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It’s 2am but your baby thinks it’s party time; their ‘routine’ seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night’s sleep. We know how you feel! You might be prepared and listening to this before baby arrives, or as they snooze beside you in those early new-born days, knowing that forewarned is forearmed. Or your eyebags may tell their own bedtime story. Either way, if your baby is not sleeping, you have not done anything wrong. Your baby is not broken (although you might feel broken from lack of sleep), and you are not a bad parent.

No stranger to adversity, Liam Ryan has also cheated death. He kept himself and his twin sister safe through a tough childhood in the foster care system. Then, at age 24, he took his first trip abroad and was blown up and presumed dead in a terrorist attack. Three years later an investigator locates him working as a security guard in Jerusalem.

In the style of James Thurber's The Dog Department meets Marley and Me, Shepherd Girl: A Dog Story chronicles the exploits of Athena, a silly long-coated German shepherd. Athena is goofy, clumsy, and vain, and although she successfully foils a stranger's abduction of the author in a dark parking lot, she also finds time to chase lawn gnomes, strip the author topless at the Dog Park, and play-bow to stuffed toys at an age when she should know better.

When Victoria returns to her childhood home for her twin sister's wedding after decades of a strained relationship with her family, she recalls the devastating trauma of the high school romance that tore her family apart. As a pretty, popular high school sophomore, Victoria discards boys as easily as she finds them, unlike her bookish and brilliant twin. When the senior football captain with a reputation of his own develops an interest in her sister, Victoria becomes wary. She’ll do anything to protect her twin, no matter what the cost.

Even in the 23rd century, it’s hard to find lasting love. Unless you cash in your life savings and sign up for Gen-Mate, a genetic matchmaking service, with a 99.3 percent success rate. It’s been proven: People who use Gen-Mate will find their soul mate and live happily ever after. Despite the data, Annora Jones is not convinced. Great job, great condo, great friends, disastrous love life, but she’s still not willing to spit in the Gen-Mate cup of love.

Behind the Mask is a multi-author collection with stories by award-winning authors Kelly Link, Cat Rambo, Carrie Vaughn, Seanan McGuire, Lavie Tidhar, Sarah Pinsker, Keith Rosson, Kate Marshall, Chris Large, and others. It is partially a prose nod to the comic world - the bombast, the larger-than-life, the save-the-worlds and the calls-to-adventure. But it’s also a spotlight on the more intimate side of the genre. The hopes and dreams of our cape-clad heroes. The regrets and longings of our cowled villains. That poignant, solitary view of the world that can be experienced only from behind the mask.

Is he ready to tie the knot? More importantly, will she say yes once she learns he's secretly her writing nemesis? How I, Stone Morgan, went from working the fall harvest to secretly writing online dating and sex advice for the males of Mudville, I can’t figure. All I know is I blame Harper for it. Apparently dating an author has done something to my brain. But that’s not the worst of it. Oh no. My bigger problem is that my youngest brother is sprinting to the altar, intent on a Christmas wedding with a woman he’s known for barely a year. Boone beating us to “I do” is not going to...

Princess Astrid and Princess Vega are identical in every way—except that one was born near perfect, the other “deficient,” being born mute. By age six, their fates are sealed. Vega will be the next queen. Astrid, the silent princess, will spend the rest of her days rotting away in a facility. One day, Astrid wakes with no memory. No awareness of her royal blood. No recollection of the harrowing journey she just survived that brought her to safety and her new home: The Isle of the Never Mind.

√ One match-making sister √ One commitment-phobic woman √ One hot SEAL heartbreaker √ One fake relationship √ Countless laughs From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cat Johnson comes a fun, steamy, standalone, fake relationship love story featuring meddling friends and relatives and two frenemies with reluctant hearts and a profound hatred of all things valentine-related. When one Navy SEAL heartbreaker gets a dose of his own medicine on Valentine's Day, he realizes love isn't the enemy, but he has to convince the commitment-adverse woman he's fallen for of the same...

"When you choose a man who thinks eight seconds is a long time, perhaps you need two of them . . ." Farmhands Mason and Clay have shared both good times and bad as best friends, but they never expected to share their boss’s daughter, April. Can two friends love one woman, body and soul, without it destroying them? And can three become one for a lifetime?

