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"Review a hotel for me," she said. "It'll be easy," she said. I haven't even got started, and there's a body in the bathroom. It was only supposed to be a hotel review. All Miles Goram wants to do is finish up and get off Reevis as quickly as he can. It's an airless planet where everyone lives under a giant dome. Not the sort of place he wants to be stuck on. The body in his bath has really fouled his plans up.

No matter where you are on your business journey, something is happening within the context of your life; the two are inextricably linked. Polish the Diamond combines passion with practicality and life lessons with business challenges, resulting in a heartfelt, transformational listen. This mix of memoir, mess, and course correcting shares how I’ve turned my unique brilliance into a business and how you can, too.

Peter Woods is content to live a gadfly life, darting from one experience to the next with no thought of responsibility, commitment or the future. He has no desire to grow up. Stable, sober banker Wendell Rhodes has only recently discovered an underground London club where men meet and briefly mingle. At Ever Lads, Wendell encounters Peter and flint strikes tinder. The two opposites discover in the other what each lacks, but the journey from lust to love isn't easy.

There's something inside of him, some dormant part that's been awakened. And now it wants to be set free.... Something's wrong with Sebastian Kent. Already considered an outsider in the vampire community as a half-vampire, half-something else, he'll do everything in his power to hide his weakness. But when sickness strikes, he has no choice but to turn to a human for help - a woman whose touch provides his only relief.

Mackenzy O’Rorke was a one-of-a-kind P.I. For starters, she was a dame doing a man’s job and doing it with style. To be a successful sleuth, you had to be smarter than the average cop and 10 times that of the criminals. Mack, as her friends called her, was that and more. Her latest case was supposed to be a simple missing person but turned out to be bigger than a movie plot and more dangerous than the war the boys were fighting overseas. The clock is ticking and lives are on the line. It’s up to Mack to keep three dames alive until they can sing to Uncle Sam.

Since Burt retired at 52, he’s been bored. After a chance encounter with a mugger he decides he might just be meant to save the world one crime at a time. And voilà, Burt’s Private Investigations is born. Before he knows it, he’s in deep and possibly over his head. He stumbles onto a dead body, which turns out to be the daughter of the town’s country club owner who has rumblings of mob ties in his past. The clues lead him all over the North Georgia mountains, but the most intriguing ones lead to an end of the world compound and its charismatic leader.

When detective Claire Calderwood is called to a grisly murder scene, she’s haunted by memories of her murdered sister. The victim is tied to a motel bed, her head covered in plastic and her body sprinkled with ashes. Claire’s dealt with vile crime scenes before, but this one strikes close to home. Claire’s boyfriend, reporter Noah Washington, once helped find her sister’s killer, but now he’s a distraction to this new investigation. She wants to help him resolve the mysteries of his past, but Noah has been distant, and Claire knows he’s keeping something from her.

In a remote hill farm in beautiful Scotland, Ellen and her father Duncan are enjoying a peaceful life. In time they're joined by rugged farmhand Tom, come to lend some muscle to Ellen's ageing father. Almost inevitably romance grows between Ellen and the new arrival but once married however, Ellen discovers that Tom has a brutish side to his character. 

The gods have disappeared, but the monsters still linger. Seda survives by following the rules. Stay invisible. Don’t draw attention. And never, ever give them a reason to take you. Because when they do… people don’t come back. Cahir has always been her constant. Steady, watchful, and devoted in ways she’s never dared to question. But he has secrets he’s kept hidden. And when the city erupts into chaos, the untold begins to unravel. Taken. Imprisoned. Broken. Something inside Seda awakens. Ancient, long-buried magic that’s violent and formidable reacts to her fear and anger with raw power.

