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The doorbell went at dawn. The police were there to arrest Edward for rape. When the case is dropped due to insufficient evidence, policewoman Kelly is outraged. She decides Edward will not get away with rape. Kelly, and her housemate Maeve, were childhood victims of abuse. Now, as catharsis for their trauma, they search out and castrate men who get away with rape. Janet, his rape victim, helps them set the trap to blackmail Edward. But Janet wants a different punishment for Edward.

Brendan, a quiet trainee accountant, naively agrees to carry a suitcase for Aftab, his boss, who has invited him to his wedding in India. He is plunged into the strange feudal world of a remote palace in rural India, together with smuggled currency, man-eating tigers, and arranged marriages.

It’s the 22nd century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There’s just one catch: We are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, we're at the bottom of the food chain. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money separates humans from the majority of the other races. While some of the stories deal with mercenaries, others introduce listeners to the other guilds, organizations, and races that make up the landscape of the Four Horsemen universe.

A lonely woman thrown back in time. A Viking warrior who may lose everything. They'll guard the only thing they have left: their hearts. Nakisha Harold has always dreamed of traveling the world, but she gets more than she bargains for when she's sucked back in time. Kodran Arisson needs a wife, whether he likes it or not, to achieve his ambitions as a Viking warrior. When Kodran finds Nakisha stranded in the wilderness, he offers her a deal: pretend to be his betrothed and he'll care for her in the Viking times. But as dangerous figures emerge from the shadows, Kodran and Nakisha must put ...

"Ha! She is never going to be chosen. Just look at her!" Isis Lozada has been taken captive by a group of time-traveling Vikings in desperate need of wives. All of the other captured women have been marked by a Viking man to claim the woman as their wives, but Isis has not been marked. As she begins to receive disapproving looks and whispers from the other women, she struggles with self-doubt. But she finally has an encounter in the woods with a Viking man, changing her life forever. The Viking King's Love is the first book in the To Love a Viking series. This heartwarming yet sensual ...

“I knew when I saw you amongst the people that I wanted you for my own, little lamb.” When the small town Christine Michaels lives in is sieged by magic-wielding Vikings, she does what she can to protect herself and her sister Michelle. The Vikings use the townspeople as their own personal servants, turning their world upside down. There is talk about rebellion against them, but Christine can’t help but be intrigued by the Lord of the Vikings, even as she fears him. So when he chooses her to be his captive bedmate, Christine feels both terrified and drawn to him. Aleifir Biorsson ...

“I know you did not wish to wed me, my fiery beauty, but I will work to be deserving of you for as long as I have breath.” Michelle Michaels has been married off like some medieval princess. And worse yet, the Viking brute she’s married to is an idiot. She rolled with the punches when their town was taken over by Vikings from another realm. She was supportive when her sister became a Viking Lord’s bedmate. But this? This was too much, especially when her awful estranged father is to blame. Her new husband may be handsome, but she won’t be liking him anytime soon. She isn’t some ...

Janet is unattached, beautiful and ambitious. Jeremy is a Gay, troubled self-made Irish billionaire, living with his partner David. Both are London based and are in Ireland for different reasons. However both become involved with the O’Byrne family. Janet is Crawford’s lead analyst on an aggressive takeover of the large fast growing O’Byrne family business. But all Crawford really wants is Janet.

Just after sunrise on a sunny day, Jill is found murdered on the centre lawn of a luxury apartment development. Jack, her boy-friend is arrested. He's had a big row with her on the morning of the murder. But there are undercurrents that emerge during the investigation….

“I would travel all of the worlds in order to be with you…” Frode has been burned by love. The woman he loves, Violet, has betrayed him, his royal family and his kingdom. Even so, he refuses to give up on her, abandoning his brother, King Bylur, to chase after her. When the goddess his people worship asks for his aid, Frode agrees. She needs him to help stop the fiend behind his love’s betrayal, and he is all too eager to help if it means saving Violet. He would do anything to ensure he doesn’t lose the love of his life. Violet Matthews despises what her life has become, working ...

An overlooked scientist risking everything to do what’s right. A charming Viking eager for a challenge. Being trapped in the modern era together could get them killed, or it might help them heal. Aria Jones has decided to become a traitor to her own people. As a scientist at the Institute for Innovative Science, she should be helping them prepare to capture Viking artifacts to wield their power. But she can’t ignore their horrific methods or stand by while they plan to destroy an entire Viking kingdom to achieve their goals, so she reaches out to the Vikings in secret. When the Viking ...

Join superfans Trevor Shelby, Thomas Kennedy, Gary Manning, Jennifer Rowell, and Reese Schrimsher each week as they lead their audience through their love of Carnival Cruise Line, Cruise News, and a focus on various Carnival Cruising Topics and interviews with Carnival staff, Crewmembers and Excursion staff who work so hard to make each and every cruise magical!

Chief Warrant Officer Benjamin “Benno” Sanchez has devoted over 20 years of his life to the Alliance of Liberated Systems’ Navy, defending his colony world from the continued encroachment of the Terran Union. His young daughter has been virtually orphaned for years, but his time away is coming to an end. On Adelaide, 14-year-old Mio Sanchez chafes at the limitations placed upon her. With her father away and her mother long since passed, she struggles with an indifferent foster family and yearns to leave her simple life and join her father in the Alliance Navy.

Zuzu met her best friend Cash on the first day of college, and nothing was ever the same. Tall, witty, and popular, his friendship represented a kind of belonging for Zuzu, who had always felt like an outsider growing up mixed race in her rural hometown. Though their friendship was charged with longing, it never progressed to romance. Now approaching her forties, Zuzu has built a stable life with her wife Agnes, a steadfast and career-driven lawyer. Yet Zuzu is haunted by the choices that have shaped her.

Gerry is caught in a net and drowns in the Forty Foot sea swimming spot. Detective Madeline Curtis suspects murder. She is assigned to investigate. Marty is found hung and dead in his shop under strange circumstances.

In accountancy, every debit has a credit. Kevin McAteer, twenty-three, living in London, is about to discover that real life is different. Just qualified as a Chartered Accountant after years of penury and study, he is flying high with a new Bedsit and a new girlfriend, Paula. An audit investigation in Maidenhead leads him into danger, with fraud, people smugglers, murderers, and money laundering.

An archaeological dig has turned up an artefact in the shape of a granite circle. Unknown to those on the dig, it is a wishing stone of ancient provenance. Wishes have unforeseen consequences, and the magic ability of the Granite Circle is discovered more by accident than design. Emma and Pauly find themselves trapped in the Arabian desert in the power of people traders. Pauly falls in love with Emma.

In the closing months of the 20th century, James McParland arrives in Boston to seek redemption. One hundred years earlier, he had joined The Pinkerton Agency and had quickly become its top detective—a man so feared by his opponents that they often committed suicide rather than fall into his hands. Although dead for more than eighty years, McParland’s reputation as “The Great Detective” preceded him as he reappears determined to earn eternal peace by helping the souls of those he tormented in life whose ghosts still walk among the living. THE GHOST DETECTIVE is a superbly written ...

Sometimes it is hard to get the big picture: For you the big picture may be yourself or you and a partner and maybe with a couple or a few co-workers running around chasing your tails making a living. You may be fighting hard to stand still. You may be bigger and getting organized for growth and further success. You will have to scale this book to fit to your business; it is not one size fits all. What is it? It is the right way to do things. You may have to adapt the scale to your resources, but if you adopt the principles of the approach it should be what you need. You may be the boss who...