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As the city falls into anarchy, the living turn against each other for scraps of supplies. Held in captivity by an evil group, Heather must find a way to save her sister. She'll learn the hard way that the group doesn't let people leave without heavy consequences. After narrowly escaping death, James and Angela find refuge in Krista's house. They think they're safe for the night. They're dead wrong, and they realize it too late when they hear scratching inside the closet.

In a city ravaged by disease, one mistake could mean the difference between life and death. James and his group come up with a plan to reach the military checkpoint, but they realize too late that danger comes not just from outside the safety of the town hall, but within it, too. Heather needs to decide whether she can trust a group of strangers to help her and her sister. Pierce's team has been left stranded in the city, and they can no longer count on extraction. 

Emma's move to New Valley quickly takes a turn toward the mysterious when she's greeted by her neighbors, Nick and Christine, a picture-perfect couple from across the street. Despite the undeniable attraction to Nick, Emma is wary, sensing deeper undercurrents in their seemingly perfect life. But the real enigma lies closer to home—in a locked door in her own basement. Driven by a mix of fear and fascination, Emma is determined to uncover what lies beyond it.

The clock is ticking. This is their last chance to escape the city. Who will make it out, and who will become just another corpse on the street? More importantly, what kind of a world will they find on the other side of those walls? Witness the conclusion of the series in this nerve-shredding finale of Infected City.

No te vi venir. Estaba a punto de salir a cazar porque es de noche, pero ahora que estas a qui lo hare mas tarde. Te ensenare sobre mi especie, el lince.

Have you ever dated someone and they seemed different than what you initially thought? Have you asked, "Why does this keep happening to me?" YOU ARE NOT ALONE. A series of short stories about missteps in dating, this book shares a journey of lessons learned, setting boundaries, and learning to love yourself as you deserve to be loved. Join me on my dating journey of struggles and triumphs that will make you cringe, cry, cheer, and give you hope.

In this time of waiting and anticipation, prepare your heart by spending time with God each day of Easter. The Little White Book guides you through this season with short devotionals that will inspire you. This year's Easter book focuses on the Resurrection Narrative according to John and begins April 21, 2024.

The universe is barreling toward heat death. Interdimensional energy beings see matter-based life forms as an energy-consuming plague—and to support their case, sentients do have a habit of destroying every world we touch. Either matter-beings will be forced to give back the energy we’ve co-opted, or we need someone else to fill that deficit.

Over their long friendship, National Geographic authors, Sy Montgomery and Brenda Peterson, have engaged with many animals who’ve taught them about survival, play, and healing. Listen to Sy and Brenda explore animal dreams, their emotional lives, and how animals help us adapt to a changing planet. When we expand our consciousness, our spirituality, and our kinship with other animals, our world is whole and wondrous again.

Being restrained isn't what anyone wants. Not emotionally, anyway. But Elliott is shackled by guilt. ensnared by grief, tethered by dark and taboo secrets, and immured by wicked desires. But Jonah is the only man who has been able to rid her of the emotional ropes she's wrapped herself up in. After learning about Jonah's responsibilities, though, she becomes convinced that he is caged by expectation and constrained by belief.

Have you ever felt invisible? Your lips are moving, but no one's hearing you. It's frustrating when your great ideas or insights are overlooked. It can make you want to scream! Instead, take the next thirty days to learn and implement powerful tactics to improve your quality of communication. Whether making a case for budget dollars, being interviewed by a reporter, speaking up in a staff meeting, or having a heart-to-heart with your partner, your voice is important.

When Mary Kenton, a native born Creek Indian, marries her military husband, BK, she does not listen to his survivalist beliefs. But when the Yellowstone volcano erupts, she finds herself embedded in a hardcore unit bent on reviving a destroyed America. In the middle of a group determined to fight to the death to create a new society, Mary is forced to change her thoughts about marriage, the value of human life, and living in day-to-day fear, while holding on to her Christian beliefs in a male dominated world.

Lem’s world is ending. That’s not just her personal world, even though she’s still reeling a year after burying one of her best friends at the bottom of a desert ravine—and she’s got family enslaved by actual mind control on a distant planet under military blockade. It’s not just her political world, either, even though the freedom fighters she served since childhood seem pretty happy believing she died after they exiled her. No, the actual Universe is under attack as interdimensional forces siphon its energy into another plane, eager to speed along its final heat death.

Amara has seen her wealth increase as a new family grows around her, but at the center of her world the pain of horrid loss threatens to consume everything she has gained. One old friend is gone, and another teeters on the edge of despair even as new arrivals bring answers to old mysteries and divine riddles. Can light shine at midnight? Can steel replace flesh? Can one walk through fire without being burned?

¿Quién no se ha preguntado por la existencia de otros mundos y ha imaginado cómo descubrirlos? Escritos en la primera mitad del siglo XX, los cuentos de Judith Merril, Zenna Henderson, Joanna Russ, Doris Pitkin Buck, Wilmar H. Shiras, C. L. Moore y Mildred Clingerman muestran posibles vías para llegar a ellos.

Pierce's team encounters an unlikely threat. The challenges ahead of them will test their physical and mental limits. James and his group find out that the cathedral they considered sanctuary is not so safe after all. Daniel makes a discovery that has him questioning everything he's known his entire life. As the days go by, Krista loses hope that her husband will ever come back. Heather and her sister are still alive, but the infected are making it difficult to find a way out. With every minute they spend in the city, their likelihood of survival dwindles.

Some Christmas vacation! An unexpected blizzard just stranded Jennifer Glenn in the heart of the mountains, and her boots aren't made for walking. But the Jeep's buried in a snowdrift and a lonely log cabin is the only shelter for miles around. Just her luck: there's only one bed. She's not about to share it with Logan Taylor, even though the handsome rancher swept her up in his arms and carried her over the threshold. He can just take the chair by the fire like a gentleman—if he is a gentleman—and he can just stop calling her darlin'. Or she'll never fall asleep!

Can they make it out with their humanity intact? As the survivors race to find a way out of the city, they encounter unexpected challenges and startling revelations that shatter their understanding of the situation. There's more to this outbreak than the government let on, and it's far deadlier...

A near-death story of releasing heartbreak, pain, and trauma to find the life meant for you.

Danni always believed she was an abandoned child. Then the seductive Sean Ballogh appears out of nowhere with a startling story challenging everything Danni thought was true. He claims that Danni's family has been searching for her ever since she disappeared twenty years ago. He's come to bring her home to Ireland.