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My teammates don’t call me a gambler for nothing. As a hotshot forward for the Las Vegas Wolves hockey team, I, Landen Zehner, am known for taking chances - both on and off the ice. Lucky for me, I almost always come out the winner. That’s why I know I’m going to win over the team’s new event coordinator, Cricket Nance. She’s everything I’ve ever wanted. So I’m going in, hard and fast, by making her a bet to give me a real chance. That means seeing no other people. I tell her to trust me, and we’ll both come out winners. You can bet on it, baby.

Samantha Moon finds herself in a world of trouble... literally. Being trapped in an alternate dimension is not usually a problem for her. Unfortunately, the reality around her came from the mind of Quentin Arnbury, an author with a penchant for being wicked to his characters. Here, people don’t simply die... they die horribly. Worse, with Quentin incapacitated, his world is no longer following any script. Surrounded by nobility that embodies avarice and violence, it’s only a matter of days before the darkness attached to Quentin’s mind consumes his psyche as well as the world he ...

A family vacation to Scotland was supposed to be easy. Bagpipes, castles, and maybe spotting Nessie from the shore. Samantha Moon has other plans: keep her family safe, keep her vampire side secret, and make sure the only monsters they see are in the gift shop. But on Loch Ness, some legends are more than marketing. When a demonic horror attacks their rickety tour boat, Sam and her supernatural crew must battle it in the dark waters—while hiding the truth from the mortal captain. Between Anthony’s constant Highlander impressions, Tammy’s sassy eye-rolls, Allison’s witchy banter, and...

Samantha Moon should have known better than to end a vacation with a scenic helicopter ride over the Amazon. When a demonic entity attacks mid-flight, their chopper crashes deep in the jungle—leaving Sam, Allison, Tammy, and Paxton bruised, battered, and on foot in one of the deadliest places on Earth. But the real danger isn’t the snakes, the bugs, or the endless green walls. It’s the creature that stalks them. Feeding on fear, it conjures illusions to separate and trap them. Sam’s vampire powers are pushed to the limit as she fights to keep her family alive, battling jungle ...

Don’t go in the water. It’s dark. It’s deep. It’s scary as hell. There is no better keeper of secrets than the menacing, murky depths of the ocean. Unfathomable creatures, mysterious disappearances, abandoned ships, deadly pirates. Even experienced seamen are susceptible to the horrors that lay hidden far below the surface. It’s all a game of chance. Be in the wrong place at the wrong time and you’ll become something’s meal. The dark deep is ominous and unforgiving and it has no conscience.

Just one last stop in Peru, right? How could that go wrong? When Paxton asks to see the famous Nazca Lines, Samantha Moon figures it’s an easy detour—just teleport to the desert, snap a few pics, and call it a day. But the lines aren’t just ancient art. They’re giant glyphs that act as spirit gates, sucking the whole family into a demi-plane teeming with feathered warrior-people, bizarre mesas, and ancient magic. To get home, Sam strikes a deal with an ancient spider demigod. Her price? Rescue 10,000 stolen eggs from the bird people’s sky city before they’re devoured. Cue aerial...

For fun-loving Mena, life’s a peach. But then her world-traveling fiancé goes missing—without leaving his usual note—and her peachy life suddenly turns rotten. “Where’s Waldo?” she demands. Her twin is dismissive (Wenda knows something!); the neighborhood punk girl Lulu is seen lurking about with GUILT written on her kitten face; and Waldo’s nemesis Wigor is caught with his hands in the cookie jar—but denies it, even with crumbs befouling his villainous mustache. The only one Mena trusts is Fritz, a Tom Swiftian neighborhood boy who adores Waldo and tries to help Mena ...

Murder by Numbers is a fun and fast-paced detective novel set in the boom-to-bust Silicon Valley circa 2001, where multi-millionaires cling desperately to their fortunes, CEOs pray that their startups stay funded, and techies hope to hold onto their jobs. Opportunities for financial gain–both legal and illegal–remain a high stakes game. And no one knows this better than Kaitlin Hall, a beautiful and brilliant rookie detective in the High Tech Crimes Detail of the San Jose Police Department.

Rewarding health secrets from the Bible will make a difference in your well-being! Get healthier with the glow and optimism of good news. Develop the willpower to say no to junk food and yes to nourishing food. What if you could eat more food and still lose weight? What if you could feel better every day by just moving more? Then start reading this book! In "7 Biblical Ways for Healthy Living," you will receive the therapy of God's love and wisdom as well as insights from medical research. You will see how relevant the guidance from God's word, the Bible is for your well-being. God’s ...

