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Gemma loves the quiet life of her bookshop, the Bookworm—a haven for book lovers in a quaint town in the heart of Derbyshire. But everything changes when Gemma discovers the body of local author Dominic Westley during the shop’s latest book signing event. When the police rule the death as an accidental overdose, Dominic’s estranged widow points the finger at one of his past lovers. Gemma and her trusty assistant, Mavis, won’t rest until they uncover the truth. Was it an accidental overdose or something more sinister?

I was eight when Nathan moved away. He was my best friend. My only friend. My safe space. And then he was gone. And my life turned into Hell. But I survived. I broke free and made a life for myself. And I tried to forget about the boy who grew up to be Nate Waller, the famous retired football player. I really did try to forget. But then I opened the door, while working at a client’s house, and he was there. Standing before me. My old friend. My unwitting confidant. My Nathan. Except… he doesn’t recognize me.

In a world where music is magic, prophecy says the True Voice will come from another world and restore the harmony of the Great Song, from which the entire multiverse springs... Alecyn Johnsenn’s Florida home was swallowed up by a sinkhole. Her friends and neighbors mourn her, the victim of a one in a million-random geological anomaly. A waste of a promising young life... But Alecyn is not dead. And the sinkhole was far random.

So Who is God, Anyway? delivers splendidly-for doubters, skeptics, recovering fundamentalists, or anyone looking for a fun audiobook to listen to about some damn big questions!

Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meager. A young gay man with no relationships outside of sexual ones, he can seem at once callow and, at times, cold to the point of cruel with his lovers. Emotionally distant from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Following his father’s death, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man’s will.

Orsino Orsini, ilegítimo, deforme y con un solo ojo, cuya esposa fue seducida por el Papa Alejandro VI, construyó un 'parque de sexo y violencia' para así poder reflejar sobre este su odio (hacia el papa, su infiel esposa y un mundo que se rehúsa a aceptarlo). Mientras Haasse intenta interpretar el simbolismo del parque con sus veinte monstruosas estatuas, nos lleva con ella al laberinto de Cnossos en Creta, a los 'rituales y adoraciones al sol de los inicios de la historia' y a las disputas entre las familias Borgia y Farnese durante el siglo XVI.

In this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker-an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive mother-reveal that adoption is rooted in both loss and redemptive victory. And healing is needed by all in the adoption triad-adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents-to experience restoration and wholeness.

Angel. Hätte ich wählen dürfen, wäre ich nicht hier. Nicht auf dieser Uni, nicht in dieser Stadt. Doch mit dem Tod meiner Mutter starb für mich auch die Möglichkeit, über meine Zukunft zu entscheiden. Jetzt bin ich hier. An einem Ort, an dem mich eigentlich niemand haben will. Es ist nicht alles schrecklich. Ich habe Freundinnen gefunden und IHN getroffen. Aber er ist alles, was ich mir geschworen habe, niemals zu wollen. Er ist der Mann, vor dem ich schleunigst davon laufen sollte.

Lord Strapshire es el soltero más deseado de la ciudad, y ha puesto los ojos en la encantadora Bianca Davidson. Lo malo es que ella piensa que es un aburrido insufrible. Con el fin de desviar su atención hacia otra parte, la joven planea pedirle a Mathew Hensley que finja cortejarla. El problema es que hace años que no habla con él, pues en el pasado ambos se vieron involucrados en un desagradable incidente. Sin embargo, él le debe un favor. Además, puede que sea su única esperanza…

The conclave’s forces had reached a tipping point. Due to the vast expanse occupied by the empire’s thirty-five territories, Admiral Cordelia and Commander Tocknicka previously had to bide their time. They employed discreet tactical actions to harass the Krackus overseers and their mercenaries, the Radags. Now, Tridents in the hundreds and multiple Quadrants, with their experienced crews, were in place to deliver strategic actions against the Imperium Empire.

AFTER DISCOVERING HER FATHER'S WAR DIARY, a young girl begins the lifelong journey of understanding how his brutal and miraculous war experience shaped their family and faith while bringing new insight to one of the most ambitious and secretive war missions of World War II. MERRILL'S MARAUDERS became the 172nd recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal since George Washington. The text of the diary is included.

A collection of broken spies, former double agents, and retired operators live in secrecy, under the watchful eye of the government in the small, deep-woods town of Cottonmouth, Texas. Devlin Mahoney is the de facto mayor of these special citizens, charged with keeping them in seclusion, hidden from the world, which he does from the office of the town’s only motel. But the peace of this sleepy village is shattered when a pair of women, on the run from a vicious criminal, drop into Mahoney’s lap and he’s forced to choose between doing what’s right and doing what he’s told.

Caught in a deal with the King of the Underworld, Medusa must learn to embrace her power and conquer the darkness in her own mind to protect the dark gods and free herself from the ties that bind her. Reconciling the truth of the past and accepting control over her future, she discovers the strings of fate aren't so easily unraveled. Hades and Poseidon play games with her life, but with the help of new and old allies she pushes to reclaim her destiny for herself.

A vampire and demon walk into a whore house, but they’re not looking for lover or services. They’re looking for HER. Being a widow, business owner, and whore house madam has kept Maude very busy. She does not have time for games or interruptions, but fate rarely ever gives us what we want. One moment she’s minding her own business, the next: two extremely good looking men come to offer her immortality.

THE FALLEN SERIES - standalone - The Deal - Karma - The Calling - Already Dead - They Know - Conscious.

No one saw it coming. The attacks began out of nowhere. Giant alligators emerged from the sewers, huge bats swarmed New Mexico, an army of Chupacabras invaded Texas, and Thunderbirds soared the skies searching for prey. . . All across the globe, the cryptids came out of the woods, rose up from beneath the waves, and crawled out of dark caves. Humanity's only hope is to find out what is behind the attacks and destroy it or face extinction!

I was supposed to be undercover not under his covers and now I’m pregnant with his baby. A wave of rage floods my veins as I face the infamous Lorenzo Bianci--the man who haunts my every waking thought. His body is chiseled like it was touched by divine hands but he has the heart of the devil. He isn't a man to be trifled with. His power and influence reach far beyond what I could have dreamt possible. In a twisted bid to claim me, he offers me a dangerous deal.

It's April of 1997 in Erie, Pennsylvania, and an unsolved crime has just shattered Rosalyn's life. To cope with her heartache, she begins writing a series of private letters to Nova in her journal, where she confides a shameful secret about the night before it happened. In her anguish, Rosalyn recounts the recent dreams that still haunt her, recording them as poems, just as her grandmother had taught her as a young girl. But after she moves to New York City and her letters progress, Rosalyn begins to realize that her dreams are delivering her a series of clues.

“Don’t give up! I’ll help you!” barks Rex, the hero of Władysław Reymont’s Revolt of the Animals (1924), “carried away with wrath and compassion” at the sight of his friend the old donkey with “his head covered in a hempen sack, being whipped by boys harrying him towards a pit of lime.” Who would not be roused to a righteous indignation at the sight of such wanton cruelty, inflicted upon a wise, sentient creature–for the perverse pleasure of man, that “crown and lord of all creation,” to whom dominion over this world was supposedly given by the Lord at the dawn of creation?

The Conflict over the Conflict chronicles one of the most divisive and toxic issues on today’s college and university campuses: Israel/Palestine.