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Beth: I must be the only woman in the world who can’t stand Brash Knight. The sexy British rocker with the body of a god and a voice made for sin. As far as I’m concerned, Brash is nothing more than my brother’s best friend. I’d stay as far away from him and his chiseled bad boy self if I could. But I can’t. My best friend is getting married, I’m her maid of honor, and guess who the best man is? Brash seems determined to drive me crazy while I do all the work. Even being in paradise with a rockstar isn’t going to make this week any better. Everything about Brash is infuriating...

1720. The Golden Age of Piracy.After setting out to look for his press-ganged father, fifteen-year old Dan Leake finds himself clinging to a barrel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His luck changes when a passing ship saves him from a watery grave, but his joy is short-lived. He soon discovers that his rescuers are not what they seem.Dan is forced to join Calico Jack’s blood-thirsty crew, which includes Anne Bonny and Mary Read. He faces death on a daily basis as they career around the Caribbean lurching from one hair-raising adventure to another. At last he reaches Jamaica, where he ...

On June 1, 2017, six people were killed at a Burger City franchise off I-80 near Jonny, Iowa. It was the bizarre and gruesome conclusion to nine months of alleged paranormal activity at the fast-food joint—events popularly known as “the Burger City Poltergeist.” The story inspired Facebook memes, Twitter hashtags, Buzzfeed listicles, Saturday Night Live sketches, and more. But the case was never much more than a punchline…until bestselling writer Daniel Kraus (The Shape of Water, The Living Dead) decided to head to Iowa to dig up what really happened.

Twice the adventure, twice the romance! Two exciting stories in one red-hot volume! Love is always an adventure, but these exotic and exciting stories ramp up the action along the way. In Uncharted, Seth and Julie sail the reefs of Belize to escape a band of ruthless smugglers. In Entangled, Tobin and Cara are high in the jungles of Panama, considering a very long drop down a waterfall. There are quiet moments, too, as well as regrets, hopes, and second chances – not to mention steamy love scenes along the way. What ties these stories together? The sailboat, Serendipity, which a wise ...

He left to save lives half a world away. She waited for the one man she always dreamed of. McKenna I don’t remember the first time I saw Micah “Doc” Masters. Cowboy. Soldier. Doctor. He’s simply always been there— orbiting the outer edges of my world. I’ve loved him forever. Tall. Rugged. Gorgeous. His eyes aren’t just light. They’re the same marble blue as the endless Colorado sky that stretches beyond his sprawling ranch. Micah’s long absences over the years have only reinforced the ache in me whenever I see him again. As far as Doc’s concerned, I might as well have ...

-Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges. Life-threatening diseases. Unthinkable trauma.- Welcome to STAT: Crazy Medical Stories as told by the healthcare professionals themselves. From peculiar conditions and mysterious ailments to remarkable recoveries and perplexing medical mysteries, Stat: Crazy Medical Stories, draws from real-life accounts. Each chapter unveils crazy medical cases as narrated by the healthcare professionals themselves. The stories take you on a captivating journey across various disciplines, including general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and ...

I was sent to kill her. I fell in love with her instead. There’s only one rule in my line of work: kill or be killed. I was raised to be the best. A cold-blooded assassin. Until tonight. Until Dahlia. She’s looking for vengeance. I came for blood. One kiss might just kill us both.

He’s rich enough to make her dance all night - but can he let her love him? Rich and bored, rancher Darien Jonas accepts a bet - convince his family that he’s found his future wife. He already lives out in the boondocks, so all he has to do is pick a local cowgirl, fix her up, and make her presentable. Fern Larsen knows she’s got nothing to offer the world, but she’s determined to change that… somehow. When her posh neighbor sets out to improve her, she’s grateful but suspicious - because his reasons seem as shoddy as his priorities. Soon, Fern figures out there is more to her ...

Sookie Stackhouse hat nur mit einem Vampir freiwillig Umgang, und das ist ihr Geliebter Bill. Aber er ist in letzter Zeit so distanziert - und außerdem in einem anderen Staat. Sein finsterer, unattraktiver Chef Eric hat eine Idee, wo er sein könnte. Ehe sich Sookie versieht, ist sie in Jackson, Mississippi, um sich in der Unter-Unterwelt des Club Dead umzusehen. Das ist ein gefährlicher kleiner Laden, in dem sich die elitäre Vampirgesellschaft trifft, um auszuspannen und sich einen Schluck Null Rhesus Negativ zu gönnen.

