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Meth alchemists all over the United States tap the occulted potencies of industrial chemical and big pharma products to try to cure the ills of precarious living: underemployment, insecurity, and the feeling of idleness. Meth fires up your attention and makes repetitive tasks pleasurable, whether it’s factory work or tinkering at home. Users are awake for days and feel exuberant and invincible. In one person’s words, they “get more life”.

Kate Kendrick is having an epically bad day when a glowing Blockbuster catches her eye on the commute home. She could have sworn there was an abandoned building there just yesterday, and didn't Blockbuster go out of business years ago? Curiosity piqued, she steps inside the bustling store and whoosh! She's transported back to the year 1999 with no idea how to get back to her old life. Jordan Dale works at the One Hour Photo Processing Shop next to Blockbuster, and he can't believe it when their paths cross. A time traveler himself, he's been living in the '90s for a while now.

The real secret to sustainable, healthy weight loss is not a diet at all: It’s a lifestyle! And that’s where intermittent fasting comes in. Simply put, this is scheduling your meals so that you cycle between periods of fasting and non-fasting over a given time.

Psychic Tennyson Grimm was kicked out of his house and disowned by his religious parents when he came out to them as gay and psychic. The last thing Tennyson’s father said before the teenager boarded a Greyhound bus to Boston was that his son was dead to him. Flash forward 13 years later: Tennyson couldn’t have been more surprised when he woke to find the newly dead spirit of his father sitting on the end of his bed. David Grimm had one request of his estranged son: Go to Kansas and reunite with his mother.

Archaeologist Cairo Vanderbilt was born to be a treasure hunter, whether he liked it or not. When his famous father dies in search of the tomb of Alexander the Great, Cairo picks up the trail to find the world's most famous lost treasure...History blogger Dillinger DeCosta has only written about the past from the safety of his South Boston office. After hearing Cairo speak about the coming expedition on the evening news, he wants to join the hunt for Alexander...Dillinger is taking a huge risk, but he's banking on an even bigger reward.

She's too unconventional, too passionate, and now...too irresistible. The moment Willow Sage walked into Firefly Ridge, I knew she was trouble. She's got auburn hair, mesmerizing green eyes, and a belief in alternative medicine that goes against everything I stand for. Willow is infuriating. Too infuriating. As a respected surgeon, I've dealt with my fair share of medical challenges. But this woman? She's in a league of her own. There's just one problem. I'm a man of science, while she's all about crystals and energy healing. It feels wrong, but my heart doesn't seem to care. I've been ...

I know where to find my happily ever after - between the pages of a romance novel. It's why I sell books, why I blog about them, and why I'll never get disappointed by love.

Museum curator Harrison Kirkpatrick has been fascinated by the American Revolution since childhood, but never in his wildest dreams did he ever imagine falling in love from afar with a soldier who fought for America's freedom. Through a series of events too wild to be believed, Harrison is thrown back in time to 1775, mere days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, finding himself at the business end of a musket held by the very man he has been pining for.

When the spirit of a young male prostitute comes to psychic Tennyson Grimm asking him to find the john who brutally murdered him, Tennyson can't say no. Only able to communicate through the use of images, rather than words, getting any information out of the young man is frustrating and slow going. Cold Case Detective Ronan O'Mara has been on a roll solving cases since he and Tennyson last teamed up to solve the Michael Frye case. Unfortunately, the red-hot romance that had blossomed between them during that investigation is now off in a ditch.

Connor Trinneer, Erica LaRose & Mark Cartier explore the world of Star Trek and life on Earth. Guests. Fan questions answered. Watch on YouTube. Listen here. Patreon for those who just love us.

I'm Eliza Sinclair, a curvy city girl who traded the frustrations of urban dating for the wilds of the Cascade Peaks as a mail-order bride. When I arrive in the rugged wilderness, I'm greeted by Connor Blackwood, my husband to be, a man as untamed and mysterious as the mountains he calls home. As I explore the mountain and learn to adapt to this new life, I find myself falling for Connor's strength and gentleness. Amidst the breathtaking wilderness and unexpected challenges, I realize I've fallen for the very man who has become my anchor in this remote paradise. Mountain Man's Curvy Mail ...

