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New York City attorney Sara Klein has created a perfect world for herself with her beautiful lies. A world in which she is the object of every man's fantasies and the envy of every woman. Only one man knows the truth about the dark secret Sara is hiding, the only man she's ever loved and can never have. But Sara's world of lies starts to unravel the day sexy British heir William "Liam" Knight storms into her life. He's seeking revenge and answers for past betrayals, and will use anyone he can to get them.

It's Exit to Eden meets The Rum Diary! Spend seven days at the hedonistic tropical paradise of a swingers resort in Mexico. Just enough time to get into some very sexy trouble! Ryan and Jenn are still newbie swingers in many ways when they arrive with their friends, lovers, and playmates, Bruce and Paige, veterans of this trip. As this foursome tries to wring out every last drop of pleasure that Aphrodite's Resort and Spa has to offer, they're confronted with the realities of life at home, as well as complexities of exploring a life less monogamous.

Charles "Cash" Carmichael traded his high-rise condo and family-firm career for a job coaching soccer for Chicago's inner-city kids. He's adjusting to living on minimum wage when his young cousin, newly out and running away from home, shows up on his less than luxurious doorstep. Angsty teens definitely aren't Cash's thing. He needs local backup, and there's only one name he can think of: Stephany Tyler. Back in the day, the bisexual Steph was the perfect friend with benefits until she fell in love with a woman.

The third novel in the best-selling eight-volume Angel Mountain Saga, about the life and times of the incorrigible, passionate and very imperfect heroine Martha Morgan. Martha Morgan, the Mistress of Plas Ingli, has a premonition of grave danger to come. As the effects of poverty and starvation afflict the neighbourhood, Martha tries to influence the corrupt Turnpike Trusts, who are compounding the miseries of the poor by building new and illegal toll gates and rigorously collecting tolls.

When Ronald Reagan chose C. Everett Koop to be Surgeon General of the United States in 1981, liberal politicians, women's groups, and even the public health community opposed the nomination because of his conservative social views and strong anti-abortion beliefs. By the time he left office in 1989, the same people who had vilified him as "Dr. Kook" were singing his praises, and many conservative politicians and activists were criticizing him as a traitor.

The Ultimate History of the '80s Teen Movie goes behind the scenes of a genre where cult hits mingled with studio blockbusters, where giants like Spielberg and Coppola rubbed shoulders with baby-faced first-timers, and where future superstars Sean, Demi, and Tom all got their big break. Music, comedy, and politics all play a part in the surprisingly complex history of the '80s teen movie. And while the films might have been aimed primarily at adolescents, the best tackle universal issues and remain relevant to all ages.

My people fell. My city burned. And I was sold. Born a noble, I never expected to be bound, chained, and stuck in a cage. Yet, here I am, at the mercy of a common mercenary. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I suppose it doesn't matter. No one cares how a slave feels. Though, there is something strange about this man that draws me to him.

The Outcast Marines are the worst of the worst. If you’re conscripted, you will likely spend the rest of your days going on desperate missions that no one else can, or will, do. That’s an option Solomon, Jezzie, Malady, and the other Outcasts gladly took, though, because the alternative was certain death on a remote prison moon. And it’s a good thing too, because sometimes it takes some truly bad guys to save the day. Outcasts of Earth Omnibus is a bundle containing the first three audiobooks in the Outcast Marines series.

In the war-torn lands of Molthune and Nirmathas, where rebels fight an endless war of secession against an oppressive military government, the constant fighting can make for strange alliances. Such is the case for the man known only as the Masked, the victim of a magical curse that forces him to hide his face, and an escaped halfling slave woman named Tantaerra.

Maverick federal employee Sammy Pintella, obsessed with uncovering the fate of her MIA father, makes a startling discovery while rifling through some inactive government files. A dozen faded black-and-white photos seem to point to the existence of a secret US Military base built in the frozen wastelands of Antarctica during the height of the Cold War. Aided by Special Forces veteran Dave Riley, she heads for Antarctica. But they aren't alone. Spies, North Koreans and other shadowy forces are also en route, because deep inside Eternity Base is something people will go to extreme lengths to get.

In 1796, Martha becomes the mistress of the struggling Plas Ingli estate, at only 18 years old. She is pregnant and suicidal. Though she loves her husband, David, dearly, she is desperately lonely in a strange house, and her quick wit and cutting humour make her as many enemies as friends. There are mysteries surrounding the great fire that devastated the estate, but Martha's questions about it remain unanswered. Nobody else seems to realise that their haughty servant, the disinherited son of the local squire, is not as trustworthy as the rest of the family would like to think.

Vesuvius is best known for its disastrous eruption of 79CE. But only after 1738, in the age of Enlightenment, did the excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii reveal its full extent. In an era of groundbreaking scientific endeavor and violent revolution, Vesuvius became a focal point of strong emotions and political aspirations, an object of geological enquiry, and a powerful symbol of the Romantic obsession with nature. John Brewer charts the changing seismic and social dynamics of the mountain, and the meanings attached by travelers to their sublime confrontation with nature.

Lucas is an adventurer of the alternative. A seeker of the offbeat and unconventional discourses from the peripheries of society. He has been called “odd”, “fringe”, “eccentric” and “enigmatic”. Where will these attributes take the aspiring traverser of Terra Incognita? What motivates him? Why is there an ostensible war? Who is Earl Pierce?

Death the Kid, son of the Grim Reaper, discovers that graduates of the Demon Weapon Meister Academy are being brainwashed and enslaved into an army. The consequences to DWMA, even the world, could be devastating. Determined to find the culprit, he looks to his father's elite for help.

Tokyo middle schooler Sakura Kinomoto bought a book of tarot cards for her friend's 15th birthday. Before wrapping it, she took a look inside and was propelled into an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Who'd have thought a series of viral YouTube videos would be the perfect front for a hunt for magical beings disguised as a deck of cards?

Two months ago, Nathan Grant was thrown into the world of Alchemic Warriors and the flesh-eating Homunculi they hunt. His mentor, Astrid Rachelle, left him to go back to his life with his friends and sister...who think he's the Starlight Lancer, defending the town from evildoers. Then Astrid comes back into his life with a new mission: find and destroy the League of Extraordinary Elects, a Homunculus society with a plot to annihilate all of humanity.

Cydale, a blacksmith’s son, spends years being tormented for the amusement of a sadistic young lord until the day Aiden declares his love and intent to win him. Even if Cydale could trust his former tormentor, Aiden’s father would have him killed before allowing his son to be with a commoner. Death may be the only way for him to escape the whims of Aiden and his father.

When a young hunter finds his sister has been kidnapped by marauders, he heads out to rescue her only to get captured himself. Tormented and toyed with by a group of sexual sadists, how will a young man hold on to his sanity long enough to escape? Previous published as part of the Love Unleashed anthology.

A deepening crisis aboard a deep-space colonisation vessel has forced most of its crew to evacuate to the nearest planet. During the evacuation, a ship, carrying three young friends to safety, malfunctions and strands them in interstellar space. It's not long before the Ranegr - a drifting ship of outlaws - salvages their derelict pod.

May 1970. Vietnam. Cambodia. Kent State. Jackson State. Violent protests erupt on college campuses across America. Paul “Tesla” Simmons and his best friend Toby Jessup are college seniors who spend their time writing programs on Wellston University’s IBM 650 mainframe computer, playing pinball in the back room of the Beef ‘n’ Bun restaurant, and dreaming. President Nixon’s escalation of the war and their friendship with student activist Meg Wells draw Paul and Toby into the antiwar movement and a choice between violent and non-violent protest.