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When a dead body turns up in the hot tub at a high-end resort on the rugged Oregon Coast, forensic investigator Lacey Campbell and her fiancé, Jack Harper, realize their vacation is over.

When an eleven-year-old is abducted on her way to school, the FBI doesn’t waste a moment, sending agents to scour the area and embedding Special Agent Ava McLane with the distraught family. In the eye of the storm is local detective Mason Callahan, whose life is crumbling to pieces - he’s related to the victim, and his longtime confidential informant has just been murdered.

Our lands are changing, three becoming one, merged together by my sister and her monsters. The magic has returned and new life blooms. No longer are the Dead Lands dismal and gray, but not everyone welcomes the change. I expected to die when I threw myself from the Gilded Land's tower. Instead, I found myself surrounded by the monsters I feared the most. I assumed they'd be feral and dangerous. I didn't expect them to show me the world, to fill my broken, darkened soul with light. My name is Kai Black and I'm no longer the woman stolen by the Gilded King.

Kendra Von Esh was a corporate executive who had it all - high powered job, prestige, summer home, and fantastic family, friends, and social life. She didn’t need God, nor did she have time for him. When she decided to get in shape and “cleanse” her body, she realized that she sorely lacked in the “spirituality” department. Join Kendra as she recounts the struggles, triumphs, and “God-incidences” that paved her way from the back pew to a state of grace, peace, and joy that can only come from the Catholic Church and a personal relationship with God.

When blue-eyed billionaire Dante Santoro puts his mind to something, it usually means he is going to sleep with it. And Aniya Compton was his latest target. But she was proving to be tougher to get into the sack than he imagined. Not even throwing money around could sway her. This made Dante even more intrigued. He was not going to stop at anything till he had Aniya right where he wanted her. But Aniya had a cute little three-year-old secret back home who might just make Dante think twice about pursuing her.

For "Perfect Paige" Westfeld, today is "D" Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents' expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she's worked for goes up in flames. Ben Franklin (yes, he's related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he'll be happy to tutor Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.

A torrential two-day storm has cut off the small town of Solitude, Oregon, from the outside world. But for police officers Stevie Duncan and her husband, Zane, the ravages of nature have nothing on the nature of man. In the last forty-eight hours, a child was a mute witness to a double homicide; an unidentified body has washed up on the riverbanks; and now, at the foot of a submerged bridge, two FBI agents have been found shot to death inside their SUV. What's worse, the young charge they were enlisted to protect has gone missing.

Local cop Stevie Taylor and police chief Zane Duncan have startling new proof that a deadly street drug is expanding its poisonous grip on their small town: A skull found on the banks of the Rogue River has two bullet holes in the back. Still caught up in the excitement of their new relationship, Stevie and Zane are determined to track down the drug’s source before more lives in Solitude, Oregon, are lost.

Where does anxiety come from? One of the studies that has been conducted found that the amygdala in our brain plays an essential role in the process of creating cortisol, the stress hormone, and that many of our reactions are somehow related to that cerebral region. In this book, an explanation of the amygdala’s functions and processes will be given. Furthermore, anxiousness keeps us from making rational, correct decisions and thus, it eliminates beneficial opportunities in our future.

When two men kidnap former FBI agent Cate Wilde’s fiancé, the boldness of the crime rattles the community. Desperate to find the man she loves, Cate joins forces with the FBI and the local sheriff’s department to launch an investigation and bring Dr. Henry Powers home. Cate soon learns that a brotherhood of bank robbers abducted Henry in the hopes that he might be able to save their youngest brother, who had been shot during a robbery. But this man is beyond saving, which spells life-threatening danger for Henry.

Happiness has the potential to spread. Infectious. Always seeing the bright side of things or making the best of any given situation is admirable and demonstrates inner strength that goes well beyond the surface. Happy does not imply excitableness, giggles, ecstasies, or deliriousness on a grand scale. It conveys a sense of being comfortable and calm yet remaining poised. I'm ready to depart, but I'm also content to stay. Always able to see the humorous side of things, learn from them, or investigate more.

When former FBI agent Cate Wilde moves back to Widow’s Island, she envisions a simpler life than the one she had in law enforcement. But Cate’s past has a habit of catching up with her. When she receives a mysterious package containing a child’s mandible, she finds herself thrust back into action. The mandible leads Cate to an unsolved case she worked seven years ago - the kidnapping of a three-year-old girl. At the time, Cate suspected the girl was kidnapped by her overprotective father. But after they both vanished, the case went cold.

Imagine entering your first relationship with a powerful, wealthy, dominant man. He is smooth, charismatic, and intelligent, yet there are rules to be part of his dynamic life. Can you pass all the tests and follow the rules to be a part of something great?

A forbidden connection. An alpha wolf shifter. And a love that defies ancient magic and deadly feuds. I fled to the cabin to escape my grief over the loss of my mother, only to find him—wounded, hunted, and dangerously familiar. He’s the man from my dreams, a shifter with secrets that could unravel my world. But every moment we’re together, the pull between us grows stronger, and running from him is no longer an option.

This wasn't how Police Chief Zane Duncan expected to spend his first Christmas with fellow officer and girlfriend Stevie Taylor. But when a local motel calls in the discovery of a dead body, the couple's holiday takes a grim turn. This is the second murder in Solitude within the week, despite the fact that their primary suspect is already in custody. Together, Zane and Stevie must face a disturbing truth - their small town may be harboring two killers.

As soon as young billionaire James Douglas saw the beautiful Aliyah Jones, he knew he wanted her, and at any cost. So much so, that the billionaire offered her a deal on the spot. Have lunch with him, and he will offer her a substantial cash reward. No strings attached. For a broke student like Aliyah Jones, it was a deal that was hard to turn down. However, Aliyah had no idea that taking the billionaire's deal would be the moment that would change her life in more ways than one....

A sharp-witted and deeply insightful look into the storied world of elite prep schools from the first African American legacy student to graduate from the Taft School. In Admissions, Kendra looks back at the three years she spent at Taft, chronicling clashes with her lily-White roommate, how she had to unlearn the respectability politics she'd been raised with, and the fallout from a horrifying article in the student newspaper that accused Black and Latinx students of being responsible for segregation of campus.

Perfection isn’t just a lie, it’s exhausting, and Kendra is tired of it. In this vulnerable, wise, and laugh-out-loud book, Kendra takes us on a journey of personal stories and hard-earned life lessons, from her humble beginnings as an awkward, bullied young girl in small-town Wisconsin to launching a business in her spare bedroom with $500. With every pitfall, misstep, and failure, Kendra builds a life—and a career—rooted in joy, purpose, and doing good, a life she wants for every listener.

Mark, a shy sissy femboy, has always fantasized about being humiliated. Determined to explore his desires, he hires Cassandra, a no-nonsense personal trainer known for pushing her clients to their limits. As their gym sessions become more intense, Mark is thrust into a world of thrilling submission and self-discovery. Femboy Submission is a provocative tale where fantasy meets reality, and Mark must confront his fears and embrace his true self under Cassandra's dominant guidance. Will he find the courage to fully accept who he is?

Kendra Syrdal is probably in a bad mood. Unless she's writing, making fun of something, or eating tater tots. In this collection of humorous essays, Kendra takes you along for the ride in the completely weird and sometimes messy (but always hilarious) life of another girl with a terrible case of resting bitch face. She writes for the inner Cathy comic in all of us - who just needs to say ACK!, be cranky, and hate on stuff sometimes.Except on tater tots, obvi. #yesalltots