A Road Trip Romance. She trusts him with her body…but can she trust him with her heart? Paris I’m taking a mancation. A vacation without men. The reason? I always pick jerks. My best friend from college may have hit the jackpot and married a billionaire, but my billionaire boyfriend turned out to be a jackass. So...no men for me. And certainly no wealthy ones. Then I find out who my travel companion is for my week off. Gorgeous. Check. Scratch that. Smoking hot. Capable. Check. Wealthy and powerful. Check, check. Willing. Check, check, check. And definitely all-male. But he promises we’ll just be friends. Except I want to climb him and ride him and…we’re going to be sharing a motel room. For an entire week. I’m so screwed. Caleb I decide to take a one week vacation to get across the country. So I sign up to be a shotgun rider. Except I didn’t expect my traveling companion to be so gorgeous. And sweet. And funny. And determined to stay far away from the male species. But I can’t let her go without me. So I tell her she’s not my type. I say she's too peppy. All lies. I want her so badly I’m shaking. And I have to survive an entire week not touching this woman. I’m completely screwed…

He was her first. And she wants him to be her last...A second chance, off-limits novella by USA Today bestselling author Melissa Belle. Brooklyn When I knew him, Duncan was a soccer star. But to me, he was my first love. My only love. Six years ago, he was the boy with the midnight dark hair and impossibly gray-blue eyes I met one summer in Europe. When the world felt dark, Duncan was my light. He kissed me, cared for me, and protected me. And then I went home, and he stayed in Europe to pursue his dreams. I followed my dreams by going to college. And the years passed. Duncan never left my heart, but I didn’t expect to see him again. Because first loves aren’t meant to last… Duncan I was supposed to stay away from Brooklyn. She was too young, too good, and she was only in Paris for a short while. But she got under my skin right away—that brilliant, sassy blonde with the killer smile and long, tanned legs. She twisted my heart into knots and made me want to stay in her arms forever rather than chase my dream. She was like lightning in a bottle—I was sure when she left Paris, I’d missed my chance with her for good. For six years, I was right. Until I agree to take part in a charity soccer game in Boston and a gorgeous blonde with tanned legs runs onto the field to see her cousins who turn out to be three of my closest friends. So Brooklyn is back in my life…but her cousins have warned me off her. She’s like their baby sister and they don’t want to see her hurt. I don’t want to break the bro code. But time is short. And the fire between Brooklyn and me stills burns. And I’m not giving Brooklyn up again…for anyone.

A Roommates-to-Lovers Romance. I need a safe place to crash for the summer. Only one problem—this place comes with a roommate. A sexy, chiseled, Italian chef roommate… Diego The last time I dated someone, I got burned. Literally. And I’m a chef. I’m used to a little heat in the kitchen. But I want something that isn’t going to flame out in one night. Then beautiful and brilliant Shohanna becomes my roommate. Our chemistry is scorching, and no matter how much I try to ignore the flames, the fire between us grows bigger. My summer just got a hell of a lot more interesting. Because now I have to prove—to a woman who trusts no one—that every man who came before was an appetizer, and I’m the full course meal to make her mouth water, her heart melt, and her legs shake. Shohanna I want Diego. I never want any man, not after the last one burned my heart black. But I want Diego. And when we end up being roomies for the summer, I can barely keep my hands off of him. So what do I do when it’s too hot in the kitchen to ignore the heat? A summer fling is not what I want. I want to heal from the devil in my past, focus on my job, and stop the nightmares. So a summer fling is not on my list of goals. But maybe it’s just what I need…

Boston has had its share of bookies and loan sharks, gangsters and wiseguys, hoodlums and hit men. From the Great Brink's Robbery, which was hailed as the crime of the century; to the long-forgotten Cotton Club in Roxbury, where the legendary nightlife kingpin Charlie "King" Solomon was gunned down; to the infamous Blackfriars Massacre, a brutal gangland slaying that left five men dead, slumped over a backgammon game in a cramped basement office--all of these dark moments in time are a part of Boston's history that is rarely spoken about. Boston Organized Crime explores the region's shadier side and takes a closer look at the mobsters and racketeers who once operated in the Greater Boston area. Drawing upon an eclectic collection of crime scene photographs, mug shots, and police documents, author Emily Sweeney takes readers on an eye-opening journey through Boston's underworld, from the bootlegging days of Prohibition to the bloody gangland wars of the 1960s.

An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance Book 2 of a duet. The conclusion to London and California’s hot and steamy love story. Gorgeous, driven billionaire London Shaw can have anything he wants—eager women, endless money, and easy attention. Everything except for me. I don’t play by this rebellious man’s rules, and his efforts to get me into his bed fall flat. My heart is broken. His is closed. Neither of us wants any strings. And yet, staying away from London proves impossible—he enters my life with no pretense, upsetting my perfectly-ordered days, challenging my self-made promises, and uncovering the dark secrets of my past. Our torrid chemistry is undeniable. Our craving for each other obvious. And our connection…impossible to ignore. And even though I can’t let him in, London Shaw sticks around when a lesser man would run in the opposite direction. And slowly, my walls start to come down. This is part two of London and California’s story. Our bared bodies. Our shattered walls. Our once-in-a-billion kind of love.

This collection is both a tribute to the distinguished work of Thomas H. O'Connor, the dean of Boston historians, and a survey of the best and innovative contemporary work on Boston's diverse histories.

Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes. 26th Wisconsin Infantry in the Carolinas – 1st USCT – Battle of Town Creek – Stoneman’s Carolinas Raid – interview with Craig Symonds – Unpublished Confederates’ reports from Bentonville

Everyone with a sense of fair play is horrified by stories of racially inspired abuse. As bad as such incidents can be, however, what is most damaging to the well-being of blacks is the constant media assertions that blacks are inexorably inferior. It can be difficult for people to feel motivated to achieve when they lack the confidence to believe in their own abilities. Bostons Banner Years: 19652015 seeks to refute the negative implications of alleged black incompetence by chronicling black success. Over the years, editor Melvin B. Miller has developed an institutional memory of his communitys affairs. He has used that unique resource to help produce this collection, in which well-qualified reporters share researched accounts of black achievement in Boston, creating a record for future generations of black community success. Stories of individual achievements of blacks can be inspiring, but they sometimes seem like aberrations. Providing numerous examples of blacks being assertive, competent, and successful, these essays make it impossible to apply the negative racial stereotype to blacks in Boston, a place that is to some extent an incubator of black success. This collection of essays presents a series of biographical profiles highlighting black achievement and success in Boston over the course of fifty years.