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Imagine starting at the end and finishing back at the beginning. This is the story of a teenage girl called Valerie Saunders who is about to be thrown through time and space. Being bestowed with abilities beyond her wildest nightmares, she discovers that she not only has to deal with turning eighteen, her first job and an unwanted tattoo, but also magical powers and intense urges to fall in love.

Widowed at seventeen, a mother at eighteen, Lady Helen Chadwick well knew that she must take care, especially when she was so dependent upon others. One wrong act could have her and her young daughter cast out. Cast into the unknown with no home and no living. Thankfully, nothing exciting ever happened on the coast of West Devon. Captain, Lord Duncan Davenport has returned from war. Returned to the boisterous loud Davenport Clan. But what he truly needs is to find peace. To find someway to live with the guilt that tears at him. His only hope is that the quiet of West Devon will give him ...

The Oregon Trail. Two thousand miles of misery interspersed with moments of terror. People fighting their way through everything the world could throw at them. Miss Hanna Parker and her younger brothers are abandoned and alone, days behind their party, at the mercy of vicious outlaws. Only to be saved by Army Scout, Zion Campbell.

Olivia Caldwell always believed the man to be insufferable. Unfortunately, he was her brother’s best friend, therefore unavoidable. And while Lord Bradford might be opinionated, domineering, and a notorious rake, he was also the only man in England who was able to rescue her from kidnappers. A fact that was going to lead to her worse nightmare: a marriage of convenience to the one man who she could not control.

It was supposed to be a simple tutoring job for shy high school senior Chelsea. When she shows up at an address in the middle of nowhere, she never expected to find the guy of her dreams at the end of a mountain trail. The last thing Eric can afford to do is fall in love. He has secrets worth keeping, but when Chelsea starts breaking down his walls, they discover being hidden friends isn't enough. Maybe they have a future worth risking everything for.

Lady Margaret Duval is being forced to marry her father’s best friend, a man she truly despises. A man she can never admire. Just once she wants to know what if feels like to love. To experience life as it was meant to be. Pretending to be simply Meg Miller, a common lady’s maid, she sneaks away for a touch of adventure. Renowned rake, the Duke of Suffolk, has grown tired of a hedonistic London. A few weeks traveling the back country of England sounds too appealing to ignore. Of course, a duke of the realm would never be accepted into that world.

After escaping the servitude he suffered while being imprisoned in heaven, Apius—an ancient evil entity—calls out to Peter Nichols from beyond the grave. It was this “child” who thwarted Apius’s plan for revenge as he sought out the destruction of humanity for the last several centuries. But Peter now owes Apius a blood-debt. Collecting on this debt, Apius captures the soul of Peter’s mother, hoping to draw him near. Once he rids himself of Peter, he can then move to release his brothers from their guarded sarcophaguses and wipe away the scourge of mankind. However, fifteen-year...

Apius is gone, but his legacy lives on with a brother's promise. Because of this promise, humanity is on the verge of extinction. Famine has swept across the globe as a mysterious pathogen is destroying the world's food supply. Even though agroterrorism is suspected, FBI Special Agent Peter Nichols knows there is much more to this. Haunted by his long-forgotten past, he hunts for answers — answers hidden deep below an ancient Ceiba tree in the heart of Mexico. Here, protected by a deadly maze of tunnels, is a mythical temple. According to legend, this temple serves as a gateway to the ...

It's a quiet house, sheltered, standing in a mass of tangled old trees called the Holtwood. Raymond watches it. He's been watching it, through a gap in the fence at the bottom of the garden, for weeks. Thinking about the elderly owners, Mr and Mrs Latch, who took him in one night when he was a frightened boy caught up in an emergency. Mr Latch showed him something that was kept in a wardrobe in the spare room. He can't remember what it was. He only knows how sick it made him feel. Raymond watches Holt House. He has to remember what he saw. He has to get inside.

Interest in the social life of humankind shows that, across time, people are driven by the same needs: food, shelter, safety, and connection. In The Fletcher’s Gambit, Book 2 of The Der Flechtemann Chronicle, Michael and James uncover secrets of 14th-century Germany. Like in Yakov’s Run, injustices and family separations drive the story. These tales reflect our past and present, told to uplift, inspire, and reveal timeless human truths.

Born into a wealthy family in England in 1942, Christopher could’ve expected a privileged life. It was not to be. At six years of age, he entered boarding school. The burden of undiagnosed dyslexia led to an aversion to schoolwork, and violent sexual abuse from a fellow boarder became the impetus for leaving school. He embarked on a life of hard manual labour, before returning to his parents’ farm, but continual frustrations between him and his father culminated in a stint of involuntary commitment. On release in 1964, he left for Australia as a "10 Pound Pom".

The Gang Lion Assembly is a podcast collective and home to: Frank Welker Wonder Hour, Macabrecast, Movies As Comics, Keeping Up With Comics & More.

The first dawn of humanity’s evolution has begun, and a war is coming. Twenty years ago, a plan was conceived of and set in motion by a group of powerful individuals. Their aim is unknown, but the outcome will soon be realized, and the fate of mankind rests on the few. Sam and Karl meet on the morning all hell breaks loose and are set on a course that will change their lives irrevocably. Hidden secrets will be revealed. Can Sam figure out the changes within herself before it’s too late?

When America's enemies threaten, the man of a thousand faces is called on to defend and protect against all foes. Here are four new thrill-packed adventures. Pulp action at its finest.

Take a coven of witches, one tattoo, a first edition bookshop, an evil love-crazed psychopath and a prison. Mix that with an alien Father Christmas look-alike, two parents you never knew you had, betrayal, a dash of heartbreak and a Morris Traveller and you have a glimpse of Valerie Saunders' life yesterday, before bed! Just wait till she wakes up....

Want to walk a mile in Cornelius Tuckling’s fat shoes? Want to understand the psychology behind his fatness – and have a laugh at the same time? Why, at the age of 30, is he still a virgin? Why, despite his extreme shyness, does he agree to pose naked for a portrait? Want to see how he finally conquers his problems – both physical and psychological - and gets the girl…though not the right one?Why? Because you want to be entertained. Because you want to believe there’s always a way forward. Because underneath it all, he’s a nice chap, really.And he isn't ugly!

Claire Callahan, la hermosa fiscal del distrito, jamás imaginó que, al tratar de atrapar al gato de su vecina en aquel callejón, tendría un encuentro con dos vampiros. Ewan Mc'Evan, un Centinela Nocturno dedicado a cazar Renegados y a preservar la raza humana, la salvó; pero resultó herido. ¿Cómo dejarlo allí, tirado en el pavimento? Ahora, ninguno de los dos podrá librarse de los problemas... ni de la atracción.

Cuando Eddie se personó en el bufete de abogados donde trabajaba uno de sus clientes habituales, toda su vida se vio abocada a un verdadero desastre. Albert Talbot, vivía inmerso en una vida de frustración, en la que su padre y su abuelo dictaban su vida; hasta que cometió un grave error con el chico al que amaba...

What would you do if you woke up to find you'd somehow acquired a halo - and it was burning your scalp? This is the problem William has to cope with and he doesn't even deserve the honour of sainthood. What if the Earth, abused and polluted, developed cancer? Are they women - or are they cars? These are some of the questions answered in this collection of quirky stories.

In the classic Christmas story, few words are devoted to the donkey who carried humble, pregnant Mary to Bethlehem…until now.