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Werewolf Alex has always been a loner; sure, he'd bring a guy home from the club once in a while, but he never gave his conquests a second thought after they were gone. All that changes when he encounters a mysterious, sexy shapeshifter in the woods one night. Alex can't seem to get this smart-mouthed wolf out of his head. Is this fellow wolf the mate that Alex never thought he needed? READ AN EXCERPT: The next thing Alex knew, he was a man once more. He was never fully conscious as a man during his nights as a wolf; it was always as though he had traveled through time. He awoke in his ...

Stop Overthinking, Start Overthriving! Are you trapped in the whirlwind of your own thoughts, analyzing every decision and imagining countless scenarios? It's time to harness that mental energy and transform it into your greatest asset. "Calm Your Chaos" is your guide to mastering the art of productive thinking. In this groundbreaking book, you'll discover how to: Turn your overthinking tendencies into powerful problem-solving skills Make decisions with confidence and clarity Channel your analytical mind for creative breakthroughs Cultivate mindfulness to quiet the mental noise Build ...

Binding Pleasure and Pain I am Dr. Jennifer Palmer, a psychiatrist, and I am here at the Northwest Penitentiary to meet with the notorious and brutal inmate, Jeremy Miller. Jeremy is brought to me naked and in chains. He is huge and muscular. I must admit that I have difficulty focusing on his face. The guards leave, and it is just us. I need to gain his trust, but I’m not quite ready to unlock the chains. We compromise and to put us on even footing; I take off my clothes. But I know I must unchain him to prove he can trust me. As soon as he’s loose, his mouth is on mine and his hands ...

The last ruling Tsar of Russia, a car bombing in London thirty years ago, and an assault in Queens today—all are linked by a secret with global ramifications. Seymour Hodgkins has been a company man for decades, running the Office of Russian and European Analysis in the Directorate of Intelligence for the CIA. He eats, sleeps, and breathes intelligence on Russia, viewing himself as the final barrier to the resumption of the Cold War. Rebecca Miller is a professor of Russian History focused on achieving tenure. Just a little more sacrifice to the academic gods, and she can finally start ...

Professor Delaney McPhearson's life is turned upside down when her best friend, archaeologist Drew Masters, is found dead. Before she can deal with the heartbreaking loss, she is viciously attacked in her home by a man with inhuman fighting abilities. Former Navy SEAL and head of security for a global think tank, Jake Rogan drops everything when he hears his foster brother, Tom Jeffries, has gone missing. There seem to be no clues, no information about his whereabouts. He has just vanished. But Jake won't rest until he finds him.

In the last two years, Professor Delaney McPhearson has uncovered two Atlantis sites. Each time, she's lost people. Now, all she wants to do is enjoy the peace with her love, Jake Rogan, and those she cares about. But fate has a different idea. Plans are in motion for Laney, Jake, and Henry Chandler that stretch back thousands of years and across the globe to a mysterious, ancient Egyptian necropolis.

A boy reincarnated with a curse. His sister, trapped at the heart of a dungeon. Will he level-up in time to save her from certain death? Lee can still hear her screams. Three months ago, the 16-year-old gamer watched in horror as his sister unplugged an old console and burst into green flames. Enraged at his failure to protect her, he jumps from his bed and smashes the console that killed her—something he soon regrets. To his horror, fire bursts out and consumes him, transporting him to a game world and into the body of a fresh corpse. In the midst of his alarm, he hears the panicked ...

Join the last vestiges of Humanity and their alien allies (the reptilian Thrynn, the insectoid Velox, and the plant-based Elowan) as they attempt to carve out their own territory in a sector of space filled with wondrous opportunity and deadly threats. Brave explorers seek out new worlds to colonize while merchants cruise from starport to starport, their holds laden with exotic goods. Not all in this futuristic setting have noble intent. For every prospector and trader attempting to make a difference, a dozen pirates, smugglers, and mobsters engage in all manner of criminal enterprise.

Our government organizations face political fallout, media scrutiny, reduced funding, and the many challenges involved in motivating large, multi-layered and highly regulated organizations. It's no surprise that many government organizations report that their employees are less engaged than ever and that leaders feel helpless to change the situation. In many cases, employees and government leaders are caught in a vicious cycle. Performance declines, scrutiny increases, and employee paralysis ensues. How do you break this cycle and begin building successful government?

