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He hired me to care for his failing heart, but when meddling family forces his hand, he introduces me as his girlfriend. His live-in girlfriend! What can go wrong, right? Agreeing to Preston’s scheme will ensure I never practice again, but he’s willing to pay handsomely for my services. Do I even have a choice? My family needs me to make ends meet, and I’ll never let my sisters down again. Giving up my dreams to help a fake boyfriend seems like my only answer.

My name is Julia McDowell. I’m not the pretty girl next door, I’m the boss at work who solves all your problems. I’m an awkward genius with the worst taste in boyfriends; the last one left me with a six-figure debt to prove it. So, when the most swoon-worthy man alive saves me from a psychotic tree, who am I to say no to a drink? He’s sweet yet powerful with a darkness I can’t place. I should be terrified of him, but I find myself drawn to him in ways I’ve never experienced. He says I’m his guiding light, that our hearts beat to the same melody.

Informative, challenging and often humorous, this work explores mentoring the basic types of children and provides real-life insights on how to help them reach their full potential. Whether you have a driver, a diplomat, or a dreamer, you need to give your child permission to dream big and to dream right. Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child provides the tools for parents who want more than average for their children and who seek to inspire the pursuit of vision larger than they are.

Of all the Verran brothers, Tiernan is the least suited to wear the Night Court crown. The Rebel Prince is happy with no responsibilities or accountability—just the freedom to pursue his own dark, lush pleasures in Sin City. Including his secret hunger for a certain smart-mouthed, fiery redhead. Only, the possibility of having Fiona is stripped away when Tiernan is thrust into the one role he never wanted: king. As king of the Dark Fae, wanting—let alone pursuing—anything with a lower-caste fae like Fiona would shift from fun…to forbidden.

Aging Gracefully covers everything from brain training and mental exercises to managing the physical and emotional demands of caregiving. With a focus on maintaining independence and quality of life, this book offers valuable information for seniors, their loved ones, and caregivers.

Lady Olivia Stone—Liv to her intimates—finally has the control she's longed for. She's hand raised her beloved horse from foal to filly and is ready to enter her in the St. Ledger Stakes. But her father is right about one thing: she needs a proper trainer to take her over the finish line. However, Brandon Casey is not what she had in mind. Until she meets the man ready to challenge—and inflame her—at every turn.

Vivacious, bold, beautiful Madison Hutton is an instant success when she arrives in London for her debut season. While she has caught the eye of many an eligible bachelor, her head is not so easily turned. Madison is looking for one thing: a true love marriage. When she meets Henry, a dashing young marquess, she thinks she has found her perfect match.

He's inherited a title, but not a penny to speak of, so the Earl of Rochdale knows he must find a wife - preferably one tolerably pretty and good-tempered but definitely wealthy, and who will exchange her fortune for his family name. His choice: Leonie Charnock, one of the season's "Spinster Heiresses". Years before, the earl had saved the dark-eyed beauty's reputation, and she is still breathtakingly lovely, leading Rochdale to hope that their marriage will be more than in name only.

She knows her fiance is out there. Her almost fiance, that is. But she has not heard from him in months, and although she's kept up a brave face with her family, even Ursula is starting to worry. Meets a young man looking to get from here to there with as little fuss as possible . . . Ford accepted a seemingly simple errand for his cousin, Viscount Warrington: bring a racehorse from Epsom to Doncaster in time for the match race of the decade. What he did not count on? A bossy, buxom siren distracting him at every turn.

Tercer volumen de la saga que consagró a Megan como la autora más querida del género. El laird Kieran O’Hara y sus guerreros son atacados por unos villanos mientras pernoctan en el bosque cercano al castillo de Caerlaveroch, pero una misteriosa banda de encapuchados, liderados por una mujer a la que los aldeanos llaman "Hada", consigue salvarlos. Angela es la menor de las hijas del laird Kubrat Ferguson. Todo el mundo cree que es una muchacha débil, temerosa de los caballos y que tiembla ante el acero.

