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Family relationships can be complicated, even during the best of times. And under the worst, amid loss, as family dynamics change, those relationships also change. Old relationships can be comfortable to fall back into, or they can feel oppressive and claustrophobic. Childhood memories revisited from an adult perspective offer different, and often humorous, glimpses into the past, and can help form new relationships with a deeper understanding.

Her family dead, alone in a corpse-strewn metropolis, she has no choice but to survive. She needs food, shelter, a safe place to sleep. She discovers that an ordinary girl is capable of extraordinary things, and that she's more resilient than she imagined. Even so, she wishes more than anything that she could just find another survivor. Unfortunately for Scarlett, not everyone who survived the plague is looking for companionship. And she's about to find out just how difficult survival really is.

Broken and dispirited, the Deschanel family reels under the weight of a family curse. Lives were torn asunder, as their numbers diminished. Amidst their pain, another prophecy takes shape. One laid by the ancient druidic Quinlan clan, in a time long forgotten. Seers across the family have borne witness to fragments. Distraught by the loss of her soul’s true love, Amelia begins to dream of an unknown man and a woman, designated by fate to live their story over and over again, throughout time.

An unearthed magical stone that will change the world. A supernatural secret society prepared to defend it. And adversaries who want to burn civilization to the ground. In a job gone wrong, thief Meredith Stone, discovers the long-lost Pearl of Hell, thereby unleashing a magical awakening felt around the globe. When Tobias, a vampire member of a dark-artifact hunting secret society, finds Meredith, the Pearl is long gone.

Suit up! Jump into hyper flight with the four Wikk kids! Forced into a high stakes hunt for their missing parents by the sinister Cpt. Vedrik, the siblings' only hope is their parents' Archeos e-journal. Can Tiffany decipher the clues within it? As time runs out, it's all up to Oliver and his Federation training to fly the Phoenix and protect his crew.

He is absolutely, completely, and undoubtedly the one man I shouldn't fantasize about. Other than being my boss, he's too rigid, a workaholic with a checkered past when it comes to women. Knowing all that, I shouldn't think about how his hands would feel on my body, or how his voice would sound when he whispered my name in the dark. But I can resist him. Mainly because he can't stand me, and he's the kind of boss who makes me think about murder on a daily basis. That's until he shows me his softer side and ignoring my need for him becomes impossible.

One day I’m raiding tombs to buy my freedom from the man who has controlled me for years. The next, I’m caught and thrown into an Egyptian prison, only to be rescued by a vampire. Yes, a vampire. Tobias is as stunning as he is grumpy, and it turns out that he has a proposition for me. One I can’t turn down because it could spell freedom.

Megan McLean had never seen a man like Jake Lockwood before. Everything about the tall, dark Aussie stranger screamed danger from his chestnut hair streaked by the sun to his powerful shoulders and the wickedly sensual grin that made her bones melt. He was her dark knight in shining armor, the renegade lover of her deepest fantasies, and he wanted only her. His dreams were as wild and unbridled as his lovemaking, and every bit as seductive. "One day we'll sail around the world," he promised her, just the two of them, naked beneath a blanket of stars.

The daughter of a schizophrenic, Dr. Jane Evans prioritizes order, control, and—above all—her work in a psychiatric research lab. When an attempted kidnapping threatens to derail the project she’s on, her boss hires a bodyguard. He’s everything Jane is not, and if she can survive, she may even learn to like the difference. Eric Sorensen owes Jane a debt he can’t possibly repay. Without her tutoring, he would not have made it through college, would not have the life he does. But none of his memories of college Jane prepare him for adult Jane.

Since the 1950s, the United States explored psychic research, hoping to use extrasensory perception for spy operations. Codenamed "Stargate," this program was unreliable.

After I tumble into Faerie, dark beasts begin to follow, lurking in the shadows, killing anyone in sight. The monsters are changing the kingdom into something it shouldn’t be, something wrong. They dim the very stars above and freeze the land below.

What’s Alice supposed to do with a pony? The teacher only knows the animal was left on her porch right before Christmas. Then handsome Animal Control Officer Kirk Douglas shows up, asking questions that Alice prefers not to answer. But even the mystery surrounding the animal’s origins can’t stop the holiday spark that ignites between Alice and Kirk. Can their attraction survive ugly-sweater parties, well-meaning relatives and the Christmas pony?

Maggie didn’t need her marketing degree to drive a trolley around Savannah. When her father wins a run-down kayaking company in a poker game, she trades in her trolley uniform for a paddle and jumps at the opportunity to get paid for doing something she loves: kayaking.

Hell’s royals have risen. The world teeters on the edge of destruction. And I’ve just found my real purpose in all this. There are seven Princes of Hell and seven Vindix—chosen warriors—to defeat them.

Smart and sassy Kathleen Kenny has never ventured far from the protective cocoon of her large, close-knit family and her crazy “tribe” of forever girlfriends. When rich and hunky Jack Murray, an ex-football hero and successful lawyer, pops the question, her perfect (and safe) life in Savannah seems assured. But voices from the past are changing the course of Kathleen’s future.

Scientist Leigh Readon and her colleagues have done the unimaginable. They’ve invented a machine that can transport matter to other platforms of the same machine. When the US government gets wind, they want it shut down immediately, or so they say. In an effort to save the technology from falling into the wrong hands, the group deletes all of the schematics and research information, and Leigh takes the risk of transporting herself to France where one of their landing pads is located. When she gets there, she plans to give the French scientists a heads up.

Prince Wrath has risen. The Ringmaster has come to collect my debts. Across the Atlantic coven members are being held hostage. Oh, and I nearly die.

When Stephanie was five-years-old, her father was involved in a near-fatal incident that left her shaken—and while her father's physical scars healed, Stephanie's mental scars never faded. Over the course of the next 23 years, Stephanie struggled to live her life as close to "normal" as she could, meaning she often hid the anxiety and depression that threatened to overtake her until she found herself at rock bottom, overcome by out-of-control mental health conditions.

With two sacred stones at large, the world is inching toward chaos. Closer to home, though, Luca needs our help. He’s on the brink of death, and the only way to save Luca is to venture into Hell. I feel responsible for Luca’s illness, so I’m all in. The thing is, I’m pretty sure the leader of this mission has a dark secret. Just like Tobias. The secret master himself. One minute he's is hot. The next he’s cold. Personally, I’m feeling conflicted too. Not just about him, but many things: the mission to hell, the recent coven heist and, most of all, what the heist revealed.

Nature and winter. Depending on where you live, these two words may mean one thing: Snow. Snow that makes it harder for you to get out of the house; snow that makes it harder for you to get your holiday chores done; snow that makes traveling treacherous. But what if that snow was an opportunity? One in a series of four seasonal meditations books, Winter Meditations explores religious topics in the context of modern-day life. The 12 reflections in this audiobook follow the rhythms of the winter season, helping you rediscover the beauty of a balanced, God-centered life.