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I was not asked. I was chosen. Every year, the creature who keeps our community safe requires a virgin as tribute, and every year, she is thoroughly ravaged and then returned ruined for any other man. No one will tell me exactly what is in store for me; I only know he's not going to be gentle. But the elders underestimated me, and when they left me in the sacred clearing, I took the chance to escape. Now, the beast hunts me, and if he finds me, I can only wonder what he'll do to me....

It’s The Inbetweeners meets Groundhog Day. Reverb tells the epic story of six young and adventurous students who get to relive the first day of their, no holds barred, holiday to the hedonistic party haven of Magaluf over and over and over again. A hilariously comedic coming of age series and set of films. You will be utterly shocked at what you listen to followed by laughing until your sides spilt as you are immersed in a world that you never knew existed; but believe me, I’ve been there, it does.

On a late spring morning, a young man emerges from a wine press and finds himself face-to-face with the Angel of the Lord, who tells him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior. Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand.” And, so starts a wonderous and Holy journey by a humble man with a trusting faith in God. Discover the lesson of how faith in God helps us overcome our fears and biggest obstacles.

I’m to model in an erotic photo shoot, and my partner can’t make it. Adam, the handsome older man in charge of me, is a perfect replacement. Soon, our poses get too naughty, and he needs relief. There are others on set with us, but Adam doesn't care. He's determined to be my first while they watch.

Sometimes, it is difficult to control the little voice in the head that tells you what to eat and how much, and sometimes, stressful situations in life can change the dietary habits. A hypnotic gastric band is a psychological procedure that persuades your conscious mind that you have had a gastric band fitted, so your body carries on precisely as though you have a gastric band. The hypnotic gastric band permits you to reset the neuro-physiological feedback system.

Cassie Simmons, a museum curator, is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past, and she has a personal interest in the history of the rumrunners who ferried illegal booze across the Detroit River during Prohibition. So when a cache of whisky labeled Bailey Brothers’ Best is unearthed during a local home renovation, Cassie hopes to find the answers she’s been searching for about the legendary family of bootleggers....

Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a new girl in town and the cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures our hearts with teens communicating through window signs, and Bill Konigsberg takes us along on daily walks with every step bringing us closer to love. There's flirting and romance from Rachael Lippincott, a tale of a determined girl with a mask-making business from Erin Hahn, and a music-inspired love connection from Sajni Patel. Brittney Morris turns enemies to lovers with the help of a balcony herb garden.

"In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing,” writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. “Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing.” The stories in this year’s Best American Food Writing are brilliant, eye-opening windows into the heart of our country’s culture.

For a generation whose eyes are constantly trained on screens, encountering nature at all is increasingly difficult, much less seeing what it reveals about God. How can parents help children reengage with God's world that is full of amazement, creativity, and love? Eryn Lynum is a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and mom of four who wants to help families encounter and understand the connection between God and creation. She shares her own story of putting her kids in front of nature, and invites other parents to consider a similar journey.

While all of my friends are starting college, I've decided to travel to Europe and see more of the world. I have a flexible itinerary and enough money to last me for three months. Then I find out that my dad's best friend, Alex, lives in Paris now...and I've been invited to see him while I'm there. I'm not sure it's a good idea, considering I used to have a big crush on him. But maybe this is meant to be.

This collection of stories will captivate your child's imagination and teach them valuable life lessons about faith, love, and forgiveness.

Claudia, una periodista que abandonó hace años su pueblo natal (Tordevianos) a las afueras de Burgos decide volver para escribir un reportaje sobre una de las tradiciones más bárbaras que tienen, La suelta, con el fin de conseguir un artículo que la promocione como periodista. Lo que comienza como un simple reportaje se convertirá en la investigación de la desaparición de los más jóvenes del pueblo y en un cruce de acusaciones entre los vecinos y el regreso de Claudia a su desafortunado pasado.

Freedom. Choice. That's all Ainsley yearned for in life. But when she learns her parents betrothed her to Prince Dashiell, she knows those are two things she will never attain. When Ainsley is sent to live in the Palace of Caelum, she is made painfully aware that she is out of her depth and forced to navigate this new world utterly alone. She quickly realizes that her sharp tongue, quick wit, and stubbornness will only get her so far.

I thought escaping my abusive ex was the only thing standing in between my love for Cole and his son, Noah. But with Cole intent on forming a pack and being an alpha, it spells trouble for us in more ways than one. Anti-lycan groups and pro-wolf extremists are demonstrating together to protest interspecies relationships. I’m sick of being caught in the middle and am beginning to think seriously about becoming a shifter.

Three ways that Ella's life is totally messed up: Her new coworker is as cranky as he is attractive. A mischievous cat has decided she needs a familiar. She just found out she's a witch who can read the emotional hologram of a magical death (and isn't that a mouthful).

It can't be wrong when it's not hurting anybody - and it feels so good. Now in delicious detail, happy addicts to the solitary vice reveal how, sexually speaking, they take matters into their own hands, whether as a steamy solo performance or a torrid team effort. Share the guilty pleasure with gals and guys, spies and showoffs, fetishists and toy lovers, mile-highers and auto-eroticists. See why in close encounters of the first kind, nobody does it better or hotter than Penthouse. And they're eager to show you how.

Tormented by a pack of bloodthirsty wolves, Hans and his sister Gretel, run for their lives. Desperation leads them into the comforting arms of a beautiful woman who asks for nothing in return for her kindness. While Gretel finds herself drawn to the seductress, Hans grows suspicious of her motives. Torn between a brother she adores and a woman she can’t help but admire, Gretel is forced to make a choice.

It’s time to crash and burn.... Where hearts are the currency, and music is the only escape, Liv and Audrey must make their way through a world of sketchy music deals, sexy assassins, and unfathomable demands from those who want nothing more than to own every piece of them.

Twitch was born into the system: the system of Society members and lower designates. Unfortunately for her, she belongs to the latter group. Lower designates are tracked for a task and expected to do what they're told, when they're told, from birth on. Twitch has never known anything different. She lives her life from day to day, working at the Pre Ward, trudging home to the complex at night, following the rules because to defy them means imprisonment, or even death. Still, when her only real friend mysteriously disappears, Twitch asks one too many questions.

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