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The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven and behaving dramatically so that she would be the centre of attention.

Sadie Smith would love to do the things that other children can, but a degenerated hip prevents her from walking. On her way to a Dr Barnardo's home, her mother buys her a pair of scarlet ribbons which bring Sadie solace in the difficult years ahead.

It was April 1, 1998, when the bodies of two teenagers, a young fella and his girlfriend - both high school seniors - were found among the trees on a lonely road just inside the city limits. The bodies had been stripped and left for the wild animals to...well, you get the idea. The cops had a good idea who the killer was, but they never could prove it, so the case went cold until April 1, 2012, when local DA, Larry Spruce, asked me to take a look at it.

No one could figure out exactly why Sandra McDowell had to die. What was her connection to the Raven, an aging hit man 20 years on death row with only days left to live? Clues are plentiful, but all are dead ends. The Raven is a mind-bending mystery thriller, a twister of a tale that will keep you up listening long into the night. You can’t hear just one! Join Harry Starke as he tries to unravel the nightmare world of...The Raven.

It was a bad day all round for Tommy Biscotti and his friends. All Tommy wanted were a few pills. What he got was a bullet in the back. Hammerhead, Tommy’s source, got two in the head. Jake Burke, Hammerhead’s sidekick, got his brains blown out. Pretty standard stuff for the low lives of the underworld. But what did it all have to do with Senator Andrew Hawke’s run for governor? Who is the assassin?

On a balmy day in April 1863, Union Colonel Abel D. Streight, at the head of a brigade of federal infantry, set out on a 220-mile ride to destroy the Western and Atlantic railroad at Rome, Georgia. The most fascinating thing about the raid is that Streight's brigade of four infantry regiments, almost 1,800 soldiers, was mounted on mules, a huge problem in itself; few of his men had ever ridden a horse, let alone a mule.

Deep in the Black Forest, a mad clockmaker is using his world-famous cuckoo clocks in a devious plot to take over the world! It's up to you to get past his minions, find the clockmaker, foil his evil plans, and save the world. That's a tall order! What will you need to complete it? Well, for starters, you'll need a working knowledge of the German language.

Flicka von Hannover was a princess, but not anymore, sort of. To hide from her conniving soon-to-be ex-husband and divorce him as soon as possible, she runs to the place specified by her prenuptial agreement, Las Vegas. She has left everyone and everything behind except Dieter Schwarz, her bodyguard who saved her that terrible night and smuggled her to Paris and now to Nevada.

Iain Brodie is a fierce warrior and passionate lover, but to prove he’s responsible enough to follow his ailing father as the clan’s chief, he must give up the lasses and find a bride - quickly. He doesn’t expect to fall for any of the Rose chief’s three daughters, but he can’t get one out of his mind - or heart - even when he discovers she is not who she claims to be.

The little canal town is known for its grist mill, antique shops, and bed and breakfasts, not for hosting a parade of noisy motorcycles. Cameron Cripps Hayman's neighbors are up in arms about the Night Hounds Motorcycle Club and even start a petition to get the mayor to ban the new establishment. But the mayor says he doesn't have the power to kick a business owner out, and there's nothing in the town statutes against opening a bar.

Things are always odd and strange in Metamora, but when the proprietor of the curiosity shop, Odd and Strange Metamora, hosts a spring carnival showing off his collection of oddities, the day goes right in the garbage - or rather, out of the garbage when a raccoon overturns a trash can in the middle of town scattering human bones around the park. When it's discovered that the remains date back over a century, rumors start to run as rampant as the pack of furry bandits taking over the town at night.

There’s a serial killer on the loose! It’s not Kate Gazzara’s first rodeo, but this one is…different. Four young women, all with their throats cut, all with different backgrounds. What’s the connection? Is there one? And then there are the feathers. What do they mean? Kate is under pressure to solve this one quickly, but there are no leads and no suspects, just…the feathers.

I knew from the moment Marcus walked into the ER that he was totally wrong for me. He’s definitely sexy, but I don’t need to be involved in whatever messed up stuff he’s a part of. The trouble is, he won’t take no for an answer. What’s more, he seems determined to prove my initial assumptions about him are wrong. Is it possible that he’s not just some arrogant biker dude who tangled with the wrong crowd? Can I open up my heart enough to find out?

The Steel Wings MC killed my dad a year ago and now I am determined to catch them in the act and give the police the evidence. So what is my plan to get into the MC? It's to start hooking up with the President, Jett, who comes into my bar. But as things progress, I start falling for him. But I get taken by a rival mc because they consider me his old lady and are determined to get the Steel Wings MC to stop dealing drugs. Will he save me if he knows who my father is?

Segunda parte de la exitosa #BadBoysGirl. Cole ha pasado de ser el acosador personal de Tessa a ser la única persona a la que ella quiere ver por las mañanas. Su objetivo para el primer año en la universidad es vivir a tope y amar profundamente. Pero una vez en el campus, queda claro que su novio tiene la habilidad de encandilar a todo lo que se mueve. Cuando las universitarias empalagosas ataquen, las antiguas inseguridades de Tessa volverán a aparecer....

Without any rules, people make up their own. In business and in life, you need a code of honor. A selection from the best-selling Team Code of Honor.

This heartfelt and humorous contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility follows two sisters - complete opposites - who discover the secrets they’ve been keeping make them more alike than they’d realized.

Verity Hawkes misses her recluse lifestyle, but she’s finally starting to settle in as Leafy Hollow’s resident landscaper. At least until a village-wide cupcake battle helps turn one new visitor from a skeptic to a corpse in record time. When her friend’s crush shockingly confesses to the crime, Verity is once again asked to investigate.... Potential clues come in as fast as the suspects: A documentary film director, a wacky artist, and a feral-cat enthusiast, to name a few. It turns out everyone in town has skeletons in their closet - even her new friends.

I grew up in an MC, and I am never going to be someone's old lady.... My name is Taylor and I wanted to get as far away as possible from the MC world. And that's what I did. Then Ryder walked into my bar. The guy was everything I swore I was going to stay away from. Tattooed. Dropdead gorgeous. Bad Boy. And member of the Steel Wings MC. His club helped my mom disappear from my Dad's MC years ago. And now I am about to be put in the middle of two MCs. All because I couldn't stay away from Ryder.

Helping Rocco Defend Roman in court is about to put me in harms way.... My name is Amelia and I have taken an oath to defend the accused. So when I get hired to by Rocco to defend Roman for the murder of a wealthy businessman, it's nothing new. But this isn't just any client. He's a member of the Steel Wings MC and it's about to put my life in danger.... Can Rocco protect me?