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She’s new to town, but not new to the lifestyle. So why can't she resist topping from the bottom? Now that Luisa has finally left the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, she’s ready to find a new club to play in. When her friend Tracie brings her to Club Surrender, she knows she’s finally found the perfect place. Seattle’s premier women only “light BDSM” club is clean, fun, and chock full of women to explore. Paula has always been a little dominant, but being a dominatrix seemed like a step too far. After growing up in an abusive home, she knows how easy it is to hurt someone, so ...

Lady Claire Hamilton was a small child when her father left England, taking her and her mother to live in France. He wanted them to escape the influence of his dictatorial father, who never approved of his son's marriage and wanted the marriage annulled. Now, both of Lady Claire's parents are deceased and she is back in England looking for her mother's family. But someone seems to want to stop her, and has gone so far as to try to abduct her. While she and her maid are on their way to meet with someone who may know her mother's parents, two men accost them and grab Lady Claire. Her maid ...

Jason Randwulf comes to Towers City to find his future but instead finds his life taking a few steps back. The only job he can get is at a local coffee shop - which pays nothing - and then he learns his former boyfriend is currently involved with someone new. When Jason answers an ad for a mysterious experiment to make some money, he is infused with a strange substance that grants him incredible powers and brings him nothing but trouble. Despite all that, he decides to use his new abilities to become a hero. He cracks down on the Neon drug that's been flooding the city and takes down some ...

Marcia, a young woman nearing twenty, is on her way to jail. She has been busted, again, this time for using heroin. As she passes buildings and bus stops that remind her of her childhood, she tries to recall what incidents led her to her dilemma. With barely a goodbye, her mother leaves her at the steps of the jail. Terrified, she is processed and placed in a new world—cell 6, bed 8. Unexpected Angels is a true account of a young woman, once an academic superstar, who is thrown into jail to await trial on a narcotics charge. At nineteen, she's already a three time loser. She must dig ...

What If Everything in the Universe Was Made of Just One Thread? What If Einstein Got It Wrong? This Theory Challenges the Big Bang — and Everything That Follows. The Threads and Luxidoni Light Theory explained in plain English without math, jargon, or paradoxes, offers a radical new way to understand the universe.What if: Light isn't a wave or a particle, but spinning Luxidoni on a straight thread? Gravity isn't curved space, but rising thread tension? Black holes are not holes, but regions where energy stops spinning—so light vanishes? And what if no two protons or neutrons are ...

Lady Amber Langston has been widowed for more than a year. With time on her hands, she spends her days teaching the village children to read and do sums. She is on her way home after such a day when a wheel on her coach hits a pothole and the wheel breaks. One of the village men escorting her home, helps her out of the coach and then removes the wheel to take back to the village for repairs. After some time, the sun sets and the air turns quite chilly. Amber feels the cold through her thin coat and rubs her hands together, in an effort to warm them. Suddenly, there is the sound of an ...

Cedar Grove is abuzz with excitement as the Halloween Festival draws near, but for Lila Harrington, owner of the Harrington Inn, the holiday takes a chilling turn. Strange creaks echo from the empty upper floors, shadowy figures flit through the halls, and a mysterious history of tragic lovers haunts the property. When one of her guests is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Lila’s unease turns to determination. With her best friend Jane by her side and her clever beagle Barkley sniffing out clues, Lila dives into a mystery that blurs the lines between the supernatural and the all-...

Light From The Dust - Sci-fi Anthology“Light From the Dust is intelligent fiction at its finest” Readers’ Favorite A future where cyborgs raise our offspring with dire consequences for the children Colonizing new worlds made easy by fooling the native fauna A decaying alien civilization on the brink of disaster – but the cure may be worse than the disease Humans evolve psychic abilities that threaten the existence of their own species A scientist, while developing a technology that will send us to the stars, fights for his life against a corporate takeover Light From The Dust ...

In this gripping Gothic thriller set in Victorian London, we enter a world where darkness lurks beneath the veneer of polite society. The story follows Isabella Blackwood, a woman driven by revenge and ambition, as she becomes entangled with the mysterious and murderous Edward Hyde. Through moonlit streets and fog-shrouded alleys, we witness a deadly game of cat and mouse unfold between these two formidable characters. Hyde, a sophisticated monster who stalks London's elite, leaves a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake. His brutality is matched only by his cunning, as he manipulates the ...

Hace tres años, mientras estudiaba en el extranjero, conocí a un hombre que cambiaría mi vida para siempre. En una sola noche juntos, Ashby me satisfizo de maneras que nunca antes había experimentado, ni siquiera con una sola de mis ex novias. Sin embargo, yo no era gay. Nunca pude mirar a otro hombre de la forma en que miraba a Ashby, y créeme, lo intenté. Ahora, entrando en mi tercer año en la Universidad Dogson, recién salido de otra relación fallida, ese encuentro con Ashby todavía arde en mi mente como si hubiera ocurrido ayer. Creía que nunca volvería a encontrarme con mi ...

