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Vivian, an adrenaline junkie and U.S. Army veteran, goes about her life as a bartender, avid runner, and polyamorous lesbian. Her life in Sacramento, California, is going well until she is blindsided by unforeseen financial issues that lead her to consider a new career. In an attempt to recharge and take a break, Vivian goes on a motorcycle trip with her best friend, Bear, but the adventure does not turn out to be the carefree break Vivian had hoped for.

Vivian Chastain is an adrenaline-addicted veteran transitioning to civilian life in Sacramento, California. She settles into a new routine while she finishes up college and works as a bartender, covering up her intense anxiety with fake bravado and swagger. All Vivian wants is peace and quiet, but her whole trajectory changes when she stumbles upon a heinous crime in progress and has to fight for her life to get away. While recovering, she falls in love with someone who is tall in stature but short on emotional intelligence, providing the relationship that she thinks she needs.

In this accessible and innovative work, Susan Burch tells the story of the Indigenous people - families, communities, and nations, across generations to the present day - who have experienced the impact of this history. Drawing on oral history interviews, correspondence, material objects, and archival sources, Burch reframes the histories of institutionalized people and the places that held them. Committed expands the boundaries of Native American history, disability studies, and US social and cultural history generally.

His ex-wife has screwed him. Now, his friends are treating him to a brothel hook up to help him forget. But vampires? Really? Newly out of the undead closet, vampires are now members of the 21st century. But can one special vampire help John forget the horrible pain of his wife's affair? He's going to get schooled in the ways of vampire pleasure even if it's the last thing he does. Natasha was looking for a way to forget her ex-boyfriend. She found a vampire.

Alexandria Henson's world consists of two loves in her life: one she adored as a father figure since childhood, the other she barely knows. Sworn to uphold the law as a young inexperienced lawyer, and abide within the judicial system fresh out of Seattle Law School, she finds herself doubting her every move. She has an uncle who is allegedly the head of Canada's worst crime family and a newly found love interest who seems to be ever so mysterious at every glance.

Adrenaline-addicted veteran Vivian Chastain confronts the man who has been following her for days, only to find he has a message of dire consequence for her. Spurred into action by his news, she barrels head-on into a tumultuous and violent series of events. Stoic and stubborn as always, Vivian lands in the hospital, fighting for her life. During Vivian’s lengthy recovery, her partner is released from jail and the two reconnect, stoking up the flames of their toxic union all while Vivian dives into a blossoming relationship with a new love interest who offers fulfillment and love.

Charli really isn’t sure what to make of the suggestion that she could be a witch. It’s true she’s always been able to see ghosts, including most recently the ghost of her mother, but lots of people see and do things they can’t explain, right? Well, not in the way she can, it turns out. Firmly rooted in trailer park culture, Charli’s life revolves around the daily activities of inhabitants of The Horseshoe. The shoreline, the local shop, and the wild nature of Momma Nay’s cabin are where she and her best friend, Dotty, do all their growing up. But everything is about to change.