It is December 1888. Jack the Ripper has not killed for over a month and London is beginning to relax as Christmas approaches. When Katherine Kramer cuts herself on a strange book at a dinner party, she quickly falls ill. Her husband Richard is a professor of medicine, but even his efforts are futile as the mysterious illness blazes through her. As Katherine dies, she gives birth to something nightmarish. Something which should not exist. Something which spurs Richard to embark on a terrifying journey of discovery as he chases the answer to one question: who or what killed his wife?

A man holds a gun to Professor Alex Harker in a Cambridge University lecture room. He wants to know about the mysterious Codex Gigas. But before Harker can learn more, the man shoots himself, threatening Harker’s girlfriend, Chloe, as he does so. Soon Harker is deep in a life-or-death struggle that takes him to Berlin, Italy, and France. It seems that, thanks to the Codex, the dead are rising. It can only mean one thing: Judgement Day. Or does it?

Long before Delaney McPhearson learned of her destiny, a brave group of women defended a heritage that would one day aid us all. The history of the forces working to protect the world extends far beyond the time of Delaney McPhearson. One of the first tests of those chosen to defend the good in the New World dates back to one of the uglier times in American history: the Salem Witch Trials.

Officer Alexei loves his job keeping the peace between humans and the world's underground supernatural communities. He likes to tell himself that his long, strange hours leave him no time for a real relationship. When one of his smoking-hot one night stands wants more than a single night of passion, will Alexei allow himself to fall in love? Warning: this story contains hot, gay werewolf passion. READ AN EXCERPT: “You don’t need to know my name because this is the last time we’ll be seeing each other,” Alexei replied as he reached the door of the club and made his way outside. “...

Hemos imaginado que la presencia corporal de Cristo nos haría dichosos y nos conferiría innumerables dones; pero según nuestro texto, la presencia del Espíritu Santo obrando en la iglesia es más necesaria para la misma. Si se piensa por un momento, la presencia física de Cristo en la tierra, por muy buena que sea para la iglesia, implicaría en nuestra condición actual muchos inconvenientes que se evitan con su presencia por medio del Espíritu Santo.

Tales of love and lust in contemporary gay culture, Best Gay Romance 2014 is a Valentine to listeners and a wonderful reminder of how love can begin - at the grocery store, the gym, the library, or even on the world wide web. Real romances with relatable characters, each of the stories in this collection represents a facet of the oh-so-human heart.

When a Catholic priest hangs himself during the pope's inauguration, his friend and ex-priest Alex Harker is dragged into a secret war that has been playing out on the fringes of society since the birth of Christ. The suicide sets into motion a planned timetable of terrifying events that will irrevocably change the world as we know it.

The answer to whether or not we're alone in the universe is about to escape. Reports of unknown objects in the sky date back hundreds of years. But since the early twentieth century, the frequency of those reports has increased dramatically. To combat the alien threat they see looming on the horizon, the US government initiated the A.L.I.V.E. (Alien Life In Vitro Experiment) Project. Working from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dr. Maeve Leander has been in charge of Alvie, the first subject from the A.L.I.V.E. Project, for the last three years. But she's been part of the project much ...

Life has not been easy for 15-year old Lou Thomas. In the last few years, her once happy family has been whittled down to just herself and her unreliable older sister Charlotte. It's been a daily struggle to make it through. And it's about to get worse. Because Lou's abilities—enhanced strength, speed, and healing—have just awakened. While Lou may not understand what is happening to her, another group does. And they won't let anyone get in the way of gathering their new recruit.

I'm in trouble. My dad owes Dr. Ashworth a lot of money but he can not pay it back. When Dr. Ashworth meets me, he offers me the option to work off my fathers' dept. But what I must do is scary and humiliating. I have no choice but to submit to a very intimate exam and medical treatment trial to keep my father out of trouble. When the medication I was administered leaves me needy and unable to take care of it myself. Dr. Ashworth and 3 of his associates help me out. How many of them do I need to take on before I am finally satisfied?

Successful Silicon Valley real estate developer and wealth creator Roy Goble shares the surprising lessons he learned as a boy working in his family junkyard. Skillfully uniting the teachings of Jesus with the sometimes messy realities of leading people and getting things done, Salvaged helps leaders at all levels discover powerful opportunities to follow Jesus in the real world - and in surprisingly simple ways.