Después de que una tormenta de nieve deja su vuelo en tierra, Lucy hace un último intento desesperado por llegar a casa para Navidad usando una aplicación de viajes compartidos. Ella piensa que hará un viaje por carretera con un desconocido ... pero el chico que aparece es alguien que conoce demasiado bien. Es el ligue que dejó plantado hace unos meses, y ahora estará atrapada en un coche con él en el viaje por carretera más incómodo de su vida.

A steamy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about mistakes we make and the chances we take on the road to love. After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger…but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hook-up she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.

Casey Walsh and Boone Murphy had a bright future together—until tragedy tore them apart. Now, more than a decade later, the beauty-school dropout runs Meadow Valley's family tavern and steers clear of the boy who once stole her heart—no small feat in such a small town. Boone Murphy was finally going to put Meadow Valley in his rear-view mirror, even if that meant selling his business and leaving his family's horse ranch behind. It also meant leaving Casey Walsh. Now, he's back home, and his only dream is winning back the girl he's always loved.

Lorsqu’une tempête de neige cloue son avion au sol, Lucy fait une ultime tentative pour rentrer chez elle à Noël en s’inscrivant sur une application de covoiturage. Elle croit qu’elle fera le trajet avec un inconnu … mais l’homme qui se présente à sa porte est quelqu’un qu’elle ne connaît que trop bien. C’est le coup d’un soir qu’elle a ghosté il y a quelques mois, et voilà qu’elle se retrouve coincée dans une voiture avec lui pour le voyage le plus gênant de sa vie.

This audio tale starts with Mimi being asked to find Jenny Van Alstine, a beautiful-but-impossible feminist artist, who has disappeared from the Chautauqua Institution, a quirky, churchy, historic, Victorian cottage-filled, lakeside summer arts community in western New York. Mimi digs in. And while writing for the tiny Chautauquan Daily and deciding whether to move in with her beau Walt, she unearths a surprising number of Jenn-emies: haters, lovers, secret-keepers - and one killer determined to stop Mimi before she stops them.

Bella Reed's life is as carefully curated as her travel blog posts. Her idea of roughing it? A hotel without room service. But when a work assignment lands her at Wind River Mountain Lodge, she finds herself face-to-face with Logan Brooks - a rugged wildlife biologist who could make even the most dedicated city girl reconsider her zip code. Logan is everything Bella isn't - wild, untamed, and intimately connected to nature. With his chiseled physique, piercing blue eyes, and a beard that would make lumberjacks weep with envy, he's like a wilderness calendar come to life. As Logan introduces...

World-renowned business strategist and best-selling author ( The Experience Economy, 140,00 copies sold), Joe Pine teams up with Kim Korn to take the next step after The Experience Economy. They offer a revolutionary new model to help businesses understand and develop a strategy for harnessing the limitless potential of digital technology to create memorable, enriching customer experiences.

Aside from being a cop, Kennedy is used to living a quiet life. But when a new neighbor moves in next door, his peaceful days are at an end. Gunnar pushes all Kennedy’s buttons. He’s rude, cocky, and overconfident. He’s also sexy, and Kennedy can’t deny the attraction that simmers between them. He helps Gunnar find a job at the local firehouse, where Gunnar seems to fit in well. As they grow closer, tragedy strikes. Will Kennedy be able to save the man who’s become his whole life?

They called him Null, a void where the sun’s blessed light couldn't root. For years, Ren Calder believed them, watching his sister fade under the same relentless star the Academy Masters worshipped. But when a forgotten relic pulses in his hand, a forbidden System flickers to life – one powered by the very shadows they fear. Branded a heretic and hunted by the ruthless Proctor Thorne and his Solar Weavers, Ren must master his burgeoning Umbral abilities. From desolate wastelands to ancient, monster-infested archives, he’ll delve into the Tower's darkest secrets, guided by a cynical, ...