Maia and Nico are the very best of friends, spending all of their time together. When Nico and his family move far away for a little while, Maia is left with a hole in her life that she thinks will never be filled. Eventually, though, she meets a furry companion, makes a new friend and even discovers a new passion. Her life feels full once again. When it's finally time for Nico to return, Maia worries --- does she still have enough room in her life for her old friend? This heartfelt story explores complex childhood emotions: the sadness of loneliness, the uncertainty of the unknown and the joy of new experiences. A tender tale about a deeply felt friendship, Life Without Nico will win over readers of all ages.

People of color are eager for white people to deal with their racial ignorance. White people are desperate for an affirmative role in racial justice. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness helps with conversations the nation is, just now, finally starting to have.

His destiny was her. Her fate was him. But love has claws… Forced to take over a pack as their new Alpha, Nico De Lucia, has only two months to find his fated mate or risk losing his choice forever—his father will find a mate for him. But the dreams that lead him to her reveal are only fragments that make her impossible to pinpoint. Cop Carrie Mansfield is plagued by erotic dreams of a stranger who awakens a burning desire she can't control. When Carrie is injured in the line of duty, Nico saves her life by turning her into a Lycan, but the transition doesn't go smoothly. As rogue factions continue to threaten Nico's reign, Carrie struggles to accept her new reality and overwhelming connection to a man she barely knows. With time running out, Nico and Carrie must overcome their differences or risk losing everything. Nico is a steamy paranormal romance that blends pulse-pounding action, magnetic attraction, and supernatural suspense. Fans of hot alpha heroes, strong heroines, and fated love won't want to miss this addictive read.

Dangerous passion and dark secrets fly in the first in a Mafia romance series from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Castille.

Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must quell the cravings rising within her, as the very fate of the world rests in her hands… Ever since her Prime, David Solomon, returned from the dead, Miranda Grey has been hungry. The transformation from ordinary vampires into the ultrapowerful children of Persephone has left both Miranda and David craving the taste of death—and their appetites are growing. Meanwhile, a formerly vague threat from a fringe group of humans has turned into a full-on war. The Order of the Morningstar has devoted itself to eradicating vampires and has begun to assassinate Primes all over the globe. The Shadow World’s fate depends on the Circle of Signets descended from those who subdued Morningstar hundreds of years ago—but if even a single one is killed, the war is almost certainly lost. Now, with the help of a strange new ally, Miranda must put aside her hunger and access long-forgotten magic to save the Circle, but time is running out…

From USA TODAY bestselling author Alexx Andria comes the second book in the Dirty Sexy Rich series! Nico Donato, the youngest billionaire brother, will stop at nothing to get his woman… Journalist Lauren Hughes needs her job. And if that means writing a feature on Nico Donato—billionaire playboy and primo fantasy material for every straight woman with a pulse—so be it. All she has to do is not be charmed by him. Or tempted. Or invite this sexy, too-hot-to-be-true man into her real world…especially when he has the power to destroy it. The reporter Luxe magazine sent to his penthouse is not who Nico Donato expected. The woman’s gruff exterior and lack of style confuse him. For a staffer at one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, Ms. Hughes doesn’t appear chic, poised or charming. Despite himself, he’s intrigued. Few women can resist the Donato appeal, but she can—superbly. What’s her deal? When Nico sets a plan in motion to get Lauren closer to him—and inevitably into his bed—he tells himself he’s just having a little fun. But the more he gets to know Lauren, the more time he wants with her. And the more time he gets, the more he wants something he never thought to have…a true connection. Can a jaded reporter open herself up to love, and can a notorious playboy settle down for the right woman? “Dare is Harlequin’s hottest line yet. Every book should come with a free fan. I dare you to try them!” —Tiffany Reiz, international bestselling author Sexy. Passionate. Bold. Discover Harlequin DARE, a new line of fun, edgy and sexually explicit romances for the fearless female.

An investigation of attitudes toward -- and unease with -- Information Technology, as reflected in recent German-language literature. Despite our embrace of the sheer utility and productivity it has made possible, the revolution in Information Technology has led to unease about its possible misuse, abuse, and even its eventual domination of humankind. That German culture is not immune to this sense of disquiet is reflected in a broad variety of German-language fiction since the 1940s. This first study of the literary reception of IT in German-speaking lands begins with an analysis of a seminal novel from the beginning of the computer age, Heinrich Hauser's Gigant Hirn (1948), then moves to its primary focus, the literature of the past two decades, ranging from Gerd Heidenreich's Die Nacht der Händler (1995) to Daniel Glattauer's novel Gut gegen Nordwind (2006). Along the way, it analyzes eleven works, including Barbara Frischmuth's novel Die Schrift des Freundes (1998), René Pollesch's drama world wide web-slums (2001), and Günter Grass's novella Im Krebsgang (2003). As wildly different in approach as these works are, each has much to offer this investigation of the imaginary border dividing the human from the technological, a lingering, centuries-old construct created to ease the anxiety that technology has given rise to throughout the ages. Paul A. Youngman is Associate Professor of German at the University of North Carolina-Charlotteand Director of the Center for Humanities, Technology, and Science.