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Many people are undergoing a profound personal transformation associated with spiritual opening. Under favorable circumstances, this process results in emotional healing, a radical shift in values, and a profound awareness of the mystical dimension of existence. For some, these changes are gradual and relatively smooth, but for others they can be so rapid and dramatic that they interfere with everyday functioning, creating tremendous inner turmoil.

Can a loving relationship endure career setbacks, infidelities, and mismatched sexual desires? This is the question psychologist Bonnie Comfort grapples with as she navigates her unpredictable thirty-year marriage to Hollywood screenwriter Bob, while she provides marital therapy to others. Bob is affectionate, brilliant, and hilarious—but his sexual desires are incompatible with Bonnie’s. Despite her misgivings, she indulges his kinks, which often included photographing her in lingerie.

Inspired by the events of his 2022 award-winning book, Captured by COVID: Deceit, Conspiracy, and Death—A True Story. Michael E. Bowers’s Olivia is a story of adoration, hatred, desolation, exhilaration, and heartbreak. Caught between two forces far beyond her control, Olivia’s quiet life is shattered when she becomes collateral damage in a deadly clash between the DEA and a ruthless Mexican cartel. As her world unravels, those around her spiral into darkness—none more than Allen, whose descent into unthinkable acts reveals a side no one ever imagined he possessed.

Gitte isn't looking forward to becoming Matriarch of her people. But if all goes well, it won't happen for a long time. She thought she'd already found her true calling. Her life is filled with training mages, Imperium emergencies, and filling in for a leader who refuses to leave their planet. But there's something she doesn't know. Some place she's never heard of. Some reason why she's about to find out about them. And some one who wants her to step up and become what she's always been: The Matriarch.

This book is meant to help those in post-rehab or early sobriety to clean up the mess that addiction made of their lives, such as paperwork, finances, legal stuff, etc. It also encourages those folks to better their lives by getting an education, volunteering, practicing good personal hygiene, etc.

Liza Pound is a mystery to her superiors. In training she showed no aggression at all. In combat the first time she topped the kill board. And kept doing it. No one can figure out why. She did the unthinkable, and left Navy Mage Five for the League of Worlds. They want her back. She wants squadron command of the Black Sheep, and has worked hard for it. But when has what anyone wanted been part of what happens to them?

With the war between the two families finally cooling, Colette returns to Mayfield determined to improve relations in the divided city the only way she knows how. Opening up a business that serves both humans and vampires isn’t going to win her any friends, but she didn’t expect enemies to pop up so quickly. Danger lurks in the shadows as she does all she can to repair the broken city she left behind so many years ago.

Liza Pound now has more than she ever wanted. And a lot she didn't. Like a bullseye painted on her back. She's stuck a stick in the local "ant hill," and the foxes are not happy about it. The Keerah are too busy fighting themselves to control the foxes, and someone else doing it was not in anyone's hunt plan.

Liza Pound has pulled on one too many tails. And no-one likes their tail being pulled, especially tigers. In the grand scheme of things, the foxes were never a serious threat. But now there is a real threat, and they've taken notice of who is now their biggest threat.

Sam discovers an old map in his grandfather's attic, leading him on an adventurous trek through the forest. As he follows the path marked on the map, he arrives at a hidden cave behind a waterfall. He bravely descends a stone staircase and finds himself in Kidtopia, a vibrant city run entirely by children. There, he meets Nova, a spirited girl who introduces him to the community and its challenges. Kidtopia faces a brewing rebellion, led by Nova and her friend Jake, as they seek understanding and peace with the adult world above.

The annual fall party on Silent Ridge Road is supposed to be a celebration of community—an entire day of drinking cider, sharing laughs, and forgetting any tension that's been simmering beneath the surface all year. But beneath the festive décor, polite smiles, and pumpkin-spiced charm of this small-town block lies a tangled web of deceit, obsession, and death. The neighbors are hiding dangerous secrets.

Luna, a tiny sprite, surprises me on my birthday with a magical paintbrush. As I paint an enchanted forest, I’m transported into this vibrant world. Luna explains that to return home, I must complete a quest to find a hidden amulet that restores balance to the realm. As we journey deeper into the forest, shadows create challenges, but Luna’s encouragement keeps me focused. I finally discover the amulet, bringing peace to the land. With the quest completed, I feel a sense of fulfillment. Luna, perched on my shoulder, hints at more adventures to come.

In a bustling crowd, the narrator encounters Evelyn, a frantic woman claiming they are married in a future where time is collapsing. She believes they are the only ones who can fix it. Initially skeptical, the narrator is drawn in when Evelyn reveals a chronometer from their future, which only activates in the presence of its counterpart. As the narrator finds a matching device in their pocket, the two devices resonate together, hinting at their shared past. Faced with the surreal reality of their connection, the narrator concedes belief in Evelyn's mission.

Leo felt like an outsider in a world filled with individuals flaunting superpowers. As he wandered through a neglected part of the city, he stumbled upon a mysterious, intricately carved stone. When he touched it, a warm energy surged through him, awakening a hidden ability—he began to levitate. Overwhelmed with excitement, Leo realized he was not powerless after all; he had a unique power waiting to be discovered. Embracing this newfound strength, he felt a connection to the elements and understood he could use his abilities to help others.

Sarah, an imaginative young woman, gazes at the stars from her cluttered room when she notices a bright light descending from the sky. Intrigued and anxious, she observes an alien spacecraft hovering above her house. Suddenly, she hears a calming voice in her mind, proclaiming, "We come in peace." Compelled by curiosity, Sarah rushes outside and follows the light to the park, feeling an electric anticipation in the cool night air. As she stands in awe, the voice reassures her, saying, "Your world is beautiful, and so are you.

Detective Sam gazes out of his office window, burdened by unsolved cases, while his mischievous tabby cat, Whiskers, unexpectedly speaks, urging him to focus on their current investigation. The duo, an unusual partnership, embarks on a journey through the city's maze-like alleys, guided by Whiskers' instincts. They arrive at a nondescript door that hints at the start of a significant lead. Entering a mysterious building, they discover a group of figures plotting something sinister. Together, they confront the situation, ultimately unraveling the mystery.

In Ongoingness, Sarah Manguso continues to define the contours of the contemporary essay. In it, she confronts a meticulous diary that she has kept for twenty-five years. "I wanted to end each day with a record of everything that had ever happened," she explains. But this simple statement belies a terror that she might forget something, that she might miss something important. Maintaining that diary, now eight hundred thousand words, had become, until recently, a kind of spiritual practice.

When Charlotte befriends Lisa Swanson, her dreams of owning a cupcake bakery finally begin to come true. But when a body is discovered and all signs point to Lisa being the guilty one, Charlotte doesn't know what to believe.

Award-winning, but down on her lucky playwright, Andrea Smilow, is commissioned by The Playhouse in Connecticut to save it from bankruptcy with a new work. When she arrives, she discovers that The Playhouse is inhabited by Jacob Marley’s spirit, and he wants her play to be about him. He wants to set the story straight about how Dickens ruined his life with A Christmas Carol.

The Rule Breakers, the true life story of Peri B. Mann, a petite female social worker, untrained to deal with violent and often volatile patients, who chooses to work with male psychiatric patients, drug addicts, and criminals.