Dark. Mysterious. Gorgeous. Loved by all the girls. Respected by all the guys. ...that was Kian Maston. As the heir to a billion dollar empire, his future was promising until the day he saved my life. Everything changed for both of us, and there was one more word that could be used to describe him—dangerous. The nation fell in love with him while falling in hate with me. He was sent to prison, and as far as they were concerned, it was my fault. I was forced to go into hiding until today. Kian\'s being released from prison, and he should go back to being the golden boy he always was supposed to be. I should remain in hiding, living my life as normal as could be. That\'s what we should do... 

THE BILLION DOLLAR PLAN ~ Incongruity Series book 1Are you ready for the Incongruity Series?A plan especially made to tailor suit a master - mind, they have to make sure that it's snatched for the gods.**********BLURB**********"Pain is a strange company keeper. It brings the oddest people together. It transcends every other difference we might have between us" ~~ Bishop T. D JakesThere is nothing more appealing than a confident, self-assured man.A man who knows exactly what he wants. Knows how he is going to get what he wants. But most importantly, knows how he will include you in the mix of things.It was my plan initially. Tirelessly and gruesomely orchestrated over a long period of time. It was just me alone against this crazy world. Then, unbeknown to me, other plans were in play and circumstances happened.  I thought we met on the dime of fate but I couldn't have been further from the truth. Fate doesn't bring you a green eyed Adonis out of nowhere. I'm too well versed with fate to understand that much. Men like Gideon Black don't just pop up in your life, unless of course, they planned to be in it. For their own selfish reasons. I can't believe I hadn't seen that. Honestly, he is simply a god within his own right. So, what couldn't he do? What did I think would happen when I bumped into him, literally? It sure wasn't this. The thing that I'm most furious about is that he knew. He knew all along who I was, what I carried within myself. And he also knew what I wanted, what I desperately needed. Revenge. And now he has the audacity to tell me something different.  Blind siding me, making me feel the sting of betrayal. Lying to me when we made an oath to each other.  He was the last person on earth that I expected would lie to me. But then again, was Gideon Black, with all his charisma and appeal; an ally or a foe? How else will this multi-billion dollar plan work without trust or at the very least, honesty?  How will we both get revenge without burning each other?  *****************************The Billion Dollar Plan is the first installment in the Incongruity Series.

How To Redeem The World’s Richest Playboy? Marry A Cinderella!Fantastically wealthy Thanos Stathakis almost has it all. He requires just one last company to complete his empire. But to acquire it, he must counter his scandalous reputation–with a wife! His executive assistant, Alice, is the perfect choice–oh-so-respectable and in need of financial support for her family. He persuades her their vows are purely for show. Until he lifts Alice’s veil and their intense, electrifying kiss complicates everything…Step Into The Greek's Decadent World With This Emotional Cinderella Story

This collection of science fiction short stories includes: The Nine Billion Names of God I Remember Babylon Trouble with Time Rescue Party The Curse Summertime on Icarus Dog Star Hide and Seek Out of the Sun The Wall of Darkness No Morning After The Possessed Death and the Senator Who's There? Before Eden Superiority A Walk in the Dark The Call of the Stars The Reluctant Orchid Encounter at Dawn "If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..." The Sentinel Transience The Star

The billionaire, the matchmaker and their off-limits attraction... USA TODAY bestselling author Melanie Milburne brings us a marriage of convenience romance, inspired by Jane Austen's classic Emma.What if the woman he wants... Is the one finding his bride? When Matteo Vitale strides into matchmaker Emmaline Woodcroft's office, he has an unusual request. He must marry and father an heir if he's to inherit his family estate. After his first marriage ended tragically, what he needs is a wife who isn't looking for love! To understand her enigmatic client, Emmie accepts an invitation to his Italian villa. As she gets closer to the real Matteo, for once she gives in to desire. The trouble is, Emmie knows she can't be the bride Matteo's looking for...From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.

