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Vegas Duncan's release from prison is right on time for his older brother Junior's engagement to the voluptuous Sonya Brown. Unfortunately Junior's attempt at happiness comes to a screeching halt when Sonya's husband, the mysterious Brother X, and his army of Muslim hit men declare war on the Duncan clan. Duncan family patriarch LC Duncan has gone up against many foes in his time.

Years ago, in the town of Saxon Falls, young Kelsey Willard disappeared and was presumed dead. The tragedy left her family with a fractured life - a mother out to numb the pain, a father losing a battle with his own private demons, and a sister desperate for closure. But now another teenage girl has gone missing. It's ripping open old wounds for the Willards, dragging them back into a painful past, and leaving them unprepared for where it will take them next.

Momma drama takes over the Duncan clan, as there is still uncertainty about who has fathered the Duncan sisters' new babies. Meanwhile, Orlando Duncan, the family's new CEO and a man with his own baby momma problems, has just developed a new product that may make the millionaire Duncans into billionaires. Orlando only has one obstacle in front of him, and it's not law enforcement or one of his family's many rivals. It's his mother, because she's making the family take sides. Can a civil war within the Duncan family be averted before it tears them apart?

Bug has hit her 30s with a bump. An almost wedding, an almost ex-husband, and a bookshop that’s almost turning a profit. With the help of her best friend – free spirit, activist and all-round legend Winnie, she’s going to make it all come good. Probably. Definitely. Maybe. At least she’s got her friends around her. 

Nevaeh Moore was born with a gift, a psychic ability to see things that the average person can't. But after witnessing the traumatic death of her parents a few years ago, she is unable to distinguish faces in her visions. Things are complicated enough between raising her teenage nephew Caleb on her own and fighting off the unwanted advances of her lecherous boss, when her best friend Sarah Cannon disappears under suspicious and clearly bloody circumstances.

A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in shock and mourning. Ricky's sister, Alyssa, returns to confront her shattered, withdrawn mother and her guilt over the brother she left adrift. Mark McVitry, the lone survivor of the deadly outburst sparked by his own cruelty, is tormented by visions of Ricky's vengeful spirit. Ricky's surrogate older brother, Corky Meeks, grapples with doubts about the fragile boy he tried to protect but may have doomed instead.

The men on the SS Marine Electric sailed into a storm in February 1983 not knowing that they would make history - at a great cost in lives. Just three men survived the wreck of the Marine Electric off the shores of Virginia and they found that their struggle had just begun once they got back to shore. Blamed for the wreck, they fought back and broke a code of silence that had covered up sloppy ship inspections for decades and revealed the flaws in old World War II rust buckets that were still at sea long past their functional lifetime.

The culture today tells us we can be whoever we want to be. So, why do so many of us feel stuck? Throughout this book, pastor and poet Joshua Luke Smith invites you into a 'selah' moment—an opportunity to quieten the noise—and to see that the clarity you are longing for may be closer than you think. Something You Once Knew will remind you of what you always hoped to be true and rekindle the wonder you lost along the way.

Set in an America populated by petty and often pathetic gods, American Howl relates the struggle of food-service workers on a fateful Super Bowl Sunday. During the rush, a gang of delivery drivers revolts to exact vengeance upon abusive customers. While the drivers fight for dignity, the surge of orders for chicken wings and pizzas turns a gluttonous evening into a chaotic nightmare.

Falling through the window of their family's cozy house into a dark and bitter world, riven by sectarian violence and struggle, five siblings search for a way out - and discover extraordinary talents deep within themselves on their path toward love.

The Blevins family had been searching many months for their dream home out in the country because the city life just wasn't their cup of tea. Then just as they were about to give up there was a sign next to a gravel road that said, "Sudden death in the family caused our beautiful home to be put up for sale, please don't pass up this great deal of a lifetime."

Jamie was thumbing through the newspaper in search of a weekend job for the summer. She was 16 years old and needed the extra money to help save for textbooks when she started college in the fall. She tossed the newspaper on the floor, frustrated and with no results. Then one of the newspaper pages flipped over to the last page of the classifieds and there it was in small print, "Babysitter needed for the summer." She said, "How did I miss this? Maybe, I passed over it because it didn't say weekends only." Jamie's first babysitting job would turn out to be her worst nightmare - with fatal results.

There's this old dirt road they say is the road to Hell, where many brave souls have ventured down after midnight, only to find once they've traveled to a certain point it turns into devil's fork and there's no turning back. The road I'm talking about is Long Hollow Pike Road. This road dates back to the mid-1700s, when a family that dealt in the occult conjured up something evil that didn't want to be disturbed. From that day forward Long Hollow Pike Road has been cursed.

It was Halloween, and Jan and her friends, Misty and Michelle, decided to dig up a legend that should have been just that. But we all know teenagers feel that they are invincible, and nothing bad will happen to them. Bad things only happen to other people - or do they?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the United States became a clone of China or Burma? That's what almost happened with the SOPA and PIPA bills which attempted to pass into law.

The SOPA & PIPA Conspiracy explains these horrible censorship laws, and what they would have meant, and WILL mean if they ever pass. Learn how you can prevent the destruction of the internet, and ward off any future bills which allow total Government control or censorship.

The little town of Decksburg wasn't a happening place. It was rather boring with only one gas station, one church, one bank, and a population of 100. It's no wonder a couple rowdy friends named Bubba and Hector had this brilliant idea of spicing things up in this town. These two guys had very little education, but that didn't stop these two from dreaming.

Meg was happy to finally have the chance her other sisters didn't: She was going to college. Meg's sisters helped her move into her new dorm. Her sisters were introduced to her roommate, Samantha. Meg and Samantha got along really well and helped each other in their studies. Samantha needed the most help with her homework because she liked to party, while Meg always had her head in the textbooks. Midterms were just around the corner, but a big party was being held at a good friend of Samantha's house and - of course - Samantha wasn't going to miss the party over a midterm exam.

Jack Stephenson lived alone, and was very shy around woman until a good friend of his introduced him to Penny that also lived alone down the street from Jack. When their eyes met Jack felt he found his angel and Penny thought she found the man of her dreams. After months of dating Jack and Penny they got married. That's when things started going downhill. Jack didn't let his new bride out of his sight.

Bill and Karen Stevens were so excited to get to spend a weekend away from their children. Bill was the top salesman of his company that year and was awarded a weekend trip to any four-star hotel of his choice, compliments of the company he works for. Bill and Karen packed their belongings and said goodbye to their children and headed to the airport, to their destination. The plane finally landed and they were ready for a fun-filled weekend without their kids. Bill and Karen held hands as they approached the front desk of the beautiful four-star hotel....

Deep in the woods on top of a desolated hilltop stood the most haunted cemetery ever known, called Haunted Hills Cemetery. Legend has it that in 1855, a man by the name of Jester Flats was the new Sheriff in town. One thing the townspeople had no idea about was when Jester Flats was appointed the new Sheriff in the town of Deadsville. The Sheriff had his own idea of how he wanted to bring law and order in the town of Deadsville. His way would be by way of an axe. He was the most feared Sheriff the town has ever known.