Phoenix, Arizona was supposed to offer me freedom. From my mother, from my life that she loves to remind me has amounted to nothing. I decided to spend an extended vacation in town during my friend Ken’s wedding, see him get his happily ever after, then head back home to Ohio to fix my failure of a life. But after one grave mistake on Camelback Mountain, I find myself lost in my savior Aimee’s captivating eyes. She’s a vanlifer who can’t stay in once place for long. Does this wanderer run through lovers like she does towns? The Arizona sunshine has warmed my bones after a stint exploring the bitter cold of Minnesota. Soon, I find myself itching to travel again on my never-ending life on the road. But a life like that has left me lonely and at the first touch from another person in as long as I can remember, suddenly I’ve got everything on hold for Cris, a woman I barely know. Valentine’s Day is well under way putting thoughts in my head that we have a chance together. Can I get this tragic beauty to start a new life on the road with me? Cris and Aimee’s Valentine Promise is part of Max Watson’s Bubble Bath Romance collection. Each standalone short story is intended to be read in one sitting—in a hot and steamy bubble bath! Each book features steamy romance with an HEA.

Holistic nutritionist and highly-regarded blogger Sarah Britton presents a refreshing, straight-forward approach to balancing mind, body, and spirit through a diet made up of whole foods. Sarah Britton's approach to plant-based cuisine is about satisfaction--foods that satiate on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. Based on her knowledge of nutrition and her love of cooking, Sarah Britton crafts recipes made from organic vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. She explains how a diet based on whole foods allows the body to regulate itself, eliminating the need to count calories. My New Roots draws on the enormous appeal of Sarah Britton's blog, which strikes the perfect balance between healthy and delicious food. She is a "whole food lover," a cook who makes simple accessible plant-based meals that are a pleasure to eat and a joy to make. This book takes its cues from the rhythms of the earth, showcasing 100 seasonal recipes. Sarah simmers thinly sliced celery root until it mimics pasta for Butternut Squash Lasagna, and whips up easy raw chocolate to make homemade chocolate-nut butter candy cups. Her recipes are not about sacrifice, deprivation, or labels--they are about enjoying delicious food that's also good for you.

"A fresh look at infidelity, broadening the focus from the havoc it wreaks within a committed relationship to consider also why people do it, what it means to them, and why breaking up is the expected response to duplicity — but not necessarily the wisest one.” — LA Review of Books From iconic couples’ therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity comes a provocative and controversial look at infidelity with practical, honest, and empathetic advice for how to move beyond it. An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. What are we to make of this time-honored taboo—universally forbidden yet universally practiced? Why do people cheat—even those in happy marriages? Why does an affair hurt so much? When we say infidelity, what exactly do we mean? Do our romantic expectations of marriage set us up for betrayal? Is there such a thing as an affair-proof marriage? Is it possible to love more than one person at once? Can an affair ever help a marriage? Perel weaves real-life case stories with incisive psychological and cultural analysis in this fast-paced and compelling book. For the past ten years, Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have grappled with infidelity. Betrayal hurts, she writes, but it can be healed. An affair can even be the doorway to a new marriage—with the same person. With the right approach, couples can grow and learn from these tumultuous experiences, together or apart. Affairs, she argues, have a lot to teach us about modern relationships—what we expect, what we think we want, and what we feel entitled to. They offer a unique window into our personal and cultural attitudes about love, lust, and commitment. Through examining illicit love from multiple angles, Perel invites readers into an honest, enlightened, and entertaining exploration of modern marriage in its many variations. Fiercely intelligent, The State of Affairs provides a daring framework for understanding the intricacies of love and desire. As Perel observes, “Love is messy; infidelity more so. But it is also a window, like no other, into the crevices of the human heart.”

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.

Blue and I, we've been through everything together. She's been my best friend ever since I can remember, all the way through now, our senior year of high school. And she still has no idea that I'm in love with her. When she asks to have her first time with me, only because she trusts me so much, I'm not sure I can go through with it. That must be why she got me drunk before making me promise I would. But it turns out to be the best decision-drunk or not-that I've ever made. Now that we've had our first time, Blue wants to be friends with benefits. One step closer to a real relationship.But then my worst nightmare comes true. She stops speaking to me. Just like that, she wants nothing to do with me. Does she know the truth of my love for her but she doesn't feel the same? If only things could go back to how they used to be?if only I had never made that promise.Years pass and everything is a blur. Will I ever be able to tell fantasy from reality? Nothing makes sense anymore. All I have ever wanted, all I continue to yearn for, is Blue. Now, she's out of reach more than ever before.Fall in love with Black and Blue in The Drunken Promise, a steamy romance novella that explores coming-of-age love, heartbreak, overcoming tragedy, and rebuilding what was once lost.

Presents portraits of the people whose lives were lost in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center as published in "The New York Times," including four hundred additional portraits published since February 2002.

CMJ New Music Report is the primary source for exclusive charts of non-commercial and college radio airplay and independent and trend-forward retail sales. CMJ's trade publication, compiles playlists for college and non-commercial stations; often a prelude to larger success.