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Lacey Chandler had always believed Tighe Jacobsen was her destiny. That is until one moment of cruel fate left them both shattered and eventually ripped them apart leaving Lacey to flee their hometown and both of them to fall into the arms of other people. Several years later, a recently widowed and very successful Lacey returns home to her family farm to raise her two young children only to find out Tighe is currently single again... after divorcing the woman who tore them apart. Carrying numerous secrets, Lacey and Tighe are thrown together again with the help of a few well meaning ...

**FULL STANDALONE NOVEL** Jessica is a young and beautiful nursing student who falls in love with Justin, a guy that she met at a party. Although, he fulfills her needs mentally and financially, she longs for a little more excitement in her bedroom. While attending nursing school, she gets involved with her pharmacology teacher. With Denver, her sexual appetite for the kinkier things are satisfied. There's only a couple of problems that interfere with her happiness. One, Denver is married with two daughters that attend the same college as she does. Second, although her body craves the more ...

Brought together by a twist of fate which leads to a determined dying Grandfather to get his Grandson Jacob Callum and Katie Sanders married. Believing them to be meant for each other he assures his dying wishes to be met by leaving his will set up in a way that will bring them together for sure. In doing so though he unknowingly put Katie in danger. Can these two fall in love and can Jacob keep Katie safe from the danger she's in? By bending to his will can this couple find the love and happiness Grandpa Will believed they were destined for? Please be sure to leave a review and look for ...

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.

Interstellar singer spy Jack Jones is at war! When the nefarious octopi Quihiri sabotage the FTL-drives throughout the galaxy, Jack recruits a top-notch troupe of players, including a sentient dog, a baby cloud, and, of course, the crew of the Shakespeare. Can he win the war and fix the FTL-drives while singing a song, making love, and thwarting evil space pirates?

Hayley Ford had been running since she was eighteen years old to avoid exactly what was happening to her now.... being sold into marriage against her will. For years she had managed to run and avoid being married to the man who had bought her until she had to protect the one thing in her life she loved the most. Now she had no choice but to submit to a marriage she didn't want. She hated the man who had made her life hell by forcing her to abide by the contract to marry him.... or did she? If that were true then why was it she felt her heart and her body betraying her the moment she met him...

Now more than ever, every Catholic needs to learn how to defend their mother, the blessed mother. Because now more than ever, the family is under attack and needs its mother. This audiobook will help you give a robust defense of the Catholic Church's Marian dogmas using scripture. This collection of essays will demonstrate through scripture how the Immaculate Conception of Mary was prophesied in Genesis and how the Virgin Mary is the new Eve, the new ark, and the new queen of Israel.

Book one in the Kelly Blake series: The future looks bleak for wrongly cashiered, fighter pilot phenomenon, Kelly Blake. His redemption comes as he is recruited into the elite and secretive Scout Force. Follow Kelly's adventures as an officer in the Galactic Republic Fleet's Scout Force, protecting humanity's frontiers from human treachery and the onslaught of the expansive and hostile K'Rang Empire.

Nobody knew how it began. Nobody knew how it would end. All they knew was that they had to survive another day. ... and another night.

In Book Two of the Always and Forever Series Lacey Chandler and Tighe Jacobsen are left to face the demons of their past who want nothing more than to keep them apart at any cost. With so many obstacles standing in their way can Tighe and Lacey's love survive? Can they finally have their happily ever after and build the life they were always meant to have. Or will the secrets from their past that finally come to light destroy them forever? Find out in the final chapter of the two part duet in the Always and Forever Series. Must be read with Book One in the series. NOT a standalone but is ...

This book is an edited text with experts writing on these topics: literacy foundations, data-driven assessments, strategic partnerships, secondary literacy programs, DEI, leadership, planning and instructional strategies, and the content areas. It fills a gap in the literature on middle and secondary literacy and differentiation. Each chapter includes the latest research and takes a practical look at some of the essential questions facing educators today.

Don’t be scammed! The movement that brought Donald Trump to the White House is under attack by scam artists. Mainstream media, liberal elites and professors, and Antifa-led rioters are promoting a scam, notorious for its long history of failure and disasters. The S.C.A.M. is Socialism, Communism, and Marxism. Attorney and theologian Scott L. Smith, Jr. brings together the 20th century’s greatest defenders of truth to explain once and for all how to defeat scam.

They called him the God of War. Now, Rome calls him fuel. Ares, once the embodiment of brutal conflict, lies broken and chained in the Tullianum Infinitum, Rome's lightless divine prison. Stripped of his power, his very essence siphoned to fuel the legions that conquered Olympus, he is reduced to a mere asset – a battery awaiting depletion. The cold iron bites deep, the silence broken only by the mocking visits of Mars, his Roman counterpart and jailer. But beneath the crushing weight of despair and the constant drain, the fire of the War God is not extinguished. Forced into agonizing ...

Follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind volcanoes.

The island, and the old, crooked house that sits upon it have been in Jonathan’s family for centuries, ever since his ancestor Hamish killed its former resident, Lyndsay – the witch of the loch. As a child, Jonathan witnessed great tragedy there, and blocked all thoughts of the island from his memory. It’s only when he overhears his father discussing the upcoming sale of the island that Jonathan starts to remember more and more about what happened that last summer when he was nine years old.

Of all the modern Las Vegas casino operators, none had more flair than Bob Stupak. The self-proclaimed “Polish Maverick” rose from humble origins as the son of a Pittsburgh boss gambler to head one of the largest privately owned casinos in Las Vegas, the infamous Vegas World. Stupak parlayed a small slot joint into a $100 million-a-year gambling operation by manipulating the local and national media with outrageous stunts and promotions. His headline-grabbing handiwork is now the stuff of Las Vegas legend. Remember Vegas World’s VIP Vacations? Stupak’s cleverly worded advertisements...

Fifteen-year-old Simone is not your typical California teenage girl - although she’d like to be. She believes her secret abilities make her weird. While it might be cool to move things with your mind, see ghosts, and sometimes read other people’s thoughts, it isn’t when those things get you into trouble because you can’t control them. Starting sophomore year at a new high school where she knows no one, Simone tries to keep to herself. Those efforts go awry when a couple of ghosts befriend her. And, a popular boy in her English class, Dalton, asks to study together. Dalton’s ex-girlfriend isn’t happy about that.

In the time of the great King Arthur, there was an island in the mists called Avalon where, in the shadows of history, the much greater force of magic was used to shape the course of humanity. Anna and Bronwyn, two young Priestesses-in-training, don’t know it yet, but they will rule Avalon someday. The only problem? They can’t stand each other. Needing the girls to not only be civil to each other but also to learn the essence of teamwork is of the utmost importance to the current High Priestesses. In order to teach the girls to work together, they bind Anna and Bronwyn in magic, then ...

Based on a true story, Behind Closed Doors 2 Dana's Story is the riveting tale of one little girl’s struggle to overcome circumstances beyond her control. Dana Toussaint was born into a life of privilege, thanks to her father, a Haitian-born immigrant and notorious drug lord. Dana’s mother, a materialistic southern belle from South Louisiana, is consumed by the good life, as memories of her upbringing in an East New Orleans, housing project become a distant memory. In spite of the similarities between the Haitian and Louisiana Creole cultures, the marriage unravels, and the unthinkable ...

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.