Some kids dream big. Finn Harper dreams dangerously! Every night, thirteen-year-old Finn slips into the Dreamscape, a realm of surreal worlds, wild creatures, and whispered fears, armed only with Flicker, his moody, half-magical lantern. As a junior Dreamkeeper, his job is to patch up nightmares before they spill into the waking world. No pressure! But when his best friend Lila’s little brother falls into a coma, and a forgotten villain known as the Nightmare Weaver resurfaces, Finn is pulled into a dangerous quest that spans collapsing dreambubbles, shape-shifting monsters, and a ...

Ford Es la primera vez que hago algo así. Incluso le di un nombre falso. Después de todo, nunca volveré a verlo. Virgil no se parece en nada a mi ex, y eso es exactamente lo que quiero en una aventura de una noche. Es un alfa total, ex marine, y cuando me lleva a su habitación, marca casillas que ni siquiera sabía que existían. Quizás no estoy tan roto como creía. Se suponía que solo duraría una noche... hasta que Virgil aparece en mi librería conduciendo un camión de reparto. Genial. Ahora parece que estamos atrapados juntos. No hay forma de que un hombre como él se enamore de...

About The Book We are happy to introduce a translation of the famous classical Hanafi Fiqh Manual called Nur al-Idah (The Light of Clarification) by Imam Hasan bin Ammar bin Ali Al-Shurunbulali who is described as one of the greatest scholars of his time (b. 1580). This edition covers: The basics of purification (classes of water, containers, residual foods or drinks, etiquettes of performing the call of nature etc.), wudu, ritual bath, dry ablution, wiping over footgear, rules related to menstruation and postnatal bleeding, The basics of prayer (the call to prayer [adhan and iqaama], how ...

Many parents and teachers know that: “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim 3:16-17) And, they want to present appropriate editions of the Bible to those in their care. Yet, they sometimes find it difficult to locate texts that reflect the true glory and majesty of God’s word in a format that is accessible to young readers. Sensing a great need and wishing to lead young hearts to the Savior, Bishop Richard ...

Daughter of the Fallen *The Seraphim Chronicles – Book One* In a world where bloodlines carry ancient power and deadly secrets, one young woman will discover her past is the key to an unimaginable future... She was born of darkness. But something ancient calls her into the light. Sara always knew she didn’t belong. Shadows follow her, voices whisper in dreams, and danger lurks behind even the most ordinary day. When a mysterious stranger appears with eyes like starlight and secrets older than time, Sara's world unravels—and awakens. She is the daughter of a fallen angel, chosen for a ...

Water itself is conducive to all life. Water upholds life whilst being faithful to Father God in its very substance. Water empowers the manifestation of all organic and physically living beings represented here ... it bears their exact appearance in the spiritual worlds and in vapor or in crystalline form it is true to the forces which promote existence. It is the all encompassing ego which envelops safely all other egoic forms. It maintains, infills, instills and swells. It conducts the soul-forces, as they are compelled to discharge only in fluidic configurations - enabling the soul-...

41 short stories that stretch from a pickup in the bar, to Caribbean ferries; from the reading of the will, to last week's quiz night. They last as long as a drink, but live in the mind forever. A foray into the worlds of people who twist and turn, and never end up where you thought they were heading. Everyday worlds? Everyday people? Maybe, but... Could you live up to a Category Four name? Or cope with Year 10? See how you'd manage with the women you meet in "The Prim Reaper, "The Yuli Accord" or "Not my Mirror" Would you dare to lecture on "The Ten Command Moments"? This guy on the ferry ...

Unlock the Secrets to Perfect Illumination with Light Management! Dive into a comprehensive guide that transforms your understanding of lighting with Light Management. Whether you're looking to enhance natural light, master artificial lighting, or integrate both seamlessly, this eBook is your ultimate resource. Start with the basics in the Introduction to Lighting Management, where you'll discover the principles of light and the goals of optimizing your lighting environment. Move on to Natural Lighting Fundamentals to uncover the sources and benefits of daylighting, and learn how you can ...

Pretending to be in love with a fae prince is easy. But what happens when the fairy tale feels dangerously real? Tessa’s injury ended her mountain biking career and broke her heart. But now a magic portal has sent her into a world of eerie creatures, haunted ruins, and a devastatingly handsome fae prince. Prince Ademar is unwillingly betrothed to the heir of a distant realm, so he makes Tessa an offer. If she disguises herself as a princess, he promises to sneak her home again through the portal. All she has to do is fool a palace full of fae royals with sharp wits and sharper blades. But...

Ford It’s my first time doing this kind of thing. I even gave him a fake name. After all, I’m never going to see him again. Virgil is nothing like my ex, and that's exactly what I want in a one-night stand. He’s alpha-as-hell, an ex-Marine, and when he takes me to his bedroom he checks off boxes I didn’t even know were there. Maybe I’m not as broken as I believed. It was supposed to only last one night—until Virgil shows up at my book shop driving a delivery truck. Great. Now we seem to be stuck together. There’s no way a man like him would ever fall for a geek like me—and ...