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I made myself a promise: No men. No romance. No waiting around for a prince that's not going to come. Because some girls don't get happily ever afters. Some girls only get broken hearts. Which is exactly why I should stay away from him. He's vile. He's arrogant. He's controlling. And I don't trust him. But some men get into your blood - under your skin. Some men you just can't get enough of. Some men you just crave.

Lieutenant Colonel Benedict Draven has retired from the army and spends most of his days either consulting for the Foreign Office or whiling away the hours at his club with his former comrades-in-arms. He rarely thinks about the fiery Portuguese woman he saved from an abusive marriage by wedding her himself. It was supposed to be a marriage in name only, but even five years later and a world away, he can't seem to forget her.

Haley’s life is going along just like normal until an old boyfriend reenters her life and sets everything on end. Bit by bit this professional woman is transformed into a girl who thrives on humiliation, domination, and loss of control. She has no idea how Joe can possibly overcome her better nature but it doesn’t seem like making choices is much of anything these days anyway!

When Cookie Berelli, a dress designer for full-figured women, discovers her private investigator dead in her salon, she calls on a few friends to get her out of trouble. This cozy mystery with a dog includes a cute little dachshund she named Sigmund Freud because he's such a good listener. She has a bunch of crackpot ideas for how to catch the murderer, and Sigmund, the trustworthy dog he is, follows right along, sometimes even discovering a clue or two himself.

Cass Saélihn is the weapon, the hybrid born to kill the Olympian gods. Only the price is her own life. One dies so millions can live. So her mates will live. But Cass can't just abandon them, can she? She's just found them - a home she'd never imagined she could have. So when Death offers her a way out if she plays one of his sick games, she can't refuse. If she plays it right, she might just rise from ash and ember. And her loyal warrior-mates will be with her in life, or death. Even when she has to become the Darkness that devours the worlds. Even when she's lost to herself.

Live confidently. Believe expectantly. Embrace your victory! In this new and empowering devotional from New York Times best-selling author Victoria Osteen, you will be inspired to live boldly and courageously each day. Victoria provides you with refreshing insights that will give you the strength and power to press on and live your life to the fullest. She will show you how minor adjustments in your everyday life bring about major victories. When you discover how these changes in your attitude and actions elevate your life, you will live Fearless and Free.

Whispers of Immortality is a gripping supernatural romance that follows the intertwined lives of Finn, a brooding viking vampire seeking revenge, and Olivia, a talented young author with a mysterious gift. In a world where darkness and danger lurk at every turn, their paths converge, setting off a chain of events that will test their love, loyalty, and resilience.

When Erith directs me to infiltrate the enemy and topple them from within, I immediately accept the challenge. I figure it'll be easy until a stunning warrior goddess crosses my path and diverts my attention. The problem? She's in league with those I was sent to take down. However, I soon discover there is more to her than meets the eye and quickly find my mission divided: Disband this new group of Fae Others, and save the gorgeous Light from her family - and herself.

The quint has finally reunited, but their stunning new discovery changes everything. Just as Lera and the males navigate their redefined future, Owalin violently ups the stakes, giving the humans one hour to hand over their kingdoms. Lera must do all she can to help defeat him, even if that means facing down her own males and the humans themselves.

That billionaire dragon-shifter I’ve been trying to avoid getting involved with? Yeah, I pretty much failed there...and I've never been so delighted. Sure, he’s intense, good looking, and ripped in all the right places, not to mention the deliciously savage way he claims my body, marking me as his. Sure, he’s intense, good looking, and ripped in all the right places, not to mention the deliciously savage way he claims my body, marking me as his.

As a top draft pick from a family of hockey royalty, I'm under so much pressure that I’m losing my edge on the ice. I need something to snap my brain out of this self-destructive stress-loop. That’s where Indi Briscoe from my photography class comes in. She’s flirtatious and funny one moment, sweetly shy the next.

When Care Flight delivered a roughneck to Dr. Heather Hunter's trauma unit, it turned her world upside down. Heather found herself in love with someone her mother found socially unacceptable. Someone whose job was so dangerous, Heather fought falling in love to avoid a broken heart. Little did she know that her loved one was courting danger far deadlier than working on an oil rig.

Returning to London scarred and bitter after his capture by Napoleon’s forces, Morgan, Marquess of Searle, is hell-bent on vengeance against the man responsible for his imprisonment. He’ll do anything to get what he wants, even if it means destroying an innocent in the process. There’s just one problem. He’s never met anyone like the woman he intends to use for his revenge.

Since Josh reentered her life, Haley has lost control completely. Ultimately, he’s making the decisions and as humiliating as it is to her, she can’t deny that she lives in a sexually charged world now, a world Josh has created for her that pushes her boundaries more and more until she almost welcomes the idea of breaking.

When life as you know it changes, will it define you, destroy you or make you stronger? Best friends Isla and Sophie made each other a promise a long time ago: to never let life pass them by. Years later Isla is in love, living abroad and fulfilling her dreams. But for Sophie things haven't turned out the way she was expecting, and she hasn't achieved any of the things she and Isla talked about. And then, in one sudden moment, life irrevocably changes for both women.

Ein Lehrer, der tot im Geräteraum einer Sporthalle liegt. Ein Referendar, der ein halbes Jahr zuvor bei einem Unfall zu Tode kam. Von Seiten der Schule wird gemauert. Gibt es eine Verbindung zwischen den beiden Männern? Wenn ja, wo liegt sie und droht darin auch anderen Gefahr? Die beiden Wilhelmshavener Kommissarinnen Oda Wagner und Christine Cordes treten ohne ihr Wissen zu einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit an. Denn das dritte Opfer ist bereits eingekreist.

Farmer Pablo closes his eyes to rest in his rocking chair after working all day in his special Hatch Chile Greenhouse. Suddenly, he is startled by beautiful Spanish music and a reddish-green light! What will happen next?

Bad boy goalie for the Boston Brawlers, Finnegan Reed needs to rehabilitate his image or be traded. So he goes along with the public relations plan. How bad can a fake engagement to a nerdy co-ed be? Except the nerdy co-ed has a spine to go with her gentle soul and a weakness for margaritas and hockey players. Who knew? But it's a dicey thing trying to pull off a lie when you're in the limelight, and things could go from bad to worse unless they make the story stick with a convincing performance.

When a stray pistol ball from the battlefield took Nash's sight, it also took his entire identity. Nash fears he's fallen too far and perhaps ending it all is the best solution. Until he encounters a woman in the garden singing a bawdy tune at the top of her lungs. Prudence Howard has traveled the world with her missionary parents. But after the scandal she caused in Cairo, they've foisted her on a vicar in the small town of Milcroft and sailed to the Far East to evangelize without her. When she meets Nash Pope, she's instantly intrigued.

The key to having a positive, happy, faith-filled day is to start each morning setting your mind in the right direction. It's easy to lie in bed thinking, "I don't feel like going to work. I don't want to deal with these children. I didn't exercise yesterday." We don't realize it, but that's setting the tone for a lousy day. If you don't intentionally set the tone for the day, negative thoughts will set it for you.