When two polar opposites find themselves sharing a cabin for the summer, they lay down some ground rules to keep the peace—only to discover that one of those rules might be impossible to keep in this steamy new novel from the author of The Friendship Fling.Dylan is the kind of person who is always fifteen minutes early and never leaves things to chance—so she can't believe she's about to spend six weeks on a last-minute trip to Wales that she didn't plan, living in a cabin with a man she's only met once.Max always goes with the flow, and after his plus-one drops out of his all-expenses-paid travel influencer trip, he's happy for his sister's friend to take the spot. After all, from what he remembers of their brief meeting a year ago, Dylan is the kind of woman he'd be more than happy to spend some alone time with.Not that anything is going to happen between them, because Dylan knows getting involved with this reckless,...

Seven years, two broken hearts, one last chance before she leaves for the stars.Luna Vikram, an aspiring astronaut enthralled by the stars, thrived in connections – until an unexpected loss pushed her into isolation.Cooper Murphy, a talented painter, avoids connections because of the transitory nature of relationships. But a chance encounter with Luna draws them into an unexpected bond that challenges his beliefs.Their connection doesn't survive the weight of their wounds, and seven years pass – years that bring Luna closer to her lifelong dream of travelling to space.Just before her departure to space, fate pushes them together again. Old memories resurface, forcing them to confront their past that they thought they left behind.Is time enough to heal, or will it reignite a love neither can forget? This is an exploration of the multifaceted nature of love, loss and relationships – how every single one changes...

The Empire Equation: Talent Team Funding — The Three Forces That Build Every LegacyEvery dream has a formula.After more than two decades in the trenches of music, media, and business, award-winning executive producer Wally Lockard III, J.D.—known as Mr. Music, TV & Sports Is My Business—discovered one undeniable truth: every success story, every thriving brand, and every lasting legacy comes down to three forces working in perfect balance—Talent, Team, and Funding.In The Empire Equation, Wally breaks down the laws that drive real success—the Law of Mastery, Repetition, Consistency, Chemistry, Alignment, Leadership, Sacrifice, Momentum, and Integrity. From freezing studio nights above a Chicago body shop to building Urban Grind TV, OGs of Hip Hop, and Legends in Session with Horace Grant, he shows...

Set across liminal landscapes, this collection of fourteen stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional or existential thresholds—grieving, seeking meaning, or reconciling with the past. Whether it is a reclusive sculptor haunted by guilt, a lost child drawing maps in the sand, or a greyhound silently shadowing a man to a mountain lake, Mac Cabe's lyrical prose and inventive narrative structures evoke an eerie, tender intimacy. Rich and atmospheric, exploring themes of memory, solitude, loss, and the mysterious rhythms of nature and human connection, this collection blurs the line between the internal and external world, and invites us into spaces of beauty, melancholy and subtle transformation. Four Night Seas marks the arrival of a vital new voice in Irish writing.

What if the most important border you ever cross isn't on a map, but the one drawn around your own life?This is not just a novel; it is a map for the soul. It is the story of a border crosser—someone who didn't traverse a physical line, but the invisible, suffocating boundaries of a prescribed existence. The journey was the hardest thing they would ever do, and the rules they learned became the only wealth they would ever need.This story shows you how to ensure it never atrophies again.This profound journey leads to a single, life-altering revelation: the border was not a place, but a choice. It is the choice to stop being a guest in your own life, apologizing for your space and your needs, and to finally become its sovereign.For anyone who feels trapped by circumstance, silenced by expectation, or yearning for a life that truly feels like their own, this book is your invitation to cross over. It is a testament to the courage it takes to redraw the map of...

“A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics . . . Niarchos has produced an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism.” —Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times best-selling author of Empire of Pain and Say NothingEpic, shocking, and deeply reported, The Elements of Power tells the story of the war for the global supply of battery metals—essential for the decarbonization of our economies—and the terrible, bloody human cost of this badly misunderstood industryCongo is rich. Swaths of the war-torn African country lack basic infrastructure, and, after many decades of colonial occupation, its people are officially among the poorest in the world. But hidden beneath the soil are vast quantities of cobalt, lithium, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, and other treasures. Recently, this veritable periodic table of...