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Callie is thrilled when she inherits a house in the small town of Shadow Valley. The house is old and creaky, but she’s not afraid of hard work. Unfortunately, no matter how many repairs she makes, the strange noises won’t go away. Cold spots appear. Lights flicker. Footsteps sound down the hallway. Her nerves are soon so frayed that she resorts to calling the one person in town she hasn’t been able to get along with, bullheaded police chief Carter Landry.

Caroline is a cynic career woman living the high life in Manhattan, where love and relationships are but a distant memory of the past. But after a freak accident on Christmas Eve, Caroline receives a visit from a cheeky spirit of Christmas past, present, yet to come, and—most importantly—Christmas that could have been.

After the brutal murder of her father, Emily Quinn finds herself detained at the San Francisco County Jail, charged with first-degree murder for a crime she cannot remember. Emily’s mother, a wealthy socialite, quickly distances herself from her troubled daughter. But in an attempt to salvage the family name, she hires world-renowned psychiatrist Daniel Lieberman to assist in Emily’s defense. The famed doctor - an aging, lonely psychiatrist with an addiction to sugar, caffeine, and understanding the human mind - quickly becomes sympathetic to Emily and her tortured childhood.

Sara Lunsford helped cage the worst of the worst, from serial killers to sex criminals. At the end of every day, when she walked out the prison gate, she had to try to shed the horrors she witnessed. But the darkness invaded every part of her life, no matter how much she tried to immerse herself in a liquor bottle. She couldn't hide from the things that hurt her, the things that made her bleed, and the things that still rise up in the dark and choke her. With a magnetic, raw voice that you won't soon forget, Sweet Hell on Fire grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go.

The daughter of a Jewish seed exporter, the author was born Mira Ryczke in 1923 in a suburb of the Baltic seaport of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Her childhood was happy, and she learned to cherish her faith and heritage. Through the 1930s, Mira's family remained in the Danzig area despite a changing political climate that was compelling many friends and neighbors to leave. With the Polish capitulation to Germany in the autumn of 1939, however, Mira and her family were forced from their home.

Everyone has a dark side. Lane swore she would never become like her late mother. But she hunts killers—and makes sure they never strike again. It’s the one rule that keeps her human. Until she breaks it. While tracking a murderer dubbed The Strangler, Lane makes a catastrophic mistake and kills the wrong man. Forced to hide in plain sight, she infiltrates the victim’s family as the hunt for the real killer intensifies—only to find herself drawn dangerously close to people who could expose everything she’s buried.

I'm sure l'm not alone in thinking I have spent way too much time wondering about my place in this world. I have carried the weight of many titles throughout my life, but none as significant as Christian Woman. In a world continuing to change the expectation's of what a woman could or should be, I found myself perpetually stuck inside the many bright pink Barbie Boxes I placed myself in at every stage of my life.

Book 1 of The Annals of the Draconians starts off centuries after the beasts of power gained consciousness. They have formed a pact to maintain a fragile balance in the galaxy, which the dark beasts relentlessly seek to destroy in their boredom. In a galaxy, leaps and bounds ahead in scientific advancements and rich with magic, they have finally reached a turning point where their decades of brooding and scheming may finally shift the balance in their favor. They may finally get the chance to kill the one who denied them and his puppets.

After serial killer Randall Burton is diagnosed with a terminal disease, he decides to jump bail and go out in a blaze of glory. One woman stands in his way. Her name is Counsel Fungo, and she’s an exceptionally talented bounty hunter, if a little eccentric. Officially, her two canine companions are therapy dogs. But she considers them partners. Counsel will do anything to stop criminals from preying on the vulnerable, and she’s intent on stopping Randall Burton. Randall’s trail leads to sleepy Rancor, Pennsylvania.

Nani Johnson thought she had it made when she moved from Kansas to the resort town of Aloha Lagoon, Kauai. In spite of her certifiably crazy mom, Nani is determined that nothing will stop her from becoming a ukulele virtuoso! But when one of Nani's competitors drops dead right after a public feud, Nani becomes the police's main suspect. A missing murder weapon, mysterious threats, and a heck of a frame-up job all have Nani worrying she'll be trading in her flowery muumuus for prison orange.

