Empriss: what if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world but you know they’d never believe you? Hamin: I’d try... They say don't take those in your life for granted because in the blink of an eye, your life could change, and Empriss was experiencing this first hand. One of the happiest days of her life soon turned out to be the worst when her fiancé was murdered in cold blood and she was charged with his murder. Having to escape prison with the help of his father, she made a vow to never love again until she found the people responsible for his untimely death. Turning into one of the most ruthless and feared queen pins the game has ever seen, she kept that vow until she crossed paths with Ha. The charming d-boy from the South. Hamin is a Memphis beast with a purpose, a jack of all trades when it came to the streets. Being in the game since his early teens all he wants to do is stack his chips and get out, and the best way to do it is to move more weight. When the opportunity of a lifetime falls in his lap, he embraces it full force and is determined to get in, finesse his new connect and get out, but Empriss is more than he can handle and he soon finds out that there is more to her than meets the eyes. Empriss has more skeletons in her closet than a bone yard and when they slowly start to peek their ugly heads, she finds out that everything done in the dark soon comes to the light. When drama starts to hit the fan, will Empriss be able to keep it altogether or will the queen of all queens fold under pressure? When shooters come for the woman Hamin is falling hard for, will he be willing to ride out for Empriss at all costs, or will he walk away for good?

After learning the truth about Jaiyce, Empriss is thrown into a whirlwind as she tries to juggle her past and her present without causing any more damage to her relationship with Hamin but when her curiosity behind Jaiyce’s reappearance goes too far, she leads the enemy right to their doorstep without thinking of the consequences at hand. Will her actions be the downfall of them all or will it be a blessing in disguise? With the world crumbling at Hamin’s feet, he will do anything to protect the ones he loves, even if that means running into a war zone blind. But when the threat to his reality isn’t the person he thought it was, how can he separate the truth from the lies? Khalid finds himself questioning everything he’s ever known to discover the truth about his past but when he kicks up a little too much dirt, can he handle everything that he uncovers? The old saying, be careful what you go looking for because you just may find it, becomes all too real in his situation but what if discovering the truth does more harm than good? In the next installment of I’d Rather Be Ya Hitta join the crew as they go up against old enemies and some new as they try to find out what pieces they play in this twisted chess game. Can they take the pressure from the past or will it all be too much to bear?

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In What I Wish I’d Known: Finding Your Way through the Tunnel of Grief, Grief Recovery Specialist Kristi Hugstad shares how she reached a state of happiness and inner peace after her husband’s suicide—and how you can find your balance after a devastating life event too. She provides readers with all the tools they will need for grief recovery which include self-care, how to change their thinking, and how to learn to trust again. She inspires many to move forward in their time of grief.

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.

A groundbreaking look at why our interactions with others hold the key to success, from the bestselling author of Think Again and Originals For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent, and luck. But in today’s dramatically reconfigured world, success is increasingly dependent on how we interact with others. In Give and Take, Adam Grant, an award-winning researcher and Wharton’s highest-rated professor, examines the surprising forces that shape why some people rise to the top of the success ladder while others sink to the bottom. Praised by social scientists, business theorists, and corporate leaders, Give and Take opens up an approach to work, interactions, and productivity that is nothing short of revolutionary.