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An unexpected doctor’s visit, a bachelor auction, and one night of unbridled sex turned my world upside down. I was never one to settle for anything, but she made me realize that life doesn’t have to be about settling when you find your other half. Lillian Olivia Vicci aka L.O.V. is that woman. Being heiress to the Vicci crime family causes her to disappear out of my life as fast as she blew into it. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to get close enough to her again, but then destiny rears her beautiful head and the offer of a lifetime lands in my lap.

Rebecca King had a broken heart, literally. Congenital heart disease has given her less than a year to live. Hopefully, that'll be enough time to complete every task on her bucket list. However difficult, she finally comes to terms with her imminent demise. Then fate delivers an unexpected distraction. Due to a horrific accident that left his wife on life support, Nick Cato, narcotics investigator, is trapped behind a wall of loneliness and grief. However, he had no way of knowing that destiny would deliver a gift strong enough to quell the sadness.

When Marek had Anton plan a winter holiday getaway, he never anticipated peppermint. Terran alcoholic drinks don’t have an effect on V’loryns. But peppermint? There’s something about it that makes them lose all of their inhibitions. Trouble is, it’s imperative that Marek and his V’loryn counterparts remain in control at all times. There are many things Terrans don’t know about V’loryns. Secrets that would make Terrans fear them. Turns out, some of the most terrifying ancient Terran myths are rooted in truth. And one small slip-up could ruin everything.

A rookie private investigator must put her fledgling business at risk to stop a rogue scientist from unleashing the ultimate biological weapon - a deadly swarm of bionic bugs. When Lara Kingsley starts up her private investigation business to install surveillance systems for wealthy clients, she never imagines having to solve any grisly murders.

After facing the same health scare that took her mother, adult film star Vera Eastman sets out on a road trip to finish her mom’s bucket list. First stop, the hometown she escaped the moment she graduated. Her defiant arrival puts her face-to-face with her first love - her first everything - Jack Reeves. Jack’s still the guy who can steal her heart with a smile, but he hasn’t forgiven her for leaving, and avoiding him proves difficult.

Running an auto shop is hard; running an auto shop as a woman is harder; running an auto shop with your ex - who is about to become your stepfather - and his hot brother is just insane. (And then there's the rooster.) Edie Becker is living her childhood dream of running her grandfather’s auto shop. She just didn’t count on having to share ownership of the company with two other people, specifically, her ex-fiancé and his gorgeous older brother, Luke.

Bold leaders in existing organizations see well beyond the current business, see the potential available to them, and both appreciate and relish the transformational challenge to win. They will invent the future from the position they start with today. Do you know who the bold leaders are in your organization?

Hope Sullivan has been with the same man since her freshman year of college. She knows her marriage has its cracks, but she doesn't realize how much resentment she has buried or chosen to blame on herself. That is until a family tragedy forces her to reevaluate her long-held beliefs. When her husband isn't there for her, Hope's first love steps in and offers her a way out. Adrian appears to be everything her husband isn't. But her lover is not who he pretends to be.

Although Brent's dreams seem so real that they terrify him, he doesn't believe lucid dreaming is possible until his favorite high school teacher, Kaiba, insists that it is. And not only can lucid dreamers control their dreams, but they can also live in them. With help from Kaiba, Brent soon learns that the dream world is actually an alternate reality, as tangible as the real world and just as dangerous. While the bodies of lucid dreamers sleep, their minds and souls awaken in the dream world - called the Ream Realm - with just as much vitality and even greater physical and mental abilities.

What do you do when your religious beliefs differ from your spouse, parent, child, sibling, or friend? For many Mormons, these differences can be heartbreaking. This book explores how truth, beauty, and goodness can save our relationships even when we disagree with those we love.

To Gunner, I've always just been his best friend's baby sister, who hovered in the background when he came over after school to shoot hoops or play video games. Little Cami. That's what he used to call me. Only I'm not so little anymore. I turned 18 in October, and that's practically a woman. A woman whose feelings for him have only grown stronger. The good news is, Gunner is spending Christmas break with my family this year while his parents are in Europe.

Lill surfe depuis qu'il sait marcher. Il adore Malibu, cette vie entre le sable et l'eau ; son père et ses amis, la tranquillité de son quotidien. Tout pourrait être parfait, sans remous et sans houle, si Lara, sa grande sœur, n'avait pas débarqué de New York quelques années plus tôt. Si elle n'était pas comme un rappel constant que Diane, leur mère, n'a jamais voulu de lui. Quand il regarde Lara, Lill a l'impression de ne pas être "assez"... Un sentiment qui le hante depuis son plus jeune âge.

Tired of being told by straight and gay alike that he loves ''incorrectly'', vampire Ehrichto Salvatolle gave up on the idea of having romantic love long ago. When a member of the created family he's focused on instead comes under threat from a mysterious illness, Ehrichto strikes a deal with his own sire, to return to the sire's bed in exchange for his help. But when he meets the great-grandson of the first man to break his heart, Ehrichto spies a chance to have the one thing he's always wanted: true love.

Here's an impressive collection of award-winning short stories in a wide variety of genres assured to keep listeners on edge. Twist endings, thought-provoking themes, and humorous characters including a Pop Tart-eating Christmas angel are crafted in the lost art of short story writing.

The Obama Revolution is an in-the-trenches look at how President Barack Obama mobilized a generation to reclaim America. In this timely book, the author draws a vivid picture of grassroots organizing, from the grueling all-nighters to the endless canvassing, and explores the steps Obama took to clinch the Democratic nomination and win the election.

Amanda Clarke possesses the rarest, most powerful form of magic: the ability to see and manipulate time itself. If only she knew how to use it. All she gets are vague impressions, little intuitions that compel her to act. When she pays a visit to her friend Nick’s apartment, one of her witchy feelings is warning her about the apartment across the hall. The empty apartment. The apartment no one has gone in or out of in years.

When nothing and no one holds you to the present, why not celebrate the new year 91 years ago? So think Amanda Clarke and the rest of the Witches Three. They head back in time to ring in 1928, drinking bootleg champagne with the wealthiest members of St. Paul society, honest businessmen and gangsters and those who dwell where those categories overlap. But when a surprise wedding engagement announcement becomes an even more surprising murder of the bride-to-be, the Witches Three find themselves wrapped up in yet another mystery.

Scout Shannon’s whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way. But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective dome of a city. The other road leads to a life in the rebellion, a life of adventure and excitement but also danger. Dare she try to find the rebels hiding in the hills?

The Witches Three agreed to split up to better investigate their mother’s pasts. Brianna lurks deep in the witchiest parts of Boston, researching in secret libraries and questioning covens that date back further than the English colonies. Sophie stalks mysterious wielders of magic through parts of the French Quarter of New Orleans that tourists never see.

A surprise ring at the doorbell on Valentine’s Day confirms Amanda Clarke’s suspicions. Her friend Sophie DuBois left someone behind when she came to Miss Zenobia Weekes’ Charm School for Exceptional Young Ladies. But the happy reunion grinds to a confusing halt when he asks about Sophie’s quest to find her mother. And Amanda remembers she too came in search of answers about her own mother. Brianna Collins as well.