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It's been five years since Anna Jones started speaking publicly about the dangers of the sex industry with best friend Megan Blease. She also helps out from time to time with her parents' balloon business, Rainbow Balloons, which she used to operate. Life is good for Anna right now. But her ex-husband Mark just got out of prison, and he's looking for revenge. With his new girlfriend by his side, looner girl Scarlet, he's out to make Anna's life a living hell. Can she escape his evil clutches?

Innsmouth University is a place with a sinister past and a terrifying present. Two brilliant students, involved in illicit and unethical practices, believe they have found a cure for fear. The unwitting subjects of their experiments are subjected to a range of horrors as the students try to discover if it is possible for any individual to be truly fearless.

Once, Caer was a princess loved by her father, the faerie king, and they lived in peace until the eve of Samhain. Balor, a giant, one-eyed pirate, betrayed the king’s trust by spilling his blood across the throne room floor and claiming Caer as his prize. Forced to live in the shadows, Caer’s only companion is an all-powerful shapeshifting wizard who does not even know she exists. Watching from afar, she learns what makes a warrior’s heart strong, but the early arrival of the brother and sister promise to derail her plans of revenge.

Alyria is sleepless in humidity, her thoughts in turmoil. Going to her studio to paint, she discovers that someone has broken in and stolen her art, and the thief may still be in the house. Brandishing a paintbrush as weapon, she prepares to defend herself....

Mickey is a young monkey who gets stuck up a tree. He meets various animals and friends, before being reunited with his mother.

Things have been going pretty well at the retirement home for witches and other paranormals lately. Possibly too well. When Steve Grace's friend, Rhea Kaufman, is found dead in her garage right after he dropped his car off to her, he becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Now, Zoey has to get his name cleared. But in the process, she just may learn a thing or two about her fiance that she hadn't known before. Can she figure out who killed Rhea, clear Steve's name, and get on with the wedding plans?

The World of Cherry is an erotic and psychological journey into the soul of a lesbian madam and the explicit activities that take place within the private high-end, all-women strip club she owns. At the Cherry Club, the members are free to indulge in their wildest fantasies with other women, discreetly, and with class. A beautiful and skilled staff of dancers and acrobatic performers entertain for their pleasure, stopping at nothing to satisfy the needs of the gorgeous and wealthy women who frequent the club.

Empowering Differences is the intentional action of using power and authority for yourself or others while positioning ways in which you are not the same as the people around you. Using your differences, what makes you unique, to empower yourself and others to move your career forward. Follow author, Ashley T Brundage, as she puts Empowering Differences into action. She has been on her own journey of self-exploration and was forced to find out how she fits into this world. She started her careers as a means of survival and has quickly risen through each position

Oh no! There’s trouble in the magical Land of Five Lagunas. Princess Winnabelle promised to help bake friendship pies for the other kingdoms, but she lost track of time and made a big mistake instead. When her task becomes too big to complete on her own, she’s faced with a tough decision: Quit now or ask her friends for help. Winnabelle knows that a princess can be smart, fancy, strong, and fierce. But, she still has a lot to learn before she's ready to rule the kingdom someday. Will she discover an important lesson about friendship and teamwork before it's too late?

When Mattie Jackson and her lover, Kyle Bruno, return to Myrtle Beach, they become thrust into the shadows of one of the deadliest underground games that has ever been played. Mattie’s own insight may not be able to shield her from the formidable criminals, wrought by drug cartel vengeance, closing in. As Mattie and Kyle find it difficult to ignore their mounting suspicions, the forces against them come out of the shadows and boldly introduce themselves.

A lion's heart can fix everything. In this great adventure, it sends a message of values and life lessons to grow. When a lion falls in love, he finds out that his heart of courage can't always solve everything alone. With his battle to fix everything, he soon finds out what a community can do!

Come enter the forgotten world of Greek gods and goddesses, of creatures of myth and beasts of legend. Divulge in their realm of vanity and sin, power and lust, and all the treasures in-between. Includes: Seduction of Medusa and Lust of a Minotaur.

Rainey Thomas wasn't looking for a soul mate to avoid triggering her “sexual appetite” as she walked before the Lord. She is what one would call a good, hardworking church girl who always did the right thing. Rainey and her two sisters live life drowning in the desires and practices of their strict mother, until she found herself caught up in the web triangle of Malik Johnson, a high-ranking, hands-off trafficking drug dealer. He not only pushed Rainey's sex button, he enraptured her mind and soul.

An ancient evil has returned...and the Pirate Queen is in the middle of the chaos. Serina just wants to control her magic, but when the Academy is attacked, she and her friends must flee to safer waters. A Mer village is attacked by humans...and a human town is pillaged by Mer. And then, the humans enter into an agreement with the Pirate Queen to join forces and destroy the Mer forever, Serina must find a way to save her people from certain destruction. Will she be able to reconcile what she saw with the truth? Will a spiny friend help or hinder her quest?

On the day Detective Lindsey Korrey should be celebrating the closure of her biggest case, The Nurse Catcher, she's caught up in an intense police car chase. Rory, a missing-child case of three years, has fallen under her protection. Someone - or something - wants him back. Chased down and hunted by a supernatural enemy, Lindsey must evade capture at any cost.

A red-letter day had turned bizarre as a lady in her mid-30s, Ritz Laggard, had been murdered in the most grotesque manner right at the venue of a high-powered business meeting. Inspector Brown is assigned the case file to unravel the killer and has an inkling it was state-sponsored. Meanwhile, when Stewart Larzio narrowly escaped death by the whiskers, in the same typical scenario as Ritz Laggard, it dawned on Inspector Brown that a serial killer was on the loose as he found a connection between both scenes in the same city of Bloomington.

We often say "I’m fine" when we’re emotionally, physically, and spiritually on edge. In Who I’ve Become, Sonya shares her own painful experience as a victim of childhood sexual abuse - from being pursued by one family member’s perversions to being used by several others - and lying to keep up the façade that everything was okay, when she was hurting inside. This book is more than a testimonial; it is a resource to help you take off the mask and find the person God created you to be. Who I’ve Become is a mirror of truth. Are you ready to meet the true you?

Time to put my magic to the test or die trying. Scott worries about my soul. I’ve killed multiple people because I was too darn stubborn to accept that I was the reincarnated Celtic goddess Brigit. Now that I’ve embraced my goddess self, I’ve figured out how to bring everyone back from the dead, and he’s too busy worrying about my soul. What he should be worried about, is my boot in his rear end. I need to learn to use my magic before the Dark Moon approaches, or I’ll miss out on my chance to bring back to life everyone who died trying to protect me.

A very merry Cherry, befriends the neighborhood grouch and changes his Christmas. This children's book teaches the importance of grace, forgiveness, joy, and celebration!

Narrated by students from the Dept. of Theatre and Dance, and the Dept. of Languages and Literature at Austin Peay State University, this collection brings a unique and raw edge to these beautiful stories.