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Forget the night she nearly died. Forget the weeks and months and hospitals that followed. And, mostly, forget Reed. The boy she nearly married. The boy she loved. The boy who woke up from the accident and couldn't remember. Seven years later, Cooper finally has her life back on track. She's got a home, a career, and a man who waited patiently for her heart to heal. Then, just as it starts to pay off to forget, fate threatens to steal it all away a second time.

It was supposed to be simple. An easy agreement. A harmless trading of favors between two people with zero emotional attachment. He'd help me get the guy and in return I'd help him get out of an awkward matchmaking scheme. No muss, no fuss and everyone would get what they wanted. That was the plan. It seemed so simple...in theory. Now, I'm finding that the reality is anything but. Trading favors could get me everything I've ever wanted. Or, it could cost me the only real chance at love I've ever had.

Lilah has heard rumors of a garden paradise known as Eden somewhere out in the wilds. Forced out of post-apocalyptic Chicago when her mutant abilities come to light, it's her only hope of safety. But she's not the only one roaming the wastelands. On Adam’s first mission as a newly qualified Warden, he is tasked with finding and destroying the heart of the Resistance: Eden.

"Ich weiß, was du getan hast." Jo ist schockiert, als die digitale Home Assistentin Electra sie ohne Aufforderung anspricht. Unmöglich kann eine harmlose Software vom Furchtbarsten wissen, das Jo jemals passiert ist! Doch Electra weiß nicht nur Dinge - sie tut auch Dinge, zu denen sie nicht in der Lage sein sollte: Freunde und Eltern erhalten Textnachrichten mit wüsten Beschimpfungen, Jos Bankkonto wird leergeräumt, die Kreditkarte überzogen.

Jade, long ago, became the first werewolf to transition fully at very young age. Now, as an adult, she searches for the vampire who witnessed her mother's death. In the process, she puts the restored treaty that her father corrected at risk. She eventually will have a choice to make. Does she choose to start a new war or give forgiveness?

Sailor is lost. She's spent her whole life in the same town, going all the same places, with all the same people. She's dated one boy. One boy who grew into a man. And now, he wants to marry her. Suddenly, Sailor can't help seeing, how easy it is to go astray...without ever going anywhere. Therefore, the only way to find herself...is to leave.

Julie Swanson's life was fully complete with a marriage, having two children, success, and so much more but all of that would soon come to a tragic ending. With all she had lost, a new life soon begins...just not how she could have ever imagined.

When Kain Edward lost all that he loved, his belief of both vampires and werewolves never left his thought. Still believing in what it is that he writes, turmoil happens until two phone calls were made to him. One by a drakulis and the other by a breed of werewolf. Finding out the truth became his last and only goal...but does he find it?

Gray, leaden clouds blot out the sky, a cold wind chills your bones, and a frantic whispering is heard among the trees. What is happening? There is no need to ask, for you already know the truth: The terror of Trick-or-Treat Thrillers Best Paranormal has returned for yet another year.... Whether it is a monster from your worst nightmares, an ancient evil that should not still live, a mysterious entity hiding near your home, or even your own demonic family members waiting to pounce, our authors know what frightens you.

Nick Wolfe is a top secret agent for an uncommonly aggressive government institution. His agency works with alien abductees in an effort to preserve public safety and homeland security. A recent abductee and returned woman named Madison Monroe falls under his charge of responsibility. Nick finds himself uncharacteristically drawn to her, to know her, to protect her. Now, he must make a choice: adhere to his brutal tactics, training, and commitment to humanity, or devolve into a man who seeks justice for an individual?

Esi is young, beautiful, and smart. She's got it all...and then some, but it's not what you'd expect. Seven years after fate has her colliding - literally - with the man of her dreams, the two finally find themselves walking down the aisle. The day couldn't be more perfect. For one shining moment in time, she has it all. Then a tragic accident changes everything. Getting married was supposed to be the final touch on their already blissful relationship, but after the car crash, nothing seems right anymore.

Having overdosed on the cold, unyielding aspects of reality at an early age, books became a welcome escape I was happy to dedicate my life to. Editing romance novels seemed like the perfect career choice for the girl who craved fantasy and a world she could exercise a little control over. Bottom line, I like having a happy ending I can count on.

I feared for their lives and their ears. Our local weekly newspaper showed pictures of them dangling from ropes hanging in woven baskets off the embankment of a mountain in order to tap sticks of dynamite into the holes they drilled in the granite cliff faces they blasted away. One could hear that awful, loud dynamite blasting all the way in town. But the booming had been even worse for the ears of the railroad workers who detonated the charges for the grading and tunneling, especially the Chinese who were given these most dangerous jobs.

Sixteen-year-old Angela and her father are the last survivors on earth. She dreams of adventure and romance, but only finds it in books. In the confines of her garden paradise, she’s untouched by contaminants that caused the rest of the humanity to mutate into murderous beasts or die. But staying in the garden sure gets lonely. When a 17-year-old boy stumbles upon Angela’s home with news about a thriving community, his presence challenges everything she knew about the world.

This book brings to light some of the lost stories of Indian aviators who built the very foundations of human and physical infrastructure for what is now the world's fourth largest air force. It benefits from several first-person interviews with some of the last Indian survivors of World War II, enabling a level of fidelity that is quite rare among Indian histories.

Lillian has lived her entire life by a script. She hasn’t been free to express her true being in any way; trapped in a world of lies. She is a puppet, but she is also a Princess. But all that drastically changes when she is assigned into an arranged marriage, to a Prince from a faraway land. A soldier is appointed, with the duty of delivering this Princess to her new husband. Along this daring and extremely dangerous journey, Lillian is finally free to break those chains to find her true self-and her true love.

Eleanor’s life with Robert and their six-year-old daughter Quinn was happy and settled...or so she thought. Then Quinn’s behaviour changed from that of a happy-go-lucky little would-be princess to a withdrawn, timid little mouse. What could have caused such a transformation?

This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2019 audio anthology, including a tale from Jonathan Green with "Who Walks with Death" which was first published in Legend, an anthology released in 2013 in honour of David Gemmell. Once again, a theme has developed when there were none prescribed and each story follows a significant journey in the life of its protagonist. Whatever the direction though and wherever the roads may lead, you'll be glad of a warm fire and comfy chair whilst the fabled journey plays out.

Pourquoi tu m'as fait ça, maman ? Kath, Adam et leur petite Lyla, intelligente mais renfermée, habitent une ancienne ferme isolée en plein milieu de la lande, dans le Devon. Un jour, Kath se réveille aux urgences après avoir été victime d'un grave accident de voiture. Elle n'a aucun souvenir des circonstances l'ayant conduite au drame. De retour chez elle, choquée mais heureuse de retrouver sa famille, elle déchante vite : Lyla dessine d'étranges motifs et répète qu'elle voit un homme sur la lande.

Fifty years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors - plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein. The Final Frontier is open for business!