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Elle has survived 23 years as a human surrounded by vampires, but her mortality has never been a disadvantage until now. Trapped in a basement, she's waited to make her escape and get home to Boston.

If you're one of the 25 million single women over the age of 45 living in the United States today, AARP's The Single Woman's Guide to Retirement is your new best friend. Walking you through the challenges of retired or pre-retired life, from managing your finances to staying healthy in body, mind, and spirit, dealing with divorce, and even looking for love or work, the audiobook covers the issues that really matter to you. Whether you're looking for a retirement home or planning a cruise, this audiobook is packed with specific details to take the guesswork out of retirement.

Chelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals for which she cared. Treasured by their families and friends, both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight miles and one year apart. The community's desperate search led authorities to John Albert Gardner, a brutal predator hiding in plain sight. Now Pulitzer-nominated author Caitlin Rother delivers an incisive, heartbreaking true-life thriller that touches our deepest fears.

The Baker/Bruner family looks forward to a new beginning with newborn babies and blossoming relationships. Florence has added another baby to her family and couldn't be happier. Wilma, Ada, and their friends diligently prepare for Debbie's special day when an unwelcome visitor arrives.

Penn The only female I ever wanted was promised to my brother. But he found a woman, fell in love, and Venus was back on the market. Only she doesn't want someone like me. A self-professed nerd, but worse, a male ten years younger than her. She's stubborn, but I'm determined to win her over. Until she leaves. Venus The cost is high for a dragon shifter who's single after a certain age. For a girl who grew up the laughingstock of her clan, mating Penn is the best way for history to repeat itself. So I flee to live my last days in peace.

This Spring, the Baker Apple Orchard is alive with romance. The sweet smell of apple blossoms fills the air, mingling with the possibilities simmering beneath the surface. Krystal feels on top of the world, excited by a new romance, while Wilma hopes an opportunity may bring her true love. As always, at the orchard, anything could happen.

In November 2004, Lora Jones was a happy wife and proud mother of two beautiful children. Lora and her family left for a family vacation, excited to celebrate the holidays, but sounds of music and laughter in their van were shattered by a head-on collision. Lora watched helplessly as, one-by-one, her beloved family slipped into eternity. Awake in a nightmare, all traces of laughter were replaced by the mournful cries of a wounded heart. How in the world could Lora go on alone? Song of a Wounded Heart tells the true story of Lora’s journey from death to hope.

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic's revelatory inquiry into cancer prevention. They recognize that we will never reduce cancer rates without ridding our lives of the chemicals that increasingly trigger this deadly disease.

An unexpected quarrel between Favor and Simon puts their marriage in danger. Ada and Wilma are still having a good time at the farm, but Wilma says something inappropriate to the bishop's wife, creating an uproar.

Find out what happened to Wilma before she got married and had her six daughters.

Despite broad interest in developing concentrated treatment programs for OCD, practitioners face several challenges when trying to launch and maintain these programs. This book will provide a comprehensive guide covering the topics of import for clinicians, researchers, and administrators, across different types of institutions and care settings, who want to build an intensive treatment program into their clinical practice across different types of institutions and care settings.

Now that Wilma has finished Cherish’s quilt, she and Ada decide to make her a surprise visit. While they are gone, the timing is perfect for Krystal and Hope to test Matthew’s love. If he loves Krystal, as he says, he won’t succumb to the new woman’s charms.

It’s four days before Christmas, and Hackle County health inspector April Islip is up to her ears with super-spreader investigations. On top of that, her boyfriend Clay Nolan is adding to her stress by insisting she avoid confrontations that could send her through time. When an altercation at a suspicious gathering catapults her to 1972, April must face her family’s messy past and the real reason she avoids holidays.

Cherish Baker is delighted she'll be getting married at the orchard, but her wedding planning is interrupted when she needs to protect her mother from potentially devastating news. Wilma does her best to come to terms with recent changes and hopes the last of her daughters' weddings will bring the family together. Debbie discovers exactly how much she has overlooked about Peter when his brother arrives, bringing with him more than one surprise. What will Cherish do when she realizes she barely knows anything about her husband-to-be's past or his family?

Cherish gets a surprise visitor who changes her life forever. That's not the only change for the Baker/Bruner family when tragedy strikes. Can Wilma allow the entire extended family to come together to overcome the challenges they face?

Dr. Eva Paz wants only a peaceful life on Roatán for herself and her dolphins, continuing their research in dolphin communication and educating children on the importance of caring for the reef. But when Eva discovers that the Caribbean’s wild dolphin pod has been captured, she must go back into action to find them. Her pursuit returns her to the Pacific, where she finds her newest nemesis has engineered yet more sea dragons, and this time she finds herself embroiled in an international struggle that could end in a World War.

Between confronting mask burners and calling out pandemic profiteers, it’s getting harder for Hackle County health inspector April Islip to do her job. Having a supportive boyfriend would be nice, but ever since she told Clay Nolan about time travel, he’s been avoiding her. To protect April from a new threat, her boss puts her in charge of COVID-19 testing. But danger finds April once again, transporting her back in time to save Hackle County’s future.

Dr. Eva Paz wants only a peaceful life on Roatan for herself and her dolphins, continuing their research in dolphin communication and educating children on the importance of caring for the reef. But when the Navy reactivates Taffy and Finn for exercises in Pearl Harbor, that all changes, for she finds Julian is there as well, and he is armed with yet another genetically modified creature. This time, it has the spirit of an actual dragon. Thankfully, Eva has her friends and her family—and Thomas—on her side. Not to mention a whole host of new friends: the members of Dragon Clan.

Each blended family has its own issues to sort out. The Bruner/Baker family is no different. Wilma is recovering from the wedding, while Favor deals with doubts that have crept into her mind about getting married. Cherish is left wondering if it's time for her to pursue her own happiness, but can she cut loose the ties that bind her to the orchard? Krystal has reached a crossroads and must decide whether she wants to continue living as an Amish woman.

Suspended detective Christie Watson has decided not to get involved in any more murder cases. She's got to keep her nose clean in case her old boss checks in on her. There's plenty of fun to be had in Sleepy Creek—delicious double cheeseburgers, hilarious antics from the terrible twins, and...mysterious strangers hanging around?