Can love survive the ultimate betrayal? A compelling story of love and identity from a best-selling author. When Alex meets Kate, the attraction is instant. Alex is funny, good looking and a little shy - everything that Kate wants in a boyfriend. Alex can't help falling for Kate, who is pretty, charming and maybe just a little naive.... But one of them is hiding an unbelievable secret, and as their love blossoms, it threatens to ruin not just their relationship but their lives.

Never in a million dog days of summer would I have guessed my breaking Mudville’s pooper scooper law would lead me to the town’s bad boy. But that’s exactly what happened. He was the guy who went directly from graduation to gunfire and didn’t look back…until now. Twenty years later, he’s home. A little bit broken, but back for good. And with the help of man’s—or rather woman’s—best friend, I intend to make him mine. Can a former geek win the star of the football team? I’m betting on it. Heck. Crazier things have happened here in Mudville. Dog Days is a small town, ...

What happens when you mix a Manhattan workaholic with a Colorado ranch boss? Bonner “Blue” is a busy cattle rancher He’s got no time to babysit some corporate dude from the city for his boss. But when he turns out to be a she, Blue has to reevaluate his opinion about being forced to spend time with the hot as hell city girl. Casey Harrington is a Manhattan workaholic. She'd got nothing in common with Colorado ranch boss Bonner “Blue” Boyd. So why can’t they keep their hands off each other? As a child, she'd asked for a Cowboy Cody doll for Christmas. But what is she going to do ...

About this story, author Cat Rambo says, "This is the second time I've written about Serendib (the first story featured the antagonist from this one), but the world's been floating around in my head for a couple of decades now, originally as a game setting, and I can tell more stories and a possible novel are lurking within it as well. I chose a middle-aged married couple as my protagonists because I don't see much heroic fantasy with characters like that, and it seems like a definite lack to me."

Humorous stories about cats and their reluctant owners.

Do you have an issue with your kids tormenting ants or other small insects? Easily teach your young children the moral dilemmas associated with this behavior with this great adventure. Follow along with the story and pick up some unconventional tips. Get a jump start on teaching your child about morality.

"a hot little romp of fun" Miranda, Joyfully Reviewed Connecticut's rich and beautiful summer at mansions in the Hamptons not on a ranch in Colorado, but that's exactly where society girl Ansley Craig's been banished by her grandmother just for having a little too much fun at a party. She expects to find cows and boredom at the Kane ranch. What she doesn't count on are the Kane men. Ansley may have the college degree, but Jeremy and Ryan are two cowboys who can teach her a few things she didn't learn in school.

I thought I was interviewing to be an escort . . . The position I accidentally ended up getting might be even more dangerous. Me, Chelsea Bridges, working for a private military contractor. Crazy, right? Although I figure Navy SEALs and spies have to be preferable to the lowlifes I encountered at my former job at the “gentlemen’s” club. If I had any doubts about my new employment, Mr. MI6 in the GQ suit with the British accent to swoon over was enough to sway my decision. Now my only concern is when I'll see him again, because one night with hot spy Tristan Fairchild was definitely ...

Romantic. Exciting. Suspenseful.Opposites combust between a small town Army veteran and a grumpy city girl hacker with an attitude as big as New York. It's best if they keep their distance, but Mother Nature has other ideas when a storm traps them together with a dangerous secret that could cost one family everything. Linc Wilder traded in his Army uniform for his old cowboy boots and hat and the quiet seclusion of his cabin on the outskirts of the Wilder ranch in Tennessee. But things are far from quiet after Eva Lucas and her two friends crash into Bitter End and turn his family upside ...

A Texas cowboy and a spoiled rich California divorcee find that whether fueled by hate or lust, sparks are sparks. Alpha male to the tenth power, Wade Long is a hard working single dad traveling the pro bull riding circuit. But his toughest job will be showing billionaire CEO CeCe Cole who's boss in and out of the bedroom. Wrestling with her verbally and between the sheets is all good until he realizes he wants her for the long haul, not just the short go. MEET THE STUDS IN SPURS Unridden - Slade Bucked - Mustang Ride - Chase Hooked - Luke Flanked - Garrett Thrown - Skeeter Champion - ...