Charming Zoe

Love shouldn’t require a contract . . . Zoe writes romance for a living, but her own love life is in shambles. The rest of her life isn’t any better. Her out-of-town getaway takes an unexpected turn when a trip to the grocery store leads to a marriage proposal from a stranger. He’s a bit quirky but not at all bad looking. And she’s tempted to give up all notions of love and romance and accept his deal. Austin spends his days absorbed in code and solving problems. When he learns of Zoe’s situation, he sees a solution. Propose. His mom has been after him to date, and Zoe needs a place to live. Being married friends solves both problems. His offer is backed up by a written contract, ensuring they both get what they want. A successful deal requires adhering to the contract. But the unwritten terms have him questioning what she wants. Austin shifts to a new plan. Can he charm his way into Zoe’s heart and forget the contract altogether? ------- Previously published as Charmed by the Billionaire by Remi Carrington

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The Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell. Yet, as Julia Hell shows in The Conquest of Ruins, what has had the strongest grip on aspiring imperial imaginations isn’t that empire’s glory but its fall—and the haunting monuments left in its wake. Hell examines centuries of European empire-building—from Charles V in the sixteenth century and Napoleon’s campaigns of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries to the atrocities of Mussolini and the Third Reich in the 1930s and ’40s—and sees a similar fascination with recreating the Roman past in the contemporary image. In every case—particularly that of the Nazi regime—the ruins of Rome seem to represent a mystery to be solved: how could an empire so powerful be brought so low? Hell argues that this fascination with the ruins of greatness expresses a need on the part of would-be conquerors to find something to ward off a similar demise for their particular empire.

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