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Xander was raising his five nieces and nephews. For Sage, that was a deal breaker. He was the bakery guy. The very nice man who bought his aunt’s bakery in the tiny town of Castle Springs. Sage instantly liked him the day they met, though she found him a bit annoying. But that adorable crooked smile of his was charming enough to overcome any annoying things he might say or do. Then she found out about the kids.

He nicknamed her Skittles when they were eleven. She was his best friend, and she helped him through the loss of his mother. He, in turn, supported her while she was raised by her alcoholic father. Jade spent more time at the Three Oaks Ranch than she did at home.

Most consumers agree their service experiences with hospitals, clinics, and physicians fall well short of their service experiences with hotels, resorts, and restaurants. So, what would their experiences be like if healthcare providers served them the same way hospitality providers do? Given that both industries share many common service touchpoints, one wonders whether healthcare service providers could adopt principles of hospitality to enhance the patient experience. The insights shared in this book reveal the answer: yes!

The story of Echoes of the Forgotten was born from a fascination with places that hold more than they reveal. I have always been drawn to the idea that a house or a stretch of land can carry the weight of its history—untold stories lingering in the air, waiting to be uncovered. Pine Drive and the Duck Pond became the perfect backdrop for a tale about the unseen connections between the past and the present, where a seemingly abandoned house holds dark secrets tied to the land itself.

J.T. never quite got over the painful breakup with his ex-girlfriend, Joey. So finding out she moved in next door leaves him with mixed feelings. Joey has moved back to Castle Springs after a six-year absence to renovate the old Bradford place and turn it into a Bed and Breakfast. When she bought the place, she had no idea J.T. O’Connell was building his new home on the adjacent property. But the deal is done and there’s no going back on it now.

Saving a champion show jumper from a burning horse trailer gives young rider-trainer Robb Slaughter one job: finding out who tied that horse in that trailer and making them pay. For Robb, avenging that horse means atonement. It’s the horses who’ve saved him from the torrent of unanswered cries inside his head. Clearing the big jumps on horses he cares about has given him a hard-won mental peace. He has built a good life for himself as a professional show-jumping rider, on his way to Grand-Prix stardom . . .Until that fire.

It’s one thing to wake up in New Mexico and not remember how you got there or why you were there. It’s quite another to realize you also have no idea who you are. It was the face of an angel that saved him from panicking. A guardian angel, that is, in the form of a nurse named Ember. She was a light in a very dark tunnel and she decided to call him John Sherlock.

This selection of poems by a new author was triggered by the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter. So the collection begins with loss and the aftermath of loss: the hope of the author that his daughter and he may be reunited in the life to come. This hope underlies many of the poems. This is clearly articulated in ‘Osler and Son’, where a father grieves for loss of his son in World War I but in a stoical, unexpressed manner.

There was something about the small house in the Indiana woods that wasn’t quite right. At first Cathy Ballard thought it was the size. But she and her husband were soon to learn it was something beyond earthly dimensions. Like the bulging doors...the taunting voices...the heart-wrenching vision of a hollow-eyed, spectral boy...the rapacious monsters in human form. The house was haunted by angry, restless ghosts—both the victims and the perpetrators of past, unspeakable acts.

Jack, a 26-year-old New Yorker, unwittingly becomes the key player in a deadly game of shadows. His ordinary train ride home takes a harrowing turn when the last surviving architect of the Bitcoin decentralized network hands him a mysterious piece of paper, moments before meeting a brutal demise. What seemed like random words on the paper unveiled a chilling secret—access to a cold storage crypto wallet. Teaming up with his girlfriend, Olivia, they breach the account, exposing a staggering fortune in Bitcoin.

As he gathers his friends and family to make sure they’re safe from the impeding storm, Jasper hopes his very pregnant wife, Poppie, doesn’t go into labor. After last-minute preparations are made to secure the town against the high wind and the rising water, most of the islanders gather at the old Ice House building, while Jasper, his family, and their friends, hunker down in the basement of the sheriff’s department.

From the Bluegrass pastures of Kentucky to the big time racetracks the Sport of Kings reigned . Then when greed and avarice raised its ugly head, it ushered in the Sport of Knaves. Some are knaves by nature--Some are knaves by choice--Some are driven to knavery by circumstance. Their belles prettier, their bourbon smoother, their tobacco sharper, and of course their horses faster, so said the planters of western Kentucky who considered themselves the patricians of the South.

Jasper’s new duties keep him busy, as he trains a new deputy and deals with the usual small-town mischief. When Poppie surprises him with her return to the island, he’s excited to share the Fourth of July celebration with her. The locals come out in force with crafts, homemade goods, food booths, and a beer tent featuring locally made hard cider. After the two rival ball teams play, it’s time for fireworks on the beach.

A Whisperer Among The Graves - After countless ages of predation, an undying ghoul has a chance at humanity. Doors Best Left Closed - Sometimes insanity is preferable when the horror is real. Ruins Beyond In The Dark - A group of college friends are invited to take part in forbidden horror of gods both ancient and of the future. Highway Through Hell: Farty Town - The Poet Laureate of the gutter and the Father of Heroic Fantasy make an odd couple on their road through Hell.

The night of Jasper and Poppie’s reunion ends with a first kiss, a black eye, and a new family member. After ten months apart, Poppie returns for Lewis’s wedding, arriving on the island in time for St. Patrick’s Day. On Gracie Island, any holiday that involves drinking is a big hit. But just like the weather off the coast of Maine, Jasper and Poppie’s budding relationship is a bit unpredictable. The emotional mix of sunshine, fog, and rain keeps them both on their toes as they try to stay on course. As Lewis’ wedding day approaches, stubbornness and hurt feelings threaten to ruin the day.

After the failure of a rescue mission on a hostile, uninhabited planet, the crew returning to Earth through deep space find that something horrifying has come with them.

Kennedy’s Horror Collection series continues with Book 15. Once again, he has collected stories from authors from all over the world, and this time, they have been selected specifically from the LGBTQIA+ community. As always, only the best made the cut, and have been gathered here for your listening pleasure. Sit back, relax, and get ready for some of the best scary stories you will listen to this year.

Spirit Ball is a spell-binding tale of Native American mysticism blended with the terror of Paula Riddton as she faces the evil spirit of a long-dead shaman. This first novel by Rodney M. Wylie is all but impossible to pause!

It started out with a missing child, then came the slaughter of wild animals and now—what exactly? People are being brutally murdered in the town of Centerpoint and Sheriff Ted Colson has no idea who is behind it. He is unpopular and needs to get a handle on this soon. Some people feel it is the start of a new wave of evil over the town like that of almost two years previous, but Ted doesn't want to believe this. He can't believe this.

When Cecily Reardon is found murdered with unusual circumstances the evidence leads Veteran Detective Mario Grimes to St. Mark Church and his one true love. Pastor June Harris, formerly a very talented police detective who left the police force to pursue her call in the ministry. The first female and youngest pastor ever appointed to St. Mark Church, her arrival was met with much opposition from the congregation, but now six years later these same people are her main supporters.