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Fear and loneliness are Sirain’s only reward for proving her claim to the throne of Helle. Suffering from a broken heart and burdened by guilt, her bleak future worsens when the Fates issue a kill order for her father. If she wants to save him, Sirain must endure opening old wounds and face the consequences of her choices.

Desperate for a final taste of freedom before marrying the stranger chosen by his parents, brooding Pace, Second Prince of the Cupids, sneaks into the human world with his friends. When they encounter dangerous, dark beings that should not exist, he’s left with more questions than answers.

Prince Pharun was marked by the gods at birth, yet he has lived his entire life in his younger brother's shadow. Despite becoming Crowned Priest, a right hand to the divine, his father only ever treated him with contempt. Now, the king is dead, and he has named his second son his successor. Pharun is prepared to fight tooth and claw for his birthright, even if that means destroying what little family he has left.

Running an inn on the coast, living next to the beautiful ocean, and entertaining guests sounds like a dream come true for the couple in love. Except once they open their business, odd things begin to happen. Nothing serious, nothing Rose can’t blow off.

The king is gone. His city, Nyora, is now controlled by the Ambassador, who will stop at nothing to keep the mines at capacity. Not even the king’s citizens are safe from his predations. And the once-allied Inzi nation living outside the walls? My people? We must relinquish freedom or be slaughtered clinging to it. This battle is not merely with bows and blades: Deception and misdirection will be key. I defy the Ambassador in his own city as a spy, and on the battlefield as a warrior. My tribe often praises me for my fearless tenacity. But I’m not fearless. I’m terrified.

A fast-paced memoir, set in a top-rated hotel in the Yucatan jungle of Mexico, the crazy year begins after the author heads to help her friends, Molly and Luis Felipe, the owners of the property. Out of work and a relationship, Julie is looking to reinvent herself. But the day after arrival, her friends take off and leave Julie to run the hotel, with no Spanish speaking ability, and even less knowledge of the hotel business. With a wild international cast of characters working for the hotel, and cut off from the world, Julie ricochets from one disturbing encounter to another.

Iria should have been a princess. Instead, she spent 27 years struggling to survive in the Wasteland beyond her kingdom's borders. Now, thanks to the love and bravery of her sister, Iria finally has the life she was born into. She never has to worry or struggle again. So why is she still unhappy? When her magic finds the source of the plague that has been killing witches, it becomes clear that Iria is the only person with a chance of stopping it.

Sloane is trapped in a life he wishes he could leave. He has been made to hate the side of him that makes him different. He is a dragon, and as much relief and strength he feels in his dragon form, he has to hide it - even from the one person who should be supportive of him. His relationship with his mother is a contentious one; she abhors the dragon in Sloane, but he soon learns that the way his mother treats him has much deeper roots.

Harla has worked hard to attain the highly respected position as commander of the king’s guard and values the control she has in life. When she is sent on a secret mission to spy on the enemy, an explosion leaves her badly burned. Her injury is nothing compared to the fear of undoing what she’s built. Danna is one of the younger medics, but her passion and knowledge for healing people is recognized among even the most experienced in her field. When the prince calls on her to aid Harla, she vows to do all she can to help.

The King and Queen of Teqell have kept a terrible secret for 27 years. Now, it's killing them. Magic is draining them of their color, and they are dying. Princess Helena is obligated to marry and ascend to the throne, told to ignore what she has learned and accept their fate, but she cannot. Instead, she hatches a flimsy plan with the Dresden, one of her Royal Guards, to right this wrong. They must help each other travel across the kingdom that she helps rule but has largely never seen while evading other Guards who would bring them back to the castle and stop short their quest.

A horrified Mr Enfield recalls his encounter with Jekyll. Utterson becomes paranoid and decides to send Hastie and Mr Enfield to Hyde’s for answers.

The villainous Mr. Hyde plans to tear down the pillars of society, but first he must devise a way to get rid of his consciousness.

Utterson has sent Mr. Enfield to find out what Hyde was doing at the lab, Meanwhile Mr. Poole and Mr. Guest find that they have been robbed and receive a strange thank-you letter addressed to a man named Mr. Jekyll.

The Ancients of Faerie are awakening, and they don't like what they see. Imprisoned and cursed to eternal slumber in chains for centuries, Arthas, the Unseelie King of Faerie, returns to claim his realm back. The world has changed, and the thirst for vengeance is all consuming....

Zack Collins, age 16, barely settling into high school, faces his worst nightmare when a strange man at the local library gives him a typewriter. The man tells him that it will make all his dreams come true. Soon after obtaining it, all of his friends start dying in mysterious ways. The typewriter seemingly has a mind of its own, and it types messages to Zack. Is the typewriter killing people, or is there another force outside of his imagination that is causing the death of his friends and family? Who will be next?

Will is a young orphaned boy, going to live in the place that has given him nightmares for three years, ever since his parents died. Moving to a new state and attending a new school, he is put against the odds when things begin whispering his name, and the local boys at school reveal a deadly secret.

De l'art d'être fidèle... à ses désirs. À quoi ressemble l'infidélité en 2017 ? Quelles stratégies déploient amants et maîtresses pour s'adonner aux joies de la relation adultérine ? Quels sont les scénarios sexuels favoris des Emma Bovary d'aujourd'hui ? Vous le découvrirez à travers ces 20 histoires qui vous conduiront tour à tour dans la chambre d'une femme qui trompe son mari avec un ami de son fils, dans les toilettes d'un restaurant.

Hear the stories from the colorful characters of Gloucester in their own words! From the Sachem Masconnomet to the renowned Fitz Henry Lane, Howard Blackburn, General Benjamin Butler, John and Judith Sargent Murray, and many others. Relive the early history of America's oldest seaport through the mouths of its salty characters.

On December 23, 2007, a small private plane carrying author Kim Klein's 13-year-old daughter, Talia, Talia's father and her best friend crashed into the side of a volcano in Panama, killing all on board except the friend. A month after Talia's death, she started to speak from the afterlife. In The Universe Speaks, Talia teaches us that the conversations between the spirit world and those of us in physical bodies are as normal and natural as any conversation between two people.

From the incredibly impressive and inspiring teenager who unified the fundraising efforts of children across the USA, reporting more than $10 million (yes, MILLION) for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina at the age of ten, comes the ultimate, and most unexpected, guide for everyone who dreams of...