I'm the good Gilroy.Not the serious one--the control freak who doesn't know how to smile and had his entire life planned before he was old enough to drink and certainly not the one who runs around sticking his d**k into anything with a pulse.I'm Patrick Gilroy.Thoughtful. Considerate. Dependable.Mr. Nice Guy.That's how Cari used to see me.But that was before.Before she moved in and made my life a living hell. Made me want things I'd convinced myself I could never have. Things that made me question who I really am.And how far I'm willing to go to get them.Because I never wanted to be just her friend. I've always wanted more.A lot more.Now that she's pushed me over the edge, she's going to find out just how much.Now that I've had her, I'm not going to stop until I take it all.Now I'm going to finish what Cari started.No more Mr. Nice Guy.**Warning** This 90k words romance novel is intended for mature (18+) audiences only! You've been warned!**This full-length novel is the SECOND in a series and resolved the cliffhanger in book one, PUSHING PATRICK. There is no cheating and ends in HEA.**

In the tradition of her acclaimed mother, Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me, bestselling author Leslie Rule exposes the trail of a sadistic sociopath, identity thief, and killer . . . It was a bleak November in 2012 when Cari Farver, thirty-seven, vanished from Omaha, Nebraska. Texts sent indicated that the hardworking mother had quit her job, abandoned her son, and cut ties with everyone. Cari’s boyfriend, Dave Kroupa, accepted the breakup at face value. Her mother, Nancy Raney, however, had doubts. “I need to hear your voice,” Nancy begged. When the texter refused to speak, Nancy reported Cari missing. While no one saw or spoke to Cari, more than 12,000 sinister emails and texts were sent in her name over the next years. Police believed Dave and his girlfriend, Shanna “Liz” Golyar, when they reported that the missing woman was cyberstalking them. The tormentor was eerily aware of Dave’s every move, knew when Liz visited and threatened the couple. It never occurred to Dave that Cari was a victim—that the real stalker had killed before, and was planning to kill again. Leslie Rule tracks the heart-pounding path to long-awaited justice—from a twisted past to the deadly deception and the high-tech forensics that condemned the killer to prison. “Rule's first true crime book hits the mark.” —Katherine Ramsland, author of Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader the BTK Killer “A deft, fascinating true crime story of obsession.” —Library Journal (Starred Review) With a New Update by the Author Includes Reading Group Guide

Get in. Get some. Get out. What could go wrong? Everything. Everything can go wrong. Especially when, still reeling from an ill-timed break-up, I say yes to the hottest guy in the bar and he turns out to be the ridiculously sexy younger brother - and surprisingly capable manny - of Hollywood's hottest leading man, Landon Trask—who also happens to be my new boss. In the blink of an eye, Lex McLeod goes from hot one-night stand to hostile housemate who seems hellbent on seeing me fail... when he isn't luring me into the pool house and talking me out of my panties, that is. Lex has made it clear he’s not above fighting dirty to get what he wants and what he wants is me gone - by any means necessary. That’s okay - I can handle the fighting. If my ex-boyfriend taught me anything it’s that I’m tougher than I look. What I can’t handle is all the dirty things Lex whispers in my ear between rounds or that it’s suddenly not just my job on the line - it’s my heart.

For six year old Nicky Stowe, life was a mixed bag of good times in the world around her and a nightmare at home. But, she found hope in form of her little sister Sammi and a beautiful mommy for hire named Melanie Swan. Nicky found how to get back what she needed the most, her family, and a way to become royalty with a simple request. She found the way to be a princess just by asking and got a sweet visit from the King of the Universe. Is this as real as Melanie believed and could Nicky really become a princess? Is this something for anyone who wants it? And what is it like to be the King daughter? Is it a fairy tale or real life? Nicky found that it’s both. Read how simple little girl Became the King’s daughter. Maybe you can too if you just ask. Like Bill said to Nicky, it never hurts to ask.

My name hasn’t always been Logan and I haven’t always been a Bright. Once upon a time, my name was Matthew Collins and my father is The Family Man, one of the most brutal and notorious serial killer this country has ever known. When I was nine years old, he killed my mother… and then he just kept on killing. Who I am has always been a secret. What I’ve been through and the things that I’ve seen have always been off-limits. Something I don’t talk about. Not with anyone—not even my brothers—and if anyone gets too close to the truth about me or if one of father’s followers manages to find me, I do what I always do. I run. That’s what I should be doing right now. I should be running. Because not only does Jane Halstead know every one of my dark family secrets, she’s determined to drag them and me into the light. Jane knows everything about me but it doesn’t seem to matter. Every time I try to put any sort of distance between us, scare her into leaving me alone, she just closes the gap and refuses to listen. She keeps getting closer and closer. Throws off the delicate balance between who I really am and who I pretend to be. Even though I’m the monster, Jane’s the one who scares me and I hate her for it . But not nearly as much as I want her.

Since the early 2000s, global, underground networks of insurrectionary anarchists have carried out thousands of acts of political violence. This book is an exploration of the ideas, strategies, and history of these political actors that engage in a confrontation with the oppressive powers of the state and capital. This book challenges the reader to consider the historically ignored articulations put forth by those who communicate through sometimes violent political acts-vandalism, sabotage, arson and occasional use of explosives. These small acts of violence are announced and contextualized through written communiqués, which are posted online, translated, and circulated globally. This book offers the first contemporary history of these digitally-mediated networks, and seeks to locate this tendency within anti-state struggles from the past.

Claims reserving is central to the insurance industry. Insurance liabilities depend on a number of different risk factors which need to be predicted accurately. This prediction of risk factors and outstanding loss liabilities is the core for pricing insurance products, determining the profitability of an insurance company and for considering the financial strength (solvency) of the company. Following several high-profile company insolvencies, regulatory requirements have moved towards a risk-adjusted basis which has lead to the Solvency II developments. The key focus in the new regime is that financial companies need to analyze adverse developments in their portfolios. Reserving actuaries now have to not only estimate reserves for the outstanding loss liabilities but also to quantify possible shortfalls in these reserves that may lead to potential losses. Such an analysis requires stochastic modeling of loss liability cash flows and it can only be done within a stochastic framework. Therefore stochastic loss liability modeling and quantifying prediction uncertainties has become standard under the new legal framework for the financial industry. This book covers all the mathematical theory and practical guidance needed in order to adhere to these stochastic techniques. Starting with the basic mathematical methods, working right through to the latest developments relevant for practical applications; readers will find out how to estimate total claims reserves while at the same time predicting errors and uncertainty are quantified. Accompanying datasets demonstrate all the techniques, which are easily implemented in a spreadsheet. A practical and essential guide, this book is a must-read in the light of the new solvency requirements for the whole insurance industry.