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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. ...

It was the era of the Super Heavyweight. The dynasty of the denizens had come to pro boxing. Mere men no longer laced on the leather. Instead, giants traded blows with behemoths, goliaths swapped punches with titans . . . and even gods had their day in the ring.

WANTED Cool, Cozy—but CHEAP—Climbing Cubicles for Your Cat. I have been down the same path . . . A kitten joined your family and it needs a place to play . . . to climb . . . and to scratch—other than the furniture. Pet stores have cat furniture, but the nicer ones—with levels and tubes and beds—start at $150. Even scratching posts wrapped in rope sell for $50 and up. Besides, the carpet used to cover everything is of low quality. Or they aren’t even carpeted inside. Or the look doesn’t match anything else in your house. Or they’re too tall. Or you like some features here ...

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of family relationships. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - C.S. Griffel Eleven Things I Have Left Now That My Daughter Is Gone: Promise leaves her drug-addicted prostitute mother behind so she can go to college. The Davidson Method: A couple heads to the clinic to discuss options for ...

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...

Despite the terrible nights, I still woke up, got dressed, and went to my only refuge, my high school. This was my life, often alone, cold, sad, and hungry. My youth was different than most, but this was my reality.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater Than a Tourist - St. Augustine, Florida, USA by author Laurie Smith offers the inside scoop about interesting locations within beautiful and historic St. Augustine, Florida.

Jamie Dixon wasn't looking to fall in love the night Tala Tacony swept into her life but that's precisely what happened. From the moment their eyes met there was an instant attraction and it was if Tala could see her. The real her. Not the fake persona she put on to protect herself after suffering a nightmarish attack years before at the hands of some very sadistic rich and powerful men. The same kind of men that were a part of the world Tala lived in. Could Jamie learn to get past the fact he swore to her he didn't really belong in that world and allow his love for her to heal them both ...

The world can be a scary place to navigate when you’re brain damaged. Even scarier when you aren’t entirely sure what you might have done during a blackout while your alternate personality is running around in your body. My wife calls him "the other one". If you can’t trust your own eyes or the people around you, sometimes, it pays to take a leap of faith. I have, I stopped taking my little pink pill. I wonder what will happen?...

In Book Two of the Tacony Brothers Series Matto Tacony and Lara Spencer's fiery love story unfolds. After moving back to her hometown after hiding away for years from the past that still haunts her, Lara Spencer is faced to deal with it head on when her best friend calls in need of her help. If only she had known she was being asked to use her nursing skills to care for her friend's badly injured brother-in-law, she might have run. Especially since it plunged her back into the depths of the nightmare she'd run from long ago. But when her eyes landed on a badly injured, but very sexy, Matto ...

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.

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.

Chayton Tacony had never believed in his grandfather's stories of love at first sight.... until he met Gracelyn Daniels. That's the moment he knew his grandfather had been right all along because he fell instantly in love with the beautiful young woman the second their eyes met. He knew Gracelyn was meant to be his but how could he convince the stubborn dark haired beauty they were destined for one another? Especially when the devil known as his father also had his sights set on her? Would he be able to convince the woman he loved to marry him before the man he hated forced her into a ...

In a city where opulence masks treachery, Detective Dion Knight is called to the scene of a high-society murder. Lydia Harper, a glamorous socialite, lies dead in her penthouse, surrounded by a puzzle of shattered glass and a bloodless knife. As Dion and his ambitious partner, Officer Stevens, delve into Lydia's life, they uncover a web of deceit involving estranged husbands, secret lovers, and cutthroat business rivals.

The third installment of the Cajun Zombie Chronicles. Isherwood, Padre, and Monsignor encounter another group of survivors, led by an ancient black woman and woman with flaming red hair. Will they be enemies, or join forces?

Here lies the adventures of Miss Abbey's group, how they came together, and their fight to escape Baton Rouge in the days and weeks before they joined Isherwood and the rest in the island citadel of St. Maryville. The master of puppets is coming in black boots. The pieces are in motion, but what is this mysterious chess game unfolding in the land of the dead?

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.

A prequel to the Kelly Blake series Consider mankind’s extinction as a massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth. Humanity finally realizes that all our eggs are in one very precarious and fragile basket—Planet Earth. The petty disputes are set aside and Earth’s people unite, sending one million humans to settle ten nearby habitable planets. Extensive planning and often revolutionary technological advances push men, women, and children into the stars—but even the best plans can go astray.

A delightfully creepy novel from a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner imbued with magic and seafaring mythology. Lemony Snicket and Jessica Townsend meet Greenglass House, with a hint of Edward Gorey thrown in. When twelve-year-old Rory applies for a job at a spooky old...

With over 99 percent of the world’s population dead and walking, the scattered remnants attempt to rebuild civilization. Survivors in Southern Louisiana discover that they’re surrounded by castles. The Gothic churches up and down the bayous become shelters against the walking dead.