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The last thing Doctor Mitchell Hoffstetter wanted was to put up a stranded motorist at his cabin, but seeing the bruises marring Lillian’s face stifles his irritation. He couldn’t help offering comfort when her grief kept her awake, and for all her sass and independence, she succumbed to his commands and touch without pause. They went their separate ways the next day unable to forget that one hour. Mitchell soon discovers Lillian is living in the motel in town.

This completely revised second edition pulls from years of research, practice, and results to reanalyze and reevaluate the nine instructional strategies that have the most positive effects on teaching and learning. A new framework organizes the nine instructional strategies that have the most positive effects on teaching and learning in preparation for instructional planning, and it highlights the point that all of the strategies are effective and should be used to complement one another.

It started one night in Vegas over a naughty cocktail and dirty banter. Eight months of bedded bliss later, Gilly Nelson says the two words Ezra Baker never saw coming: “I’m pregnant.” Twice-divorced Ezra has always acted first, thought it through later. Except in Gilly he finds an equal; a strong-willed, independent woman who doesn’t need his money or kind heart to get ahead. She just wants him.

The only thing worse than being stabbed in the back is being shot in the back. And that’s exactly what happens to local bar owner Mitch Taylor. As Clint Wolf and Susan Wilson investigate, the list of suspects begins to grow, and it includes the victim’s estranged wife. Just when it appears Clint is closing in on the killer, things takes a surprising turn, and the entire complexion of the case is changed.

Girls weren’t on Bryant Cook’s radar until the day he moved next door to the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen. Fortunately for him, Faith Baker fell just as hard that first day as well. From ages 8 to 22, it was the Faith and Bryant show, and their happily forever after seemed certain. Until it wasn’t. Now she’s back after 12 years and she wants what they had. That’s when Bryant issues a challenge. One Faith can’t resist. After all, her future - their future - is riding on it. She said she’d do anything. She just didn’t think he meant THAT...

Ronnie Nelson likes to be chased. Jaxon Cook loves a challenge. Ronnie wants a man who pulls out all the stops. Jax doesn't stop until he gets what he wants. Seems like a match made in heaven. Until an unexpected development - of the "call me Professor Cook" variety - makes their attraction - and what they did last Saturday night - a lot more forbidden. Now, committing a work violation has become a forgone conclusion and the chase just became a lot more complicated.

Hank Savage has always believed his old girlfriend was murdered. Now he's come home to Cardwell Ranch and, with the help of PI Frankie Brewster, is determined to find the killer. Trying to keep their feelings at bay, Hank and Frankie quickly learn that every lead reveals a life steeped in secrets - and danger. And that someone from Hank's past will do anything to keep the truth from being revealed.

When an invading clone army completely overwhelms and threatens total destruction on the planet Delpha, there’s only one group that can stop them. Task Force 88. A highly skilled combat team of super soldiers, the Task Force Rangers are the planet’s only hope of survival. Outnumbered and facing near impossible odds against the clone army, the Rangers must protect three airfields until the United Planet Military Command can send in reinforcements.

It’s Mardi Gras in Mechant Loup and a dog complaint pulls Clint Wolf away from the town’s yearly parade. Happy to be away from the bustling crowds, noise, and lights, he responds to the complaint and arrives just in time to stop a man from shooting a friendly German shepherd that posed no threat to anyone. After addressing the man heatedly, he attempts to return the dog to its home, but instead finds a seemingly empty house, an abandoned detective car, a set of keys on the ground, and a single drop of blood in the driveway.

Clint Wolf is in a race against time - leaving little time for sleep - as he tries to find a missing teenager. Rose Murdock was supposed to board Bus 23 for school early one winter morning in Mechant Loup. However, when her mother returns home from work that evening and checks the answering machine, she realizes Rose never made it to school.

Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. Enter drop-dead gorgeous Buck Crawford. Determined to help, he introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations. But someone wants the secrets surrounding her adoption to stay buried—and they’ll do anything to keep her from uncovering the truth…

On the living room floor of a lonely farm house in Chateau Parish, Louisiana, there rests the body of a young woman named Allie - the victim of a horrific attack. A little farther to the south, Detective Clint Wolf is leaving the Mechant Loup Police Department when he hears the screams of a terrified female. Jumping into action, he responds to the area and arrests the woman's husband for attacking her with a pipe. Almost immediately after Clint wraps up the arrest and returns home, Police Chief Susan Wilson receives a welfare call from Allie’s mother.

It’s a warm September afternoon in the sleepy town of Mechant Loup, a tornado has just ripped through town, and Detective Clint Wolf is searching for a missing school teacher. Not only are details sketchy and witnesses nonexistent, but a formidable Category 4 hurricane is heading straight for the Louisiana coast - and it’s threatening to erase every scintilla of evidence that might lead to the missing woman.

When James Colt decides to solve his late father’s final murder case, he has no idea of the danger he’s unleashing. And Lorelei Wilkins can’t believe that her high school crush is implicating her stepmother! Now James and Lorelei are embroiled in unravelling a cover-up… and a killer determined to keep the truth hidden.

Dragon Soul begins in a small village of the Palmir people. A quiet, productive, and peaceful clan with an almost forgotten violent history. The Plague from the North - an attack of powerful, evil creatures - virtually annihilated them generations ago. They defeated the Plague, with the help of mystics and dragons - but at great cost. A Prophet has a vision that takes shape in a physical form and warns the Palmir people of an ominous event. Was it a just a reminder of the hellish past, or a harbinger of things to come?

Eve Sawyer had a bright future ahead of her when a tragic accident cost her everything. Now, 12 years later, desperation for all she has been missing compels her to seek comfort and pleasure in the arms of strangers. A few hours indulging in anonymous sex with a man named Nate gives her more pleasure than she ever dreamed possible. Unfortunately, past experiences with men haven't given her any hope that incredible night could ever lead to anything more.

When James Colt decides to solve his late father’s final murder case, he has no idea of the danger he’s unleashing. And Lorelei Wilkins can’t believe that her high school crush is implicating her stepmother! Now James and Lorelei are embroiled in unravelling a cover-up… and a killer determined to keep the truth hidden.

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Andrew is a neurotic young man who is socially inept and keeps to himself. On the outside, he’s quirky, unassuming and usually placed in the “friends category”. On the inside, though, he observes, judges... and wants to be dominated. Overtime at work causes him to catch a later bus, with different passengers. An unappealing couple argue loudly and capture Andrew’s attention. When he overhears more than he bargains for... he winds up in his first BDSM encounter!

Ex-military man Thorn Grayson has debts to pay. So, when a plane crashes in the mountains near his cabin, he’s hired to find the wreckage - and the kidnapped woman believed to be the sole survivor. But when he locates Geneva, or "JJ" as she insists on being called, she’s not at all what he expected. JJ isn’t sure she can trust the mysterious man who’s come to her rescue. But she has secrets of her own - secrets she’ll do anything to keep. So, she’ll follow his instructions and keep her distance to get off this mountain alive without blowing her cover.