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Sixteen-year-old Savannah Scarlett struggles to reclaim her life after the devastating loss of her father. Just when she thinks things can't get any worse, Savannah witnesses an impossible phenomenon that triggers the emergence of a wild and powerful gift. She must learn to accept and control her newfound ability or die trying. That is, if a deadly organization of vicious hunters doesn't kill her first. Running for her life, Savannah soon finds refuge with the Errants, a ragtag group of powerful misfits who share her power and all the danger that comes with it.

Mit Hilfe eines besonderen Rubins gelangt Trevor in eine Fantasiewelt, in der sich mächtige Männer Harems zulegen, attraktive Fuchsdamen ihre Schwänze schwingen und es echte Magie gibt. Der Clou: Trevor ist ein waschechter Rubinmagier, der seine Feinde in Schutt und Asche legen kann.

Looking for a collection of short stories that will move you to tears of sadness and sentiments of joy? Add laughter and pillow-pondering to this list, and you'll get an idea of the magic of A Red Dress Night.

When Lucy is invited to serve her pastries at a charity gala, she's excited at the opportunity to rub shoulders with the movers and shakers in town. Things turn better than expected, when she's approached by a wealthy couple who want her to cater for a landmark event in their lives. Lucy's life is thrown into a tailspin, when she hears that this warm couple have been found dead. Things go from bad to worse when the rumor mill in Ivy Creek goes into overdrive with insinuations that Lucy's pastries might have been what killed the couple.

From the magical imagination of a young boy, to the delusional fear of an old man. From the protective love of a father, to the surreptitious revenge of a neglected wife. J Hirtle carries the listener into a land of stories and poetry, born in morning moments spent on his back porch with a cup of coffee, gazing at a world filled with people who will never be heroes, places that will never appear on the cover of travel magazines, and things...things without lore...until they meet The Storyteller.

Deepak comes to America immediately mesmerized by the immensity of its abundance. After leaving Nepal, his plan is to make his fortune in the land of opportunity. He quickly learns America is more than he bargained for, especially his newfound "friends". He questions whether he can even survive, much less succeed, in this new country until he finds an unexpected, unlikely love.

Cam et Max nagent en eaux troubles. Eux qui ont toujours cru que le plus difficile était de se déclarer leur amour sont rendus à la prochaine étape: celle de la passion à entretenir. La question pour eux n’est donc plus «doit-on prendre le risque d’aimer?», mais plutôt «comment fait-on pour que l’amour perdure?»

In South Florida, the fraud capital of the world, Jorge Gonzalez is a Cuban-American success story who just made partner in a top financial firm. But the perfect crime has just been committed. Now, Jorge is held responsible for the theft of millions. Overnight, his career is shattered, his family is shamed, and everyone has made him the scapegoat. The search for a dead man is on...With the help of a beautiful tech wiz, Jorge attempts to unlock the mystery and put his life back together.

Are you tired of seeing the ads on social media, promising you immediate success, fame, and financial freedom if you just buy this one course, or this one book? So was I. After years of trying to get the bars on the graphs of my KDP sales dashboard to rise, I figured out a few things. So, I started researching; read a few books, took a few of those courses, and even bought a few of those programs for content creation, marketing, etc. What I found as I sifted through the information was the cold hard truth about indie marketing, and not one aspect of it is a fairy tale.

Delilah et Luka ont grandi dans des caravanes voisines, au milieu d'un camping miteux, berceau de la misère. Delilah possède la beauté du diable, Luka, son âme. Poussée dans ses retranchements, elle est prête à tout pour s'éloigner très vite de cet endroit ; lui n'a pas les moyens de lui offrir un nouveau refuge. Ils s'aiment, mais ils ne sont pas capables de vivre ensemble. Delilah est butée, passionnée et vénale. Luka est froid, calculateur et sans scrupules. Quand l'un commence à prendre son envol, l'autre fomente sa vengeance.

Acadia Powers nearly lost her faith at an early age due to what she saw as the hypocrisy of her parents’ generation. In college - where the novel begins - she meets and falls in love with Peter O’Neil, who is fervent in his faith and wants to share the good news with the world. Despite serious doubts about her ability to survive as a preacher’s wife, Acadia finally agrees to marry Peter. The two embark with high hopes on a new life in Sugar Sands, Alabama, where Acadia takes a position as a high school teacher while Peter becomes pastor of a small church.