Welcome to Real Life Real Talk, a faith-based podcast where four friends come together to have honest conversations about faith, relationships, and navigating life as young women. Hosted by Summer, Dee, Marissa, and Kayla, this podcast explores the highs and lows of everyday life with authenticity, vulnerability, and a desire to follow God through it all. From personal struggles and life lessons to conversations about purpose, friendship, dating, and spiritual growth, nothing is off limits. We hope these conversations encourage you, strengthen you, and remind you that you're never alone.

One tablet a day, it’s supposed to keep you alive. But it might just kill you. TC is the wonder drug. Manufactured in secrecy on a remote planet at the edge of the galaxy. It makes worlds inhabitable; and Balcom Industrial lots of money. Suddenly, the people who need to take it to stay alive start to die! For Layla Balcom, the news is devastating. She’s just resumed her rightful place as head of Balcom. This problem threatens to spoil her moment of triumph. Can the drug be flawed? Or is something else going on?

Two men imprisoned. One in body, the other in mind. Caught in the throes of passion with another man, scholar John Gilliam agrees to asylum treatment for perversion at the request of his worried parents. He intends to fake a cure then return to his normal life, but an attack on his person leads him down a darker path. Transferred to another facility, he is denied any devices by which he might harm himself - even books and writing materials. Half crazed by isolation John finds an unexpected friend in his caretaker, Sam Tully.

Imagine being knocked over by a strange old man on a cold London morning. The man delivers a garbled message about the queen. Moments later he falls under the wheels of a train. The media calls it suicide, but you know better - something doesn't quite add up. That was the start of the day for John Daniel, a foreign professional working in the city of London.

Widowed Kate Everett is looking forward to starting her "second act". She’s planned out everything that she wants - a new house, a new job, maybe even a new man. She can’t wait until everything falls into place. But life has a way of butting in, and Kate soon finds herself dealing with unexpected houseguests, helping her daughter plan the world’s smallest wedding, and sudden unemployment. Things get even more complicated with the reappearance of her old college love, Jake. He realizes the mistake he made years ago in letting her go, and is eager to win her back.

Bad-boy rock star Seger Hughes hit rock bottom after a near-fatal tragedy at his concert. He hates how his life has spun out of control. After changing his appearance and his name, he transforms into a different man: Mel Summers. Now he just needs a place to hide out from rabid fans and paparazzi. An isolated cliffside mansion is perfect. Ashley Bristol, his only neighbor, is blind - and her assistant is a classical music fan. They have no clue who he really is, but someone else does and she's waited her whole life to be with him.

What is love? For Deb, that was one of many life questions she hoped to answer when she left home for college. She was pretty enough to get guys' attention, but she wasn’t sure if she wanted to be around them. She simply wasn’t sure who she was or where she fits in. Yet one wild, passionate, crazy weekend answered all of those questions and more. And it all started with the sorority costume party.

When the remains of a young woman are discovered on the edge of picturesque Saranac Lake, Detective Harlow Durant races to the scene. The victim is identified as 26-year-old Ellie Gordon - a seemingly normal girl, with no known enemies. Then, another body is discovered. The only connection, a man they used to date. With a small community reeling in shock, Harlow knows time is running out to piece together the only lead she has, before another woman loses her life. But soon, she is confronted by a woman who brings her face-to-face with the secret she's spent her life running from.

Welcome to Mythic Cove, where weird is a way of life. A few months after learning she’s a witch, Lily Ravenwood is finally beginning to settle into life in Mythic Cove. In fact, things would be downright normal if not for: the werewolf detective whose gruff voice and warm eyes make her heart flutter, the gorgeous playboy vampire whose charming smile is only enhanced by his fangs, the fact that many of the townsfolk seem to think Lily is cursed, and the trouble she’s still having when it comes to controlling her magic.

Christmas was coming, but Santa was stressed. The toys were all made with no time for rest. His fluffy red bag was nowhere to be had. Without it, the children would all be so sad. What will he do in the time that was left? Find out as you join him on his Christmas quest.

Ten great chapters from our women speakers from our various Steeling the Mind Conferences!