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Such is the dark magic of a siren’s song, the power of which half-siren Lirien witnesses for himself as he watches his mother sing his father, the King of Ardeth, into the sea. In a fruitless attempt to reverse his father’s fate, Lirien sings the siren song himself, not knowing its true power is seduction. Instead, he ensnares his stepmother, the Queen, with its hypnotic melody.

Coming of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya’s dacha just outside of Moscow, lazing in the apple orchard, listening to Queen songs, and fantasizing about trips abroad and the lives of American teenagers. Meanwhile, Anya’s parents talk about World War II, the Blockade, and the hardships they have endured. By the time Anya and Milka are fifteen, the Soviet Empire is on the verge of collapse.

How do you build an elite team? Veteran Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg explain that it all has to do with "divas" and "knaves." Revolutionary Insights is curated from the Computer History Museum's Revolutionaries interview series and is brought to you by Audible. This talk was originally recorded on October 8, 2014.

Sixteen-year-old Declan is the perfect son...except for one tiny issue. When his sister Delia comes home to find him trying on her clothes, he fears her judgment, but she only fears his fashion choices. One quick makeover later, Declan is transformed into Delia’s mysterious cousin Layla and dragged to the party of the year, hosted by Carter, the most popular boy in school.

Flowers in the Gutter author Kristina R. Gaddy tells the story of America’s tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War and of the war itself from the viewpoints of four children of famous abolitionists, including those of Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.

Combat digestive symptoms and get trustworthy information to keep yourself healthy from the inside out Gut Health For Dummies can help you restore and optimize your gut and its microbes, for better health day to day. Clear away the confusion and debunk the unscientific information found on social media with this essential guide. You'll learn what makes the gut so important and how it influences the rest of your body, including your brain.

Looking for a little inspiration? You'll find it here, in expertly crafted, explicit stories of couples who try out their number-one sexual fantasies - with explosive results. Sex educator Violet Blue brings together a collection of erotic fantasies sure to keep you up past bedtime. Sweet Life is your ticket to a front row seat for first-time spankings, breathtaking role-playing scenes, sex parties, women who strap it on and men who love to take it, not to mention threesomes of every combination.

Greek mythology meets The Frog Prince and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a spicy romantasy fairy tale concerning a marriage of convenience between a fair maiden and a determined prince. An enchanting offer for a marriage of convenience, as proposed by the emerald prince? Kiss the frog and be awarded a magical kingdom? Why, who wouldn’t want to accept such a wonderous proposal? Daphne Galloway might have always dreamed about being a princess, but she never thought that the opportunity to become one would leap right onto her lap... quite literally. But this little green frog...

Are you looking for a way to keep your family engaged in the true spiritual nourishment Lent has to offer? Tending the Garden of Our Hearts offers family devotions based on the Scriptures for each day of Great Lent, including questions to discuss and ponder and an appendix full of hands-on activities to bring the lessons of the season to life.

¿Por qué es la tierra tan importante para la familia de Cassie? Los acontecimientos de un año agitado—el año de los hombres de la noche y de los incendios, el año en que una muchacha blanca humilló a Cassie en público porque era negra—sirvieron para que Cassie se diera cuenta de que tener un lugar propio constituye el alma de la familia Logan. El valor y el orgullo de los Logan se los da la tierra, porque sin importar cuánto los puedan subestimar, los Logan poseen algo que nadie les puede quitar.

He's a devil of an angel. She's an angel of a demon. Angels and demons don't mix. Azazel should have extinguished the deadly Lilith when he had the chance. Now, faced with a prophecy that will force him to betray the memory of his one true love and wed the Demon Queen, he cannot end her life until she leads him to Lucifer. Finding the First is the Fallen's only hope for protecting mankind from Uriel's destruction, but Azazel knows that ignoring his simmering desire for the Lilith will be almost as impossible.

