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From the magical imagination of a young boy, to the delusional fear of an old man. From the protective love of a father, to the surreptitious revenge of a neglected wife. J Hirtle carries the listener into a land of stories and poetry, born in morning moments spent on his back porch with a cup of coffee, gazing at a world filled with people who will never be heroes, places that will never appear on the cover of travel magazines, and things...things without lore...until they meet The Storyteller.

Deepak comes to America immediately mesmerized by the immensity of its abundance. After leaving Nepal, his plan is to make his fortune in the land of opportunity. He quickly learns America is more than he bargained for, especially his newfound "friends". He questions whether he can even survive, much less succeed, in this new country until he finds an unexpected, unlikely love.

Cam et Max nagent en eaux troubles. Eux qui ont toujours cru que le plus difficile était de se déclarer leur amour sont rendus à la prochaine étape: celle de la passion à entretenir. La question pour eux n’est donc plus «doit-on prendre le risque d’aimer?», mais plutôt «comment fait-on pour que l’amour perdure?»

In South Florida, the fraud capital of the world, Jorge Gonzalez is a Cuban-American success story who just made partner in a top financial firm. But the perfect crime has just been committed. Now, Jorge is held responsible for the theft of millions. Overnight, his career is shattered, his family is shamed, and everyone has made him the scapegoat. The search for a dead man is on...With the help of a beautiful tech wiz, Jorge attempts to unlock the mystery and put his life back together.

Acadia Powers nearly lost her faith at an early age due to what she saw as the hypocrisy of her parents’ generation. In college - where the novel begins - she meets and falls in love with Peter O’Neil, who is fervent in his faith and wants to share the good news with the world. Despite serious doubts about her ability to survive as a preacher’s wife, Acadia finally agrees to marry Peter. The two embark with high hopes on a new life in Sugar Sands, Alabama, where Acadia takes a position as a high school teacher while Peter becomes pastor of a small church.

After serving in the CIA with distinction and now battling a debilitating disease, Stewart Masterson is “rewarded" with detention in an assisted living facility. Longing for his late wife, his memory failing, Masterson escapes on the road navigating his way to find happiness with his daughter in Washington, DC. But, ruthless intelligence agencies start tracking him in the ultimate game of cat and mouse. They are desperate to extract what he knows or shut him up forever.

Spuki und Tante Felicitas bewohnen seit einigen Hundert Jahren eine Burg. Wie lange, das wissen sie nicht so ganz genau, aber es ist schon lange genug, um das Spuken fast zu verlernen. So sind die beiden auch recht erschrocken, als eines Tages Handwerker kommen und mit den sonderbarsten Geräten anfangen herumzuhantieren. Ihr könnt euch vorstellen, dass eine moderne Bohrmaschine für ein altehrwürdiges Gespenst eine ziemlich erschreckende Angelegenheit ist, oder? Es wird aber alles noch bunter, als nach dem Umbau der Burg eine Schulklasse in die neue "Herberge" kommt.

The year is 1958. Stan Ellis, a young reporter for a small-town Wisconsin newspaper, can't forget the call he got from a woman who claimed a man convicted of causing a train wreck four years before was falsely imprisoned. After a night of sleeplessness, he searches for the woman hoping to latch on to a big story. When he tracks her down, he finds she is the ex-wife of George Cashman, the train engineer who was operating the train that crashed. She identifies the man she believes sabotaged the train, but refuses to go to the authorities herself out of fear for her safety.

À 19 ans, April n'est pas pressée de se marier. Insouciante et intrépide, elle consacre l'essentiel de ses journées à l'équitation et éconduit chaque prétendant qui se présente à sa porte. Brent, lui, est un jeune homme à la réputation sulfureuse et aux manières inexistantes. S'il est un habitué des errances amoureuses, le mariage devient sa nouvelle priorité quand son père, le Duc de Norfolk, décide de le priver de tout héritage s'il n'a pas d'épouse avant ses 30 ans.

