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In Privilege Lost, Jessi Streib traces the lives of over 100 youth born into the upper-middle-class. Following them for over 10 years as they transition from teens to young adults, Streib examines who falls from the upper-middle-class, how, and why don't they see it coming. In doing so, she reveals the patterned ways that individuals' resources and identities push them onto mobility paths - and the complicated choices youth make between staying true to themselves and staying in their class position.

Danu, goddess of Wolfkind, has fallen for a mortal. Ever since fate thrust her into the body of a mortal woman, potent desires have plagued her. Surely returning to her true form will cure her of the longing to fall into bed with the handsome King Magnus. Unfortunately, in her current state, she has no power to transform herself. Worse, she has no power to save her people from the wicked demigod intent on subjugating them. King Magnus has waited 50 years for Seona, the human woman prophesied to become his queen and the mother of his heir.

He’s a damaged, arrogant billionaire, the most handsome hunk from hell. And he’s my new bodyguard… but not by choice. An unknown stalker attacked me and broke into my home. So my brother turns to his best friend and CEO of the most elite security company in all of Miami, Lucas Caldwell. Now I’m stuck under his constant surveillance. And even worse, under the same roof. I see the naughty way he looks at me. With his chiseled body on full display, his attitude isn’t the only thing that gets… cocky. As the threat rises, so does the heat between us. His touch burns hot enough to ...

Never have a one-night stand with a celebrity. Especially if he’s your best friend’s billionaire brother. Jaxon Pierce thinks he’s irresistibly charming. But to me he’s annoyingly arrogant and I can’t stand him. When my best friend found me living in a rough neighborhood, she turned to her brother for help. Now I’m the journalist assigned to cover a story on Hollywood’s most eligible hunk. And not only am I under his roof …I’m under him. I promised myself I wouldn’t fall for his act, but one look in his piercing blue eyes would make any woman’s panties drop. Once I ...

[Contains explicit content] Audible Comedy has hand-picked, for your benefit, some of our favorite hours from some of the best comedians in the world who happen to be women.

Cheekys' founder Jessi Roberts reveals how she grew one small store hurdle-by-hurdle into a national clothing and accessories brand with a one-and-a-half-million-strong community. Best of all, she did it by standing tall for her values: Always be kind, lift up the next gal, and treat employees and customers like family. More than a business book, Backroads Boss Lady is about embracing your passion even when others don't see value in it - or you - and about putting food on the table and believing in yourself.

There are women who wait to be rescued, and then there are women who realize they must rescue themselves. Both women are powerful beyond their imaginations, but while one woman is taking radical action to create change in her life, the other is still discovering her strength. At some point in every woman’s life, she will be challenged with beliefs that may not serve her greater good.

First love can be hard to manage. Ace Patterson has always been a big part of Mia Thompson's life. From the moment she first learned to walk, she's been glued to Ace's side, and they've been doing a flirtatious dance ever since. But when Mia tries to move things towards a romantic relationship, it gets a little messy. And Ace and Mia are forced to consider what life would be like without the other one in it. When they finally decide to pursue a summer romance before Mia heads off to college, they find that first love and first experiences are more complex than either of them ever expected.

Beauty's heard tales of a fearsome beast living in the dark forest that now lies between her and home. But she always thought they were myths. Until now. When captured, she imagines she'll go to any lengths to escape from his clutches - until she learns that he is human, and the victim of a terrible curse, who can only be freed if she agrees to bear his child. Will Beauty find it in her heart to free the beast?

As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein grew up feeling more like an outsider than a participant in the rites of modern femininity. In You'll Grow Out of It, Klein offers - through an incisive collection of real-life stories - a relentlessly funny yet poignant take on a variety of topics she has experienced along her strange journey to womanhood and beyond.

On a weekend getaway, I have the most unforgettable one-night-stand of my life … then I find out who he really is. I had no idea I just slept with the very grumpy, very wealthy CEO of my new company. And he’s the boss that nightmares are made of. He stood me up after our wild passionate night together. I wanted nothing to do with him. Although it was clear that neither of us can forget how it felt when our tongues danced and our bodies wrapped each other in warmth from the snow. All rational thought tells me I should stay away - he’s mean, callous and he’s got a son. I refuse to ...

It's been five years since Kyle Thompson broke Jenny Kearns' heart and abruptly left her behind. When an unexpected family emergency sends Jenny back home to the mountain, she reconnects with her childhood best friend, Matt, who's newly divorced. As they begin to explore a romantic relationship, Jenny decides it's finally time to let Kyle go. Until she runs into him by chance and discovers the real reason he walked away from her all those years ago. Old flames, new emotions, and a dangerous string of events force Jenny, Kyle, and Matt to lean on each other to survive the past... and the ...

[Contains explicit content] What makes you quake in your boots? In this episode of Limelight, comedienne Aparna Nancherla travels around the country to visit comedians discussing their greatest fears. Featuring some of the best clubs and comedians in the country, be prepared to PISS YOUR PANTS with fear. Listener discretion is advised, good luck.

On a space mission to learn more about where we came from, Captain Alice Cole and her crew find themselves on a strange planet and full of strange desires. Soon, they discover the last surviving member of an alien race who wants nothing more than to take them to heights of pleasure they've never before experienced...This story contains m/f gangbang, group tentacle sex, tentacle anal play, android sex, and interspecies breeding! Adults only!

On the eve of the Occupy Wall Street protests, C is flat broke. Once a renowned textile artist, she’s now the sole proprietor of an arts supply store in Lower Manhattan. Divorced, alone, at loose ends, C is stuck with a struggling business, a stack of bills, a new erotic interest in her oldest girlfriend, and a persistent hallucination in the form of a rogue garden gnome with a pointed interest in systems collapse. Replaying recent history through a distorting glass, The Visitors charts the last days of a broken status quo as the path is cleared for something new.

When a mobster's wife is kidnapped by her husband's sexy driver and held for ransom, the only thing she can think of to do is to seduce him. But the driver plays rough - is she prepared for everything he's going to deal out? Warning - this story contains 3,833 words including M/f bondage, rough sex, oral and anal, and a desperate encounter between two lonely people that you're not likely to forget!

Taylor Thompson is ready to pop the question to his long-time girlfriend, Sarah. But when he finds her in a compromising position with his roommate, all his best-laid plans go out the window. Resolved to help him get over his heartache, his mom suggests he reconnect with an old childhood pen pal by writing a letter to her. When he receives her response in the mail, Taylor spends his days anxiously waiting for their next correspondence. He also spends his days working a dead end job at his parents' store with the infuriatingly quirky Elle Hampton, who manages to constantly get under his skin...

Unfortunately for Emery, learning magic isn’t as easy as her new housemates make it seem. As her frustration grows, she learns that, while she may not want her magic, there’s a Wielder who does… and the hauntingly familiar and wickedly charming Remington will do whatever it takes to have it. As Emery battles him, she struggles to unravel the truth about her magical block and the undeniable pull she feels towards her enemy.

When Olivia awakes in a hospital bed following a near-fatal car accident, she can't remember how she got there. She figures it's because she was in a coma for a week, but as time goes on, she realizes she's lost more than just the last week of her life - she's lost all memory of events that happened years ago. Gone is any recollection of starting or graduating high school, the prom, or her steady boyfriend, Matt. Trying to figure out who she is feels impossible when everyone keeps telling her who she was.

The Holy Spirit woke Jessi Green up in the middle of the night with an urgent prophetic warning: seven waves of cleansing and revival are poised to crash upon the nations, preparing the world for the end-time harvest.