Journalist Katie Todd wanted her name as a byline on the front page, not in the obituaries. When an assignment goes very wrong, she finds herself pursued by ruthless kidnappers. Her only hope is the enigmatic and handsome Mark Armor. All clues point to him being the enemy of her enemy, but is he a friend—or something much more dangerous? Every move Mark makes to help Katie brings him closer to the life he left behind, but he can’t say no to the beautiful writer. Will the secrets of his past put Katie in even more danger?

When someone sabotages ex-Navy SEAL Luke Baldwin’s “unhackable” software, there’s more than his reputation at stake. Faced with treason charges, Luke turns to Dani Justice, a computer expert and skilled investigator. She’s eager to dive into the challenging case…until she uncovers a devastating connection. The hacker framing Luke has a personal, deadly history with Dani. Luke’s code of honor—and his growing feelings—make him resolved to protect the sweet, strong woman he knows is more vulnerable than she’d admit. But what good are his training or determination against an enemy who can hack into any system, and find them wherever they hide?

When his partner turns on him and tries to kill him, FBI agent Jack Mitchell is framed for murder and abandoned… until a blue-eyed beauty saves his life. Even in his wounded haze Jack sees Casey Johnson is hiding a secret. As the only witness to his innocence, Jack needs her. But Casey doesn't know who's more dangerous–the man who wants Jack dead or the handsome agent himself. For if Jack knew the reason she escaped to the wilderness with her niece, he’d have to arrest her. But on the run with Jack, Casey realizes more than her secret is at stake now. So is her heart….

Speed up the software delivery process and software productivity using the latest features of Jenkins About This Book ? Take advantage of a Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery solution to speed up productivity and achieve faster software delivery ? See all the new features introduced in Jenkins 2.x, such as Pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, Docker Plugin, and more ? Learn to implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery by orchestrating multiple DevOps tools using Jenkins Who This Book Is For The book is for those with little or no previous experience with Agile or CI and CD. It’s a good starting point for anyone new to this field who wants to leverage the benefits of CI and CD to increase productivity and reduce delivery time. It’s ideal for Build and Release engineers, DevOps engineers, SCM (Software Configuration Management) engineers, developers, testers, and project managers. If you’re already using Jenkins for CI, you can take your project to the next level—CD. What You Will Learn ? Get to know some of the most popular ways to set up Jenkins ? See all the new features introduced in the latest Jenkins, such as pipeline as code, Multibranch pipeline, and more ? Manage users, projects, and permissions in Jenkins to ensure better security ? Leverage the power of plugins in Jenkins ? Learn how to create a CI pipeline using Jenkins Blue Ocean ? Create a distributed build farm using Docker and use it with Jenkins ? Implement CI and CD using Jenkins ? See the difference between CD and Continuous Deployment ? Understand the concepts of CI In Detail In past few years, agile software development has seen tremendous growth. There is a huge demand for software delivery solutions that are fast yet flexible to numerous amendments. As a result, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies are gaining popularity. This book starts off by explaining the concepts of CI and its significance in the Agile. Next, you'll learn how to configure and set up Jenkins in many different ways. The book exploits the concept of "pipeline as code" and various other features introduced in the Jenkins 2.x release to their full potential. We also talk in detail about the new Jenkins Blue Ocean interface and the features that help to quickly and easily create a CI pipeline. Then we dive into the various features offered by Jenkins one by one, exploiting them for CI and CD. Jenkins' core functionality and flexibility allows it to fit in a variety of environments and can help streamline the development process for all stakeholders. Next, you'll be introduced to CD and will learn how to achieve it using Jenkins. Through this book's wealth of best practices and real-world tips, you'll discover how easy it is to implement CI and CD using Jenkins. Style and approach The book uses a simple Maven project to demonstrate the implementation of CI and CD using Jenkins. This step-by-step guide shows you how to implement CI/CD and can be used as a template to perform CI/CD in your projects.

