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Lovers' Vows is Elizabeth Inchbald's controversial adaptation of the German play Das Kind der Liebe (The Love Child) by August von Kotzebue. Though it met with great success both on stage and in print, some were concerned discussion of premarital sex and the leveling of social rank. Today, it is best known as the play that the Mansfield Theatricals rehearse in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park.

Mansfield Park is the third published and perhaps most subtle of Jane Austen's novels. It tells the story of Fanny Price, who, at the age of 10, is sent from her impoverished household to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle and be raised alongside her cousins. Fanny grows up as a misfit, not truly a member of the Bertram family, but too genteel to feel comfortable with her parents.

New allies arrive to help the citizens of Fabens confront their Cartel problem. Before that can happen however, the horde in town must be dealt with. Dead America - The Third Week introduces new survivors and locations in addition to revisiting some familiar ones as people all across the country fight for their survival against the growing armies of the undead.

Will the unlikely romance between the rough and tumble stoker, Mat Burke, and Anna Christopherson, the world-weary daughter of the captain of a coal barge, survive? Set in 1910, the timeless question of, "How does love make us grow?" is pondered. This American classic, Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill, is a play in four acts and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922.

A rich widow finds that the man she wishes to marry is already engaged. He has just suddenly become a peer and cannot, he thinks, break his promise.

A plague has been released in Austin. It’s highly infectious, incredibly lethal, and turns the recently deceased into fast-moving zombies with a taste for human flesh. Rookie officer Lacy Sparks is thrust into the action when she is assigned to a federal strike force tasked with preventing the outbreak from becoming a full blown pandemic. It’s a race against the clock as she and her team struggles to survive against the growing forces of the undead.

The demon prince is back. And he's not taking no for an answer. I thought I'd never see Leo again. I thought that I had to start over, to start a new life with fae like me. But now the demon prince has returned, and my life—and the lives of fae everywhere—will never be the same.

“She was just a little freshman / Victim of Admission’s whim / Then she met an upperclassman—we won’t name him— / And she had a child by him. / Now he’s off in New York City / Rescued by the co-op plan. / While she walks the streets of Yellow Springs, Ohio, / Looking for another man.” Ah, they don’t write ‘em like that anymore, and it’s not hard to see why. And the sad story recounted in the song is not entirely unlike that of Linda Shepard, titular (so to speak) heroine of Campus Tramp.

Shay is an attractive tomboy with everything going for her except self-belief. She works from home as a statistical analyst but spends all her free time working on her popular cult fan page, Lost-and-Found Girl, which doesn't leave much time for socializing.

When you’re in trouble with the mob, there’s only one thing to do: assume your twin sister’s identity, escape to a tropical island resort, and lay low while enjoying a generous slice of beefcake courtesy of the World Mr. Shifter pageant. But wolf shifter Laura Smith didn’t expect to find the most gorgeous man at the resort behind the bar...or guess that he would be her one true mate! But as long as everyone thinks she’s her sister, giving in to her heart means blowing her cover.

Watching roommate Shay find her dream girl is a double gift for Jessie. Not only has adorable Shay found her soulmate, but Jessie has found a true friend in Shay's girlfriend's younger sister, Jazz. As one couple explores new love, the other forms a unique friendship, which suits Jessie perfectly as settling down is firmly off the agenda. However, Jessie has greatly underestimated Jazz, who is proving to be not just a loyal friend but an attractive, confident woman whose magnetism is hard to avoid.

He’s on a mission to find missing shifters. She’s about to become one of them. Abandoned as a baby, Amber Allen has never known another shifter like herself. She came to Shifting Sands Resort hoping for answers about her past, but she only finds questions about her future. She doesn’t understand the connection she has with the handsome stranger at the bar, but she knows that his arms feel more like home than anywhere she’s ever been. Can Tony convince Amber that they’re destined to be together...before she goes missing, too?

Persuasion has certain similarities with Emma, another late novel by Jane Austen. In both stories, the heroine is a young woman who lives with her widowed father, and who has an enduring attachment to her eventual spouse from the opening of the action. Persuasion also incorporates certain elements common to Austen's earlier novels, such as characters from the military, visits to Bath and calculating and cynical suitors. In the end, Anne Elliot successfully combats the destructive vanity of her father and the machinations of her villainous cousin William.

Deer-shifter Mary North may be afraid of snakes, planes, tropical diseases, and strange people, but fate hands her a solo vacation at the luxurious, all-inclusive Shifting Sands Resort, and she's determined to enjoy herself. She isn’t prepared to meet her own mate - and find out he doesn’t want her.

Our four mapmaking magicians are back at the Hall of Explorers. As they continue their studies, their journey to find new lands is brought forward following a calamitous event. However, seafaring and exploring turns out to be even more dangerous and complicated than they expected. Soon they have to battle not only the perilous waves, the king’s cruel plans, and sea monsters, but also their emotions. Eleksander pines for Hale, who in turn joins Sabina in having feelings for Avelynne. Meanwhile, Avelynne is realizing her lack of romantic interest may run deeper than she thought.

Wounded I Am More Awake follows the story of Esad Boskailo, a doctor who survives six concentration camps in Bosnia and emerges with powerful new lessons for healing in an age of genocide. This gripping account raises questions for healers, survivors, and listeners striving to understand the reality of war and the aftermath of terror. Is it possible to find meaning after enduring crimes against humanity? Can people heal after trauma?

Snow-leopard-shifter and heiress Darla Grant thought that marrying her best friend would be the solution to all of her problems: It would shelter her from a persistent and unwelcome suitor, unlock her inheritance to save the bankrupt shifter retirement home where she volunteers, and free her from her controlling society mother. Then she meets her fated mate at the tropical luxury resort reserved for her wedding, and her perfect plan turns into perfect torture.

Irish elk-shifter Conall Wright loved Christmas…when he could still hear the music that brought him joy and fame. Then, a fateful car accident stripped him of his hearing and brought his classical music career to a halt. Now, he’s looking for a place for the holiday that isn’t full of silver bells and singing Santas to remind him of everything he’s lost, and Shifting Sands Resort looks like it might be just the tropical escape he’s hoping for. At least there won’t be snow.

Henley Stones Smith, 42, is a psychologist with three foster daughters: Paloma, Jackie, and Manhattan. Nicki Zabelle, 28, is a professional video gamer who sleeps in late and always orders takeout. The COVID pandemic hits and Nicki abruptly moves from Boston to Western Massachusetts, where Henley is juggling working from home, remote school, and single parenthood. Henley sees Nicki as an incredibly young neighbor who is kind enough to share her pool. Nicki sees Henley as an incredibly hot neighbor who she hopes is kind enough to share her bed.

Panther shifter Wrench hasn't got the first frickin’ clue about poems and flowers and all that crap. But he’s gonna learn or die trying. He ain’t giving up on the best thing to ever happen to him. Lucky he’s got new friends at Shifting Sands Resort to teach him how to woo a lady right. Yoga instructor Lydia and her inner swan always knew she’d meet her one true mate, but she never imagined a tattooed, six-foot-six felon. She has to have faith that he’s her perfect match…but why won’t he let her get to know the real man under those sexy muscles?