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It’s been 18 months since the angels of the apocalypse ripped our world apart. Before, I was a burlesque dancer, decked in sequins and feathers at the hippest clubs. Now, I live in an abandoned hospital in East London, scavenging for scraps. At least, until I get the chance to fight back against the disturbingly seductive angels. In fact, I’m going undercover as a spy in their castle. I have two goals: learn their weaknesses, and find my missing sister.

After the last few misadventures, I’m not so much broken as ruined, a shell of my former self. But I can’t stop. The trail of those who betrayed me is getting cold, and if I’m going to get any answers, I need to keep following it. Except it leads to Faerie. And the way is barred to all but the Fae.

Born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, Ronnie and Ahli have been raised to do the unthinkable to survive. With their father setting up all of their dangerous hits, the two have easily stolen over $200,000 over the years. Still, they feel a void. They want to live normal lives while they still can. Before they can perform their last job, which their father has promised will get them out of the game for good, a prior hit comes back to haunt them. It leaves their father with his throat slit and the girls in fear for their lives. With no money and no safe place to go, the girls have no choice but to agree to do one last hit.

France’s papers are haunted by the specter of the Algerian War of Independence. But that still doesn’t explain why they’re silent about a child’s skeleton, washed up on a French beach. No stories, no breaking news. Nothing but a set of police photos, delivered anonymously to my hands. And bite marks on the skeleton, too big for any human to have made.

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES CAN BE ENJOYED IN ANY ORDER. Do you crave the quiet life? Ollie does! Life should be good for Ollie. She's settled into her new home in the Texas town of Medlin Creek, teaching at the local community college, and her event center business is beginning to grow. All that changes when she stumbles across the body of a local woman, and the sheriff's department are on the wrong scent. Instead of enjoying the quiet life, Ollie digs deeper, and uncovers a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the town of Medlin Creek. With almost no one free from suspicion, she can be ...

DIY cleaning supplies, makeup, hair products, skin care, scrubs, hair masks, face masks, benefits of apple cider vinegar and coconuts, treat acne, oily skin, dry skin, makeup remover, recipes, essential oils, save money making your own products, can even make money selling these products.

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES CAN BE ENJOYED IN ANY ORDER. Do you crave the quiet life? So does Ollie! Professor Ollie Stratford is no stranger to life's everyday stresses, but hopes of a tranquil life in small town Texas are upset by the sudden death of a fellow academic. The problem is her dead work colleague is one of the oldest members on the academic staff and died in the middle of an argument with a disagreeable colleague. Now the whole town is on fire with only one question— was it murder or natural causes? As Ollie navigates the small town's powerful social scene to unmask the truth, ...

"I'm in love with my best friend's boyfriend." It seems to be a trend, but for 25-year-old Matise Jackson, it is an ugly truth. When she told her college best friend the type of woman she thought he should be with, she was describing herself, but instead of falling into her trap and becoming her Prince Charming, he shows up at her doorstep with a new princess. As much as Matise wants to hate Lia, she can't. They're so much alike that gradually they become the best of friends. Still, no sisterhood can stop Matise's heart from wanting the thing she desires most - Jordan.

Life in a Texas museum is quiet, boring, and restful, right? Wrong! When a local museum hires Amy King's new staging business for a photo shoot of an exhibit, things begin to look-up. Even better, her out of work son-in-law, Noel lands a job as a docent. A great start, at least that's what Amy thinks until the priceless figurines are stolen, and Noel stumbles across the dead body of a curator. A bad day just gets worse when Amy's detective husband is ordered to stay away from the investigation, and without the exhibit, her staging contract is in jeopardy. How can a murder be solved without ...

Seventeen-year-old sorcerer Tobias Corvin tumbles through a blizzard and arrives - half frozen and half dead - in another world. Our world. Trapped in Boston, he tries to blend in at an old boarding school while secretly plotting to save his home. But if anything can distract him from his mission, it's the wild-haired and intriguing Fiona. She is determined to learn the dangerous truths about his magic. When a spectral army from Tobias's world begins slaughtering Bostonians, he and Fiona must stop the carnage.

