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"The weekend after Thanksgiving, Chris Thayer finds himself packing up the last odds and ends of his quietly extraordinary life. After 22 years of gay marriage to Zack Ronan - and raising widowed Zack's three kids as his own - Chris is suddenly a member of the Second Wives Club. An ambitious young woman at Zack's ad agency is pregnant with Zack's child, and Zack has decided that Chris's utility as a sexual companion and surrogate mother to his children...

By critically acclaimed author Piers Paul Read, Alice in Exile is an exquisite historical novel featuring Alice Fry-a free-thinking and independent-minded woman in a world ruled by men-and the two men who love her. It is 1913 when Alice, the daughter of a radical publisher, meets Edward Cobb, the eligible young son of a baronet who has recently quit the army to pursue his political ambitions. Edward's family could accept his liaison with a girl they...

Kylie Chase shed seventy-five pounds and reinvented herself as a savvy trendsetter. However, she's still uncomfortable in her new skin and would sooner die than let anyone know of her overweight, nerdy past. Then events force the twenty-nine-year-old to move in with her parents and the weight creeps back on. It takes the confidence of her plus-size model friend Ruby to make Kylie realize that appearances aren't everthing.

"The teen years are rife with social landmines in school, sports, and other activities--and instances of teasing, bullying, and exclusion are unfortunately all too common. Social media has only made this behavior easier and more insidious. But when kids learn to respond effectively, manage their emotions in the situation, and recognize their self-worth, they can reclaim a sense of their own power, and develop skills for life. Kim John Payne, an education...

Three days before Erin Bellini's wedding, her fiancé breaks up with her--in an email! Hurt and embarrassed, she decides to have a fling with veterinarian Jason Callum, who's both the best man and the hottest guy she knows. But Jason wants a lot more than just a one-night stand with the woman he's cared about for years. So he's taking things slow. And hot. And showing Erin what real love can look like. Suddenly Erin finds herself spending a lot more...

When multiple women are dumped by Brooklyn bad boy Billy Nolan--and then meet Mr. Right directly after--Kate Jameson hopes to heal her best friend's broken heart by setting her up with Billy.

Syah Walker wants to prove herself as a peer counselor at Emdaria North Middle School, but seventh-grader Nali (recently cut from the magnoball team) may well prove too much to handle--Nali's mindscape is filled with dark feelings of betrayal and grief, manifesting as monstrous mental constructs that pursue and threaten both girls.

A young AI prodigy gets rejected from the world-renowned robotics lab and does what any rational teenager would do steal a van and drive across the country to Northern Minnesota to track down the Professor who rejected him.