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Prince Nicolas is looking for a priceless royal heirloom. Trying to stay under the radar, he keeps that he's a prince secret—especially from the cute antiques dealer he asks to help him. The longer it takes, the more time they get to spend together, though no matter how attracted he is to Lizzie, love is certainly not an option for the heir to the crown of Belfort.

Now that Kal has become chipless and The City's tyrants have turned against their own people, the time for action has come. Amber receives news of her father's faltering health and can no longer put off her plans to rescue him from the High Professor's captivity. Together with two New City survivors, Kal and Amber embark on a long and dangerous journey. But their plan to penetrate The City and expose how the High Professor manipulates the citizens he had sworn to protect runs into a string of obstacles that threaten to end their mission before it starts.

Davis Jones finds the world to be chaotic and overwhelming, especially since his fiancé died. But as the owner of a small-town hardware store, he enjoys fixing what is damaged - his life excluded. Attempting to escape his demons, he visits his family where they are volunteering in Thailand. All he wants is to help others in relative peace and quiet. But the beautiful and gregarious service director has other plans.

Tessa and her kind are sick and tired of being the victims. Now is payback time! "Shooting pool all by yourself can be fun for a little while, but it gets boring in the end, and I had been doing it for two days in a row now. All I knew was that this was where the recruiter was likely to show up. I hoped that my platinum blond hair and my innocent blue eyes would be enticing enough for him to hit on me; otherwise, I would have to find another way. But wait a minute - you have no idea what this is all about, right"?

The Butcher Shop Girl begins with Carmen’s unique coming-of-age as she’s ripped from her extended family after her Catholic parents’ divorce. Learning to conquer unusual places in the name of survival, Carmen spends her childhood working in her mother’s slaughterhouse in prairie Alberta, tearing through flesh and getting up to trouble. To escape a violent home, she bounces from house to house, working on the family farm, and eventually in the oil patch.

Tessa's innate ability has developed beyond expectation, and her telepathic skills make her an asset for the Extra-Sensory Agents Unit. Fresh from an adventure that sharpened up her power, she embarks on a delicate operation to find a teenager telepath, who may be stealing top-secret information.

When Adeline Baker was told that big-time Hollywood actor Eli Hunt wanted to film a movie in Starlight Ridge - and inside her small chocolate shop - she told them they were crazy. But the film crew arrived, and Eli Hunt with them, and fantasy quickly became reality. Adeline knew Eli would be charming - she’d read the magazines and seen the interviews - but she’d underestimated the pull he’d have on her.

He’d rather ride the waves than the tide of romance. Isaac Larson is the picture of surfing perfection, killer smile included. But ever since his long-time girlfriend left their small town for the summer - and never came back - it has been harder to find things to smile about. It isn’t until she turns up on the beach two years later, ready to pick back up where they had left off, that he realizes he’s finally ready to move on. Will some small-town intervention and a lot of forgiveness be enough for Isaac and Leanna to figure out they were never meant to be apart?

The price of a lie will be paid in blood. Nightland’s attack shattered the safety of the domes, leaving dead to be burned and debts to be settled. As the Domers struggle to rebuild, Nola tries to forget everything she learned beyond the glass walls. The people on the outside aren’t hers to save. There is nothing left for them but pain and death. Nola’s life will continue trapped in the domes, Jeremy by her side. When the chaos of the city reaches the glass, the line between murder and protection blurs, leaving Nola with only one terrible chance for survival.

The world is ending. The fight for survival has only begun. Good and evil have vanished, leaving only power and death in the outside world. As fire and blood rain down on the city, a new foe appears amongst the flames. One who will stop at nothing to create the future the domes have dreamt of. Those who have managed to survive beyond the reach of the domes are left with a terrible choice: To hide in safety, or fight against the monsters who slaughter without mercy.

Vengeance never tasted so sweet. Malik and Abel were young men who enjoyed the small pleasures of life. Life was easy and routine with no unexpected surprises along the way. They had little care for the world around them, but all that changed when their life went up in flames. Literally. The two brothers managed to escape with their lives but the marks on their soul left them far from unscathed. Hardened and set on revenge, Malik puts his focus on protecting the only family he has left, his brother.

