Sometimes being first isn’t what you expected. Seventeen-year-old ballerina Emilia Moretti is tired of always being second best. And she’s going to prove the world she deserves to be first. In her upcoming School of the Performing Arts showcase. In the eyes of her birth parents. And in the heart of the guy she loves. She spends hours rehearsing, hours dreaming about becoming number one, hours imagining how her entire life is about to change. But when nothing goes the way she planned, she’ll need to realize what it really means to be first. Eighteen-year-old Nick Grawski doesn’t want to follow Daddy Dearest’s rules any longer. He's going to prove he's meant to be a dancer—not a lawyer—and he is not going to stay away from Em just because his father demands it. He needs to show Em that—this time around—he’s there to stay and that he won’t break her heart again. Even when her world goes down to shit, even when he finds out his dad may have been trying to protect him all along, even if being there for one another is harder than falling in love. ALWAYS SECOND BEST is a novel of hope and heartbreak and broken dreams. It’s a YA romance novel about falling in love and discovering that being first isn’t always what matters.

Love or Music… Which should they choose and what price do they have to pay? After a sell-out tour, Joe Killeen, lead guitarist and Tully’s trusted confidant, should be over the moon at the band’s success. Instead he’s worried about finances. None of them realised the costs were spiralling out of control. Now they need a hit to get them back on their feet. The problem is their biggest songs so far are the ones Kit and Tully wrote together, but Kit isn’t in the band and Joe doesn’t want her writing any more of their songs. Tully can’t write without Kit’s help and, as tension rises within the band, something has to give. Which will it be, love or music?

Always the second choice and never the bride - even at her own wedding?Olivia Lymington never liked her sister, but twins are always supposed to be close. Now Isabella is engaged to the charming and handsome Colin Vaughn, Duke of Larnwick, and Olivia is forced to act as chaperone until the big day. That's why, when Isabella goes missing, the entire Lymington family considers it Olivia's responsibility to find her wayward twin.Colin Vaughn, Duke of Larnwick, is tired of waiting for Isabella to become his bride, and now she's gone, he's outraged. He'll track her down if it's the last thing he'll do - and make her marry him. But the journey is throwing up some unexpected surprises; namely, the delectable identical twin sister of his missing bride.It's out of the shadows and into the spotlight for Olivia but she's hardly eager to accept the attentions of a Duke she knows will have to marry her sister. He's determined to fight his desire. She's not convinced that he really understands she is not Isabella. It's a war of wills and is it possible for the two of them to win - or for disaster to fall on them both.Can Olivia accept that she is no longer second choice, or will Colin's appreciation for the second Lymington twin be his own undoing?

High school cheerleader Chelsea seeks revenge against her younger sister's rock-and-roller boyfriend after he embarrasses her once too often, but when she falls for his older brother, things become really complicated.

Our Fated Century is a kaleidoscopic scan of events and attitudes that have affected us and our fellow earthly travelers during the tumultuous period from 1917 to 2017. During this period, the earth, its people, and their ideas have been ever-changing, and our horizon has shifted from Earth to the universe. The author has had extensive experience in various work and life environments, study, teaching, clinical practice in surgery, medical research, travel, and social interaction. He invites the reader to share in wide-ranging observations and information. In addition, he leaves for his successors cogent suggestions for further study and scientific investigations. The author leaves us with the ancient query Quo vadis? But he appends some guideposts!

Bookshelves are filled with warm and fuzzy titles authored by psychologists and family counselors. Their message is to teach how to listen to each other and improve the relationship. Before You Say I Do, Again is not a how-to book to get back together or to stay together. Instead it takes the gloves off and provides insight as to the issues one must consider before walking down the aisle a second time. Tackling a serious subject, but presented in a sometimes whimsical fashion, it puts the brakes on the wedding ceremony and provides the reader with the questions that must be answered before he or she drives down the path of destruction.

THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF SIX STANDALONE ROMANCES. Elaine Montgomery has been widowed for sixteen years and has no intention of starting a new relationship. Her five children and numerous grandchildren bring her all the joy she needs. That is until she has to return to Guyana after thirty-five years and runs into Douglas Langevine. He was her first love but he broke her heart by marrying someone else when his parents threatened to disinherit him. After years filled with bitterness and regret, Douglas seizes the chance to make amends to Elaine. He knows that he unforgivably broke her heart and injured her pride, but she was his first love and he’s never loved anyone as much. He’s not going to miss his second chance at claiming her as his. He’s going to ensure that she’s Caught at Christmas!