Hotter, Wilder, and oh so holiday-ready. Three small-town holiday romcom stories with found family, big hearts, hot nights, and ALL the feels. HOT UNDER THE COLLAR All Reggie wants is the cute rescue pup at the shelter. She couldn’t care less about the adopt-a-pup, win-a-date special. But now she’s on the hook for a day out with the hot firefighter she’s been ogling. Unfortunately, he’s also the man who rescued her when she set her bedroom on fire during a failed attempt at “self care.” Can she turn a recipe for humiliation into a hot holiday fling—or more? 10,000 words. Originally published in the Chasing Holiday Tail anthology. WILDER FOR THE WIN Let the games begin! The coldest thing at the Tinsel and Tatas Winter Games is Amanda and Heath’s marriage. Can Amanda’s Wilder stubbornness melt the ice? Or will Heath have to bring the heat? 10,000 words. Originally published in the Tinsel & Tatas anthology. A WILDER WEEKEND (co-written w Brenda St James Brown) Was it a mistake for Mika to kiss her best friend's brother all those years ago? She'll find out, because she’s partnered up with him for the Rent-An-Elf fundraiser on her visit to Rush Creek. Connor is as confident and sexy as she remembers, and it's no easier for them to keep their hands off each other than it was the last time around… 20,000 words. Originally published in the Holiday Heart-On anthology.

Spanning his entire life, The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder is a comprehensive and fascinating collection of the great American writer’s correspondence. The author of such classics as Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder was a born storyteller and dramatist—rare talents on glorious display in this volume of more than three hundred letters he penned to a vast array of famous friends and beloved relatives. Through Wilder's correspondence, readers can eavesdrop on his conversations with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Noël Coward, Gene Tunney, Laurence Olivier, Aaron Copland, Paul Hindemith, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Albee, and Mia Farrow. Equally absorbing are Wilder's intimate letters to his family. Wilder tells of roller-skating with Walt Disney, remembers an inaugural reception for FDR at the White House, describes his life as a soldier in two World Wars, and recalls dining out with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. In these pages, Thornton Wilder speaks for himself in his own unique, enduring voice—informing, encouraging, instructing, and entertaining with his characteristic wit, heart, and exuberance.

Mathematician, Cassandra Nelson, proposes to her father’s sworn enemy to protect her family’s shipbuilding corporation from a takeover. Regatta racing tycoon, Marco Delgado, knows their union is a quick ticket into the society that shunned him after a devastating boating crash. He agrees, but expects a permanent commitment; one with sizzling side benefits. And, after a Vegas wedding, he unleashes Cassandra’s inner vixen during a steaming hot honeymoon in Argentina while aboard his yacht. Cassandra never calculated falling in love into their equation, but there’s more than desire and passion flaring between them. Soon she believes they can have so much more than a sexy bargain on paper. But when Cassandra’s secrets are revealed, during a reception held in their honor, Marco must learn the power of forgiveness and love before they can have the future they deserve.

Pleasure and payback go hand in hand in this passionate revenge romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Abby Green. He’s never forgiven her… …and he can’t resist her! Zachary Temple hasn’t forgotten Ashling Doyle’s big blue eyes—or the way she almost ruined his ascent to the top of his career. But when chance brings Ashling back into his world, Zach discovers he wants something far more pleasurable than payback… Ashling breaks all her rules by indulging in her desire for Zach. His single-minded ambition to succeed reminds her he’ll have no problem walking away from their connection. Unless the feelings she’s trying desperately to deny aren’t as one-sided as she believes… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds. Read all the Hot Summer Nights with a Billionaire books: Book 1: One Wild Night with Her Enemy by Heidi Rice Book 2: The Flaw in His Red-Hot Revenge by Abby Green

