Hollywood actress Hope Hadley doesn’t think that things can get any worse for her. In the last twenty-four hours, her boyfriend has broken up with her and her long-running police procedural TV show has been canceled. A boy. A girl. A missed opportunity.<\/p>\n No matter how much she studies, Ellie Glass can’t prepare for every aspect of life. A fact she realizes after a chance encounter with a young musician leaves her scrambling to form coherent sentences. Scruffy, long-haired, and undeniably sexy, Ben is the exact opposite of her type. So why is it that Ellie can\u2019t stop thinking about him?<\/p>\n When fate intervenes and the two are thrown together for a second time, Ellie gets more than she bargained for. With the help of her friends and a newfound romance, she begins to redefine herself and realize that happiness isn’t something you can plan for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Anything can happen on a reality show, though finding a body on set\u2014and live on air\u2014is new.<\/p>\n Melissa McBallister is young, rich, and beautiful but frustrated. She wants nothing more than to be a famous author like her mother. When the opportunity to be on a new reality TV show comes her way, she grabs the chance, hoping to find some inspiration. When a castmate is murdered during a live broadcast and her blood is literally on Melissa\u2019s hands, the young writer gets more than she bargained for\u2014reality TV is much stranger than fiction. Can Melissa and her rescue dog Bubbles prove that she\u2019s innocent?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n There is just one thing standing in the way\u2014Post surgeon Major Elliot Ryder, who is also the twins uncle, also claims the children and thinks he knows what is best for them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As Detective Drexel Pierce struggles to overcome the mysterious death of his wife, the murder of a city alderman, Hal \u201cthe Bull\u201d Nye, and its investigation threatens Pierce\u2019s career. Found in his secure high-rise condominium, with no obvious mechanism of death, what killed the Bull may be as mysterious as who killed him. The lone clue that could expose the killer is a cryptic message burned into a desk. While Drexel\u2019s commander pushes to arrest the Bull\u2019s young girlfriend to please the politicians and media, he seeks out the truth, following a trail of mobsters, rivals, and pasts best forgotten.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Annabelle is a hard-nosed writer with a sound marriage, a stylish flat, a thriving career at Adorn magazine and a busy social life. She has only one ambition–to be the best-known advice columnist in the UK. When her world is turned upside down by her husband’s infidelity she strikes out on her own and answers an ad to flat with a jet-setting businessman. As Annabelle begins to settle she sees things in her new house aren’t quite what they seem and her problems mount.<\/p>\n Christian is an attractive and wealthy property developer whose life is on track. He owns a luxurious house in an exclusive part of town, travels extensively, and is engaged to his beautiful model girlfriend. But despite this, he knows something is missing from his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Six years after a painful divorce, Josh Conrad is happy traveling the world as a photographer. When he arrives in Portugal, he plans to complete the assignment as quickly as possible. What he doesn’t plan for is Sofia, the girl he baptized eleven years earlier on an LDS mission, and soon he’s making excuses to prolong his trip. Rumor has it there\u2019s a Russian you can turn to if you\u2019re very rich, and need dirty deeds done without a trace. The CIA calls him Ivan the Ghost because he\u2019s operated for years without leaving a trail or revealing his face.<\/p>\n Until now.<\/p>\n For the first time in history, Ivan appears to have slipped. The CIA\u2019s new director sets Agent Kyle Achilles on an intercept course, surveilling the daughter of a British politician. Then Ivan pulls off a masterful con, and Emily vanishes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Since it was first published almost a decade ago, Seth Godin’s visionary book has helped tens of thousands of leaders turn a scattering of followers into a loyal tribe. If you need to rally fellow employees, customers, investors, believers, hobbyists, or readers around an idea, this book will demystify the process.<\/p>\n It’s human nature to seek out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. Social media gives anyone who wants to make a difference the tools to do so.<\/p>\n With his signature wit and storytelling flair, Godin presents the three steps to building a tribe: the desire to change things, the ability to connect a tribe, and the willingness to lead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning classic about prejudice and long-buried secrets that threaten to destroy a distinguished family in the American South.<\/b><\/p>\n The Howland dynasty began after the War of 1812, when a young Tennessee solider fighting for Andrew Jackson settled in Alabama. Over the next century, the Howlands accumulated a fortune, fought for Secession, helped rebuild the South, and established themselves as one of the most respected families in the state. But that history means little to Abigail Howland.<\/p>\n Though she inherited the Howland manse, her fortunes reverse when her family\u2019s mixed-race heritage comes to light and her community\u2014locked in the prejudices of the 1960s\u2014turns its back on her. Faced with such deep-seated prejudice, Abigail is pushed to defend her family at all costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In 1967, during the time of peace, free love, and hitchhiking, nineteen-year-old Mary Terese Fleszar was last seen alive walking home to her apartment in Ypsilanti, Michigan. One month later, her naked body\u2014stabbed over thirty times and missing both feet and a forearm\u2014was discovered, partially buried, on an abandoned farm. A year later, the body of twenty-year-old Joan Schell was found, similarly violated. Southeastern Michigan was terrorized by something it had never experienced before: a serial killer. Over the next two years, five more bodies were uncovered around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. All the victims were tortured and mutilated. All were female students.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Megan Kimble has finally freed herself from years of abuse at the hands of her ex. Now she can finally start a new life and figure out just who she really is. When her brother Matt dies suddenly, she takes a big risk and moves cross country to live in his house and take over his new business. This could be the chance she\u2019s needed. There\u2019s only one problem now. She can\u2019t seem to escape the irresistible charm of her departed brother\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n Todd Jordan just lost his best friend and business partner. Watching Matt\u2019s sister move into town, his attraction to her is instant. Can he prove to her that all men are not the same, and resist his own desires as she learns to trust again? Overcoming the odds is just part of their journey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n There are a lot of books on story structure, but only The Plot Machine presents a step-by-step guide to designing a story. In clear precise language, this guide discusses the various types of stories we tell, their specific parts, and how they are assembled. Say good-bye to staring at the blank page waiting for lightning to strike. Just put a few coins in the Plot Machine and design better stories faster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a fifteen-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. 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