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A Second Chance at Eden, by Peter F. Hamilton, the best-selling master of space opera, is a collection containing a novella and six short stories set in the Confederation Universe of the Night's Dawn trilogy. Sonnie's Edge appears within this collection, featured as part of the Love, Death + Robots series on Netflix.

I used to hate them more than anything. Now they are making me doubt everything. As a barrel racer, I thrive for the win. I thrive to never let anyone hold me back. But the only men who have been able to tear down my ways have decided they want me back.

It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words, but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, Alexander McCall Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-and-white photography and imagines the stories behind them. Who were those people, what were their stories, why were they smiling, what made them sad? What emerges are surprising and poignant tales of love and friendship in a variety of settings.

If we look back at our life, what would we want to change? To what length shall we go to do so? These are the questions that face Gregg in “A Highway Runs Through It” and Sharon, in “New Hope” Following their journeys, you may find yourself wondering what second chances you might wish for, if you were to look back on your own life. But would you be willing to pay their price?

Through the Lens of Second Chances is an unforgettable story of love, healing, and risking it all for a second chance. Their journey is filled with ethical dilemmas, emotional conflicts, and external pressures Claire Dawson, a therapist who moves to a seaside town for a fresh start after a painful divorce. She unexpectedly develops a romantic connection with the photographer next door neighbor. The fear of small-town gossip Ex-husband who tries to manipulate damage Claire’s credibility.

A Fully Voiced Audio Horror Production: Five Friends are hiking on a mountain. A Storm forces them to take shelter in a mysterious cabin that has no place being where it is. The five are then confronted with a tense and terrible choice when greeted by the cabin's owner, the Devil himself.

An aristocrat, an exile, a contradiction, and a tortured soul, Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy offers a series of strange and unusual meetings at various points in space and in time.

A Second Chance for Plus-Size Passion is a short, romantic drama filled with horse-loving men who would do anything for their woman who has managed to capture their heart. This is a part of a standalone series where they can be listened to in any order.

Dark clouds overhead may stir up whimsical twists. Collected for the first time since their initial publications, Darkness with a Chance of Whimsy presents 10 tales from the imagination of R.J. Sullivan. Thrills and chills await you, but you may also get blindsided by the absurd. This volume includes a pair of stories featuring Rebecca Burton, the mysterious investigator of R.J.'s acclaimed paranormal thriller series.

He broke my heart years ago to be with his first love… Now, I have walked right back into his life and I’m unsure of what to do about it. As a nanny, I have an obligation towards the children that I take care of. I didn’t think much about it when I got a request to be a nanny from a name that I didn’t recognize. I didn’t know that he was hiding everything from me. Alexander Stone, a handsome man who knows how to rile a girl up and my ex-boyfriend.

Second chances are something that I never thought about. Now, it is going to be everything to bring me back to him. He broke up with me years ago for no reason, leaving me heartbroken. I pursued my dream, doing for me. Now he is back in my life, and I don’t know what to do about it. Noah Abraham, my sexy hunk of an ex-boyfriend who has made everything for himself. It is pretty clear to me that he does have feelings for me.

"Hello America, it is raining men out there, in the literal sense. It truly is the end of days - I have done the count, seven trumpets are in fact blowing. The storm extends from coast to coast and even across the pond. We aren't going to be seeing another sunrise as the population drops, and the dead come up beneath us. This is affecting all walks of life; the young and the old, the rich and the poor, it's even dashing summer time fun for folks at amusement parks."

Jason returns home from the war for the second time, but he is not the same man he was before he left. He struggles with trying to cope with a devastating loss. Jason gives up hope and feels nothing is left for him, until he discovers what he needs in the most unusual place.

Daphne and Jack meet on a Greyhound bus heading north from California. The year is 1976, and Daphne is a pregnant teenager. Jack is a guy in search of a future. For these two lost souls, this is a ride that will change their lives and begin a dynasty.

Collection of five short stories.

Get lost in a whirlwind of lust, chance encounters and tricky dilemmas while testing your reading and listening skills. After each short story, you can either read or listen to the comprehension questions. Each question is followed by the answer, allowing you to study on your own. The stories do not contain any explicit scenes. The audio and print versions of this ESL guide are available at major online retailers.

In the latest conversation with his father, Elliott Cooper learns that retirement does not agree with dear ol' Dad. Elliott's father, Clay Cooper, once head of Cooper investigations, is bored out of his mind. Also bored with retirement is former L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Dean Hollister. So, Dean and Clay decide to start their own P.I. business, specifically for people their own age. As these two soon find out, retirement had it's up side and maybe, just maybe, they would have been better off leaving well enough alone...

There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. Her name was Amy. One day, she said to her parents, "I have heard so much about an old witch that lives in the jungle. I want to go to her house and see what she actually looks like. People say that she is a wonderful old woman. She knows all kinds of magic tricks and has many marvelous and exciting things in her house. I am very curious to see them. I want to learn magic tricks from her. I even heard that she could fly in the sky."

Broken engagement, a disappointed father, an emotional mother - what else could a wounded soldier ask for? Tommy has no idea that his sweet nurse remembers him prior to his injuries. Always professional, Abby treats Tommy no differently because of their awkward past. Once the truth is out, what will become of their friendship and budding romance?

Maya returned to her home state of Indiana after many years of moving around and seeing the country. Lucas was the one man in her past that she never got over. As kids, they were intimate with each other and had a very close friendship. Without warning, Maya left Lucas behind. She pined for him for years. He waited for her to return.