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1929. When a passionate love affair threatens to leave Lucy in disgrace, she chooses a respectable marriage over a life of shame. With her husband, coffee-plantation-owner James, she travels to her new home in India. Everything in India is new to Lucy, from the jewel-coloured fabrics to the exotic spices. When her path crosses that of Gowri, a young woman who tends a temple, Lucy is curious to find out more about her, and the events that lead her to live in isolation from her family.

Crimson and Lady Kaye, two super-sexy members of elite special forces unit G.I. Ho, are on another mission, this time with new recruit Binx, a beautiful ninja who's super-excited to take down the evil organization, Viper. And also super-excited to take off her clothes! The three sexy and kickass women must stop Viper from using their new weather control device to throw the world into chaos. However, they'll have to go up against their old nemesis, the Countess, who happened to turn Crimson and Kaye into her personal playthings the last time they tangled.

Beatriz, una treintañera que atraviesa una larga mala racha personal y profesional está convencida de que el año en que cumpla los 33 va a suceder algo extraordinario que le va a cambiar completamente la vida. O al menos, eso es lo que le acaba de decir una vidente.

My name is Vayo, and I am a slave. My people lived in Argia, the City of Light, before Nabonidus the Defiler swept across the land. He conquered, murdering and enslaving the other tribes. I was born after the fall, in a crumbling pit of despair and sadness. Nabonidus crowned himself ruler of the land, building his new kingdom from the rubble of our fallen world. I live and serve them now, my head bowed, and my eyes down. That is, until a master servant chose me.

Sexy tomb raider Laia Rios is off to Japan to complete her parents' quest and find evidence of a long lost Japanese goddess. Her best friend and former lover Keiko Yoshida is along to help find the treasure. And to explore Laia's juicy personal treasures. But when the goddess demands intense sexual submission to satisfy her insatiable desires, will Laia be up to the task to save her best friend?

Smart, attractive, and fueled by wide-eyed optimism, Poppy Mortimer leaves rainy England to start a new life—and find the perfect man—in exotic Australia. Surely somewhere out there, a Chris Hemsworth impersonator is just waiting to whisk her off her feet and show her the real charms of "Down Under". But as Poppy launches into 28 dates, ranging from the outright hysterical to borderline traumatic, it becomes clear she’s going to have to kiss a few frogs—assuming she doesn’t croak first.

Ella is tired of crying. She's more powerful than ever before, but her personal life has the wow factor of vanilla ice cream. When Bear asks her to investigate a series of mysterious deaths at the ultra-hip Cauldron Festival, Ella accepts a job as one of the comedy performers but doesn't tell anyone why she is really there, not even her excited sidekick, Vanessa.

I never thought this would happen, but Professor Grant might be one assignment I'm willing to do the extra work for this year.

Alice Smith, who with a team has spiritually-mapped the City of Houston for four decades, takes us with her to some of the most spiritually-troubled spots on Earth. Spiritual mapping exposes how Satan and his forces claim property on which they can freely operate, and how the land can be liberated from their control. Jesus died "to reconcile all things unto Himself." (Col 1:20) Alice shares how she and her team approach such a task; then takes us on several spiritual mapping journeys with them.

Only weeks after Ivy's return to her true home in the Winter Court, she finds herself thrown into life as a royal with a hectic schedule she hates and an Unseelie fiance she can't stand. Even worse, the one person she is forbidden to love, Barrett Forbes, is her personal guard, which makes getting to know Prince Ardan awkward and uncomfortable. Ivy's life spirals into more chaos when she discovers her human best friend, Jules, has journeyed to Faerie to find her and is now being used as a pawn against her.

Hannah es una chica muy leal a su familia. Trabaja en la empresa familiar y volvió a casa después de que su padre tuviera un derrame cerebral hace tres años. Filip, su tío, es quien está a cargo de la empresa desde entonces, pero necesitan ayuda financiera para no tener que cerrar. Por culpa de esto, los sueños de Hannah de viajar por el mundo y vivir en el extranjero se han estancado. Quizás para siempre. Pero cuando Hannah conoce a William Black todo cambia.

In Financial Tips to Help Kids, author Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana draws on over a decade helping children and their parents and her own experience teaching her own 3 children about money management to offer valuable kids’ money advice that will help them to learn the value of saving for college, budgeting for ‘wants’ like toys and cell phone service and building for financial freedom in the future.

Desde que Patrik se ha reincorporado al trabajo, Erica se dedica de lleno a sus gemelos, que nacieron prematuros. Apenas tiene tiempo para ir a visitar a Annie Wester, una compañera de instituto que acaba de regresar a Fjällbacka después de muchos años. Junto con su hijo Sam, Annie se ha instalado en el faro abandonado de la isla de Gråskär, propiedad de su familia. A pesar de los rumores que circulan por el pueblo sobre la leyenda de la "isla de los espíritus", en la que los muertos vagan libremente, no parecen importarle las voces extrañas que oye por la noche.

Patrik y Erica siguen disfrutando de su idilio en el pueblo de Fjällbacka, ahora acompañados por su bebé, la pequeña Maja, que ya tiene ocho meses. Mientras la joven pareja está plenamente volcada en los preparativos de su próxima boda, los asuntos en la comisaría, donde Patrik trabaja, siguen su curso rutinario.

Alena and Casey are fresh off their first beach volleyball pro win. Now they're off to their next tournament in southern France on the beautiful Mediterranean. And beautiful French bodies in skimpy bikinis.

"In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing,” writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. “Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing.” The stories in this year’s Best American Food Writing are brilliant, eye-opening windows into the heart of our country’s culture.

Separated when they were 6 months old, twins Ani and Riri couldn't be more different. Loud and adventurous Ani wants to be a sleuth when she grows up. Shy and quiet Riri prefers books to people, and just wants a safe, germ free job when she grows up. When they're forced to spend the summer together, Ani is convinced it's going to be another Great Twin War like the last time they tried family bonding. But this summer is different - there's a murder, and their dad is arrested as the prime suspect. Can they work together to protect their family and solve the mystery?

In her legendary career, artist and activist Nikki Giovanni has established herself as a writer who can entertain and challenge, and a voice for social justice who can inform and inspire in times of national crisis. Controversial, revolutionary, ethereal, or illuminating, her poems about race, Black lives, violence, gender, and family move readers of all ages and backgrounds.

Mage Bridal Party Etiquette. Plan the bachelorette party even if you are given two hours’ warning. Wear whatever hideous dress the bride picks out. Try not to get killed and ruin the wedding.

Claudia, una periodista que abandonó hace años su pueblo natal (Tordevianos) a las afueras de Burgos decide volver para escribir un reportaje sobre una de las tradiciones más bárbaras que tienen, La suelta, con el fin de conseguir un artículo que la promocione como periodista. Lo que comienza como un simple reportaje se convertirá en la investigación de la desaparición de los más jóvenes del pueblo y en un cruce de acusaciones entre los vecinos y el regreso de Claudia a su desafortunado pasado.