Inheriting billions from the father they never knew sounds pretty sweet. Until they find out what he really wants in exchange. Books 1-3 in the six-time USA TODAY Bestselling Series! TANK I’m the fixer. The one who takes care of everyone else. My sick mom, my injured brother and all the clients I protect as a bodyguard. But nothing prepared me for the biggest threat of all, the father I haven’t seen for twenty years.Thirty days to make the choice of a lifetime. Reunite with my deadbeat dad or lose my inheritance forever. The bastard thinks that money cures all but it turns out he kept three other secrets that change everything. Their names are Gabriel, Zachary and Lucas. Three half-brothers I’ve never met. And what he really wants from us I could have never seen coming. FINN When she left me, I had nothing. Now I have it all: money, cars and most importantly, the power to track down the woman who left me for a richer man. She’s struggling to save her business, and I’m in the perfect position to save it. For a price. Money can’t buy happiness but it can buy the one thing I want more than anything else. Revenge. GABE There’s a saying, ‘He could sell a dildo to a nun.’ (What? Isn’t that how it goes?) Well, that’s me. Hell, I could sell it to her and make her think it was HER idea. The only one who sees through my games is Sasha Whitman. She deserves a hell of a lot better than me but I can’t stay away from her. And for the first time I wonder if I’m not more like my con-artist father than anyone knows.

USA Today Bestselling author, Lexy Timms, brings you the first 3 bks of the Unknown Identity Series in a box set! Book 1 - Unknown Life has changed radically for Leslie. Her husband has finally succumbed to his terminal cancer and it's time for her to have a change of scenery. Moving across the country and setting up shop, Leslie takes the months to rebuild her life and figure out what she wants in the future. Pouring herself into her successful mystery books series she's written, she is a reclusive global sensation writing under a penname. Leslie realizes that her life is missing the romance she so desperately craved and now she's on the hunt to live her life beyond her grief. Sooner than she realizes, cupid comes calling in the form of a handsome actor who has no clue she's a successful author. However, he comes with his own personal set of baggage. Is new love possible after you've laid true love to rest? Book 2 - Unpublished Things with Conrad didn't go as Leslie has planned and after running back to New York City, she's the most surprised person in the world to find him standing on her doorstep, asking for a chance to win her heart over. Leslie doesn't know how to respond. But, Conrad's here, alive and wanting to love her. Excited to show her new found beau the city she's come to love, Leslie realizes when Amber and Josie return, that she left out one minor detail about her life. The more Conrad expresses his love for her, the more Leslie grows nervous about telling him who she really is. Will Conrad being willing to accept who she really is when the truth comes out? Book 3 - Unexposed All secrets have a price, and Leslie is about to find out when hers is exposed. Now one of the most popular authors on the planet, Leslie only wanted to find life after love. She never expected that her heart would fall for anyone again. Sexy, handsome, and an extremely famous actor, Conrad has managed to capture her attention, along with the attention of a million paparazzi who want to snap pictures of the couple together. Can they survive the world known, published, and exposed for everyone to see? SERIES: Unknown Unpublished Unexposed Unsure Unwritten Search Terms: bbw, fiction, big beautiful women, big beautiful woman, fake, sexy hero, sweet romance, hot steamy, love, Managing the Bosses, the Boss, billionaire boss, billionaire obsession, sexy, sport romance, hired wife, fake girlfriend, free kindle romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire romance, holiday, holiday romance, rich girl, famous actor, HEA, fake boss, fiction, cancer, love and life, contemporary romance, new adult, romance, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot doctors, hot romance, hot and steamy, famous actor, happily ever after, true love, billionaire romance, romance billionaire series, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire obsession, new adult romance, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story

