Bad Engagement


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Kate McLeod was desperate. Her younger sister was having her first baby, her younger brother was recently married, and…she was single and lonesome. Kate, the one everyone tried to set up with their friend or cousin or coworker. Kate, the oldest and pathetically unmarried sister. Kate, the sad, single San Franciscan. But this year she had a plan. She was going to get herself engaged. A diamond ring on her finger was the perfect way to get her family to back off. And she had just the perfect guy in mind.




His Perfect Fake Engagement


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Can this bad boy keep to the terms of their fake engagement? Find out in this Men of Maddox Hill novel from New York Times bestselling author Shannon McKenna! When it comes to bad boys, the rules of engagement are made to be broken… While not all of starchitect Drew Maddox’s playboy reputation is deserved, a recent scandal means he has one last shot to stay CEO of his family’s company. He has to settle down. Bright, beautiful and squeaky-clean Jenna Somers will make the perfect fake fiancée. Drew promises Jenna whatever she desires…but what she desires is him! From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Men of Maddox Hill Book 1: His Perfect Fake Engagement Book 2: Corner Office Secrets Book 3: Tall, Dark and Off Limits




The Accidental Engagement


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An American playboy’s PR crisis leads to a fake engagement and a peculiar love triangle in Italy in this contemporary romance series debut. Oops . . . It started as a regular night for New York City restaurant hostess Ivy Sinclair, until a rowdy customer turned out to be world famous playboy Jack Everett. Thanks to the paparazzi, now the world thinks they’re a couple—which couldn’t be farther from the truth. But when a brooding, sexy businessman offers her a simply irresistible proposition . . . Uh oh . . . Just when cutthroat venture capitalist Daniel Gladwell thought he’d never close the deal with an Italian conglomerate, a simple mistake becomes the perfect opportunity. All he has to do is convince Ivy to pretend to be Jack’s fiancée while on a business trip to Italy to offset Jack’s bad boy reputation. As long as Daniel doesn’t sabotage the plan by claiming the tempting waitress for himself . . . Oh yes! It was supposed to be a business only arrangement. But in the magic of the Tuscan countryside, neither Ivy nor Daniel can fight the attraction building between them. In the world’s most romantic setting, the line between business and pleasure is one that begs to be crossed . . .




Design for Teaching and Learning in a Networked World


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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2015, held in Toledo, Spain, in September 2015. The 27 full papers, 19 short papers, 9 demo papers and 23 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 176 submissions. They address topics such as blended learning; self-regulated and self directed learning; reflective learning; intelligent learning systems; learning communities; learning design; learning analytics; learning assessment; personalization and adaptation; serious games; social media; massive open online courses (MOOCs); schools of the future.




Blankets


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Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. It's a universal story, and Thompson's vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts.




Free Fall


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He was her mortal enemy. And…he’d decided she was his. She loved being a doctor. She didn’t love Connor Jackson. Picking. Poking. Prodding. The man had never met a button he didn’t like to push. And since Raven had never met a fight that she didn’t see through to the end, when she and Connor were together… Fireworks. Then she got hurt—really hurt—and Connor decided that she needed looking after. And that was when she discovered that maybe what she felt for Connor wasn’t hate at all.




Caged


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She’d thought he was going to ask her to fix his computer. Instead, he’d asked her out. Shy. God, she was so painfully, awkwardly shy. And she was surrounded by gorgeous, sexy men on a daily basis. As video coach for the San Francisco Gold hockey franchise, Dani spent her days wrapped in a technological bubble. She studied tape, prepared clips for the players, and generally avoided other people. Until Ethan had asked her out. On a date. A date! That didn’t compute. It couldn’t be right. No one asked her out— But Ethan had. And she thought…that maybe she wanted to say yes.




Coasting


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Calle Stevens wasn’t what one would call a risk-taker. She was steady. She was even. She was . . . pregnant. Her life was ruined. She was an assistant coach for the professional hockey team, the San Francisco Gold. She didn’t have any family in the area, didn’t have a partner. How was she going to have a baby? But then… Cooper. A star player for the team, he’d found out about the baby, and as much as she tried to push him away, he refused to keep his distance. And as the weeks went by, she didn’t want him to stay away. She wanted him to come even closer.




Scorching the Earth


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She was broken. I wanted to be the one to heal her. Only it wasn’t that simple. She was my superior. I was her second in command. Work got in the way, so remaining friends was smarter, especially for a woman like me who fell hard and often. But I couldn’t get Hannah out of my head. In fact . . . I loved her more than my next breath. But her heart was locked down in a way that no one would ever get close enough to win it. Especially now. We worked for KTS, an elite military group whose ranks were dangerously close to breaking. There were traitors in our midst, enemies behind trusted faces. I had Hannah’s back through all of it. I wouldn’t fail her. Not even when our mission seemed destined to put us in danger, to rattle the very foundations of everything we worked for.




Zoned


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Benched His son wants him to find a wife… But he thinks love is the ultimate, dirty four-letter word. Max Montgomery might be at the height of his career, but he’s been burned by love. His only bright spot with the emotion is his son, Brayden. But then Bray throws him a curveball— He wants Max to find a wife. Which is not happening. Except…then Max meets Angelica Shallows. She's smart, gorgeous…but has shadows in her eyes. He knows all about shadows, knows they are meant as a sign for him to stay away. The real trouble begins when he finds he can’t. Breakaway It was hate at first sight. Just not for him. He’d loved what he’d seen. But Anna, with her razor-sharp wit and seriously dirty mouth, couldn’t stand him As a professional hockey player, that was a rare thing for Blue Anderson. He was young, rich, good looking, and in the best shape of his life. He didn’t have any trouble finding someone to share his bed. But Blue was looking for permanent, and he wanted someone nice, not a woman who’d barbecue his balls off. Except…then Blue did something stupid. He kissed prickly, gorgeous Anna Hayes. And every one of his carefully laid plans went right out the window. Breakout He was too young for her. A decade too young. Rebecca Stravokraus was the top publicist in the professional sports. She was extremely smart, capable, and could spin a story like a spider spins its web. But there was one thing she couldn’t do. L.O.V.E. Except…then Kevin declared that Rebecca was what he wanted. That couldn’t be. Not now. Not ever. But Kevin had decided on her and if there was one thing she’d learned about stubborn, alpha hockey players, it was that they didn’t give up. And Rebecca had to admit that in this case she didn’t want him to.




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