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There's something inside of him, some dormant part that's been awakened. And now it wants to be set free.... Something's wrong with Sebastian Kent. Already considered an outsider in the vampire community as a half-vampire, half-something else, he'll do everything in his power to hide his weakness. But when sickness strikes, he has no choice but to turn to a human for help - a woman whose touch provides his only relief.

Lyla is thrilled when her seventh-grade ELA class begins a daily creative writing project. For the past year she’s been writing a brilliant fantasy novel in her head, and here’s her chance to get it on paper! The plot is super complicated, with battle scenes and witches, although basically it’s a semi-autobiographical story about an overlooked girl who has to rescue her beautiful, highly accomplished older sister.

Carol is at a concert when something happens to the main band that's supposed to play; instead the opening band was asked to play in place of them. They kicked ass. When it was all over, Carol, seeing their tour bus, knocked on their door to ask if she could use the bathroom as the others are all full. She had gotten soaked with beer and really needed to change. When she enters the bus, she doesn’t realize they can see right through her soaked top. The boys in the band start making plays for her, and she decides to take them back to her hotel room.

"Oltre. Storie di libertà" è un podcast di Me.dea prodotto da LaV Comunicazione La voce narrante è di Lodovica Reggio Le storie sono raccolte dalle operatrici di Me.dea Producer Enzo Governale con la collaborazione di Chiara Saletta Grafica del progetto di Mara Mayer Le storie raccontate sono frutto di fantasia. Ogni riferimento a fatti e persone è puramente casuale. Il Centro antiviolenza Me.dea ha sede ad Alessandria e Casale Monferrato. L’iniziativa è stata realizzata con il sostegno della presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Dipartimento Pari Opportunità in collaborazione con la ...

Eine Handvoll Gäste, ein düsteres Geheimnis und nicht der Hauch einer Chance, zu entkommen. Sechs Personen brechen unabhängig voneinander in die Abgeschiedenheit Schwedens auf, um dort einen erholsamen Urlaub zu verbringen. Aber bei ihrer Ankunft ist nichts so, wie sie es sich vorgestellt haben. Als erste Hindernisse auftauchen und das Wetter plötzlich umschlägt, beginnen sie zu begreifen, dass sie in eine Falle gelockt wurden.

One tablet a day, it’s supposed to keep you alive. But it might just kill you. TC is the wonder drug. Manufactured in secrecy on a remote planet at the edge of the galaxy. It makes worlds inhabitable; and Balcom Industrial lots of money. Suddenly, the people who need to take it to stay alive start to die! For Layla Balcom, the news is devastating. She’s just resumed her rightful place as head of Balcom. This problem threatens to spoil her moment of triumph. Can the drug be flawed? Or is something else going on?

Imagine being knocked over by a strange old man on a cold London morning. The man delivers a garbled message about the queen. Moments later he falls under the wheels of a train. The media calls it suicide, but you know better - something doesn't quite add up. That was the start of the day for John Daniel, a foreign professional working in the city of London.

Bad-boy rock star Seger Hughes hit rock bottom after a near-fatal tragedy at his concert. He hates how his life has spun out of control. After changing his appearance and his name, he transforms into a different man: Mel Summers. Now he just needs a place to hide out from rabid fans and paparazzi. An isolated cliffside mansion is perfect. Ashley Bristol, his only neighbor, is blind - and her assistant is a classical music fan. They have no clue who he really is, but someone else does and she's waited her whole life to be with him.

Missy’s life was at a crossroads. Divorced, alone, and needing a fresh start, she took a position at a small college in the California mountains as an associate theater professor. Yet, her future still felt very uncertain. The last thing on her mind was finding love again, and she never expected to find it with another woman.

From Barbara Dee, the critically acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You, comes a middle grade novel about a girl who makes the choice to speak out against a problematic historical hometown figure no matter the cost—perfect for listeners of Dress Coded.

The mine called to Cara from deep in the San Juan Mountains, near the town of Silverthread. Surrounded by a murderous tapestry of lies, it had once been rich in ore, overflowing with wealth that could make a family's fortune—or destroy it. But also in its labyrinthine tunnels lay the path to redemption and love, a magic that could draw a woman one hundred years into the past, into the arms of one who could make her life whole.

Curate James Fletcher is content shepherding his parishioners through the good and bad times of their lives. If he sometimes dreams of making a deeper connection with a man who truly knows everything about him, it is an impulse he ignores. Declan Shaw solves problems at his family's many business enterprises. Recently, he's considered ceasing his travels to pursue a few desires of his own. He'd love to explore his secret love of cooking and perhaps have a relationship with a man that lasts longer than a night.

Abe’s life is in shambles. The woman he wanted to marry has betrayed him, and his adoptive parents died in an accident, leaving him with three younger siblings. Now, it’s on Abe to preserve their legacy and keep his family together. So when his brother’s charming counselor shows up at his door, Abe realizes how much he needs her help. And Phoebe finds herself helping him. At least that’s the plan until she starts to catch feelings for the man—and his whole family—at the worst possible time.

Lilith the Jackal Pirate Queen of the Stars roams the galaxy looking for the conquest of riches and sexual pleasures. Yet she may have just met her match in Captain Penelope Belgrade, commander of a government-contracted cargo ship who may appear human but is also from a race that has an evolved sexuality. This erotic tale will thrill, tantalize, and excite all who dare to listen.

Welcome to Mythic Cove, where weird is a way of life. A few months after learning she’s a witch, Lily Ravenwood is finally beginning to settle into life in Mythic Cove. In fact, things would be downright normal if not for: the werewolf detective whose gruff voice and warm eyes make her heart flutter, the gorgeous playboy vampire whose charming smile is only enhanced by his fangs, the fact that many of the townsfolk seem to think Lily is cursed, and the trouble she’s still having when it comes to controlling her magic.

Christmas was coming, but Santa was stressed. The toys were all made with no time for rest. His fluffy red bag was nowhere to be had. Without it, the children would all be so sad. What will he do in the time that was left? Find out as you join him on his Christmas quest.

Ten great chapters from our women speakers from our various Steeling the Mind Conferences!

After the death of her fiancé, Catherine Johnson, a New York schoolteacher in 1902, travels to Nebraska to teach in a one-room school. When violence erupts in the sleepy town, Catherine saves deaf stable hand Jim Kinney from torture by drunken thugs. As she begins teaching Jim to read and sign, attraction grows between them. The warmth and humor in this silent man transcends the need for speech, and his eyes tell her all about his feelings for her. But the obstacles of class difference and the stigma of his handicap are almost insurmountable.

Tension and family holidays go together like eggnog and candy canes. When lawyer Anna brings her boyfriend Jason home for the holidays, it's a recipe for family drama. Her parents have high expectations for her fast-track future. And those don't include her hooking up with a kennel worker suffering the results of traumatic brain injury. With a lousy memory and a shaky past, Jason knows he's no prize. But what he and Anna have together is priceless.

Since the car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Jason has fought to regain his memories and the ability to organize thoughts and control emotions. His promising future shattered, he works as a night janitor in an office building and clings to routine to make it through his days. New lawyer Anna breaks down one evening after fumbling her first court case. Self-doubt brings her to tears in a deserted stairwell where Jason finds her and offers comforting words. From this unexpected meeting, an unlikely romance begins.