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He is a ghost. A man who travels the globe selling his bomb-making skills to the highest bidder and one of the last holdouts from the Irish Troubles of the 1990s. Danny McCaffrey offers his talents to Iran that has developed a new bioweapon. Their long-term goal: to disrupt the governments of Western Europe, Israel, and the United States.

Sweet college freshman Casey Brighton tries her best at school. But her inability to pay attention and remain focused has resulted in her first-semester grades being abysmal. And this is exactly what the dean of the college, Warrick Daniels, has just told her parents. The problem is that having just lost their jobs due to Covid, they don’t have the money to pay for ADD prescriptions. Suddenly, the word opportunity flashes in Warrick’s very dirty mind. Not to worry, he tells them. Often this problem can be corrected with a simple round of bare-bottom spanking. And given her parents’ ...

1546, and the great heretic hunt is underway across England. The radical Protestant preacher Anne Askew has been arrested and condemned to death and Shardlake is ordered to attend the burning. It's a grisly, cruel spectacle that leaves him feeling disturbed. Rumours are circulating that Anne had connections to his protector, Queen Catherine Parr - and if she falls, he could be next.... His unease deepens when a messenger arrives from Whitehall Palace: the queen is in trouble and asking for his help.

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But this time the object of his affections is resisting. Archbishop Cranmer and the embattled Protestant faction at court are watching keenly, for Lady Catherine is known to have reformist sympathies.

A tropical getaway. A body in the ocean. Will his single-minded pursuit of the truth reel in a murderer? Jamaica. NYPD detective Miles Jordan’s sharp sense of justice doesn’t take time off. So during a glass-bottom boat tour crowded with passengers, it’s his eagle-eyes that spot a naked corpse submerged in the clear blue waters. And after the female victim is identified as an American, he shrugs off his vacation and agrees to help the locals solve the brutal homicide.

For your naughty reading pleasure, here are 6 erotic tales of hot and not-so-ethical men who use their professional status and positions of authority in order to have their way with the hot and not-so-worldly female beauties who hire their services! These stories include domination and submission, steamy sex of all kinds, "sexploitation" of young and not-so-young women, frisking, fondling, fingering, and even a touch of scintillating romance. They are written to engage your fantasy-hungry mind and bring out the appreciation of naughtiness we all crave! This 6-story bundle contains: Book 1: ...

In this short, accessible guide, Mayo Clinic breast-cancer specialists Tufia C. Haddad, M.D., and Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D., and colleagues offer their insights on how to navigate this new phase of the journey, including monitoring for signs of recurrence; optimizing diet, sleep, and exercise habits; coping with lingering treatment effects; improving sexual health; managing money and insurance issues; and much more.

"A Nation at War": the United Stars of America. Born in the conflagration of unprovoked alien attack, the newest entrant to galactic politics took the few crumbs of hypertech gifted to it and ran with them, soon expanding over dozens of star systems and establishing a wide trade network, protected by its powerful Navy and the dreaded Warp Marines.

A historic hotel long past its prime and huddled along The Cut, a questionable Lake Erie beach, isn’t Sadie Miles’ ideal place to raise a toddler while also navigating her second pregnancy. After finally fleeing her abusive ex-fiancé, though, Sadie’s new housekeeping position and free room at L’Arpin Hotel are the best she can manage. On her first night, Sadie runs to help a guest struggling in the hotel’s pool only to find the water calm and empty when she gets there, leaving her with a lingering unease.

Despite the best efforts of her enemies, Cari Dix is alive and well. Now she’s ready to come out of hiding and bring the missing heir back to the imperial capital. Together this group of swashbuckling rogues must travel across the entire continent and brave undermountain tunnels with fairy-tale witches and an entire army on the hunt for them. The fate of the Empire of Fantasma hangs in the balance.

At its best, business is both purposeful and profitable, dynamic and gainful, commercial and rewarding. Far from being opposites, good business and good behavior go hand-in-hand, and biblical principles can align with best practices. In Wisdom-Based Business, marketing and supply-chain professor Hannah J. Stolze draws principles from the Bible's wisdom literature and from evidence-based research to create a framework for business that is oriented toward excellence and sustainability.

Hawke Lightseeker has rescued his fellow eternals, but his problems are just beginning. An undead fae aberration threatens the lands to the north, and Hawke must deal with it by leading his friends into a deadly dungeon. And if it wasn't enough, Hawke has assassins infiltrating his domain, a pair of baby monsters he has adopted, and gods and arbiters watching over him, ready to crush him if he gets out of line.

This Science-Fiction Comedy follows Lars Mittal Scott, the Grandson of Robert and Mynah on an adventure to Jupiter's giant ice moon, Europa. His plans and preparations are critical to his secret mission. This is the dimension of imagination... In the Shadow of Jupiter: Europa 2276 is a short story in the Earthrise series.

Young journeyer Wynn Hygeorht sets out with her companions, the vampire Chane Andraso and Shade, an elven wolf, in search of a dwarven stronghold that may well be the last resting place of a mythical orb - one of five such mysterious devices from the war of Forgotten History. And now a direct descendant of that war's infamous mass murderer - the Lord of Slaughter - is tracking Wynn. If only that were all she had to worry about....

This is a collection of 13 essays on a variety of occult-themed topics, covering the full spectrum of classic esoteric and related subjects, which include Hermeticism, alchemy, magic, the Kabbalah, ancient wisdom and philosophy, the Tarot, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Theosophy, and spiritualism, by some of the most notable and prominent names in the history of those subjects. This collection was compiled specifically with the student in mind.

In the next ten to twenty years, most business owners will either hand their companies over to their children, shut their businesses down, or sell them. Smart business owners will plan this for years before they retire. Those who do not may find themselves settling for far too little, and this lack of planning may leave them unable to survive financially after their business is gone. Christopher J. Younger and David C. Tolson have created the ultimate step-by-step guide that will help you understand how to attain the maximum value for your business and create the perfect exit strategy.

Newly married, with a loving family surrounding her, everything's coming up roses for ex-serial killer Rhiannon Lewis, right? Wrong. Her husband has just been shot, and the daughter she left behind in the UK is desperately ill. She’s got no choice but to flee the States and return home, back to her roots, where she’s in danger of being recognised and arrested at any moment.

Poor Sophie Sullivan. This nineteen-year-old senior at St. Bartholemew’s Academy in Amherst, Massachusetts, always tries her very best. And yet, no matter how hard she works, she just can’t seem to earn decent, respectable grades. In fact, right at the start of her final semester of senior year, her grades are once again in trouble. And, unbeknownst to her, her wealthy and successful stepfather has been called in to the principal’s office to discuss the matter. Well, Mr. Sullivan is simply appalled! Appalled and ashamed. And he’s had it. He storms into her classroom and informs her ...

The 19th century was an age that witnessed great progress in many areas of exploration and learning. However, according to J. C. Ryle, it was an age of great ignorance too. What particularly distressed Ryle was the scant knowledge of the English Reformation evident amongst his contemporaries. In this lay a grave danger: one of the reasons so many congregations drift from their evangelical foundations is their sheer ignorance of Christian history, and their lack of understanding of the major doctrinal controversies and why they matter.

Strange creatures, gruesome murders, oozing organisms, unfathomable abductions, enigmatic expeditions, an age-old malevolence, and much more... J.C. Moore, author of The Repayment, delivers a collection of dark horror tales that are both chilling and poignant.