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A straight-talking women's guide to tending to a partner's unrequited libido and reigniting the sexual sparks in a long-term relationship. Many couples are all too familiar with the classic bedroom balancing act-managing His and Her sex drives. As men clamor for more action and women grumble for more sleep, the topic of "maintenance sex" - those dutiful two minutes to "get it over with" - invariably arises to divide and conquer a couple's sex life.

Many Paths is a new audiobook collection of original stories set in the magical world of the immortal lven (featured in Pati Nagle's Blood of the Kindred series of fantasy novels). Tales of courage, devotion, invention, and love, the stories range from short to novella in length and feature both familiar characters and new faces.

The accused murderess in a sensational trial, Carly Tyler waits outside a California courtroom as a jury decides her fate: Is she the depraved Madame de Sade of the newspaper headlines or the innocent victim of one wealthy family's gothic past? Left for dead by the side of a road 15 years earlier, she emerged from a coma with no memory and a face completely altered by the plastic surgery needed to repair her injuries. Who is she and what happened to her?

Ryder. His touch could burn her down. A demon hunter whose skills matched hers. She never could forget him, nor could she stop wanting him. But archaeologist Angelique Deveraux has no time for passion, not when she's on the run with the black diamond, a prize everyone - including Ryder - wants to get their hands on. But she has a sister to save, so she has to run. Hot on her heels is Ryder, the renowned demon hunter whose desires spark a fire within her, a man who loves danger and has a few secrets of his own. Ryder has only one mission - get the black diamond back from Angelique.

I always thought if I had magical powers, life would be cake. Wrong. My fated mate is the enemy of my kind, I have days to figure out how to keep him from literally going up in smoke, and at any moment one of my magic's surges will shock my heart and strike me down. If I don't learn how to control my mage abilities pronto, I'm dead. I thought that portalling to hang with other mages would solve things, and I'd find some rad crone-like chick to help me train all epic style.

Daphne's busy geeking out over the awesome relics that just came into her museum. She's giddy at the prospect of getting to see them up close, until she drops one. In her defense, she was attacked...by a guy made of smoke. Things might have turned out really bad if she'd not been rescued by a stranger. A man who is also a dragon. Yup. Dragon. It turns out they are real and super hot. Azrael is also domineering and dangerous with the most toe-curling embrace. But passion will have to wait. Azrael needs Daphne to help him save the world.

Dalton has taken on an impossible mission, one that could cost him both his career and his life. But Isabelle needs his help, and he'll do anything to keep her safe. Still, hiding her out is one thing. Banishing the demon inside of her is another, especially when the vulnerable, hot as hell woman brings out the devilish side of him. Isabelle feels the passion seething inside of Dalton and craves it. But she still isn't sure whether Dalton is her enemy or savior. All she knows is that every time she looks at him she wants him - all of him, the consequences be damned.

Shay Pearson lives for excitement, and there's nothing more thrilling than hunting demons. She's even more interested than usual in her current target - gorgeous surfer Nic Diavolo. She feels a psychic connection to him that demands she find out more about this would-be demon. And when she meets him, he's nothing like what she expected, because he's hot and human and utterly mysterious.

When scandal erupts, playboy and heir Darius discovers that his current girlfriend Fancy is a true friend until she reveals a secret that renews his distrust of women, plunging him back into a world of fast money and fast women until he discovers what he truly wants in life - Fancy.

Fancy Taylor wants to settle down. And after dating 26 men in 52 weeks, she knows all too well that married men are bad news. Unfortunately, irresistible Byron Van Lee - who has a big car, big income, big ego, and big you-know-what - neglects to mention his wife and kids until after Fancy falls for him big time. Determined to make Byron hers, Fancy dreams up an outrageous scheme to break up his marriage. Meanwhile, she turns to Desmond Brown for a shoulder to cry on.

A star athlete and Olympic prospect, Kal Carter is bound for greatness. Everyone says it, only he's not sure he entirely believes it. Because he's lost something he can't replace, and most days he feels like he's holding up the sky; and doing it all on his own. To maintain focus, he never lets anyone close except in the most superficial ways, and he's become very good at it. Until a long, cold week when the solitary girl next door who never speaks, smiles, or makes eye contact barges into his life and seems poised to upend the whole doggone thing.

Tracey Livesay continues her fun-filled Girls Trip series with this romance that will tug at your heartstrings. Sometimes faking it can lead to the real thing… Driven and focused, Dr. Nicole Allen is an accomplished surgeon. With a tough past, Nic’s gone above and beyond everyone’s...

Arriving in Washington, DC, to start his own company, with the help of his friends Jada and Wellington, 22-year-old Darius Jones hires a woman from his past, Fancy Taylor, to oversee his West Coast offices, which leads to trouble. Still harboring the wounds of his mother's deception and a childhood without his biological father, caught between an all-consuming pride and the call of his own untrusting heart, Darius has a lot to learn: about life, women, and what it takes to find and nurture real love. And if he's not careful, he might just end up on the bottom of everything.

My life growing up was difficult from time to time, as were so many others, but I was not supported, I felt, in school, so I wrote my stories, and I threw them away to save the embarrassment of being discovered. Through the years, I have met many people that do the same thing, or at least they used to. I was afraid to write; it wasn’t manly.

It's supposed to be a fun, twisty survival game for action movie star Gina Bliss, a chance to showcase her talents on a reality show. She wants to prove she can do her own stunts, stand side by side with the guys, and hang tough. And then she meets Derek Marks, not an actor and nothing like the men she's used to working with. He's strong and sexy and arousing her fantasies in ways she's never experienced. She could be down for a different kind of action with him...until real hell breaks loose.

Almost thirty years after The Day the Villains Won (aka V-Day), Helen Black (Kareena Kapoor Khan) arrives at her new apartment in The Onar, a 161-story apartment complex in what used to be Midtown Manhattan. Owned and operated by S.H.I.E.L.D., The Onar has become the very embodiment of the dystopic wealth and inequality that’s engulfed New York City ever since V-Day.

From Mud to Lotus is a riveting tale of resilience, courage, and transformation that follows the remarkable journey of a young woman through the tumultuous landscapes of war-torn Palestine and Israel, the rebellious '60s in California, and finally, to spiritual awakening in India. This poignant and inspiring story is a testament to the human spirit's ability to rise from the ashes and bloom anew, even in the most challenging of circumstances.

In this episode Varuchhi discusses the importance of fitness at the two ends of the age spectrum.