When you lose your friends, family and livelihood all because you saw Bigfoot how can that very being convince you that you are his one and only...his mate? That’s what Lake must figure out and fast. He is Bigfoot and Zach is his very angry and jaded mate that hates his kind, but Lake will not give up. Plane crashes, hunters, and the fear of death will not stop him in his quest to get his man.
A lone wolf. A fiercely spirited female. They share one unwavering belief: avoiding a mate at all costs. But fate has a way of rewriting all the rules. Cast out of his pack and rejected by his mate, Nolan’s only focus is on carving out a new, solitary life for himself in the remote wilderness of Predator Peak seeking sanctuary from past failures. That is until she steps into his world. Fiercely independent, strong enough to stand her ground, and with a body that sends his inner wolf spiraling into overdrive, Nolan knows he’s in trouble the moment he lays eyes on Ivy. His wolf roars to life with an intense single-minded focus. He isn’t just attracted to Ivy, he needs her. The pull between them proves to be too strong for either of them to resist and when they finally give in to their instincts, the connection between them is it’s more than either of them expected. But even a fated mate pairing requires sacrifice, and soon Nolan must once more face an impossible choice. Loyalty and duty to the pack he vowed to protect? Or his fated mate and the future he never dreamed he could have?
Axelle's broken.I live to hold her together.Killian McCreery only has two dreams . . .Fight for the UFL.And Axelle.He's watched her give her time and her body to men who don't deserve to breathe her air. He's waited, worked hard to become the kind of man she deserves, hoping one day, when the time is right, he'd get the opportunity to make her happy. After a painful anniversary, he finally gets his chance.But life has a way of sucker-punching its victims-striking when they least expect it in the most devastating ways.Killian loves me.But I screwed up. Big time. Axelle Daniels appears to be the typical college student-parties, hangovers, and men. No one knows that inside she's a mess, and no amount of booze or meaningless relationships have managed to fill the cracks in her heart. But Killian knows. He's been there since the night it all began and has never left her side.When she wakes up one morning to find the consequences of her actions have caught up to her, even Killian's white-knighthood can't save her now.Fate is put to the test when, for the first time in their five-year friendship, they no longer have each other to lean on. When he becomes a UFL superstar, she hardly recognizes the man he used to be. And she no longer needs him to hold her together.With the foundation of their friendship gone, they'll discover that even a love that is meant to be needs to be fought for and destiny is a choice.
Master of His Fate by James Tobin is an inspiring middle-grade biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with a focus on his battle with polio and how his disease set him on the course to become president. In 1921, FDR contracted polio. Just as he began to set his sights on the New York governorship—and, with great hope, the presidency—FDR became paralyzed from the waist down. FDR faced a radical choice: give up politics or reenter the arena with a disability, something never seen before. With the help of Eleanor and close friends, Roosevelt made valiant strides toward rehabilitation and became even more focused on becoming president, proving that misfortune sometimes turns out to be a portal to unexpected opportunities and rewards—even to greatness. This groundbreaking political biography richly weaves together medicine, disability narratives, and presidential history. Christy Ottaviano Books
When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding wealth and solidifying power. We have seen it at various times in Japan, France and Italy and now it is infecting much of Europe and America, as the vote for Brexit in the UK has vividly shown. This insularity, together with increased inequality of income and wealth, threatens the future role of the West as a font of stability, prosperity and security. Part of the problem is that the principles of liberal democracy upon which the success of the West has been built have been suborned, with special interest groups such as bankers accruing too much power and too great a share of the economic cake. So how is this threat to be countered? States such as Sweden in the 1990s, California at different times or Britain under Thatcher all halted stagnation by clearing away the powers of interest groups and restoring their societies' ability to evolve. To survive, the West needs to be porous, open and flexible. From reinventing welfare systems to redefining the working age, from reimagining education to embracing automation, Emmott lays out the changes the West must make to revive itself in the moment and avoid a deathly rigid future.
This is the third book of the Locked Hearts Series and is not meant to be read as a stand alone.Jordan Fry's attempts to reform Kimberly Orvine's behaviors have failed repeatedly, and he must face that she will never love him. To preserve his sanity, he separates from her again, but without her, he spirals out of control and can not maintain a healthy and peaceful existence. Anyone in his path that reminds him of Kimberly faces danger.Kimberly has found new purpose, and although it comes in a different form than what she'd expected, she knows she must turn her life around and heal the damage inflicted on her as a child. She also gains a new perspective on her relationship with Jordan; she has to let him go, but Jordan wants them to be together forever, no matter what it takes.Jordan and Kimberly's battle of wills reaches a shocking conclusion in YOU CAN'T FIGHT FATE.
Katie has everything planned out; school, career, social life. And she isn't going to let anything get in her way. Until she repeatedly crosses paths with poster-child frat boy, Isaac Johnson.She hesitates when all he wants is a hook up. She pushes him away when he shows signs of wanting more. Then she's torn, when she finds him all alone and sick as a dog after his frat brothers abandon him for spring break.Katie should leave. Stick to her plan. Finish the project that could make or break her college career.But she can't leave him like this--to fend for himself when he can barely breathe--or ignore the connection building between them. The one she's not sure she can fight anymore.Fun and fluffy standalone with a happily ever after.Tropes you have to look forward to: *Injury (Our boy has the flu, poor thing)*Afraid to commit*FlingThis is a sweet and spicy novella intended for an adult audience
She's on the run. He's on the hunt. When fate entwines their lives, will their secrets be their undoing? On the run from her dangerous family, Dakota seeks shelter in the untamed town of Predator Peak, crafting a new identity to evade her father's sinister schemes. But even after over a year, is she truly safe? Konner has spent his entire life paying the debts of his father, but the bear shifter has only one job left: hunt down the elusive princess of the cougar shifter mafia to liberate his family from their shackles. But a seemingly straightforward assignment takes an unforeseen turn. They are fated mates. There's no way they can be together. A bear and a cougar don't make sense, especially when lives hang in the balance. But as their desire becomes undeniable, they have no choice but to surrender to the intoxicating pull of their destiny. Yet, beneath the surface of their passion, lies a web of secrets that could destroy everything and with the clock running out for Konner, he must face an agonizing choice—his family's salvation or the life and love of his fated mate.
A remarkable journey of a young man struggling with a life-threatening disease, family conflicts, discovering his life's purpose, and fighting a war with his own fate where his free-will keeps falling short. Surviving through many encounters of life, that once seemed impossible, he desperately seeks to attain a normal life. He keeps moving forward believing in himself to prove to the world that there has to be a better end to his journey. The young man observes a lot of deep facts of the world we have become a part of today fighting through his own miseries. All his observations come from his personal living experiences and draw a true sketch of how the society's influence can be for an individual in both good and bad times. Twenty-two years of tough living and learns that no matter how hard life could be, it cant be worth giving up.