After serving in the CIA with distinction and now battling a debilitating disease, Stewart Masterson is “rewarded" with detention in an assisted living facility. Longing for his late wife, his memory failing, Masterson escapes on the road navigating his way to find happiness with his daughter in Washington, DC. But, ruthless intelligence agencies start tracking him in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. They are desperate to extract what he knows or shut him up forever.

Spuki und Tante Felicitas bewohnen seit einigen Hundert Jahren eine Burg. Wie lange, das wissen sie nicht so ganz genau, aber es ist schon lange genug, um das Spuken fast zu verlernen. So sind die beiden auch recht erschrocken, als eines Tages Handwerker kommen und mit den sonderbarsten Geräten anfangen herumzuhantieren. Ihr könnt euch vorstellen, dass eine moderne Bohrmaschine für ein altehrwürdiges Gespenst eine ziemlich erschreckende Angelegenheit ist, oder? Es wird aber alles noch bunter, als nach dem Umbau der Burg eine Schulklasse in die neue "Herberge" kommt.

The year is 1958. Stan Ellis, a young reporter for a small-town Wisconsin newspaper, can't forget the call he got from a woman who claimed a man convicted of causing a train wreck four years before was falsely imprisoned. After a night of sleeplessness, he searches for the woman hoping to latch on to a big story. When he tracks her down, he finds she is the ex-wife of George Cashman, the train engineer who was operating the train that crashed. She identifies the man she believes sabotaged the train, but refuses to go to the authorities herself out of fear for her safety.

À 19 ans, April n'est pas pressée de se marier. Insouciante et intrépide, elle consacre l'essentiel de ses journées à l'équitation et éconduit chaque prétendant qui se présente à sa porte. Brent, lui, est un jeune homme à la réputation sulfureuse et aux manières inexistantes. S'il est un habitué des errances amoureuses, le mariage devient sa nouvelle priorité quand son père, le Duc de Norfolk, décide de le priver de tout héritage s'il n'a pas d'épouse avant ses 30 ans.

Besoin d'une bouffée d'oxygène, d'émotions et de douceur ? Rejoignez la petite ville de Coathill, sur l'île de Skye. Ils se sont aimés passionnément, ils se sont détruits... Catriona adore sa vie : co-gérante d'un pub le jour, elle sillonne la nuit les routes écossaises à moto, à tombeau ouvert. Une existence idéale, à deux exceptions près. La première est trop lourde pour qu'elle ait seulement envie d'y penser. La seconde s'appelle Logan Hunter.

As the Lotus Blooms is the fast-moving sequel to Logan’s first novel Finding Lien. The story follows Lien, traumatized from her ordeal as a victim of child trafficking in a Cambodian brothel, on her journey of recovery. Despite her recurring bouts of PTSD, this courageous young woman signs on with an NGO to work with a team to prevent trafficking and rescue victims.

Suis-je vraiment à ma place dans ce que je fais ? Le job de mon boss ne me fait pas rêver... c'est normal ? Si je ne fais rien, est-ce que je vais passer à côté de moi-même ? Si ces questions vous parlent, rassurez-vous, vous n'êtes pas un cas isolé ! À l'heure où tout le monde rêve de trouver du sens, la génération Y a elle aussi envie d'accéder au kif professionnel. Pourtant repartir de zéro relève parfois du défi : tout plaquer, certes, mais pour faire quoi ? Avec quel argent ? Comment braver ses peurs et sauter le pas ?

Brian R. Webster is a physician assistant, who has pursued God most of his adult life. He lost his two best friends in high school, due to an amusement park ride accident. He came close to dying, as well. He’s practiced medicine in various specialties, Substance Abuse, and in maximum security prisons.

L'amour, ça fait mal. C'est une leçon qu'Alicia a apprise il y a longtemps et qu'elle n'oubliera plus jamais. Désormais, elle se concentre sur son travail de traductrice et sur le seul amour de sa vie : Samuel, son fils de quatre ans. Elle a mis son cœur au repos, en sécurité, et elle ne s'éloigne plus des règles qu'elle s'est fixées. Pour prouver à sa meilleure amie que sa vie n'est pas si désespérée qu'elle le croit, Alicia décide de partir en Écosse, sur un coup de tête.