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"Luna, dear” he said as he rubbed my pregnant belly, “just let my mother know she’s in charge.” “Mason,” I snapped, “If you wanted to marry a submissive woman, you should never have married a werewolf.” Why had I married Mason? Sure, he’s handsome. He’s charming. And a Prince of the Fae, a secret he had kept until now. Now, he blathered about Fae customs, the royal line-of-succession, trial by combat— “Wait! If I beat up a bunch of fairies, they’ll leave us alone?” I placed my hand on top of his, “Leave our children alone?” “Well, not exactly. You’d have ...

Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.

A soft and gentle rhyming story book about a toddler who is waiting for Santa.

Scare Street is proud to present 14 diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly short story unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche. It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

Adéntrate en el nuevo thriller de Lisa Jewell. Un día de junio de 2019 en Londres, a la orilla del río Támesis, aparece una bolsa llena de huesos; son los restos de una mujer que murió años atrás asesinada de un golpe en la cabeza. En la bolsa se hallan también las semillas de un árbol poco común que llevan al inspector de policía Samuel Owusu, responsable del caso, a una mansión en Chelsea. Mansión en la que, treinta años antes, fueron hallados tres muertos y un bebé abandonado.

St. Veronica Giuliani (1660-1727) is considered one of the most extraordinary mystics in the history of Christianity. A Poor Clare nun, she was a stigmatic who offered her many mystical sufferings for others. After fifty years in a monastery, where she served as abbess and novice directress, she ended her life essentially divinized. And yet, even though numerous popes have extolled her virtues, St. Veronica Giuliani is little known outside her native region and Capuchin Order. Now, for the first time ever, a compendium of her Diary has been translated into English. While all saints are ...

Greta Green didn’t take the job at her local amusement park, Hyper Kid Magic Land, to be a star, she did it to reinvent herself. After the incident last year, Hyper Kid is her fresh start, and she is going to become the best employee they have ever had…whatever it takes. When fate pulls Greta into the orbit of Mercy Goodwin, star of the park’s most popular show, it feels like things are looking up. Beautiful and confident, Mercy dazzles audiences daily. And at the first party of the summer, she picks Greta to confide in.

¿Cómo sonaría un mundo en el que las voces de las mujeres se escucharan en la misma proporción que las de los hombres? La voz de las mujeres es silenciada constantemente en el trabajo, en casa y en la esfera pública. Cuando alzan la voz, son consideradas prepotentes, ruidosas y exageradas. Sin embargo. cuando se callan, son tachadas de dóciles y blandas.

Maggie just wants to get through her first year of middle school. But between finding the best after-school clubs, trying to make friends, and avoiding the rumored monster on school grounds, she’s having a tough time...so she might need a little help from her 20-sided dice. But what happens if Maggie rolls the wrong number?

Threesome sex is one of the biggest fantasies for women. Well, two fantasies actually. Some women imagine a first lesbian sex threesome, an ffm threesome. Others imagine a powerful double team sex threesome with double penetration and more, an mmf threesome. Some women dream of both, and in this mega collection of twenty stories from Naughty Daydreams Press, the girls do more than dream! Get your device ready for the steamiest threesome sex encounters around!

Cinq destins, un seul choix. Tris vit dans un monde post-apocalyptique où la société est divisée en cinq factions. À 16 ans, elle doit choisir son appartenance pour le reste de sa vie. Cas rarissime, son test d'aptitudes n'est pas concluant. Elle est divergente. Ce secret peut la sauver... Ou la tuer.

For 18-year-old Gideon Blake, nothing but death can keep him from achieving his goal of becoming a US Army Ranger. As it turns out, it does. Recovering from the accident that most definitely killed him, Gideon finds himself with strange new powers and a bizarre cuff he can't remove. His death has brought to life his real destiny. He has become War, one of the legendary four horsemen of the apocalypse.

In this book, you'll discover what it means to be a preschool teacher. This book will help you understand different learning styles, the difference between preschool and babysitting, and a new perspective on certain situations that happen in the classroom. By the time you finish this book, you will know that the average one-year-old knows more than they let on, and that patience really does stretch and grow.

Reluctant sex…what is it about a little bit of resistance and insistent seduction that makes a story so damned hot? At Naughty Daydreams Press, we're not sure about the why of it, but our authors sure do know the how! In this red-hot collection of twenty scorching reluctant sex erotica stories, you'll find lovely ladies pushed along to experiences they never wanted to try… and wouldn't trade for anything! So download this steamy collection and enjoy!

Psychiatrist Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven. In this rich, fascinating exploration, she asks, among other things: Why can memories feel so real? How are our sensations and perceptions connected with them? Why is place so important in memory? Are there such things as "true" and "false" memories? And, above all, what happens when the process of memory is disrupted by mental illness?

Cuando Ignacio Suárez, el famoso novelista, recibe fotos con varias escenas del crimen que reproducen pasajes de sus libros, inicia una carrera contrarreloj para descubrir al responsable antes de que ataque de nuevo.

I killed the sorcerer that turned my life into a living hell, yet I can’t seem to escape the ghosts of my past. The servants of a dark god are hunting me for my blood, and I need to stop them before they bring destruction down on us all. To make matters worse, I’ve turned into one of the monsters I feared most. I need to find out why before my family discovers my secret—before my fated mate, Jaxson Laurent, claims me as his own. He’s as hot as sin, and I can barely restrain myself when he’s near, but I won’t let him rule me, and I won’t let the fates determine my path.

What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

Outside the last city on Earth, the planet is a wasteland. Without the Archive, where the genes of the dead are stored, humanity will end. Antigone’s parents–Oedipus and Jocasta–are dead. Passing into the Archive should be cause for celebration, but with her militant uncle Kreon rising to claim her father's vacant throne, all Antigone feels is rage. When he welcomes her and her siblings into his mansion, Antigone sees it for what it really is: a gilded cage, where she is a captive as well as a guest. But her uncle will soon learn that no cage is unbreakable. And neither is he.

Despite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry - that's not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak boldly and passionately about choices they've made - about sex, children, love, and work - and explore what's working and what is not. Their essays - always provocative, honest, witty, and wise - are the culmination of the lessons of the past two decades, the "me" years and the therapy years, the years that have taught women to express themselves and acknowledge their needs.