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Their mission: search and destroy. Their target: classified. Their location: classified. The empire’s finest are gathered for a clandestine mission on a ruined planet. Their orders are sealed until they reach orbit. The stakes are higher than they realized, and the enemy will do anything to stop them.

He longed for someone he'd never even met. For lone wolf archaeologist Eric Beck, love has always been out of reach - something he's been searching for since the day he was born, never knowing where to look. But on an unexplored hill near Stonehenge, something calls to him. Someone calls to him. And on the day of the summer solstice, his entire existence is about to change... To love him would set an unthinkable destiny in motion. She was Aydyn. Powerful. Beautiful. Druae.

The Essential Addiction Recovery Companion is perfect for addiction professionals, recovering individuals, family members, and anyone interested in truly living life free from any addiction. Richard Singer's insightful audiobook will help those learning how to proceed through addiction recovery.

In her youth, Grace Stratton, the Duchess of Abernathy, gave her heart to Lewis Duffield, an American plantation owner. Family duty tore them apart as she was required to wed another man. After years of being widowed, Grace finds herself alone with Lewis and their old flames rekindle, but can they recapture the all-consuming love they once shared?

Despite - or perhaps because of - her fancy car, private school education, and life of privilege, Lola Renaldi has become a volunteer junkie. Feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, visiting the elderly - if it's a good cause, she's done it. Lola's favorite stint, building affordable houses, puts her directly in the path of Rodney. He refuses to discuss why he's doing community service, but it's clear he's hiding something dark about his past. As their friendship grows, Lola begins to question the true reasons for her obsessive volunteerism.

The good, the bad, and the ugly about dating after 40. Beverly and Jessica have managed to make a bad situation funny as hell to listen to. What to do and what not to do so you don't waste anymore time on the wolves. This book was so much fun to write. Jessica and I had very similar circumstances with our love lives. As we told each other stories and secrets we could not help but laugh at what the hell we were thinking getting hooked up with these men.

The Seer proposes to make a trip to a mountain that promises to be sacred, with the hopes of making his dreams come true. After scaling the mountain, he meets a guardian, a being ancient full of wisdom, who promises to help him on his path. Aided by her, he performs three challenges that give him the credentials he needs to enter into the cave of despair, a place where the impossible becomes possible.

Having known only a privileged life, Miss Catherine Bennet—no longer Kitty—used her one connection to secure a governess’ position. Her father’s sudden death brought about this change in circumstances and has amended her character. She's now reliable, determined, trustworthy, and much more than the pretty face her mother thought would win her a husband.

The Maid and the Footman explores the increasing affection between a young lady’s maid and a retired Army sergeant, which was as great as any love written about by the immortals. In the Jane Austen universe, the novels are written from the point-of-view of the landed gentry. Servants are rarely seen except to open doors, serve dinner, or fetch smelling salts. The Maid and the Footman asserts that class is an imaginary distinction conferring no better manners on the “haves” and no lesser nobility on the “have-nots” and that the deepest human emotions are universal.

A brisk early November Hyde Park morning is shattered by a child’s scream. How two adults react in those next few desperate moments sets the plot in motion in this Pride and Prejudice alternative focusing on 21-year-old Kitty Bennet.

Eleven-year old Jason Brandt meets Harvey the Squid (a retired cab driver) and Button-Bright (who can't remember his real name), and acquires a pet Expanding Giant Chinchilla (for use in emergencies). Together this foursome must overcome The Two Weevils (Less and Greater, of course), The Spin Doctor, the weird inhabitants of Stationery City, and other dangers to bring a warning to the Emerald City before it's too late. Filled with jokes and sly commentary on everything from our Internet-obsessed society to the world of fashion design.

Elizabeth Bennet finds out that she will have to marry Mr. Collins. But Elizabeth doesn’t want to be forced to marry someone she does not love. Luck would have it that she met Darcy at the Netherfield Ball. Elizabeth brought up her wishes not to enter a forced marriage with Mr. Collins. Darcy then tells her his idea of how he can help by marrying her instead, due to being put under pressure by his own family to get married soon. Elizabeth doesn’t know which one would be better - a forced marriage with Mr. Collins or a marriage of convenience with Darcy.

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide is the very effective solution for serious problems like chronic anxiety and loss of focus; it will show you the system of simple, clear, easy, and specific exercises of mindfulness. All these ways of usually practicing daily make the benefits of mindfulness become truth.

"The Gift" explores the profound influence of ancient wisdom and the transformative power of spiritual growth. Molly's journey encompasses more than the physical search for sacred objects; it's an inner quest for peace, purpose, and a deeper understanding of life's enigmatic mysteries.

While out in the forest to fetch water from the river one fateful evening, young village girl, Hazel Spree, happens across a wounded man in the water. When she pulls him out, he transforms into a terrifying beast and chases her down! Hazel fears her end, only to wake up with a curse brand on her chest!

Melbourne, March 2100. Against her better judgment, Trainee Doorkeeper Emma Cartwright returns to the Productive Citizen’s Bureau. Emma's son Jack is on bail, pending his trial on charges of organizing an illegal demonstration. Her new man, Cal, is under surveillance, and Emma struggles to maintain her role as a diligent employee. Concerned for her son, Emma learns that the trial judge has a reputation for harsh sentencing.

On a quest to find answers to what matters most in life, Paula Francis walked 10,000 miles around the country interviewing people she met along the way. Unavoidably, the Happiness Walk was as much a personal pilgrimage as a professional one. Walking through the loss of family members, her home, and her marriage, she learned to find meaning in new and surprising ways. This is the story of her two parallel journeys, both for the sake of happiness.

Rogue Watcher, the next installment of the Second Moon Trilogy, picks up where Alpine Tide left off. The stakes are higher than ever as eighteen-year-old Miriam Madsen and her fellow survivors face new threats from across the Universe. To avoid their certain destruction, Watcher 3 of Earth, known locally as Spence, will stop at no length to protect Miriam, the woman he loves--even if it means going rogue.