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Looking for help in recovering a fugitive? The Lone Wolf Agency can help you. We specialize in huffing and puffing criminals back where they belong: behind bars. What happens when a predator falls for his prey? Bounty hunting is the perfect job for a maverick wolf - flexible hours, decent pay, the thrill of the chase. But Everett never counted on a doe stopping him in his furry tracks.

FUC is going down under, so prepare for a wild ride with a 'roo and the chick he rescues. Something strange is happening to Mari. She's not the same since her rescue from a mad scientist's lab. Still, her blackouts aren't reason enough to put her in a cage. Yet, what else is Jax to do when confronted with a giant ostrich terrorizing suburbia?

At the Court of Flowers, Chloe Witherspoon learns what her owners have planned for her, but she has a plan of her own. Travis Tyler pursues his vendetta against Jack, but someone far more cunning unleashes a vendetta against him. Ramage Cadler creates doubts in Jack's mind about Aiyanna. Is she truly who she claims to be? Or is she something far darker? When he shares his fears, Aiyanna reveals her past—and that of her people—in a way that leaves Jack spellbound.

My name is Storm Redfield: Navy Commander, still kicking ass at 161 years old. So far, I've had a good time in the twenty-third century. I discovered space travel and fought evil creatures in a distant star system. Made friends with a one-eyed Cyclopean who sounds like a British lord, discussed romance novels with a blushing AI therapist . . . And the cherry on the cake: had kinky sex with a gorgeous alien warrior. When a quiet return to Earth turns into an almost deadly mission, my universe is tipped upside down all over again.

Imagine a life in which you are not controlled by your emotions. What if the decisions you make are based on logic and not on how you feel? Imagine being able to confront sensitive situations with your partner without it turning into an argument.

What if you were haunted by strange and terrible dreams in the night? But what if they were not dreams, but preludes of the truth? What if you met the woman of your dreams in a nightmare? What if you learned that you were doomed to a terrible destiny, and that there was nothing that you could do to escape it? This is the fate that befalls Jack Thornton, a former Marine lieutenant who served with the famed "Walking Dead" in Vietnam and who is now a lawyer in San Francisco. His quiet, ordered life begins to unravel, however, when his nightmares begin to shape his waking hours.

Much to their mutual annoyance, FBI agent Jacob Wolff and Miami detective Jasmine Adair discover they’re both undercover to bust a notorious organized crime group. But amid a glamorous South Beach nightclub opening, their key informant is found dead, leaving Jacob and Jasmine the dangerous job of infiltrating the ring. With desire igniting between them, can the two set aside their distrust and work together to bring down the brutal mobsters?

From USA Today best-selling author Elisabeth Grace comes her most suspenseful, sexy, and thrilling books yet!

When a white supremacist schedules an event on campus, Red Solaris must confront her own feelings about an issue that challenges the very core of American education: campus safety versus freedom of speech. Amidst escalating tension, Red meets with the editor of the student newspaper - who also confides in Red that her young cousin is missing, probably a victim of local sex traffickers.

A beautiful student is missing. Did she leave on impulse, or was it something more sinister? When the young woman's grandfather pleads for help, journalism dean Meredith "Red" Solaris agrees to help search for the student, but doesn't know she may have to risk everything to find her. Worse yet, without solid evidence, Red and Detective Joe Morgan have little basis for investigation.

Declan Donovan is a liar. He's lying about what happened to his ex. He's lying about the reason he knocked out his lead guitarist and best friend and then kicked him out of the band. He's lying about going to rehab - he doesn't even drink. And now he's lying about the way he feels about sweet, submissive Molly Ward. But even that's a lie - Molly isn't all that sweet, and Declan loves it.

Aspiring actress Jamie Archer is on the run. From herself. From her wild-child ways. From the screwed up life that she left behind in Los Angeles. And, most of all, from Ryan Hunter - the first man who has the potential to break through her defenses to see the dark fears and secrets she hides. Stark International security chief Ryan Hunter knows only one thing for sure - he wants Jamie. Wants to hold her, make love to her, possess her, and claim her.

A famous journalism dean is found dead at the bottom of a stairwell. Accident or murder? The police suspect members of the faculty who had engaged in fierce quarrels with the dean - distinguished scholars who were known to attack the dean like brutal schoolyard bullies. When Meredith "Red" Solaris is appointed interim dean, the faculty suspects are furious.

Hascia, a precocious biochemistry major (class of 1966), was newly engaged in New York City and bored out of her mind - until she met and fell in love with Barry, a transfixing salesman and unconventional entrepreneur. When his business fell apart, Barry approached Hascia with a crazy idea: Why didn't they try their hand at building a life in Europe, away from the oppressive bureaucracies of the city? So off to Berlin they went, where they set up a wildly successful company selling educational materials to schools.

You’ve founded a successful company, and now it’s time to grow. Is a private equity investment the best route? Assuming it is, what’s the right timing, and how do you find the ideal partner, one whose values and expectations align with yours? Kelley W. Powell works every day to grow the portfolio companies of private equity firms. Now she wants to give you the confidence and clarity to move forward by sharing an honest account of what to expect when you pursue private equity.

One day a young girl, Trot, encounters a strange young boy with a big umbrella. She learns his name is Button Bright and he uses this umbrella to go on long journeys. Trot's friend, Cap'n Bill, joins the two children and they venture to a fantastical island, which they call Sky Island, as it is halfway in the sky.

Author MK Kim was one of Korea’s most sought-after motivational speakers. For more than 28 years, she was a corporate speaker, as well as a television and YouTube personality. Then, in January of 2020, her career came to a screeching halt. The coronavirus and social distancing shut down every major speaking venue around the world. Reboot: Your COVID-19 Quick-Start Guide to Life, Work, and Hope, lays out this proven formula, step by step, to help you reboot your own life and learn to thrive again.

The cooking lessons that stick with us are rarely the ones we read in books or learn through blog posts or YouTube videos (depending on your generation); they're the ones we pick up as we spend time with good cooks in the kitchen. Dorothy Kalins, founding editor of Saveur magazine, calls the people who pass on their cooking wisdom her Kitchen Whisperers. Consciously or not, they help make us the cooks we are—and help show the way to the kind of cooks we have the potential to become.

Hannah is finally about to have everything she ever wanted. With a high-paying job, a Manhattan apartment, and a boyfriend about to propose, all she and Ethan have to do is make it through the last couple of weeks of grad school. But when, on a romantic weekend trip to Sonoma, Hannah is spontaneously offered a marketing job at a family-run winery and doesn't immediately refuse, the couple's meticulously planned forever threatens to come crashing down. Then Hannah impulsively does the unthinkable - she takes a leap of faith. Abandoning your dream job and life shouldn't feel this good.

Ashford, Vermont, might look like your typical sleepy New England college town, but to the shadowy residents who live among the remains of its abandoned mills and factories, it's known as "Burntown". Eva Sandeski, known as "Necco" on the street, has been a part of this underworld for years, ever since the night her father, Miles, drowned in a flood that left her and her mother, Lily, homeless.