La joven pelirroja Demelza nació fruto del amor entre una escocesa y un vikingo, algo que Urd, la mujer de este, nunca perdonará. Demelza, a la que todos llaman Pelirroja salvaje, creció con unos hermanastros que la adoraban y un padre que la veneraba. Urd, sin embargo, se la tiene jurada y, con la ayuda de un malvado vikingo llamado Viggo, urde un plan para destrozar el futuro de su hijastra. El padre de la joven, creyendo todo lo que se dice de ella, la obliga a casarse con Viggo, algo de lo que más tarde se arrepentirá y que, sin duda, marcará el resto de su vida.

Estar enamorado de la mujer que se desea olvidar no es algo que el joven e impetuoso highlander Zac Philips lleve bien. Tiempo atrás, Zac posó sus ojos en Sandra, una joven de mirada y pelo castaños que cautivó con su sonrisa. Pero cuando el padre de Sandra falleció, sus abuelos maternos las obligaron, tanto a ella como a su madre, a dejar las Highlands, su lugar de residencia, y regresar a Carlisle, un lugar en el que ninguna de las dos conseguía ser feliz, sobre todo cuando sus abuelos se empeñaron en concertarle un matrimonio.

Carolina Campbell es la pequeña de la familia. A diferencia de sus hermanas y hermanos, que cumplen la voluntad de sus padres, ella es más inquieta. Su carácter independiente y retador espanta a todos los hombres que se le acercan. Peter McGregor, un guapo y joven highlander con un excelente sentido del humor, se dedica a la cría de caballos junto con sus amigos Aidan y Harald. Los Campbell y los McGregor se odian desde hace años por algo que ocurrió entre sus antepasados y que llevó a los McGregor a entregarles unas tierras que Peter está dispuesto a recuperar a toda costa.

El segundo volumen de Las Guerreras Maxwell, ahora en audiolibro. Gillian es conocida entre los miembros de su clan como la Retadora por su carácter indomable, que siendo su mayor atractivo es también su gran maldición. Enamorada de Niall desde la infancia, juntos vivieron una bonita historia de amor que se rompió cuando éste partió a luchar junto al rey de Escocia sin despedirse de ella. Gillian se juró entonces que jamás lo perdonaría.

Nueva entrega de «Las guerreras Maxwell», una saga romántica que nos traslada a la Escocia medieval. Las gemelas Beth y Gladys Craig se vieron obligadas a abandonar Noruega y dejar atrás a su familia. Las constantes amenazas de su tío Leiv hicieron que sus padres tomaran la dura decisión de ponerlas a cargo de sus tíos Sven y Ottilia en Elgin, Escocia. Físicamente son como dos gotas de agua: pelo rubio, ojos claros, delgadas, pero sus caracteres son muy diferentes. Mientras Beth es sonriente, noble, trabajadora y luchadora, Gladys es enfadica, ruin, holgazana y conformista.

El highlander Duncan McRae, más conocido como el Halcón, es un hombre acostumbrado a liderar ejércitos, librar batallas y salir victorioso de todas ellas junto a su clan. Pero al llegar al castillo de Dunstaffnage para celebrar el enlace de su buen amigo Alex McDougall, se encuentra con el mayor reto de su vida, alguien con quien no está acostumbrado a lidiar: lady Megan Phillips, una morena que no le tiene miedo a nada.

Few people know more about developing leaders than John C. Maxwell, the bestselling leadership author in history. In the last twenty-five years, he has grown from equipping a handful of leaders in one organization to developing millions of business, government, and non-profit leaders in every country around the world. In The Ultimate Guide to Developing Leaders, Maxwell teaches everything leaders need to know about how to develop leaders in their team or organization.

Defining success is a difficult task. Most people equate it with wealth, power, and happiness. However, true success is not a thing you acquire or achieve. Rather, it is a journey you take your whole life long. In a refreshingly straightforward style, John Maxwell shares unique insights into what it means to be successful. And he reveals a definition that puts genuine success within your reach yet motivates you to keep striving for your dreams.

Relationships are at the heart of every positive human experience. Maxwell, a master communicator and relational expert, makes learning about relationships accessible to everyone. The most sophisticated leaders and salespeople will pick up on skills that will make them even better, and relational novices will learn skills that can transform them into relational dynamos.

The first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, The Good Neighbor tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development.