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New York royalty, the Harrington family, are old money with magic coursing through their entitled veins, and the only thing the Harringtons care less about than each other...is the law. When Lester dies unexpectedly, his considerable estate is set to pass to his surviving heirs. But the coroner Kasey Chase has ruled Lester’s death a homicide, sparking a family feud that sees the Harrington heirs turn on each other in a lethal struggle, where the only prize for second place is death.

Audrey Adams would do anything for her aunt Ernestine. When Ernestine suffers a stroke, Audrey takes a leave from her fast-track CPA career to care for her. Only Ernestine’s hobby farm needs more tending than the patient herself. Audrey’s bitten off way more than she can chew, or harvest, or plant, or...how does one do hobby farming, anyway? Enter her neighbor Rowan Marshall, the sexy cider maker.

Agamemnon is the first part of the Oresteia trilogy by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. Each of the plays that form part of The Oresteia can stand alone, but they perfectly complement one other in a longer narrative. Agamemnon provides the seed of all the themes that are explored in part two, The Libation Bearers, and three, The Eumenides.

To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts, and she breaks women's hearts. But when the festival lights go down and the palace slumbers, Katya chases traitors to the crown and protects the kingdom's greatest secret: The royal Umbriels are part Fiend. When Katya thwarts an attempt to expose the king's monstrous side, she uncovers a plot to let the Fiends out to play.

This treatise deals with the practice of alchemy in medicine, and the use of antimony and lead in particular. Roger Bacon provides the recipe for processing antimony to make the famous red oil of the philosophers. In Bacon’s opinion, this elixir was efficacious against a wide array of afflictions like fever, plague, gout, and leprosy.

High school counselor Aislin Kennedy’s charisma and exuberance mask deep scars that prevent her from letting anyone too close. Instead, she throws herself into helping her students. CEO of a fashion conglomerate, Susanna Durr has been through three painfully public divorces, and to say she’s given up on love would be an understatement. When Aislin agrees to help Susanna connect with her daughter, Cynt, surprising feelings awaken for both of them.

Eduard (Édouard) Schuré (1841 in Strasbourg - 1929) was a French philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. This book is an esoteric examination of the life of Jesus, who is considered to be the ultimate in a long line of initiates.

When travelwisdom.com assigns PR specialist Caroline Beckett and travel blogger Emma Morgan to cover a hot new couples retreat, they’re forced to fake a relationship to secure a reservation. Ten days in paradise would be a dream assignment, if only they’d stop arguing long enough to enjoy it. Only pretending to be in love sure feels a whole lot like falling in love. When their story goes public, ambition and privacy collide, and their chance at making a fake relationship real might just be collateral damage.

Kenzie Shaw is the most sought-after rookie in women’s major league soccer, but her life changes forever when she’s drafted in her home state of New Jersey. After all, it’s not every day you get a chance to play alongside your idol and the woman you’ve crushed on for years. Sutton Flores has soccer in her blood. Her father raised her to play, her brothers pushed her even harder, and her coaches shaped her into a superstar athlete.

William Stukeley's study of Stonehenge from 1740 is a classic in the field. Stukeley, a fellow of the Royal Society, was a conservationist who complained about the way Stonehenge was treated by landowners and tourists. The book includes his accurate drawings that are still being used by scholars today.

In a world on the far edge of desire, two women are drawn together by power, passion, and dark pleasures. When Kyle Kirk embarks on a daring exploration of her most secret fantasies, she finds that Dane, the stranger who guides her on the journey of self-discovery, awakens something far more dangerous than her senses. In the dark hours of the night, when passions rule and the barriers of convention are stripped away, both Dane and Kyle are forced to confront the true nature of what has long lain buried within their hearts. An erotic romance.

Growing up in a small town was rough, but having her family pretend that she didn’t see ghosts made things harder. As soon as she had enough money, she bought a place out of town and got to work. All day, every day, she had her phone on, and she waited for the call that would summon her to someone whose deceased loved one was draining or terrifying them. Each one called for separate techniques, and she got very good, very quickly.

Natasha Parsons is a ride-along mental health clinician attached to the local police department. She charges into danger without a gun or badge to deescalate crises. She’s quick on her feet and confident in her opinions. If only she could convince her by-the-book, humorless partner that she’s an asset, not the enemy.

I don’t ask for much, and I know for sure I didn’t ask to communicate with cats. But when I agree to cat-sit my best friend’s cats, that’s exactly what I get for my trouble—well, that and a baffling murder mystery to solve. Now my next-door neighbor is dead under mysterious circumstances, the talking cat is giving me orders, and my cat is missing, and somehow both are connected. It’s up to me to figure out how and why and solve the murder in a town full of potential suspects.

Working homicides in New York City, there will always be disquieting cases, but this one has me in a cold sweat. When Bishop and I discover a high-ranking wizard has been tied down and tortured as part of some unhinged ritual, we know all hell is about to break lose. What’s worse, our lead suspect is a member of the Arcane Council, and when you cross the Council, you tend to disappear without a trace. Victims deserve justice—it’s my job—but one wrong move will see me share their fate. Curl up with One Foot in the Grave and discover the motive behind this unusual case.

Country mouse Lady Honora Banfield arrives in London with one mission: To catch a husband. A perpetual wallflower, she’s going to do whatever it takes to win a proposal from London’s most eligible bachelor, including teaming up with the most popular (and least proper) woman in London. Miss Jacqueline Lockhart is having too much fun in her sixth season to ever consider settling down, even though she’s been unsuccessful at mingling with the upper echelons of London society.

Everyone wears masks to hide their secrets. Some will destroy you. Atlas Devereaux lives a life of secret identities. On the outside, each has a life of its own. When Reece Gabriel walks into her world, sparks fly and unleash long suppressed needs. But if he finds out her secret - it will tear her world apart. Will Atlas unmask herself or is her world too much to share? Welcome to the luxurious Empyrean club, where whips and chains excite, and secrets are everywhere.

You knew me but I didn’t know you. To me you were a stranger. A random person in the crowd. No one. If I could go back, if I knew what I know now, I would have run. But I can’t go back. And I didn’t know better. Not then. I didn’t know you would ruin me. Ruin me with lies.

In the bustling heart of New York, twelve-year-old Aiko Takahashi’s world is shattered when she returns home one evening to find her parents brutally murdered. Her uncle Hiroto steps in to care for her, being the only family she has left. However, just as Aiko begins to settle into life with her uncle, a fierce custody battle erupts with her mother’s best friend. The court deems Hiroto’s troubled past unfit for raising a child, forcing Aiko to live with a strict family friend.

High school science teacher Carla Sims is successful and happy with a network of close friends. But in affairs of the heart, she’s newly alone and happy to stay that way. After receiving a phone call from her aunt, she rushes across the country to be by her dying grandmother’s side. Janice Carpenter is a recently divorced literature professor who can’t seem to get her best friend’s niece, Carla, out of her mind. Ever since Carla came out, Janice has been inexplicably fascinated by her. Before she knows it, she’s offering Carla a place to stay.