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I’ve always been the ugly duckling. I never expected my Prince Charming to be wearing Wranglers and dusty cowboy boots. Crushing on one of my hot cowboy bosses isn’t smart. Especially the playboy, but try telling my heart that—it won’t listen. Not even overhearing him call me “frumpy” will discourage my affections. I mean, he’s not wrong. But then we dance, and the look in his eyes changes. Then a kiss, then a lot more, and I can’t help hoping he’s seeing me in a different light.

When a teenager disappears from an elite boarding school, local police throw the seemingly innocuous case to their neighborhood PI. Enter Jack Dixon: college dropout, ex-cop, and ex-cook. What should be a simple case quickly turns sour, pushing Jack into the path of Nordic biker cultists and vicious drug dealers. But the houseboat-dwelling PI is determined to find the truth - and the missing kid - even though his persistence leads him into a thorny tangle of drugs and violence that could rip his sleepy waterfront life apart.

Their mission: search and destroy. Their target: classified. Their location: classified. The empire’s finest are gathered for a clandestine mission on a ruined planet. Their orders are sealed until they reach orbit. The stakes are higher than they realized, and the enemy will do anything to stop them.

The mind of Alessandra, the Oracle of Delphi, is under the control of the Supreme Magistrate, a brilliant politician determined to use her goddess-like powers to conquer deities and humans alike. With her thoughts and powers compromised, she begins to question her ability to stop the apocalyptic future revealed to her in cryptic visions - and who her enemy really is.

What does it mean to be a Disciple of Christ? The life of a Disciple of Christ can be summed up with three simple statements: Glory to Christ, Grow in Christ, and Go for Christ. Glory Grow Go takes you on a journey to understand what it means to be a Disciple of Christ by exploring each statement.

Honoring the unique role that grandparents play, this delightfully heartwarming and down-to-earth book offers more than sixty inspiring suggestions for how you can actively participate in your grandchildren's lives, whether they live down the block or across the country.

Freedom has been gained, but at a terrible cost. The price of chaos. When the Prophecy of Erinyes comes true, something worse than the Dark Fae enters the land. Maeve and her newfound friends prepare for war, with the hope that the celestials will fight with them. As Maeve braves one death defying situation after the other, she comes face to face with her own humanity and discovers what it means to let go of self-serving quests and become noble.

Jerry Ford overcame inner-city poverty, violence, and tragedy to achieve remarkable success. Now, he shares his inspiring true story and a powerful three-pronged investment strategy, providing a pathway anyone can follow to financial security and peace of mind.

Love is perilous — and impossible to resist…. When a senator's son disappears under mysterious circumstances at an exclusive Caribbean resort, Paragon agent Gideon Jones is dispatched to observe and report. Posing as an entertainer-for-hire for the resort's wealthy guests, Gideon uncovers a shocking web of deceit and desire — even as he feels the magnetic pull of an extraordinary man who tempts him like no other. When a deadly threat is revealed, Gideon is forced to confront a terrible truth: Saving the man he’s fallen for could mean losing him forever…. The elite operatives of ...

This story is about Leo, an all-black lion born into an all-brown pride and his struggle as a young lion growing to understand why it is important to obey rules even if he doesn’t understand the meaning of them. Leo and his young lioness friend Siberian break the rules and venture up on the mountains. Please treat your imagination to the enjoyment of this fun-filled story Leo Goes to the Mountains.

From the mountains, a witch will rise. Knight Protector Brynja knows why the people of her village never wander too far. There’s a witch who lives deep in the heart of the mountain. Some say she’s one of the last elves, who will have her vengeance on mankind. Some say she’s a myth, meant to frighten wandering children. But Brynja knows better, because she was one of those wandering younglings. And she saw the witch as a child. She still sees her, in her nightmares. When an army of dragon riders shows up at Brynja’s doorstep, the knight protector has to warn her queen.

For seventeen years, a serial murderer has used the Presley, Arkansas, Annual Hunt for the Golden Egg to find prey. Or at least that’s what some people believe. Others, like the town’s devoted “Eggheads,” relish the tradition and think the deaths are just unfortunate accidents. But for Nell Holcomb, the town’s annual Hunt dredges up a particularly painful memory: her brother’s death, long believed to be “the Hunter’s” first kill.

Risking everything for love…. Thrust deep into the heart of a remote desert kingdom, Paragon agent Jamie Kincaid must infiltrate a mysterious palace to keep deadly uranium out of enemy hands. Trained to be ruthless, Jamie is shocked by his powerfully emotional response to the magnetic Sorin, a handsome palace priest with secrets of his own. In a land rife with passion and intrigue, where enemies abound and desire knows no limits, Jamie has no choice but to trust his new ally with his mission, his life — and his heart…. The elite operatives of Paragon: A team of dangerously attractive ...

Hearing a dying stranger call you by name would leave anyone full of questions. When it happens to private eye Leo Waterman, the more he learns about the late lottery winner's rags-to-riches-to-ruination life, the more he wants not just answers but justice. That means a road trip to Idaho to find out how a good-hearted young man with millions got skinned - in more ways than one. It's all downhill from there as Leo gets roped into an ugly battle between elderly ranchers and a ruthless developer who knows how to make a killing.

How will Jane Austen break the news to her fiancé that she’s not only undead, but also a 200-plus-year-old literary icon? In sleepy upstate New York, Jane’s wedding preparations have taken on a bloodsucking intensity. So when Walter suggests they ditch it all and combine their marriage and honeymoon with a house tour of Europe, Jane jumps at the chance to flee Lord Byron and the lingering threat of Charlotte Brontë. But to Jane’s chagrin, more than one secret from her past is about to resurface.

What could be hunkier than a cowboy? Not much, according to Martin Du Bois. He convinces two friends that a visit to the rodeo is every gay man's wet dream, and so the three of them gaily (and I do mean gaily) set off to watch cowboy asses in action. A visit to a bar after the event gets Martin closer to the action than he ever thought possible, and he meets Jesse Cumberland, the man who caught his eye in the ring and made his rhinestones sparkle.

Josie Jackson has been stranded in the past. When a Mongol warrior named Batu becomes her protector and guide, she can't decide if she's better off with him or alone. Strong, brave, loyal, and quick to both laugh and kill, Batu and his world initially baffle her. With nowhere else to turn and no other option, Josie takes a chance to find happiness in the beautiful yet dangerous steppes of 13th century Mongolia.

"The Fifth Queen" trilogy is a series of connected historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It consists of three novels: "The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court" (1906), "Privy Seal" (1907) and "The Fifth Queen Crowned" (1908), which present a fictionalized account of Katharine Howard's arrival at the Court of Henry VIII, her eventual marriage to the king, and her death. The "Fifth Queen" trilogy has an omniscient narrator.

An irreverent, insightful, and wickedly funny humor collection that shows just how queer life really is by one of the more charming voices in contemporary gay prose. Oh, wait, we're talking about Michael Thomas Ford. Well, he's still a good guy; he's kind to dogs, donates to homeless porn stars, and has stopped sending Mr. Baldwin selfies. Buy this book. He needs a new smartphone to take pictures.

It’s nearly spring break. Mack is leaving for New Zealand to win back his girl, and he asks Finn (Tank) to do him a favor—keep an eye on his little sister, Layla. Finn has his reservations about the party girl, but he isn’t about to let one of his best friends down, so he agrees. Unfortunately for him, he has no idea what he’s getting into…or the effect this dynamic beauty will have on him.