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Haddie, her dad, and her friends are all at risk in a twisting turn of events. The Unceasing are back and stronger than ever. Her coworker has already been coerced; will one of her friends be next? In a race against time, Haddie and her team rally to find the source of this strange power and stop it, but they might not be enough. Haddie is faced with heart-wrenching decisions, and the choices she dares to make might cost her everything as she stands up against someone who can turn her own team against her. Will she be able to turn things around the second time? Who will she lose?

Eugene law student and intern at a local law firm, Haddie unites with an unusual ally to delve into the disquieting organization known as the Unceasing. Her dad, Thomas, has his own troubles with an anonymous admirer who boldly attempts to recruit him to a dubious cause; worse, his fan has been stalking him since his last alias as a soldier in Vietnam. Following a lead in Boise, Idaho, Haddie and Thomas race to build a crew to investigate the Unceasing, never expecting to spark a backlash so quickly. However, if Haddie doesn’t take a risk and act fast, her team might be lost.

Eugene law student and intern at a local law firm, Haddie is adjusting to her and her dad’s unnatural abilities. He’s lived with it for centuries, but she just found out this year. Now, she’s dealing with a new addition to their family and a friend who has disappeared. The trail leads to a disquieting series of bizarre raves where people go missing, lose their minds, or die. Someone, or something, disturbing is hiding amid the colorful lights and music. Haddie races against time before her friend becomes one of the casualties.

Eugene law student and intern at a local law firm, Haddie discovers more about herself and her dad than she was ready to delve into. Shocked by gruesome deaths that defy the laws of nature, she searches for rational answers to otherworldly incinerations. To learn the truth, she investigates the two bizarre deaths of a local businessman and his wife. Haddie races against time, obsessed with saving the firm's client, the businessman's mistress, who the police accuse of impossible murders that the young woman couldn't have committed.

Ten classic short stories offering a feminine perspective on marriage written from 1891 to 1917 from such classic authors as Edith Wharton, O. Henry, Kate Chopin, Mark Twain, and others. These works present an early and poignant perspective on the institution of marriage, its role in society, and the personal beauty and pain that can be found within its bonds.

Human Enhancement, Volume 1, is a collection of three short, science-fiction stories delving into topics including the metaphysical, simulation theory and human biological enhancement through robotics and AI.

Join Ahnjii Fate in the epic conclusion to the Khimmer Chronicles series as she embarks on a mission to save the peoples of Earth. Ahnjii must locate the sleeping god Ipnys while the goddess Nyx holds the portal gates closed against the relentless enemy. Meanwhile, the allies are embroiled in disputes that threaten to tear them apart. Ahnjii’s unique abilities may hold the key to victory if she can unite everyone to work toward a common goal.

When Lily Ford returns to her lakeside hometown of Hideaway Bay for her grandmother’s funeral, the reunion with her estranged sisters is anything but easy as old wounds surface quickly. Recently widowed and still reeling from the secrets her late husband left behind, Lily finds herself at a crossroad, questioning everything about herself and the people she thought she knew.

The One-Eyed Cat and the Gambler is a collection of aphorisms and parables on many different topics, including philosophy, religion, love, human nature, time, and memory. Ranging in tone from pointedly satirical to lightly humorous, Jeffery Bennett’s intent is not to express truths, but rather to provoke and challenge the reader’s thoughts and philosophies.

Alice, the youngest of three Monroe sisters, still holds out hope that the uneasy relationship with her two sisters can be mended, an improbable wish since they live in different parts of the world. After her grandmother’s funeral, Alice returns home to Chicago and her high-powered career but thoughts of Hideaway Bay and the house her grandmother left to the three sisters are never far from her mind. When it seems that her career comes at too great a price, namely her personal life, Alice heads back to Hideaway Bay to start over again.

I want to share my experience from being diagnosed, the journey of treatment, and how I handle every day I am breathing. My desire is to give hope, inspire, educate, and give strength to anyone out there wanting to be cancer-free or have someone in their life wanting to be cancer-free.

Set in the late 4th century CE, Elodia’s Knife tells the gripping tale of a young Gothic girl who kills her abusive husband and flees his family’s retribution by rafting across the Danube River into Roman territory. Against the backdrop of a crumbling empire and the looming threat of Gothic invasion, Elodia must use her wits and her strength to rise to power in a world that seeks to crush her.

Emilie, the 19-year old daughter of a Sioux mother and a Scottish father, finds her home destroyed when her tribe is caught up in the US-Dakota war of 1862. Her mother is sent to a prisoner-of-war camp, and Emilie sets out to find her father, Jack Ferguson, who has been missing since the beginning of the war. With help from two new and unlikely friends, Eustis and Anders, she begins a treacherous and emotional journey to track him down. Along the way, she meets a mysterious figure, Roger Paltrey, from her father's past who seems to know important things about him.