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Shin-ah, a loyal shadow beast, is one day transformed into a human being. By a turn of fate, she is discovered by her once master, Ryu. As she discovers more about her own form and the emotions developing toward the one she never would have looked at before, evil lurks. The people of their clan are being stolen, and Ryu has run out to stop them. Is there a greater danger than the risk of her heart and body, or is there a more sinister plan at work? One that could throw all that she has known and grown to love into peril?

Anna Wilson, a highly educated woman, finds herself a widow in the wilds of Southwest Montana. Praying for an escape back east, the thought of marriage to a man with three children was the last thing on her mind. But marriage to a stranger or working in one of the local saloons seems to be her last two options. Can she trust another man not to hurt her again?

The enemy cannot stop destiny. As a young girl in Meggett, South Carolina (twenty miles south of Charleston), Sandra Magwood grew up very poor in a quaint, little four-room home with nine other children; she did not know they were poor. Although she was taught about Jesus, she was ashamed to say his name. She had no idea how significant her reliance was upon him as sovereign would save her life and guide her into her destiny, which far exceeded anything she ever imagined.

In 1987, a hysterical chance encounter on a Grecian topless beach sparks a love bond that flourishes into a profound and a visceral connection that transcends eighteen years and ten thousand miles. Zach Stillman, a Jewish born New Yorker and Felicity Williams, a Christian beauty from Sheffield, England, come from radically different backgrounds, etymologies and belief systems. Their relationship is tested and taxed from both sides of the Atlantic as they face sexual theatrics, tragic illness and meddling fathers.

The Ryukyu Islands, a center of diverse cultures, have absorbed martial arts techniques from various nations, giving birth to the distinctive and deadly Okinawan martial arts. This fusion, a product of centuries of trade and cultural exchange, has created a unique style forbidden for use except in self-defense. However, the question arises as to whether this tradition still holds relevance in Japan's current occupation of the island, especially in light of the Meiji Restoration.

A brand-new king and a volunteer schoolteacher's lives collide, and neither will ever be the same. Will they rise to the challenges before them and come out stronger, or will they both crumble under the weight of their mutual responsibility? And who can they really trust? One thing is for sure, they are both in for quite the ride. She listened intently. Her expression didn't change. She didn't seem repulsed by me, so I decided to test out my fear. I reached out, putting my hand to her face. She didn't flinch or shrink back; she didn't act like I was disgusting or a sniveling weakling.

Being recently promoted to full-time member at the Home Office was a highlight for Lord Edgar Cortland, but it was quickly overshadowed by a series of missions that first sent Lord Blakely off to America after a kidnapping, then Lord Davenport to identify the imposter that was now the spy, B. Edgar himself has been tasked with investigating the Twisted Rose Shipping Company as well as locating the Duke of Greaves’s errant daughter. After situating a recently returned school friend into a position at the Home Office, both young lords head out.

When a ruthless warlock and his formidable army break free from prison, the warlock unleashes his warriors with orders to destroy the world of Skoldrun as revenge for his imprisonment. Zoë Wind and her fellow chieftains are reeling from heavy losses during a recent civil war between the clans. With cold-blooded invaders knocking at their door, the clans must band together if they wish to put up a fighting chance.

Zoë Wind is riding high following her takedown of Master Drocker Rex Timber in a dramatic duel in front of her clan. Timber’s death ended his quest to steal Skoldrun’s four runestaves. With her clan’s runestave securely in her possession, Zoë turns her attention to a budding romance with the chieftain of Tiflburg. That is, until Jaxon Pike, an emerging rival out of Razorton, pursues Zoë’s runestave with the hope of bringing his clan’s legendary cougars back and proclaiming himself as the ultimate leader of Skoldrun.

When the young chieftain Zoë Wind discovers the notorious Rex Timber is out of hiding, she goes into overdrive to track him down to the ends of Skoldrun to avenge her father’s murder at the hands of Timber five years earlier. Little does she know, Timber is on a quest to collect the runestaves worn around the necks of Skoldrun’s four chieftains with a plan that could spell the end of the clans.