Marrying my best friend seemed like the best way to keep him in my life, but it might be the one thing that pushes him away for good. The first time I saw Jared Reynolds, I wanted to lean into him and steal some of his warmth and laid back, easygoing nature. I also wanted to kiss him, but I tucked that away. Wanting anything too much has never worked out for me. I’ll blame the wine until my dying day, but I was entirely sober when I agreed to Jared’s offer to marry me if I was still single in three years. He only offered because I’d been emotional and complaining about my perpetual ...

Elliot Evelyn Reid isn’t just the one that got away. She was my one and only. Once upon a time, Evie and I had plans to leave this place and never look back. Then the Army gave me the hardest mission of my life: living without her. Four years ago I broke her heart. Then she hightailed it right out of our tiny town in a cloud of broken dreams. She took my happy ending with her. Now she’s back. Not just in Texas, either. She’s in my house, my head, and— whether I like it or not— my heart. I let her go to keep her safe. Neither one of us ever expected to come home. But there’s no ...

Sheriff Gus is the tired aging sheriff of a slowly decaying rural county. Gus and the county have both witnessed more prosperous times, but unlike many county residents at least Gus still has his job. That is until a fancy educated carpetbagger from the big city arrives to threaten the only thing Gus has left in the world to care about—his employment status. Just when it feels Gus's election chances couldn't be bleaker, beautiful young blonde women start turning up dead in his county. Can Gus figure out the identity of the murderer before they leave no one left alive to vote him back into...

I make it a point to never mix business with pleasure. One look at Madison sends my rule book right out the penthouse window. She’s curvy, innocent, and sassy as hell. The only problem? She’s also my newest employee. She’s about to get promoted straight to being on top Time to Clock in, Readers!Mason is a hotel magnate with a big trust fund and an even bigger... endowment. No cliffhangers or mandated overtime here. Just a quick and steamy romance with a guaranteed HEA

Filius Thoreau, arch-benefit fraudster and jaunty raconteur, celebrates the silver anniversary of his induction into the world of the workshy with his candid, but not too candid, autobiography in which he celebrates the unique and sinuous path he has steered through the minefield of work-obsessed modern Britain. From the dark days of the Poll Tax through the laissez-faire nineties to the ghastly government work schemes of the new millennium, Filius has marched onwards to the sound of his own personal drummer and constructed a uniquely apologist philosophy along the way.

Return to Cedar Hill, the first of the Hills of Burlington series, is the story of six contemporary women, family and friends of different generations yet drawn together at a time when they are all at a crossroads in their lives…and searching for something they’ve not yet found.In search of something she can’t quite put a name to Mary Lane returns to the place her family has called home for almost two hundred years. Some would say she was looking for a new beginning, and others who thought they knew her well would insist she was starting over. All that mattered to Mary was that she ...

In forty-eight hours, my life will be over. I just want one thing before I say I do. Life as a royal princess is a royal pain. I want nothing to do with the title, the crown, or the arranged marriage. My mother has other ideas, though. And she always gets what she wants. I need a Prince Charming to save me from this nightmare. Instead, I’m dealing with a king-sized jerk. Carter Cross is my new bodyguard. He’s nothing I’ve ever wanted— but he might be everything I need. I’ve got a long list of firsts to burn through before walking down the aisle: First date, first kiss, first ...

The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final book of Soman Chainani’s best-selling fantasy series. Who will sit on Camelot’s throne and rule the Endless Woods? Who will be the one true king? Prepare yourself for the end of ends....

Ah Q is an indolent and spiteful man from the rural peasant class. He has scant education, no clear job, and a ludicrously high opinion of himself. This unique combination of traits makes him a perpetual target of derision and abuse, yet Ah Q is nonetheless convinced that the indignities leveled against him amount to something of a “spiritual victory” - even as he finds himself succumbing to the tyranny of his oppressors.

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I can turn anything into art Then the world goes dark, and he makes a canvas out of me. Art is my life, and the world is my canvas.I travel, leaving everywhere I go a little more colorful than I found it. During the day I paint faces, but at night? At night I paint my soul. He’s the first one to ever catch me, Then the lights go out and he sees the real me. After Hours is a summer quicky hot enough to melt your kindle! Book one of Long. Hot. Summer, it features an artistic, innocent heroine and the adventurous older man that claims her heart. Beach Read Approved! Happy Gemini Season!