In this romantic comedy, a forgotten night in Reno ends with a bridesmaid wed to the best man and wondering if their impulsive marriage will last. Forget about her reputation. Kylie Chatterson is most definitely not that kind of girl. She’s a conscientious CPA who has never been with a man . . . that way Then she wakes up in a Nevada hotel room after her friend’s bachelorette party, the best man is in her bed. And both of them are wearing wedding rings! For better or worse, Drew Gregson is now her husband. The hunky military psychologist doesn’t remember the night any more than she does. Nevertheless, he seems in no hurry to end their hasty marriage. As she gets to know Drew and his adorable, squirmy nephews, Kylie has to remind herself this is all temporary—and pretend. Or could it be the best mistake she ever made?

Will these friends’ temporary Vegas marriage lead to forever? Find out in this Bourbon Brothers novel from Reese Ryan! What’s wrong with a little fake marriage between friends? Their night on the town is a blank, but when Zora Abbott and Dallas Hamilton awaken in a Vegas hotel room, they’re man and wife. With news of the nuptials spreading virally, the high-profile best friends decide to stay married, temporarily. Maybe under the cover of marriage Dallas can even make his best friend’s baby dream come true. But can their friendship survive their newly unleashed passions? Mills & Boon Desire — Luxury, scandal, desire — welcome to the lives of the elite.

Megan Scott has cast aside all thoughts of a happy-ever-after - there's only so much heartache a girl can take. But when a cocktail-fuelled hen-do goes wrong and she’s upgraded from bridesmaid to bride, her plans are forgotten...

The night that changed everything!

Your relationship with your partner really started when you were in 4th grade, since all the uncomfortable, emotional reactions in you today were formed unconsciously in childhood. You are married to these old reaction patterns, but your adult self is afraid to embrace them. So you blame your spouse, boss, friends, parents, kids, and everything else for your discontent. This is why relationships fail! I call it Half-Syndrome. You need to return to this inner kingdom of experiences, the other half of self. This is where the work on marriage is. Run, don't walk, into the fire of your old feelings. There is where all the answers to the test are. "Well-written and interesting...an oddly sweet and moving book that I can highly recommend." -Steven C. Hayes, Foundation Professor, Univ of Nevada, author of 38 books including A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters "A uniquely insightful book explaining how our past can have a profound impact on our marriage...the lessons, scientific insights, and learnings will help take yourself and your marriage to greater heights." -Bento Leal, author of 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work-Anywhere! "An enlightening, uplifting and fresh look at the forces at play during marriage...if your marriage is in trouble, it's time to read this fascinating book." -Brian Nox, best-selling author of F*CK Him!: Nice Girls Always Finish Single and Red Flags: How to know he's playing games with you "Waking Up Marriage paints the way to understanding our old souls, and offers a clear path to honesty and redemption. I found myself understood at a deep level once I began to follow its practices." -Ron Seybold, author of the memoir Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game

Seven essays celebrating the beauty of the imperfect marriage. We hear plenty about whether or not to get married, but much less about what it takes to stay married. Clichés around marriage—eternal bliss, domestic harmony, soul mates—leave out the real stuff. After marriage you may still want to sleep with other people. Sometimes your partner will bore the hell out of you. And when stuck paying for your spouse’s mistakes, you might miss being single. In Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give, Ada Calhoun presents an unflinching but also loving portrait of her own marriage, opening a long-overdue conversation about the institution as it truly is: not the happy ending of a love story or a relic doomed by high divorce rates, but the beginning of a challenging new chapter of which “the first twenty years are the hardest.” Calhoun’s funny, poignant personal essays explore the bedrooms of modern coupledom for a nuanced discussion of infidelity, existential anxiety, and the many other obstacles to staying together. Both realistic and openhearted, Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give offers a refreshing new way to think about marriage as a brave, tough, creative decision to stay with another person for the rest of your life. “What a burden,” Calhoun calls marriage, “and what a gift.”

This informative guide helps allies who want to go beyond rigid Diversity and Inclusion best practices, with real tools to go from good intentions to making meaningful change in any situation or venue. 2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER 2022 NATIONAL ANTIRACIST BOOK FESTIVAL SELECTION 2021 PORCHLIGHT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN BEHAVIOR BOOK OF THE YEAR As we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes our best intentions cause unintended harm, and we fumble. We might feel afraid to say the wrong thing and feel guilt for not doing or knowing enough. Sometimes we might engage in performative allyship rather than thoughtful solidarity, leaving those already marginalized further burdened and exhausted. The feelings of fear, insecurity, inadequacy are all too common among a wide spectrum of changemakers, and they put many at a crossroads between feeling stuck and giving up, or staying grounded to keep going. So how can we go beyond performative allyship to creating real change in ourselves and in the world, together? In The Wake Up, Michelle MiJung Kim shares foundational principles often missing in today’s mainstream conversations around “diversity and inclusion,” inviting readers to deep dive into the challenging and nuanced work of pursuing equity and justice, while exploring various complexities, contradictions, and conflicts inherent in our imperfect world. With a mix of in-the-trenches narrative and accessible unpacking of hot button issues—from inclusive language to representation to "cancel culture"—Michelle offers sustainable frameworks that guide us how to think, approach, and be in the journey as thoughtfully and powerfully as possible. The Wake Up is divided into four key parts: Grounding: begin by moving beyond good intentions to interrogating our deeper “why” for committing to social justice and uncovering our "hidden stories." Orienting: establish a shared understanding around our historical and current context and issues we are trying to solve, starting with dismantling white supremacy. Showing Up: learn critical principles to approach any situation with clarity and build our capacity to work through complexity, nuance, conflict, and imperfections. Moving Together: remember the core of this work is about human lives, and commit to prioritizing humanity, healing, and community. The Wake Up is an urgent call for us to move together while seeing each other’s full and expansive humanity that is at the core of our movement toward justice, healing, and freedom.