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For as long as she can remember, Keri Jackson has despised the hype and commercialism around Christmas, especially with the controversy over the time of Jesus's birth. Jeremy Hinton thinks Keri is a highly intelligent, deeply emotional, and intensely complex woman, and he's as fascinated by her aversion to Christmas as he is the woman herself. A devout Christian at heart, he's studied all of the world's religions and homeopathic healing modalities. But when a rare bacterial infection threatens her life, will all of his faith and training be for naught?

Fate declared them neighbors. Scandal insisted they were brothers. The fact that they looked enough alike to be twins only added fuel to the rumors flying about their parentage. For 50-plus years, Craig Harris and Scott Hensley have enjoyed a bond nothing can sever. Not the insinuations that they share the same father. Not the years of strife and grief and heartache.

Lori Strickland (introduced in Tempered Fire) has always been known as her father's "wild child" with no desire to change, until she meets ex-bull-rider-turned-preacher Rafe Judson. Her attempts to change her wanton ways come to naught, until she realizes redemption only comes with true repentance.

Traveling nurse Rhys Wild knows the consequences of choices. After she lost the most important people in her life, she has vowed to herself to never make the decision to fall in love. The only way to cope is to keep moving, to stay busy. To stop means to think. To feel. And feeling is a luxury she cannot afford. Unless it’s Random Day. The stranger on the plane ride home is the perfect distraction from her anguished thoughts about returning to the one place that will make her face everything she’s left behind. It was supposed to be a random bit of fun.

He is my Hades. I’d played the role of a goddess, bound and chained for the service of mortals. He freed me. He freed me, unchained me and taken me to his underworld, his dark realm where he’d brought out all my forbidden and secret desires. And now I’m his.

Why did I ever think Emerson and I were a good idea? She's my assistant, so I have to see her every day. We get along, for the most part, but there's subtle hostility between us both. Being on my own is better. It makes far more sense. Until something terrible happens, something I didn't see coming, and it's those moments of tragedy that change you forever. I've changed...and I can never go back.

The last couple of days haven't been easy on Litha, being sent to a world she had no knowledge of, finding out she's part of a prophecy which will bring peace to the four kingdoms, getting pursued by four sexy princes and finally walking in on her hot roommate getting ready for bed. The last one she definitely didn't do on purpose.

This book is written for global leaders who speak English as a second language. Organizations with diverse workforces can use this book as a learning and development strategy reference to improve diversity, productivity, and profitability.

Trudie is thrilled to be catering the opening night dinner at a local mystery writers conference where her favorite author, Ben Knight, is the featured speaker. When a dead body is discovered, trying to determine the killer in a room full of suspects is like digging through a blackberry crumble. The arrest of her good friend, Ally, compels Trudie to join forces with Ben to find the real murderer. After all, who best to solve a crime than a mystery writer?

Es ist Spätsommer. Putzi erfährt, dass der Baum, in dem die Bienen leben, morsch geworden ist und Regen durchlässt. Schnell ruft sie alle Waldbewohner zusammen, und einmütig beschließen sie, für die Bienen ein neues Haus herzustellen. Voll Eifer gehen die Waldtiere an die Arbeit. Doch bevor das Richtfest gefeiert werden kann, gibt es noch viele Aufregungen, denn die Füchsin Suse will das Gelingen der geplanten Arbeit verhindern.

Eine Sternschnuppe saust durchs Weltall und erblickt in der Ferne eine leuchtende blaue Kugel. Auf dieser will sie nun landen, ohne zu wissen, dass es die Erde ist, in deren Atmosphäre sie verglühen wird. Doch bevor dies geschieht, erfüllt sie einem kleinen Erdbewohner, und zwar einem Heimchen, noch den sehnlichsten Wunsch - eine Flugreise zu machen, um zu erfahren, was da oben in den Wolken geschieht, woher der Regen und der Schnee kommt und wer den Regenbogen macht.

A contemporary fairy tale with a dirty, sexy twist! No Inhibitions is a modern, sinfully seductive take on Lady and the Tramp. Remy Lowell leads a private life. After a troubled past, he’s worked his way up from nothing and he’s damn proud of that fact. His newest contracting job is more provocative than expected and his new client has him thinking thoughts he shouldn’t. But after their business deal is over and their affair comes to an end, will the lady and the reformed tramp throw out all inhibitions to find their happily ever after?

Benvenuti. Questa è una semplice raccolta di incubi, non ha grandi pretese se non farvi entrare nelle pieghe della mia mente. Credo che tutti noi abbiamo avuto degli incubi, sia a occhi aperti sia a occhi chiusi; be’, io sono una super specialista degli incubi a occhi chiusi.

A wealthy eccentric widow, her youthful gigolo, her disapproving daughter, said daughter's closeted husband, a crazy stalker, the hired help, an ex-marine, and a congress of doomed chickens. Meet this colorful cast in The Fall of the Nixon Administration.

Elaina “Elle” Darien is gorgeous and driven, but her father’s death left her dealing with a wicked stepmother intent on sabotaging the family business. After two years of constantly working, all she wants is one night for herself, and the Wilder Way Fairy Tale Ball promises to sweep her off her feet. After the tragic loss of his parents and fiancée, handsome and wealthy Hunter Wilder no longer believes in happily ever afters. But when he meets Elle at the ball, he’s smitten, and intrigued, for the first time in years.

Proprio mentre la guerra tra vampiri si trasforma in una guerra tra demoni a tutti gli effetti, Zachary si ritrova ad occuparsi di una bella negromante che è legata ad un momento buio del suo passato. Aveva visto la madre di lei oltrepassare la linea sottile e finire dritta tra le braccia di un demone. Era compito suo assicurarsi che Tiara non scegliesse lo stesso sentiero lascivo...a meno che non scegliesse lui. Con i demoni che incombevano, l’ultima cosa che si aspettava era che Tiara fosse attratta da loro.

In un prestigioso appartamento di Roma, due uomini stanno trattando l’acquisto di un esemplare unico di una moneta romana, un Sesterzio Illirico dell’epoca di Augusto. Nel frattempo, un giovane avvocato, viene assunto in un prestigioso Studio Legale di Roma diretto da un Deputato della Camera.

This historical fiction novel continues with Margaret's journey from the time she and her Canadian husband participated in the 1854 Crimean War. Doctor Margaret travels alone to India to be with her parents at the American Presbyterian Mission at Futtehgurh, and then on to her posting at a hospital in Delhi. There she has to not only overcome work pressures but also deal with her intimidators and intrigues of the Mughals, at the Delhi Red Fort.

Radio personality Kerri McCree really likes sex. Talking about sex, that is.... Kerri knows firsthand that you can hide a lot behind a microphone. Although she's earned a reputation for discussing every aspect of sex on her show, she's never had to back it up...until a sexy mystery caller proves to be even more irresistible in person. Ian Carlisle is immediately intrigued by the sultry voice he hears on the late-night radio show, and it doesn't take him long to arouse Kerri's imagination with his dirty talk. Now he's turning up the heat and seducing the rest of her.

A former Marine and Las Vegas vice cop, Nathan Fox has seen it all and then some. Heading up security for the Onyx casino is tame compared to his dark past, but it's not his only job. Working for the reliance group is his real passion project. His current case: a missing woman. His mission: to find her. Easy enough, until he finds himself tangled up with sexy Nicole Hutton, a stubborn - and stunning - journalist who's nosed her way into his investigation...and into his dirty, erotic fantasies.