"There's no way you can do this reentry thing," Orlando Lucero tells himself after getting out of prison. He has spent most of his life institutionalized, first in an orphanage and then in the Denver Youth Authority for smuggling weed. Orlando knows nothing about freedom. What does one do with it? What is it?His brother promised to teach him the carpentry trade, but Orlando quickly discovers Camilo is—like their parents—an addict, robbing and stealing to feed his habit. So he turns to Lila, his prison pen pal who encouraged both his poetry writing and sexual fantasies. Soon he moves in with her and engages in the acts he dreamed about while incarcerated, but living the straight life seems impossible. "Freedom is full of hazards, lots of sharp edges, and they cut me at every turn." As he is sucked back into a life of crime, he can't help but think going back to prison would be a relief. Renowned poet Jimmy Santiago Baca explores in lyrical prose one young man's...

When a high-schooler is plucked from her dreary town and set loose in the world of London modeling; this fairy-tale transformation risks destroying not only her; but everyone in her orbit. A biting look at the privation and resentment lurking behind any real-life Cinderella story; Fit is at once a classic work of kitchen-sink realism as well as an uncanny anatomy of the unforgiving rules that govern our stratified world.

Ridley Stone believes.So when the Christmas holidays come around, and lights start to appear where they shouldn't, she's all in for the magic...Even if that includes a sexy male who says he's a dragon... and a dangerous journey to the Land of Enchantment.

A local hero must put his life on the line in the ultimate mission Firefighter Blade Savick keeps his eyes on his job...not on his white-hot desire for a single mom! Especially when Daisy Rambler insists all she wants is a fresh start for herself and her daughter. Once Blade bonds with Daisy on a level he never imagined, a menace from her past rears its ugly head. But can Blade rescue Daisy...and their chance at a new life together?From Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Danger. Passion. Drama.Feel the excitement in these uplifting romances, part of the Heroes of the Pacific Northwest series:Book 1: A Firefighter's Ultimate Duty