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Martha Howald grew up on a farm, and she loved spending time with her dad. Even when he was loading manure onto a spreader, there she'd be with a little pitchfork, doing her part to clean up the mess from the cows and hogs. In fourth grade, she was thrilled when her older brother returned home from the army and started dating her favorite teacher - Miss Hill. The two would end up getting married, and Martha couldn't have been happier. Join Martha as she recalls funny moments, challenges conquered, and lessons learned over a life that's been not-so politically correct.

Nic Rutherford never thought of herself as a protector. Yet now she’s responsible for the welfare of the mythical Wild Hunt. Keeping the fey army separate from the mortals for the sake of both races is no easy task. With the help of Aiden - the disgraced god who must obey her every command - Nic plans to recover the lost souls she bartered away and take the Hunt back across the Veil to reclaim the Unseelie Court.

The Fee are exposed, and the realms have risen, but trouble lurks around every corner, disobedience the root. Dyson fights to survive while he dreams of revenge. Grief-ridden, Eliza can’t come to terms with her sadistic, future Fee husband. Katriane’s untimely death is foretold, and Tember isn’t above working with her enemies to save her charge. And Aiden...is he truly gone forever?

Rowan Gray is a bundle of nerves. She’s waiting for word on her father - a man who supposedly died 10 years before - and the only thing that can shift her focus is a fraught rescue at sea, one that forces The Bounding Storm to evacuate a group of oil rig workers during a tumultuous storm. When one of the workers ends up dead - an individual who wasn’t listed on the manifest - Rowan Gray and Quinn Davenport are thrust into a fresh adventure...and it’s one that’s likely to have dire consequences.

New crimes lead FBI profiler Victor Loshak to revisit former scenes and witnesses in the Las Vegas area. The evidence suggests the return of a notorious and brutal serial killer from years ago - the one who got away. Loshak conceals his work from his partner, Violet Darger, and tries desperately to stay one step ahead of both her and the murderer. Leonard Stump is back. Maybe. And things are about to get so much worse.

Not all magic is from the ancients. Hannah and Cameron are determined to have a day of normal amidst all this fantastic madness. A visit to the town's restored old theater, the Venetian, should be just the fun they need. Unless, of course, Mom's ancestors get tired of letting Dad's forefathers steal the show!

The best marriages are not necessarily the most perfect and picturesque. Marriage is about walking together through all of life's ups and downs; its challenges and triumphs. Collecting true stories from some of today's best writers, Dawn Camp offers listeners a chance to sit back and reflect on the heart of marriage. With poignant prose, this collection is a great gift for the bride-to-be, the couple celebrating a significant anniversary, or for any time listeners need a lift.

Five people. Five crossing fates. One person’s actions change their lives forever. Making a deal with the Fee has its price. In Katriane Dupont’s case, it comes with scales and an unlimited amount of power. The consequences of her actions unfold with crippling events, shifting the realms. Shades cross the Death Realm, and an angel, determined for answers, clips her wings. Can Kat control what’s within her? Or will it consume her?

The author decided to write Trapped in My Mind for herself and for others who have experienced disturbing moments in their lives. She underwent the most unpredictable and painful episode that a human being can go through. She hopes that sharing this experience with you will teach you and herself how to make a difference in the way people interact with one another - that together we will learn how to love and be compassionate and caring. However, she fears that all is gone now. What you are going to listen to is not a work of fiction, nor is it a love story.

Rowan Gray has a lot on her mind. Between her uncle dropping a bomb about the father she believed dead actually being alive and a mountain of feuding cheerleaders descending on The Bounding Storm, Rowan can’t quite seem to get a handle on her emotions. She has a job to do and opts to focus on that rather than her missing uncle - which is the professional thing, of course - but her mind is a busy place to visit. When the infamous omen pops up, it seems one of the warring cheer coaches is in trouble. Rowan dedicates herself to finding who might have murder on the mind.

Without realizing it, we've gotten lost in our own little lives. We've settled for "good enough" and days that run together in an unmemorable blur. We long for something to shake us up, but we're exhausted by the thought of it, too. In her warm, vulnerable style, best-selling Proverbs 31 author Suzanne Eller shows how living and loving without limits has nothing to do with your own efforts - and it has everything to do with God's Holy Spirit.

After nearly five years of torment at the hands of society's worst gossips, Lady Phoebe Anson is finally making her escape, following her dream to author botany texts - even if she must pretend to be a man to do it. When her one-time friend, Lord Malcolm Gray, happens upon her at the Frost Fair and uncovers her plot, Phoebe refuses to let him ruin her life - again. But Malcolm isn't the young fool he once was, though he knows he has much to atone for where Phoebe is concerned. And he has no intention of letting his "whirling dervish" get away this time....

Service dogs are the hands, legs, eyes, or ears of a person with disabilities. Labrador retrievers and German shepherds are well suited for the work of a service dog. They have a love of people and great energy. They are strong, calm, and patient. They do not chase other dogs, birds, squirrels, or cats. They excel at all kinds of jobs when properly trained. 

The Bounding Storm is racing toward adventure, and this time it’s something completely out of the ordinary. Rowan Gray still can’t wrap her mind around the fact that an old shipwreck – one that could make salvagers rich beyond their wildest dreams – is going to be The Bounding Storm’s main focus for a full week. It’s true, though, and the shift in demeanor on the boat is exciting and worrisome at the same time. Even Rowan’s boyfriend Quinn isn’t immune and he’s swept up in the grandeur of the event, right until things turn sour and someone attacks one of the divers. It becomes clear rather quickly that something else is going on and someone has nefarious designs on the find.

When an ancient relic of Camelot goes missing, who do Arthur and his knights call? Nia Rivers, ancient immortal and archaeologist extraordinaire, of course. Nia jumps at the chance to go to Camelot, especially since she's been banned in the past. Thankfully, Arthur is willing to let Nia's past breaches of his castle, theft attempts, and a certain debacle with his sword be bygones if she'll help him recover the Holy Grail. But as Nia strives to keep her fingers to herself, enemies from the past resurface in a race to acquire the ancient holy relic.

This book has offered me an opportunity to put a few basic principles of life into simpler terms so that the very young can understand them. It has also given me the chance to use my imagination just a bit to add a little color to the circle of life. From an early age, I was a thinker. I would spend many hours twisting and turning things in my mind. My third grade teacher would sometimes read my stories in class and that was my favorite time in school.

Nia and Loren go head-to-head with ancient Greek gods in the next installment of this epic urban fantasy adventure series. Nia Rivers knows that immortality comes at a cost. So when she finds out that the Greek gods have devised a way to offer everlasting life to humans, she heads down to Athens to find out more about the mysterious cult of Demeter. What she doesn't expect to learn about is her own hand in the rituals.

Bella Tallahan has always hidden behind her twin sister, Tally. She was born with cerebral palsy and even though she has finished college, she lives vicariously through her sister's adventures. It worked, until her sister married writer Lucky Lenigan, and Bella developed a crush on Lucky's brother - a bad boy with a shady past.

Lukas Dvorak - pacifist, scientist, and circus acrobat - is living his ideal life working as a research analyst for his employer Brooklyn Capital Management, an obscure Wall Street firm located....

Brinley has spent her life lost in her imagination, teaching bullfrogs to do gymnastics and pretending to be invisible. Now, when a magic bell from another world summons her across time and space on a journey to find her mother, she will discover real friendship, face true evil, and overcome her greatest fears in order to save the ones she loves. The Mage and the Magpie is the first book in Austin J. Bailey's Magemother series: an epic middle-grade fantasy adventure series with witches, shapeshifters, and cliffhangers, and awesome kids.