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Irish rock star Tate Archer thought his ugly past was behind him. So, when an anonymous tormentor sends him cryptic messages about his forgotten childhood, the haunted front man turns to hard drugs to cope with the residual trauma. But after his release from rehab, he can't help but wonder if the perfect prescription is the beautiful stranger he meets on the beach.

Twenty-five years ago, two futures were changed. Gryffin uses his unwanted cybernetics to make the Nomad a group you fear. They travel the Outer Sector, taking what they want until they encounter an enemy. He’s forced to do something he never thought possible - protect the very people he was intent on harming. Soon, those who were once friends can no longer be trusted and Gryffin’s authority as Captain of Ares is questioned. Brayden is in hell, accepting he’ll die on the moon keeping him prisoner, his years there leaving scars, both hidden and visible.

Stephen hates Christmas with a passion. It’s one of those holidays he just wishes could be erased from the calendar, forever. Especially after last year when he was looking forward to spending Christmas with the man he loved enjoying the festivities and exchanging gifts. Only Stephen was given a gift he wished he could return, but there was no receipt. Fast forward a year, and so much has changed. Stephen is single and moving on with his life.

Before becoming a Nomad and a Hunter, Daegan and Brayden Sawyer were just like every other brothers on Foundation Earth. When older brother Daegan leaves for a school trip, their world is torn apart, sending each of them on very different paths. With his brother declared dead after the transport carrying him disappears, Brayden struggles to deal with the loss, turning to a life on the run from the authorities.

When sweet barista, Sam, agrees to be a "slave" in a Christmas charity auction, he’s thrilled to be bought by the man he’s had a crush on for the last three months. Theodore is everything Sam is looking for in a man: older, authoritative, and caring. Unfortunately, Sam isn’t the most forward person when it comes to telling men he likes them. Wearing a sexy costume allows him to be a much flirtier version of himself, but can a naughty elf tempt Theodore into bed?

Three days. Three questions. Three answers. Running away isn't an option any more for Will Chambers. Despite being a linguistic tutor and having every conversational tool at his disposal, all Will wants to do is fade into the background, become lost in the echo of wild heath and harbor. But now someone wants to put his mind on full display, force Will to find his voice - answer three questions, over three days. All Will has to do is provide three...simple...answers.

Joe Simm has everything he wants in life: Great friends, successful businesses, and a sexy boyfriend who keeps him on his toes. Life really couldn’t get much better, but the past he escaped, the one he thought was dead and buried, is about to come back and haunt him. A chance encounter with a stranger in his beloved V Lounge sends him reeling. How will Joe cope with the ghosts of his previous life haunting him and those he loves and cares for?

Joe Simm, the enigmatic owner of Beyond Eden and The V Lounge, is a man with a past he’s fought hard to put behind him. Every day he fights to keep his demons at bay while protecting those he cares about. When a business proposition comes his way, fate intervenes and he meets someone who turns his world upside down. Kian is everything he didn’t know he wanted, but the heart and mind aren’t always on the same page. Joe begins to see how lonely his life has become and wonders if Kian is the answer.

Brett Masters’ biggest secrets are being exposed and there is nothing he can do to stop it. He’s been hiding his feelings and desires for so long, it felt natural. After a night he won’t forget for quite a while, Brett finds himself heading for what seems to be the night of passion he’s been dreaming of for longer than he cares to remember. Brett takes this leap of faith with his best friend, Stephen, after each reveal their hidden feelings for the other.

You can lock your door, but can you lock your heart? Finding the courage to end his relationship with his manipulative and vicious boyfriend, Jamie Wheeler turns to his close friend Ed Corrigan to help him get his life back on track. Jamie and Ed have been inseparable for years, and all it would take is a small step to cross the divide from friends to lovers. It would be the biggest mistake they could make. Jamie seeks the security of a settled long-term relationship, but Ed vows never to put his heart on the line again after a devastating betrayal.

There are parts of our lives which are predestined, and no matter how hard we try, we can’t change what will happen - what must happen. Andrew Manners understood that better than most, but it didn’t change how he felt about his past or his desire to change it. Even angels have regrets, and after living two mortal lifetimes in his angelic form, and with countless other years ahead, he would give it all up to be with the man he’d loved and lost for just one short lifetime together.

How far would you go to protect the one you love? Allowing a man into his life would be one distraction too many for security consultant Lee Adams, especially when the ink’s still wet on the career-defining deal he’s just signed with a high-profile property tycoon. Dominic Russell can’t help but notice the out of place, moodily good looking guy in the sharp, corporate suit who’s sheltering from the rain in the radical bookshop where he works. Just like he can’t help flirting with him.

This fiction work is set in the future (2060), and is about America turning its back on God.... And God doing the same to America - by doing away with Mirecals. The main character, David Quinn, dies. His spirit goes to Heaven and makes a deal with God. He must come back as two different characters, each one having a mission - to help bring God back to America. If they succeed, God will come back.

Holistic Health for Proper Geezers and Classy Ladies is a guide to achieving a healthier lifestyle and optimal fitness.Scott Bryant has over 19 years' experience and guides you through the challenges of weight loss, detoxification, and even tackles persistent back pain. Scott advises on nutrition, lifestyle and introduces us to healing practices such as Shamanism and therapeutic drumming. His practice also helps the listener to identify and resolve the internal conflicts within the body, which if ignored can manifest into pain and disease.

When Danny’s mother is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, he finds himself in a race against time to fulfil her wish for him… to find a soul mate. Danny’s quest for love soon steers him into unfamiliar territory, and before long he’s introduced to a powerful new addiction: Online dating. But has he taken a wrong turn? Because neither serial dater Harry, nor fetish scene enthusiast Ben, seem like the type one brings home to mother, and time is quickly running out. Will Danny find the love of his life, or is his chance of meeting the perfect man slipping away one date at a time?

Kieran turned everything upside down the moment he walked into my shop. The handsome winged fae looked just like a prince from a fairy tale, but with his endearing shyness and warm heart, I took to him right away. But the kind Kieran disappeared overnight, and he shut me out.

Antônia is back in London after the passing of her father. Living overseas most her life, without the burden of family affairs, she is accustomed to a life that allows her to do as she pleases without answer to anyone. The missive changes everything, however. She will do as she must, but if her husband thinks he will rule her, he will be sadly mistaken. Hiding behind the guise of a beastly baron, Louis Lockheart, the unseelie king, has little patience for the unsavory human world. He tolerates it for only one purpose: to find the one he was betrothed to long ago.

Gambling captures as nothing else the drama of the "long eighteenth century" between the age of religious wars and the age of revolutions. The society that was confronted with games of chance pursued as commercial ventures also came to grips with unprecedented social mobility, floated by new wealth from new sources created fortunes from trade in sugar, cotton, ivory, silk, tea, or enslaved human beings. The Gambling Century focuses like no previous work on those who enabled, facilitated, and profited from gambling, as well as on efforts to regulate or outlaw it.

Brett Masters lives a double life. He’s a devoted son who put his university studies on hold, returning home to help care for his ailing father, but moving home means moving back into the closet. Unable to be open about his sexuality, a chance encounter offers him an outlet for his sexual frustration and seduces him into an entirely new world — a dark one full of temptation and exclusivity.

In Through a Different Lens, Ger Graus, a global authority on education in the areas of experience-based learning and human potential, gives us a unique and invaluable perspective on education, children, and schooling. His personal and professional reflections remind us that we all need stories and personal narratives to help us understand and navigate today’s world.