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Love is actually on the rise. So what's the problem? It's that everyone is falling in love with the wrong people...fictional ones. Is it wrong to love someone if they aren't real? It is, if real spouses and partners are being ignored. Agent Beaufont is on the case though and she won't stop until she figures out who is behind this conspiracy related to love.

In fiery redhead Stella Stonewall's new world, magic and shape-shifters are everyday life. Scales, sorcery, shifters - no big. Stella has learned that she's descended not only of dragons but of something more, too. She struggles to keep this rare form a secret, even from her closest friends. Stella turns to her mentor, Rowan Gresham, for help. The charming but enigmatic Gresham forms a plan to improve her troublesome public image. The problem? The plan revolves around betraying the only family she has left.

The guardian of the underworld has been awoken, and he’s coming after someone very important. But not if Liv can do something about it. Meanwhile, Kayla Sinclair is tracking down the Mortal Seven, preparing to kill them. Talon Sinclair is growing stronger. And Liv has no idea either are alive. Additionally, the House of Fourteen struggles to maintain power. What’s the point in policing magic if no one respects your authority? Liv knows that there is only one solution to this: Everyone needs to have a vote in the laws - not just magicians.

Hi, whoever is reading this. I’m Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy. Things used to be simple—until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting funny; everyone at school thinks I’m weird; and my mom is making me start preparing for my bat mitzvah, even though we barely ever go to synagogue. In fact, only thing that still seems to make sense is magic. See, the thing is, I’m a witch. I’ve been casting spells since I was little. And even if no one else wants to believe in magic anymore, it’s always made sense to me, always felt true.

Paris Beaufont has a way of making really great friends. And also really dangerous enemies. Agent Ruby has gone rogue, fleeing the Fairy Godmother Agency. With his cover blown, he has nothing to lose. Now he’s got only one mission. He’s taking down the Fairy Godmother Agency, the current Saint Valentine, and Happily Ever After College. However, there’s someone who has a fierce love for the fairy godmothers and won’t allow anyone to destroy her new home.

Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most shattering violence and victimization. Here are her revelations of joy and warmth amid utter destitution...compelling snapshots of courageous and inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work.

Nefertiti has forced Naomi to flee Amarna with Malachi and the three children. But even under the protection of Naomi’s family in Thebes, Nefertiti still hunts her and Tut. Nefertiti sends assassins to kill them, and while Naomi fights to protect the children, Malachi fights to keep her safe. With three children in tow, one of which isn’t her own, she is labeled the harlot outcast wife of the pharaoh and is shunned. She isn’t safe among her own people, and flees from being stoned to death.

Not all who want love want it for the right reasons. Some just want power. However, Paris Beaufont won’t allow bullies to ruin love for selfish reasons. Even if she doesn’t want romance for herself. Paris’ heart is being healed, but that’s just the beginning. There’s so much more of her story to unravel. And with it, there are many layers to the Fairy Godmother Agency to understand.

Turmoil has long lived in the world…. But one halfling has had enough. Paris Beaufont has decided that the wars being waged for centuries need to stop. But to keep fairies from battling as they have for decades will be costly.

Most fairies are obsessed with love. But not all. There are evil fairies out in the world who don’t care about peace, love, and romance. They are obsessed with their greed, creating trouble for others and destroying all that is good in the world. Paris Beaufont won’t stand for that. However, facing fairies with dark magic will put her to the ultimate test. It’s difficult to fight villains who don’t play fair and will stop at nothing to get what they want. Can Paris stop the evil tooth fairies before they destroy Happily Ever After College?

As a child, Alka witnessed her parents' brutal murder at the hands of Wizards before she was taken in by an underground rebel group. Now, Alka is deep under cover at the most prestigious school of magic in the Republic: Blackwater Academy, a place where status is everything, where decadent galas end in blood-splattered duels, where every student has their own agenda.

If you are a freelance writer, website designer, or graphic artist, you offer your clients a service. This means that you may think the only way to build your business is to have clients come to you to get that service. By creating a productized service, you will find that your expertise can easily become a tangible product.

Nestled in rural Vermont’s snowy landscape is Maple Sugar Inn, the boutique hotel Hattie Coleman and her husband, Brent, lovingly restored. But when Brent died a month after the opening, it was left to Hattie to carry on alone. With its historic charm and picture-perfect library, it’s considered the winter destination. And as the holidays approach, the inn is fully booked with guests looking for their dream vacation. But widowed far too young, and exhausted from juggling the hotel while being a dedicated single mum, Hattie dreams only of making it through the festive season.

Katie O'Roark is thrilled to learn that Jenny House is being rebuilt. After the fire last year, Katie thought she could never return to the camp, where she spent the summers with teens like her who faced medical odds stacked against them. It's not until Katie arrives at camp that she discovers that Josh Martel, her former boyfriend, is also a counselor. Being near Josh again brings back a flood of old emotions for Katie. And when Josh confronts unexpected adversity, Katie knows she has to work out her feelings for him.

Cram 10 hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that's the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama - and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. Hidden in a desert warehouse, their spaceship replica is equipped with state-of-the-art special effects dreamed up by the scientists partnering with the shady cable network airing the show.

A unique summer job lands 18-year-old Eden Saxon into a lifestyle completely different than her own. She becomes a companion for 19-year-old Finley King, the daughter of a rock legend. Finley suffers from severe anxiety, and her father fears her being alone. Eden leaves her loving, but wildly dysfunctional, parents and dreary apartment and enters a world where no luxury is overlooked. She instantly adores Finley and her charming, quirky personality. The whole situation has only one flaw - Finley's older brother, Jude.

Gifted with an uncanny sense about people, psychologist Miri Fox works as an on-and-off profiler for the police. So when they think they've finally nailed the "Wedding Killer", she agrees to check him out, using her gift to discover the truth. But the suspect, Quentin Black, isn't anything like Miri expects. He claims to be hunting the killer, too. When he confronts her about the nature of her peculiar "insight", Miri gets pulled into Black's bizarre world and embroiled in a game of cat and mouse with a deadly killer - who might just be Black himself.

The Particulars of Peter is a funny exploration of the joy found in loving a dog so much it makes you feel like you're going to combust, and the author's potentially codependent relationship with her own sweet dog, Peter. Listeners will follow Peter and his owner to Woofstock, "the largest outdoor festival for dogs in North America," and accompany them to lessons in Canine Freestyle, a sport where dogs perform a routine set to music, creating the illusion that they're dancing with their owners.

When Taylor Flinn's parents shipped her off to an aunt for her last year of high school, James "Clutch" Mason had convinced himself it was for the best. Taylor, the wild, impulsive, and far too appealing 17-year-old had been driving him nuts. Her schoolgirl crush on him had been the last thing he needed. Now he had time to concentrate on his booming classic-car-part business, his newfound love of drag racing, and keeping his 20-year-old brother Barrett out of trouble.

Winter has blanketed Frostfall Island and while most of the tourists are long gone, there is still plenty of activity. A hockey tournament brings a large group of ice enthusiasts to Frostfall. Anna and the gang are looking forward to the diversion. Aside from adding a bit of chaos to an otherwise sleepy, snow-covered island, the event stirs up controversy and brings to light old family grievances.