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Angie has been looking for Mr. Right, but all her dates have turned out to be Mr. Oh-so-wrong…. Until she meets her new neighbor’s boss—tall, dark, and devilishly handsome. A man who practices control in all things, Ian owns a private security company and an elite club where wild fantasies come to life—including hers.

Marco is determined to stay single and childless forever…. But, sometimes, life gives you what you never knew you wanted. After months of trying to contact Marco, Harper finally admits she’ll be raising her baby alone. When Harper is violently attacked, the two are reluctantly thrown back together, only to be embroiled in a web of lies and deceit.

Twelve years after losing his first and only love in a devastating accident, Kat emerges from the shadows of the Witness Protection Program. But the men who hunted her family are still searching. The last thing she wants to do is put her high-school sweetheart in danger, but he's the only person she trusts with her life.

A country house weekend goes haywire when the guests and their hosts play a game of romantic musical chairs. A most delightful madcap comedy.

Untouched and unmarked by the world, Lola Ray is the sunshine that I never thought I needed in my life. She's the perfect petal on a cherry blossom tree aching to be plucked and pillaged. I long to touch her, to make her mine. I know it's wrong... She is, after all, my best friend's daughter. But as I look closer, as I start to give in to temptation, I begin to see the scars she's so desperate to hide. However, there is one thing that I know has the chance to make her whole again. And I won't stop until all her dreams come true.

On February 23, 1836, a Mexican army thousands of soldiers strong attacked a group of roughly 200 Americans holed up in an abandoned mission just east of San Antonio, Texas. For nearly two weeks, the massive force lay siege to the makeshift fort, spraying its occupants with unremitting waves of musket and cannon fire. Then, on March 6th, at 5:30 A.M., the Mexican troops unleashed a final devastating assault: divided into four columns, they rushed into the Alamo and commenced a deadly hand-to-hand fight.

A palmist’s prediction leads to murder; an enigmatic woman’s lifestyle is a mystery to be solved; a ghost tries to frighten the new tenants of his home; a man has discovered the dedicatee of Shakespeare’s Sonnets; a millionaire wants to be painted as a pauper. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories is a collection of fascinating short stories which are subversive as well as entertaining.

It was not easy being a woman of ambition in early 20th-century England, much less one who wished to be a scientist. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin overcame prodigious obstacles to become a woman of many firsts: the first to receive a PhD in astronomy from Radcliffe College, the first promoted to full professor at Harvard, the first to head a department there. And, in what has been called "the most brilliant PhD thesis ever written in astronomy", she was the first to describe what stars are made of.

A mismatch blessed by heaven... If your husband does not share your faith, you may feel like you are walking a tightrope of spiritual survival - guarding the flame of your belief in Christ, yet unable to share it with the person you love most in the world. But your spiritually mismatched marriage can be a vibrant, blessed relationship where you’re free to grow in love with God and your man!

Playwright Kenneth Lonergan has made a career of creating characters whose considerable flaws often get in the way of their good intentions. In Lobby Hero, two menial security guards are embroiled in an unexpected family fiasco… and the local beat police are divided by their own romantic and political allegiances. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Tate Donovan as Bill; Cedric Sanders as William; Emily Swallow as Dawn; Michael Weston as Jeff. Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, June 2011.

All around him, Brody Evans’ Trident Security teammates have fallen in love. Ironically, they’d always thought their charismatic friend would be the first to fall. Fancy Maguire’s world was destroyed when a horrific car accident claimed the lives of her husband and unborn child. Three years later, she’s finally shedding the dark shroud she’d been existing under. When a handsome new customer enters her bakery, he unexpectedly sparks something deep within her, unlocking her darkest desires. But can he break through the steel barrier she has wrapped around her heart?

Step into a world of visions, philosophy, and passion in which dreamers, seekers, princesses, and wandering poets dwell. The 6 wonderful, romantic tales in this collection are reminiscent of ancient Oriental and German fairy tales. The selections, "The Poet," "The Flute Dream," "The Dwarf," "Faldum," "Ziegler," and "Dream of the Gods" were hand-picked by the narrator, legendary folk and rock musician Donovan.

One evening ten-year old Rhona goes missing. As her mother retreats into a state of frozen hope, a psychologist studies the brain of a serial killer to find out if what he does is pure evil—or simply beyond his control. Drawn together by horrific circumstances, these three embark on a long, dark journey that ends in the discovery of a common humanity.

Shelby wants the one man she can’t have. Crushing on a man who deserves more than she can give is a recipe for disaster, so she does everything possible to keep him at arm’s length. Parker prides himself on control—taking what he wants when he wants. And he has been craving a certain perky, petite pixie ever since he laid his eyes on her. The only problem? She’s turned down every attempt to make her his. But when Parker discovers Shelby’s hiding a devastating secret, he steps in to help… and this time, he won’t take no for an answer.

Henri is quite accustomed to dangerous and unusual cases landing in his lap. Being partnered to the Shinigami Detective likely has something to do with it. What he is not accustomed to is the queen herself marching into his lab and handing them such a case.

Moments of devastation will visit everyone in life. Whether it is grief, illness, loss, or some other trauma, no one escapes. In Celine's case, one of those moments was her diagnosis with breast cancer in 2016. As you join Celine on her journey from getting this life-changing news, to surrendering and ultimately choosing a path of transformation, you are prompted to reflect on your own life and how your personal traumas have shaped you into the person you are today.

Breaker Morant was executed at Pietersburg on 27 February 1902. His crime was the wilful murder of civilians, yet to this day his guilt remains in doubt. Full of action and set in three continents, The Breaker covers the entire range of Morant's activities. We see him as a champion horseman, a likeable larrikin, a popular balladist. We see him in love and in war. We see him face the firing squad that will end his life. Was he a cold-blooded killer or a scapegoat?

Since 1997 Maggie Gobran and her organization, Stephen's Children, have been changing lives in Cairo's notorious zabala, or garbage slums. Her innovative, transformational work has garnered worldwide fame and multiple Nobel Prize nominations, but her full story has remained untold—until now. Best-selling authors Martin Makary and Ellen Vaughn chronicle Mama Maggie's surprising pilgrimage from privileged child to stylish businesswoman to college professor pondering God's call to change.

Lucifer holds captive the archangel Talus as a prisoner of war. Will Lucifer's powers of temptation and torture turn his brother to his cause? Or will Talus remain faithful to the end?

Curt never thought he’d be forced to keep a pledge to watch over Eric’s family, but an assassin made that vow a harsh reality. Eighteen months later, he’s still keeping an eye on them, but somewhere along the line, his feelings for the pretty widow have shifted. Dana had been both a mother and a father to her children during her husband’s multiple deployments, but once he retired, she’d thought those days were over...she was wrong. While his SEAL teammates have been there for her, one of them stands above all the rest - the man who is slowly invading her dreams.