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Eve Gold's birthdays are killers, and her 27th birthday proves to be no different. But for the up-and-coming Vancouver artist, facing death isn't the real shock - it's what comes after. Recovering from a near-fatal accident, Eve is determined to return to the life she's always wanted: a successful artistic career, marriage to the man who once broke her heart, and another chance at motherhood. But brain damage leaves her forgetful, confused, and tortured by repressed memories of a deeply troubled childhood, where her innocence was stolen one lie - and one suspicious death - at a time.

All Charlie ever wanted to do was play softball in college. She’d worked her whole young life for it and finally made it. The only problem? It’s on the other side of the country. To keep her dream alive, she does the only thing she can. She moves. But, when Charlie refuses to party and drink with her teammates, she’s accused of not being a team player. There’s no way she’d jeopardize her scholarship. Charlie will walk away from anyone who can ruin her dream.

Gefahrlos eine geheime Fantasie ausleben? Davon träumen viele, doch Innenarchitekt Luca ist fest entschlossen, sich diesen Wunsch zu erfüllen. Ein Arrangement mit einer hochklassigen Escort-Agentur bietet die perfekten Voraussetzungen: Anonymität, Sicherheit und absolute Diskretion. Allerdings hat Luca nicht mit den aufkeimenden Gefühlen für Adam gerechnet, die in ihrer geschäftlichen Beziehung keinen Platz haben. Und auch Adam ist ganz offensichtlich nicht abgeneigt, doch welche Zukunft kann Luca diesem Mann bieten.

When Dr. Jane Lee, a recent graduate, takes her first position as a psychiatrist at Southern States Mental Institute in Memphis, she gets more than she had bargained for. The idyllic images she had created in her mind while in school of treating the mentally ill clash immediately and drastically with the reality of the practice in real life. From the filthy, creepy, neglected facility in which she now works and the attitude of those in the mental health industry itself to the haunting madness of her first-ever patient, Matilda Rose, nothing is as she had imagined it would be.

Never having a family to call his own, Toby Mitchell grew up alone. Given away as a young child, he knew he would never be loved. He was a child caught up in the foster system, always being shuffled from one home to the next. He had no family. That is, until he was old enough to join the Marines. He finally found his family. While on a mission in Afghanistan, he sustained a job-ending injury that forced him out of the only family he knew.

“Given Cameron Waters’ history of traumas in and outside of foster care, we believe he was acting in self-defense toward his foster parent’s abusive behaviors...we see a great potential of rehabilitation in him. He’s a good kid,” Garry argues. "Good kids don't hit their foster parents and destroy other people's property." My stomach drops as I look down at my fingers, twitching like spiders, wishing they could climb up the walls and disappear. I don’t remember everything that happened. It was self-defense. Wasn’t it? He started beating on me first.

From hayrides, corn mazes, Jekyll n Hyde, warped games, witches, demons, and death personified, Autumn Nights: 13 Spooky Fall Reads brings together the very best in chilling tales to hear under a harvest moon. This audiobook is for those who get excited about Halloween and crisp fall weather (and yes, even pumpkin spice lattes). Are you the type to dream of windy nights and tumbling leaves even while summer days stretch on? Do you want scary bonfire stories with doses of humor and twists on classical tales? This collection is perfect for you.

Ardelia Sabine is about to attempt the most legendary heist in the solar system. The anti-communication laws that have been ruthlessly enforced for the last five years have gone too far, and the collar around her daughter's neck, which shocks anyone if they try to speak, must come off. The one time monitor of law enforcement has now assembled the greatest collection of thieves, con men, and hit men in history.

She was his butterfly, a chance encounter. Little did they know just how much they shared with each other. Emmy had lost not only her parents in a tragic accident but the treasured gift that her father gave to her on her 20th birthday. She was good at her job but wanted more. She wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and was out to show the world that she could. Delaney Madison was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps as a renowned cardiologist. But when his best friend dies, it changes his purpose in life.

