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Imagine on honeymoon, lulled by sultry heat and the promise of a lifetime’s happiness, you discover a shocking secret about your husband. But instead of destroying you, the knowledge brings freedom; the freedom to bare your soul, explore your deepest desires, and discover what you really want. The Bride Stripped Bare is the story of a passionate sexual awakening, as erotic as it is dangerous....

Continuation from Harky: Elite BSC book 21 Luke Rayne is the Commander of the FBI/Badass Training Center who is just waiting for his ol’ lady to show. When Ember Faye falls into his world, everyone’s lives change. Clarity and vision are what she seems to bring with her, along with new challenges, names, ancestors, a voice, dog and we can’t forget the cupcakes. Freaky just got freakier!

Disillusioned with the Putin government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. However, he is under no illusions about how the news will be greeted at home - he has seen too many of his countrymen die mysteriously at the hands of the thuggish Russian security services, so he makes elaborate plans with Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon, and the rest of the group known informally as the Prime Minister's private army for his escape and concealment.

Seven writers have fled to Mirror House, a picturesque mansion by the sea. Each member of the group is running from a premonition of their own death on July 24th. What they didn’t know is they were, in fact, prophesizing the end of the world, for on that very day, billions will die from a relentless heatwave triggered by global warming.

Bucksburg is a rousing yarn set in a fictional gold rush town of Nevada in the late 1800s. It begins as a tried and true Western, but deviates into a powerful sci-fi/fantasy-style tale. Epic characters abound in this book, including three main role players: Ronan O’Sullivan, Abigail O’Sullivan, and Lee Mulligan. They all are devout adherents of the Divine Creator, a powerful deity that watches over His subjects on this other Earth. Opposed against them is the vile Dark Lord of Chaos and his evil servants.

William’s bad luck is about to turn - for the worse. Trapped behind enemy lines on the eve of revolution, the British officer has evaded colonial militia so far. When he stumbles across a quiet village, his hopes of escaping to the relative safety of Boston suddenly look promising. Until he runs into something worse than vengeful patriots prowling the darkness. Caught between the undead and roving bands of minutemen, William devises a desperate plan to make it out with his life.

A dazzling mixture of crime, romance, magic and myth from the acclaimed author of The Psychology of Time Travel. The Kendrick family have been making world-famous dolls since the early 1800s. But their dolls aren't coveted for the craftmanship alone. Each one has a specific emotion laid on it by its creator. A magic that can make you feel bucolic bliss or consuming paranoia at a single touch. Though founded by sisters, now only men may know the secrets of the workshop.

Continuation from Christiansen: City Boy BSC book 13. Nova’s first order of business is to drop the greedy Enforcer who wants a promotion without the work. She knows nothing about our number one Protector in Alpha Rising. Alpha doesn't know enough about her. Black and white are not just colors, credibility is everything and equal shows in the most surprising places in this installment of the BSC Saga. Nova: Cred is our next installment in the BSC West saga… BSC book 14, Alpha Series book 3: BSC SERIES Books. Best read in order. Master's Rise Benga's Rise Ranger's Rise Jack: Honor Falcon...

My name is Henry Hollis, and my life took a turn recently that I didn’t see coming. The easy way to say it is that I got a job offer, but that doesn't do justice to the situation. Maybe they should have told me the job would get me tangled up with mobsters and space aliens. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. Times being what they are, I took the job, and every day since has been just this side of madness. After some reflection on the situation, I've decided to keep a journal of my experiences on this runaway train I'm riding. I hope you'll forgive the coffee stains.

The Power of Luck. Your luck can change in an instant. A flip of a coin can ruin a life, or change it for the better. But is luck real? A random blip in the space time continuum? The wrath or favor of a higher power? Is it magic? Is it just a matter of numbers and probability? Can it be controlled? Luck is elusive, a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Luck is Relative. Good luck. Bad luck. Hard luck. Your luck can run out, or you can luck out. Is luck truly a lady?

Piers Anthony weaves this and more into Writer's Retweet, a collection of five short stories abounding in the adventure, magic, and naughtiness that fans have come to know and love from this author. In "Experiment", "Discovery", and "Mission", painfully average Bigelow Bilge and Paula Plaintiff are thrust unwillingly into a world fraught with terrifying, victim-specific illusions. Who - or what - is the source of these horrifying encounters?

The Cost is a story of a cost engineering consultant named Doug Benson who does his best to help companies understand and improve cost. When Doug arrives at Electronica, the company is on a verge of bankruptcy and hardly even knows why. He must use all his cost engineering knowledge and leadership skills amidst some considerable corporate drama all the while fighting his own personal demons in order to give Electronica a chance.

The mystical green planet of Rendaz is home to devout goddess worshiper and university professor, middle-aged Beautimus Potamus - who also happens to be a hippo plagued by hot flashes and poor self-esteem. Beautimus forms an alliance with Samuel S. Goodwings, a younger womanizing, atheist praying mantis. When these two are together, life morphs from the mundane into the fantastic. Our unlikely duo solve mysteries, bring a murderer to justice, and even help end a war, while experiencing their own trials, triumphs, and tragedies.

Quando vidi per la prima volta il disegno del gatto nella scatola avevo appena compiuto 14 anni, facevo la terza media, era il 2006. Mai avrei pensato che questo disegno mi avrebbe perseguitato per tutta la vita. È arrivato il momento per me di capire cosa c'è dietro. Gli enigmi non mi spaventano, basta mettere in fila i passaggi, uno dopo l'altro, facile." Gabriella Greison, fisica, scrittrice, divulgatrice, affronta con questo romanzo la grande sfida di rendere narrativa e comprensibile a tutti la fisica quantistica.

A scoundrel with a secret seeks the key to escaping the end of the world. An exiled gunslinger, waiting to die, is called back for one more job. A radioactive man is sold into service as an assassin by a mysterious cult.

As their stories intertwine, all three are caught between rival mobs, an invincible killer, and a plot to upset an uneasy peace between once-warring nations. While far above the planet, a phantasmal apocalypse looms.

Lucy has always known that she was different from the other kids in her home. Of course, it doesn’t help that she suffers from a recurring nightmare that wakes her up with a scream on her lips and sweat pouring down her back. The nightmare is driving her crazy. She’s too scared to sleep, she’s too tired to live, and she feels as though it’s never going to get better...until Daniel shows up, that is.

What if immersive gaming holds the key to interstellar travel? Earth is preparing to launch its first interstellar colony ship, but volunteers for a ten year one-way trip in isolation, most of it to be spent in virtual reality pods, are few and far between. For most the choice is to remain in a dystopian society where the work is done by robots and the thinking by computers. Game Ship is a mashup of hard SciFi, gamelit, and a dystopian future. Although the idea was inspired by LitRPG, it does not include a character progression of leveling up in a fantasy world, and most of the story takes ...

A weekend at a squire’s country home was intended to be a relaxing visit for Jane Eyre and her husband Edward Rochester. Jane looked forward to meeting the squire’s bride and the artist who’d been hired to paint portraits of the newlyweds. However, the household is anything but joyous! The squire’s new marriage has infuriated those who hoped to inherit his holdings. Then their host turns up dead. A tweeny—a maid who assisted both the Cook and the housemaids—is immediately blamed for the crime.

Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration. And the twin boys who live next to campus. And what’s with all those praying mantises?

When his wife, Hannah, is found dead on the road near the carcass of a fawn, Rod Demsey sets out on a journey to find her killer (with his dog who seems to be able to communicate with spirits). His grief causes his faith to wither until an unexpected turn brings Rod face-to-face with the only person who can tell him what really happened to his wife.