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Rose McConnell isn’t happy. Walking home to find your fiancé in bed with someone else is enough of a blow to any girl. Broken and completely lost, she has no idea what to do. Her parents died years ago and the aunt who raised her passed away just a year ago. She has no money, no relationships, and nowhere to go. And then it changes. A lawyer arrives and she discovers her aunt’s ex-husband, the uncle she never met, passed away as well. He’s left his ranch in Texas to Rose. With nowhere else to go, the city girl heads to cowboy country.

TJ Velde, author of the Texas Shifters series that began with the best-selling Wildcat’s Rose brings us the story of Hal Pike, the reluctant billionaire who wants to return to a life of Texas simplicity. He can’t ignore his feelings for Joanna, but there are issues in his past that might not just endanger their relationship but put her life at risk as well. How can he hope for a life with her when even his nature as a shifter might not be able to protect her?

The devil went down to Texas. Big mistake! Yesterday, James “Cowboy” Stone was Ransom’s golden boy, a football god. Today, he’s their savior, a warrior in a destiny he never expected. The devil got hold of Cowboy’s small West Texas town, and all hell’s broken loose. His friends have become enemies, and the love of his life…gone. Death surrounds him, but what must be will be. He’s already lost everything, so now, he’ll do anything necessary to stop the evil.

The controversial new conspiracy adventure from T.J. Wall begins as local boy Puck has just run away from the village of Temprance with his best friend, Bobby. When Bobby turns up murdered, Sheriff Tommy Dick must solve the crime and return Puck to his father. But as the sheriff watches his suspect’s life begin to fall apart at the hands of a ruthless, elite warlord, Tommy wonders whether he should prosecute this suspect...or join her side of the fight.

About to ascend to the throne...Prince Zoban loses everything. Where has his soul mate gone? In their world, Thalia, soul mates are real. From birth, they search for each other, and when they connect, the depth of their understanding how it should be removes any doubt. When “the one” for Prince Zoban disappears, chaos reigns in the kingdom. Is it his uncle who took her? The prince can’t be king without his mate. The royal line is threatened.

Lysandra is the second book of a sci-fi trilogy, promising the listener a suspenseful and entertaining listen that will leave them wanting more. Interwoven through both books are themes of cloning, virtual reality, redemption, and vengeance. Lysandra is a genetically modified Magdalene who wants to be like any other teen living on Terra, but the unholy Church won’t leave her alone. After it tries using its ownership of her DNA to try to control her, there’s a nasty trial and some wicked turns through which Lysandra and the listener discover Lysandra’s hidden powers.

The issue isn’t technology itself. The issue is the attachment we have to technology. Former tech addict T.J. Burdick tells you how, in just 21 days, you can find a happier and holier life when you learn to control your phone, rather than letting it control you. This is not a 12-step program or a three-week detox in the woods with no Wi-Fi. Detached is an easy-to-follow spiritual retreat, inviting you to listen, reflect, and take actions to strengthen your personal and spiritual life, while decreasing the time you feel you “need” to spend on your phone.

The creation of the 12 skyward cities did more for mankind than the renaissance of old. With them came a new species created to serve the ideals of the future. To Calista Ridley, an android is an android, just like heroes are little more than fairy tales. She knows the world is far from perfect, and that human nature is not something to be proud of. But she also sees the storm forming on the horizon. As a pilot of Voltza, her past decisions are set to shape the future in a way no one could have predicted. The lines between man and machine are blurring at a rapid pace.

When a rogue CIA consultant goes AWOL from his Middle Eastern post in response to his brother’s plea for help, he arrives just in time to witness his brother’s murder. For years, Jonathan Hunter and his brother Kevin Mallory had not spoken - until Kevin’s final words, “...Khalifah...not them...Maya.” Pursuing his brother’s killer, Hunter stumbles into a nest of horrifying terrorist activity by Middle Eastern refugees, which sparks a backlash across America. In the shadows, Hunter’s mentor, the omnipotent Oscar LaRue, is playing a dangerous game with Russian Intelligence.