Cyberbullying is becoming an epidemic that is risking the safety of our children. S. M. Carlson, an online harassment and bullying expert, brings a commonsense approach to battling cyberbullying. Cyberbullying offers advice for educators, parents, law enforcers, and lawmakers on how to implement programs to combat this problem in their community before it destroys another child's life.

SOURCES OF HOME - Inspiration for travelers. The new audio book is for the traveler and the human when things change in your life. For the traveler’s needs, on the way, practical, in a style of direct conversation, to the point, short. How to create home wherever you are? How to navigate stressful life moments? This book helps you discover your compass inside to navigate times of travel and change. Mindset, Perspective, Power Practices. Every time you travel, every time life changes, you’re in a space of In-Between.

June 1813. As the Peninsular War edges toward its climactic battle at Vitoria, a well-bred, newly commissioned, and hopelessly incompetent officer arrives to take charge of a seasoned troop of British cavalry. The troop's eloquent but shifty corporal takes the officer under his wing, and thus begins a journey through the campaign with many laugh-out-loud moments as the less-than-upright members of the troop determine to turn the war against the French to their pecuniary advantage.

Elele is about to meet her god. She’s about to be elevated to the highest evolved form of her species. Even as she prepares to step before the most powerful entity in the universe, she refuses to confess her secret. She doesn’t want to change. However, the only thing worse than changing, would be failing to transform. Those who don’t evolve are regarded as Ketz, forsaken. Her faith demands she go through the ceremony, but she’s torn between her desire to keep the life she’s known, and what happens to those Seferam who don’t become Var’lechen.

Welcome! Airborne, the Art of Passion. True Calling and True Love Live in the Same Space - How to live both passion & deep relationship. We invite you to explore and adventure with us, and use this little book to discover how to own and live your passion & nurture relationships that make you feel alive. Yes... you can have both... also in times of change. This book is to empower & inspire travelers and humans in times of change - inspired by the ancient human desire to conquer the sky. Every time you travel, every time your life changes, you’re in a Space of In-Between.

Healthcare has changed immensely over the past few generations - house calls from a local family doctor are a thing of the past, and the deeply personal relationships and bonds between provider and patient are eroding with the demands of for-profit insurance. As a family practitioner focused on cradle-to-grave care, author Barb Regis has a valuable perspective on how patients can experience better outcomes.

Sydney Bellek first meets Elian Davies in the 1950s on a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser when she is five and he is seven. They run into each other every few years after that, but while he knows from the start that she is his true love, she does not. Later, as rival journalists, they vie for scoops on international crises from the Iranian revolution to the Lebanese civil war. Only after years of separation does she finally realize they are meant to be together, but this time, in a twist of fate, it is Elian whose memory of her is gone.

Follow the continuing adventure of the Lyssa and the Sykes family while the Psion AIs set their sights on Vesta.

Through America Hijacked, we’ll take a critical look into the policies and practices of nearly every administration up until modern day to see just how the deep state came to be and how it hijacked America for their own personal benefit. Where does the issue lie? It lies in the fact that our elected representatives hijack our country, our principles, and everything that we stand for when they use their status and political power to cover up crimes and purposefully make conscious unlawful decisions that impact the lives of ordinary Americans. This is the deep state.

Kaitlyn Olhouser was a long-term experiment that resulted in becoming an empath. She was rescued by her adopted family, a team of people each gifted with psychic powers that calls itself Oneiros. She has abilities just like them. She's even more powerful than all but one of them, but she's 16, and her caretakers seem more interested in making sure she graduates high school that letting her use her abilities to join the team. A short encounter with some bullies inspires her to find her own opportunity to be the hero she knows she's destined to be.

The limited edition chapbook full of haunted houses and their haunted histories comes to audio. Including tales of witchcraft, hidden fortunes, accusations of vampirism, demonic portraits, a haunted chair, and several experiments of a "most unusual nature." Gardinel's Real Estate also comes with a PDF download of each house's beautiful illustration.