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Jeffrey hates human contact...but after so much loneliness, he is finally able to overcome his aversion to people long enough to venture into one of the city’s busiest dive bars, and he’s hoping the evening will be drama free. When violence threatens to break out, he fears the worst will happen. Rescue comes in an unexpected form - but Jeffrey doesn’t know how to connect with the tall, busty blonde who defused the situation. Finding her is the first challenge. Then it’s all down to discovering whether or not she’d like a bear in her bed.

Breaking free of the modern world, Jack Castwell has earned his fortune and his freedom. It's time to let his inner bear free of its cage and get back in touch with his true nature. The only thing missing from his life? Ginger Deer....

After saving up to visit New York City for the New Year, Dana finds herself exploring the city’s dangerous night life. Unintentionally stumbling into a vampire bistro, Dana meets a handsome young French waiter. She takes the waiter back to her hotel room. Their encounter is cut short, however, when he takes a bite of her. Dana begins suffering strange symptoms from the bite she receives on her neck. In an attempt to understand what is happening, Dana becomes involved with a wealthy vampire named Laurent.

After moving to the city of Colfax, Washington, to be a nurse, Alexis noticed a series of strange injuries different patients had suffered. Alexis admits an unconscious patient who has no discernible identity, save his biker vest.... After Alexis is threatened on her way to work and struck by a biker, she is brought into the fold of the Brothers in Harm, a motorcycle club that is trying to defend its town. This story mixes rival biker gangs, drugs, and Mason...a biker that will indulge all her wildest fantasies.

Memphis, 1975. "Raunchy" doesn't begin to describe Max Climer's magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. And evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max's career permanently. Only another hit man - the ruthless professional known as Quarry - can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution.

Insatiable Bastard follows Keith, a handsome bad boy who does not easily find connections to people and who often dislikes those around him. Despite people being drawn to him and liking him, he often puts on a friendly face but does not want them to get any closer than they need to. Gerry, a woman with whom Keith has had a light fling and who he thinks is interesting, is someone he will hold at bay. But having been converted into a shape-shifter, he has felt a shift within him.

Skylar Abramson doesn't believe in fairy tales. Shape shifters, maybe, but not fairy tales. The daughter of one of Finland's most powerful businessmen, some might say she grew up in one: wealth, international recognition, houses around the world...but Skylar has spent the last decade struggling to escape her father's reputation. Now, finally, Skylar made a life for herself outside of his shadow...until she learns that Emanuel Abramson is dying. Skylar agrees to fly home to see him, despite her better judgement. She'll even put up with the moody bear shifter he's hired to protect her on the visit. Its only two weeks, and then she'll have made her peace: she'll never have to see her father - or the alarmingly attractive Isak Liefsson - again.

Life for 16-year-old Bronte Bell has fallen apart around her - the man who raised her as his own is the enemy, the boy she loves is a Star, and her high school nemesis is her sister, and the other last star child. Life for Bronte couldn't get much more complicated. Except, she can't remember a thing. Willing to do whatever it takes to protect her; the Stars have secreted Bronte away in a glamoured life; one where she's just a normal teenager with normal teenager problems. But piece by piece, and with the help of an unlikely ally, the truth unravels.

Fhyr and Bhant have flown and fought back-to-back since they were young dragonlings. Golden-scaled, lithe, and light-hearted, Fhyr is the perfect partner to the more serious and heavy-hitting green dragon. But behind Bhant's tough green scales hides the heart of a tender man. Now, in a last desperate battle against the deadly Wyvern, Bhant has been grievously injured. Fhyr risks life and limb to save his friend but awakes to find himself eye to eye with Melinda, a heart-stoppingly curvaceous nurse.

Raynham Place has been home to a number of mysterious occurrences. From its start as a battlefield through its time as a tuberculosis hospital and even in its current incarnation as an apartment complex, the grounds here have been awash in blood and instability. When two friends decide to move in to Raynham together, a wound that they share opens wide and threatens their sanity. But they're not alone. When a sacrifice is made, the first freely given in ages, the truth behind Raynham's legends finally surfaces.

Jenny is just a simple girl next door heading out to the club to be with her friends. Except that on her walk there on the dark lonely streets of the city, she's being followed. Fleeing for her life, she mistakenly runs down an alley and can't escape. That's when she runs into him. Tall, strong, proud, her stranger in the night scares off her would-be attacker and makes certain to reunite her with her friends before disappearing. Derek is a billionaire with a wicked secret....

Felicia is a research assistant out on assignment in an unexplored jungle. She'd never been in the field before, but the promise of adventure was too good to pass up. Out to recover a sample of a flower previously thought extinct, it was the chance of a lifetime to be a part of something truly remarkable. After only two days, her camp is attacked by vicious animals, and she's left to die.

In a future where women rule the United States at the highest levels of government, a man accused of conspiring against the female agenda is forced to participate in a game show that will change his life, and the lives of his fellow contestants, forever! Trapped and held prisoner, Davis Lange is forced to accept the life-altering effects of the game show, ReMale! Along with two other victims, Davis will see his body twisted and his mind altered to better serve the feminine ideal.

They are calling it the End of Days. The world is plunging into darkness, the days growing shorter and the nights longer. Meteor showers are falling to the earth and there are some who would take advantage of the growing darkness. For 16-year-old Bronte Bell, her problems are closer to home. Since her birthday she's become weaker, her bones breaking, her hair falling out and plagued with constant migraines.

Trevor's pursuit of feminine pleasures have kept him isolated for far too long. When his hunt for new thrills leads him to a secret club, his life, mind, and body will be twisted into something new and decidedly girly. New hungers will consume him and the his new hypnotic owner will forge a new life for the once-boy, and only his submission will lead Trevor to the place he most wants to be...Girltown.

We plead for God's deliverance from our pain and wonder why he keeps letting it go on. We are not alone. A cloud of witnesses surrounds us, and they help us understand. In these 35 creative retellings of Bible stories, Jon Bloom explores the hope and joy that Abraham, Moses, Naomi, John the Baptist, and others experienced in the painful process of discovering that God's promises really are more trustworthy than our perceptions.

De gedachte aan seks met een maagd is zeer opwindend voor veel mannen. We kiezen ervoor om gemiddeld vier uur per dag voor de televisie te zitten. Onze kinderen spelen met denkbeeldige vrienden. We gaan langzamer rijden om gruwelijke ongelukken beter te bekijken en gaan naar films die ons aan het huilen maken. De manieren waarop we ‘genieten’ zijn even bizar als uiteenlopend.

Trusting Jesus is hard. It requires following the unseen into an unknown and believing Jesus' words over and against the threats we see or the fears we feel. Through the imaginative retelling of 35 Bible stories, Not by Sight gives us glimpses of what it means to walk by faith, counsel for how to trust God's promises more than our perceptions, and the way to find rest in the faithfulness of God.

In almost all traditions, winter has been a time to huddle around the fire and be thankful for those the fire is shared with. The holidays grew out of a need to celebrate that time, from Christmas to Chanukah to Solstice. The longest night of the year has always held some special mystery, and we're proud to present you with several stories of how those mysteries bear fruit.

My book is unique because it details how to find work and keep it from a librarian's perspective. The book has no tacky guarantees. It covers a variety of employment strategies, including nontraditional solutions. My family background, employment, and experience make me an expert on the book's topic.