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The very heart of the Community was corrupted by one thing above all: human greed. Those who are turned in have no choice but to work off their debt or be sent to the Medical Waste Facility.

Jo and Nick Anderson couldn’t imagine a world without the other in it. Everything in their life was perfect. Until, in the blink of an eye, Jo and Nick’s three-year-old daughter, Lulu, went missing. Gone. Missing. Dead?

When grandchildren are young, a sweet treat or new toy is enough to inspire their unconditional adoration. And then your grandchildren grow up. Suddenly they are teenagers and it's not so easy. With our differences in musical tastes, technology, formative events...one could say we are from different worlds. Where Two Worlds Meet starts with the teenage years, recognizing that your grandchildren are becoming independent beings. It's an action-focused guide to stay connected and even deepen your relationship with your grandchildren as you both age.

Following a near death experience - after her soldier husband poisons her - Amy, a free-spirited California girl and CPA, enters a journey of enlightenment, where she learns she is one of nine muses, and her role is to attune and atone the Black Shofar, the reincarnated soul of Orpheus. When she hears the Symphony of All, she attunes her own essence, in order to manifest her destiny. But before she can join her Muse sisters in their esoteric journey, she must go on a quest to retrieve her own attuning coin to become the Bekeri, one who attunes and atones.

Sounds interesting? The author thinks so, too. Listen to Annabelle's Fashion Day: A Defining Moment, a three-act play and enjoy the compelling world of contemporary drama.

Fraternity house mother, Jo, is perfectly happy with her rowdy crew of adoptive "sons". They gobble up her baked goods, treat her like the queen of the house and never talk back. She doesn't need another man in her life, especially at this age! But when the boys decide to set her up with their crotchety professor, love starts to look a little bit sweeter...

Seventeen-year old Maura O’Donnell’s strange eyes and love of the stars make her an outcast in her small village. When a toddler dies in her care, Maura flees the child’s father to a mysterious city known for its refuge. Appearances lie and she’s caught in a snare laid by a supernatural enemy who lusts after her ability to see the unseen. With only five days before her trial, it’s a race to discern friend versus foe. What Maura rejects in herself is key to averting a diabolical plot. The stars have a voice, but will Maura hear their message in time to save a generation of children?

Kodi Gander can't stop wondering what might have been. Losing a softball scholarship to an ACL tear, the now twenty-four-year-old makes do with working for a grump of a doctor and plotting to win the local cornhole league. But when she seeks the services of the town's dreamy new chiropractor, she's shocked when his healing hands send unexpected thrills up and down her body.

When Emma moves into a spare bedroom in the Phi Gamma fraternity house, she expects to spend the summer dodging parties, avoiding drunk frat boys, and attending her statistics class. What she couldn’t have predicted is David, the cute house manager. Despite the attraction between them, David’s romantic history with Emma’s best friend, Kate, means that he’s strictly off-limits. Too bad Emma didn’t know anything about their recent fling when he kissed her…

But not within Margot Lewis’s perfect family. Her doting husband provides her with everything she could ever want—lavish gifts, surprise vacations, staff to help around the large house—making her love life the envy of all her friends. It doesn’t matter that his violent outbursts are becoming more frequent. And certainly the bruises don’t matter, because they were all accidents…right?

There are lures irresistible regardless of peril, because some yearnings renounce all wisdom. There are bonds that compel no matter how faraway, because some needs are dire enough to defy all cost. But when reason, distance, and danger go unheeded, that price can be devastating despite all the magic in one’s grasp.

Reese Dalton has a secret wife. On a day that was supposed to be pure joy—Violet's birthday and the reveal of my pregnancy—disaster comes knocking. And disaster brought RECEIPTS. In this case, disaster takes the form of a woman named Holly Wilson. Holly has all the papers to prove that she's Reese's legal wife and Violet's biological mother. And what does that make me? The other woman. The second choice. Again.

Life should be perfect. I'm engaged to Owen Sharpe. We're having a baby. And my career is finally back on track. But there's one problem: the rookie player everyone's calling the future of the Houston Scythes? He's the man who destroyed my life once before. And now, his father is buying the team. Spencer Santos has always been dangerous. But with his daddy's money behind him, he's lethal. And he's made it clear: my silence comes with a price. I could tell Owen the truth. He'd burn down the world to protect me. But that's exactly what I'm afraid of.

Owen Sharpe is like a Bingo card of "Men I Should Stay Away From." Gorgeous? Of course. Cocky? Like a literal rooster. Pro hockey player with a fat wallet and a bad attitude? You already know it. But when I get locked out on my apartment balcony—while missing a crucial piece of my clothing (hint: the lower half)—Owen is the only person willing and able to help me. That's how I ended up in his apartment for the night. And when the Houston Scythes superstar needed a fake girlfriend to rehab his terrible PR image, I was willing to return the favor. Besides, we both swore this was fake.