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Robin dreamed of attending Yale and using her brain. Kory lived on the streets of Seattle and relied on his brawn. Without the asteroid, they never would have met. For three years, Robin and her grandfather have been hiding, trusting no one. When a biker gang moves into town, Robin can no longer scrounge or tend her garden. Because her grandfather is dying, he urges her to join her extended family—800 miles away in a bunker city in South Dakota, but she doesn't want to leave.

Eleven-year-old Imogene (Impy) has grown up with two parents working at the Renaissance Faire, and she's eager to begin her own training as a squire. First, though, she'll need to prove her bravery. Luckily, Impy has just the quest in mind - she'll go to public school after a life of being homeschooled! But it's not easy to act like a noble knight-in-training in middle school. When her new friends encourage her to do something mean, Impy goes along with it. Before long, Impy doesn't even recognize herself. Is she the dragon in her own story or the heroic knight?

When the final four women in competition for an aloof, if somewhat sleazy, bachelor’s heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they mentally prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and of course, the salacious drama that viewers nationwide tune in to eagerly devour. Each woman came on The Catch for her own reasons - brand sponsorships, followers, and yes, even love - and they’ve all got their eyes steadfastly trained on their respective prizes.

Libby struggles with a debilitating disease, and she is resigned to singlehood. When she goes out one evening with co-workers, the last thing she expects is to stumble into the woman of her dreams: Jo. It isn’t long until she falls head over heels for her. But Jo’s stunning revelation could spell the end of their new relationship. And, as if that wasn’t bad enough, the 150-year-old, half-vampire has powerful enemies - including her father. Entering Jo's dangerous world, Libby is drawn into a web of secrets and danger....

Micah “Sully” Sullivan has settled into a solitary life at the family horse ranch after her father’s death. When her long-term vet, Doc Barton, plans to retire, his granddaughter, Bryn, arrives to take over his practice. An attack on one of Sully’s prized horses throws Sully and Bryn into a whirlwind as they fight to save the young animal. Just as Sully is becoming comfortable with her growing attraction to Bryn, tragedy occurs, and her brother and his wife are killed in an accident. Sully’s solitary life drastically changes when a family of three is born.

Phoenix Murray has had enough. Enough of her incompetent boss. Enough of her addict father always asking for money. Enough of the struggle to survive. So when her aunt offers her a job as a cook at the South Pole, she jumps at it. Even when she’s asked to avoid casual sex to keep the peace in the tiny community. Astrophysicist Ashley Bennett can’t wait for her year at the South Pole. Not only will it allow her to focus on her PhD research, it’s a key step in her plan to become a Mars colonist. Avoiding the complications of dating in a society that doesn't understand asexuality is a bonus.

No one thought that MacTrump - Lord of MacTrump Towers, Son of New York - would ascend to the highest position in the kingdom. Yet with the help of his unhappy but dutiful wife Lady MacTrump, his clever daughter Dame Desdivanka, and his coterie of advisers, MacTrump is comfortably ensconced in the White Hold as President of the United Fiefdoms, free to make proclamations to his subjects through his favorite messenger, McTweet. The Democrati, mourning the loss of their cherished leader O'Bama, won't give up without a fight.

A shocking revelation about her best friend sends Libby reeling. The more she finds out, the more confused she becomes. But what she’s always known about Emma doesn’t jibe with what her girlfriend Jo and her vampire friends tell her. Jo’s obvious prejudice only serves to further muddy the picture. To make things worse, Libby has no idea how she keeps inciting Jo’s anger. It soon becomes clear that Emma’s whole family is in terrible danger, and Libby doesn’t know if she can forgive her own part in it.

Amid a landscaped dotted with farms, trailers, and genteel homes, there lives a talented baker who desperately needs to win a cooking contest but must team up with a down-on-her-heels society matron to do it...the Bramble sisters, whose husbands tend to be short-lived and wealthy but whose latest prospect arrives with complications...a widow who becomes dangerously obsessed with a snake-charming televangelist...and a lonely florist who will do anything for the sake of a ruthless local mechanic.

