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Then Lily becomes a victim of a school shooting and is left fighting for her life. Then Lily becomes a victim of a school shooting and is left fighting for her life. Tom's beside himself with fear. What will he do if she dies? How will he live without her? And what about the suspicious lump he's found in his breast? Does he have the courage to find out if it's serious?

MISS MICHELLE ELLINGTON despises the founder of a competing school for young ladies. Already, he has lured away two teachers and seems intent on wreaking havoc upon her school, all while the headmistress is away. She’s never met the man, but the few missives they’ve exchanged have told her exactly the sort of person he is—an underhanded cad.

Als neuer Einzelgänger-Werwolf ist Shifter Grove meine einzige Zufluchtsmöglichkeit. In dem Moment, als ich diese Kleinstadt betrete, nennt mich ein völlig Fremder seinen Gefährten. Ich stehe weder auf Männer noch auf Spinner, also schicke ich ihn weg. Ich muss mein Leben wieder in den Griff bekommen und aus diesem Kaff rauskommen.

Can betrayal and obsession lead to love? Shane Vaughn has it all. Well, almost. Fame, success, and money can only get her so far. After surviving a devastating heartbreak at the hands of the all-consuming Jacob Andrews, she's demanding no-strings, uncomplicated liaisons from now on. Where could she find a simple distraction from Jacob? The exclusive pleasure club, The Resort. The masked Dom with the blue-eyed gaze could work. He was hypnotizing and mysterious, rendering her powerless. A seductively simple decision.

Like many eight-year-old boys, Jack’s favorite thing in the world is dinosaurs. One day, he comes across an unusual object, which turns out to be a time machine! Jack and his Grandma embark on an exciting journey back in time, in search of different species of dinosaur. But their trip is not without its dangers: It will take the combined skills and knowledge of this multi-generational pair to escape a scary encounter and make it safely home.

Drummer Ryder Chord has been living half a life since he was 16 when a brutal tragedy strikes his family and he and his best friend hit the road. Ryder, desperate to forget, throws himself into touring life and writing music. When Lexi joins the band, Ryder’s life becomes almost tolerable. Until one day when the rest of the band isn’t there and Ryder and Lexi have to share a hotel room: with only one bed.

In the beginning was the Oak, its hungry roots reaching deep into the earth, its gnarled limbs searching the distant heavens. Two hundred years ago, Obediah Magrute worshipped the Oak and died violently beneath it, feeding it with his blood and bone, shouting his chilling curse to the skies. Now, Laura and Mark Avery have come to the bustling little Vermont village.

Synth is a drug able to induce hallucinations indistinguishable from reality. But it's brand new, highly addictive, and more than likely dangerous. Even the dealers peddling the pills don't know what long term effects the drug will have on its users.

Brilliant but troubled historian John Washington returns to his hometown of Chaneysville, Pennsylvania—just north of the Mason-Dixon Line—to learn more about the death of his father. Washington discovers that his father was researching a mystery of his own: why 13 escaped slaves reached freedom in Chaneysville only to die there, for reasons forgotten or never known at all.

With generous splashes of popular culture and human interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces you not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them - and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way you've come to expect from NPR. We all have memories of family vacations - some successful, some less so, and some gone terribly awry. When it comes to reporting colorful, compelling tales of family vacations, no one does it better than National Public Radio.

"In mid-July of 1879, John Muir sailed for the first time through the sheer-walled fjords of Alaska's Inside Passage. 'Never before this,' he wrote, 'had I been embosomed in scenery so hopelessly beyond description.' During the previous 15 years, Muir had vanished into the north woods of Canada, walked a thousand miles from Kentucky to the Gulf of Mexico, and nested himself in the granite heart of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. Wild nature burned with volcanic intensity in the core of John Muir's soul."

Lady Patience Kendrick was born to a life of privilege, and with the London Season looming, she finds herself facing unprecedented pressure to adhere to the rules of society. Unfortunately, the free-spirited young woman is anything but proper. Patience’s elder brother, a former military man, bemoans his sister’s antics - but when he accuses her of incurable frivolity, it is simply more than she can bear. Determined to prove her brother wrong, Patience undertakes a drastic experiment: She will disguise herself as a maid and demonstrate her ability to work as hard as anyone.

Seit Jahren helfe ich anderen verstoßenen Werwölfen, ein neues Zuhause zu finden, und rette diejenigen, die wie ich ausgestoßen wurden. Ich habe mich immer gefragt, wann ich an der Reihe sein würde, mein Glück zu finden. Dann bekam ich DOPPELT so viel, wie ich erwartet hatte, als zwei Alphas in mein Hotel kamen.

London, 1895. Former Baker Street Irregular Timothy Badger and his partner in detection Benjamin Watson are in a spin: the eminent Dr John H. Watson has been kidnapped! The physician was enjoying a glass of sherry at his Baker Street residence before being bundled away in a barouche coach wearing only one slipper. Did Dr Watson know his captor, and where is he now? Could the mysterious ransom notes arriving in the post hold the answer?

At eleven years of age, Rosalind Ainsworth was convinced that Sebastian Lumley, the future Duke of Kelbrook, was the most odious young man she’d ever met. And ten years later, after having had no contact with the nobleman in the intervening time, her opinion of him has not changed. Unfortunately, neither has their marriage contract. As Rosalind’s appointed wedding day approaches, Sebastian makes a rare appearance in London. His first meeting with Rosalind since childhood goes less than perfectly, but Sebastian has a compelling reason for honoring their marriage contract.

A charming and innovative tale about a plucky little bird, from the award-winning author-illustrator of Fox the Tiger. Listeners will delight in following Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith.

In a pawnshop alleyway, James Hawker finds a body mutilated beyond recognition. She was beautiful once, he knows, but life in this hardened Los Angeles neighborhood took its toll. Starnsdale was once a working-class community, but now it is a battlefield ravaged by warring gangs who kill without thinking and care nothing for the ordinary citizens crushed beneath their feet. The toughest gang is called the Panthers - and Hawker has come to hunt them down.

When it hits the fan you call in the best. Unfortunately for planet Earth, the best were busy. Mankind had won the Great War, but only after nearly all of humanity had been wiped out. When the dust had finally settled, a new coalition of humans and the unlikely alien rebels who had partnered with humanity and fought beside them for the survival of both their races arose, and with it, the rebuilding began. But while Earth was still home, its residents now knew for certain there was more life out in the galaxy, some friendly, but some not.

Gerade ist Isabella Tucci im herbstlichen Honeybridge angekommen, um dort ihr Traumrestaurant mit Rezepten ihrer italienischen Nonna zu eröffnen. Nach der Trennung von ihrem untreuen Ex hat sie sich geschworen: ein Jahr lang keine Männer, keine Ablenkung. Gleich gegenüber hat Küchenchef Etienne sein eigenes Lokal. Die neue Konkurrentin gefällt ihm, und bisher hat noch keine Frau seinem Charme widerstehen können.

Jonas is a modern allegory of one of the most famous stories ever told. The book of Jonah in the Old Testament of the Bible is a story of heartache, rebellion, supernatural events and ultimately healing and forgiveness. The teenage boy named Jonas has been deeply wounded and left to fend for himself in a world where it seems healing is beyond hope. But, when God calls him to forgiveness it begins a journey of grace, restoration and the promise that "hope" has come. Join Jonas on a journey that will help you understand your own path to healing through a modern lens of the biblical story.