Play-maker. Trouble-maker. Baby-maker? Star professional quarterback Jack Carson has the worst reputation in the league. He's arrogant and gorgeous, and if he's not in bed with a new woman, he's sleeping off the party in a jail cell. But now he's gotten in trouble too many times and needs my help to protect his career. As his publicist, I've hidden his dirty exploits and silenced the sexy rumors...but I missed the hottest scandal of the year.Apparently, Jack and I are dating.When the trouble-maker lies to the league and claims we're in a committed relationship, he jeopardizes both our jobs. I can't trust the tattooed bad boy, but now I'm stuck defending him. I have to make him seem respectable--no matter what.But his shameful reputation isn't fixed with a few photos of us on a date. With the league determined to expel him for bad-behavior, Jack has only one option to convince them he's wholesome, dependable, and responsible. Jack Carson wants to start a family.And he's chosen me to give him the baby.

There are certain words that have always described Cam Brantley: Town bad boy. Soldier. Protector. But never, ever dad. Until he returns home from his latest military tour to discover the girl he had one smoking-hot night with is now mom to the adorable two-year-old Zoey. Who has his eyes. Plenty of words could describe Emma Walker these days. Mom, dutiful granddaughter, budding designer, the town's golden child. But when her longtime crush Cam Brantley comes back to town—and starts working on the very same property she's in charge of—she knows the perfect word to describe herself: screwed. Cam's doing his best to learn all that daddy duty entails, but with every family outing, each day on the job together, and all the stolen kisses, he falls harder for Emma. He's determined to get over his past and be the man both girls need...now if only he can get Emma to believe it, too. Each book in the Hope Springs series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Second Chance Ranch Book #2 Crazy for the Competition Book #3 The Bad Boy's Baby

While on an outing with her book club, newly divorced Olivia Bishop, who has sworn off of men, finds trouble in the form of Jamie Donovan, a sexy bad boy who may be too tempting to avoid.

This is the first-ever compilation of Twain's wise and witty essays, sketches, and stories on the joys and rewards of misbehavior. With themes including "honesty is not always the best policy, ""the wicked are not always punished," and "virtue is often its only reward," this is a charming treasury that will warm the hearts of bad boys and girls (of any age)everywhere

All my life, I've been in love with my best friend. All my life I've waited for him to notice.I'm done waiting. I'm moving on with my life...I'm having a baby.I really need to get over Walker Kingston.My lifelong infatuation with my best friend is sort of embarrassing. The tall, broody hunk of farmer has always been my fierce protector, my constant hero, my knight in flanneled armor.But to him, I've never been more than a friend, the girl he saves from trouble in the middle of the night.This whole damsel-in-distress thing is getting kind of old. I'm tired of being a burden on Walker. I'm ready to stand on my own feet.I may never win his love but I'm ready to focus on the other things I want in my life.And what I want most? A baby.I've practically got one foot inside the sperm bank when the overprotective alpha intercepts my plan. Now he says he will father my child.Nope.Nuh-uh.Absolutely not.I'm trying to get over the guy. So letting him be my baby daddy is low-key dysfunctional.But Walker insists it won't affect our friendship. Plus, he has all these amazing qualities that make his offer super hard to resist. He's strong and charming and fine as hell. And he's the only person I really trust.Okay. Fine. Grab the specimen cup. Off to the fertility clinic we go.Except nothing ever goes to plan.Now I need rescuing--again. And Walker has made it his mission to take care of my every need--again.And when the ever-grumpy cowboy introduces me to his soft, nurturing side, I'm a goner.Well, damn. How the hell am I supposed to get over the man now?Mister Baby Daddy is a steamy, laugh-out-loud, arranged pregnancy, small town romance featuring a growly alpha with a huge savior complex and a strong distaste for turtlenecks. It is set in small town Illinois and is book 3 in the Bad Boys in Love series.A full-length standalone. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.

Banks is on holiday, headed for Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. His daughter, Tracy, home in Leeds and angry with her father, is headed for some very deep trouble. Robinson's nineteenth Inspector Banks novel is a stunner. Handguns are illegal in the U.K., and whenever one is reported, the police swing into high gear. But things go very wrong when the police swoop down on a home in Eastvale to seize a reported handgun. In the confusion, Patrick Doyle, a former neighbour of Banks, is shot. Doyle's daughter, Erin, is to blame for the gun being in the house, and while she's in police custody, her housemate in Leeds, Tracy Banks, decides to let Erin's boyfriend know that the police have been around their place. Bad decision. When Banks returns home from holiday, Tracy is missing. And that's not the worst of it. Robinson's latest Inspector Banks novel is a powerful story of how the volatile emotions of love and resentment can turn deadly when fear comes creeping in.

"In their previous landmark volumes . . . Harris and Emberley established themselves as the purveyors of reader-friendly, straightforward information on human sexuality for readers as young as seven. Here they successfully tackle the big questions . . . for even younger kids." – The Horn Book (starred review) Young children are curious about almost everything, especially their bodies. And young children are not afraid to ask questions. What makes me a girl? What makes me a boy? Why are some parts of girls' and boys' bodies the same and why are some parts different? How was I made? Where do babies come from? Is it true that a stork brings babies to mommies and daddies? IT'S NOT THE STORK! helps answer these endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school children ask about how they began. Through lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork, Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley address readers in a reassuring way, mindful of a child's healthy desire for straightforward information. Two irresistible cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, provide comic relief and give voice to the full range of emotions and reactions children may experience while learning about their amazing bodies. Vetted and approved by science, health, and child development experts, the information is up-to-date, age-appropriate, and scientifically accurate, and always aimed at helping kids feel proud, knowledgeable, and comfortable about their own bodies, about how they were born, and about the family they are part of.