 In Unbound, Shors recreates an ancient and celebrated Chinese legend about a pair of young lovers separated by war and the Great Wall.
The year is 1548, and the Chinese Empire faces an imminent Mongol invasion. All that prevents the violent end of a dynasty is the Great Wall. Yet even this famed fortification has weaknesses, and against his will, a talented Chinese craftsman is taken from his home and wife, so that he may labor alongside the wallâs defenders.
Fan has been missing for a year when his wife, Meng, decides to do the impossibleâto leave everyone and everything she knows in a daunting effort to find him. At a time when many women fear even stepping outside their homes, Meng disguises herself as a man and begins a perilous journey of deliverance.
As two armies gather at the Great Wall, the fates of Fan and Meng collide with a Mongol horseman seeking redemption, a Chinese concubine fighting injustice, and a ruthless general determined to destroy them all.
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 Since her only daughter left for college, widow Pamela Paterson has kept busy as associate editor of a craft magazine and founder of the Knit and Nibble knitting club in quaint Arborville, New Jersey. Now, sheâs trying out a new hobbyâsolving murders!
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Pamela is hosting the next Knit and Nibble meeting and canât wait to liven up her otherwise empty home with colorful yarn, baking, and a little harmless gossip. She even recruits Amy Morgan, an old friend who recently moved to town, as the groupâs newest member. But on the night of the gathering, Amy doesnât show. Not until Pamela finds the woman dead outsideâa knitting needle stabbed through the front of her handmade sweater…
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Someone committed murder before taking off with Amyâs knitting bag, and Pamela realizes that only she can spot the deadly details hidden in mysterious skeins. But when another murder occurs, naming the culpritâand living to spin the taleâwill be more difficult than Pamela ever imagined…
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Catherine Bailey has been enjoying the single life long enough to know a catch when she sees one. Gorgeous, charismatic and spontaneous, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. And her friends clearly agree, as each in turn falls under his spell.
But what begins as flattering attentiveness and passionate sex turns into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon learns there is a darker side to Lee. His increasingly erratic, controlling behaviour becomes frightening, but no one believes her when she shares her fears. Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her world, a desperate Catherine plans a meticulous escape.
Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine – now Cathy – compulsively checks the locks and doors in her apartment, trusting no one. But when an attractive upstairs neighbour, Stuart, comes into her life, Cathy dares to hope that happiness and love may still be possible… until she receives a phone call informing her of Leeâs impending release. Soon after, Cathy thinks she catches a glimpse of the former best friend who testified against her in the trial; she begins to return home to find objects subtly rearranged in her apartment, one of Leeâs old tricks. Convinced she is back in her former loverâs sights, Cathy prepares to wrestle with the demons of her past for the last time…
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 In today’s workplace, good manners matter more than ever.
Blending different generations, genders, and cultures brings energy and fresh perspectives to the workplace. But the flip side is an environment ripe for confusion and social blunders. Mix in increasingly open-plan workplaces and constant connectivity, and the chance that we’ll unintentionally annoy or offend others increases exponentially.
Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings?
Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides.
While the youngest employees might seem unruly, the oldest can seem rigid. Good manners create an atmosphere of respect, and smooth the way for everyone to succeed.
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 Itâs been three years since Emma Cochran endured the worst possible tragedyâthe sudden, unexpected death of her four-year-old son. The emotional trauma tore her marriage apart, but now her divorce is final and she wants to begin again. Sheâs found happiness at last with her fiancĂ©, Luke, who is eager to start a family with her.
On the other side of the country, single mother Bev Hutchinson watches helplessly as her five-year-old daughter Louise drowns in a high-profile boating accident. Miraculously, Louise is brought back to life by first-responders, then claims she went to heaven. The news causes a media frenzy surrounding the little girl, and Bev does everything she can to shield herself and her daughter from the relentless swarming of the press.
Lives collide when Emma becomes obsessed with the story of the child, thousands of miles away, who drowned and went to heaven. She wants to connect with the mother, but Emmaâs fiancĂ© is against the idea because he wants her to let go of her grief and move on.
But sometimes, moving on isnât the right choice when miracles are leading you back to your pastâtoward something, or someone, who was your destiny all along.
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 In Hollywoodâs underworld of demigods, druids, and ancient bonds, one girl has a dangerous future.
Sage is eighteen, down on her luck, and struggling to survive on the streets of Los Angeles. Everything changes the night sheâs invited to a partyâone that turns out to be a trap.
Thrust into a magical world hidden within the City of Angels, Sage discovers that sheâs the daughter of a Celtic goddess, with powers that are only in their infancy. Now that she is of age, sheâs asked to pledge her service to one of the five deities, all keen on winning her favor by any means possible. She has to admit that sheâs temptedâespecially when this new life comes with spells, Hollywood glam, and a bodyguard with secrets of his own. Not to mention a prince whose proposal could boost her rank in the Otherworld.
As loyalties shift, and as the two men vie for her attention, Sage tries to figure out whom to trust in a realm she doesnât understand. One thing is for sure: the trap sheâs in has bigger claws than she thought. And itâs going to take a lot more than magic for this Celtic demigoddess to make it out alive.
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 Welcome to Gold Valley, Oregon, where a rough-and-tumble rancher and the girl next door are about to learn that opposites attract
Olivia Logan has a plan: win back her ex by making him see what heâs missing. But first she needs to find a man whoâs willing to play along. With his laid-back cowboy charm and knack for getting under her skin, Luke Hollister is an unlikely heroâbut he wants her help convincing her father to sell him land, which means he needs her as much as she needs him.
Luke likes his lifeâand his womenâuncomplicated. So why does good girl Olivia heat his blood like no one else? Sheâs always been off-limits, but the more time they spend as Gold Valleyâs hottest new âcouple,â the more real itâs starting to feel. Luke was supposed to help her win back another manâŠnot keep her in his arms. But now that he has her there, heâs not sure heâll ever let go.
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 In the Lands, animals can speak, elves battle mythical beasts, and shifter-vampire hybrids hunt mortals. Princess Kiatana rules over this realm– until a dark force rises and threatens to steal her throne.
A dragon and his rider have brought war to her world. Magic will save the realm, but a traitor hides in plain sight. A quest to defeat the evil that has possessed the land has begun.
The undead will rise. Friends will fall– and Kia will find herself falling for the man she least expected.
This is her kingdom. It’s time to fight back.
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 A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown
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Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the kingâand heâs a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm.
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All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesnât come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouseâwhere sheâll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother.
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Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his missionâfinding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crownâmust come first, or they could all end up dead.
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 In the first book of the Suitcase Girl Trilogy, Agent Abby Kane discovers an unlikely connection with a little girl found outside the offices of the FBI.
In an effort to learn where the child came from, Abby brings the girl home with her, thinking a family environment might jog the girlâs memory. Abbyâs efforts pay off as the investigation points toward human trafficking. Only it doesnât end there.
As Abby continues to dig, indicators suggest thereâs something more, something unthinkable⊠and quite frankly, unexplainable.
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T Is for Transformation