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Do you struggle with valuing yourself? Are you constantly plagued by feelings of guilt, shame, and low self-esteem? Did your childhood involve abuse and trauma, leaving you filled with bitterness, pain, fear, and self-hate? In this book, you will learn all there is to know about codependency, its origins, and how it can damage the lives of individuals and families.

We’ve all had that nightmare. You wake up in a strange place with no memory of how you got there. There’s blood on your hands, and you’re overwhelmed by fear — until you realize it’s not yours. It’s then you see your victim in a pool of blood, you’re holding the murder weapon, and your only relief is waking up with a scream trapped in your throat.

Isabella and her new family have been captured and imprisoned in the underground city of Mt. Weather. They and other captive mutants face certain death cleaning lethal radiation zones outside unless Dr. Rosario's cure can save them. But can Isabella's brother Luke and the Mt. Weather rebels convince enough of the army that the mutants are worth saving? Without their help, the mutants are doomed.

Last month, Kate Garrett was a police detective. Now she’s a pet PI? Kate recently inherited half her father’s private investigation company and a partner who is as irritating as he is attractive. Kate has been avoiding Jake Carmedy for years, but now her life might depend on him. Kate and Jake are on the hunt for a serial cat killer who has mysterious connections to her father’s last police case. Kate’s father had been forced to retire when he was shot investigating a domestic disturbance. Is the shooter back for revenge? And is Kate or Jake next?

Rookie detective Kate Garrett lives in the shadow of her near-legendary father, Joe. When Joe dies unexpectedly, he leaves Kate half interest in Garrett Investigations, his last case that ties to three murders, a partner she can't stand, and a legacy to live up to. Jake Carmedy has lost a partner, mentor, and friend, but grief will come later. First, he has a case to solve—one that has detoured from a simple insurance case to a murder investigation. If that isn't enough, Joe's daughter seems to want to take her father's place as his boss.

A murder to solve, new family members visiting the US, a kidnapping and possible new directions all make for life changes for everyone. From best-selling author, G. Landy-Kordis comes story five in the Tapioca Style Series. Tap continues to juggle her full life quite successfully but when Gino’s past shows up it creates jealousy and doubt in Tap about their future and a murder case turns dangerous for Tap.

Is there a connection to kids on steroids and dogs coming up dead? "Is there really a case here?" Detective Tap wonders. Maybe Tap's partner, Pete, is right about her emotional state, which makes her wonder if she's too old for her sexy hot lover.

From best seller G. Landy-Kordis book three continues with Detective Tap having a hard time just taking the win and moving on. She worries some bad mojo has been released but at least she has some free time to do a little PI work for her sister who thinks her husband is having an affair. And after a bomb scare, Tap confronts her ex-partner and her old boyfriend who just can't get over her all while finding time to spend with her new lover.

The second book in Tapioca Style Series from best-selling author G. Landy-Kordis. Short story fictional tales that almost feel and read like screenplays. A mutilated body found in a field may be the work of a serial killer the Fed's have been trying to nab. Detective Tap is told not to get to vested in the investigation, but bits and pieces of information make her neighbors look mighty suspicious. Tap is determined to find out their story all while trying to fit in a little romance, as well.

Birmingham, Alabama, is a bustling city on the move in the era of Prohibition. It's a time of corruption, a time where it is tough to be an honest man of the law. Bureau of Investigation officer Francis Laurent finds that out the hard way when his partner and best friend August Day is gunned down in cold blood by a corrupt BOI agent and his gang of thugs during a high-stakes heist on the highway.

Detective Constable Lynette Wilton and famed defense lawyer Maxine Swayman and six more guests go on an escape-room adventure at a resort in Toronto called the Castle. The escape room is a recreation of the whiskey smuggling era. Amy Sharpe is murdered, and all of the people at the Castle are suspects. Constable Kurt Spencer investigates, and he is smitten by Lynette. Suddenly a storm knocks out the electricity, and the surrounding roads are washed out. All of the people, including the murderer, have to stay at the Castle overnight.

When porn producer Sal Turbit is found dead in his apartment, no one seems to care. No one, that is, except Detective Lynette Wilton. Lynette has been a homicide detective for only three months, and has yet to earn her stripes. Murder is murder no matter who the victim is - and Lynette is out to catch a killer. Could the killer be Wanda Chambers, a mentally ill woman who hates the “scumbags” who prey on the vulnerable? Wanda’s beloved sister, Cathy, was one such woman.

A year ago today, my father died. That day, I nearly lost everything. But I'm alive and well in Sicily. It's 1947. My only desire is to continue my father's legacy by running his businesses. I've stayed away from the mob's influence. My late father, did as well. Now, one hitman's obsession to take me out has brought it to my doorsteps.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.

The Assyrian Empire was a Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the ancient Middle East that existed as a state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC until it fell apart between 612 BC and 609 BC - spanning the periods of the Bronze Age to the late Iron Age. Babylonia was an area in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and Syria). It was only a small provincial town during the Akkadian Empire (2335–2154 BC) yet it greatly expanded during Hammurabi's reign in the 18th century BC.

At the heart of the nation, the Millennials will soon be in control of our future. The entire working class, judges, law enforcement, politicians, and decision-makers will be at the head of everything. One day soon, Millennials will be deciding our fates. Unfortunately, Millennials will be faced with problems and hurdles that other generations have not had to deal with. Millennials will be in a unique position to fail, as it were. This generation, and to no fault of their own, must overcome depression, addiction, and must find a purpose that holds meaning in their lives.

For nearly one hundred years the magi have co-existed in a forced peace, the black order ruling and those in red robes settling for their subservient role. This peace, however, is threatened when the young protege, Ayres, defies the order and assumes the forbidden white robes. When a break-away sect within the black order begins to gain power, marking themselves with an ancient anti-magi symbol, Ayres and his childhood companions take it upon themselves to uncover the true meaning behind the movement. Hunted by the black magi and struggling to master the white arts he has recently discovered, Ayres must return to the tower that nearly claimed his life, setting off a series of events that could destroy not only himself and the Order, but everything that exists.

Pickup Murder is a contemporary, character-driven mystery that begins with the discovery of a naked male body in the canal system of Wilton Manors, known as "The Gay Village", located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The initial investigation led investigators to believe that the victim was the subject of a pickup murder, but after a second body was found with a similar modus operandi, they became concerned with the possibility that the murders were the result of hate crimes.

The Inn at Heron's Bay is the masterful tale of a female innkeeper and her guests. Set in coastal Carolina, an area once terrorized by notorious pirates, we glimpse life as we enjoy the interactions of Katherine, Dixon, and the quirky Doctor Bob.

Workaholic Holly loses her high pressure job in New York right before Christmas. When her sister is suddenly deployed to a war zone in the Middle East, Holly agrees to travel to a sleepy little island off the coast of South Carolina to mind her menagerie of pets. It's a noble desire, except that Holly knows nothing about animals. Or life on a quiet beach. Or kids. And her hunky island neighbor is raising five-year-old triplets. Can a person change when their life is turned absolutely upside down?