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Human women are extremely valuable on the planet Kyrzon, and brutal tribes of alien warriors compete for the right to claim one as a mate. Selena has grown up dreading the day she would be sold as a bride, but she has another whole year before that happens. Until then, she can enjoy being young, innocent, and free. But everything changes when she is captured by a terrifying Kyrzon warrior who refuses to remove his helmet. Suddenly, she finds herself a prisoner to this big, stoic alien, bound to be sold to the highest bidder in a foreign land.

On Tessa’s planet, humans coexist with a savage race of aliens known as the Kyrzons. As one of the lucky humans who is not fated to be sold as a bride to an alien warrior, Tessa is perfectly content to live out her days in Human Territory. But all of that changes when she is captured by a Kyrzon slaver. Tessa finds herself presented as a holiday gift to Chief Borrik, an imposing alien leader with a love of curvy Earth women. Borrik isn’t expecting to take in a human for the holidays, but one look at Tessa, scared and shivering, and he knows he can’t send her out into the cold.

Purchased by an alien warlord. Destined to bear his children. Julia has grown up knowing that on her Auction Day, she would be sold to whichever alien warrior was willing to pay the highest price. Not wanting to leave her fate to chance, she arranges with a friend to be purchased by a Kyrzon she knows she can trust. But that plan is shattered the moment Chief Gurrak lays eyes on her and decides he can’t bear to let anyone else have her. He’ll do whatever it takes to make her his, even if it means bribing an auction official to let him buy her under the table.

Sold at auction for breeding...claimed by an alien warrior. On Lily’s planet, human women are sold at auction to Kyrzon warriors for breeding. Lily has no intention of being an alien’s captive breeder, and after she is sold, she manages to escape, finding herself alone in the planet’s hostile wilderness. The Kyrzon warrior Ragga is ordered by his chief to hunt Lily down after her escape. He is successful in catching her, but soon, he has another problem: He’s starting to have feelings for this small, curvy human. He doesn’t want to give her back to the tribe.

Nobody likes studying the rules. To make you understand, all you have to do is pronounce a sentence in the right way. Think when, during a holiday, you said a simple phrase, and it worked because you just repeated it. The study of grammar and verb conjugations is overrated. Especially for beginners! The important thing you have to master in the Italian language is pronunciation. Good pronunciation is essential to be understood.

This audiobook is a premium selection of calming nature sounds to help you focus, study, and concentrate. The compelling nature sounds give you the ambiance of a peaceful environment with native birds, rain, and Mother Earth.

¿Ha respondido a alguien que necesite ayuda? Las emergencias médicas pueden ocurrir en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar, de tal forma que es mejor que esté preparado para responder a ellas. Primeros Auxilios 101 es una referencia sencilla y paso a paso de cómo proveer primeros auxilios a alguien más. Este es un audiolibro que ha sido escrito por un profesional de la salud, y en él se enseña qué hacer en una variedad de emergencias médicas.

Merde, il se passe quoi là ! Je... Emma, réagis enfin ! Il fallait quand même s'en douter... Ah, non. Princesse Paillette ne l'a pas vu venir, celle-là. Mais arrête un peu. Comme si toi, tu avais prémédité quoi que ce soit ! Emma, ça va ? Emma, ne fais pas cette tête ! Emma... ?

Je savais bien qu'on n'aurait jamais dû s'inscrire sur ce site de rencontre. C'était l'idée de laquelle ça encore ? Moi ! Bah bravo ! Nous voilà bien dans de beaux draps là, on va faire comment maintenant pour se sortir de ce merdier ? Aucune idée. C'est évident qu'on n'a pas vu venir tout ça... Et si on laissait tomber ? Ça ne va pas ! Je veux savoir ce qu'il cache ! Hors de question de ne pas lever le voile sur cet homme... Et vous, trouverez-vous ce que cache M. Mystère ?

