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Young women are being murdered and left dressed in fairy-tale costumes. Detectives Brick Henson and Timothy Daniels are at their wits end with no leads and no useful evidence. Fifteen-year-old Delilah was born with a gift: She can see what people are dreaming. Delilah’s gift turns into a nightmare when she taps into the dreams and memories of a serial killer, known as the Huntsman. She knows who the Huntsman is, and she knows all of his secrets...secrets he will kill to protect.

Whenever we are traveling from here to there, we can be reassured that signs along the way can give us direction and warn us of dangers. And as we travel from our lives here on the earth to our futures in the eternal city in heaven, God has also provided us with a guidebook and signs to show us the way. In The Road to Glory, author and judge Thomas Dillon explores the signs, illustrations, and symbols in scripture that will keep us on the right path on the way from here to heaven.

Learn how to start your own successful proofreading business! If you want to be your own boss, be in more control of your work schedule, and make good money, then this book is for you. Imagine what it’ll be like to finally start your own business. Think of how good it’ll feel to be able to fire your boss and be in more control of your life. By starting your very own proofreading business you can do just that, and you can take advantage of the high demand that the internet has created for proofreaders.

Discover how to improve your communication skills and build lasting relationships in this bundle.

If you have trouble communicating effectively and would like to change that so you can enjoy more success in your social and business life, then keep reading! Ineffective communication skills can have a drastic and lasting effect on your life. They can hamper career prospects, end personal relationships, and damage your mental health. Improving your communication skills can be tricky, but with the right help, it is more than possible. Effective Communication is the perfect way to guide you through this learning process.

This is a story of boyhood friendship and irrepressible vitality told with the speed of trains and the understanding of the awkwardness, significance, and fragility of that time. This is a day in the life of two boys as told by one of them.

Dr. Stephanie Carter is the lead doctor at a medical outfit deep in the African jungle. In the midst of an epidemic crisis, with everything falling on her shoulders, she has no time for foolish indulgences such as love or romance. When she meets stoic, broad-shouldered Noah, her world is thrown for a loop. Their attraction is intense and maddening, making Stephanie sizzle with desire for his touch. One night of shared passion changes everything. As battles rage in the jungle, there is no time for forbidden love, yet some bonds just can’t be ignored.

Jax, a powerful tiger shifter, awakens in a medical tent to find fate has bestowed a gift upon him. The beautiful doctor who treated his battle wounds is his. He will love, protect, and fiercely defend her with his very life. As formidable and fearsome an opponent as Jax is, however, there remains one thing that will bring him to his knees. He watches, helpless as a kitten, as his mate is afflicted with the horrifying disease laying claim to the village.

Dr. Jessica Delaney is on a mission to save lives deep in the wilds of sub-Saharan Tanzania. When her small transport plane crashes, she finds the untamed jungles of Africa are more savage than anything she could have imagined. Luckily, she’s not alone. Marcus Van Den Berg, the attractive pilot with her, knows all kinds of survival secrets. Marcus is capable not only of protecting her, but of keeping her warm and satisfied throughout the night. The secret he guards, however, is something beyond belief. Something that will leave Jessica’s life forever changed.

A Moment of Grace is the searing, tender account of Patrick’s life with Nicola and her illness, and his life after her loss. But it is more than a story of illness and unbearable grief: it is a book of memory, of home, of family. It is a tale of the transfiguring power of love. Heartbreaking, life-affirming and truly unforgettable, A Moment of Grace is one man’s journey to find life after his wife’s death. 

For 60 years Baley has kept a secret. One that could get him killed. One that could get everybody killed. You see, Baley is an intelligent machine, what everyone calls an Inn-eye. Humans created Inn-eyes in their own image. They look and act like humans. They even die like humans, at a time set the moment they were built. When that time arrives, each Inn-eye's energy cell dies and so does the Inn-eye. And 60 years ago Baley's energy cell died. But Baley did not die.

Adam Sphere wanted to touch the stars. Listen to the story of a young boy who dreams of being an astronaut and a cruel world that distorts this ambition.

Jake finds himself hated by his fellow detectives, and ostracized by his squad, after being accused of negligence in the violent death of his partner the previous year. He is wanted by the mob, on the run, and framed for a murder he did not commit. He has to face up to his past as he fights to save what's left of his future, and comes to the realization that he must choose who he can save, and who he must let go.

It's Halloween in the mysterious town of Refuge and not all is as it seems. Not your typical Halloween story, although there is a strong tie-in, this one is all about a bank job.

Joe Dolan wakes with a 'headful of hornets', a warning that today's going to bring something bad. He attends the funeral of an innocent - an Angel - and tries to work out if his wife has been kidnapped. Father Millar makes an appearance, we step inside the Blue Frog Tavern, and we meet Joe's brother Frank, as well as an artist and other notable residents of Refuge.

A young man escapes in an asylum seekers' boat, but it gets sunk by pirates. And that's when the nightmare begins in this tale inspired by Lovecraft's "Dagon". He wouldn't look down - that was too frightening. He looked up at the stars, the horizon, the foam on top of the waves as they rose and fell with the ocean's swell. The tiny red boat must be more refugees, mustn't it?

The closing down of the steelworks meant the end of being in work - but John and his pal don't intend it to be the end. "Keep hens! That's the answer."

39-årige Rachel oplever sit livs krise. Efter at have mistet sit job, sin lejlighed og sin kæreste gennem ti år, arver Rachel et kæmpe hus på landet efter sin moster, dennes elskede border collie samt et overfyldt internat med herreløse hunde, selv om hun stort set intet ved om hunde. Og da slet ikke bryder sig særligt meget om dem. Trods sine begrænsede evner - og lyst - tager Rachel udfordringen op og forsøger at køre internatet videre i sin salige mosters ånd. Efterhånden som det lykkes Rachel at finde nye hjem til de herreløse hunde, viser det sig, at det måske ikke kun er hundene, der har brug for hjælp.

Lorcan was seven years old when his mother first heard him say ‘I love you’. The words were not directed at her, but at Jessi-cat, the family pet. Lorcan suffers from autism and selective mutism, rendering him unable to speak in certain situations. This all began to change with the arrival of a kitten named Jessi-cat.

Connor Alasdair’s parents have never lied to him; they’ve always treated him like an adult and included him in family discussions. So why won’t they tell him about the strange red-haired man who keeps visiting their home? Why is his father lying about the monster in their back garden? And why are both parents so insistent that he stops asking questions? Yesterday 1990s suburbia held no terror for a 15 year-old boy.