It’s Labor Day weekend, 1935, and members of the Darling Dahlias—the garden club in little Darling, Alabama—are trying to keep their cool at the end of a sizzling summer. This isn’t easy, though, since there’s a firebug on the loose in Darling. He—or she!—strikes without apparent rhyme or reason, and things have gotten to the point where nobody feels safe. What’s more, a dangerous hurricane is poised to hurl itself in Darling’s direction, while a hurricane of a different sort is making a whirlwind campaign stop: the much-loved-much-hated senator from Louisiana, Huey P. Long, whom President Roosevelt calls the “most dangerous man in America.” Add Ophelia Snow’s secret heartthrob, Liz Lacy’s Yankee lover, and the Magnolia Ladies’ garden of red hot pokers, fire-red salvia, and hot pink cosmos, and you have a volatile mix that might just burst into flames at any moment. ​Author Susan Wittig Albert has brought us another delightful assortment of richly human characters who face the challenges of the Great Depression with courage and grace. Her books remind us that friends offer the best of themselves to each other, community is what holds us together, and even when life seems too hot to handle, there’s always hope.

'If I was down to my last dollar, I'd spend it on public relations.' – Bill Gates PR techniques can be used by businesses of all sizes. In Ten Red-Hot Tips well-known PR guru Ellen Gunning reveals the top ten most important types of PR for small to medium-sized businesses. Ellen cuts through the jargon to provide the reader with techniques to create the 'angles' that will interest the media. Ten Red-Hot Tips, outlines the importance of creative thinking, persistence and knowledge of the market you are operating in (including the media and web markets) and devoting time to learning and applying the techniques. You won't apply all of the techniques – they won't all be relevant to your business – but the techniques you decide to use will enhance your presence in the market and generate talk about you, your business and your products.

In this engrossing study of religion, urban life, and commercial culture, Diane Winston shows how a (self-styled "red-hot") militant Protestant mission established a beachhead in the modern city. When The Salvation Army, a British evangelical movement, landed in New York in 1880, local citizens called its eye-catching advertisements "vulgar" and dubbed its brass bands, female preachers, and overheated services "sensationalist." Yet a little more than a century later, this ragtag missionary movement had evolved into the nation's largest charitable fund-raiser--the very exemplar of America's most cherished values of social service and religious commitment. Winston illustrates how the Army borrowed the forms and idioms of popular entertainments, commercial emporiums, and master marketers to deliver its message. In contrast to histories that relegate religion to the sidelines of urban society, her book shows that Salvationists were at the center of debates about social services for the urban poor, the changing position of women, and the evolution of a consumer culture. She also describes Salvationist influence on contemporary life--from the public's post-World War I (and ongoing) love affair with the doughnut to the Salvationist young woman's career as a Hollywood icon to the institutionalization of religious ideals into nonsectarian social programs. Winston's vivid account of a street savvy religious mission transformed over the decades makes adroit use of performance theory and material culture studies to create an evocative portrait of a beloved yet little understood religious movement. Her book provides striking evidence that, counter to conventional wisdom, religion was among the seminal social forces that shaped modern, urban America--and, in the process, found new expression for its own ideals.

This holiday season, four bestselling authors give the gift that keeps on giving: gripping tales of special agents in a covert agency, out to protect the innocent . . . by any means necessary. Snowball’s Chance by Cherry Adair–Kendall decks the halls, unaware that a serial killer has her on the top of his list. Of course, being naughty with the sexy good guy sent to protect her would be so nice. Santa Slave by Leanne Banks–After her best friend disappears, Hilary takes matters into her own hands and finds herself caught in the throes of danger, while a hunky male operative hopes to mix pleasure with business. Runaway Santa by Pamela Britton–Biologist Kaitlyn Moneypenny’s research is finally leading to a big scientific breakthrough . . . and mortal peril. When bullets start to fly, so do the sparks between Kaitlyn and her Santa-clad rescuer. Killer Christmas by Kelsey Roberts–When several Santas are murdered at a swanky department store, the new CEO, Meghan Beckham, had better watch out, had better not cry–because a serial killer has come to town.