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Despite the diversions offered at Thorncliff Manor, former spy James, the earl of Woodford, has one purpose in staying there. He must find an encoded book that exposes a conspiracy within the British aristocracy. And he must do so without revealing his purpose to the clever, tempting Chloe Heartly. The lady has a knack for appearing wherever it is least convenient. In the library. In the salon. And especially in his arms....

Gabriel and Petal have tracked Gabe's mother back to Hong Kong. But to find her Gabe has to face his old gang and the ghosts he thought he had laid to rest years before. While helping him, Petal stumbles on a way of getting Gerry's mind out of her head, but like Gabe, she too has to return to a place full of ghosts: Libertas. Enna is now the Prime Minister of the domed city, and when Petal arrives she discovers Enna has developed her transcendent technology.

There are thousands of things Christopher, Viscount Spencer, would rather do than hunt for a bride, especially since experience has taught him that women are not to be trusted. Then he finds the intriguing Lady Sarah scrambling around in Thorncliff's conservatory, and he is instantly charmed by her passionate nature. But why is she so intent on avoiding him?

In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity survives within a single city run by a shadowy benefactor known only as The Family. Each week, the death lottery claims more lives and Gerry Cardle, head of the lottery, inexplicably finds himself next on the list. Something's wrong with the system. A deadly artificial intelligence has breached security. Gerry has just seven days to live. Forced off the grid, Gerry has to do the unthinkable: willingly leave the city. What he finds in the abandoned lands will shatter his perception of what it means to be human.

For more than a year, Heather O'Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn. But other forces are rising too.

More than anything, however, Barnes' story is one of loss - of morale lost to alcoholism, teammates lost to friendly fire, missions aborted, and missions endlessly and futilely repeated. And yet against this dark background, Barnes graciously honors the quiet professionals whose service, overshadowed by the outsized story of Vietnam, nonetheless carried the day.

Mike Regan and Zara Ezra believe the so-called Governor is safely locked away - in Zara’s hangar. But less than 24 hours later, the Governor is loose and out there, wreaking havoc.

When Tyler can't satisfy his wife, she finds someone who can: the boss who bullies him every day. Tyler's wife is stretched and satisfied while the humiliated cuckold watches. Cuckolded by My Bully: Tyler's Humiliation is packed full of group play, interracial encounters, and clean up scenes.

“Family”, what does it mean today? How does it relate to the coming Kingdom? What does the typical family look like these days? Unfortunately, in our current society we see broken homes, dysfunctional families and neglected children becoming more of the rule rather than the exception. As parents we tell our children that they are young princes and polished princesses, yet do we truly believe we are the kings and queens they come from? Are we the royal family that is supposed to be co-heirs of “The Kingdom”? Why do we pray to “our Father”, if it’s NOT all about the family? The ...

Jak Jinnaka parlayed his powerful family connections, unearned media fame, and consistent dumb luck into a cushy job as vice procurator of the Martian moon Deimos, an office he precariously maintains alongside his top-secret post as a station chief for Hive Intelligence - two soft jobs for an already rich, handsome, single young man in a fun-loving colonial outpost. Sadly, when his boss takes a well-deserved vacation, it looks like Jak may actually have to do a little work.

When love comes knocking, a door gets slammed in its face. Romance author Dana Lawson writes happy-ever-after endings for her characters, but when it comes to her own love story, she has writer’s block. Determined to get a break from life and heal her broken heart, she escapes to Emerald Bay. Her evening out at the local bar where she meets a gorgeous redhead ignites a fire she’s afraid to feed and desperate to fuel.

Love at first sight can sweep you away into a … She lost her heart to him the first time they met. He kept falling harder for her whenever their paths crossed. After her uncle secures her engagement to another gentleman, can they find their way back to one another? Gemma Holbrooke had waited anxiously to enjoy a Season in London and to fall magically in love. When her uncle granted her wish, she dreamed of the beautiful gowns she would wear, the dances around the ballroom floors, and of all the handsome gentlemen who would court her. Before they traveled to London, her uncle hosted a ...

Hania, also known as the superhero Raiden, had seen better days. What kind of superhero has PTSD and depression? The type who had been through loss, and was filled with regret from past actions. Now he was being hunted by his fellow guardians for a crime that he was manipulated by the gods to commit. Hopefully, his lightning powers and smart mouth will be enough to get him through this rough patch and restore his good name.

Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity. With a single movement of your hand you can make reptiles appear before you. Butterflies you never saw before will bring joy to every sunny day. Creatures of the darkness will enter your consciousness. And as you take on new techniques and a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures and, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up and start working again.

Rogue hackers Petal and Gabriel are low on food and water. Their reputation precedes them and they are no longer able to hustle the crime community for supplies. With survival becoming harder, they’re left with no other choice but to accept a risky job from a dangerous individual. The two will have to negotiate with the Tinker - a woman whose reputation for psychotic behaviour is known across the nuclear-blasted Abandoned Lands; infiltrate a town overrun with killers; and recover a cache of exceptionally rare information.

Our world is built upon mysteries, so when somebody tells you nothing is impossible, you best believe them. Unexplainable Happenings is a thoughtfully-curated anthology series of occurrences most would deem impossible. Bone-chilling beholdings, unwilled encounters, and the unthinkable all come together to create an unusual and genuine series.

Die 17-jährige Cassie kann andere Menschen lesen wie ein Buch – absolut nichts bleibt ihr verborgen. Als eines Tages ein mysteriöser junger Mann bei ihr auftaucht, behauptet, beim FBI zu sein, und sie zu einem Gespräch einlädt, hält sie das zunächst für einen schlechten Scherz. Aber ihre besondere Begabung hat sie zur Anwärterin für einen Platz in der "Cold Case Academy" gemacht. Und so findet sich Cassie kurz darauf in einem Eliteausbildungsprogramm für junge Profiler wieder – unter lauter ähnlich Hochbegabten, wie sie selbst eine ist.

Band 2 rund um die junge Profilerin Cassie, von der Bestsellerautorin der "The Inheritance Games"-Reihe. Die 17-jährige Cassie durchläuft eine Eliteausbildung des FBI – dank ihrer besonderen Begabung: Sie kann anderen Menschen ihr Wesen regelrecht am Gesicht ablesen. Und sie ist nicht die einzige in ihrem Team mit ungewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten. Ihr zur Seite stehen ein menschlicher Lügendetektor, ein Mathegenie, ein Spezialist im Deuten menschlicher Gefühle – und der Sohn eines Serienmörders.

Author, coach and hypnotherapist Joe Barnes presents the journey to escaping from a purposeless life, based on society's expectations, to finding your passion and living the life you want. Inspired by the films Fight Club and The Matrix, and based on more than four years research into how history's mavericks like Martin Luther King, Galileo, Muhammad Ali and Arnold Schwarzenegger overcame the System, Joe Barnes reveals the formula for succeeding on your own terms.

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey and his own life.