She’s the gun slinging, ATV riding, lasso wielding sheriff of Arrowhead Nation’s rough and tumble state of Sierra West. For Gabby Oaks, being a hard charging law enforcement officer comes with constant threats to her life. None bigger than the threat posed by the notorious desperados that make up The Rustlers gang.

There are only two rules to becoming part of the Hemlock crew: You have to be single. You have to be invited. Karissa is definitely single, and now that she caught the eye of Jasper, she just might get the invite. Nothing about him is her type, except for the fact that he's drop-dead gorgeous and every sophomore girl’s dream boyfriend. Add in his killer personality and piercing blue eyes along with his blonde hair and a skateboard hanging from his bag and she just might reconsider—but dating him is a slippery slope that she's not sure she wants to walk.

Writing my story is a path needed taken, if not for others, but for myself. I could not let my life close silently keeping quiet about the spiritual experiences that have governed my life. The good Lord raised me. I hope to give children and adults alike the courage to speak of present and past abuse they are faced with and trust in the telling that the listener will not be judgmental, but give credence and understanding of what is shared. Do not feel sorry for me. The things that have transpired in my life has made me the caring person I am.

It's been five years since Detective John Parker discovered Tally--a scarred girl in the closet of an abandoned facility. Five years since Tally and seven other girls were illegally drug tested on by Dr. Raven. And now after all these years, Dr. Raven is back and advertising her new pharmaceutical company, Oberon Pharmaceuticals. Together with Adam, the boy no one can see, Tally must find a way to expose Dr. Raven for who she really is before anyone else can get hurt. But will she have enough evidence to bring Dr. Raven to justice, or will the past come back to haunt her?

Tammy Mitchell is a geriatric nurse in the care ward of Grand Forks Hospital in British Columbia. She lives in Midway, in the house she inherited from her mother when she passed five years previous. Michael Bransen is in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, focused on a personal mission of finding what his father took. While on medical leave to recover from an "accident" that happened when he was stationed over in Syria, he has been brought back to Canada for treatment and ends up in Tammy's ward due to lack of extra beds in the main hospital.

Ten-year-old Sophie Glidden lives in a rural Maine community in 1933. She and her best friend, Evelyn Murphy, enjoy hanging out in Evelyn's tree house and exploring. There is also a difference between the girls. Sophie is a Protestant, and her roots in town go back many generations. Evelyn is an Irish Catholic immigrant. Their difference in religion is something neither of them considers until Evelyn gives a rosary to Sophie to comfort her following the death of Sophie's grandmother. When Sophie's parents discover that she has prayer beads, trouble quickly settles in the Glidden home.

This survival story is not a testament to anything other than God's goodness and faithfulness. Through my own suffering God can speak to others who have experienced physical or psychological trauma. I pray that this story brings you comfort and draws you closer to our Father, who loves you and has plans to prosper your soul.

Does God forgive those who cannot forgive themselves? Can a sinner become a saint? Is destiny predetermined, or do we create our own? Is purpose in life important? These questions and more are evoked in The Sterling Redemption trilogy. In this first installment, Samson’s Strength, we meet Samson Sterling, a successful and wealthy actor who has a bad-boy reputation for womanizing as well as drug and alcohol use. When his son develops a serious illness, he returns to his Louisiana hometown at his mother’s urging so that she might help take care of the boy.

Kevin W. Ryan is a seventy-seven-year-old first-time novelist, who spent a year as an interim president/CEO of Wyndham Community Hospital located in Willimantic, Connecticut, in the mid-1990s. He immediately became enthralled with the history and beauty of the city and its surrounding countryside.

Being crowned homecoming queen fast-tracked me to an identity crisis that catalyzed my disclosure of ten years of sexual abuse at the hands of my stepfather. I dropped out of high school for the first half of my senior year while the disclosure was incinerated in my notorious stepfather's career-climbing kiln. I am recovering my authentic self from the rubble of losses amassed over years of enduring entirely narcissistic parents.