Chaos erupts in Silver Mesa when a group of outlaws decides to rob the town's only bank. The seemingly ordinary crime captures Zebadiah Clemens' full attention thanks to the lead bank robber abducting the young daughter of the stagecoach manager. But unlike the sheriff, his authority doesn't stop at the edge of town. In his pursuit, Zeb discovers a small ranching community with a rather unique problem: A dead man seems to be killing people. Zeb's not about to let the crazy supernatural stuff get in the way of finding the missing girl, but no situation is ever as simple as it seems....

She thought she’d heard it all. Then the hangman called. Psychic witch Allison Lopez has dealt with angry spirits, ancient gods, and haunted radio stations. But nothing prepares her for the call that comes in during her live show: a man describing the unseen hands squeezing the life from his throat in the dead of night. Desperate to help, Allison heads into California’s high desert, where an old mining town’s bloody history refuses to stay buried. There’s a spirit here with murder in its heart, fueled by anger, greed, and a century-old hanging tree. As Allison’s visions reveal a ...

Blood Land is a gritty, emotional saga set in the Wyoming badlands with both greed and vengeance at its core. When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town's top law officer's wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty.

Tuck yourself in tight, you are in for one sinister paranormal journey. Twenty-six sections of ghostly sightings to keep you up past dawn. Hospitals are where we go to feel better or to mend our bodies. Unfortunately sometimes we don’t survive our stay. Even more so...on occasion we linger. We have collected the most gripping real ghost stories from staff, visitors, and patients who have seen, felt, or heard unexplainable paranormal events at hospitals.

Fun-loving professional hockey player Benjamin "Benny" Perry is all about scoring, both on and off the ice. With his good looks and easygoing personality, women flock to him, which is great. It keeps things the way this Las Vegas Wolves forward likes - uncomplicated. Too bad that's all about to change. When Benny decides to get back at his coach by pursuing his daughter, Eliza, who's just returned to town under mysterious circumstances, complications abound.

Solstice Winters never expected her job as a photojournalist would involve stopping a death god. She’s only ever wanted the same things as anyone else—a nice career, a safe place to call home, and no magical assassins trying to kill her. Alas, there’s nothing like an unexpected dimensional misalignment to ruin plans. The rapid flood of magic into the world changed her from simple reporter to secret agent in mere months. It also revealed the truth of her being an elf. Her investigation into who wants her dead stalls when a paranormal entity shows up in her apartment pleading for help. ...

This book provides 125 short stories or brief scenes for you to chew on, depending on your mood at the moment, or what is happening in your life. These short stories reflect topics that happen to all of us at one time or another, or provide a trigger to our imagination, making us wish we had experienced them or hopefully could someday. Perhaps some of them we hope we never experience. This book covers romance, spiritual thoughtfulness, silliness and humor, satire, the beauty of nature, inspiration, and interesting stories about life. Be aware that the book comes with some warnings and ...

In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights from the ongoing collaboration that began at these meetings and provides a revelatory, unified, and coherent voice for fixing our troubled and damaged financial markets.

This audiobook is filled with stories of trials and tribulations from my journey to become a nurse at age 50 and even some tips to help someone who may be like me. Someone who may not be brave or rich, may not be young, didn't graduate at the top of their high school class, and may be carrying a pocket full of doubts, but - why should that stop us?

Magical forces don't always play nice. In fact, they can be downright evil. Life is going fairly well for Detective Maddy Wimsey. At 35, she's an accomplished detective, practicing Wiccan, has a wonderful relationship with her long-time boyfriend, and even a much-needed vacation after dealing with a cursed gem. Alas, her break doesn't last long. A creeping darkness interrupts the solace of the woods with a supernatural vendetta against her coven. Maddy had opened a particular can of worms looking into the past, and the entity has decided to make her a target.

Hockey star Nolan Solvenson is nothing short of skilled perfection, both on and off the ice. Or so everyone thinks. His teammates are constantly hitting him up for advice, but really, when it comes to his own life, Nolan can't seem to make the right moves anymore. Blame it all on Lainey Shelburne, a woman he wants but is determined to keep at arm's length. That's why, after a few sexy encounters, he unceremoniously blows her off. When they're reunited, facing off against the fiery cocktail waitress becomes the challenge of his life.