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Katria swore she'd never fall in love. She's seen what "love" means through the cruelty of her family. So when she's married off to the mysterious Lord Fenwood for a handsome price, all Katria wants is a better life than the one she's leaving. Feelings are off the table. But her new husband makes not falling in love difficult. As their attraction begins to grow, so too do the oddities within her new life: strange rules, screams in the night, and attacks by fae that Katria never thought were real.

By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shape-shifter with some unusual talents, Mercy’s found herself maintaining a tenuous harmony between the human and the not-so-human on more than one occasion. This time she may get more than she bargained for.

The knight was supposed to be a man. Not me, Sophie MacKnight, a marketing associate from California. This must be a practical joke that the Scots play on visiting Americans. Because otherwise I’ve inherited a haunted castle in Scotland, along with one irritatingly sexy Scotsman. Frankly, I thought I would fly here, sell the heap of bricks, and head back home to a life that I…well, I was comfortable with at the very least. Instead, the people of Loren Brae are in trouble, and it appears that as the new owner of the castle, I’m next in line to reinstate the magickal Order of Caledonia.

Maisie Barron is over it. A small-town girl with big dreams, her frustrations lead her to make a silly wish at the standing stones outside Loren Brae. Little does she know, the magick found there will transform her wish into a catastrophic event that threatens the upcoming Christmas Book Festival. Weston Smith needs a break. Burnt out from his tenure-track professorship, he decides that a holiday in little Loren Brae, Scotland, will be the perfect escape he needs to recharge his batteries. The last thing he expects is to find the woman he's been waiting his whole life for.

In this book, Lamdan contends that privatization and tech exceptionalism have prevented us from creating effective legal regulation. This, in turn, has allowed oversized information oligopolies to coalesce. In addition to specific legal and market-based solutions, Lamdan calls for treating information like a public good and creating digital infrastructure that supports our democratic ideals.

Receiving your healing was never meant to be a complicated process; it should be as simple as putting God's Word into practice in your life! In Dr. Sandra Kennedy's groundbreaking book, The Simplicity of Healing, you will receive teaching on how to practically activate God's Word and experience God's healing power in every area of your life that's hurting: physical health, emotions, finances, relationships, and more!

Sarah Garland, a retired homicide detective who's gone through a painful divorce, seems to have found her peace at last, as a coffeeshop owner in the sleepy (and freezing) small town of Snow Falls, Alaska. What she didn't expect was for her past life to catch up with her. Or for her new life as a mystery writer to inspire a deadly killer to target her.

Retirement doesn't have to be dull or boring! Uncover a world of exciting new hobbies, keep fit and agile, make a real difference in the world, declutter your house, earn extra income, and add a sparkle to your retired life with this friendly and helpful guide.

When an act of mercy ends in betrayal, the companions are attacked, and three of their crew abducted. Led by Ryan, the remaining members set out on a deadly rescue mission. Standing in their way—a forest overrun by barbaric cultists and mutated beasts. Alien animals hide behind every tree. Strange creatures creep through the canopy. An apex predator watches, ceaselessly, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, the lesbian feminist movement and the no-fault divorce revolution transformed the lives of wives who desired women. Women could now choose to divorce their husbands in order to lead openly lesbian or bisexual lives; increasingly, however, these women were confronted by hostile state discrimination, typically in legal battles over child custody. Well into the 1980s, many women remained ambivalent about divorce and resistant to labeling themselves as lesbian, therefore complicating a simple interpretation of their lives and relationship choices.

A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how just 50 years of swift and dangerous oceanic change threatens the very existence of life on Earth. Legendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a planet teetering on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis.

A curious and courageous child goes on a daring adventure to rescue a baby dragon that has been captured by wild animals. Along the way, he encounters several fierce and formidable beasts, including a a lion, a gorilla, hungry tigers, several crocodiles, and an angry rhinoceros. This classic beloved story tells the tale of the child's clever and creative strategies for getting out of the dangerous jungle with the dragon.

In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac's epic, platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours, the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn't get things his way....

You may wonder if it is possible to regain genuine connection. Dr. Joel Block, a psychologist specializing in work with couples for many years, provides an efficient, clinically tested program that he has used successfully with couples in his practice. It is not about trying to change each other, which is a waste of time. It is about understanding each other and ourselves at a deeper level than ever before.

If you're looking to retire wealthy one day, and you'd like "that day" to be sooner than later but don't know how to get there, then here's the deal. Retirement has always seemed so far in the future you've felt you don't need to worry about planning for it yet. Or, you have started to think about it, but you simply don't know where to begin with all the different pension and saving options. How much do you even need for retirement anyway?! In this audiobook you will find all the expert tips and advice you'll need to make sure that your retirement runs smoothly.

Reports of sexual violence in armed conflict frequently appear in political discussions and news media, presenting a stark contrast to a long history of silence and nonrecognition. Conflict-related sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and the United Nations Security Council. Through interviews and primary-source evidence, Kerry F. Crawford investigates the reasons for this dramatic change and the implications of the securitization of sexual violence.

The emotional and poignant true story of a middle-aged couple that married after meeting Online, and the designer puppy that became their "together child", showing them that her role of filling their empty nest, though filled with trials, would be worth it in the end. Gary and Bobbi were building a life together, rebounding from past failed marriages. They had learned a lot. With excess baggage set aside, they vowed that this marriage would last forever. Just days after moving into their new home, Bobbi's early Christmas present arrived in the form of a Cockapoo puppy, Gracie.

Move over Erma Bombeck, Dave Barry, and Hendrik Groen - Bettye Strickland has the senior living beat now! Her candid commentary on life in the slow lane is sure to bring smiles, chuckles, and outright laughter to listeners of all ages....

Understand the afterlife through mindfulness. You're reading this right now because, at some level, you want to feel the inner peace and knowledge that others have told you was impossible in the physical world. You're tired of asking questions that have no answers. Find a deeper reason for your existence. Cross the pivotal boundary between mere curiosity and active self-advancement. This book is your guide. Begin your adventure now.

Fans of quirky, irreverent humour will squeal with delight at The Easter Bunny Invasion! For many, many years Mildred the Easter Bunny has delivered scrumptious Easter eggs to all the children of the world. But Foxington "Foxy" McFox - the foxiest fox in all of Foxtown - wants to get his paws on Mildred's wondrous flying egg factory, and turn Easter into a disaster! The Easter Bunny must seek help from Santa Claus, Clarence the Slug, and a great many others - will Mildred and her friends save the day, or will Foxy's bunny invasion take over the world?