My Brother’s Best Friend Needed a Wife. Now He’s Acting Like He’ll Never Let Me Go.... Connor Davenport: Grumpy billionaire CEO, emotionally stunted genius, former undercover operative who's also a cat whisperer, is my brother's best friend and my complete opposite. I’m a caffeine-fueled, big-hearted ER doctor. He’s all precision, control, and impossible standards. Then he walked into my ER—bleeding, barking orders, and acting like he owned the place. I stitched him up. He asked me to dinner. I refused. That's when he told me he'd been following me for weeks. I'm so shocked. The last thing I need is a brooding, OTT possessive, morally grey billionaire, turning my life upside down. And then… he proposed. Not for love. For business. A marriage of convenience to unlock his billion-dollar trust fund. My condition? He saves my hospital from shutting down. He promised no feelings. I agreed. But sharing his penthouse, his bed, and his last name is dangerous. One agreement. One bed. One fake relationship that feels all too real. Every time he calls me my wife, something in his voice shifts. And every time he looks at me, my heart forgets this is temporary. But there's one truth I haven’t told him. One secret that could destroy everything. And if Connor finds out, this pretend marriage might end with a very real heartbreak... Fall into the world of the Davenports today—One-Click NOW! This is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger and no cheating—just an obsessive overprotective billionaire who will do anything for the woman he loves, a curvy ER doctor who challenges him at every turn, and a fake marriage that might just become real... Tropes: Brother's Best Friend Marriage of Convenience Fake relationship that feels too real OTT Protective Billionaire Curvy Heroine Opposites Attract Grumpy x sunshine Close Proximity One Bed A Swoon-Worthy HEA That’ll Leave You Breathless “My Wife” Found family A twist you won’t see coming Read the other books in the series— The Unwanted Wife – Brother’s Best Friend, Hate to Love, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Imperfect Marriage – Ex’s Father, Opposites Attract, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Unplanned Wedding – Boss x Employee, Beauty & the Beast, Forbidden Romance, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Reluctant Wife – Bodyguard x Princess, Grumpy x Sunshine, Forbidden Romance, Marriage of Convenience, One Bed, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Rejected Wife – Single Dad x Nanny, Insta Love, Second Chance, Marriage of Convenience, One Bed, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”

My Brother’s Best Friend Needed a Wife. Now He’s Acting Like He’ll Never Let Me Go.... Connor Davenport: Grumpy billionaire CEO, emotionally stunted genius, former undercover operative who's also a cat whisperer, is my brother's best friend and my complete opposite. I’m a caffeine-fueled, big-hearted ER doctor. He’s all precision, control, and impossible standards. Then he walked into my ER—bleeding, barking orders, and acting like he owned the place. I stitched him up. He asked me to dinner. I refused. That's when he told me he'd been following me for weeks. I'm so shocked. The last thing I need is a brooding, OTT possessive, morally grey billionaire, turning my life upside down. And then… he proposed. Not for love. For business. A marriage of convenience to unlock his billion-dollar trust fund. My condition? He saves my hospital from shutting down. He promised no feelings. I agreed. But sharing his penthouse, his bed, and his last name is dangerous. One agreement. One bed. One fake relationship that feels all too real. Every time he calls me my wife, something in his voice shifts. And every time he looks at me, my heart forgets this is temporary. But there's one truth I haven’t told him. One secret that could destroy everything. And if Connor finds out, this pretend marriage might end with a very real heartbreak... Fall into the world of the Davenports today—One-Click NOW! This is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger and no cheating—just an obsessive overprotective billionaire who will do anything for the woman he loves, a curvy ER doctor who challenges him at every turn, and a fake marriage that might just become real... Tropes: Brother's Best Friend Marriage of Convenience Fake relationship that feels too real OTT Protective Billionaire Curvy Heroine Opposites Attract Grumpy x sunshine Close Proximity One Bed A Swoon-Worthy HEA That’ll Leave You Breathless “My Wife” Found family A twist you won’t see coming Read the other books in the series— The Unwanted Wife – Brother’s Best Friend, Hate to Love, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Imperfect Marriage – Ex’s Father, Opposites Attract, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Unplanned Wedding – Boss x Employee, Beauty & the Beast, Forbidden Romance, Marriage of Convenience, Close Proximity, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Reluctant Wife – Bodyguard x Princess, Grumpy x Sunshine, Forbidden Romance, Marriage of Convenience, One Bed, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”, “who did this to you” The Rejected Wife – Single Dad x Nanny, Insta Love, Second Chance, Marriage of Convenience, One Bed, Curvy FMC, OTT jealous possessive hero, “my wife”

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a new Grishaverse short story: a mystery told through found documents and set after the events of Crooked Kingdom. In the years since the violent upheaval caused bythe auction of Kuwei Yul-Bo, the merchants of Ketterdam have been under attack. Secret businesses exposed. Ships sunk. Slavers hunted as they once hunted their victims. All the work of a mysterious sea captain and her ship, the Wraith. Now, two investigators meet to uncover the truth behind the latest disaster: a massacre on an island off the shores of Ketterdam. Among the evidence collected is private correspondence between notorious crime boss Kaz Brekker and an anonymous sailor aboard the Wraith known only as “I.” Follow along with the lead investigator as he tries to piece together how such a disaster transpired, and explore the Grishaverse like never before with new illustrations by E.K. Belsher and in-world collectible items.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

Readers love the Roll for Romance series! The summer encounter that's a critical hit… / Level up in life and in love…/Levelling up in life means falling in love… Each book in the Roll for Romance series can be read as a standalone. Chloe’s sabbatical is almost over but the most she’s achieved is a new high score in her favourite video game. So when a job comes up on a rural honey farm in Wales, she jumps at the opportunity, only to discover that the owner’s niece, Teddy – and the usual summer help – is an all-too-familiar face. With just one job on the line, they must team up despite their clashing visions… and undeniable chemistry. As summer goes on, things heat up, until the end of the season brings an impossible decision – love or ambition?

