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Garret Cartel. Cessna University’s starting shortstop. Painstakingly gorgeous. Reserved. Friend-zoned since freshman year. I have a knack for falling for unattainable guys. Blame my trust issues. They keep me safe. But this is our final year. My last chance to break the dreaded friend-zone chains before graduation. There’s one slight problem. Every time we get close, Garret pulls away. There’s a secretive side to him I haven’t tapped. And I need to know. Is it his secret keeping us apart, or something bigger?

The year was 1853, the crossing sickening, crowded, terrifying, and almost unbearable, and yet this family of six survived 40 miserable days and nights in the dark hold of the John Ruttle, a sailing ship built to haul freight, not passengers.

AS FORETOLD BY HER FATHER in a vision, Catrin has become a battle-hardened warrior after her trials in the Roman legion and gladiatorial games. She must return to Britannia and pull the cursed dagger out of the serpent’s stone to fulfill her destiny. Only then can she unleash the vengeance from the ancient druids to destroy her evil half-brother, the powerful sorcerer, King Marrock. Always two steps ahead and seemingly unstoppable, Marrock can summon destructive natural forces to crush any rival trying to stop him and has charged his deadliest assassin to bring back Catrin’s head.

What would you do if you discovered that you were disappearing? Not physically, but a piece at a time: all tangible evidence that you exist as a person—beginning with your driver's license, bank accounts and your birth certificate...and soon you are a loose thread, being pulled from the fabric of reality—into the twilight of your physical existence. This is what happens to Wiley Hood, a 25-year-old artist-turned business executive who still struggles with his older brother’s suicide.

The Pied Piper is back and Andrew Brush is out for blood. Desperate to lead the manhunt to find the mysterious and elusive Pied Piper, he is quickly sidetracked as the FBI sends him to Antarctica to investigate several missing persons cases involving employees at McMurdo Station. With his hand-selected team in tow, he begins peeling back the layers of what first appears to be a standard series of abductions, while also dealing with the residual effects of the emotional trauma he experienced while battling El Diablo.

Kelly McBride and Sgt. Tom Turbulo of the Carson City PD are enjoying an ideal honeymoon on a Caribbean resort island when something awful happens to Kelly...While on an innocent shopping trip to buy a teddy bear for her nephew, she runs into a bear of a man who is up to no good...Curiosity overcoming caution, before long she and Tom are caught up in international intrigue and a dangerous plot to blow up North America. What will it be? What will happen?

Local attorney and femme fatale Ronnie Summers knocks on Mackenzie's door with a case he can't resist, even though he probably should. Her secrets cast him into the deep end, both professionally and romantically, and soon he finds himself mingling with the mafioso.

When Special Agent Jonathon Howard gets the call telling him that the notorious serial killer he’s been chasing for five years has been caught, he jumps the nearest flight to Rappaport, North Dakota to bring the man in. But what he finds awaiting him there is not Jeffrey Marks, the serial sexual sadist. It’s Marks’s one remaining victim, Dana Cooper. A victim who, in a bizarre twist of fate, has murdered Marks in a fashion more brutal than anyone can understand or explain.

Grady Huff, a wealthy and insufferable pain in the neck, killed his cleaning lady and confessed to the crime. No jury in the world could find him innocent and no amount of money can convince Mackenzie August to work for his defense. That is, until Veronica Summer's fiancé arrives in Roanoke and joins the prosecution. Darren Robbins has more on his mind than just convicting Grady - he's come to collect Veronica. And he's come to settle things with Mackenzie, a reckoning that will certainly spill violence into the streets.

A string of mysterious murders rocks Birmingham, Alabama, in the pause-resister Jacqueline Willoughby. At first glance, the murders seem to be connected to the Ten Commandments, but FBI agents Kason McAlester and Troy Stephens see that there is more to the story, that a rare book written decades ago by a woman named Jacqueline Willoughby may have the answer to solving the crimes.

Do you suffer from Social Anxiety? Or do you often leave interactions thinking you missed the opportunity to leave a good impression? Whether in your professional or personal life, many of us suffer from anxiety and the constantly worry about how we are being perceived by others. Whatever your struggles, we can all learn to be in better control of ourselves and avoid becoming overwhelmed regardless of who or what we are faced with.

See Ya Later, Ralphie explores the bond between two best friends. It is a delicate and heartwarming story that educates children on coping with the separation from loved ones, and faces their fears associated with tears and sadness. The story presents the issues of death and grieving in an inspiring way, through a combination of lighthearted humor, and uplifting revelation. See Ya Later, Ralphie delivers an unforgettable message that eases the pain of loss, and teaches children that, for the living, the journey of life keeps going, and the love we feel lasts forever.

Deism is a natural and rational bridge that unites our reason to our belief in God. It propels us from the false and destructive ancient myths of the "revealed" religions to a space-age belief system that is in line with our God-given reason.

This is a book for everyone. As a parent, grandparent, teen, or adult, you will find one, perhaps many, of the characters in New Neighbors to be like yourself in many ways. As the story progresses, the diverse characters display their traits and emotions. While subtle in the book, they become recognizable no matter your state in life—as a teenager, parent, or a best friend—as the story progresses. Discovering yourself in New Neighbors is a part of the enjoyment of listening as well as recalling memories from your past.

Dr. Everett Owens knocks at the door of professional sleuth Mackenzie August with a tale of woe - Roanoke City’s premier residents are being burglarized and the Everetts have been framed for the crime. To investigate, Mackenzie must unearth dirty secrets buried by Roanoke’s royalty. As the plot thickens, Mackenzie’s carefully ordered world is struck by tragedy, and he comes even closer to Veronica Summer’s final secret.

Millions of Americans are violently protesting; many more are refusing to pay federal income tax. States are threatening to secede from the United States of America; the president is desperately trying to avoid a civil war. While Tucker is offering a solution, his family is under attack from the most intelligent person in the world - a person self-diagnosed as a sociopath and psychopath.

The Valentine Lines is a fun, throwback comedy suitable for all audiences. The story reimagines Cupid—aka Bart McGee—as an underdog ditching the corporate grind of Mt. Olympus, Inc., for small-town life in quaint Mineral Point, Wisconsin. When Bart launches a matchmaking business and falls in love with a local baker, chaos ensues as his meddling Olympus relatives crash the scene.

Inspired by the events of his 2022 award-winning book, Captured by COVID: Deceit, Conspiracy, and Death—A True Story. Michael E. Bowers’s Olivia is a story of adoration, hatred, desolation, exhilaration, and heartbreak. Caught between two forces far beyond her control, Olivia’s quiet life is shattered when she becomes collateral damage in a deadly clash between the DEA and a ruthless Mexican cartel. As her world unravels, those around her spiral into darkness—none more than Allen, whose descent into unthinkable acts reveals a side no one ever imagined he possessed.

A brilliant computer scientist/engineer assists a retired SJPD detective with solving cold cases. They take on a nearly 10-year-old bank robbery of a bank in Willow Glen, CA. The robbers made off with $60 million in cash and safe deposit box contents. Law enforcement was baffled that they never found the team or any of the cache. Enter computer expert Damian, who has a scientist's way of looking at how to trace the robbery's contents.

She is all blond, beautiful motion; tanned and lithe, she represents freedom, youth, and a playful sexuality that is at once seductive and dangerous to a man's soul. The California girl became a national fantasy in the Sixties, a myth that embodied every daydream, set to the rhythm of a Beach Boys anthem. The story is told in the first person by David Levine, a Jewish New Yorker. In 1965, at the beginning of his senior year in high school, he moves with his family to the San Fernando Valley in Southern California.