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John Lawrence loved Vicki Masterson his entire life. They grew up together. But it wasn’t meant to be. After John is disabled in Iraq, that couldn’t be more obvious. He struggles to start a new career while dealing with a prosthetic leg. Vicki recovers from divorce along with her own paralyzing self-doubt.

How can women become effective leaders in large organizations without sacrificing who they are, as women and as mothers? This audiobook answers the question: They should live out the 10 characteristics of today's winning leaders. These characteristics - compassion, honesty, and authenticity, for example - were once seen as feminine weaknesses in the command-and-control corporate world. But today, in an inclusive and connected world, they define the leader who strengthens organizations rather than undermines them.

Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is falsely imprisoned and exiled to the penal colonies of 18th-century Australia. His life is shattered, but Morgan refuses to surrender, overcoming all obstacles to find unexpected contentment and happiness in the harsh early days of Australia's settlement. From England's shores to Botany Bay and the rugged frontier of a hostile new world, Morgan's Run is the epic tale of love lost and found, and the man whose strength and character helped settle a country and define its future.

Cendrine West can't catch a break. She's close to landing a new job, and things are getting cozy with sexy sheriff Tyler Gates. All that changes when she is kidnapped by renegade witch Aunt Pearl, who is hell-bent on avenging a friend's untimely death. It's Las Vegas or bust...for all the wrong reasons. Rocco Racatelli is a hunky Vegas kingpin - and the next mob target. Lady Luck has dealt him a losing hand and he wants revenge. When Aunt Pearl is a little too eager to help, project Vegas Vendetta quickly escalates into an all-out mob turf war.

Good Catholic school girl that she is, Brandy Alexander’s a true and trusted friend, not to mention something of a detective. So, when Brandy’s best friend Julia, the ex-stripper-turned-hotelier, finds her first guest covered in blood, lying half on and half off a broken bed, with Julia’s panties swinging from the chandelier, she gets Brandy on the horn. Cool-hand Brandy assesses the situation and carries out the only sensible course of action: First, she makes a pot of coffee, then she calls the police.

Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough’s gripping narrative thrusts listeners headlong into the complex and fascinating world of Rome in the tumultuous last days of the Republic. At the height of his power, Gaius Julius Caesar becomes embroiled in a civil war in Egypt, where he finds himself enraptured by Cleopatra, the nation's golden-eyed queen. To do his duty as a Roman, however, he must forsake his love and return to the capital to rule.

Everywhere we look, whether on TV or in a magazine, we're confronted with the same message. You need to be thinner, you need to be on a diet, you need to take so-called 'fat burning' supplements. But should this be accepted wisdom? What do we know about the fat that we would like to lose rather than embrace? No other organ - yes, fat is an organ - has so many prejudicial attitudes towards it with people having such limited knowledge about it.

I'm the golden boy of Vegas. The head of my family. Every woman wants me, and every man envies me. Nothing cracks my cool veneer. Until I fall into the hypnotic depths of her eyes. One breath. One look. One touch. Before I even know her name, she consumes me. Thaws my frozen heart. Exposes my black soul to the light.

Ever since the debacle of the Chess Queen Enigma, Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker have laid low, trying to settle back into their quiet lives as young ladies of London. But the Holmesian deductive abilities won't remain dormant for long, and when Mina receives a strange package from a winged, midnight visitor, she is catapulted into a new, mysterious adventure: the search for the Carnelian Crow. Meanwhile, Evaline has received some very disturbing news - news that will change her life forever.

Wall Street Journal best-selling author Colleen Mooney delivers a zany, offbeat thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat. You’d think a mystery that begins with an eligible man taking a bullet might be a bit dark, but Colleen Mooney has something else in mind, something like a screwball chase all over town, from Lee Circle to the Lakefront, with a stop at Charity Hospital, and finally to the French Quarter’s favorite gay dance club, at all times accompanied by Schnauzers, one of them named Geaux Cup.

Is your money safe? Charles Ponzi lent the Ponzi scheme its name, but he is not the first or the last to dupe investors with this age-old con. Bernard Madoff, Tom Petters, and others amassed billions before their arrests, but it is not all about the money. Find out what makes fraudsters tick, and how they swindle their victims. The biggest Ponzi scheme of all time is operating under the radar right now, unknown and undetected by regulators and unsuspecting investors.