A practical book which will help the readers understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. About This Book ? Gets you acquainted with containerization in private cloud ? Learn to effectively manage and secure your containers in OpenStack ? Practical use cases on container deployment and management using OpenStack components Who This Book Is For This book is targeted towards cloud engineers, system administrators, or anyone from the production team who works on OpenStack cloud. This book act as an end to end guide for anyone who wants to start using the concept of containerization on private cloud. Some basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes will help. What You Will Learn ? Understand the role of containers in the OpenStack ecosystem ? Learn about containers and different types of container runtimes tools. ? Understand containerization in OpenStack with respect to the deployment framework, platform services, application deployment, and security ? Get skilled in using OpenStack to run your applications inside containers ? Explore the best practices of using containers in OpenStack. In Detail Containers are one of the most talked about technologies of recent times. They have become increasingly popular as they are changing the way we develop, deploy, and run software applications. OpenStack gets tremendous traction as it is used by many organizations across the globe and as containers gain in popularity and become complex, it’s necessary for OpenStack to provide various infrastructure resources for containers, such as compute, network, and storage. Containers in OpenStack answers the question, how can OpenStack keep ahead of the increasing challenges of container technology? You will start by getting familiar with container and OpenStack basics, so that you understand how the container ecosystem and OpenStack work together. To understand networking, managing application services and deployment tools, the book has dedicated chapters for different OpenStack projects: Magnum, Zun, Kuryr, Murano, and Kolla. Towards the end, you will be introduced to some best practices to secure your containers and COE on OpenStack, with an overview of using each OpenStack projects for different use cases. Style and approach An end to end guide for anyone who wants to start using the concept of containerization on private cloud.

Learn to build professional full-stack web apps with Vue.js and Laravel About This Book ? End-to-end guide on full-stack development with Vue.js 2 and Laravel 5 ? Developing modern user interfaces with a reusable component-based architecture ? Use Webpack to improve applications performance and development workflow ? Explore the features of Vuex to build applications that are powerful, consistent, and maintainable Who This Book Is For This book targets developers who are new to Vue.js, Laravel, or both, and are seeking a practical, best-practice approach to development with these technologies. They must have some knowledge of HTML, CSS and Java*. What You Will Learn ? Core features of Vue.js to create sophisticated user interfaces ? Build a secure backend API with Laravel ? Learn a state-of-the-art web development workflow with Webpack ? Full-stack app design principles and best practices ? Learn to deploy a full-stack app to a cloud server and CDN ? Managing complex application state with Vuex ? Securing a web service with Laravel Passport In Detail Vue is a JavaScript framework that can be used for anything from simple data display to sophisticated front-end applications and Laravel is a PHP framework used for developing fast and secure web-sites. This book gives you practical knowledge of building modern full-stack web apps from scratch using Vue with a Laravel back end. In this book, you will build a room-booking website named "Vuebnb". This project will show you the core features of Vue, Laravel and other state-of-the-art web development tools and techniques. The book begins with a thorough introduction to Vue.js and its core concepts like data binding, directives and computed properties, with each concept being explained first, then put into practice in the case-study project. You will then use Laravel to set up a web service and integrate the front end into a full-stack app. You will be shown a best-practice development workflow using tools like Webpack and Laravel Mix. With the basics covered, you will learn how sophisticated UI features can be added using ES+ syntax and a component-based architecture. You will use Vue Router to make the app multi-page and Vuex to manage application state. Finally, you will learn how to use Laravel Passport for authenticated AJAX requests between Vue and the API, completing the full-stack architecture. Vuebnb will then be prepared for production and deployed to a free Heroku cloud server. Style and approach Learn front-end Vue techniques, back-end Laravel skills, and put them together to build a working application

