Maisie, a veterinary nurse, couldn’t believe it when her fianc? teld her he wanted to break off their engagement. She winds up losing both her love and her job in a single instant. Feeling depressed, Maisie moves to Sorrento in Italy, where a gorgeous man by the name of Blaine welcomes her. Maisie falls in love with him instantly and she begins to think that her life might not be over just yet. He seems like the ideal man for her, but for some reason Blaine just can’t promise her a future.

What No One Tells the Bride is the inside scoop--good and bad--on what it's really like being married. In these pages, journalist Marg Stark breaks the newlywed code of silence and exposes the profound adjustments brides often experience. Stark and 50 married women tell their stories--showing others how to handle turbulence on cloud nine--and reveal marital truths, such as: You don't feel like a "Mrs." Sometimes you even dream about old boyfriends. You write all the wedding gift thank-you notes. So you are doomed to your mother's life--60 years of doing more than your share? Making love is the last thing on your mind when you have the flu and haven't showered for days. But he still wants to. You tell him you got these incredible bargains and quietly resent having to justify your spending. You have shining moments when marriage feels absolutely right, but nevertheless you pine for something more. Humorous and compassionate--with advice from marriage counselors, ministers, financial advisors, and sex therapists--What No One Tells the Bride is not only a practical guide for every newly married woman, it also makes the perfect wedding shower gifts.

Blaine proposed a contract marriage to Camilla, which was going to hold validity until his real fiancee opened her eyes, and they all could go back to their various lives. 'Party A shouldn't fall in love with party B, and if any of the parties break this clause, they are going to face a huge penalty'. They both knew that wasn't going to happen, or they thought so. "Why are you messing around with me? Your job is just look pretty, and be my wife!" the cold man rumbled while glaring at Camilla, and a heavy sigh escaped her lips. "And that is what I have been doing, Mr. Sanders!" she rattled, but the man hissed, not believing it. "No, you have been doing more. You had been seducing me, and snugging into my mind!" he accused. "Was that a bad thing? So did you mean I should go away?" Camilla asked, meeting the man's fiery gaze, and she sucked in air when the man's hot palm touched her back. "No, even if you do, I am going to find you with my last breath, because you need to take responsibility for me," he says. "So what happened to the no falling in love rule," Camilla asked with a solemn look. "Trash it!" he says, crashing his lips on hers.

Fraternal twins Lenny and Cassy of modern Seattle live alternative lives in the parallel world of the Kingdom of Duscany. He is known as Prince and Master Sorcerer Leonard and she as Cassandra, the Queen of the Whelfs. While recuperating from their battle with an evil whelf called Night Shadow they visit Princess Jenna's Uncle Scapita in Kings Keep, but he has an unusual visitor named Kamp, the Blaine of Stroop Town who offers a thousand pieces of gold for his help in locating Leanne Mellot, his betrothed, who vanished ten years before. Scapita shrugs off the chore onto his niece Jenna and her friends, Lenny and Cassy, who accept the offer. They soon find that the mystery goes deeper than the ten years she's been missing, even deeper than the thousand years it's been since the old Kingdom of Eskeling was destroyed by the man-thrall. The plot goes back to the Master Sorcerer Mercilus himself. The trio of children must discover the reason why four rampaging monsters have appeared in the Whelf Fen or suffer the destruction of the Kingdom of Duscany along with their friends.

From one of the most exciting writers of fantasy adventure comes the first novel in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, a tale of unpredictable magic, battling warlords, and the lust for vengeance set in the unforgiving frozen wastes at the edge of the world. Condemned as a murderer for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine "Mick" McFadden has spent the last six years exiled in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh military discipline and the oppressive magic keep a fragile peace as colonists struggle against a hostile environment. But the supply ships from Dondareth have stopped coming, boding ill for the kingdom that banished the colonists. Now, as the world's magic runs wild, McFadden and the people of Velant must fight to survive and decide their fate . . . Praise for the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga "Epic fantasy as it was meant to be read: gripping, action packed, and larger than life. A delight for any fan of the genre!" —Rachel Aaron “Epic fantasy at its best." —Aaron Rosenberg "A vivid, engrossing tapestry woven from epic heroism, post apocalypse struggles, perilous magic and darkest fantasy. A distinct and distinctive achievement." —Juliet McKenna "A book that will take over readers' thoughts until long after the final page." —RT Book Reviews The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga Ice Forged Reign of Ash War of Shadows Shadow and Flame

A librarian with deceptively dangerous skills is sent back in time to Tzarist Russia in this “laugh-out-loud farce” and homage to Muriel Spark (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Never underestimate a librarian. Comfortable padded and in her middle years, Shona McMonagle may look bookish and harmless, but her education at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls has left her with a deadly expertise in everything from martial arts to quantum physics. It has also left her with a bone-deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, that scurrilous novel that spread scandalous untruths about the finest educational institution in Edinburgh. Shona’s skills, her deceptively mild appearance, and her passionate loyalty make her the perfect recruit for an interesting new project: time travel to Tzarist Russia, prevent a gross miscarriage of romance, and—in any spare time—see to it that only the right people get murdered. It’s a big job, but no task is too daunting for a prefect from Miss Blaine’s. “A delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime.” —The Guardian, UK

A Sci-Fi Thriller, Eden's Fallen Shaman is a portrayal of a pair of brilliant fraternal twin brothers whose love of Chemistry and Botany lead them on a journey of romance, success, global adventure and discovery. But they both share a dark and unwarranted past, genetically inherited, which relentlessly haunts them, eventually demanding a confrontation. The classic battle between good and evil severs their close relationship, evolving into one of the greatest Metaphysical feats performed by humans but ending in a plethora of misfortune.