When Callie Williams signed up to the "bride bidder" app she was in a desperate situation. On the brink of losing her home, she needed money and she needed it fast. Allowing herself to be sold as a bride to a wealthy man was supposed to be a last resort for Callie, but she soon realized it was her only option. When billionaire Thomas Dearborn signed up to the "bride bidder" app he was not totally interested in finding a traditional wife.

When Silicon Valley venture capitalist Ryn Brennan sits down to close the biggest deal of her career, she never imagines finding herself face-to-face with her husband's mistress. But across the negotiating table is Carly Santos—the brilliant scientist and single mom seeking funding for her life-saving startup—a woman who's unknowingly been sharing Ryn's "perfect" husband.

Lane is a typical teenager. Loving family. Good grades. After-school job at the local animal hospital. Martial arts enthusiast. But her secret obsession is studying serial killers. She understands them, knows what makes them tick. Why? Because she might be one herself.

When Ann Silbey Sashakovich enters Stanford University to study computer forensics, she gets far more than she expected. During the Thanksgiving holiday of her freshman year, she finds that the aircraft she is a passenger on has been hacked. Its engines have stopped, and everyone aboard is screaming. When Charlette De Spain’s boyfriend is falsely accused of stealing secrets from the FBI and dies in prison under mysterious circumstances, it changes her life. Once an Art History major, now a budding computer hacker, she gathers the proof that he was innocent.

The Conscious Creator’s Guidebook was written to help you break free from the binds of unconscious limitations and start living the life of your dreams. Through its unique blend of age-old spiritual wisdom, modern philosophical discourse, and contemporary psychological science, it lays out a practical pathway that anyone can follow toward a happier, more materially fulfilling existence.

Tasha, Elizabeth, Dawn, and Miranda were the undisputed goddesses of their Southern California liberal arts college. With distinct talents, beauty, and accomplishments, each goddess appeared predestined to be forever traveling on that path called the Charmed Life. But, in a tragic twist of fate, just before graduation, a student is found murdered on campus. Suspicion falls in their midst, and one of them goes missing. Destinies are changed forever.

It was the biggest case in former FBI Special Agent Janine Blackwell’s career, and it propelled her to the top of her field. A high-profile murder case where all clues pointed to NFL quarterback Bennett Chambers as the killer. Now, thanks to new DNA evidence, Barrett has been exonerated of all charges. When the Hope Island Securities team reopens the case, it will put Janine, Bennett, and everyone on the team in jeopardy when the real serial killer known as Judge comes out of hiding determined to keep his secrets even if it means silencing everyone involved.

When beautiful young Willa Reade first saw the wild California coast called the Malibu, she knew she had come home. It was here, with her handsome aristocratic husband, Owen, and her crippled sister Lena, that Willa would build her empire, an empire that would grow to shelter the generations of a mighty California dynasty.

A prank gone wrong. A murder that's more than it seems. Something's wrong in the jarldom. A rash of inexplicable disappearances, mysterious sightings of strange creatures, and an accidental killing are just the beginning. When the jarl himself is transformed into a beast, people begin to look to the Mage's University. Together with the giant Njal, apprentice wizard Idun Wintermoon and investigator Lissette Forlatt are in a race against time to clear the university—and find the real culprit. But there's more afoot than magical pranks. The transmogrification games are just beginning."

I, Grizelda Greenwarth, am a powerful witch, nearly 141 years old, nine months pregnant, and entirely out of patience—with my stubborn baby, my surging magic, and especially my mother. Life in Evershift Haven should be peaceful as I await the birth of my overdue child with Atlas Mountainheart, my mountain troll husband of five years, philosopher-turned-gym-owner, and relentless optimist, but when my mother, Brunelda, shows up uninvited with her judgments and cauldron of passive-aggression, the town’s tranquility vanishes like a poorly grounded potion.