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Madeline and Andrea are back, along with their close-knit family and friends. Cassandra, one of their daughters, falls in love and embarks on an adventurous journey abroad. Will her newfound love withstand the trials that await? How will her family react to her runaway and decision to dress like a man? Return to the streets of Victorian-era Paris for another captivating tale.

Imagine the Celtic saint Brigid and the great bodhisattva Guanyin sitting down together for a cup of tea. I certainly would want to listen in to their conversation! Oak and Lotus takes us to a similar place. It’s a beautiful, expansive book about the joyful integration of Eastern and Western wisdom, a resource I expect to return to again and again. — Carl McColman, author of The New Big Book of Christian Mysticism and Eternal Heart Oak and Lotus is a joy to read. Bringing Celtic Christianity into conversation with three major Eastern faith traditions—Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism—...

The path is alight… And fraught with danger. As more and more (evidence) of iniquity in the Wulady Realm comes to light, it could prove to be the edge that the High Family has hoped for, to find their enemies; but it could also prove the be the undoing of all they hold dear, as the cohesion of the Realm hangs by the thinnest thread of a glassine web. For wrong or for right… They must forge ahead. And in the waning turns of the Ava’dan, the Inimical Ones seem to grow stronger and bolder, reaching forth shadowy talons to take and hold the world of Alona for all time. Not only must they ...

Druid Wanted: Dead or Alive There are those who aren't happy that a druid has returned to the Valley of Nymis. Dark forces rise to take over the wilderness - both from without and within. They hunt for me - and the one I've sworn to protect. The Elven Cult of Exdohr has put a bounty on my head because I'm the only one stopping them from summoning their dark god to this world. With my companions, a kitsune, goblin, harpy, and demigoddess, we may well be the only ones to stand against the tide of destruction that threatens to sweep across the valley. I'm not sure this is the job that I signed...

Chris Thanks to the fight, my face is once again on every tabloid page in America. I wasn’t going to just let that guy call me gay. Now my management's forcing a 24/7 bodyguard to keep an eye on me until my new album drops. Just what I need, temptation in the form of Sylus Synn, a hard-bodied, hot-as-hell ex-Marine now living under my roof. When I find out Sylus is gay, I feel myself slipping. I want him to know my secret, to finally indulge in the pleasures I’ve been denying myself. But how the hell can I break through a lifetime of fear and guilt? Sylus Babysitting a troublemaking ...

Discover the illuminating power of Unlock Your Radiance as you embark on a transformative journey through the chakras, energy rivers, and auric field. This captivating exploration provides nourishment to cultivate a higher frequency of light, guiding you on a path towards activating your sacred heart chakra and aligning with your true self. Discover the wisdom of the Angelics and delve into practices that bring you into deeper soul alignment. What can you expect on this journey: In this illuminating guide, you'll read wisdom from the Angelics, learn how to release negative energy baggage ...

I remember every mean thing he said to me when we were neighbors a decade ago… I hated him. Jackson “Jax” Levy… Billionaire, irresistible, more arrogant than I would ever be able to handle. But as luck would have it, I didn’t have a choice but to put up with him. Again. Years later, him and I came together for a strange arrangement. A secret arrangement. I moved in with him to care for his dying father, and no one could find out. The word of his illness couldn’t reach the media. Lucky for him, I was good at keeping secrets. I was also good at being an obedient employee. But ...

“His lips met mine again, this time in a slow, soft caress, conveying everything he had just said in those beautiful words that had reached my very soul. I could have drowned in that kiss. I could have lived there for eternity. It filled me up with everything I needed to survive. He gave me life through his lips and I treasured it." Recovering from recent losses, Lucinda finds herself in a Dark place. She starts to doubt who she has become. She seeks reassurance that despite the Prophecy and what that has meant for her life, she is still remaining true to herself. The American ...

Stuck in medieval England with no cell service... Christian Thornton keeps losing his betrothed. The ladies have heard a terrible rumor and flee so the last thing he needs is a vexing future girl showing up at Winterforth. Ashley is high-strung, stressed out, and lost without her ever present phone. The thought of being disconnected makes her break out in hives. For someone who always needs to know what time it is, waking up in medieval England just won’t do.

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 ...

“Tears of joy were streaming down my cheeks as the intense and dazzling rays of the rising sun penetrated my whole being. It felt like the kiss of an angel. My body was almost unable to handle this much bliss! Every cell of my being felt vibrant and joyful, nourished by a broad current of warmth and life flowing down from the sun. The radiant beams of morning sunlight seemed to transform everything along their path. I was no longer sitting on a solid rock protruding from a massive planet; all my surroundings were fluid, vibrating and alive.” For some, meditation simply means sitting ...