Working out is great, but who has time for 1h+ classes? That's where this Podcast comes into play! Join Melanie for short but effective Audio Yoga Flows and Pilates-inspired classes you can do anywhere to boost your mood and tone your body so that you feel beautiful inside and out ✨ You can find all classes as videos on YouTube! About Me: I'm a Yoga Teacher with 500h of Teacher Training and registered with Yoga Alliance (RYT 500). I've been practicing Yoga and Pilates for more than 6 years and have a passion for yoga, web design, good food, surfing and spending time at the beach.

Award-winning novelist and erotica writer Kristina Wright goes over the river and through the woods to find the sexiest fairy tales ever written. Playfully seductive, supernaturally sensual, and darkly erotic, Fairy Tale Lust showcases clever twists to classic tales and introduces new stories inspired by the ever-popular genre.

Shortly after a crowded New York-bound flight takes off from Stockholm, a bomb threat is found onboard. Anonymous hijackers demand that the Swedish government revoke its decision to deport a Moroccan man. If their demands are not met, the plane will explode if it attempts to land.

Was tust du, wenn du nach neun magischen Tagen erfährst, dass die Liebe deines Lebens keine Zukunft hat? Anni war sich noch nie so sicher: In Lukas hat sie die Liebe ihres Lebens getroffen. Dabei wollte sie ihrem Nachmieter doch nur die Schlüssel für die Wohnung in die Hand drücken – und ganz bestimmt nicht ihr Herz. Doch vom ersten Moment an spürt sie eine einzigartige Verbindung zu Lukas. Die beiden verbringen neun magische Tage und Nächte zusammen – bis Anni einer Wahrheit auf den Grund kommt, die ihre Liebe unmöglich macht. Zehn Jahre später ist Anni eine andere geworden.

Rattlesnakes, RVs, and road trips? None of these are in middle-aged Violet's vocabulary. But overnight, she's barreling across the country, leaving Chicago for a tiny, New Mexico desert town in search of the man who stole her money. Oh, and he happens to be her ex-husband. Well, almost ex.

Lara Kemp's brother is dead. She's a wife and a mother, but she's lost in her grief and far too many days she finds herself curled up on her closet floor, unable to function. She's miserable and worst of all, she's lost all her memories of her brother and can only remember him through the stories other people share. When Lara comes close to taking her own life, she and her husband take steps to get her the help she needs. They go on a much-needed visit to Lara's aunt in the small town of Grafton, Illinois, on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

Every night, 17-year-old Reeve Lennox finds herself under a noose. By day she is a lady of Acarsaid's royal house, daydreaming of adventure and love. But every night in sleep she wanders through a nightmarish city, an invisible witness to the screeches of monsters and the screams of their victims. Her only consolation is Bran, a battle-torn young man with a selfless heart and eyes that reflect the stars. Yet while Reeve falls deeper into her dreams, in truth she is engaged to Arden, a mercurial nobleman who has long been cured of his belief in love.

When Branwen used magic to save her country’s future, she never expected to destroy her dreams for her own. Now the love she and Tristan built is destroyed, and her relationship with her cousin Essy is shattered. But Branwen does not have time to dwell on her heartbreak. Essy’s betrothed, the king of a rival nation, must never discover Tristan and Essy’s affair, or it could mean war. Branwen goes to desperate lengths to stop the king from discovering the truth, but the price may be even more terrible than she could have imagined.

Lilith weiß seit dem Tag ihrer Geburt, dass sie bald sterben wird. Sie hat sich schon vor langer Zeit mit ihrem eigenen bevorstehenden Tod abgefunden, doch der Tod all derer, die sie liebt, ist eine ganz andere Sache. Und als ihre Stadt langsam in den Fängen einer mysteriösen, von Göttern verfluchten Krankheit verdorrt, unternimmt sie einen verzweifelten Versuch, die Dinge zu ändern. Um an ein Heilmittel zu kommen, schließt Lilith in ihrer Not einen Handel mit dem Einzigen ab, den die Götter noch mehr hassen als ihr Dorf: dem Vampir Vale.