The man with the iron will...Meets the woman who will change his life!All the money in the world couldn't save Leonidas from the pain—and guilt—of losing his loved ones. Since then, he's forbidden himself all pleasure in life. Until he meets enchanting innocent Hannah at a lavish party in Greece...Reeling from the discovery of her fiancé's infidelity, Hannah is determined to swear off men. But her instant chemistry with Leonidas is undeniable. And for one night, they break all their rules, indulging in red-hot oblivion—with inescapably powerful consequences...

Based on face-to-face interviews with over 20 self-made billionaires. There are thousands of books on millionaire thinking. The knowledge they offer isn't enough to get you to the highest ranks of wealth. The richest people of our times are billionaires. Only 1 in 5 million world citizens belongs to this group. Billionaires are extremely rare, and their mindset differs hugely from that of ordinary millionaires. "The Billion Dollar Secret" offers firsthand knowledge of billionaire entrepreneurs told in their own words. Never before has someone interviewed 20+ self-made billionaires across the world for a book project. The author worked for years with some of the very best entrepreneurs on the planet and distilled their secrets into 20 mental principles that enabled them to start from zero and create billions of dollars in value during one life span. This book gives you the road map to follow their path to extreme wealth and success. "There is no other...

Could the island doc's convenient groom...become her forever? Find out in Marion Lennox's latest billionaire Harlequin Medical Romance with a difference! SAVING THE DOCTOR'S CHARITY...WITH "I DO"! Forced into a convenient union to claim a lifesaving billion-dollar legacy, ophthalmologist Seb and GP Jodie agree their marriage will begin and end with their wedding! Neither believes in happily-ever-after—how can they when life has taught them such tough lessons? But once they start living together, it's impossible to keep their barriers in place. And an unexpected passion is quickly unleashed! Dare this fake bride...become a real wife?From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine.

They're having a baby, but will it save their marriage...? Find out in this steamy romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Dani Collins. A good Greek marriage needs an heir Only this baby comes at a price! Sasha married billionaire Rafael Zamos to escape her stepfather's control. But is the gilded cage of her convenient union any better? Lost within their marital facade, Sasha fiercely protects her heart while surrendering to her husband's intoxicating touch... Might a child bring them closer? Sasha knows they'd both dote on a baby, yet heartbreakingly they're unable to conceive. She finds her and Rafael a surrogate from the dark shadows of her past. Yet a secret threatens to destroy the very foundations of Sasha's carefully curated world... From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.Read all the Bound by a Surrogate Baby books: Book 1: The Baby His Secretary...

Why do citizens of states with strict surveillance care so little about their digital privacy? Why do Brazilians eschew geo-tagging on social media? What drives young Indians to friend "foreign" strangers on Facebook and give "missed calls" to people? Payal Arora answers these questions and many more about the internet's next billion users.