Welcome to The Berry Home, where the food is to-die-for!When up-and-coming politican Alex Tramden dies after a campaign celebration, everyone blames Kylie Berry. The event was catered, it involved food, and it lead to a strange death. Kylie had nothing to do with Alex’s death! But somehow, she ends up in hot water over it. When everything goes awry, Kylie joins forces with Zoey, Agatha and the rest of the gang. Alex’s killer is going to be brought to justice… unless they get to Kylie and Sage first. Praise for A.R. Winters: "The perfect balance of being lighthearted, but still a ...

Praise for Pattaya Heat: "IF YOU ENJOY OLD DETECTIVE STORIES, YOU'LL ENJOY THIS." "EXCELLENT BOOK AND A GREAT NEW DETECTIVE!" Welcome to Pattaya City, Thailand. This piss-poor paradise makes Las Vegas look like a PG-13 Disney movie. Pattaya is where Richy Sky has landed for a premature mid-life crisis. This is not where he wants to be, scraping by taking small-time PI jobs, mostly infidelity investigations. The fun, if you could call it that, can't last forever, and now Richy sees a way out -- a new job, one that pays very well. All he has to do is find a missing antique watch that's worth ...

Dragon’s Sacred Spiral Breath of the Soul, Voice of Light Beyond the stars, within the soul — the dragons are calling. (For the Dragon Flame Keepers) In this first temple of the Elemental Dragon Spiral path, you are invited to journey with the White Dragon of Air and meet your own dragon guardian of breath, vision, tone, gateway key and sacred voice. Through elemental rituals, soul meditations, mythic landscapes, and creative practices, this book opens the gate of the Soul's forgotten language — the divine breath of creation. A Journey of Elemental Awakening, Dragon Connection, and ...

Brendan Roberts, author of six books and co author of "Worth the Chase: Finding Love God's Way", explores the five major Crusades and gives a no-holds barred depiction of the evil perpetrated by every side in the battles. Then he explores how we reflect the nature of God, through morality and our human sexuality. Think of this book as Pope Francis meets Osama bin Laden. For it is about reconciliation, forgiveness, love and the struggle of goodness vs. evil. It portrays how Pope John Paul II sought forgiveness for members of the Church who perpetrated ghastly evils; the groundbreaking ...

Ibn Arabi is the only scholar who was able to formulate a unique cosmological model that is capable of explaining our observations as well as many phenomena in physics and cosmology, and even solve some perplexing modern and historical riddles in science and philosophy such as the EPR paradox and Zeno paradoxes of motion. Moreover, the Single Monad Model explains for the first time in history the importance of the “week” as a basic unit of space and time together. This prodigious theory is based on the notion of the intertwining days where Ibn Arabi shows that at every instance of time ...

The first two short stories in this anthology are about people in the great Smokey Mountains. The author has outdone himself with these two short, thought provoking stories presented here for your enjoyment. Our third story has scenes in the Rocky Mountains and Ozarks. TEACHER Thomas (Tom) Eagle, Staff Sergeant (SSG) U.S. Army is propelled into a new experience after riding his horse into a strange, cold fog. On leave at home after a tour in Afghanistan he rides into the Smokey Mountains for a short camping trip to unwind from his deployment and never returns. Somehow, he is moved into the ...

"Mind, body, and soul of characters like Jamie and Claire Fraser of Outlander." The Historical Fiction Company An aristocrat haunted by his sins… After losing his bride to a hated Englishman, Pedro Daun shuts himself in his winemaking property. Drowning in port, he hopes to find oblivion from his military past. A girl with dawn in her eyes…Kind and whimsical, Anne Maxwell moves to Portugal to help her new sister-in-law. She dreams of finding the perfect suitor to give her the unconditional love she never had. Shadows can taste light…A twist of fate brings them together. Anne glimpses ...

When 20-year-old Atreyu goes to bed one evening, he awakes to find himself turned into a skeleton. Even worse, some dark power drafted him to fight an endless war! How will Atreyu survive and find a way home? Please note that this original story was inspired by "Clattanoia," Overlord Season One anime opening theme performed by OxT. This work was previously serialized as an entry for the MAL X Honeyfeed Writing Contest and has been republished as a novel. This 51k words story has reincarnation and GameLit and LitRPG elements but no romance or harems. It is suitable for teenager readers and ...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I LOVE THIS BOOK! This is the second one I have read. It paints such a lovely picture of the village they live in. Makes you want to live there. There’s always a mystery to be solved. Look forward to reading the next one." -- Tonda K.H. A DELIGHTFUL COZY MYSTERY FULL OF QUAINT VILLAGES, QUIRKY CHARACTERS, AND MADCAP ADVENTURES BY A BESTSELLING AUTHOR. “We've got gypsies!” Old Grimsy, Marsden-Lacey's cantankerous town gossip, warns the patrons of The Traveller's Inn one golden autumn afternoon. Soon, the quaint Yorkshire village is playing host to a family of exotic ...