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After breaking off her relationship with a female lothario, Jess Taylor decides she doesn't want to expose herself to another cheating partner. Staying at home, alone, suits her just fine. Her idea of a good night is an early one—preferably with a good book. Well, until her best friend, Sophie Harrison, decides it's time Jess rejoined the human race. Trying to pull Jess from her self-imposed prison, Sophie signs them both up for a Still Life art class at the local college. Sophie knows the beautiful art teacher, Diana Sullivan, could be the woman her best friend needs.

Nichelle’s father lost a poker game with a high-roller player. Because he could not pay his debt, to keep from being killed, he gave his 16-year-old daughter’s hand in marriage to Miguel. She was collected by her husband-to-be and kept locked away until her 18th birthday.

This is the dark but humorous tale of Sarah Pemberton, who is not a happy woman. A down-to-earth, inventive soul who despises her stuck-up, pompous husband Neil, who believes he is much more intelligent and important than she is. When he refuses her a divorce and emotionally blackmails her into staying with him by threatening to take custody of their daughter, she decides to make life a little more entertaining for herself—by subtly torturing him at every available opportunity. Creative and adaptable, with a wicked sense of humor, she comes up with more and more ways to ridicule him.

In Purpose Driven Achievement, Gary Smith lays a solid foundation upon which you can build a successful, profitable, and enormously impactful life. Unlike other books, this work is not a one size fits all, but rather a "proven concepts individually applied" collection. It will help anyone live a more fulfilled and successful life.

In the beginning, there were three individuals that were at a pivotal point in their lives – Ashley, Gethambe, and Lana. As their lives became intertwined, it was impossible for all three of them to get their happy ending. ​ In the sequel, we found out that Lana felt like Ashley threatened her crown. She believed that all her problems stemmed from Gethambe’s love for Ashley – a human. She tried desperately to savor her position as the true Queen of Achaemenid, but she committed the ultimate sin by placing a hit on Ashley, Gethambe’s lover, and Serenity, her own daughter. ​ After...

Once every 10,000 years, the walls between worlds grow thin. The stars align and Hell is close. It is the time of The Sha'Daa. The mysterious Johnny The Salesman is up to his usual tricks, offering dark magic trades if one is brave enough to barter with him. Johnny's latest ally, the immortal tattoo artist Haumea, just might have the answer to saving the planet from destruction, if she can create enough supernatural tattoos at Mom's Bane tattoo parlor to turn the tide against evil.

Anita has had two failed marriages. Her first, to Ted, ended because they were too young. Her second, to Damon, ended because he left her…for a man named Paul. After the pain of the divorces, she’s joined HookUsUp.com, hoping for one last chance at love through online dating. But so far, it’s been a fiasco. Then she meets Mitch on the site. He seems kind, handsome, decent – too good to be true? But as her hope surfaces with Mitch, both former husbands come back to turn her life upside down. Ted wants to re-connect but is easy to say “no” to. More dangerous is Damon, who wants ...

Government, industry, and academia need better tools to explore threats, opportunities, and human interactions in cyberspace. The interactive exercises called cyber wargames are a powerful way to solve complex problems in a digital environment that involves both cooperation and conflict.

This is part memoir and part "how to be a teacher" with an emphasis on literacy and learning through written reflection. I tell the story of becoming a teacher, working in the inner-city, and relate it to how literacy and writing can improve learning.

In Boulder, Colorado, former foster-kid Kairi Johnson's dream is to start a family of her own but, instead, she ends up trapped 20 years in her past. She discovers she can time travel but it's not as simple as it first appears. Each successive time trip results in more and more people getting hurt: she loses her fiancé and her best friend and discovers she's the reason for her parents' deaths. All seems lost until she meets a fascinating stranger, Kyle. Perhaps, he's not a stranger at all? In Sydney, Australia, 25-year-old Kyle Barada is heir to his clan's Time Travel business.

Imagine a world quite like ours but severely different. A world where phones are replaced with computers, where engines run off steam and souls always find their mates. In such a world, finding love should be easy, but life never makes it so. With so many trials blocking the path to happiness, it's a wonder how anyone could ever find their way together; but with the right timing and a little bit of luck, the road might just turn out all right, if traveled together.

Greater Than a Tourist- Michigan USA by L. Smith offers the inside scoop on Michigan. I can’t even begin to cover within this audiobook all that Michigan, “the Mitten State”, has to offer and the wonderful places to visit in this beautiful state. Michigan has a heritage of unique culture, a state proud of its maritime history, its railroad, lumber, manufacturing, automobile industry, and tourism history, and so many other things that make it special.

Darkness falls on the beautiful trails of Castle Rock, and death strikes without warning. After the first body was found with its throat ripped out, Detective Wade and Dr. Kayla Niccoles seek answers. The coroner reveals the body was riddled with rabies, probably an attack by a rogue bear or wolf.

Welcome to The Gary Smith Show, a weekly podcast dedicated to helping you uncover your true purpose and build the mindset you need to thrive. Hosted by Gary L. Smith—an experienced business leader and motivational speaker—this show is designed to educate, inspire, and empower you to take action toward your goals. Each episode offers practical insights, powerful strategies, and inspiring stories to help you achieve the success you envision. Tune in and discover how to turn your aspirations into reality with The Gary Smith Show—where purpose meets progress.

The newsreader took a breath and began: “And here we have the remarkable tale of local man George Pimpton, who sadly died last week at the grand old age of 96. It’s only since his passing that locals have realized they had a reclusive celebrity in their midst." The only problem was, this was all an accidental lie. George Pimpton was no celebrity. His well-intentioned—though often misguided—neighbors simply wanted to jazz up his obituary to make his life sound a little more interesting, a well-meant gesture that quickly got out of hand due to the perils of social media.

World-renowned Attorney Alexandra Phillips has a knack for turning open and shut cases for the prosecution into wins for the defense. In the third installment of the Behind Closed Doors Series, Attorney Phillips defends another victim who is accused of murdering her abuser. With the world still reeling from the effects of COVID-19, Protagonist Attorney Alexandra Phillips is determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious HIV strain that is discovered as she searches for a key piece of evidence to exonerate her client. Her client, an adulterous Dallas housewife is accused of murder. ...

Build the Domestic Monastery! Adapting productivity hacks, lifestyle design, and best practices from Getting Things Done, 4-Hour Work Week, and other secular sources to the Catholic Faith and Tradition to create the Domestic Monastery.

A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America.

Welcome to The Ultimate Health Model™ Podcast with Benjamin Smith, PHC, where, along with notable guests, we dive deep into the unconventional truths about health that mainstream experts aren’t telling you. As a certified health coach and wellness researcher, Benjamin Smith shares insights from his groundbreaking Ultimate Health Model™ to help you uncover the root causes of chronic health issues and reclaim your vitality.Each episode offers practical strategies, surprising tips, and expert interviews that reveal the hidden habits and environmental factors impacting your well-being. ...

Travel through time and across the globe as Max Axiom explains how and why volcanoes shape and change the Earth's surface! Young listeners' curiosity about the volcanic world will erupt.