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The McKay family gathers for a week-long holiday at a rambling old house to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Robert and Mary. In recent years only funerals and sudden, severe illnesses have been able to draw them together, and as they gather in the splendid rooms of Hunting Manor, their differences are soon uncomfortably apparent. For all their history, their traditions, the connective strands of DNA, they are relative strangers. There are truths unspoken, but the question is: How much truth can a family really stand?

Through detailed first-person accounts, collected evidence, extensive historical research, and in-depth scientific analysis, After Dark Paranormal Investigations takes you on a firsthand guided tour through the world of paranormal investigation with the NTPI research team. Discover the scientific principles, evidence, and theories behind each investigation in seven of the most popular cases from the NTPI portfolio. Find for yourself why paranormal activity could not only be plausible but quite probable.

From the first sip of vodka I took in my college dorm at age 17, I’ve struggled with alcohol. As I write this, I’m a 35-year-old wife and mother, and I’ve been sober for five months. That’s right. I struggled with alcohol for 17 years. Throughout those years, some times were better than others. I’d go through tough phases where I couldn’t get it right for months at a time. During other extended periods, I’d moderate successfully and think I was “fixed”.

Considered a troublesome burden, Evelyn Talbot is banished by her family to their remote country house. Tall Chimneys is outmoded and inconvenient, but Evelyn is determined to save it from abandonment or demolition. The woman and the house shore each other up - until love comes calling, threatening to pull them asunder. Her desertion will spell its demise, but saving Tall Chimneys could mean sacrificing her hope for happiness, even sacrificing herself. A century later, a distant relative crosses the globe to find the house of his ancestors.

A gripping examination of the dark side of an iconic American product and a moving portrait of the women who lived in the shadow of its fractured fortune, JELL-O Girls is a family history, a feminist history, and a story of motherhood, love, and loss. In crystalline prose, Rowbottom considers the roots of trauma not only in her own family, but in the American psyche as well, ultimately weaving a story that is deeply personal, as well as deeply connected to the collective female experience.

Jacob's Journey is the story of a young prince growing up happily in a magnificent castle with his father, mother, little sister, and their two dogs. His days are filled with horseback rides, games of pretend, festivals, feasts, and wonderful stories read to him by his father. Then, one night, the course of his life changes forever. He must leave his home and embark on an adventure, much like the heroes whose stories he has always loved.

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for 16 years - but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world and their struggle for recognition and treatment.

Twenty-five explicit short erotica stories. Anal, gangbang, lesbian, threesomes and much, much more. There isn't a chance you won't get turned on and touch yourself as you immerse yourself in fantasy.

Warning: 18+ only. Contains explicit sexual descriptions with adult themes and lewd content!

If you want to be transported to Scotland and love hot Highland heroes, this one's for you. Bound by a centuries-old legacy to guard Scotland's rugged north coast, Graeme MacGrath doesn't have time to dally with fetching American tourists. But when Kendra Chase arrives, desire flares between them.

Nikki has been having an affair with my billionaire husband, and I largely fear that she might steal him away from me, taking away all the security from me and my young son, Lucas. A threesome with her and my husband seemed like it could be just the ticket to keep my marriage on good terms despite the circumstances, and Craig's mistress and I spend an afternoon at a hotel together in preparation for the event in question.

Lucas Oakes is one of Lindsey Point's local boys and proud of it. He's still nursing the scars of losing both his best friend and his fiancée, so he keeps to himself and is more than happy to work construction, volunteer as an EMT, and play Santa in his sleepy hometown. The last thing he needs is a nosy, out-of-town journalist snooping around. But he can't say no when Sophie Smithwaite asks him to fill in as cameraman, swept away by a powerful attraction he's never felt before.

My husband is seeing someone behind my back, deceiving me, and I fear that I risk losing him if I can't do something to turn things around. I briefly consider proposing a threesome with him and his new female companion, but I'm certain I don't have anywhere near the confidence necessary for something like that.

Following the termination of the affair, my life with my fiancé goes on largely as normal for some time, and I think I'm in the clear. That is until one day my ex suddenly shows up in my living room along with my fiancé, and I find myself in a most unexpected situation....

By all accounts, I should be about the happiest girl on Earth right about now. I've established a successful modeling career, I'm going to have a baby in a few months, and I'm engaged to the billionaire mogul who happens to be the child's father. Craig is an amazing man, not to mention an immaculate lover, and there's really nothing in my life with which I'm dissatisfied. The only real fly in the ointment is my wandering eye, an old habit that I can't quite seem to shake.

To him, I'm almost certain I'm just another girl, another pretty face. He's a billionaire, after all, able to have any woman he wants. And for my part, I'm not that hard up for romance either - I'm a model, capable of snaring nearly any straight male I have my sights set on. But whether he likes it or not, the two of us now share a very significant connection, in the form of the baby the two of us made during a weekend long affair of passion at a resort.

Get ready for eight fantastic new adventures in space and time with the Doctor and his companions, featuring stories from many of Doctor Who's most popular authors from the worlds of television, print, comics and audio as well as new talent and fresh voices...and read by your favourite Big Finish actors! 'Rise and Fall' by George Mann. Read by William Russell. On a distant planet, faces bloom in the air for a fraction of a second before disappearing. Will the Doctor and Ian solve the puzzle?

Natalie had just started really having fun on the vacation that was supposed to be a mother-daughter trip but ended up just her and her gorgeous alpha male stepfather when her mother suddenly showed back up. Now she and Ray have to contend with Gloria's plans for family activities and deal with rarely having any time alone together.

If there was one thing Brynn knew about life, it was that the unexpected would always happen. She'd spent three years of her life with Victor only to have him cheat on her. Enter Bruce, a burly alpha male and talented local artist. He also tended bar at one of her favorite establishments. Brynn finds out there is much more to this man than muscles and tats, as if that isn't sexy enough. When Victor becomes a threat, it's Bruce who storms in to her rescue.

A spunky young girl with a mysterious past, Miranda has been a serving girl at Miz Sheila's saloon in Cripple Creek, Colorado, for several years now. Despite being of marriageable age and quite easy on the eyes, Miranda's never shown an interest in any of the men who have given her a second look - and there's been quite a few. Except, of course, for the quiet cowboy, Cory.

Ariel and her mother, Adele, have been on their own since her father died. Now suddenly, Adele has found a new love and is dragging Ariel all the way across the country to Texas where billionaire oil baron Alton lives. Their decision to get married comes along with the surprise that Ariel is getting not just a new stepfather, but a new stepbrother in the devastatingly gorgeous and frustratingly difficult Dax. When he looks at her with eyes like melted chocolate and lips crafted for sin, Ariel remembers that her daddy always told her that good girls play nice.