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A girl who believes in UFOs; a boy who might have finally found his Prince Charming; a hopeful performer who dreams of being cast in her school’s production of The Sound of Music; a misunderstood magician of sorts with a power she doesn’t quite understand. These plotlines and many more compose the eclectic stories found within the pages of this dynamic, exciting, and expansive collection featuring exclusively Black characters.

Some said I was running. They were right. And while I tried to adapt to my new inconspicuous life, I ran straight into one man who wanted to hurt me and another who wanted to control me. The latter was the most egotistical jerk I’d ever met. One look in his glacial eyes and I knew he was a monster. His intensity proved it to me. He was definitely the opposite of someone I wanted to spend any kind of time with. Except - I couldn’t just walk away from him...or my new life.

Nikki Calhoun is on the run, fueled by terror of the shadowy world she had married into. Desperate to survive and nowhere to hide, Nikki turns to the wolf-shifter pack of her childhood, but it’s hard for her to trust anyone, even the people closest to her. Enforcer and bear-shifter Bret Axel receives a call from his cousin who manages his Portland nightclub about suspicious activity. After obtaining the approval of his Alpha, he travels to Portland. Two nights later, screams of a woman shatter the silence of the dock and with the help of his cousin, they save her from being killed.

Jinx Malone didn't expect her first story as publisher of the Hill Country Herald to be a murder. She thought moving from New York to Rowan Country would mean an end to those kinds of calls. The story also puts her up close and personal with the new sheriff—a man who has more of an effect on her than she'd ever admit to. Rowan Country was supposed to be a quieter job where Sheriff Dillon Cross could get over a bad case of burnout. But after only a few weeks on the job, someone finds a dead body in a ditch, and Dillon is butting heads with the sexy local reporter.

As an autoimmune warrior myself, I understand living with autoimmunity isn't easy. You are not alone, this podcast is to give hope to living with a chronic illness. I will interview individuals living with autoimmune disease along with experts, and businesses to help provide knowledge, and hope. As a health coach, I understand there is no cure for autoimmune disease but creating small changes like diet, stress management, movement and more can influence on how we feel. Join me to being Stronger than Autoimmune!

When your mother abused you, bullied you, neglected you, and used you for her selfish gain, it was not your fault. When she made you feel trapped and like there was nowhere else for you to go, it was not your fault. And when you realized your toxic relationship with her ruined other relationships in your life, it was not your fault. Daughters of narcissistic mothers often find themselves growing up feeling massive amounts of pain, confusion, and fear in their lives.

Have you ever looked in the mirror and hate what you saw? Have you ever been too hard on yourself or starved because “you’re just not pretty enough"? If you can answer yes to any of those questions, then it’s time you change your perception of yourself. It is time to take back your life and to take back your beauty. For too long, the beauty industry has told women how to look, dress, and act. Enough is enough! You are beautiful as a size 10 the same way you are beautiful as a size 2.

The Human Customer Experience is a miniature guide that will lead you through understanding the three concepts of customer experience and relationships: duration and choice, relationship correlation, and customer hierarchy of needs. You can use this model to build a customer experience strategy for your company. You will build stronger customer relationships enabling customer loyalty leading to more revenue generation.

Fearless After Fifty is a courageous new book that shows how to flourish in midlife with yoga. Written by two internationally known teachers, Desiree Rumbaugh and Michelle Marchildon, Fearless After Fifty is a candid, conversational been there, done that book that demystifies yoga and makes you want what they're having. It is also the powerful story of Desiree Rumbaugh, who used yoga and Eastern philosophies to reclaim her right to joy after the tragic loss of her son. Everyone has endured something. I had to learn to choose love over fear if I was going to survive.

