Jacqueline Topaz

As the head of a highly regarded child welfare agency, Veronica Overton is one of the most respected women in Baltimore. But when a child placed in foster care is harmed, Veronica is criticized in the media by fiery children's advocate Schyler Henderson. With her reputation in ruins and her confidence shattered, Veronica sets out to rebuild her life. Yet her search leads to family secrets she never knew-and ignites a smoldering attraction to Schyler that she is determined to resist.Ever since his own traumatic childhood, Schyler has been driven to help children caught in an uncaring system. When he learns that Veronica is actually a kind, capable woman, he's determined to help her uncover the truth about her family and reclaim her good name. Not even the conflict between them can cool their fire and dampen their passion as they battle distrust and pain to save a love they never dared dream of....

Tales of times long past fill us with wonder, allowing us to envision lives and possibilities far from the worries of our own, very real world. ‘Echoes’ is a collection of short stories and poems written with anthropomorphic animals in mind. From tales of magic at the dawn of civilization to historical fiction of the antiquity and beyond, may they inspire you to dream of worlds all your own. (Source: [Mapaku Village](

Did she just interview the man who's going to kill her? Diane Hanson knew heart-stopping terror when she witnessed the accident that killed her son and destroyed her marriage. But now she's putting her life back together with a terrific newspaper job, an exciting new man and the friendship of her teenage “little sister,” Lara Ryan. Writing a story on a pop psychic, Eduardo Ranier, who once led police to the body of a murdered teen, Diane soon finds that her investigation takes on chilling implications. A second teenage girl is murdered and ”so says the psychic” another is yet to come. When Lara disappears, Diane is cast into a nerve-shattering nightmare of deceit and stark terror.

The Radiants have long ruled Ad-Omaq and waged war against the horned people of the mountains. But the minions of the Graylord are massing for invasion, and Ad-Omaq's only hope lies in a girl called Shadow, born of both races and gifted with the special powers of each. (From Goodreads)