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Imagine a world without money, a world where everyone is biologically connected to a computer in order to survive and The Foundation determines your "Timeline" by how much you contribute to society. Detective Cole Sands lives in that world and is oblivious to any other. Until, that is, he is tasked to investigate the suspicious death of an old man and his investigations lead him into an underground world.

Tell me where it hurts.... Nick has a practical medical exam next week, and he isn't prepared. Katy, the brat of the house, is desperate to be an actress and jumps at the chance to help him out with his role play. Nick is over the moon; he's lusted after her for a while. He needs the practice for his exam, but would also do anything he could to get his hands on her.

When a tragic bike accident leaves a young man with a broken back, a long held fantasy comes true for him when the brat of the house comes to his aid, helping him out where he can't help himself. Unfortunately this story is so taboo, I can't tell you any more about it here.

As Wade Hampton's phobias almost render him housebound after a swift break-up, he decides to move from Arizona back to his hometown in California. Once there, Wade meets Sophia Syros. He is immediately attracted to her, but a severe panic attack on their first date almost does Wade in. A relationship forms between the two from opposite upbringings and Sophia agrees to help with his affliction from panic attacks, depression and impending agoraphobia.

What Primary Colors by Anonymous did for the Clintons, Schopenhauer's Maxim by Formichella does for the politics of the religious right. Part political intrigue, part fairy tale, and all humor at its darkest and most noir.

On a chilly evening in fall of 1966, Annie Jean Barnes left her home in East Brewton, Alabama, to spend time at a secluded fishing camp owned by a local doctor. Less than 48 hours later she was hospitalized - beaten and abused. Within a week, she was dead. And, it would seem, willfully forgotten by the citizens of Brewton - the more prosperous area on the west side of Murder Creek - who soon came to refer to the fate of Jean Barnes as an "unfortunate incident."

Can cats and dogs ever get along, let alone fall in love? Sam knows you can never go home again. As an orphaned feline shifter raised by wolves, being an outcast is nothing new to him. But the pack is still his family, and when one of them passes away, Sam returns to the New Mexico desert to say good-bye. Gus is a loner who rarely returns to his pack, but as fate would have it, Sam is there when he chooses to visit. The history between Gus and Sam is tumultuous, to say the least.

A competitive MAN OF THE HOUSE with a long held crush on a THE RESIDENT BRAT, bets her he'll do better than her in his upcoming driving test. When she loses, he takes a chance to get her to do what he has always wanted. Her forfeit -- to become his slave for the evening.

Eight years after Garrett got kicked out by his parents, a detective finds his RV home. Garrett's uncle Travis has died, leaving him a resort-town house with a coffee shop. Garrett wraps up his massage business and heads to Berkley Springs, WV. From a homeless teen to a college-educated, self-made man, he did well for himself. Despite all that, it's hard to walk proudly where so many old memories lie in ambush.

When Merrill Starks set his sights on Justine, his depraved actions set off a sequence of events that would lead to one little girl finding her purpose in life. Dr. Chloe Daniels, renowned forensic psychologist, aided in the identification and capture of some of the most notorious mass murderers the United States had ever known. But Chloe didn't embark on her career by happenstance. Merrill Starks was her inspiration.

Julian, formerly from Texas, works as a programmer in Alexandria, VA. The proximity of Washington, DC provides him with both clients and nighttime entertainment. If it wasn't for his crippling fear of heights, his life would be perfect. Cade bought a small riding stable outside of town. A training accident landed him with broken ribs, which leads to a tight cash flow. Helps comes in the form of a whole year of riding lessons, purchased for Julian by his wealthy grandfather.

Where do you turn when there's no one left to trust...? At sleepy Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, the Commanding General's wife Bunny Harris has been murdered, her head decapitated, and the Arabic word for "dust" scrawled in blood over the bed. Jack Garrett, a Los Angeles lawyer and former special ops soldier who is grieving after the recent death of his wife, starts working on the case with Cameron Wells, a beautiful, ambitious attorney who began her career in military intelligence.

Travel Tales: Getting Away with It — or Almost! is about travelers who perpetrate their own schemes on fellow travelers or even the locals themselves. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they do not.

The Kansas City Police Department is under attack by a small group of hackers. These cyber criminals threaten to sell personal information about each officer to the black market, essentially putting lives at stake. Wally Redmond is a sketch artist. He’s an alcoholic. He’s a sex fiend. And he’s given a chance to become a hero. His infatuation for a rookie leads him to situations he would otherwise avoid. But despite his personal issues, he may be the only hope for the cops who dedicate their lives to protect us. He may be the only one with a solution.

The "Last Best Class" of Fish River Community School had lost one of its members every year since the second grade. Waffle Houses were popping up throughout small-town Alabama with one corporate rule: "Good Food Fast." Struggling to cope with the tragedy that shadowed him most of his life, Dr. Jimmy Ryan dedicated himself to bringing people back from the brink, driven by his own guiding principle "Ain't Dead Yet." Not until Jimmy's own death did the folks at the Waffle House in Penelope, Alabama, learn the full extent of the secrets buried with the dead.

Cord Alexander finds that his ruthless pursuit of the truth behind missing nuclear waste comes with a very high price. So does the secret he's kept from his wife, Morgan, about a brief affair he had. It's all crashing in, and he's either going to clear his name and save his marriage or...well, let's just say things could go horribly wrong for him. And while his attention is on all that, Morgan is back home dealing with the government, who thinks Cord has done some pretty terrible things, and trying not to lose her mind over evidence that her husband has been cheating on her.

Morgan Windwalker thinks she has the perfect life, the perfect job and most definitely the perfect husband. Then a call comes in the middle of the night and from that moment things start to change. Her once perfect husband, Cord Alexander starts to display a recklessness that troubles her. Cracks start to appear in her perfect life, revealing lies and betrayals she didn't want to believe were possible. Can she keep the cracks from multiplying, keep all the pieces intact, or is she fighting a losing battle?

Special Agent Gabriel Stryker has a penchant for packing heat, thwarting his enemies, and dropping awful puns. And not necessarily in that order. When an international weapons dealer sets his sights on New York City on New Year's Eve, it's up to Stryker to get to the bottom of his nefarious plan before the clock strykes zero. With the help of his not-so-ex-girlfriend and intrepid, acid-tongued reporter, Vikki Phoenix, Stryker will need to call on every last bit of awesomeness - and the occasional spanking - to keep Vikki on the straight and narrow and out of harm's way.

In his youth, Adam Peppers wanted nothing more than the spotlight. The fame, the fortune, and the glory that came with celebrity. Until his brother stole his dream from him. Angry and bitter, he lets the doldrums of suburban life eat away at him. Until one night, it all changes. He finds his parents dead, himself attacked by a mysterious hooded figure, and his house burned down. With nothing left, he seeks an opportunity to take from his brother what he always knew should have been his.

She was lifeless; she was gone, I knew it. I'd lost her. My world was crashing down again, and the darkness was invading me....