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The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. In this book, Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality disorder produce children who may flounder in life even as adults, futilely struggling to reach the safety of a parental harbor, unable to recognize that their borderline parent lacks a pier, or even a discernible shore.

Deputy Chadleigh Wilson, former lone wolf and new to the Raven pack, was raised among humans in foster care. He doesn’t know anything about true mates, but one smile from Tameka Jones and he knows he has to have her. He’ll do anything to claim her. Once she’s his, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Tameka Jones is baffled by her response to the handsome deputy. She came to Refuge to simplify her life. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by people who think they’re werewolves, of all things, and now her dead grandmother is talking to her.

Mateo Gonzales chances to overhear two female coworkers discussing the merits of dating younger men. A wounded veteran, he’s been going through the motions of life, borderline depressed, living in survival mode. Something about one of the women sparks a flare of interest. Intrigued, he can’t ignore the challenge she presents. He’s persistent, determined, and won’t take no for an answer.

Everyone has secrets... Von Washington has a secret. She never stopped being pen pals with her fiancé Derrick's former army buddy, Sean, and now he's come to town to visit. Master Sergeant Sean Jacobson has secrets. He's been in love with his former army buddy's girl, Von, for years and believes she feels the same. After this last disastrous mission, he's ready to do something about it. Then there's the other thing that happened to him… But some secrets are deadlier than others… Minister Derrick Wilkins also has a secret, and his might get one of them killed.

Though she’s moved on with her life, Zuri Buhari has never forgiven Rome for choosing his career over her. So when a situation in her pride turns deadly, the last person she expects to come flying to the rescue is her long, lost mate. He promises to neutralize the threat, but when the danger has passed, will history repeat itself? 

Alex Wolfe is a workaholic. The words "relax" and "delegate" aren’t in this alpha male’s vocabulary. Fortunately, Alex has a mate who knows just what he needs. Needing alone time with her mate before the birth of their first child, Kiesha plans a surprise vacation just for the two of them. It’s a battle of wills, but for this week only, Kiesha’s determined to be the alpha-in-charge.

Six weeks ago, Shayla Morgan, geek extraordinaire, fled the tiny mountain town of Refuge, North Carolina, as though the hounds of hell—or one horny werewolf—were on her tail. Now the time has come to return for her cousin’s wedding and pay the piper in the form of one red-haired wolf-shifter who believes she’s his mate. Rory McFelan, alpha of the Sparrowhawks, is determined never to mate or reproduce. That was before the Creator dropped one feisty, irritating human female—with a scent his wolf wouldn’t let him ignore—into his path right before a blue moon.

What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D'Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. Eli lacks the innate skepticism that will help his peers navigate adolescence more safely - and vastly more successfully.

It should have been simple. Drive to New York, perform a wellness check on NeeCee Jones for his best bud, Chad, and return home to Refuge, NC. If Bull has more personal reasons for wanting to see the aggravating human he can’t get off his mind? Well, that’s his business. He arrives in New York, spare key in hand, to find NeeCee’s apartment trashed, her paintings slashed, and her passed out in the bedroom. Bull does what any logical thinking man would do. He kidnaps NeeCee and brings her back to Refuge with him.

A blue moon's coming and for wolf-shifter Shannon McFelan, it's bringing nothing but trouble. Something she has enough of already. Her body has mysteriously turned on her, going into heat for the second time this year and at the worst possible moment. It will take all the cunning in her possession to survive this lunar cycle without ending up mated. 

What is stress? When you download Mindfulness: An Awakening Meditation, Turning Stress into Peace, you'll discover the effects of stress on our lives, the major causes of stress, and how you can escape this mental prison! What is mindfulness? With Mindfulness: An Awakening Meditation, Turning Stress into Peace, you'll discover the meaning and uses of mindfulness - and a variety of mindfulness exercises to try! What is meditation? In this helpful book, you'll learn all about the various kinds of meditation and find the right one for you. You'll learn how to set up a "meditation environment" and "stay put" with mindfulness!