Amy King's new business is off to a killer start! Amy King's excited that her new business has been invited to stage a birthday party at a prestigious Austin investment fund. The festivities barely get underway when a band of kilt-wearing clowns playing bagpipes joins the celebration. But fun soon turns to tragedy when the charismatic founder of the investment fund is shot dead in broad daylight. In the chaos that follows the crime scene is trampled and vital clues lost. While Amy is always ready to help her town solve a mystery, this one turns personal when her son-in-law Noel gets swept ...

BOOKS IN THIS SERIES CAN BE ENJOYED IN ANY ORDER. Want to Mingle with Hollywood Stars? Ollie Stratford isn't comfortable mingling with movie stars and television celebrities, but that’s exactly where she finds herself when a mysterious Portuguese film producer hires her event center. Ollie thinks everything is going to be fun and games... until the brawling and fisticuffs amongst the Divas break out. When one of the celebrities ends up dead, and the Sheriff and his deputy leave town for Vegas, Ollie decides justice can't wait. But the more Ollie digs, the deeper the confusion. Who didn't ...

Gutta Mamis includes four novellas featuring cold-hearted women who get ahead in America's grimiest underworld: "Twisted Loyalty" by Kai, "Three the Hard Way" by C. J. Hudson, "The Face of Death" by Brandie Davis, and "Chasers" by N'Tyse.

Pirates and kraken, boats and submarines, deadly sirens, mermaids, and the women who face them all. These are our heroes. High seas adventure, fantasy, and magic weave together in this sapphic anthology focusing on the joy of the unbounded oceans.

We live in a world of exciting opportunity, and we have infinite potential. If properly focused, we can achieve great things in life. We need specific ideas and tips. This is a detailed handbook of life skills and motivational ideas. Contains 365 simple but powerful ideas, which can be easy applied in our daily life. Each chapter is about 200 words. Each minute contains a powerful and thought-provoking quotation.

A reluctant medium. A haunted cabin. A hidden killer. Waiting in a cabin on the river is a decades-old murder with a ghost. Who it is and why it is there are secrets Jenna Rayne is trying to uncover. With her friends Rob and Kerrie, Jenna begins to untangle the clues that will lead to a killer’s identity. But someone doesn’t want her talking to the spirits on the river, and accidents start to dog her heels. It soon becomes clear that the more she explores her talents, the more she endangers herself and those around her. Can she find the murderer before she ends up dead?

There is something quite special about this fine collection of tales of terror from the Sceptered Isle, each and every one crafted in the dead of the night by twisted, fevered minds, who have brought the darkest denizens of the blackest shadows crawling and slithering to life to terrify those brave souls amongst you who dare to listen.

What do an aging film star, an Indian drummer, and Amy King have in common? Amy King and her best friend Danielle are invited to the re-launch party of an aging Austin film star. Even better, Amy's new staging business is hired for the pre-party photoshoot. What should’ve been a big payday followed by fun with celebrities winds up with a mysterious intruder, a strangled scream and a dead body. The murder pits Amy and her detective husband, Nick, against evil and greed founded on secrets hidden for decades. As the investigation progresses, it’s not long before murder is the least of Amy ...

After her gripping escapade in India, former Pinkerton spy Isabelle Webb launches a new adventure as she pursues a steamship en route to Egypt carrying two young stowaways: her teenaged ward, Sally Rhodes, and an unlucky girl named Alice Bilbey. Arriving in Suez, Isabelle and her companions recover the girls and unexpectedly encounter Isabelle’s own guardian from her youth, Genevieve Montgomery. Isabelle and her friends decide to join up with Genevieve upon discovering that she is funding an expedition to a burial site near Luxor with an entourage of Egyptology experts.

Regardless of where and how you live, your body is harboring dozens if not hundreds of toxins that could be sabotaging your health. Low on energy? Dealing with chronic illness? Having trouble losing weight? Toxins might be to blame. From your mattress to your toothpaste to your nonstick pans to the food you eat and the (bottled) water you drink - every day your body is bombarded with chemicals that can alter the way your body works.