He never thought he’d love again. She despises him. Will their fiery tempers burn them to ash or ignite their love? When Jack Harrington puts an ad in the paper for a young man to work his farm, the last person he expects to step off the train is Josephine Taylor—a spirited young woman from Manhattan. Josephine’s life has never been ideal, but it’s a shock when her brother ships her across the country. With no money and her parents gone, Josephine has no choice but to board the train to a strange new life, unaware of her brother’s deception. When Jo arrives, Jack believes she’s behind the lies her brother told to get her the job, and he’s determined to send her back to Manhattan. But always a survivor, Jo strikes a deal to stay with Jack and his children for a month and prove her worth. Jack warns Jo he runs a strict home. If she disobeys he'll slap her backside as red as a rooster's waddle. Undeterred, Jo agrees to his terms. Stubborn and willful, Jo tests Jack’s limits. But soon the struggle between them raises strange new yearnings in Jo. With every battle forged, her willpower weakens as the sexual tension grows to the point of combustion. Does Jo have the courage to fight against Jack’s guarded heart and fall into the intoxicating embrace of her truest desires? Read Breaking Josephine the enemies-to-lovers #1 Bestselling steamy romance today!

Lorenzo León Cortez and Josephine Rivers once shared a deep and wildly passionate love…until the day she left the key to his apartment on his nightstand and disappeared from his life. Shattered, he closed off his heart to love and vowed to never forgive her. Josephine left him because an unexpected pregnancy was not a part of their plan. Lorenzo had made it clear he never wanted to have children, and she did not want to burden him with the child she vowed to keep. She left the only man she had ever loved. Years later, Lorenzo is contacted by Zoie, a cute and spunky twelve-year-old girl claiming he is her father. He is stunned to discover that her mother is none other than Josephine! What once was love is now war as he fights for joint custody, angered by Josephine never telling him she was pregnant with his child. Zoie instantly captures his heart…and against his better judgment, Josephine captures his eye. As Lorenzo and Josephine learn to co-exist and co-parent, Zoie asks for one rule: her parents do not reconcile because she fears a breakup will lead to her losing the father she always yearns to know. There’s only one problem. When they agreed to the rule, they were at war, and now that they have found peace, the passion they shared in the past has been sparked with even greater intensity, making them both tempted to break their one rule…

The American playwright and actor William Gillette is best remembered today for the role of Sherlock Holmes that he first created for the stage in 1899 and played for more than thirty years. Gillette also adapted foreign plays for the American stage and wrote strong melodramas and spy stories in which he frequently appeared himself. This volume includes All the Comforts of Home (1890), Secret Service (1895) and Sherlock Holmes (1899). Gillette's sure grasp of the keys to theatrical success, together with his technical innovations, makes him an interesting and important theatre figure. In his time, as playwright and player, he achieved a new combination of melodramatic suspense with a cool, understated acting style. These three plays represent the range of his dramatic talent.

Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolism

The 'steel rape' of women is a scandal that is almost forgotten today. In Victorian England, police forces were granted powers to force any woman they suspected of being a 'common prostitute' to undergo compulsory and invasive medical examinations, while women who refused to submit willingly could be arrested and incarcerated. This scandal was exposed by Josephine Butler, an Evangelical campaigner who did not rest until she had ended the violation and helped repeal the Act that governed it. She went on to campaign against child prostitution, the trafficking of girls from Britain to Europe, and government-sponsored brothels in India. In addition, Josephine was instrumental in raising the age of consent from 13 to 16. Josephine Butler is the poignant tale of a nineteenth-century woman who challenged taboos and conventions in order to campaign for the rights of her gender. Her story is compelling – and unforgettable.