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Love, Lies, Lust. In the midst of all of this drama, someone has to remain calm. Meet Sparkle. Beyond the bubbly personality and contrary to her name, Sparkle guards a dormant heart. She's bored both at home and with her corporate job. Maneuvering through her daily duties on autopilot, she finds herself gradually submerging into a passive, emotionless life. Once a vibrant, active member in her church, she knows that the only way out of a marriage, albeit loveless, is through adultery.

She's a bad girlfriend. Nothing Xio Davis does is right. When she abandons her pack, riding out of town on the back of a stranger's motorcycle, she finds she's bitten off more than she can chew. First, it's small-time crimes, then bank robbery. As Xio sinks into the criminal underworld, the FBI catches up with her. Now, she's got one way out: snitch. When Xio turns state's evidence against a Mexican drug lord, Agent Marcus Cazador steps up to take her home, giving up his career, his place in the El Paso pack, and all he knows to protect her.

Life is like a bouncing ball - there are ups and there are downs! Give the gift of truth, inner knowledge, and wisdom to someone special in your life - sports enthusiasts, husbands, fathers, brothers, lovers, boyfriends! And don't forget the women in your life too! A necessary, enlightening, and practical book for all! The stories and interviews of famous athletes are covered in this publication with intimate conversations about their own lives!

Hide your girlfriends, hide your daughters. Tad Dawson, confirmed bachelor and runway model, has come back to the Black Hills for his brother's wedding. Also known as Romeo for his love-them-and-leave-them attitude, Tad has a reputation to lose and a woman to win. However, he won't be able to do it on his own, since the woman he wants would rather assault him with nail guns, power saws and rocks. Not what he expected when he turned on the charm.

Eleven years from the day he left, Xan Davis returns to Los Lobos a changed Wolf. After promising his insane Alpha, Magnum, that no one will ever know who he really is, he is forced to endure unspeakable torture in distant lands. The Black Hills call to his tormented soul, so he goes, hoping the familiar forests will soothe his suffering inner beast. Liv Dunn, born a coyote but living as human, constantly looks over her shoulder. Less than a year before, a former patient attacked her, leaving her emotionally devastated.

The colored lights on the snow gave it a holiday appearance, but the dead woman's body in the yard added a grisly touch. How did Ina Bell Patrick die? Who killed her? And why? The dead woman had no direct heirs, so two nephews and a niece stood to inherit. Dr. Laura Morris was left to make all the arrangements, attorney Roger Morris could certainly use the money, and Zack Morris had disappeared two years earlier.

Mayson Grayne has witnessed all of her friends get their happily ever afters, but Mayson doesn't believe in her own HEA. The only man she ever loved deserted her more than 13 years ago after her best friend's tragic death. The only thing Mayson believes in is making it through each day, even though her past as an addict and her broken memories hang over her in a dark cloud. When Grant Alexander, Mayson's ex, suddenly reappears, her carefully regimented life is disrupted.

A great many persons imagine that anything said about heaven is only a matter of speculation. They talk about heaven much as they would about the air. Now there would not have been so much in Scripture on this subject if God had wanted to leave the human race in darkness about it. ''All Scripture,'' we are told, ''is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be perfect.

My book details the life, both early and later, of Pat Welsh, who found fame in 1982 as the voice of E.T. in Steven Spielberg’s immortal film classic about an alien who was left behind on Earth. The narrative includes entries from Pat’s personal diary (written in 1931, at the age of sixteen), stories of an adult Pat, and contemporary perspectives. The diary provides the framework for the book, and beginning with New Year’s Day, 1931, Pat writes with beauty and clarity about many aspects of her life.

This book is a daily Advent devotional.

Rescuca, leader of a rebel uprising among a tribe of otherworldly beings called the Nomed, is trapped in an interstellar prison. His loyal servant, a dark and rumbling beast known as Thaed, lurks in the next cell. Leachim, Rescuca's trusted friend turned betrayer, stands on the other side of the prison bars, taunting him with the shame of his defeat and the undiminished power of Emperor Evol Epaga.

From legendary comedian D. L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as "told" by the key political players on both sides of the aisle. What do the Clintons, Republicans, fellow Democrats, and Obama's own family really think of President Barack Obama? Finally, the truth is revealed in this raucously funny "oral history" parody.

Chris Carlson, her heroine and a shy school teacher, comes to her rescue, by contacting Madame Eve to make all her dreams come true. Little does she know, the one magical kiss that wakes beauty will also start a snowball reaction, one that will change her life forever. Sometimes, life's greatest challenges also bring the biggest blessings, and when you walk through fire, it makes you appreciate what you fought for so much more.

Anthropologist Dr. Sascha Mitchell has studied wolf shifters for years and recently she's stumbled upon the most unique research opportunity. Two best friends who happen to be Alphas of different pacts, living and working together. Sloan and Grey have been friends since they were pups and nothing has been able to break their bond, and when they meet Sascha they know nothing ever will.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Hemingway's Short Stories supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more.

Tex, as his comrades called him, was not the same man he once was upon returning home from 'Nam. No, that man died over there with thousands of other soldiers. He was a casualty of war, sent home with a broken mind and invisible wounds that were impossible to mend.

Jace has more on his mind than a booty call when he shows up at his ex-wife's dome. He needs a pilot to fly a racing ship he plans to repossess, and only the best pilot will do. There's one issue with hiring Tara for the job. His ex-girlfriend, Nia, has also signed on as navigator, and the two women can't be in the same room, let alone the cramped cabin of a high-credit racing ship. And, well, he's kind of still sleeping with them both. But they don't know that....

We were asleep too long. The enemy has been busy. There was a plan to defeat the greatest foe in the galaxy, and I was key to that plan. Unfortunately, I can't remember it. Not to mention, time has taken its toll on the once proud metropolis of Tewhebenco, the center of our operations. Now, it's just an endless jungle, and we have to start from scratch, again. And, we have no means of getting to anyplace civilized.

Rescued, retrained, and re-armed to fight back against the enemy that wants only the destruction of all that is not theirs, there is quite a lot resting on her shoulders. Now, though, Kendra "Amaratzu" Anteen wakes up in a recovery pod with no memory of who she is or what is happening. She only manages to get out of the time-worn and damaged tube by accidentally breaking it.

Beyond the legend, Abraham is inescapably human, reliving the gauntlet of tragedy and abuse that should have consumed him, exposing his private reasons for standing firm on the brink of war.