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1) Stolen Jewel
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We were never supposed to end up together.She was the good girl, the one that got into Harvard Law on scholarships.I'm the guy that bloodies his knuckles making sure my bosses never take the stand.It wasn't my idea to kidnap her.The way she chews her lower lip, the way she blinks when she lies to me, the scent of her perfume fills my every waking thought. The first order I've ever disobeyed is the one that might cost me my life, but it's the one that...
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SHE WAS HIS ONLY WEAKNESS... For years, Detective Josh Russo had fostered a forbidden love for Paige Montgomery-his partner's wife. But when she becomes a widow and the target of a dangerous man, the urge to protect her is overwhelming. And so is his deep, dark desires for her. Paige has never experience so many intense emotions-shock, grief, fear. And even stronger is her need to be with Josh, the one man that has always been there for her. ...
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Molly: The SurvivorThis Molly story is unrelated to the Zombie Instinct Series. It is where Molly was born though. I wrote this short story for a charity anthology that never got off the ground. I loved it too much to part with it and I'm so glad I didn't. This is Molly after a political upset that forces the county into marshal law. No shambling corpses, just the regular kind of evil that humans are all too capable of on their own. Molly: Series...
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A cozy paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky.
Sometimes a thunderstorm is just a thunderstorm. But not this time.
Jane Madison's school for witches is in session, and the first order of business is an intricate Samhain ritual. Alas, in the midst of a sudden, unseasonable deluge, a classic Greek monster is released into the magic circle. Jane succeeds in vanquishing the beast, but only with the assistance of her sworn enemy,...
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Sienna Wright has it all: an exciting career as an investigative reporter, a handsome husband who is also an assistant district attorney, and two beautiful children-until a vicious murderer takes it all away and sends her tumbling into a terrifying black abyss. Now someone is after her, and she doesn't know why. To survive, she must trust the brusque detective working her husband's case, even though she simply wants to be left alone.Detective Nate...
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People Skills is a 2-in-1 bundle that will help you effectively communicate your message with others. In this bundle, you will be given 2 books: Clarity and Linguist. Let's go through what you can expect from each book.
Book 1 - Clarity: 101 Short Stories, Essays, and Insights to Improve Communication Skills
Great communication is born from clarity. The clearer your understanding of the message, the easier the words fall out of that. In...
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The amusing autobiography of a self-important cat, written from his sophisticated and cynical point of view. Thor is not your average cat. Suave, cool, man-about-town, he shares his observations of the people and pets in his household. Left on the doorstep as a newborn, his first order of business is establishing himself as the alpha male of the household. This is no problem with Maggie, the insecure family dog, but trying to convince the master of...
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Major Elin Mara has one rule she's always obeyed: No mixing business with pleasure. Although difficult at times, she has stood by it. Until now. Tasked with a new job that appears to be another attempt to drive her out of the military, her first order of business is to bring the tall, ripped stranger who claims to be able to breathe fire up to speed. Without breaking her own rule. Gulp.Awakened from the long sleep into which he fled to escape his...
9) Alice
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But, the servants! Anything might happen to them. They might go in a train to Woolwich and meet the love of their lives, or be murdered almost for the asking. Not that one wanted to be murdered exactly, but there was frustration in being denied the possibility.
From an author The Queen called "a humorist of the first order" comes the deliciously dark tale of the strange and woeful young womanhood of Margaret, the narrator of Elizabeth Eliot's debut...
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Smoking is such an easy thing to do. It does not require any particular skill or effort. If it were not easy, there would not be a billion smokers around. Before you reach the end of this book, a question you should have in your mind is do you want to keep yourself at the level of smoking because it is easy or take on more challenges befitting the gifts you are endowed with as a human being. This book is divided into two parts to drive home this point:...
11) Gay Blades
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Never in a million years did lean, muscled, competitive figure skater Garry Windsor imagine he'd sink this low-performing nightly in "Gold on Ice," a glittery, gaudy, touring ice-skating show. Maybe if he hadn't fallen on his adorable buns with each attempted quad jump during his one-shot Olympic program, he be beaming from a cereal box. Garry's only consolation in the world of theme park tacky is his best friend and fellow skater Jay Logan. When...
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I worked as an industrial engraver and itinerant artist most of my adult life. I have always been an outsider, as a first generation immigrant of colour, as someone who never went to college or got a degree of any kind and lastly an outsider because of my radical political/social/artistic bent. All these turned me into a pariah from the get-go. The 'establishment' would call security to turf me out even before I got a foot in the door. Not that my...
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'Property is Theft', a phrase which has passed into common parlance, was the rallying call of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's political treatise What Is Property? Proudhon (1809-1865) was both admired and excoriated. A political theorist of the first order, he was vilified in his native France by the Communists and the Monarchists alike, though admired by Karl Marx as well as many in the nation's academia and judiciary who valued the clarity of his thought...
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Margaret K. McElderry
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2024.
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In order to resurrect her sister, seventeen-year-old Bly must win a competition held by warring vampire and witch kingdoms, but things get complicated when she starts to fall for the vampire she is supposed to hand over.
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Ordered by the team's owner to give a bunch of interviews to reporter Mark Bailey, baseball shortstop, Eddie O'Leary, during the 1960 season, slowly gives in to the attraction between them, and when it's just them against the world, they must decide if that's enough.
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"A large-hearted reimagining of beloved all-American legends, this epic debut novel brings men of myth Paul Bunyan and John Henry alive like never before, teaming up for an adventure quest with deeper interrogations of race, class, and industrialization. When we first meet Paul Bunyan-legendary larger-than-life lumberjack and classic figure from American mythology-he is still just a man, and one down on his luck. With a load of family debts on his...
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Henry Holt and Company
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2024.
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Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him down. According to them, "vegetables" don't exist!
18) The quiet forest
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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[2024]
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"When a mischievous mouse's action causes a snowball effect and disrupts the peace of the other animals, it is up to the forest and a bear cub to help restore order and quiet once more"--
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Bellman noir trilogy volume 3
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Atria Books
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2024.
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When his close friend, Anna, who is said to be in possession of a letter with the names of revolutionary conspirators, goes missing, Cardell must find her before the secret police, and as he and Winge fight for justice and life, they are caught between powerful enemies in 18th-century Stockholm.
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Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow
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[2024]
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An electric and visually stunning wine guide for the next generation of drinkers. This one-of-a-kind guide cuts through the snobbery to shine a light on every aspect of wine, including the nuance of making and fermenting wine, the different regions, and of course how to order, identify, drink, and enjoy wine.