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Visiting the galaxy's only Cageless Zoo should be a special treat for Melandre and her children. Except she's still trying to reckon with her husband's recent death and how she's going to raise two highly independent children on her own. As their visit quickly falls to chaos, Melandre learns that family is the only thing left she has to rely on.

Jimmy McSwain returns to help his sister's boyfriend fight a murder charge - and finds he may just have a lead on a cold case. Hell's Kitchen private investigator Jimmy McSwain returns in a twisting tale of past sins and present-day vengeance.

Life is a game, unless you're not the one winning. Gabby DeCorte, top student and reality-hacker extraordinaire, has been doing whatever it takes to keep her best friend, Zaela, from falling behind in LifeGame. Zaela has gifts of artistry that amaze Gabby, but none of those skills translate in LifeGame and with final exams coming up, they can't afford to waste a single minute. But when a mysterious group called the Frags contacts Gabby claiming to know what really happens to the losers of LifeGame, she must choose between winning and what she believes in.

Returning home on a wet, blustery night, Malcom Mead spies his neighbor wrestling with a young woman. When he hastily intervenes, the man claims she tried to pick his pocket—an accusation she vehemently denies. Given the dreadful weather, Malcolm takes pity on her and hustles her inside.

Wir alle kennen die Geschichte von den vier Reitern. Den Vorboten der Apokalypse. Der Zerstörung in Menschengestalt. Vier der attraktivsten, heißesten – Moment, nein – streicht das. Ihr versteht, worauf ich hinaus will. Mein Name ist Ruby Morningstar. Ich betreibe mit meiner besten Freundin ein Tattoo-Studio in Portland, habe einen Waschbären als Haustier, einen verrückten Ex, der mich verfolgt, und nicht zu vergessen diese eine Kleinigkeit: Ich bin ein Dämon. Ein Halbsuccubus, um genau zu sein. Die letzten dreiundzwanzig Jahre meines Lebens habe ich an diese Geschichte geglaubt.

This book is designed to help people answer the question as to whether or not it is God's will to heal. The Scriptures are used to illustrate that it is God's will to heal.

Einst jagte ich Hexen. Jetzt lebe ich mit ihnen. Meine Vergangenheit als Kopfgeldjägerin der Übernatürlichen macht es nicht mir leicht und mich in den neuen Kreisen, in denen ich mich bewege, nicht unbedingt beliebt. Schockierend, ich weiß! Jemand will mich tot sehen. Zu schade, denn ich bin gut darin, am Leben zu bleiben. Das hält Ronan jedoch nicht davon ab, ein Alpha-Arschloch zu sein. Er will, dass ich in Nathalies Apartment und in Sicherheit bleibe, während er sich in Gefahr begibt und mir Brees Zukunft vorhält. Aber das wird nicht passieren.

Reformed party girl Meg Ashley leads a life of privilege, thanks to a bestselling horror novel her mother wrote decades ago. But Meg knows that the glow of their very public life hides a darker reality of lies, manipulation, and the heartbreak of her own solitary childhood. Desperate to break free of her mother, Meg accepts a proposal to write a scandalous, tell-all memoir.

Ein Jahrzehnt lang habe ich die Übernatürlichen gehasst, denen meine Welt gehört. Ich habe sie gejagt. Ich habe sie getötet. Und jetzt – dank der größten Wendung des Schicksals bin ich mit einem von ihnen verbunden. Welche Ironie! Eine Kopfgeldjägerin der Übernatürlichen zu sein, ist nicht gerade ein populärer Job. Aber nach den magischen Kriegen gibt es nicht mehr viele Dinge, die ein Mensch tun kann, um das Essen auf den Tisch zu bringen. Was mein rechter Haken nicht erledigt, schaffen zum Glück meine Waffen.

If there’s a healthy way to grieve, Erin Gaines hasn’t found it. After her husband’s sudden death, the runaway success of the tech company they built with their best friends has become overwhelming. Her nerves are frayed, she’s disengaged, and her frustrated daughter, Shorie, is pulling away from her. Maybe Erin’s friends and family are right. Maybe a few weeks at a spa resort in the Caribbean islands is just what she needs to hit the reset button…

Set in the dark world of international espionage, from London to Mallorca, Croatia, Paris, and Cap Ferret: the gripping and suspenseful story of a young woman who unwittingly becomes a perfect asset in the long overdue finale of a covert special op The young English narrator of Lea Carpenter’s...

Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.

She needed to learn the hard way that bad girls who spy on men like me don't just get spanked. They get taken roughly and shamefully, with every climax more overwhelming than the one before.

Sexual abuse is the secret shame that lies deep within. Men hold on to this secret shame for an average of 25 years before they disclose the hurt and pain they have endured and carried from sexual abuse perpetrated by another male. As men disclose their abuse, it is important to examine how the abuse changed their thinking and behavior. A good majority of men were abused before puberty. The research shows that men, on average, are abused around the age of eight or nine, while in the latency stage of development.

Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother, Emma, is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye?

My husband killed me. Instead of spending my immortal afterlife pissed off and angry, I moved on. I became someone. Sure, that someone was a demon with the highest track record of reform, a.k.a. punishment, in Hell. But who’s bragging? Everything was going fine...until the Risk Witches saw a terrible vision. Three men. Each scarred in their own way, born with powers that haven’t been seen in eons. Upper management sent the best to correct their path. Angels. Poltergeists. Nothing worked. These men were too stubborn. Too bad. Too untamed...so they sent me.

My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible. To find the answers about what I am, I enlist the help of an infamous ex-poltergeist, a shifter freak, and my least favorite pigeon. What a team we make. Oh, and did I forget to mention that my mate’s bloodthirsty daughter is awake and hunting my ass now? Because that’s a thing, too. Why? I have no idea, but we have every intention of finding out.

Everyone wants to be different until they are. Take it from a true Heinz 57, being special isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when it sets off a series of events that will end the world. You know, the catastrophe I was sent to prevent in the first place.

Inspired as a boy by the multiple meanings to be found for a single word in the dictionary, Kohei Araki is devoted to the notion that a dictionary is a boat to carry us across the sea of words. But after thirty-seven years creating them at Gembu Books, it's time for him to retire and find his replacement. He discovers a kindred spirit in Mitsuya Majime - a young, disheveled square peg with a penchant for collecting antiquarian books and a background in linguistics - whom he swipes from his company's sales department.

Let Her Fly traces the inspirational journey of Malala Yousafzai's father, Ziauddin, from a boy in Shangla to a man who broke with tradition and proves there are many faces of feminism. With humor and sincerity, Yousafzai describes his life before the Talibanization of Mingora, scenes of his...