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After leaving her underground shelter with a passing mutant tribe, 16-year-old Isabella, her new husband Malcolm, two young tribe members, and two little children, seek the old scientist Telemark village's priestess saw in her visions. Is he looking for a vaccine to keep humans from suffering the ravages of their poisoned world? Or are Araddea's visions merely hallucinations born of her mutated mind? Meanwhile Isabella's brother, Luke, is desperately trying to find them to deliver medication that can save them from a disease they don't even know they have.

Tracey Howard has put her life on hold for years to care for her grandmother. Now that her grandmother is gone, Tracey decides to spend summer at the beach and reflect on where she wants life to take her next. Jackson Phillips is her new neighbor, and he dazzles her from the first moment they meet. Will Jackson be able to show Tracey how to let go of old pain and embrace future happiness?

We all do it. It's part of what makes us human. There are names for it - jealousy, envy, and sometimes even greed. We daydream about what someone else has. We convince ourselves that things would be better if we were someone else altogether: The grass is always greener, we believe. Or is it?

Isabella McKay loves her great grandmother, Mona, who has been a pillar of strength in her life. But Mona is sure that it's time for Isabella to change her life, and she is determined to help that happen. This includes introducing her to a handsome physical therapist, Stone Southbury, as well as challenging her to face her fears and start to enjoy life beyond her dedication to her job. Will she stand up to her outrageous great grandmother, despite the fact that the tall blond physical therapist sets her heart afire?

Sally is excited to be living in a beautiful sorority house for her fall college semester. She welcomes the quietness of her attic bedroom until one day, strange sounds, voices, and apparitions appear which terrify her and the peacefulness of her room suddenly turns into a nightmare. Whitfield House holds a grisly past which none of the girls are aware of. When she confides in the house's groundskeeper about the horrifying events occurring in the house, he gives her chilling details.

Ophelia's husband disappears at the most inopportune times. After 10 years, she's not sure why she puts up with it, other than the fact that she's loved him since she first saw him in college, before the physics experiment that started Will involuntarily sliding through time. And there's nothing anyone can do about it. Or is there?

Tess is driving through a rainy road in the mountains when she hits a car parked on the road. In the distance, she sees a deformed man pulling a woman in the woods. She follows the man to an isolated cabin where she discovers that he's holding numerous women captive. Unable to get help, Tess uses the survival lessons she learned as a soldier in Afghanistan to attempt to rescue the women...and herself.

Susan Atkins was one of the more notorious female members of the "Manson Family" headed by Charles Manson. She was part of a gang of serial killers that terrorized Southern California in the summer of 1969. Known as "Sexy Sadie" because of her occupation as a topless dancer, Susan was involved in eight of the nine Manson killings including the gruesome Tate/Labianca Murders. She would be sentenced to death which was later commuted to life in prison. Susan would be denied parole over eighteen times in becoming the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the history of California.

Benedict's mission is simple: hunt vampires. As a member of the Church Brotherhood, he's dedicated to protecting the world from vampires. Someone's got to stop the supernatural bloodlust - even if it means getting up close and personal vamps. Everything was going as planned until he discovered his girlfriend, Grace, was a vampire. Will he be able to save her from been hunted? Or will he die trying?

Do you struggle with valuing yourself? Are you constantly plagued by feelings of guilt, shame, and low self-esteem? Did your childhood involve abuse and trauma, leaving you filled with bitterness, pain, fear, and self-hate? In this book, you will learn all there is to know about codependency, its origins, and how it can damage the lives of individuals and families.

Rookie detective Kate Garrett lives in the shadow of her near-legendary father, Joe. When Joe dies unexpectedly, he leaves Kate half interest in Garrett Investigations, his last case that ties to three murders, a partner she can't stand, and a legacy to live up to. Jake Carmedy has lost a partner, mentor, and friend, but grief will come later. First, he has a case to solve—one that has detoured from a simple insurance case to a murder investigation. If that isn't enough, Joe's daughter seems to want to take her father's place as his boss.