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Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan--and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn't bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself....
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At the height of Victorian London's obsession with Spiritualism, the city's premier medium, Mrs. Violet Woods, while a newspaperman works to expose false mediums across London, takes in a girl with an uncanny talent for the craft to spice up her brand, which could lead to her downfall.
3) Web of Lies
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Femi is in trouble. He's gotten involved with a gang of older boys and is telling so many lies to his family, he can hardly keep his head straight. His sister, Sade, knows something is going on, but she doesn't want to worry their father while he's waiting to hear if the family will be granted asylum in Britain. But with Femi growing more and more involved with the criminal gang, how long will any of them be safe? In this sequel to Carnegie Medal...
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This anthology includes four new manga stories, 30 pages from the upcoming novel, and a sneak peak from the upcoming Princess Ai manga series: The Prism of Midnight Dawn! Each story is bookended by fan and professional art as well as poetry from original Princess Ai author D.J Milky.
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Gavin Jacobs had been Phoebe's savior at a beachfront party when a frat boy tried to grope on her without permission. The two of them felt an instant connection which led them to a whirlwind romance for the rest of her trip there. When it came time for her to leave, she just couldn't do it. Acting on a whim, Phoebe moved in with her adorable, shy, and awkward summer love. Their relationship just seemed so perfect. When Phoebe found out she was pregnant...
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An original ebook short story from New York Times bestselling author Chevy Stevens featuring Psychiatrist Nadine Lavoie and Staff Sergeant Sandy McBride, from Never Knowing.
Sandy is working the biggest case of her life-the Campsite Killer, who has been hunting women for almost forty years. She's finally close to nailing him, if she can just keep her head in the game. But when an old friend calls with a lead about Sandy's mother's murder, Sandy is...
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"It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men - including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul Klee - without repercussion. The fact that so many radical women artists of their generation - and earlier - also drank deeply from the same spiritual...
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The Other Side is a story about what I experienced when my heart stopped beating, and I stopped breathing. I write about how things might be on The Other Side. If this happened to 10 people, there would be 10 different stories. All of this is what I believe to be true. I have been given a gift a good memory from my childhood to adulthood. I have always had the knack for details.
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For psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. David McBride, death exerts an unusual draw. Despite his profession, he has never come to terms with the violent accident that took his brother's life, a trauma that has shaped his personality and subsequent choice of career. But, when a failed suicide, Elizabeth Cruikshank, comes into his care, he finds the deepest reaches of his suppressed history being reactivated. Elizabeth is mysteriously reticent about...
10) The Other Side
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A journey inside the deep-thinking, dark realms of a subconscious mind where the real and fantasy worlds are one.
For those who didn't meet Jeannette, the fictional character who came to life as she passionately narrated her long-term, emotionally-charged, almost virtual love affair in Love at First Sight: A One-Sided Story; she reappears in The Other Side more determined than ever to conquer the obstacles and emerge victorious in her quest to find...
11) The Other Side
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The young lady sitting next to him on the sidewalk smiled at him, and his heart stuttered at this sign of approval. Feeling bolder, he let himself get louder, and her blue eyes shone with pride. "One, two, three, four, we don't want your f*cking war!"Something warm and wet hit his face, and he stopped chanting, looking up into the glowering face of young Adeline, daughter of the town's mayor."Animals," she snarled, spitting again at the young woman...
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Ruth loves her husband, but she keeps secrets from him. Big secrets. When a lesbian neighbour returns home from Art School, middle-aged Ruth can't deny her attraction. Agnes is quirky, creative, and significantly younger. Despite their age difference, Agnes relishes the attention Ruth pays her. But Agnes has secrets of her own, disappearing for months at a time. Where does she go? And what emotions are brewing between Ruth's husband and his closest...
14) The Other Side
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They fell in love before their families hated each other. Will their love be enough to mend fences?
Thea Howard skipped town five years ago after a tragic accident. She left behind the man she loved, along with the grief and anger that consumed their lives.
Brett Patton never expected to see Thea again. When he finds her injured on a snowy night, he sees his second chance with the one who got away.
Despite the years, distance, and obstacles between...
15) The Other Side
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The next 180 pages incorporate practical spirituality, quantum physics, psychology, philosophy and science to deliver a different category of personal development. The structure of this book is simple. There are three parts: spirit, mind and body. Everything in those parts is written to help you accomplish two things: to let go of everything preventing you from ascending and to have a clear understanding of HOW to be eternally happy, independently...
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Does true love overcome age and race? When Neff fell for Tenzam she hoped so until she met his sister.Neff, a dramatic woman in her early sixties thought sex was but a distant memory until she met Tenzam. She works for him in an Indian takeaway and despite him lighting her fire more times than she's served popadoms, she struggles to trust him. Neff pictures Tenzam and her together, happily running a cat sanctuary or a cafe, living as other couple...
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Jessica has never liked playing games, but when her twin sister dares her to switch places, she doesn't chicken out. Against her better judgement, Jessica says yes.
She should have said no.
Their stunt has deadly consequences, and Jessica believes the tragedy that unfolds is all her fault. Haunted by the secret of what she did to her sister, Jessica can't face the ghost she sees every time she looks in the mirror.
Daniel tries his best to put Jessica...
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This Other Side of Magic is the second in a series of light fantasy chapter books set in Morgantown, a town on the border between the real world and the magical world, by the authors of the Publishers Weekly best selling BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS-a series of 50 books with more than 30 million copies sold!
"I need your help, Natalie," Mr. Leery said. "Yours and Penny's and Luke's."
Natalie is surprised to learn from her neighbor, Mr. Leery, that her classmates...
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On the day of his wedding, Gravnick's life took a dark turn when his bride was brutally murdered. Fuelled by grief and determination, he embarks on a relentless quest to track down her elusive killer. Little does he know that the murderer was hired by a ruthless Mafia drug lord with a sinister agenda.
As Gravnick navigates the treacherous path of vengeance, he finds an unexpected ally in his wife's genius son, Jonathan. Together, they embark on...