the deal of a lifetime: purchasing a racehorse with several other backers. Gambling addict Russo barely has enough money to buy a burger, let alone contribute 10 grand, so he hocks a girlfriend's jewelry and then moves on to stealing from his boss's safe. Russo's gradual spiral down into complete degeneration is so expertly crafted that readers will be shocked to compare the hopeful actor with his final incarnation as hardened criminal. Starr expertly combines elements of hard-boiled crime novels with a dark view of human nature to create a one-of-a-kind, mesmerizing read.

We did it by playing football. Pure, beautiful, inventive football. May 1967: The summer of love. Anything seems possible. Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll... and football. Celtic FC’s home-grown team travel to Lisbon, to face the mighty Inter Milan in a bid to become champions of Europe. For their manager, Jock Stein, it is the culmination of a long personal journey which began in the darkness of the Lanarkshire coalmines. After years of hardship, despair and rejection, he has created an irresistible attacking force who are out to free European football from the stranglehold of defensive tactics. For Tim, a Celtic fanatic, the road trip to Portugal with his four friends marks a coming of age. Sixties London – and the love of a beautiful woman – is calling him, but can he leave behind his family and friends for a heady new world? The Road to Lisbon intertwines Jock and Tim’s personal accounts of the seven days up to and including that legendary night in the...

Successful executive Samantha Bradford never underestimates the opposition. So when her ex-fiance and business rival, Michael Lewis, comes back to town, she thinks she's ready for all his tricks. The confident swagger. The devastating smile. The irresistible sex appeal. And the uncompromising determination that had pulled them together--and then pushed them apart. Now they're both bidding to land the same huge account. The stakes are high...and the buzz of working together is intoxicating. But the real merger on the table is more than strictly business....