Besoin d'une bouffée d'oxygène, d'émotions et de douceur ? Rejoignez la petite ville de Coathill, sur l'île de Skye. Ils se sont aimés passionnément, ils se sont détruits... Catriona adore sa vie : co-gérante d'un pub le jour, elle sillonne la nuit les routes écossaises à moto, à tombeau ouvert. Une existence idéale, à deux exceptions près. La première est trop lourde pour qu'elle ait seulement envie d'y penser. La seconde s'appelle Logan Hunter.

As the Lotus Blooms is the fast-moving sequel to Logan’s first novel Finding Lien. The story follows Lien, traumatized from her ordeal as a victim of child trafficking in a Cambodian brothel, on her journey of recovery. Despite her recurring bouts of PTSD, this courageous young woman signs on with an NGO to work with a team to prevent trafficking and rescue victims.

Suis-je vraiment à ma place dans ce que je fais ? Le job de mon boss ne me fait pas rêver... c'est normal ? Si je ne fais rien, est-ce que je vais passer à côté de moi-même ? Si ces questions vous parlent, rassurez-vous, vous n'êtes pas un cas isolé ! À l'heure où tout le monde rêve de trouver du sens, la génération Y a elle aussi envie d'accéder au kif professionnel. Pourtant repartir de zéro relève parfois du défi : tout plaquer, certes, mais pour faire quoi ? Avec quel argent ? Comment braver ses peurs et sauter le pas ?

Brian R. Webster is a physician assistant, who has pursued God most of his adult life. He lost his two best friends in high school, due to an amusement park ride accident. He came close to dying, as well. He’s practiced medicine in various specialties, Substance Abuse, and in maximum security prisons.

This Taste of Flesh and Bones invites you to answer that call by participating in the greatest expedition that humankind will ever undertake - the journey to true self. Contrary to what the majority of persons may believe, this deeper dimension is close at hand; and it can be recognized here and now.

Joy marries a widowed bank executive caught in an ethical dilemma. She misreads his obvious frustration while at the same time, struggles to integrate into her new family. This novel explores the challenges of second marriages and dealing with stepchildren during the crucial years of puberty and teenage angst. A college professor coming up shortly for the huge tenure decision, Joy finds herself falling apart as her career and her home issues deteriorate and collide. Can this marriage survive a failure to communicate?

In Cage Wide Open, an apparently normal man gives insight into his unusual makeup and perspectives of life, his attempts to escape the confines of the ordinary, his astounding transformations, and his never ending search for the ultimate love.

L'ouragan Ireland Mc Allister revient balayer le quotidien de Gary après un an d'absence. Sous l'apparence impassible de la jeune femme se cachent des blessures encore à vif. Le beau tatoué est loin de la laisser indifférente, mais plutôt crever que l'avouer. Lui est irrésistiblement attiré par elle, mais habitué aux relations éphémères, il tente de se convaincre qu'une nuit devrait suffire à chasser cette obsession.

Lampy is a yucky fish - a sea lamprey, to be exact, and that’s basically a salt water leech as big as your leg. But is he doomed to be ostracized and unloved just because he’s an unsightly blood-sucking parasite? It’s hard to be different. Join Lampy in this story of perseverance through bullying as he finds his forever friend who is just as different as he is.

Welcome back to Bear Creek, Alaska. Travis has conquered the evil shifter, Malcolm. But now a new and more pressing danger has arisen. Shelby has lost her memory! Join Travis and Shelby as they try to figure out how to get past this last hurdle before they can become true mates. Will Travis lose his own identity by trying to unlock hers? Find out in the third and final installment of Travis and Shelby’s story where overcoming obstacles will mean either they live happily ever after or they will die trying to overcome the dark magic.

Shelby Parker and Travis Stephenson have stumbled upon a sinister plot by another disgruntled shifter that, if allowed to come to fruition, will forever change the shifters’ lives. The sparks are flying, but not only between the two people. When Shelby becomes the focus of an evil shifter - one who desperately needs her blood to finish his black magic - her safety becomes Travis’ number one priority.