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Tons of money. Tons of fame. Tons of hot sex. Being the drummer in one of the biggest bands in the Miami area comes with all of the privileges you could imagine.

I'm the bassist in Molly Riot, one of the biggest bands in the Miami area, and I'm surrounded by female fans night and day. This isn't like me, but I'm falling hard for this chick, Sophie, the hot new bartender at my all-time favorite local dive bar. Problem is, our drummer, Mark, has his eye on her as well. Normally this wouldn't matter, but there's just something about this girl that's different. I can tell already that I don't want this to be just another one-night stand.

Ashley James was through with men. But, she was also a professional. How she ended up working for the first man to break her heart while in the middle of a nasty breakup with the current man who'd broken her heart, she didn't know. One of life's cruel jokes, she guessed. Well, the joke was on life. Her job was the one thing that made sense in her life. And, she wasn't going to let stupid men take that from her.

Austin Barrington is nervous - but hopeful - when his mail order bride, Georgia Langley, steps off the train. From the few letters they've exchanged, it seems they have a lot of the same ideals and goals. He is concerned that an educated young lady from Boston might be scared, bored - or both - living on a ranch in Wyoming, but he hopes she will be able to adjust and that they will make a good couple.

At 17 Chase had his whole life figured out. He would grow old with his beautiful girlfriend Lexi and make a living working with his best friends Ryder and Janelle. Only fate didn't like that idea. After a night gone wrong at an abandoned house, he woke up a year later to find his whole world had changed. Lexi was gone and more than half of his body was burned leaving him feeling alone and like a monster.

I'm the lead guitarist in one of the most successful bands in the Miami scene named Molly Riot. Our label is trying to convince us to tour with Juniper Woolf, a rival band that's fronted by an attention-seeking brat named Fran Chambers. When my band mates finally convinced me to sign off on the tour, I thought there was no way that I'd ever get along with Fran...that is, until I started spending time alone with her on the tour bus.

Instantly captivated by his female coworker, he soon learns of her relationship to his boss. Lust, desire, temptation, forbidden touches...when playing with his boss' girl he must remember one thing...In life, there are no happy endings.

Am I just attracted to a woman I can't have? Or is Olivia the one who has the power to bring me to my knees once and for all? Our singer Alex landed our band on every major gossip tabloid and website with his crazy antics. Now, we're tasked with running an insane amount of press to run damage control with the hopes of cleaning up our image. So when this chick Olivia Grant showed up - representing yet another magazine - I expected to hear the same lazy questions we'd been getting for months. Man, was I wrong.

Educator and multimedia reporter Marian Burnbaum interviews one of the nation's leading thinkers in education and video gaming, James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literary Studies at Arizona State University. Professor Gee explains how "good" video games in any genre, including violent video games, can be examples of active, deep learning at almost any age.

I was a rock star in one of the most successful bands in the Miami area. I had money, fame, and millions of female fans and then my world came crashing down. I couldn't believe it! I had to go to rehab "for my own safety." Pffft! Whatever. I'll spend a few weeks doing some BS art projects and waste some time listening to a bunch of idiot addicts whine about how their parents never loved them. Just my luck I met my hottest dream in the form of a counselor who wouldn't just let me slide.

Erin Braddock, daughter of wealthy and powerful rancher Rance Braddock, has been to hell and back. So has wandering cowboy minstrel, Grady Sinclair. But the moment they meet, chemistry ignites between them, erasing everything else. The sex is scorching, explosive, addictive. They can't get enough of each other. Seduced by his music as well as the sinfully sexy man himself, Erin runs away with him.

You already know the basics of good health. So why do you still struggle to reach your wellness goals, feel energized, and have a balanced life? Dr. Robin's book, The E Factor: Engage, Energize, Enrich - Three Steps to Vibrant Health, addresses the three factors that will move you forward to optimal well-being. Dr. Robin shares how to engage a wellness lifestyle, first by knowing your why, setting your intention, planning your path, and finding your tribe.

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

In his macabre debut, C.D. Bennett takes us into the heart of a tortured soul at the end of his rope, feeling the sting of every slice as if it were our own through graphic and disturbing imagery that will haunt the reader for the rest of their days.

Agents Still and Hollahan are on a special assignment-neutralizing a mysterious terrorist mission known only as Crescent Fire. The terrorists' weapon is a Scud missile - and their target is the White House. Good thing these boys know how to work under pressure.

In order to prevent World War III, Agents Stills and Mackey are sent to Iran to take action from within. But the mission is not merely to take out Iran's weapons grade nuclear material intended for Israel - they've been instructed to incite an Iranian revolution.

This is the first volume of a new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (Founder/Producer/Lead Talent Scout of Def Comedy Jam series with Russell Simmons on HBO) as he sets out to answer the question, “Who’s next?”

She’s forbidden fruit, ripe and too tempting. Sharing my apartment? A recipe for disaster. Her brother might be my best friend, but she’s all grown up now—too grown up.

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong person. Now, he’s forced to assume an identity from his past. CIA covert operative Titus Ray always figured one day he might encounter someone who knew him as a different person from a previous operation. He just never expected it to happen on a family vacation. It was the wrong place, wrong time, and wrong person, but it was the right decision. The decision Titus made to resume his old identity could have had disastrous consequences.

D.C. Copeland is a millennial writer who aims to communicate new perspectives about the self, the soul and society with a voice that soars with the banner of its own liberation and with the possibility of transferring such freedom to the listener. The writing is sustenance for anyone who wishes to confront the new millennium as a whole self; one who can include and even celebrate their own darkness as the fertile ground through which new life shall begin to grow.