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Not all that is right comes from the gods. Sometimes, they demand much that is wrong. Liana and her twin are an anomaly at the heart of a kingdom bound by unyielding tradition. The crown princess is the first female marked as Herkun's heir, and her existence has unfortunate consequences. When her uncle leads a coup with the intent to kill her, Liana and her twin brother are spirited away to a place where not even the stars are the same.

A collection of one-acts by the Pulitzer-winning playwright, including Close the Book, Suppressed Desires, Tickless Time, Woman's Honor, The People, and Trifles.

This volume relates the stories of the Borgias and the Cenci. The former, a family of Spanish adventurers, came to dominate the Italian peninsula, and, when Rodergio Borgia became Pope Alexander VI, the world of Christendom, in the late 15th century. The Cenci was an aristocratic family, in which rampant sexual and domestic abuse led to murder and very public execution.

Dory wakes up in the padded room of a psychiatric hospital with no recollection of how she wound up there. She soon finds out she's been Blue-Papered - involuntarily committed. She gets sent to the wrong counseling group and discovers a whole new world of psychiatric patients she'd never known existed. At first, she just thinks they're cutters, all marked by similar scars, but then she finds out those scars are from carving into their own bodies to satisfy their bone-crazy addiction. When they find out Dory's never tapped into her bones, she becomes their target.

Fifteen-year-old Cole McCabe hides his secret well. Six years of sexual abuse and now, a murder. Fear and shame have kept him quiet, but when Cole finds out one of his parents knew what was happening to him and did nothing to stop it, he devises a plan to humiliate and hurt them, just like he was for so long. Will they confess their deepest, darkest sin to save the life of their only son, knowing it will destroy their own?

Sophia meets with her alter image Judith from the first century and the two become one again to combat perilous persecutions and decimating disease. Their journey is littered with dangerous events and surprising encounters which all add to the sense of mystery that pervades this volume. The supernatural is always in evidence, and aided by their shared image and a morphing green cross, our heroines battle through to the end, but how do each end up?

In January 1975, President Gerald Ford signed into law HR 17045 of the Health and Human Services, which gave birth to the Child Support Enforcement Program. This is a federal-state program whose purpose was to help strengthen families by securing financial support for children from their noncustodial parents....

So if you’re tired of merely surviving life and are ready for a complete life transformation, just follow the actions outlined in Goals Master Plan and you’ll be well on your way to success and finally living the life you desire. Crafting a detailed master plan for your goals will help give you clarity.

If you are purposeful about doing good for your marriage, think how impactful your marriage would be by the intentional things you did to strengthen it. Wouldn't you begin to see the goodness in your marriage? Wouldn't your thoughts toward your marriage be more positive than negative?

God's word is filled with his promises for us that we can claim over our lives. God is a man of his word, and as believers, he will always provide for us. His word teaches us about freedom from depression, sin, and shows us that he can heal the weary. The author wants you to pray over these promises and allow God to speak to your heart.

Since Christmas is coming, Joy resolves to start working with determination to find love immediately, so she won’t have to live through another sad Christmas.

In the sheltered town of Carmel, women do not have a future outside of a good marriage. That future is threatened when Leah Edwards’ father gambles away the family’s livelihood and estate. She and her sisters must hurry to find husbands. Then August Fox, a Guardian from Cariath, comes to town and purchases a supposedly haunted manor. Charged to keep the peace between mortals and Faerie, the Guardians are the stuff of legend. After he stuns her with a marriage proposal, Leah reluctantly journeys to Cariath, discovering there is more to August and the legends than she guessed.

A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces “that highlights the humanity and multitudes of being Asian American” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), for fans of Minor Feelings. There are 23 million people, representing more than twenty countries, each with unique...

I hold sway over the dead. Even saying that in my head sounds wrong, but it's true. Yup. I'm a necromancer! Something my folks kept hidden from me, and I still don't understand why. To get answers, I'll conduct a magical séance with their ashes. Add in that supernatural beings are wanting to harness my ability, and keeping my secret from my new boyfriend, I wish I had more powers than just over the deceased. But magic always comes with a price.

This audiobook should be one of the fun and interesting listens for consumers of Christianity and Science. It presents different sides of the amazing verses in the Bible, and how they are supported by science and engineering. While past engineers and scientists had few problems with the Bible before the 1970s, this audiobook explains why the Bible can still be trusted - even by unbelievers.

She was just looking for a relaxing break. Moria Donovan has just finished her latest book, and as a treat is sent to the beautiful island of St. Lucia for a much needed vacation. What she wasn’t expecting to find was the handsome New York bar owner. Feeling an instant connection, she throws caution to the wind and takes a chance getting to know him. Yet the more she gets to know Cord, the more she feels herself falling for the man. But this is just a holiday fling, right? There’s no way that they could make a go of this. She lives in DC and he lives in New York.

Most of us know our sun sign. But our sun sign is only half the picture, the daytime, public half. Your natal moon sign represents the deeper aspect of who you are, your private, intuitive self, that part of you connected to the collective unconscious. It symbolizes your emotions, the depth of your intuition, your capacity for recognizing synchronicity, and

It’s going to be “the biggest hoss race in the world”! Homesteaders are set to race on horseback, in gigs and wagons, and even by train to stake their claim in the Cherokee Strip, the last bit of Oklahoma territory opened for settlement in 1893. For 15-year-old Becky Fletcher and her family, it's the Promised Land: their last chance for a farm they can live on free and clear. But no journey to the Promised Land is without trials, and the Fletchers soon run into setbacks. Each difficulty tests Becky’s inclination to further her own and her family's interests at all costs.

Keira Gully has always felt different. But when her family dies in a tragic accident, she discovers the terrifying truth. To put her life together, she holds a memorial for her family, except distant relatives send her cryptic warnings to not touch the dead. She ignores their insanity and helps a dying man at the grave site. But when she senses his spirit return to his body, she remembers the warning.

Shrouded in a world of intrepid agents and fatal assassins, a fearless operative dares to escape his allegiance to the cause. When his renown rises after successfully orchestrating a string of daring train raids, Confederate scout Drouet Broussard is inducted into a covert league loyal to a lethal cause - the Knights of the Golden Circle. With war raging, Broussard’s assignments become successively bolder and involve him in the ultimate mission: A presidential assassination.