Everybody is a kid once - it’s a fact of life. They play and make friends and have fun. Kids live in the moment, going on grand adventures and making dumb promises to each other that never really matter because tomorrow is so far away. But then, they grow up. Work takes over, friends drift apart, and fun becomes a distant, foreign concept. That’s a fact of life, too.

Ever since Britt was a small child, she played to an audience. She had always dreamt of being a famous actress. Her resume was short, but she convinced herself that is was strong enough to break into Hollywood. With her bags packed and the GPS set to Los Angeles, she never expected to meet the man of her dreams stranded in the middle of nowhere on a dark rainy night.

A man who receives life-changing financial advice from the talking fruit in his breakfast bowl...a girl whose thoughts incinerate her family over and over again...a house that wants nothing more than to please its occupants, and will do anything at all to make sure they’re happy. From enchanting to troubling to downright disturbing, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things explores the notion that sometimes even the most promising of magic can go askew, through an array of characters whose outcomes can be horrifying, hilarious, or heartbreaking.

Ed Helquist never asked for superhuman strength, or extraordinary speed, or the voice in his blood that tells him when and where trouble will occur; those things just arose in him one day, calling him into danger and forcing him to help people without knowing why. His simple life is becoming more and more complicated every minute, and a mysterious woman who keeps showing up to cause trouble may hold the answers to everything...if only she she’d stop trying to kill him long enough for him to ask.

Joe was just an average guy with an office job, a synthesizer band, and crush on a girl in the marketing department, until a horrible misunderstanding on a date with friends turned him into a real-life vampire. It didn’t take long for him to find out the afterlife isn’t nearly as glamorous as he’s been led to believe; it ruined his already-struggling love life, damaged things with his best friend, and pushed him away from his crazy family.

Six short tales of life, death and optimism from Luna Harlow. A young woman looks back on a grandparent and the nature of stories. Robots question the meaning of their existence. An old woman time-travels through memory. A young man leaves a party and questions what he wants from life. Thirty-somethings talk about chemistry over brunch.

Wonderfully wide-ranging, original, and enjoyable, The Emotional Embodiment of Stars contains 27 award-winning short stories like "Mortimer", in which an unwanted guest secretly follows a family through their heartbreaking sorrows, and "Crossroads", in which a budding writer is finally preparing to meet the man she happens to exchange greetings with every morning on the way to her office.

Fear is primal. Instinctive. Unavoidable. And right now, there is something you fear - and you can feel it. Creeping up behind you. Lurking in the darkness that lives under your bed, or in your closet. A nameless dread. In Undercurrents: An Anthology of What Lies Beneath, 23 talented authors, including New York Times best sellers Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, and Jody Lynn Nye, have stood on the shores of their psyches and looked out over the ocean of possibility and wondered "What lies beneath?"

A late-night excursion takes Sarah to Chase Pond, her one true refuge. She soon finds there are formidable secrets hidden under the dark waters of the pond. A wealth of knowledge about man's quest for longevity and love is waiting to be discovered. But whispers of war and unspeakable horrors loom in the shadows, waiting for her to choose a side. Haunted by her past and driven forward by fate, she must fully embrace her destiny and awaken, even if it means losing her identity in the process.

Pias Entschluss steht fest: In der Nacht vor ihrem 18. Geburtstag wird sie ihrem besten Freund Momo folgen und sich umbringen. Man kann ja doch nur die Farbe der Scheiße ändern, in der man sitzt. Doch dann lernt sie Tom kennen, der so ganz anders ist als alle anderen, die sich bloß an Oberflächlichkeiten festklammern; und sie fangen an zu reden - über das Leben, übers Sterben, über ihre verloren gegangenen Träume.

Have you ever responded to someone needing help? Medical emergencies can happen anytime and anywhere, so it's best that you are prepared to respond. First Aid 101 is your simple step-by-step reference on how to provide basic first aid with what you have in hand. A written work by a certified medical professional, this guide teaches you on what to do in various types of medical emergencies.