This book will help you take your first steps in the WordPress theme development process, with 5 different projects centered around creating unique and responsive WordPress themes About This Book ? Learn the basics of WordPress theme development in a step by step manner ? Make your themes more dynamic by integrating components of Bootstrap and JQuery ? 5 carefully-selected projects to help you get beyond the theory and create highly marketable WordPress themes from scratch Who This Book Is For If you are a blogger or a WordPress user who wants to learn how to create attractive, eye-catching WordPress themes, this book is for you. A basic understanding of HTML5, CSS, PHP, and some creativity is all you need to get started with this book. What You Will Learn ? Simple and advanced themes – covers basic syntax and files along with archives and search pages ? Photo Gallery – add simple animation and use the W3.CSS framework to design a photo gallery theme ? Wordstrap – incorporate Twitter Bootstrap into the theme and use the WP_NavWalker class ? E-commerce theme – build an e-commerce theme using the Foundation framework In Detail WordPress has emerged as a powerful, easy-to-use tool to design attractive, engaging websites. Themes play a big role in making WordPress as popular as it is today, and having an eye-catching, fully-functional theme could separate your website from the rest! This book will help you take your first steps in the WordPress theme development process, with 5 different projects centered around creating unique and responsive WordPress themes. Start with creating a simple WordPress theme using HTML5, CSS, and PHP. Then, you will move on to incorporate different APIs, widgets, and tools such as Bootstrap and jQuery to create more dynamic and highly-functional themes. Whether you want to create a photo gallery theme, a highly customizable e-commerce theme, or a theme designed to suit a particular business, this book will teach you everything you need to know. By the end of this highly interactive book, you will have the required mastery to develop WordPress themes from scratch. Style and approach This book takes a projects-based approach, where every project incrementally builds on your programming skills required to create different kinds of WordPress themes. With the difficulty of the projects ranging from basic to complex, this book will help you get beyond the theory and put your understanding of WordPress theme development to practical use.

Someone had broken into Tess Graver's home and trashed the place. But this was no random robbery. The intruder was looking for something specific–but what? With her own secrets to keep hidden, Tess reluctantly turned to neighbor Ethan Rogers for help. The been-there, seen-that former DEA agent wanted nothing to do with the big-city crime from his old life. But Ethan wasn't about to let the dangerous thugs take over his small town. Or scare strong, sweet Tess into running away–not when he'd just found her.

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE Had her brand-new husband been involved in something shady? Before Caroline Hampton could confront him, he was killed in a car crash…or so it was claimed. Unsettling incidents–escalating in dange–warned her he could be very much alive. And so Caroline fled for the safety of her sisters' Amish country inn. But someone who suspected her–handsome police chief Zachary Burkhalter–was waiting for Caroline. Waiting for her to slip up. And watching her every move. Daring her to trust him with all of the truth.

VOICE FROM THE PAST An urgent call from a brother Angelina Harding hadn't seen in years brought her thousands of miles to Australia. Only to find Marcus gone. DANGER IN THE PRESENT What was a former Secret Service agent to do? Ditching the men who ambushed her at the airport was a start. But it was only with the help of her brother's friend, David Lemming, that Angelina had a chance to find Marcus. QUESTION FOR THE FUTURE Across the Outback…and into the enemy's lair, Angelina raced against time – but her brother wasn't the only one at risk. Angelina's life, her new romantic interest…and perhaps even her country were on the line this time.

An intruder in her house? But why? Tea shop owner Krista Yates has nothing worth stealing, and Wentworth, Michigan, is hardly a danger zone…or is it? DEA agent Luke McIntyre warns Krista that the prowler has some dangerous connections, and that she needs around-the-clock protection. Luke's presence in her life is a bit too easy to get used to - and his growing presence in her heart makes her dread saying goodbye. But her nonstop defender can't hide Krista away forever. And there's more than her safety - or her love - at risk when the threat steps out of the shadows again.

For Callie Merton, one of Finders, Inc.'s best agents, discretion had become a way of life. Even when she married fellow agent Max Chambers, there were matters she couldn't bring herself to discuss with him. But now that withheld information is threatening to break up her marriage. As Callie and Max embark on a fi nal case together, will Callie be able to reveal the truth and save her marriage–or will she allow her past to destroy her future?

As a detective in Chicago, J. T. Logan had put away a lot of criminals–and had made a lot of enemies. However, the last thing the widowed father and current small-town sheriff expected was crime in his own backyard. Until his young daughter was kidnapped. FBI agent Madison Spencer found herself working with J.T. again, on a case painfully different from their previous one. She could only watch as he struggled to remain coldly professional while his heart was in anguish. And what of her own heart? Romance should be the furthest thing from their minds. All she could do was hope–and pray–for them all.

