Tanner Harlow is a talented landscape designer, quietly building a name and a solid future when he finds himself needing to be the temporary guardian to his eleven-year-old half-sister. Tanner loves her, but can’t see himself as a father figure or imagine how he’s going to build his business during his busiest season with a child in tow until his newest client—his high school crush who still makes his heart pound—has a proposition that will help them both as long as Tanner can resist the tempting lure of the girl next door. Elementary school teacher Francie Tate moved back to Marietta to be close to her ailing father. She plans to settle in and fix up her little bungalow before the school year starts, but definitely needs help with the neglected yard. She’s shocked when the landscaper she hired turns out to be a class mate. Tanner used to be shy in school, but he isn't the same kid anymore–he’s tall, sexy, and has the most striking brown eyes she's ever seen. When Francie learns of Tanner’s need for child care, she impulsively offers to watch his half-sister for the summer in return for some landscaping and renovations around the house. It seems like a win-win, but Francie didn’t bargain on falling in love.

Adrienne Pierce, buffeted by fate and abandoned by love, seeks refuge from her past as well as her uncertain future on Whitley Point, a secluded island off the coast of Maine. Tanner Whitley—young, wild, restless—and heir to a dynasty, desperately tries to escape both her destiny and the memories of a tragic loss with casual sex and wild nights, a dangerous course that may ultimately destroy her. One timeless summer, these two very different women discover the power of passion to heal--and the promise of hero that only love can bestow.

"The Tanners is a contender for Funniest Book of the Year."—The Village Voice The Tanners, Robert Walser’s amazing 1907 novel of twenty chapters, is now presented in English for the very first time, by the award-winning translator Susan Bernofsky. Three brothers and a sister comprise the Tanner family—Simon, Kaspar, Klaus, and Hedwig: their wanderings, meetings, separations, quarrels, romances, employment and lack of employment over the course of a year or two are the threads from which Walser weaves his airy, strange and brightly gorgeous fabric. Robert Walser—admired greatly by Kafka, Musil, and Walter Benjamin—is a radiantly original author. He has been acclaimed “unforgettable, heart-rending” (J.M. Coetzee), “a bewitched genius” (Newsweek), and “a major, truly wonderful, heart-breaking writer” (Susan Sontag). Considering Walser’s “perfect and serene oddity,” Michael Hofmann in The London Review of Books remarked on the “Buster Keaton-like indomitably sad cheerfulness [that is] most hilariously disturbing.” The Los Angeles Times called him “the dreamy confectionary snowflake of German language fiction. He also might be the single most underrated writer of the 20th century....The gait of his language is quieter than a kitten’s.” “A clairvoyant of the small” W. G. Sebald calls Robert Walser, one of his favorite writers in the world, in his acutely beautiful, personal, and long introduction, studded with his signature use of photographs.

Tanner and his team are done helping with cleaning up Gillham, and they’re looking for something more interesting, like the string of burglaries that happened recently. What Tanner was not looking for was his mate—although he wouldn’t have said no to a boyfriend—but after he meets Orlando, he’s ready to make space for him in his life. Meeting Tanner is the worst thing that could happen to Orlando. He wants to be with his mate, but Tanner is an enforcer, while Orlando is the cat shifter thief responsible for the recent burglaries. He’s already decided to retire and settle down with his best friend and his mate, but first, he has one last job to do. When Tanner finds the thief in the mayor’s house, the last thing he expects is for the cat shifter to turn into Orlando. When Orlando tells him they’re mates, Tanner knows he can’t give him up to the authorities, so he lets him go. But Tanner is an enforcer. No matter how much he wants to be with Orlando, he doesn’t know if he can ever trust him. When there’s another burglary, will Tanner be able to see through the pain of betrayal and believe Orlando has nothing to do with it? Or will they lose the fragile relationship they’ve managed to build?

My new neighbor happens to be the grumpiest billionaire in Whispers, but his gravelly voice and golden brown eyes make this city girl weak at the knees. When my life imploded and I lost my job and my fiancé in a matter of weeks, I didn’t know what my next step should be. Then I received an inheritance that would change my life forever. Moving to a small town and renovating the old farmhouse was a step in the right direction. But bickering with my startling good looking, yet much older neighbor was not part of my plan. Tanner Whiteman owns the largest whiskey distillery in the country, and now he wants my land. It’s the only thing that I have to my name and there is no way I am letting him take it. It is clear I am not cut out for country life and Tanner has no trouble pointing that out. Although as his eyes linger a little longer and his words take new meaning, even the massive age gap is not enough to stop us. But something does. Something Vicious. Something unexpected. And not even the local billionaire knows what is coming. Tanner is book one in The Billionaires of Whispers series. It is an age gap, small town, billionaire spicy romance novel that will leave you hot under the collar and on the edge of your seat. Keywords: billionaire, age gap, alpha hero, protector, ceo, office, strong heroine, soul mates, instalove, romance novel, sexy book, sexy romance book, steamy romance novel, mature heroine romance, alpha hero reads, instant love, romantic suspense, opposites attract, alphahole, alpha hole, adventure romance, action romance series, spicy romance, billionaire romance, five star romance, hot reads, possessive heroes, dominant heroes, family saga, political romance, page-turner romance, author romance, writer, danger, romantic love story, passionate romance, bad boy romance, romance, bad boy, love books, love stories, sexually romantic books, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, happily ever after, bestseller, bestselling author

An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley Show Frank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of race in America. In a book that is part reportage, part history, part social commentary, Tanner Colby explores why the civil rights movement ultimately produced such little true integration in schools, neighborhoods, offices, and churches—the very places where social change needed to unfold. Weaving together the personal, intimate stories of everyday people—black and white—Colby reveals the strange, sordid history of what was supposed to be the end of Jim Crow, but turned out to be more of the same with no name. He shows us how far we have come in our journey to leave mistrust and anger behind—and how far all of us have left to go.

Tanner Collins is the embodiment of perfection—tall, dark, sinfully sexy—and completely out of Juliana Shea's league. Knowing she'd never survive a repeat of her last disastrous relationship, she parks Tanner firmly in the friend zone. But man, he's hard to resist. Juliana is exactly what Tanner wants, and he's determined to win her over with his kindness and humor... But one night—a night he can't even remember—threatens to take it all away. With the flick of a "send" button, their hope for a future together is shattered. But Tanner isn't the type to give up on what he wants—and he wants Juliana.