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Welcome to ancient Rome, where the steps of the Forum are peopled by nubile slave girls and a range of outrageous characters including Lurcio’s owner, Ludicrus Sextus the senator, his wife, Ammonia, his son, Nausius, and his daughter, Erotica. Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue and begin proceedings before he’s quickly caught up in the myriad of sexual liaisons in all quarters of his master’s house.

After discovering the ability to improve items by opening portals into them, Caleb's life has changed completely. With an elf girlfriend from a fantasy world, as well as his own childhood sweetheart, things are looking up. When the reality of his elf girlfriend's debts become clear, Caleb offers to help pay them off. It'll mean crossing the threshold into the Wyrdworld and meeting with her vampiric creditors. To say Caleb is a little tentative would be putting it lightly.

Thane's bloodline and progression continue to transform his once ordinary life. Strength floods his veins, his magic deepens, and his hound, Pork Chop, is deadlier (and hungrier) than ever. With Mira warming his heart and bed, he fights for a future of his own making. Yet conflict brews in the kingdom, and its come to Thane's front door. Word spreads of his power and generosity, and a small host of allies and friends continue to fill his life. Two in particular have caught his attention, Cyrene, a green-eyed firebrand, and Elara, a dark and dangerous beauty with secrets of her own.

I'm Thane Stone, a simple man that wants nothing more than to put down a few crops in the plot of land I purchased at the edge of town. My dream might very well have come true were it not for what I found in the forest. It called to me, woke something buried deep within, a bloodline that raises far more questions than it answers. So, I suppose I'm a bastard with royal blood? To be frank, I'm not sure I give a damn. For now, I'd settle for being left alone with my dog, and maybe save some space for a wife one day. My bloodline's powers are a nice touch though.

Discover a step-by-step proven method to plan your week effectively, allowing you to be more productive and motivated. This book contains techniques and strategies on how to be organized and align your week with the goals that you want to achieve. Proper planning is an essential skill for success, and failure to master it can result in disorganization and procrastination. This book shows you how to take charge of your life and be proactive, instead of reactive.

College sophomore Evan Grant doesn’t realize what he’s getting into when he asks the beautiful redhead, Karina Walsh, out on a simple date. The date ends well but the night does not. A frightening encounter with an otherworldly creature leaves him nowhere to go but to Karina and her family for help. But will they help him… or destroy him for knowing too much of a world he never should have seen?

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker. Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open Louisiana’s hottest new taxi-dancing emporium and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed’s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary.

From humble beginnings on a council estate in Manchester UK, The Message Trust has become one of the fastest growing youth mission organisations on the planet. Its combination of outreach to young people in schools, counter-cultural mission in tough urban areas, and pioneering prison and ex-offender ministry offers a radical template for effective 21st century mission. In this punchy and powerful audiobook, Andy Hawthorne (Founder and CEO), Carl Beech (Deputy CEO), and key members of the Message team share some of the crucial lessons learned over 25 years on the front line.

I attended a Halloween party in New Orleans with another officer from the Alliance Force. We all need to find wives, and costume parties are some of the best places to meet human women as they think our grey skin is a part of our costume. At this All Hallows’ Eve party, I met Ivy. We talked and then exchanged contact information. Not a day goes by that we don’t communicate with each other. She’s the most wonderful woman I’ve ever met. But the problem is, she thinks I’m human.

My assignment on Earth is coming to an end. Handing over projects is always bittersweet as an anthropologist, having to say "goodbye" to people I've come to know while studying their culture. However, this time is different. I have fallen in love with a human woman, and I want her to come with me. But there are some issues. She doesn't know I'm not human and not only that, but I'll be asking her to leave Earth, her friends and family behind. Will she say come with me?

I am the Ambassador to the Agnorrian Empire and bearer of the goddess of home’s eye. I am one of the most important men in the Alliance Empire. However, I’ve had to leave my diplomatic vessel on Earth’s moon for repairs and return to the Empire on a cargo ship. This is unfortunate, but that's not what’s troubling me.

If being my wife was something galactic women could apply for, they’d happily die for the opportunity. I am a Lyran Metamorph god. I am the god of night. Shockingly, this human female only wants to return to Earth. I fear she will not pass the three challenges to become my wife. I must woo her and inspire her. This human must succeed. If she fails, we both die. Our destinies are intertwined. We must be victorious.

When Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) published Three Stories and 10 Poems in 1923, he was 24, a wounded veteran of the Great War, and still three years away from publishing his debut novel (The Sun Also Rises). So the "Three Stories" give us a unique look into Hemingway's developing writing skills and his very particular areas of creative interest.

When Hank Martin runs into a strange disk complete with little gray men while herding cattle in remote Ogden County, Oregon, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has to wonder if he's going crazy or if the Russians are invading. Together with his talented cowhorse Missy and the support of his wife and local ranchers, Hank is determined to get those cattle rounded up; no matter if aliens, Russians, or weird Air Force bureaucrats want to stop him.

You're about to discover easy raw food recipes to help you lose weight fast...even if you're a beginner! This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to start preparing raw food meals at home! Learn how to easily set up a raw food kitchen and stock up on raw food staples. Then learn how to prepare raw food breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals. Aside from that, you will also be able to learn how to make your own "raw" bread, crackers, and delicious spreads and cheese.

Dog Quotes: Proverbs, Quotes and Quips is a bountiful treasure trove of over 500 popular proverbs, insightful quotes, and cunning quips. Filled with beloved popular sentiments and lesser known gems of dog-loving wit and wisdom, this book is a great read or thoughtful gift for anyone who has been enthralled by "Man's (and woman's) best friend".

When word came through that two of the infamous Wallace brothers had been spotted in Indian Territory, Liberty Mercer, only the second woman ever to become a Deputy US Marshal, rode out to arrest them. But things didn't quite go according to plan and Liberty soon found herself left to die in the desert. Fortunately, rescue came in the unlikely shape of a young girl named Clementina, who was on the run herself – from a brutal stepmother … who just so happened to be the matriarch of the Wallace gang.

He was a stranger till he came to the aid of the four Kincannons. Then Ben Lawless became the best friend Mercy, Cinnamon, Caleb, and Jonah could have wished for. But that was only the beginning for the Kincannons. When Cinnamon went missing, the others had to grow up fast if they were to find and save her. Together with Lawless and an enigmatic old Lakota warrior called Shadow Wolf, they set out on an epic quest... and a blood-soaked showdown that none of them could have foreseen.

Big Mo and Spotted Wolf is a Western short story about two boys (Big Mo a white rancher and Spotted Wolf a half Indian farmer) who become lifetime friends in the old west of the very early 1900s. It is also a romantic story about Wolf's love for Mo's sister Ruby and her devoted love for Wolf. The characters are based on actual people and places, I, Jim Lowrance - the author have known during my lifetime (semi-fiction). Plenty of suspense and intrigue awaits the listener in this great story of love and friendship!

A year ago, I reluctantly erased my true other half’s memories of our time together. She said that if we were truly meant to be married, our souls would find each other again. Now, I’ve illegally traveled to Earth and have found her alone in a secluded cabin. I only have a few days to convince her of who I am to her. But the odds are against me. She didn’t recognize me on sight, no longer has a translator, and sees me as an alien. But I refuse to give up. There is no one else for me in the galaxy.