On a tragic night, photographer Emma St. James lost not only her vision, but her memory. The police believed she'd witnessed her beloved brother's murder, but her mind refused to remember. She was lost and alone, until a stranger reached out with a touch she couldn't see. Rev. Colin Fitzpatrick would never forget the moment he saw Emma's lovely face just seconds before she ran out in front of his car. She'd been fleeing something–or someone–but she was his responsibility now. But with the killers desperate to find Emma, it would take divine intervention to keep them both alive.

Bubbly Dr. Reggie Smith can’t believe her eyes when gorgeous Dr. Flynn Jamieson walks back into her life and her ER! He’s the man who broke her heart, and Reggie is horrified to realize she still finds the charismatic surgeon oh-so irresistible! Maybe it’s because Flynn seems different – has he finally managed to throw off the shackles that once came between them? If so, maybe this Christmas Reggie will get what she’s always wished for…

As a teenager, Dinah Westlake had witnessed the murder of her pregnant cousin, but a concussion blocked her memories of that night. Now, ten years later, her cousin's widower, Marc Devlin, had returned to Charleston to give his young son a true Southern Christmas. It was a chance to make amends in a family torn apart by the tragedy–and the suspicion that Marc was responsible for his wife's demise. But when several dangerous "accidents" occurred amid the colorful holiday celebrations, Dinah's recollections of that past dark night began to resurface. Would she discover a killer inside the man she'd grown to love?

‘SO WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE WAGER, MISS PRENTESS? A DIAMOND WORTH THOUSANDS AGAINST A NIGHT WITH ME?’ No London beauty has managed to tame the incorrigible Jasper Coale, though many have lost their reputations trying. In sedate Bath on a family errand, the Viscount expects to find little in terms of entertainment – certainly no female company to tempt him… Miss Susannah Prentess’s discreet card parties in Royal Crescent offer a welcome distraction. And the glint in Susannah’s hazel eyes tells Jasper he’s met his match at last. But is she game enough to accept the most outrageous wager of all? The Notorious Coale Brothers They are the talk of the Ton!

Merry Christmas…Daddy! As a rodeo star, Trent Riddell learned to expect the unexpected—like the injury that knocked him out of competition and back onto his father’s Texas ranch. Trent’s years on the road—building a reputation in and out of the arena—left little time for a serious relationship. So when Jolene Arnold shows up with an infant in tow, claiming the baby is his… Well, let’s just say Trent’s been thrown off a bull more times than he can count, but he never had the wind knocked out of him like the day he met his daughter! Once childhood friends, Trent and Jolene discover that as adults, their connection goes beyond raw physical attraction—even if they’re both too scared to admit it. Can they let go of the past mistakes holding them back in time to embrace this Christmas present?

The Outsider Returns Adopted as a baby, Mei Clayton never felt like she belonged in her family. She left tiny Clayton, Colorado, the moment she could. Now, to fulfill the terms of a will, she must move home for a year. But when she reunites with handsome Jack McCord—the mountain-rescue expert she once secretly loved—she has to keep her distance. Their relatives have feuded for years. She’ll never fit in with the Claytons if she gives in to her feelings for Jack. Unless faith and love can help open hearts in time for Thanksgiving. Rocky Mountain Heirs: When the greatest fortune of all is love.

A SOLDIER’S RETURN Major Lucas Blackstone has survived Waterloo and come home uninjured while many of his loyal men have not. His body might be whole and still handsome, but as he returns to the burnt-out shell of what was once his family mansion his soul is dark and troubled. Bright-eyed debutante Annabelle Havenham has no idea her fate is in his hands. His plans to settle old scores could mean her ruin. Is he villain enough to do it? Especially when Annabelle’s innocence has started to melt his black heart…

When Hurricane Naomi tears through a small Mississippi town, a daring rescue unites two heroes. Nurse Kathleen Hart is a single mom racked by guilt over her husband's death. Firefighter Gideon O'Brien—orphaned as a young boy—has lost too many people he cared for. To rise above the storm's devastation, Gideon helps Kathleen and her sons rebuild their home. As Christmas approaches, they discover that even the strongest of storms can't destroy a romance built on the foundation of faith.