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The thrilling follow-up to best seller Never Never. It's not easy being a good detective - especially when your brother's a serial killer. Sam Blue stands accused of the brutal murders of three young students, their bodies dumped near the Georges River. Only one person believes he is innocent: his sister, Detective Harriet Blue. And she's determined to prove it. Except she's now been banished to the outback town of Last Chance Valley (population 75)....

Where have all the witches gone? Cassie's the only witch left in town when she returns from a road trip. Soon she is dragged into more than she bargained for and she has to make choices that will change everything. She's finally given a choice: does she want to be a skinwalkers witch or a wendigo witch? Too bad there are more secrets than answers. Without all the facts, can she really choose her life's direction? Time isn't on her side as she has to make a choice. Now she just hopes it's the right one.

This story is based on actual events. My name is Emily Brimson. I'm a paralegal working in New York. This book tells of my successful seduction of my handsome and successful married boss, a super-lawyer at a New York law firm. I can't say that I am totally proud of myself for seducing my boss behind his wife's back but at least this is an honest, if very explicit and sexually graphic retelling of that evening during a hot and sticky July of 2016.

Start tonight. Feel yourself into your desired state of consciousness. What would you be conscious of feeling if the world reflected your desire right now? I encourage you to use feeling, just as Isaac did in his story. As Isaac, you cannot see your desire as objective to yourself. It is Jacob, smooth-skinned and with no external reality while this objective world is Esau. You must clothe Jacob with such external qualities that he will feel objectively real to you.

Stephen Devereux is convinced that the boogeyman, famous for targeting sleep-deprived souls, is out to get him. After all, it did put his older brother in a wheelchair a few months ago, and now that Stephen's been missing so much sleep, he's the perfect victim. The storm is breaking outside, and Stephen is getting tired. Will he find a way to stay awake, or suffer the wrath of a childhood fable?

Lex Fitzgerald is not your average billionaire. He leads a double life as the conscientious head of his family and the pleasure-seeking rogue who parties hard and pushes the limits in and out of the bedroom. His two worlds are about to collide because of one woman, Jillian Finnegan. Lex needs a secret weapon to defeat a competitor and finds it in Jillian Finnegan. He has no intention of letting her potty mouth, her crazy lifestyle, or her eccentric family get in his way. So when he makes her an offer, he expects her to accept. However, sparks start to fly.

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Catherine Laval pays little mind to the rumors of an impending revolution circulating among her father's aristocratic friends during the social season of 1788. She's far more concerned with the latest fashions, gossip, and securing a suitably wealthy husband. However, the innocent flirtations and coy deceptions of her entitled lifestyle turn deadly one tragic evening at her family's estate.

Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early 20th-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected.

The Hamster's Wheel is a short story of a young single mother's struggle to overcome opiate addiction. She is arrested for a DUI and has the good fortune to be placed in a caring rehab setting with a competent community health nurse assigned to her care. The up and down struggles she experiences and the effects on her two young children give the story a family focus. With the crackdown on opiate prescription pain medications, it is a pertinent story for our times.

Lighthearted and fiercely loyal, Alec spent his days as his brother's right-hand man while avidly thwarting the matchmaking attempts of the king and his mother's desire that he join the priesthood. But on one stormy night, a mysterious crone and a chance meeting on the moors bring his fate full circle. To escape a Montgomery raid as a wee lass, Sorcha Cunningham and her mother fled into the forest and stumbled upon the refuge of Heather House with its ancient stone circle.

Detective Harriet Blue needs to get out of town fast. With her brother under arrest for a series of brutal murders in Sydney, Harry's chief wants the hotheaded detective kept far from the press. So he assigns her a deadly new case - in the middle of the Outback. Deep in the Western Australian desert, three young people have disappeared from the Bandya Mine. And it's Harry's job to track them down. But still reeling from events back home, and with a secretive new partner at her side, Harry's not sure who she can trust anymore.

My 35th birthday was a bust as usual. Drunk girls in my bathtub, messy beds and painful hangovers. I'm done. Meeting Adrianna was the best blind date I'd ever been on. God she was hot and inspiring and special. Something I didn't know what I needed until I had her. But then she slipped away. I'll be damned if I don't show her how much she needs me too.

Adele: I had no idea that meeting a man like him would change me forever. It's already hard enough chasing reports throughout London. Now I have to deal with those piercing blue eyes, and the danger that lurks nearby. Maddox: The beautiful journalist sent to me was quite a surprise. Smart, strong, and independent, I've never met a woman like her in or out of the boardroom, bedroom or anywhere else. I'll never fight for something as badly as I'll fight for her.

Melanie Brown is 29 years old and getting a bit old for spring break. Her friends, Amber and Tina, convince her to give it one last go. A spring tradition for the girls since college, they book the same house on the beach for the same week. Finding their house occupied by a corpse wasn't part of the plan. The cops dismiss it as a weekend gone wrong but the ladies suspect it's far more. The body isn't just some unknown stranger, after all, it's Tina's fiancé's ex and her death wasn't suicide.

After acquiring her MBA in Accounting and Business Finance, Storm Wilkins was ecstatic that she landed an entry-level position at one of the largest accounting firms in the world. She has worked diligently for a whole year hoping to get the attention of one of the partners. It is her dream to one day manage the money of extremely wealthy. So when she receives a personal invite to meet with the senior executive, Elijah Wolfridge, she believes that she is well on her way.

Samantha: I've tried so hard to stay away. My boss is infuriating, unreadable, and drop-dead gorgeous. All I want is to start my own business here in Venice and restart my life after my horrible past in the States. So when Alexander gives me a chance to do that and make him mine for the weekend, how could I not say yes? Alexander: I've been silently and hopelessly in love with my assistant for months. And even after that sizzling kiss we shared, she still won't have me. Something about me being arrogant.

Connie Miller is considered old by most people to still be a spinster. She declined many offers of marriage to remain caring for her two younger sisters. With both sisters now married, Connie is alone and scared. Marriage seems to her only escape from a precarious situation. She hopes to find solace in Samuel Small, a small-town doctor in Texas. When circumstances become more dangerous for Connie, she takes flight, praying her unannounced arrival will be welcomed.

Mystery Underground is a collection of scary short stories for kids, middle grade listeners, and everyone who likes a good scare. The stories combine the monsters and mystery of Goosebumps with the surprise endings of The Twilight Zone. They are the perfect scary stories to listen to in the dark, around a campfire, or under the covers at night with a flashlight.

Jonathan Tinselly had been a farmer all his life. The corn fields of North Carolina, his loving wife, and two sons were all he knew. When his boys came of age and moved off the farm, Jonathan and his wife stayed behind. The sun still rose, the corn needed tending, and his wife continued to love him. But that all changed when the visions started.