New York Times bestselling author Shannon Chakraborty sets sail into the second adventure of pirate Amina al-Sirafi as her quest to track down magical artifacts brings her to the island lair of a sorceress whose woven enchantments are impossible to flee. Amina al-Sirafi thinks she’s struck gold. Tasked with hunting down arcane artifacts for the council of immortal peris, she can savor the occasional rollicking adventure on the high seas with her cherished criminal companions while still returning home to raise her beloved daughter, Marjana. But when Raksh, the spirit of discord with whom she is reluctantly wed, provokes the council’s wrath, Amina is charged with a seemingly impossible quest: steal a spindle capable of rewriting fate from a mysterious sorceress on an island no one can escape. Forced to leave Marjana—who is increasingly frustrated at being peddled what are clearly lies about her mother’s life and her own past—Amina finds her mission almost immediately thrown into peril. But deadly storms, an erratic poison mistress, and old enemies are the least of her worries. For the peris’ story is unraveling, hinting at a far deadlier game whose rules Amina must swiftly puzzle out. A game that sets her against an adversary more cunning and powerful than she has ever faced. A game that not everyone on her crew wants her to win.

Rebecca meets The Craft in this dark, atmospheric novel of one witch rediscovering her power while on the run from another willing to kill her for it.Judeth Cole has always had certain uncanny abilities. But when she arrived at Solidago - her grandfather’s estate by the sea - she was forced to keep them secret. There she lived a harsh life under his rule and the haunting legacy of her late grandmother, Aurelia. Until the fateful day she ignited a fire with her magic. It was the last time she saw her family alive.Seventeen years later, she’s living in Seattle as Jude Clark, and failing at life, when she makes a last detour through her favorite bookstore, selecting a book to read as she waits to die. But when she pulls it from the shelf, an invitation to her for a clandestine midnight meeting slips out.Jude is quickly swept up into a world of secrets and magic, discovering a circle of powerful new companions led by the mysterious, enigmatic Arla. The source of their magic, Arla tells her, is a goddess, trapped and bound, that they call The Fathom. But Jude swiftly realizes Arla wants this power all to herself, and that she’s willing to kill for it.Terrified, Jude turns to Levi Orman, the handsome bookseller who’s seen her at her worst. With his help, she begins a research journey that leads her from the crystal waters of the Mediterranean to the icy waves of the Greenland Sea and back to Solidago, the house she swore to never return to. With the Fathom threatening to break free and Arla on the hunt, Jude must finally face her past to save her future.Ava Morgyn's Only Spell Deep is a novel that takes readers on a journey into a dark, glittering world of magic, a place where power should never be caged and misplaced trust can have deadly consequences.

She’s playing it safe. He’s playing for keeps. Hannah Clarke’s world crumbles when her fiancé announces their breakup in a headline declaring himself Hockey’s Most Eligible Bachelor. Now, she’s picking up the pieces with three simple rules: no distractions, no love, and absolutely no hockey players. But a kiss at All-Star Weekend changes everything. Not just any kiss. One with Ryan Logan, her best friend and her ex’s rival. It wasn’t supposed to happen, let alone mean anything. But it does. And when Hannah needs a fake boyfriend to prove she’s moved on, Ryan steps in without hesitation. Even if it means breaking all her rules, she can’t help but take a chance. What starts as a harmless ruse quickly feels all too real. Every touch lingers, every glance says what words can’t, and every practice date leaves her wanting more. Falling wasn’t part of the plan. But Ryan is determined to prove he’s worth the leap. And Hannah is starting to wonder if the love she’s been running from has been right in front of her all along.

A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone , biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us -- prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.

For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex relationship. In this extraordinarily candid and radically inventive memoir, Machado tackles a dark and difficult subject with wit, inventiveness and an inquiring spirit, as she uses a series of narrative tropes—including classic horror themes—to create an entirely unique piece of work which is destined to become an instant classic.

Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He hasn't thought of Lettie in decades, and yet as he sits by the pond (a pond that she'd claimed was an ocean) behind the ramshackle old farmhouse, the unremembered past comes flooding back. And it is a past too strange, too frightening, too dangerous to have happened to anyone, let alone a small boy. Forty years earlier, a man committed suicide in a stolen car at this farm at the end of the road. Like a fuse on a firework, his death lit a touchpaper and resonated in unimaginable ways. The darkness was unleashed, something scary and thoroughly incomprehensible to a little boy. And Lettie—magical, comforting, wise beyond her years—promised to protect him, no matter what. A groundbreaking work from a master, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. It is a stirring, terrifying, and elegiac fable as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark.