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Before becoming members of Jems and Jamz, Spike Bianchi and Jemma Rodriguez were just two lost individuals, trying to find their way in life. Find out how one trip to Texas changed the course of their lives and spurred the evolution of the band known as Jems and Jamz. Ziggy Johnson has been through one of the worst years of her life, but when she is roomed with Lana Waverly, a pompous woman with no concept of empathy, things take a turn for the worst.

Daredevil Kensley Storm and her partner TJ Cummings own Daredevils Rescue Service, an organization that specializes in extracting undercover government agents from deadly situations. Kensley lives for the adrenaline high she gets every time she pulls off an impossible assignment. Her latest task is to save Regina Rider from the roof of a skyscraper before armed assassins can reach the gorgeous woman. Regina is a legend in her own right, having solved more cases than any agent in her division. Fires ignite when the two find themselves on the same assignment, but which one is the savior?

Shalmar is an Amazon warrior, feared and renowned among the people of her home country Gilsk. But when a prized statuette from a neighbouring country mysteriously disappears, tensions between the two kingdoms flare and their war reaches an all-time high. In an attempt to stop the bloodshed, Shalmar recruits the newly trained Jacqueline to help her retrieve the sacred statuette. As they embark on their search, the connection between them soon becomes undeniable. But the missing statuette holds a frightening and evil power.

Both men tried to shoot her then, and the two women were stunned at the speed with which she moved. Penny charged straight at the gunmen then dove under their fire. Spinning on her back she kicked the legs from under one man, and as he fell, she kicked the gun from the other man’s hand. Spinning back to the first man she saw the gun barrel moving toward her, and she lashed out with her foot. Her boot crushed his skull and she rolled to her feet to grab the last man in a neck lock. A quick twist and he lay lifeless in her arms.

Raven Morales has always trusted her instincts. As the leader of The Flock, a covert group of mercenaries fighting to expose the world’s most dangerous secrets, she’s used to impossible odds and dangerous enemies. But when their latest mission to dismantle a human trafficking network connected to a powerful senator takes a deadly turn, Raven is faced with a new, insidious threat—one that might come from within her own team.

What would you do if your favorite novel turned into a powerful spell book known as a tome? This is the concept Sai must face when he is dropped into an unknown world where books from the real world have become these tomes. With no memory of his past, Sai must learn to navigate this new place and face all of the challenges that come along with it.

Winter is over and Lena is ready to leave the relative safety of Pearl Two, a closed community in Portland. A member of her party is missing. The woman they trusted for months is lying. She can’t be sure of anyone. With each step, she confronts the physical threats lurking in the wilderness and struggles to hold onto her dream of creating alliances to heal their future. Haunted by memories of the past and driven by the hope for a better future, she searches for the strength to built unity from the growing anarchy.

In 1851, Paul Cassian joins a mining crew on a journey to newly discovered gold mines in Oregon Territory. Instead of discovering riches, they find themselves fallen prey to supernatural forces bent on trapping them to toil forever in the mines deep in the mountains.

A humble custodian chosen to be this century’s Cinderella, lonely without love, crosses paths with an Earl from across the sea trying to evade a curse. Midnight Halloween balls, pumpkin essence in the air, piñon logs crackling in a Kiva fireplace, and glass slippers of the finest French stained glass make a wonderful recipe to make an old fairytale new again.

Raven and her elite mercenary group, The Flock, are thrust into a perilous mission to dismantle a shadowy network trafficking stolen artifacts to fund deadly arms deals. Their journey takes them across Egypt's ancient ruins, Ethiopia's rugged highlands, and the vast, unforgiving deserts of Niger. But as they unravel the smugglers' trail, they uncover more than just stolen treasures—a conspiracy that could ignite chaos across the region.

¿Podrás amar lo que alguien te hizo odiar? En el año 1979 muchas cosas están prohibidas. Ser gay sigue siendo una de ellas. A Liú Tian y a Xiao Zhen se les acaba el tiempo, por lo que deberán enfrentarse a la elección más difícil de todas: ¿la familia o ser su verdadero yo? ¿Qué escogerías tú? Lily del Pilar, autora de los bestseller "Still with you" y "Still with me", vuelve con el desenlace de "Calcomanía": una aventura romántica extraordinaria que dejará a cualquiera sin aliento.

Maiden Voyage, Book Three of Daphne Birkmyer's COMFREY, WYOMING series, finds twins, Amadeus and Marcela, on very different paths to self-discovery. As their guardian, Heidi Crow, attempts to weave a safety net as original and complex as the twins themselves, she prays it will hold through Marcela's gender affirming surgery and Amadeus's uncertain future in Alaska's lucrative and dangerous fishing industry.

Growing up in a Russia plagued by homophobia, Maxym wrestles with his conflicting emotions toward Muslims and his own suppressed homosexuality. Alongside his innate psychopathic tendencies and an unsettling fascination with killing, his exceptional marksmanship skills make him a coveted asset. Trained to be an unrelenting assassin, he walks a precarious tightrope, embodying a paradoxical blend of tender affections and unwavering loyalty to the nation that nurtured him—an enigmatic figure in the tapestry of contemporary Russia.

When a dangerous killer disables a luxury liner in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, three unlikely companions face the demons of their pasts in order to survive.

When someone threatens a congressman's family and career, he seeks the FBI's best. They give Special Agent Nash Running Bear no choice. She scoffs at the babysitting job in the high desert of New Mexico, but it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse. And the cats are four international assassins. So to get the job done, Nash reaches out to her alphabet team. Hopefully, in time…

With her husband dead and a broken foot, Wendy Haskins will be plunged deep into the ultimate test of survival. Aided by a transgender girl named Gail, they will have to traverse through one nightmare scenario after another in a desperate attempt to reach town before it is too late.

When tall, fair, good looking but lonely Mark Martin living in northern England is offered a lot of money in 1961, aged just fourteen, it sets him off in a whole new direction as a rent boy. At the same time he becomes labelled a hero so his public profile is raised at a time when he wants to keep certain things very private. How does he balance these two?

In this volume, the girls are braving strange new waters as they are off on vacation in the paradise that is the Svanire Archipelago. Only for them to come across an ages old myth for which only their curiosity must seek out. Field Trips, such a wonderful and insightful time for the young middle school age girls. After countless time raising funds for them to spend the weekend away along with the rest of their sixth-grade classmates, but what may happen should three get left behind?

No ritmo das pedaladas de uma bicicleta, a estrada passa sob os pés do protagonista André, enquanto este percorre o sul do Brasil, o Uruguai, a Argentina, até chegar a Sucre, na Bolívia, cidade onde desaparece. Através de seu diário, enviado ao amigo Jean pouco depois da última nota, é que temos acesso aos lugares onde passou, as pessoas com quem conviveu e os fantasmas que o perseguiram durante a jornada.

The second in the Oaths of Dante series, watch as Dante strives to fulfill the oaths presented to him by Gaia and Hecate. Will he and Christopher find peace as werewolves or will they fall to the Hatred of Zeus lingering in the dark magic of his curse. Can they, together, find salvation? Can they survive the hate of eons, hidden away by the kindly faces of those claiming to be friends?