Savas' Defiant Mistress — Anne McAllister The friction between Sebastian Savas and his new employee is instant. But the luscious curvy Neely Robson is also the tenant in one of his properties. On the surface Neely can take it, but underneath, Sebastian is making her quiver! Living with Neely, Seb realises he's made an error. But the benefits of Neely's inexperience in the bedroom far outweigh him being wrong! Much More Than A Mistress — Michelle Clemer Jordan Everette is determined to reveal his sexy secretary, Jane Monroe's, secrets. This billionaire doesn't ask questions so he'll seduce the truth out of her. But is the playboy actually the one being played? Jane is to investigate a corporate wrongdoer. The prime suspect? Jordan Everette. But when her hidden agenda clashes with his obvious allure, she has to choose between a dream career...and the man of her dreams. Innocent 'Til Proven Otherwise — Amy Andrews Ali doesn't do one-night stands — until one intoxicating night with a lethally attractive man. More shocking still, when Ali meets the lawyer holding her career in his hands a few days later — it's the same hot guy! Max Sherrington knows even his memories of Ali could be defined as inappropriate conduct! Protocol may forbid him from touching her — but just because they can't break the rules it doesn't mean they can't bend them a little...

Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries draws on up-to-date scholarship across a wide spectrum of deviance categories, providing a symbolic interactionist analysis of the deviance process. The book addresses positivistic theories of deviant behavior within a description of the deviance process that encompasses the work of deviance claims-makers, rule-breakers, and social control agents. Students: are introduced to the sociology of deviance learn to analyze several kinds of criminal deviance that involve unwilling victims—such as murder, rape, street-level property crime, and white-collar crime learn to examine several categories of “lifestyle” and “status” deviance develop skills for critical analysis of criminal justice and social policies Overall, students gain an understanding of the sociology of deviance through cross-cultural comparisons, historical overview of deviance in the U.S., and up-close analysis of the lived experience of those who are labeled deviant as well as responses to them in the U.S. today. Instructor Resources are available to easily help with lecture and exam preparation.

Disclosure: This description was prompted and edited by Bill Ritchie, in Microsoft’s current Copilot, an AI text generator for the second volume of Bill H. Ritchie's two-part autobiography. We traverse the years from 1991 to 2023. Ritchie, a trailblazer in the art world continues his life story. In the first book he told how he embarked on a remarkable odyssey that defied convention and reshaped the art, craft, and design of fine art printmaking. At the tender age of 24, Ritchie secured a groundbreaking position—the youngest ever—in the vibrant city of Seattle. His appointment as a teaching artist in fine art printmaking at the University of Washington marked the beginning of a transformative chapter. But this was no ordinary academic journey; Ritchie's innovative spirit would soon set him apart, a maverick in academe. The traditional classroom was too confining for Ritchie. Driven by a hunger for exploration, he wove technology into his art courses in the 1980s. Bill Ritchie's experiments disrupted the staid printmaking department and shocked the UW School of Art. Forced to leave the stifling ivory towers, by the 1990s the emergence of electronic arts opened with the Internet and would extend the boundaries of printmaking. Ritchie's vision blurred the lines between historic creativity and cutting-edge technology, birthing a new era dating back to the Paleolithic era when printmaking was invented. Ritchie pushed the envelope. Printmaking was no longer confined to ink and paper; it now danced with video, performance, computer graphics, and games. His colleagues, patrons, and former students watched in awe, wondering at the audacity of his moves. Telling all, Ritchie weaves rich, detailed tales. In his printed books he placed thousands of pictures to enliven the narrative, capturing moments shared with those who left their marks on his journey. QR codes link videos and backstories, bridging epochs—from prehistoric cave paintings to the digital age. The echoes of ancient handprints resonate, showing that explication transcends time if replicated creatively. In a world illuminated and echoed by electronic media, Ritchie poses a poignant question: "Is there hope?" As climate change and global stressors threaten the future, his words resonate. Whether through brushstrokes or those fleeting, elusive pixels and here in eBook form and auxiliary Read Aloud option, Ritchie's legacy endures—a beacon for students of all ages, urging them to embrace creativity, defy boundaries, and find hope in the interplay of art, technology, and the human imagination.