To understand continental drift and plate tectonics, the shifting and collisions that make and unmake continents, requires a long view. The Earth, after all, is 4.6 billion years old. This book extends our vision to take in the greatest geological cycle of all—one so vast that our species will probably be extinct long before the current one ends in about 250 million years. And yet this cycle, the grandest pattern in Nature, may well be the fundamental reason our species—or any complex life at all—exists. This book explores the Supercontinent Cycle from scientists' earliest inkling of the phenomenon to the geological discoveries of today—and from the most recent fusing of all of Earth's landmasses, Pangaea, on which dinosaurs evolved, to the next. Chronicling a 500-million-year cycle, Ted Nield introduces readers to some of the most exciting science of our time. He describes how, long before plate tectonics were understood, geologists first guessed at these vanishing landmasses and came to appreciate the significance of the fusing and fragmenting of supercontinents. He also uses the story of the supercontinents to consider how scientific ideas develop, and how they sometimes escape the confines of science. Nield takes the example of the recent Indian Ocean tsunami to explain how the whole endeavor of science is itself a supercontinent, whose usefulness in saving human lives, and life on Earth, depends crucially on a freedom to explore the unknown. (20071001)ReviewTed Nield tells the fascinating story of how the world has been made – and re-made – through billions of years of geological time. Geology underpins everything, yet the history of the continents on which we live has remained almost neglected. Nield has put this right with his imaginative and dynamic account of the movements of plates, and the assembly of the familiar world from an unfamiliar past. --Richard Fortey, author of Earth: An Intimate History (20071130)'The four dimensional complexities of our happy little planet - "earth's immeasurable surprise" - are made elegantly accessible by Ted Nield in this truly exceptional book. At least until the next major discovery it deserves to become the standard work, ideal for students of the subject, and hugely enjoyable to those for whom the world remains an unfathomable enigma.--Simon Winchester (20071006)For centuries, people have dreamed of lost continents. Today, the author of this fascinating book shows, geologists can detect evidence of a continuing cycle of formation, breakup and reformation of one giant landmass--a supercontinent--over billions of years. Nield, editor of Geoscientist magazine, imagines what these supercontinents might have looked like and tells the stories of the scientists who have discovered and studied them...Making highly technical material understandable, Nield explains why "the Earth's Supercontinent Cycle matters to everyone, everywhere." (Publishers Weekly 20071201)Both informative and entertaining. [Nield] has thought well outside any academic box, touching on a huge diversity of topics...Nield relates many subjects that are currently major foci of research in Earth history to his theme.--Kevin Burke (Science 20071230)One of the best popularizations of geology...Giv[es] us a sense of the ancient yet powerful forces underneath us.--P. D. Smith (The Guardian 20071004)A fascinating and eye-opening book...In a most engaging way, Nield reveals how science has unraveled the complex evolution of our planet's surface, and presents the reader with a tantalizing glimpse of the Earth of the distant future. (BBC Focus )A book that examines the romance of its subject alongside its hard science... If you don't know much about how the planet's crust works, Nield's book will teach you the basics...He rocks.--Helen Brown (Daily Telegraph )An accessible account of how the Earth has several times consisted of a single island landmass and will again, in about 250 million years.--Peter Calamai (Toronto Star )As a geologist turned science journalist, editor and provocative blogger, Ted Nield has a complex view of life and science. His skills as a writer successfully convey in Supercontinent the recent exciting work in grand-scale geoscience to a wide scientific audience...The attempted reconstructions of past and future continents and oceans is a major field of activity in contemporary geoscience. To handle it without oversimplification or getting lost in a maze of detail is no small accomplishment.--David Oldroyd (Nature ) About the AuthorTed Nield is Editor of Geoscientist magazine, and Science and Communications Officer, Geological Society of London.

"I don't give a sh** about money, unless it can buy me a better steak or get me out of jail."LUCASI might be a brand new billionaire, but I'll be damned if I'm going to take charm lessons from former socialite "Sexy Lexi Kink-ade." She's getting under my skin, but now I'm stripping away her veneer to find the woman underneath.ALEXISRedeeming Luke's bad boy image is my job, but there's something seductive about a man who can fight in a tuxedo and scare away paparazzi. I might be living hand to mouth these days, but his mouth on my hand isn't helping...Welcome to the first meeting of the Billionaire Book Club—because even the wealthy need help to read between the lines.Disclaimer: No books or billionaires were harmed in the creation of this hot, heart-stopping romance.

The Eighty-five Billion Euro Man is here to save Ireland from the Irish! Can he sort out our finances before it's too late, or is his mission doomed before it even begins? When Ajai Chopra and his gang of grey suits from the IMF roll into town, questions are asked at the Department of Finance. Why does everyone do their sums in their heads? Why is Mystic Meg listed on the payroll as a consultant? And why does the country appear to be down to its last fiver? One unfortunate bean counter is left behind to clean up the mess. As the country edges ever closer to bankruptcy, he is forced to deal with a cast of senior civil servants and politicians whose bubble has yet to burst. Chief among them is Dermot Mulhearn, head honcho at the Department of Finance. He presided over the boom and he's in no humour to give up his perks now that the Celtic Tiger is dead and buried. Whether it's dining out in Michelin-star restaurants or taking the government jet to Rome for Bunga Bunga parties,...