Isobel “Izzy” Ryan knew she’d regret accepting the last minute, all-expenses paid vacation offered by her best friend. A meticulous planner by nature, the word impulsive is not in her vocabulary. When a case of mistaken identity gets her kidnapped and taken to a shifter-only island called The Playground, she has no choice but to stay until the boat returns. Then she meets a sexy eagle shifter named Griffin. The attraction between them is immediate and intense. Will Izzy fight her cautious nature and indulge in a casual vacation fling? Or will she deem the risk to her heart to be too great?

Are you living a lonely and confusing life with your husband or significant other? Are you often taken aback by something your partner has said or done with no regard for your feelings? Are friends and family members puzzled by your unhappiness? Does your man seem like a real catch to them? If any of these questions make you nod, this book is for you. The real-life stories in this audio will shed some light on a largely secret world.

When Derek Strongarm, Felix Lightfoot, and their friends are hired to transport a powerful and potentially dangerous magical artifact, they can’t help but foresee disaster ahead. They have a rather bad track record, after all. Why should this job prove easier than any other? It doesn’t. Their pessimism is rewarded in spades when they become trapped for the winter in Além, a fortified city under siege by howlers - savage beasts living in the surrounding forest and hungry for human flesh.

Adventurers wanted! Good pay for simple recovery job, payment to be rendered upon successful completion of contract. Interested parties please report to the Woeste City Council. Be ready to provide credentials upon request. No Hruks need apply. Desperate for a little excitement and a big payday, Derek Strongarm and Felix Lightfoot and their companions respond to a call to adventure from the city-state of Woeste, recently victimized by a band of raiders who stole an ancient iron mask of historical significance but no intrinsic value - or so the city council claims.

The coolly elegant Catherine Brown is just the woman I need to take my career to the next level. She’s everything I could want in a corporate wife — attractive, well-bred, and refined. Like me, Catherine has an Ivy League education, a strong work ethic, and a driving need to succeed. After working closely with her for the last five years, and three months of exclusive dating, I’m confident I’ve learned all I need to know. I asked Catherine to marry me. Then, a family emergency causes Catherine to reveal a side of her nature I had no idea existed.

After barely surviving Habbatarr the lich-lord and the Dead City of Hesre, Derek Strongarm and Felix Lightfoot and their companions are ready for some well-deserved rest. All they want now is good food, cold beer, a warm bed, and maybe a few days without someone trying to kill them. And then they encounter a damsel in distress and, well, so much for that idea. The damsel in question is the Lady Alyssa Spendle, a spoiled noble promised to Lord Paradim as part of a brokered political marriage, and the distress comes in the form of a determined group of kidnappers....

Since returning to the Limbolike afterlife known as Transition, Rosemary Booker and Erzsébet Báthory have been locked in a cold war for control of the mysterious netherworld, where history's most infamous women await their final reward or final punishment. As Rosemary and her friends plan a major assault on the legendary Blood Countess, Báthory sets the stage for her own endgame, determined to destroy Rosemary, once and for all. And if reality itself falls along with her? So be it!

One year ago, Sergeant Rosemary Booker violently ended crime lord Erkan Waldemar’s reign of terror - and in doing so, unwittingly awakened in his wife, Isabel, the sleeping soul of the legendary Blood Countess Erzsébet Báthory. Hellbent on avenging her husband’s death, Báthory sets out to gather to her side history’s most notorious criminals and killers - an army of the damned to carry out her vendetta against Rosemary. The sins of Rosemary’s past are returning with a vengeance.

In the land of Asaches, there are great men and women who have changed the course of history. Their adventures are honored in song; their names are spoken with a reverence normally reserved for the gods; their heroic deeds have elevated them to the status of living legends. And then there are these guys.... Derek Strongarm and Felix Lightfoot are two hard-luck adventurers for hire looking for their big break - or an excuse to retire before they get killed. Salvation appears in the form of Erika Racewind, a mysterious elven woman with a dark secret and a lucrative job offer.