Women around the world are searching for a new way to connect, to follow their vision, to be guided and nourished, and a new light is on the horizon. 1001 Watts is a guide that will help you navigate a new path of change as you redirect, refocus, and reinvent yourself. We are entering into the fourth industrial revolution, and women need each other more than ever before. The secrets revealed as you listen to this book will help you magnify your one watt of light, and use it to connect to other women....

Do you wonder why you always attract the wrong partner? Are you ready to have the relationship you have always dreamed of, but your relationships never seem to last? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be a destructive relationship magnet. The truth is that you are meant for so much more. Colleen Traci is an intuitive guide to understanding love, relationships, and healing. She helps her clients shift from repeated dysfunctional relationships to a relationship that is healthy, functional, and dynamic.

Five years ago, Shannon Astor left the beautiful high-mountain country of West Texas as a single mother. She was desperate for a fresh start and a way to keep the secrets of her past buried. It almost worked. Until a chance to make a better life for her daughter leads her right back home. To the very place of the past betrayals. But it also leads Shannon to horse-trainer Jack MacGowan - her handsome high-school nemesis, now a widowed father. His daughter looks so startlingly like her own that Shannon can't help but question the circumstances surrounding her daughter's birth.

With nothing but five dollars and the wedding dress she's wearing, Gracie Lister flees with her daughter by train to West Texas, to the town she ran away from so long ago. There, they find refuge in the home of Michael Wayne - devoted single father, seasoned soldier - who gives Gracie a job caring for his two children and the hiding place she needs from her former fiancé. Michael and Gracie aren't looking for love, but it finds them right away. And then trouble comes to call in the form of Gracie's ex-fiancé who is now on the FBI's most-wanted list.

He was a super hero with a furry sidekick. She was a secret mad scientist in the kitchen. But he was sick...and she was stumped. Can they work together to find out what is stealing his superpowers and restore his boundless energy once again? Meet Aidan the Wonder Kid and his super-smart detective mom. When food allergies strike, they bond together to fight back. But can they win?

Einfach herrlich - mit Herzklopfen-Garantie! Was für ein turbulentes Jahr für die Floristin Elly Jordan! Erst durfte sie die Hochzeit ihres Ex-Mannes ausstatten, dann trennte sie sich auch noch vom heißesten Musiker aus St. Louis. Das war vor drei Monaten. Jetzt steht die neue Hochzeitssaison vor der Tür, auf die Elly sich bestens vorbereitet hat. Beruflich läuft es sogar so gut, dass sie darüber nachdenkt, noch ein edles Blumengeschäft zu eröffnen. Außerdem steht sie kurz davor, eine Promihochzeit zu arrangieren. Was könnte also schiefgehen?

Endlich sind Sydney und Ridge auch offiziell ein Paar, und eigentlich könnte alles perfekt sein. Dies umso mehr, als Ridges Exfreundin Maggie dabei ist, sich umzuorientieren: Beim Skydiving hat sie Jake kennengelernt, und der ist ganz offenkundig ebenso interessiert an Maggie wie sie an ihm. Doch als ihre Krankheit erneut ausbricht, gibt sie ihm aus lauter Angst gleich wieder den Laufpass - und sucht Hilfe bei dem Menschen, der ihr so vertraut ist wie kein anderer: Ridge.

Elly Jordan hat sich einen Traum erfüllt: Noch vor zwei Jahren stand die junge Frau vor den Scherben ihres Lebens, als sie ihren Mann mit einer anderen im Bett erwischte. Von heute auf morgen brach sie alle Zelte ab. Nun ist Elly Inhaberin einer exquisiten Blumenhandlung in St. Louis, täglich umgeben von den schönsten Blumenbouquets, herrlich duftenden Freesien und farbenfrohen Tulpen. Da schlägt sie sich gerne mit Brautzillas und deren hysterischen Müttern herum.

The novel goes back and forth, with the past and present intertwining in order to fully bring this story to the listeners. What happened to get Lil imprisoned? There are so many stages where you think Lil will survive, only to have it quickly reversed. Just at the end when you think all is well...the most horrific event happens.