Magic runs in the Drakara bloodline. To 17-year-old Ilianna it’s a curse. Born a bastard and raised by an abusive uncle, she struggles to conceal her late-bloomed gifts, but it’s hard to hide when your uncle is king. The kingdom of Eira recovers from over a decade of warring an overseas enemy. Ilianna trains from youth to fight in her uncle’s militia, to keep her people from the grip of the Wraith Queen, even if she’s feared by everyone except the one that controls her

Sometimes life is about trust and love. And occasionally, murder. When Rachel and Joe retired in a 50-plus condo, they did not anticipate encountering amusing and eccentric residents - or the murder of Rachel’s friend, who owned an animal shelter. The suspects are many: The shelter caretaker, an abusive husband, a mistaken hit-man and a strange man in a top hat. While investigations of the murder ensue, trouble erupts for the couple who seemingly have the perfect marriage. But what will it take to convince them both that trust and love conquers all?

It's week nine of this season of The Catch, and the cast and crew are arriving at their latest exotic location: a remote tree-covered island in the rainy North Pacific. America's most eligible bachelor (*eye-roll*) has whittled down the contestants to the Final Four, but as everyone online knows, he's probably just going to pick Vanessa. So far, so predictable. At the top of Mount Resilience, luxury yurts surround an elegant firepit—all, of course, perfectly staged and lighted. But this week's Elimination Event isn't going to go as planned.

Kendra Drake thinks her life is complete. She has taken over as Captain of her father’s shrimp boat. As a favor to her father, Kendra has agreed to give fellow shrimper Lindsey Bowen a chance to work on the boat. Fleeing a personal scandal, Lindsey hopes a summer spent shrimping will allow the situation to fade into history. But first, she must prove herself to Kendra and her crew. Kendra is fighting against mother nature, the open waters, and herself. Still, Lindsey finds a way into Kendra’s heart.

Ilianna Drakara almost had everything — the ardent Prince Castiel of Anolyn, and a country willing to accept her as their own — until both were ripped from her. In a labyrinthine castle as twisted as the very bloodline she hails from, Ilianna confronts the reappearance of her father and the truth of her lineage, all within a kingdom she despises. Her own. Centuries of tyranny have left Eira tattered. Ilianna must harness her own strength that hides within or fall victim to a dark magic unaccustomed to failure.

Wouldn't it be nice to have hot, funny, feisty, rule-breaking angels protecting and fighting your corner? Keeping an eye on those who slip through law enforcement's fingers? Well here you go...the Fallen. You're welcome! At the age of four, Amy Fox was taken.... She survived.... A week later, another little girl was taken.... She didn't. Angry, Amy made a deal with the heavens. Decades later her lifeless body was found beneath a London commuter train and she became an angel. But for how long?

It's my lucky day when Violet's blind date doesn't show up. He doesn't know what he's missing: beautiful, curvy, and fiery. Convincing her to go out with me is a little tricky, but I love a challenge. Violet O'Connor is the curvy woman of my dreams, I just have to get her to see that. I may be a stranger right now, but by the end of the night, we're going to be lovers.

Sinfully erotic. A gripping, steamy, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller with murders and plot twists galore! Grab wine. Close the bedroom door. Buckle up, and listen alone!

"That’s a T-Shirt" is a phrase I coined to mentally handle all the crap that goes wrong. Saying that to myself is how I have survived my last almost 40 years of crazy. At times, I actually feel like the t-shirts you see women wearing. Can’t adult today, needs coffee, nope not today, Imma gonna sleep-in, bed hair don’t care, and many others). I realized that even though those t-shirts were similar to my day, they didn’t quite make the statement I needed to make.

At the age of four, Amy was taken. She survived. A week later, another little girl was taken. She didn't. Angry that a bad man has gotten away with murder, justice-seeking Amy makes a deal with the heavens. When she dies, if she’s been a good girl, would they let her sit on a cloud for a while - invisible - and get the bad people who slip through God’s fingers? Decades later, her deal and God long forgotten, career girl Amy mysteriously dies.

With Michael’s life hanging in the balance, Amber had a choice: Save her star-fated love or keep on the crusade to unite the magical community. For Amber, her fate was sealed even before her birth and it was her destiny to fight the great battle ahead of her. But, when it came to her heart - her friends, her great love - Amber’s torn. Not only was she the Queen, but she was a human in every sense of the word. She was vulnerable. And so the very people - Chloe and Michael - that gave her strength, quickly became her weakness. It wasn’t her fault she loved too much, was it?