Jill Van Doren is a successful romance novelist-but she is unhappy and unfulfilled. When she meets a new neighbor and fellow writer, Jeff Spiegel, the two make a casual connection that could be the start of something more. But when one of their other neighbors dies suddenly under suspicious circumstances, Jill and Jeff find themselves intrigued by the mystery and the police aren't investigating. What follows leads them on a cross-country trek from Seattle to New York, Connecticut, and beyond as they track down the killer-only to unearth a much greater conspiracy.

Seventeen-year-old Nola Kent has spent her life in the domes, training to protect her little piece of the world within the glass. The mission of the domes is to preserve the human race, not to help the sick and starving. When the fate of an outsider child falls into her hands, Nola dares to venture beyond the security of her home, diving into a world of darkness and vampires. Life within the glass didn’t prepare her for the realities of suffering or the depth of forbidden love. When blood washes over the domes, Nola must choose between her home and her heart.

Divorce can be intimidating, but you don’t have to go through it alone. Miles Mason, Sr. set out to create the ultimate handbook to help a spouse through the divorce process. To that end, this book addresses a variety of topics that the compassionate professionals of the Miles Mason Family Law Group know best, including advice needed to get the learning process started, hiring your divorce team, custody and parenting plans, and how courts view dating during separation. The book is easy to read, and will be a valuable tool as you find your way through the divorce process.

When Bree Garrett’s former college roommate invites Bree to move to Starlight Ridge, a small tourist town on the Californian coast, she is all too happy to leave the deserts of New Mexico and the memories of her former life. She only has three conditions. One - No one can find out about her fear of water - totally embarrassing when you live next to the ocean. Two - No seafood. She can't stomach it. Yeah, she sees the irony of points number one and two. Three - No blind dates. The last thing she needs is a relationship. Her ex-fiancé would agree.

Imagine a labyrinth world from the perspective of its native people. Araina’s lonely teenage life is forever altered when she witnesses a man with supernatural powers emerge through a rippling wall into the dark and deadly labyrinth she calls home. Araina must solve many mysteries surrounding the newcomer and the labyrinth she thought she knew so well. And, as a result of the stranger's arrival, Araina's creators have unleashed a series of attacks against the labyrinth inhabitants. She must decide if she will trust potentially deceitful allies in order to survive.

Everything is riding on the races. As planned, I have entered the races to get back the map to Sanshli. Everything is riding on this and I cannot lose. Torn between my brother, Nygard, and Jack, I didn’t know who to trust. The more I thought about it, the more I wondered if Nygard had it right - maybe we were more powerful and deserved to rule. Only time would tell, and the winner of the races would be able to find Sanshli and end this once and for all.

Now it is time to figure out who I really am. A year has passed since we were all on Sanshli. My idiot brother decided to pull out the sword and now we were stuck in the past, all in new bodies. Like my life wasn’t complicated enough. But now it was going to get even more complicated. Time was running out and I had to finish my mission: Destroy Nygard once and for all. I knew I would be on my own for this one, as I was the only one who I could trust. And there was always Jack, but I still didn’t know where he was. Hopefully it would all make sense soon.

Moments after Aleric clasps the emerald necklace around Viola’s neck, after being surrounded by a bright green light, our Dè Danann Circle find themselves not where they left off. The world in front of them is definitely not the same. This new world seems brighter and full of something that feels like a promise, with a tinge of something they just can’t place.

Going through the turning changed our lives forever. Inheriting magic didn’t necessarily change it for the better either. A centuries old prophecy was triggered, we were constantly chased by demons, lost our childhood home, went into hiding, and battled the most powerful demon ever known. We thought that we were done after fulfilling the prophecy. Turns out we were wrong. While adjusting to our new lives, magic was accidentally exposed and now we’re in big trouble. I have no idea how we’re going to get out of this mess.