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Sophie Stearns and her search dog, Belle, flee to the mountains that feed her soul to find God and straight into the arms of the one man she could truly love. If only he didn't hate her. Widowed and buried in debt, Sophie Stearns is not going to pin her dreams on a man again—even if Patrick O'Brien is the man of her dreams. Patrick O'Brien learned the hard way city girls will rip a man's heart out to get what they want. After his ex-wife's betrayal, he bolted to the Adirondacks to lick his wounds and forge a new life protecting the fragile mountain ecosystem from development.

After a near-death experience in Budapest, Valeria is ready to start over in New York City. But, hope quickly fades as she stumbles upon a grisly murder, proving that she isn't the only vampire who's decided to make the "city that never sleeps" their home. This vicious attack puts her desperate desire to move forward on hold as she, along with her lover, Lamond, and nephew, Emil, rush to quell the threat to their kind. Time is brutal, but immortality can be worse.

For five generations, Evelyn's family has lived in the same small brick house, shadowed by the mansion across the street. Her Nana filled her childhood with stories about Byrne House: tales of missing children, of lovers gone mad. The mansion loomed every night in her dreams. Even now, at 17, Evelyn watches the sprawling Victorian from her second-floor bedroom, unable to explain her obsession with a house she's never been inside.

She wants a normal life. They want her dead. Destiny has other plans. Twenty-year-old Alayna Scott receives visions around water, but even her foresight couldn't prepare her for the tragic accident that claimed the lives of her parents. With everything she loves gone, Alayna packs up and moves to the small town of Juniper Grove in hopes of starting over. Jayden McKnight can't explain the attraction that he feels whenever Alayna is near, but he does know that he will do whatever it takes to win her heart.

When Valeria Karjan's hand was given in marriage to the handsome and powerful Count Vlad Dracula, she dreamed of happiness but, instead, her life was filled with longing for her absent husband, their country ravaged by war. When Vlad a last returned from the battlefield, he was a changed man, an alluring and dangerous creature with a thirst for her blood...and more wives.

Captain Esther Lysander, UFMC, is a combat Marine. Her new orders, however, are APOC, or “At the Pleasure of the Chairman”, and while she knows this type of assignment could be career-threatening, she feels duty-bound to accept them. There is no SOP for being APOC, except that it isn't combat as usual. Part spy, part soldier, part political window dressing, Esther has to adapt to everything from clandestine meetings with rebel forces, hostage rescues, and off-the-record sniper missions to being a courier between the chairman and other heads of state.

For fans of Wendy Webb and Simone St. James - a chilling, romantic ghost story that spans two world wars, two brave young women, and the terrible truth that binds them.

Secrets are diseases, and my life is full of them. Going back to where I grew up solved nothing. Coming back home brought no peace. And now, as I look over Anton's last piece of property, I still have no peace. My godfather's death brought a woman into my life. But a stupid argument ripped her away. I can't stop thinking about her. Wondering about her. Dreaming about her. All I know is I have to see her. I have to feel her body pressed against me again.

Small towns are for small minds. I left for college and never looked back. Ensconced in my luxurious, and lucrative, vineyard, I barely ever spare a thought for my old life. Until I got word that my self-declared "godfather" had passed and put me in charge of his estate. Now I've got to go back to the town where the cows outnumber the people to put his affairs in order. I expected to see familiar faces, a little order, a lot worse for wear.

The aim of this book is to entertain the listener and to bring a bit of laughter into the world. Written by his agent, Noah F. N. Hope, they told him to make his grammar good. "How can I?" he said. "My gram-ma died when I was young. Can't bring her back, you fool." This sums up the level of this book about the hilarious and smutty story of the spoof country singer, Dwayne Crokum who could sell the idea that he was good to the unsuspecting public. It tries to answer the question about whether he is alive or dead and who cares, anyway.

"Alltagstauglich Schwedisch" bietet in tabellarischer Darstellung praxisrelevante Redemittel und Phrasen zu wichtigen Themen wie z. B. Begrüßen und Vorstellen, Höflichkeitsfloskeln, Meinungen äußern, über Gefühle und Emotionen reden, Freizeit, Sport, Medien, Shoppen, Telefonieren u. v. m.

When Jen spotted a poster for the upcoming Sadie Hawkins dance, she figures it's the perfect chance to ask out David, the boy she's been drooling over since school started. Unfortunately, Selena, the head cheerleader at their school has her eye on him as well. As her friends grab up their dream dates Jen stays dateless, She didn't think things could get worse until a teacher pulls Jen to the side and makes a request that threatens to push her into complete misery.

From some of our most prominent spiritual and religious leaders, poets and thinkers, singers and writers, a book of wisdom to light our way in dark times. At the start of 2020, in what felt already like an age of disorder, our world faced one of the gravest global challenges in a century...

Trying to be perfect at everything is exhausting and, frankly, unachievable. It leads to negative self-talk, reduced confidence, burnout, and a lack of motivation. But it doesn't have to be this way. Introducing The Paradox of Perfectionism, a must-listen for anyone who wants to break free from the chains of perfect expectations and start living a more authentic (not to mention happier) life.

The relationships in your life will make the difference between happiness and misery. The right relationship will launch you to the heights of achievement; the wrong one will tether you to mediocrity. Your relationships will be your sources of greatest joy and your venues of greatest pain. Van...

A new world offered Felicity Grant hope of riches, plentiful forests, and an arranged wedding engagement - but no one mentioned the monsters. Felicity’s father squanders the family fortune, then decides to travel across the sea to build a new life. She leaves behind her world of airships and automatons for one of the horse-drawn buggies. When the Grants arrive at port, they find it deserted. Meals are half-eaten on the tables, and fires smolder in the cookhouse. However, the inhabitants are still out there, only they’ve changed - and they’re hungry.

In the latest fruit of a brilliant career, Michael Nagler argues that nonviolence - not just as a tactic but as a way of being - is the only way to unite deeply divided people and enable progressive movements and leaders of all stripes to fulfill their promise and potential. So many of the problems that beset us - war, poverty, isolation, and the climate crisis - have their roots in an old story about the universe: We are purposeless matter in a random void, and scarcity, competition, and violence are inevitable.

If you’ve ever had a coffee anywhere in the world, chances are Josh and his team had something to do with it. How did the unexpected metaphor of the lobster make this extraordinary business growth happen? In Grow Like a Lobster, Josh shares his insights with leaders seeking to create their own dream jobs. He provides a guidebook for steering any organization through the growth and molting phases we all encounter when working to create extraordinary results.

This is the latest in the series of fairy tales about the fairies who look after the colors in the world. It tells the story of the annual spring ball and the naming ceremony of Ruby and Francisco's twins.

Woodrow Derenberger, the author of the book, claimed to have had a series of strange adventures beginning on November 2nd, 1966. While driving home from Parkersburg, West Virginia, to his suburban home in Mineral Wells, he suddenly found the highway blocked by a large gray object. Someone emerged from the object and walked to the passenger side window of his car. The man introduced himself as "a searcher", and offered words of comfort to Derenberger.