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Driving in LA is the story of the narrator's first two years of moving to and surviving in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. Beginning with her ambition to become a professional actress, her story takes us through harrowing sexual assaults, cocaine addiction, and even prostitution, all while trying to keep her spirit and dreams alive.

Mr. and Mrs. Lane love each other very much, but there is something missing from their relationship. They decide to go to a marriage counselor. The counseling session ends up being a way bigger, darker, and deeper part of their lives than expected. Things take an even darker and more twisted turn when they find out the truth about the counselors!

For centuries, the Church has observed the Lord’s Supper as part of corporate worship, instituted by Jesus Himself. But for many Christians today, this tradition can be a confusing ritual. Are we missing something in this ancient sacrament? Beni and Bill Johnson - best-selling authors and senior leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, California - had a miraculous revelation while celebrating communion. In The Power of Communion, they reveal how this sacred practice is an often overlooked opportunity to release God’s power in your life!

That biker boy next door is driving me crazy! Him and his motorcycle gang. Their loud engines and louder parties. Their leather jackets. Their ripped bodies. Not to mention his chiseled jaw and Adonis smile. Or the look he gives me when he sees me staring out my window.... I want to feel his roaring engine between my legs...and his beefcake arms wrapped around my whole body.... No! I have a husband and a home to take care of. I’m a 25-year-old suburban hopefully soon-to-be mom...and I can’t sleep at night! The noise is keeping me up!

It was the year 1836 and slavery was in full bloom, and nowhere was it more prominent in America than in the southern cotton and tobacco plantations of the deep south. My great, great grandfather was a white slave plantation owner. His name was James William Shine, who was born in Florida, but raised in North Carolina during the height of the slave trade market and he ran a great cotton plantation in Alabama, called the Hanging Moss Plantation. He had a son named John Edward Shine born in 1825 in Alabama, most people called him “Johnnie”.

Ten years ago, Ellie Stephenson married her husband, George, because if she hadn’t, her father would have disowned her and taken away her $18 million trust fund, along with excommunicating her from her father. George knew Ellie did not love him and never would but gave her the best life he could. The stipulations regarding the money expire on Ellie and George’s 10th wedding anniversary.

Renny James thought she was falling in love with her boss. Then she met his wife. Renny was totally unprepared for the beauty and charisma of Vivian Rockmore. The electricity between the two women was undeniable, but too many obstacles stood between them.

In 1896, the isolated and vast state of Idaho is a haven for the polygamous splinter group called The Kingdom of Glory, which is hiding more than their outlawed practice of plural marriage. At the compound called Cedar Creek, the prophet is hoping to increase his congregation, even if that means marrying off girls to men decades older. When Peri, who escaped the compound years earlier, returns to help rescue Grace, a girl betrothed to the prophet himself, she ends up also saving her own sister Emma.

Just when Avery Flynn thinks she’s gaining some control over her magic, the Border between Faerie and the human world collapses in a catastrophic explosion. With waves of wild magic laying waste to Fae and human territories, the blame falls on Avery and her fiery temper. Clearing her name will mean staying ahead of the grim Wild Huntsman on her trail, and convincing Merlin, the original embodiment of wild magic, to help before the devastation becomes permanent. But as allies and enemies alike try to force their own agendas on her, trust does not come easily to Avery.

This novella will take the listener to a dystopian future - a world of adults where birthmothers are a privileged class and every child is a celebrity. Death has been conquered, but overcrowding has led to a government-enforced zero population growth. When Janice learns she is pregnant without authorization, she must find a life donor or forfeit her own. For every child born, someone must die. The math is simple, but the politics are complicated. Janice soon finds herself diving into a deep conspiracy.

Social worker Lucie Kellerman is five days away from the wedding of her dreams. Well, the wedding of her mother’s dreams. Lucie’s just happy she’s finally doing something her parents approve of, and she’s thrilled that her relationship with her mother has never been better. There’s only one problem. Ever since she met bartender Daniel Martinez, she’s started questioning whether or not the life - and the man - she’s about to commit to are the ones she really wants.

In the shadows of ancient Benin, a demonic presence stalks an innocent girl on the cusp of womanhood. Seduced by this sinister stranger's fatal charm, the girl's soul descends into eternal damnation as she becomes one of the undead - a vampire slave to the merciless Promise Keeper. For centuries across continents, the Promise Keeper haunts his victim's every move, invading her mind with violent commands in an unholy pact sealed in blood. Just as she dares hope his reach cannot extend to the glamour of New York City, an ill-fated romance once again shackles the reluctant asiman to her master.

Helen is almost 40, and her boobs are starting to go south. She's also happily married to Mark. But why, then, can't she stop staring at ex-fiancee Rob's big blue eyes from the minute she finds him on Facebook? And why does she agree to go to a mutual friend's wedding in Rome - accompanied by her very loud and touristy mom and even louder gin-and-tonic drinking friend, Lori - when she knows he will be there? It can only mean one thing: trouble.

Aiden Palmer, a disenchanted WWI veteran, has gone from golden boy to troublemaker since his return from Europe. Hopping from job to job, looking for meaning and adventure, he finds himself running with a rowdy new crowd that puts pressure on him to join their illegal bootlegging runs. On the night the 18th Amendment goes into affect, he reconnects with a love from his past, Grace Currie, at a prohibition ball. Grace McAfee Currie is a teenaged war widow. On the night the Volstead Act becomes law, she searches for Aiden Palmer, the man she’d wanted to marry three years ago.

Avery Flynn arrives for a visit at her Uncle Tam's, eager to rekindle her summertime romance with her crush-next-door, Daniel. But Daniel's not the sweet, neurotic guy she remembers, and she wonders if this is her Daniel at all. Or if someone - some thing - has taken his place. Her quest to find the real Daniel, and get him back, plunges Avery into a world of Fae and changelings, where creatures swap bodies like humans change their socks, and magic lives much closer to home than she ever imagined.

Parenting 101 is an alphabetically indexed collection of topics on the subject of raising children. The author covers a range of subjects of interest to parents of children of all ages. In a conversational tone infused with illustrative personal anecdotes, she discusses problem areas, metes out some helpful advice, and shares some of her personal thoughts on various parenting practices and trends.

Halloween has always been Sadie Liberato's favorite holiday. She's kept men at a distance since her last break-up, but tonight she plans to let go. Dressed up and anonymous, Sadie feels sexy, powerful, and free. Where better to lose herself than at a masked party? Harrison Gear Blackstone needs a break. Halloween isn't normally his thing, but, after his reality show went downhill, he sees the appeal of hiding his infamous face and cutting loose. Snark and sparks fly when an adult spin-the-bottle game pairs Gear and Sadie together.

“Seven Roads to Love” is a story that is close to Christine’s heart. It is the true story of how her and her soon-to-be husband met. Not only are the feelings real; but the events happened as stated in the audiobook. It was a feeling of almost true love when she met this man and, oftentimes, they still wonder how they really ever got together. Everything happened so quickly; but the fact of the matter is that through everything they have done, it always seems like they have known each other for years.

Greater Than a Tourist: Cyprus offers the inside scoop on Cyprus. Most travel books tell you how to sightsee. As part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this book will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

Reggie's dreams... aren't dreams. Visions of the future flood her mind like shards of broken puzzles. Caged in her cell, every morning begins the same. She's drugged, tortured, and images are torn from her memory by Public One. Until the morning everything changes. The vision is different. The future's never been about her, and now she knows they're coming for her: Nomads. How will she convince them to keep her alive when Nate, their leader, doesn't like or even trust her? To him, she's a science experiment. A machine.