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A young Black girl watches as her aunt’s multiple suitors disrupt her family’s privacy. The same girl, now on the cusp of adulthood, shares her family’s growing fears that her father has disappeared. Acclaimed author Ann Petry penned these and the other unforgettable narratives in Miss Muriel and Other Stories more than 70 years ago, yet in them, contemporary listeners recognize characters who exist today and dilemmas that recur again and again.

First Day of School - Koko and Roo Learn About Love, Patience and Kindness, by Mel Madsen, is a wonderful guide for children to learn about the fruits of the Spirit, as well as to understand the practical examples of how to implement them into daily lives.

Struggling for survival after the death of her husband, a woman leaves her hometown to make a fresh start. Arriving to the small town of Willows Grove, she and her two daughters take shelter in an old church next to a playground. Seventeen years later, Jillian and her friends set out to disprove local folk tales of evil spirits that allegedly inhabit the burnt-out church and the playground next to it. Arriving at the dilapidated playground, they wait for the hour the ghost has reportedly been seen, while mocking the silly townspeople's beliefs. Very soon, their doubts are challenged.

For some, personal success means reaching the heights of fame, wealth, or corporate achievement. For others, it's providing for their family, dedicating their lives to a worthy cause, enjoying the simple things in life or just being the best person they can be every day. We may achieve many successes in our lives that others may envy, but if they're not really fulfilling, they're not personal success.

This book, answers many basic questions about Kundalini, the super-intelligent agency in our bodies that is guiding our revolution to a higher dimension of consciousness. I hope it will help you find answers to many profound questions about your spiritual nature and decide the way that the existence of this amazing, super-intelligent and super-powerful energy in us can be awakened.

Carver Marceau is Kresova, an ancient race of vampires ruled by a deadly queen bent on keeping her reign at all costs. Carver believes Aurora is one of the Drias, the first of three fated harem queens destined to return the balance to the Kresova. As new allies are formed and the other consorts of Aurora’s harem are found, it’s a race against the clock as they battle against Queen Morana and her followers to protect the future of the Kresova vampires and Aura’s heart. A rising queen. A deadly court full of intrigue. And a prophecy formed by fate.

Paralegal, Elizabeth Martin, has two reasons for staying at a mysterious mansion - to help get the property ready to sell, and to investigate the rumors of the ghost who is haunting it. After shockingly finding the rumors to be true, one question stirs in her mind. Had the renowned magician’s death really been a careless accident - or was it a cleverly disguised murder?

In 1916, Chris returns home from a French hospital to his country estate just outside London. The nature of his injuries at the front has caused him to suffer from amnesia. Awaiting him at home are his devoted wife, whom he does not remember, and his cousin, Jenny, whom he remembers only as a childhood friend. For Chris, the last 15 years have not happened and he believes himself still in love with a woman named Margaret, the poor innkeeper's daughter he courted many years before.

Jason feels safe with his imaginary relationship with Brittany, appreciating her beauty whenever the subtle opportunities present themselves. Suddenly everything changes when they attend a biology class together at the beginning of the next semester. Jason from the "other side of the tracks" is faced with some of the harshest realities of life when Brittany engages him to discover what is causing her friend's mental suicidal condition.

Societies have struggled with pandemics for thousands of years. Plague and cholera, smallpox and influenza; deadly diseases spring up, kill thousands, if not millions, and we still don’t learn. We make the same mistakes again and again. Defeating an infectious agent should not be complicated. The principles of public health are straightforward and have not changed for more than a hundred years.

In this collection of five suspenseful stories, Detective Nadine McAfee investigates the murder of a boy who died in a deliberately set fire, confronts the resentment of locals toward a rich philanthropist who ends up being murdered, solves the murders of a college student and a washed-up screenwriter, uncovers the truth about a heinous crime from forty years ago, and works with a private security expert to safeguard the life of a woman targeted for assassination. Katahdin provides another journey into the darkest corners of humanity.

The end was just the beginning. History books call it The Purge, and it altered the course of human history. A breed of seemingly unkillable creatures that once lurked in the shadows of mankind’s past finally revealed themselves. Driven by an insatiable lust for human blood, these monsters - dubbed “ghouls” by some - consumed the globe in one bloody, awful night.

Katherine Marshall was on her way to being free from her abusive husband, Tim Marshall. With the divorce papers signed, she can finally get on with her life. That is until she finds out her husband is suing her boyfriend, Ben O'Leary. Katherine knows Tim will never stop going after the people she loves. She decides it's time to run.

Cadillac Mountain is book two of the Maine Murder Mysteries series. In this collection of six exciting stories, Detective Nadine McAfee solves the murders of a wealthy musician and a former major league baseball star. McAfee also revisits a 30-year-old double murder after severed limbs are discovered in Acadia National Park.

Mike is good at playing with two things - numbers and his guitar. People, not so much. So, when he stumbles upon two women having fun in the shadows at an underground club and a bouncer urges him to get one to safety, he's not sure how to respond. But, when he discovers she's been bitten and her neck is bleeding, something wakes inside of him. He's compelled to protect her.

Eleonora - Ellie or Nora or Leo, depending on who’s calling her name at the moment - has the exact life she wants. No really, she does. She couldn’t be happier with her job at the bar she owns with her best friend or her fantastic sex life with her boyfriend Lucas. Or...with her girlfriend Theo. Hey, she never said it wasn’t complicated, just that she couldn’t picture it any other way.

After surviving a harrowing car accident, Chuck wakes up in what he thinks could be purgatory. But the nurse, Ellie, assures him that he's simply in the Dream Machine, a subconscious playground to explore while his body heals. But Chuck has a size fantasy - he's one of the leading men in the giantess video industry, and Ellie is a fan. Now, in total control of his environment, she decides to see how much fun it can be to change sizes.

"Tell me what excites you." Lisbeth's life is plunged into darkness with the death of her lover. Now, nothing else matters. Not even her imprisonment by the council and looming execution. In the arms of her oldest and dearest friend, Balthazar, she seeks a momentary relief from her pain in the form of one night of unbridled passion. One night...that changes everything.

Honey Badger Princess Rana Morn has anosmia - she can't smell a thing. And honey badger don't care, except the condition prevents her from ever knowing who her true mate is. With two so-called "mates" in her past, this shifter strictly guards her heart now. The reward of finding her forever love just isn't worth the risk of more pain.

Former pinup model Sydney Wagner is about to fulfill her life-long dream of publishing her first novel. Attending a writers conference in Kansas City is more play than work. Fate factors in when her car blows a tire on the way to the conference. Pilot and entrepreneur Peter Kane notices a car on the side of the road and isn't about to pass up the chance to help a stranded motorist, especially one as sexy as Sydney Wagner. But can he deal with hot-then-cool attitude, or her tawdry past?