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In the heart of enchanting New Orleans, Sebastian Beliveau battles a treacherous vampire coven to save his friends. Amidst the shadows of the city's mystique, he discovers unexpected love with Leona, a haunted vampire with a dark past. As their destinies become entwined, a gripping narrative of sacrifice, forbidden romance, and relentless struggle against a malevolent foe takes center stage.

They call me Golden Boy. And I went to prison for a crime I didn’t commit. Out now, I’m a million plus richer for the screw up, with a sweet tattoo joint and my club, The Reckless Bastards watching my back. But when Teddy calls and tells me she wants ink to cover up her pain, my whole world is turned upside down. She’s trouble with a capital T. And way too close to home. She’s too good, especially for a dog like me. Then I find out she has a stalker. I’ll f--k up anyone who tries to harm her.

She‘s everything I swore to stay away from. But I was never good at resisting temptation. When I picked up my life and moved to California, I left my hometown, my past, and my heart back in Sunrise, Montana. I never wanted to look back. Didn’t want to look forward either. All I needed was the job to keep me going. Until Lark sparked something inside me.

Drew Beckett’s life is a well-curated plan. Small-town to successful Assistant U.S. Attorney, assigned to an above-the-fold case that could eliminate a notorious crime family and put her firmly in line for her ultimate promotion. The last thing she needs is a distraction; like a threat on her life or the seriously lickable dimples on the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect her.

My days are spent in the Burn Unit at the hospital I work as a nurse at, supporting those who have kissed the red hot flames that consumed their world and survived to tell the tale. Until the tables are turned and I am now the one in the hospital bed after being rescued by three firefighters. Their silhouettes appeared in the darkest moment of my life, pulling me out of the shadows I had been living in. Now when I have nothing and no one, they insist I can lean on them.

After Scarlett Chase is fired from her dream job, she is stuck working temp jobs while she figures out what to do with her life. Her current job of the week might be the most boring of them all, until a flash of lightning during a spring storm plunges the entire office building into darkness.

Darcy and her five friends have come back to Cedar Cove Family Camp and Alitheia. This return is bittersweet because her elusive purpose in the magical realm continues to evade her. Egged on by Tellius, the boy prince she is prophesied to marry, Darcy impulsively "petitions"...the Oracle and requests it give her information as to her purpose. To receive her answer, she must travel to the Oracle. She embarks on a journey with her friends and Yahto Veli, the nark. Too late she realizes her selfish entreaty has thrown the entire outcome of the prophecy itself into question.

Rachel and her partner, Detective Raul Santino, might not believe that the Department of Homeland Security is responsible, but the rest of the country does. As tensions mount and the city begins to burn, Rachel learns that none of her usual investigatory techniques apply—for the first time in her long career as a cop, finding the bad guys might not be as important as learning why they wanted the public to rise up against their own government.

Lucy Bryant loves bright and pretty colors, girly clothes, and music from pretty much any era before the '90s. Oh...and she's a vampire. A vampire who also happens to be the only tattoo artist that can tattoo another vampire and make it stay. She's lived a peaceful life as a blood sucking creature of the night so far, but all of it changes with a single tattoo. Vampires across the city are changing, turning into the monsters humans always feared they would become.

For the duration of her freshman year, Darcy Pennington agonized over the fate of her dear friend - the nark Yahto Veli - who sacrificed himself to the Oracle to set her free. As her third trip to camp, and to the magical land, approaches, Darcy wonders if she's capable of the daring rescue she wants to embark upon. But soon, she realizes there's much more at stake.

By a prize-winning young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race, Pretty is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change.

The University of New Orleans is a modest, tight-knit community of diligent academics. When the chair of the biology department is violently murdered, assistant forensic pathologist Hunter Romero has her own rather unique suspicions about the crime scene. Hunter's intuition is tested when evidence is leaked to a prominent national magazine, releasing privileged information that could hinder the investigation, putting her trust in those nearest to her on shaky ground.

This ground-breaking self-help book goes beyond the usual self-help narrative, challenging listeners to embrace a radical approach to personal growth—focusing on kindness's immense impact on our well-being and the world around us. K.B. Stone introduces listeners to the Kindness Mindset, a novel style of thinking that advocates a shift from self-focused aspirations to a broader, more compassionate perspective based on the most recent research in psychology, neurology, and positive behavior.

Rachel Peng misses the army. Her old life in Criminal Investigation Command hadn’t been easy, but she had enjoyed it. Now, as the first cyborg liaison to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police, Rachel is usually either bored senseless or is fighting off harassment from her coworkers. When she and her partner, Detective Raul Santino, stumble into a murder investigation with ties to Rachel and the other cyborgs, she realizes their many enemies will not allow them to quietly pick up the pieces of their lives.

I’ve always known things I shouldn’t know, and seen things I shouldn’t see - things no one else sees. One terrifying vision - and my reaction to it - lands me in Brocker’s Center for the Criminally Insane. I’m convinced I can survive my time here unscathed. After all, I’m not crazy. But after spending time with three guys - a schizophrenic with two personalities, a pathological liar who isn’t to be trusted, and a nymphomaniac with a penchant for knives - I’m beginning to doubt my sanity.

Whether you are acquiring a new parrot or looking to improve the bond you have with your parrot, The Parrot Bliss Bond will help you create a quality life for your parrot. Learn to meet their physical requirements and to understand how to care for them as best as possible, giving you the ability to have the blissful companion you can.

As a member of Reckless MC, I command respect. The girl who shattered my heart in high school just walked back into my life. Aspen Holt was a grade "A" bitch back then. Rich, hot, and entitled. To her, I was just a poor ranch boy. But we aren't in high school anymore. And I'm not a poor rancher. Now, she's in trouble and staying at Hardtail Ranch.

When a killer crashes the honeymoon, three’s a crowd...It’s the summer of 1899, and Professor Concordia Wells - now Mrs. David Bradley - eagerly anticipates their honeymoon in the Hamptons. She has one errand along the way, to visit a former student seeking advice. About a love interest, no doubt. If only it were that benign. The young lady, now employed as a switchboard operator, inadvertently eavesdropped on a murder plot involving the high finance world of the Stock Exchange Luncheon Club. How to notify the police without losing her position?

Trained killer. Government hacker. MC. I’m many things, though my friends call me Jag. And like the big cat I’m ruthless, especially where my club is concerned. I lost my first love in a war zone and I’m not interested in revisiting that pain, until a certain electric-blue-haired hacker chick reappears again. She’s totally badass - we were the best of friends in another life. Virtually. And now someone wants her dead. For real. I don’t want to fall in love again, but I don’t want her to be my friend. When she’s in my arms, I can’t let go.

The year is 1896, and college professor Concordia Wells has her hands full: teaching classes, acting as live-in chaperone to a cottage of lively female students, and directing the student play, Macbeth. But mystery and murder are not confined to the stage, especially when the death of Concordia's sister, Mary, appears to be foul play. To make matters worse, the women's college is plagued by malicious pranks, arson, money troubles, and the apparent suicide of a college official.