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Euel Lee, alias Orphan Jones, was an African American accused of murdering his white employer and family over a single dollar. The tumultuous events and cast of characters surrounding the racially charged crime garnered national media attention and changed the course of Maryland history. With exacting research, former Maryland State's Attorney Joseph E. Moore reconstructs the murders, the ensuing roller coast of a trial, and the eventual conviction and execution of Orphan Jones. Moore details all of this in the context of Jim Crow and American society during the Great Depression.

Sinclair Eisley, Sin to those who know her, is ready for a change. She's prepared to put modeling behind her and spend some time getting to know her sister again. She's only planning on a long vacation until she meets a man who suddenly makes her yearn for that ever elusive happily ever after.

Paisley Ames can't escape the headline splashed across every news outlet, a vivid reminder of the tragedy that changed her life and still haunts her. Despite the passage of time, she can't heal. She can't let in the man who might show her how to live again. Barrett "Bare" Locke took one look at Jamison Knight's daughter and saw a survivor. A woman, fierce and strong. Too bad she doesn't see it. He understands what it is to lose someone you love.

Two weeks ago, Chase Riley and her best friend were kidnapped, severely beaten and left for dead. Chase was the lone survivor but has been in a coma since she was found. The police, led by her ex-boyfriend, Detective Phillip Wade, still have no idea what happened. When Phillip gets the call that his sleeping beauty is finally awake, he rushes to her side. There's just one little problem. Chase doesn't recall that fateful night, and doctors aren't certain if she'll ever remember. And the woman before him is nothing like the laughing jokester Phillip once fell for.

Motions and Moments is the third book by Michael Pronko on the fluid feel and vibrant confusions of Tokyo life. These essays burrow into the unique intensities that suffuse the city and ponder what they mean to its millions of inhabitants.

Wrong has never been so right. Survival. It's all about the next dollar. It started out as a job, but has morphed into an addiction. Money flows and life is good. Women respond to my mere presence, begging for one more taste. I was the king, on top of the world. It was all a game and I expected nothing less than being crowned the champion. Then she waltzed into the club. And everything became dirty.

Bennett Patterson is content with his boring firefighting job, puttering around in his wood shop, and spending evenings with his big Great Dane. At least he thinks so. He's been divorced for seven years, and at least he knows what each day is going to bring—and it's not heartache. When he gets called out to a fire, he comes face-to-face with his high school girlfriend, Jennie Zimmerman, who swore she'd never return to Hawthorne Harbor.

It's Christmas time in the city. Find out how Luce and Santino are celebrating the holiday as newlyweds.

Janey Germaine is tired of entertaining tourists in Olympic National Park all day and trying to keep her 12-year-old son occupied at night. When longtime friend and chief of police Adam Herrin offers to take the boy on a ride-along one fall evening, Janey starts to see him in a different light. Adam has had a crush on Janey since college. But she married his best friend and started a family before her husband died in a tragic accident.

A coming-of-age, short story of young Prince Magus, who learns a painful lesson from his father, King Nall, about the responsibility that comes with being a future king.

In 1928, a fire blazed through Twin Springs Hotel and killed General Rockwell's three daughters, Emerald, Ruby, and Amethyst. How they really died has remained a secret until now. Nearly 100 years later, Private Investigator JD Wolfe hides the fact that she's haunted by the ghost she calls The Woman. As a top-notch investigator, JD's specialty is finding lost children with the unwanted help of her ghostly partner. Following a lead to a case at Twin Springs hotel, JD discovers her first clue to The Woman's identity and perhaps a way to rid herself from the ghost forever.

In 1928, a fire spread through Twin Springs Hotel and stole General Rockwell's greatest treasures - his three daughters, Emerald, Ruby, and Amethyst. How they really died has remained a secret, until now. As a little girl, Ava Fairbanks runs wild within her family’s hotel, Twin Springs, pretending to be anyone and anything, but the little girl who walks in her sleep and wakes to find herself in awkward situations with visions of the 1920s playing in her head.

In 1928, a fire spread through Twin Springs Hotel and stole General Rockwell's greatest treasures: his three daughters Emerald, Ruby, and Amethyst. How they really died has remained a secret until now. If Isabella Fairbanks had known that morning would change her life, she would’ve hidden better. But, at the tender age of eight, her friends called her Izzy, her father was larger than life, dreams were make believe, boys were gross, and ghosts lived only in books.

If we allow enmity in our hearts, war is inevitable. For 4000 years, creatus have concealed themselves from the humans who hunted them almost to extinction. Now, one rogue faction plans to retaliate by ridding the world of humankind.

Harley Jameson is not your typical woman. She's a rough and tumble, beer drinking, hockey loving, smart-mouthed kind of woman. In fact, she owns her own contracting company. Most men just treat her as one of the guys; that is, until she meets her newest client....

It was just a summer fling. He taught me his bad boy ways. And now I'm beyond being saved. At first it was fun, but now it's an addiction my skin craves. All sense of reality disappears and there're no boundaries holding me in.

21-year-old college student Becca Stewart has lived her life by the rules and never stepped over any lines. For once in her life she wants to be the bad girl and enjoy what she's missing out on. She's had a crush on the star quarterback at her university and decides to tell him how she feels. He's all in for a night of wild sex until she confesses to being a virgin. Telling her he'd love to give her what she wants if she wasn't innocent, she decides to fight for him.

Sometimes there are monsters hiding in the people we love. Monsters we don't see until it's too late. As a psychologist to abuse victims, I see the damage those monsters can cause every day and the hell the women go through to regain their lives. My experiences in life are a double-edged sword. Without them, I wouldn't understand the women who seek my professional help. Having them has ruined me for any woman. I refuse to let history repeat itself.

For 4,000 years, creatus have concealed themselves from the humans who hunted them almost to extinction. Now, one rogue faction wants the world to know they exist. Meghan only wants to be normal, and for the first time in her life, she feels she might have a chance to be herself. As she finds herself between creatus families with different ideals and their roles within the human race, she struggles to find her way. Only, her path leads her right into the arms of a wanted man.

For 4,000 years, creatus have concealed themselves from the humans who hunted them almost to extinction. Now, one rogue wants the world to know they exist. Victoria doesn't want any of it; she just wants to live in peace without men - humans or creatus - messing with her head. When the rogue decides he wants her to join him, though, only one person is close enough to help her. Only problem, he's her prisoner, and if he escapes, she's supposed to kill him.