Austin Bronson’s a wolf on the way out. Dark visions cloud his mind, and there’s no place in the world for a rogue shifter. It’s only a matter of time before his pack has to put him down - or die trying. The one bright spot in his life is curvy fox shifter Savannah Orman, rival bounty hunter, smart-mouthed pain in the ass, and the only thing he’ll miss when it’s over. Too bad she doesn’t know how much Austin yearns for just one night with her before he gives in to the darkness. And even worse - when the two of them have to go after the same mark, the only woman he’s ever cared about is now his rival in a game with life or death consequences. Can Austin convince the world’s most stubborn redhead that their interests are aligned, or will he be the one with the target painted on his back?

*The Billionaire’s Club: a fabulously sexy contemporary series about some of the world’s wealthiest, most powerful men and the women they claim…and keep.*　Jax Morrow is a dangerously handsome, spectacularly wealthy entrepreneur whose world is turned upside down when Pandora Garret walks into a dark, smoky bar one night—a stunning combination of sex and innocence. He knows she’s trouble at first sight, but Jax can’t let her leave…unless she’s leaving with him.　Pandora has had enough. Kept under lock and key by her powerful, controlling father, she aches for freedom. When she briefly escapes and meets Jax she knows he is just what she has been looking for: forbidden, unforgettable passion. After one night in Jax’s arms, Pandora knows she can never go back to living under one man’s domination. Determined to control her own life she tries to resist Jax, but a dangerous desire rises between them—one that threatens to destroy them. But both Pandora and Jax discover that they just can’t be pulled away…

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history The Dead Hand comes the riveting story of a spy who cracked open the Soviet military research establishment and a penetrating portrait of the CIA’s Moscow station, an outpost of daring espionage in the last years of the Cold War   While driving out of the American embassy in Moscow on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station heard a knock on his car window. A man on the curb handed him an envelope whose contents stunned U.S. intelligence: details of top-secret Soviet research and developments in military technology that were totally unknown to the United States. In the years that followed, the man, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer in a Soviet military design bureau, used his high-level access to hand over tens of thousands of pages of technical secrets. His revelations allowed America to reshape its weapons systems to defeat Soviet radar on the ground and in the air, giving the United States near total superiority in the skies over Europe.   One of the most valuable spies to work for the United States in the four decades of global confrontation with the Soviet Union, Tolkachev took enormous personal risks—but so did the Americans. The CIA had long struggled to recruit and run agents in Moscow, and Tolkachev was a singular breakthrough. Using spy cameras and secret codes as well as face-to-face meetings in parks and on street corners, Tolkachev and his handlers succeeded for years in eluding the feared KGB in its own backyard, until the day came when a shocking betrayal put them all at risk.    Drawing on previously secret documents obtained from the CIA and on interviews with participants, David Hoffman has created an unprecedented and poignant portrait of Tolkachev, a man motivated by the depredations of the Soviet state to master the craft of spying against his own country. Stirring, unpredictable, and at times unbearably tense, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting that unfolds like an espionage thriller.**

Austin Bronson’s a wolf on the way out. Dark visions cloud his mind, and there’s no place in the world for a rogue shifter. It’s only a matter of time before his pack has to put him down - or die trying. The one bright spot in his life is curvy fox shifter Savannah Orman, rival bounty hunter, smart-mouthed pain in the ass, and the only thing he’ll miss when it’s over. Too bad she doesn’t know how much Austin yearns for just one night with her before he gives in to the darkness. And even worse - when the two of them have to go after the same mark, the only woman he’s ever cared about is now his rival in a game with life or death consequences. Can Austin convince the world’s most stubborn redhead that their interests are aligned, or will he be the one with the target painted on his back?

Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the remarkable story of John Miller, one of America’s foremost migratory beekeepers, and the myriad and mysterious epidemics threatening American honeybee populations.In luminous, razor-sharp prose, Nordhaus explores the vital role that honeybees play in American agribusiness, the maintenance of our food chain, and the very future of the nation. With an intimate focus and incisive reporting, in a book perfect for fans of Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation, Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire,and John McPhee’s Oranges, Nordhaus’s stunning exposé illuminates one the most critical issues facing the world today,offering insight, information, and, ultimately, hope.“You’ll never think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again.” —Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of Lobsters

"This chronicle of 2012 is a slice of what happened during a watershed year for the Hollywood movie industry. It's not the whole story, but it's a mosaic of what went on, and why, and of where things are heading."What changed in one Hollywood year to produce a record-breaking box office after two years of decline? How can the Sundance Festival influence a film's fate, as it did for Beasts of the Southern Wild and Searching for Sugar Man, which both went all the way to the Oscars? Why did John Carter misfire and The Hunger Games succeed? How did maneuvers at festivals such as South by Southwest (SXSW), Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and New York and at conventions such as CinemaCon and Comic-Con benefit Amour, Django Unchained, Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Misérables, The Life of Pi, The Avengers, Lincoln, and Argo? What jeopardized...

