Alexei Rastov is the most vile, evil, despicable man in the world...And my father tried to force me to marry him.Dragged down the aisle, I prayed to God, to anyone, to save me from a lifetime of cruelty and abuse.Then he came... a force of nature...Disrupting the ceremony with a storm of gunfire and death.Massive, powerful, and handsome, the enemy of my enemy has promised me his protection if I agree to give myself to him.But sometimes the devil you know is safer than the dark angel who wants you in his bed...

It only took one rowdy night with his brothers to flip Griffin's world upside down. One unlucky encounter saddled them with a family curse and the promise of doomed relationships. Word spread quickly, and rumors about that night made them the most eligible yet untouchable bachelors in Port Snow, Maine. Then Ren Winters, the new girl in town, crashed into his life. Her thirst for a fresh start gave Griffin hope that maybe, just maybe, he could have one, too. Everyone wishes for that second chance ... -- adapted from back cover

Charles Davis is ready to take the next step to move on in his life. It’s been ten years since he woke up in a mental health ward and was consequently diagnosed with schizophrenia. This diagnosis led Charles down a path filled with inner and outer demons to face, including his difficult past and society’s misguided fears about schizophrenia. In the conclusion to the An Individual’s Innocence series, the journey continues following the loss of one of Charles’s greatest heroes—a hero with a dying wish Charles must fulfill. Eager to fulfill this final wish, Charles takes his girlfriend Meghan on tour of his homeland, where they spend time with some of his family along the way. While he descends further into his grief, Meghan learns more about the man she loves and how he views the world. It isn’t until the couple travels to see Charles’s uncle that reality and Charles’s grief catch up to them. As the present confronts the past, can Charles and Meghan learn to trust and support one another? Will Charles finally overcome his tumultuous past and find self-acceptance? Like each installment of the An Individual’s Innocence series, Shadows and Dust personalizes schizophrenia and challenges society’s prejudices about mental health.

Confession: Hayley's in another sticky situation . . .Hayley and her little sister, Chloe, have just moved into their grandmother's house with their mom, who recently divorced their dad and now runs the family's tea shop. With her knack for baking, Hayley helps out too, but her newfound talent seems to have cost her her best friend, Artie. Now Hayley's crushing on someone who might just be Artie's new boyfriend. This mess really takes the cake!

Book 1: The Fall River Family Saga Book 2: Meghan's Story Book 3: Molly's Story Book 4: Annie's Story 4-book box set now available! 1868, Fall River, Massachusetts Meghan Lochlan dreams of having a great love, but the handsome lieutenant she has been falling for suddenly leaves town and breaks her heart. When she goes to Washington to visit her cousin Holly, she meets Adam, an aide to a congressman in Pennsylvania. However, Holly quickly moves in on him, and Meghan returns to Fall River heartbroken once again. Christian Churchill, a medical student and a newcomer in town, flirts with her and instills the hope of love in Meghan again. But is Christian right for her? Or does her heart belong with Adam, a man she barely knows? Meghan’s Story is a standalone novella. Meghan is Abby and Ryan’s caughter from The Fall River Family Saga. This is her own love story. Keywords: Western novel western romance family saga historic fiction

A number of recent books, magazines, and television programs have emerged that promise to take viewers inside the exciting world of professional chefs. While media suggest that the occupation is undergoing a transformation, one thing remains clear: being a chef is a decidedly male-dominated job. Over the past six years, the prestigious James Beard Foundation has presented 84 awards for excellence as a chef, but only 19 were given to women. Likewise, Food and Wine magazine has recognized the talent of 110 chefs on its annual “Best New Chef” list since 2000, and to date, only 16 women have been included. How is it that women—the gender most associated with cooking—have lagged behind men in this occupation? Taking the Heat examines how the world of professional chefs is gendered, what conditions have led to this gender segregation, and how women chefs feel about their work in relation to men. Tracing the historical evolution of the profession and analyzing over two thousand examples of chef profiles and restaurant reviews, as well as in-depth interviews with thirty-three women chefs, Deborah A. Harris and Patti Giuffre reveal a great irony between the present realities of the culinary profession and the traditional, cultural associations of cooking and gender. Since occupations filled with women are often culturally and economically devalued, male members exclude women to enhance the job’s legitimacy. For women chefs, these professional obstacles and other challenges, such as how to balance work and family, ultimately push some of the women out of the career. Although female chefs may be outsiders in many professional kitchens, the participants in Taking the Heat recount advantages that women chefs offer their workplaces and strengths that Harris and Giuffre argue can help offer women chefs—and women in other male-dominated occupations—opportunities for greater representation within their fields. Click here to access the Taking the Heat teaching guide (http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/pages/teaching_guide_for_taking_the_heat.aspx).