Nogar the golden dragon rescues Shaméd after his family is murdered by an evil, black dragon. He takes him home to his own planet, where Shaméd encounters trolls, elves, dragons, and other beings all living in peace. He begins a training ritual, and after many years he advances to be the best swordsman on that world and masters the first 10 levels of magic.

Dusty has his hooves full protecting the feral kitten who seems to be a natural at getting into trouble and riling up all sorts of evil creatures. But that’s not all; there’s something about Kitten the creatures secretly know! Who will help Dusty keep Kitten safe? Who will keep Dusty safe?

Land of Wolves finds Joseph Foster with Molly as they settle into a new-found life in the hills of Tennessee. But Abraham Lincoln's former bodyguard, the man who saved the President's life, cannot escape the Consortium as they come roaring back, killing his mother and abducting his daughter - all to coerce his Congressional testimony on their behalf.

For 14 years Jedda's home has been in the shadows and alleys of Tatak Rhe-city of the wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. He scrounges for survival in dirty clothes that don't keep him warm, and he relies in his nimble fingers to keep himself fed. But, buried in his blood lies the gift of magic: an invisible hand guiding his life. Cold and hungry, he nicks the coin purse of the wrong man. Karrahk is one of the city's powerful rulers. The man looks into Jedda's green eyes and at the tawny skin that betrays a hidden heritage. He makes a decision that will change a hungry boy's life forever.

Tom thinks he's just an ordinary teen, but then his grandfather disappears, and things become weird. When he's summoned to the Other by Vivian, the Lady of the Lake, he finds he has links to a past he thought was myth. He has to wake King Arthur from his long sleep on Avalon. Caught between wanting to find his grandfather and wanting to wake King Arthur, he grows increasingly frustrated. With time stacked against him, he heads to Avalon, but the journey is harder and more dangerous than he expected. Will Tom have the strength to find Arthur and negotiate the dangers of the Other?

In a quiet home in the Fort Lauderdale suburbs, a woman psychically witnesses a murder. In a posh estate a few miles away, a man lies dead. The only clues are a collection of tarot cards sent to the victim's home and a nuisance call from a Fort Lauderdale woman who claims to have had a vision of the killing. For Detective Wayne Sheppard, the killing of famous criminologist Andrew Steele and the disappearance of his beautiful wife is about to test everything he has ever believed and everything he knows about logic, police work, and scientific truth.

Scrappy but small, Kirrin gets beat up. A lot. So, when he hides from the local bullies in a powerful man's carriage, he's inadvertently transported to a vast rural estate. Far from home and hungry, Kirrin is caught stealing from the kitchen and fears the worst. But the So'har Hak'kar is impressed with Kirrin's tenacity and quick wit. Instead of having him criminally punished, the great ruler sentences Kirrin to serve him while learning to fight, move with stealth, and solve intellectual puzzles. Unfortunately, Kirrin doesn't realize he's being trained as the lord's personal assassin.

Eight-year-old Rex is an average boy who is ridiculed and abused by his father and bullied at school. As Rex looks for ways to deal with all of his everyday emotions and monsters, can he find his hidden courage and bravery before it is too late? As his imagination and love for drawing intensifies, he builds his own monsters to fight the final battle and let his courage and bravery stand up against these monsters and build a new beginning!

It begins with a message that David cannot ignore: I want to see you. He agrees, and on a cold winter's night, David and Phillip will come together to sift through the wreckage of the memory of a life no longer lived. David is burdened, carrying with him the heavy guilt of the past six years upon his shoulders. Phillip offers redemption.

There are many books that provide very technical details concerning honey bees. Often we want just the facts in simple and easy terms. Here you have just that, a layman's reference to honey bees. This book is written in a very conversational tone. It is simple for the student who is wanting to learn about honeybees or do a report for school, yet technical enough for those who want or need a little more information.

Normal consumption of alcohol occurs during the zombie apocalypse with The Horror Squad, but now they are heading in the most unconventional places to acquire normalcy back at the base and fill the last request of a sick member. How many will be lost, how many will be saved, and who will survive?