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A montage of his life flickered before my eyes. I felt every joy, heartbreak, triumph, and defeat. And then there was nothing but terror.... For years, powerful empath Vesper Tallinn has kept herself isolated from the rest of the world. Because of her ability to manipulate emotions, she has the tendency to draw dangerous people to her. She can count the number of people she trusts on one hand, because in her experience, it's altogether safer to be alone. Not only that, but keeping her head down keeps her off the radar of the Remnant Gods.

Chosen to be a priestess from childhood, Athena knows everything about aligning her energy with the universe and spreading hope, healing, and wisdom to people. But her inner balance is disturbed when Finn shows up on her doorstep. The large, annoyingly flirtatious man kept her imprisoned in the past, and now demands she lift the spell she cast on him. Rather than explain to him that the spell wasn't real, Athena sees her chance of teaching him a lesson in karma and makes demands of her own.

A cyber-dystopian thriller unlike any other. In a near-future Tokyo, every action - from blinking to sexual intercourse - is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. A BodyBank computer system implanted in each citizen records their movements from moment to moment and connects them to the audio-visual overlay of the ImmaNet so that every inch of this cyber-dystopian metropolis crawls with information and shifting cinematic promotainment.

Six months ago, Laura was Magni's sweet and submissive young wife. Tempted to experience the independence of women in the Motherlands and to learn martial arts, she ran away. Now, she's back, stronger and more confident than before, determined not to let a man dominate her, not even the one she once fell in love with and married.

Two decades ago Marissa Mo escaped a basement prison - the only home she’d ever known. At twenty-seven, Marissa’s moved beyond the trauma and is working under a new name as a freelance photographer. But when she accepts a job covering a string of macabre murders in Portland, it’s impossible for Marissa not to remember. Everything is eerily familiar. The same underground lairs. Sad trinkets and toys left behind, identical to those Marissa had as a child. And then there is the note meant just for her that freezes Marissa’s blood: See you soon, Missy.

After a string of bad dates and no prospects, Sophia Othonos has finally hit the jackpot: an actual nice guy. When he suggests a romantic getaway, she’s sure they’re about to take the next step toward their future. A rustic cruise to the Galápagos Islands isn’t exactly her idea of a vacation, but Sophia is ready for anything…until her boyfriend has to cancel. Now she’s all alone on a trip that was meant for two. Sophia finds herself at a crossroads about who she is, what she wants, and whether her relationship is really everything she thought.

When a renegade thief and a genetically enhanced mercenary collide, space gets a whole lot hotter! Thief Kara Shimsi has learned three lessons well - keep her head down, her fingers light, and her tithes to the syndicate paid on time. But now a failed heist has earned her a death sentence - a one-way ticket to the toxic waste outside the dome. Her only chance is a deal with the syndicate's most ruthless enforcer, a wolfish mountain of genetically-modified muscle named Davien. The thought makes her body tingle with dread - or is it heat?

For FBI agent Blake Wilder, the past is inescapable. And the one lead she had, regarding the mysteries of her past, only led to dead bodies and dead ends. When Blake is assigned a new case, they find that their victim has been stuffed into a barrel — in pieces. Their search for the killer propels them onto a grim and twisted path filled with confusion and false leads. And for the first time in her career, Blake fears that she may not be able to solve this gruesome case.

In an affluent neighborhood, twin daughters Raleigh and Eve are excited to graduate from high school. Wanting to celebrate, Raleigh does her best to convince her bookworm sister to go out to a party. That night while their parents were out of town, one daughter went out, and one vanished. A decade has passed, and what occurred that night at the Valentine's residence has remained a mystery....

In a dark room, aboard a large cargo ship, a man sits shackled in place. As time passes his situation grows far more desperate. Unbeknownst to him, his partner Olivia Knight has traveled across the Atlantic to a small coastal town.

Danger and mayhem has a way of following Olivia Knight everywhere she turns. As an FBI agent, those are the perks that arise in her line of duty. But unfortunately for Agent Knight, her place of refuge becomes a crime scene.

No matter how I had tried to avoid it, there was no escaping what we had: The kind of love you went to war for. And that’s exactly what I intended to do.

Amid a night of fun and festivities, Isabella Walker found herself alone with a bold, masked man at her front door. Unable to fight off her would-be abductor, the mother of two soon found herself a victim of extraordinary and grim circumstances. FBI agent Olivia Knight has investigated her fair share of bizarre cases. When she and Brock are called to the suburbs of Hidden Hills to investigate a strange abduction, Olivia quickly realizes that there’s more to this case than a mere kidnapping. Why was Isabella Walker targeted? Is there more to this housewife than meets the eye?

FBI agent Olivia Knight has seen her fair share of shocking and gruesome cases. So much so that she trained herself to expect the unexpected. But then she is called onto a case in the sleepy small town of Beacon Hill. A case involving a brutal stabbing with the words: “Death is inescapable. I am your penance.” Written in blood. Olivia finds herself sleepless and unable to shake off the chilling words of a bloodthirsty killer. After a second victim is found, the case takes another bizarre turn. What are the connections between both victims? What is the killer’s true motive?

Self-doubt is one of the biggest threats to success in any area of life. It is like a weed, leeching out anything good in you before it has a chance to blossom. It needs to be weeded out before you can succeed. This book is about re-programming your mind so that it is not always committing mutiny. It is about believing in yourself and being willing to try out new things, take risks, and put yourself out there to go after your goals and dreams without fear. It will build for you a solid foundation for developing and growing your self-confidence.

Lust at first sight sends Tessa Calloway into a private Colorado nightclub seeking relief for her sexual needs. Dell Harper falls in love at first sight and Zachary Barrett soon follows. They believe she's "the one" they've waited for and introduce her to their ménage lifestyle. Unable to see a future without Tessa, Dell and Zachary ask her to join them permanently in Wyoming for their happily ever after.

When Blake Wilder is called to investigate a case in San Diego, a case with multiple female victims, it seems that each attack is worse than the last… While Blake investigates the victims' lives, a multitude of discrepancies arise. Could there be two perpetrators with similar methods? After tracing a connection among the first four female victims, Blake goes to a local farmer’s market where each woman made a purchase. While working on this case, she receives intel about more movement in the Arias Cartel.

In this short-listen audiobook of poetry, you will be taken on another spiritual journey of love, surrender, and transformation that will help you find true joy, love, and peace. When you've found yourself longing for serenity, answers, and understanding, let Revelations lead the way.

Captain Scott's ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy - an epic tale of heroic endeavor which has inspired books and films over the generations. Despite the simple outline of the story, Scott and his fellow explorers emerge as richly varied characters, brought to life by the diarist's skill as a story-teller. Scott's journal reaches its moving and dramatic crescendo when the explorers reach the Pole, only to discover that the Norwegian, Amundsen, has beaten them to it by many weeks.

I was the villain in stilettos and red lips. Trained in the art of seduction and death. As a clinical psychologist, I was an expert in the intricacies of the mind. Yet my own was a labyrinth of suppressed traumas, ghosts, and untapped grief. Faced with betrayal, I never expected to find salvation at the other end of my barrel—in someone who also desired my death. He was a man without a past.