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Painter Rhys Hawthorne is a rising star in the art world and a favorite teacher at the Hawthorne Community Arts Center, but his inspiration has been stuck for weeks, he's still grieving for his sister, who lost her life in a car crash, and his personal life is a mess . . . because he can't stop thinking about younger, vulnerable Early Stevens, who is not only confused about their life, they're an employee of the family.

In this sequel to The Courtship of Julian St. Albans, Julian—once a member of the pampered elite and Courted by the cream of society—is now an apprentice and the still-pampered boyfriend of consulting mage Alex Benedict. He arrives one bright August morning at the plant nursery where he's working through his apprenticeship, only to find a dead body among the lucky clover.

In literary circles of the mid-twentieth century, father and son, Ikbal and Idries Shah, spread seductive accounts of a mystical Middle East. Pitching themselves as the authentic voice of the Muslim world, they penned travelogues and exotic potboilers alongside weighty tomes on Islam and politics.

In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development. Explaining the nature of genetic variation in the human population, how hereditary factors were identified as molecules of DNA, and how certain specific mutations can lead to disease, Slack highlights how DNA variants are used to trace human ancestry and migration, and can also be used by forensic scientists to identify individuals in crime.

The Psychic Lives of Statues explores both the toppling of colonial statues and the erection of postcolonial ones, illuminating how statues remain powerful and compelling forms of memorialization. Engaging with artists, scholars, and activists, Rao offers a fresh and exciting perspective on how we understand our past and present through iconography.

I didn’t want him here. I’d do anything to get rid of him. Sabotage his practice. Make sure the islanders knew he was not to be trusted. Push away his overtures of friendship and partnership. What good did a fancy city doctor do for the community anyway? My community. The residents of Whale Island could attest to my competency and compassion. We don’t need outsiders telling us what to do. Then I find out my mother is the one funding the interloper’s medical practice. My own mother. Why? I can’t fathom why she’d want to ruin my life.

When someone steals a one-of-a-kind jewelry creation from the madam who runs the Courtesan Hotel, Winter Janvier is on the hook as a suspect. If he can't figure out what really happened, he's toast.

The demons taunted. Feeling imprisoned by the voices in his head, Henry feared he would never be free from their reign. With no regard, he raised the bottle to his lips and relished in the blackness welcoming him like an old friend.

A tall, mysterious white man moves into a neighborhood that is caught in a turf war between three rival gangs. He becomes a threat to the gangs when the residents begin to lose their fear of the gangs and they begin to lose members.

Humans are, so far as we know, the only creatures on this planet who mark the passage of time. As such, we are keenly aware from an early age that time is tick, tick, ticking away. These stories and more fill Dearest Death, a collection of short horror fiction by W. Dale Jordan, author of The Stop.

The boundaries of order created by the nine baronies during America's apocalyptic aftermath have fallen away to a new wave of transcending chaos. The scion of the Cerberus rebels' fiercest foe has risen from his own ashes—and hijacked the very storehouse of earth's reality. The Ontic Library, buried deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the glue holding the fabric of what is real—and what is not—in place. Archivist Brigid Baptiste takes the plunge into the sentient data stream of infinite knowledge to stop a god prince from discovering the knowledge that could destroy the world.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5). This story of this woman's true journey of faith. Is based on actual events. Names, locations, and dates have been changed to protect people and their families. Four years after the events of The Awakening. Dean's family have grown into their own lives. Starting with the wedding of Gill and Mariska. Lizzy decides to go back home to Maine. For Lizzy it's not paradise in Maine.

Winston Tucker lost everything when his cheating wife dragged him through a nasty divorce. Turning to the bottle for consolation, Winston's life begins to unravel, and when life has dealt him its last blow and he's about to give up, a gay young man walks into the bar and gives him a reason to live.

The Goddess of Fertility withheld secrets from the God of War about their daughter, the Soul Eater. Realizing this, the God demands she take him to her. What he sees disheartens him, but what they discover together shocks them. The Vampire King of the Fae Realm, his mate, and the Corvidae Guard work tirelessly building a platform to inform the public of the coming Dark Time. Further tension brews as the Lost Souls close in, bringing a strange assembly to the King’s manor that includes God, Humans, and a multitude of paranormal beings.

Gunther Erikkson had a mission to complete - one that he was more than willing to see through. After he arrived in New York to intimidate Henry Daniels into doing his job, things began to change for Gunther. One woman had started to chip away at his icy heart. With the mission complete, he headed back to his home in Atlanta, but he was left with an unfamiliar ache in his chest. The virus spread like wildfire, and within a week, it had reached Gunther. Undeterred, he began his journey to his predetermined destination.

Elaina Cooper’s world was turned upside down on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life. She was about to marry Henry Daniels, the man of her dreams - or so she thought. Just as she was to walk down the aisle, screams pierced the air. In the days that followed, questions lingered in Elaina’s mind. Why did Henry seem to know so much about what was happening? And why did she feel like he was keeping secrets from her? Henry knew that his haunted past would eventually catch up to him...in more ways than one.

The actual war has come, and the enemy is without number! Hayden and the others must find a way to stop the warlord as the realm of Altar is facing its final moments. The heroes must deal with the horrors of the demon world and Little Flowers ever-growing powers. Mara finds out a hard truth about the City of Night, while Hayden begins to withdraw from the others including Na’Resse. The realm stands upon a cusp, will the heroes make the hard choices needed to save it and themselves? Will a new age dawn?

Dive into a new universe about love and all its perils in a paranormal realm by Rissa Blakeley, the author of the Shattered Lives series. The Dark Time, an apocalypse no species wants to fight, inches closer. The Fae Gods refuse to help their King find a solution. Things around him going sideways, his worst fear of losing his mate becomes a distraction he cannot handle. With the weight of the Realms teetering on his shoulders, will they rekindle the love they once shared or will they stay stuck within the shadow of the Incubus’s curse?

The war is over! However, as the people celebrate freedom, the true source of darkness begins to consume the realm as an ancient evil from the first age awakens. Hayden and the others set out to find a way to stop the vile spirit that has possessed their friend. They must travel across the world to the land of the witches, Lak’Sara. A place of countless legends and an area unfriendly to thieves. However, before setting out the Grey Ones inform the Council of Altar about the sleeping races and the truth about the ages of the world.

With the help from the Goddess of Fertility, the God of War will stop at nothing to save the Realms from the coming Dark Time. Will their nefarious solution bring them to their knees, or will they become heroes in the face of adversity?