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The world of humans and the world of the Fae have been separated. The song has been sung and fate shall take its course. Cregann, the Guardian of Jorygald has sworn to protect his Realm, but with Ella’s sudden appearance in the forest, his homeland is invaded by a force that was believed to be long gone. Once more, Naviira, a world unseen and almost forgotten by humans, faces the threat of mages’ Order. The Guardians of the portals must unite. As history is about to repeat itself, they must stand against the threat of the Order.

Do you want to give your transgender or gender non-conforming child the proper support they need to fulfill a prosperous life? Was there ever a time in your life you went looking for support and didn't have any? Have you ever been told the way you identify is wrong or how you feel about yourself is not okay? Now, imagine it being your child this happens to. In Defying the Gender Binary: 13 Ways to Support Your Transgender Child in a World Clinging to Societal Expectations, you will come upon insights to better understand what it means to be transgender or gender non-conforming.

Amelia Jenkins struggles to understand why her father has been picking suitors who look quite handsome, but have nothing underneath that to facilitate a courtship. She wants to marry for love and passion, not because the man looks good. However, it seems men who look good are the only suitors left in Boston for a woman of twenty-one years of age. Amelia refuses to marry someone she cannot carry a conversation with. Ethan Wyman lost his wife in childbirth. With his child now a year old, he decides that it's time to find someone else to help him around the ranch. Especially so that his son ...

After some bad choices, Sophia Mason finds herself pregnant. Out of wedlock, no less! As one of two daughters of one of the wealthiest families in Charleston, this is a horrid stain on her reputation. When the child's father finds out she's pregnant, he refuses to marry her and set things right. Unless she can do something, her parents are determined to send her child away so that she can marry the man who got her pregnant and set her reputation right, hopefully, without much blowback on themselves. Peter Harrington lost his pregnant wife a few years ago. It had been a horrible time in his ...

Brandy's adventures while camping with her boyfriend, Connor, continue, as he and Jeremy meet some like-minded people camping next to them. The fire that night is not the only thing that gets heated up as the flames of passion are fanned to a roaring blaze.

Gather 'round and meet your hosts, J. R. & R. That is, Jude Fox (a filmmaker), Rob Law (a musician) and Rowan Cohen (a world renowned Tolkien scholar) as they discuss the Amazon Original, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and other Middle-Earth, fantasy and sci-fi related content and more. A bit geeky, super serious and barely ever making crude, rude or tasteless jokes (such as puns on the great author's name; no, definitely not!) in this informative and irreverent aftershow.

When Jessica Walker escapes the city life in Atlanta to pursue her dream of being a successful sculptor in Colorado, she departs with a gift: her best friend Lily's magical recipe for a "Get a Husband" Brunswick stew, guaranteed to work even though Jess recently drop-kicked her two-timing dirtbag boyfriend. Skeptical Jess is sure the Rocky Mountains hold all the "magic" she needs, until a wildfire threatens to drive her from her new home - and a sweet and studly fireman comes to her rescue.

How to speak English? Speaking English as a second language is not difficult! In this book, I provide a step-step method to learn 65 percent of the English language in three weeks, speak with American pronunciation, and improve the fundamentals of English grammar. What's inside this book? In this book are free tools which will aid, motivate, and inspire you to continue practicing English.

Crossing Borders and Cultural Divides is set in Europe in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, a time when it became easier to cross European borders and settle in another country. It is based on my life growing up in a French village, then working in England, and finally discovering Germany. Tradition, wine, and oysters? Rock ’n’ roll, tea, and fish and chips? Or politics, beer, and sausages? That is a testing choice and conundrum for Mimi. Can she settle for a traditional teacher’s fate, absorbed by her native culture?

Every week, “WHAT THE RIFF?!?” takes a look at a ROCK AND ROLL album that debuted or peaked on the U.S. Billboard charts during a random month between 1965-1995. Four friends discuss the artists and 4 tracks from the album as it plays in the background. Then we riff on 4 “staff picks” of other artists that were also in the charts during that month and year. You’ll hear some familiar tunes as well as some deeper cuts and entertainment tracks as we share a little look into the culture and happenings of that day— having fun recalling that “old time rock and roll.” We hope to bring...

In this romantic fairy tale remix, a cynical Los Angeles artist reluctantly pet-sits for her young niece's frog and discovers magic in the terrarium - in the form of a sexy enchanted prince.

Welcome, devilish readers, to Library Luciferi! Join me within the infernal stacks where I examine books that explain the history and philosophies of Satanism.

When a cursed sword slashed the god Taso, his immortality gushed into the grass along with his blood. He escaped death - barely - by transforming into stone. Centuries later, the aspiring musician Amara stumbles across the stone and inadvertently morphs Taso back into his dying body. To save him, she must sacrifice her precious lute and her life-long dream. But in return, she might find her heart's desire.

Looking for a new, inclusive take on history and mythology? Look no further than 'Willing and Fable,' a woman-run, feminist, and LGBTQ+ podcast hosted by Rowan Hall and Tracey Harrison. Each week, Rowan and Tracey bring to light the often overlooked and underrepresented stories of men, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals, challenging traditional and biased accounts of the past. From ancient civilizations to modern times, 'Willing and Fable' offers engaging discussions, in depth research, and original stories that will inspire you to make a positive impact in your own community. Don't miss out on ...

The lives of well-born twins Kismet and Taso are easy and carefree - endless days of bedding women and fighting battles among the gods - until sorcery drives a wedge between them that slices deeper than flesh. Kismet has striven to be the ultimate warrior, but a mistake costs him his brother, his family, and his homeland. He carves out a new life in the desert, rising to the command of a realm and an army, yet can't escape his past.

Rose Pritchard and her seven-year-old daughter Maddie have left everything behind to come to the village of Millthwaite, Cumbria, in search of the person who once offered Rose hope. Almost immediately Rose wonders if she's chasing a dream - but she knows in her heart that she cannot go back. She's been given a second chance - at life, and love - but will she have the courage to take it?

Still shocked from what Connor had planned when he invited his best friend, Jeremy, to go camping with them, Brandy decides to take a walk in the woods with them to ask the real goals. Instead, she gets to explore a little more as Connor and Jeremy switch places this time around. Brandy is ready to to be taken...more than ready....

Howard's girlfriend is having an affair. All the signs are there. It's confirmed by the CEO of one of Howard's clients - it's him she's having an affair with! He gets a text on the way home: "We've got your Little Red". Howard goes to meet the kidnappers, but what he walks in on is not what he expected.

Many of us are seeking that special something that will transform our lives. Fin, an Irishman living in Cairo, is no exception. Sacked from his mediocre job on a mediocre newspaper, he sets off on the hunt for an elusive story that might just save him. With little more than a rumpled linen suit to his name, he searches for Farouk, the mercurial storyteller who alone knows what Fin wants to hear, but who has managed to get himself kidnapped.

The scent of one freshly unearthed white truffle in Barolo was all it took to lead Rowan Jacobsen down a rabbit hole into a world of secretive hunts, misty woods, black-market deals, obsessive chefs, quixotic scientists, muddy dogs, maddening smells and some of the most memorable meals ever created. Truffles attract dreamers, schemers and sensualists. People spend years training dogs to find them underground. They plant forests of oaks and wait a decade for truffles to appear. They pay £2,170 a pound to possess them. They turn into quivering puddles in their presence.