London år 1953. Ingrid lät blicken vandra över oljemålningar med nakna modeller i konstnären Sams ateljé. Skulle hon våga? Sedan ett halvår tillbaka jobbade Ingrid som au pair i Englands huvudstad. Dessutom var hon en duktig maskinskriverska. Hon trivdes bra men ville testa något nytt, något kittlande. Annonsen i tidningen hade lett henne hit, till en ateljé ovanpå en typisk pub. Sam, som var en kvinna klädd i herrkläder, visade henne tålmodigt hur hon skulle sitta. Sedan började hon teckna.

With their families torn apart by the vicious life of the streets, Sunshine and Rain find each other living with the same foster mother, who has a secret life of her own. With Rain's stern heart of steel and Sunshine's innocent heart of gold, they try to cope with traumatic, unforeseen circumstances that come their way. As these two diamonds hook up and shine, they go from rags to riches. Watch as Sunshine and Rain deal with death, betrayal, love, and sweet temptation. Can their newfound friendship survive all the madness?

Discussing the origin and evolution of your favorite songs.

Her dreams shattered, Connie Meyer just wants to be left alone to live her life in peace. She finds that difficult to do when her estranged husband’s mother insists she return to her son and a marriage she no longer wants - a marriage that does more harm than good. Desperate to escape, Connie returns to Vail Mountain, the one place she had truly felt alive. However, her troubles soon follow her, and she gets more than she bargained for as she fights not only her past but the intense feelings that one newly elected sheriff arouses in her.

Twins Justin and Tucker Davis only want one thing: one woman to share for the rest of their lives. Angel Cruz wants two men who will cherish her forever. Sex between them is hotter than the Texas sun in August as they play out their fantasies at Rawhide, the private bondage club. But when her job threatens their livelihood, will their newfound connection be strong enough to survive?

Montana Steele hoped her new job was a new start. At Rawhide, the private bondage club, she would find willing subs who fit neatly into one compartment of her life. Clint Chavez, part owner of Rawhide, was determined to never again involve himself emotionally in a relationship. But neither expected the fireworks that erupted between them, nor the erotic attraction that would bind them together despite their best efforts.

Liz Gillibrand wants a man she can submit to in the bedroom but still keep her sex life a secret from the conservative ranching community. When she discovers her neighbor owns Rawhide, a private bondage club, she might have found the answer. But the first dom she meets is Alex Wright, a man she’s already connected with physically and emotionally. Once before, she tried to merge her private life with the lifestyle, but with disastrous results. Can Alex be the one to finally free her from the past and give her the life for which she longs?

When rancher Reece Halliday met the new manager of his fetish club, Rawhide, he was shocked to see Katie Warren, the woman he'd loved and lost because of his sexual preferences. But a lot of time has passed, and Katie has discovered the lure and satisfaction of BDSM - including the pleasurable sting of the single-tail whip. Will Reece be able to lure her back into his arms - and bed - when he cracks the whip during their private sessions?

Do you often feel weighed down by life? Is it hard to find time for yourself? Do you often feel that you’re putting the needs of others above your own? Then it’s time to try the self-love workbook! Inside, you’ll find everything you need to revitalize your self-love and stop feeling like you’re neglecting your own needs for others. In the modern world, it can be very easy to forget about our own basic needs, running around after others and never taking time for ourselves.

Lanie Burrell had heard about group sex, but how would she handle being thrust into the middle of a hot Saturday night party? Lanie Burrell was shocked to discover the reason Cody Hawkins was the only other neighbour on their private little cul de sac. He needed the privacy for the swinging parties he hosted featuring the kind of uninhibited group sex she read about in the erotic books she reviewed. At the moment they were the most exciting part of her sex life.

Life can be difficult for normal people, but it can be hell for the supernatural - and no one knows that better than Alex Summerland. She's beautiful, rich, and famous. What more could any teenage girl want? But all is not as it seems, and delving into her past is like unlocking a Pandora's box of living nightmares. Victor is the opposite of everything she's ever known. He's America's bad boy, and Alex is going on a wild ride across the country with world's loudest rock band.