SUMMARY: Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. By examining fossils and DNA, Shubin shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genome look and function like those of worms and bacteria.--From publisher description.

Doomed from the start... Nikos Demakis and Cassia Andrade were married under a billion-dollar company merger contract. Nikos isn't ready to give up his playboy lifestyle, and Cassia is far from the glittering socialite that their elite circle expects. Events force them to live separate lives. Ten years later, Nikos is ready to give it all up and settle down with the wife he only sees once a year. Cassia is also ready to settle down...just not with Nikos. Will Cassia once again surrender herself to the man who scarred her forever? Or will she give up her inherited fortune to leave and never look back? Will they still be able to fulfill the terms of their billion-dollar marriage contract, when death and danger stalk them at every turn?**

The Billionaire’s Club: a fabulously sexy contemporary series about some of the world’s wealthiest, most powerful men and the women they claim…and keep.Donovan Morrow, the charming, loveable, sexy face of the Morrow company, can’t seem to get a break. Despite all the wining and dining he does for his partners—both in business and in bed—he feels underappreciated. Always coming in second to big brother Jax, he’s considered the playboy of the family, and not someone to be taken seriously. Even more frustrating is when Victoria de Winter, the sexy, sultry manager of the Morrow’s company biggest rival, won’t give him the time of day or night. If only Donovan could show her how his darkest desires revolve around her, she wouldn’t keep blowing him off…Victoria has always been a good girl. Working hard for the family business and engaged to a respectable man her parents approve of, Victoria thought she had her whole life figured out. That is, until Donovan Morrow entered her life. Victoria knows she shouldn’t lust after him—a direct competitor of her family and a notorious playboy, Donovan is all wrong for the stable life she has carved out for herself. But if this hot billionaire keeps pursuing her, Victoria can only resist for so long before she has to explore his darker, wilder side…Don't miss Jax's story in The Billion Dollar Bachelor, available now!  And Sean's story in The Billionaire Biker coming in April 2014.

In The Billion Dollar Player by Mandy Baxter, Jase Blackwell, starting tight end for the Dallas Cowboys, is a pro when it comes to football—and to women. Never one to shy away from a challenge, "Billion Dollar Blackwell" is finally able to get the cute waitress he’s had his eye on out for a little fun. But when their steamy encounters inspire Jase to play better than he ever has before, he has to wonder if this exciting woman is more than just a good luck charm… Avery Lockhart doesn’t understand why a pro football player would want to go out with her. Incredibly wealthy and undeniably sexy, Jase Blackwell is everything she thinks she’s not. Getting a little closer to this enigmatic billionaire, however, proves too much for Avery to resist. But as their passion heats up, so does Jase’s game play, and soon, the rumors start to fly. Is Avery only being kept around to ease Jace’s pre-game superstitions? Or, like she believes, does their connection run deeper…?

A brand-new novella-length entry in Ian Douglas's*Warstrider universe!* Warstrider: The Ten Billion Gods In Heaven Decades after their declaration of independence, the colony planets that formed the Confederation remain outnumbered by Earth's Japan-dominated Empire. But a new discovery could shake the balance of power. A solar system-spanning fragment of the galaxy-wide artificial intelligence called the Web has been located within reach of human civilization, but no one knows whether it's peaceful, hostile, or entirely indifferent to events on a human scale. Confederation and Imperial forces race to make contact and attempt an alliance with the alien machine that could swing humanity's conflict one way or the other. But if this proves impossible, each force will settle for making sure the other side does not survive the confrontation, by any means necessary.**