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As co-owner of the Birkelind Art Gallery, Rylee Davis is always on the lookout for new and promising talent. So when a friend of hers returns from North Carolina with an exquisitely dark and dynamic sculpture, Rylee is determined to sign its reclusive, though reputedly gorgeous, sculptor, even if it means going there to personally convince him. But as a winter storm bears down on his mountaintop retreat and they become snowbound, will Rylee learn to put her high-stress ways aside and submit to his unique style of discipline?

Before Lucia Berlin died, she was working on a book of previously unpublished autobiographical sketches called Welcome Home. The work consisted of more than 20 chapters that started in 1936 in Alaska and ended (prematurely) in 1966 in Southern Mexico. In our publication of Welcome Home, her son, Jeff Berlin, is filling in the gaps with photos and letters from her eventful, romantic, and tragic life.

Willa Chen has never quite fit in. Growing up as a biracial Chinese American girl in New Jersey, Willa felt both hypervisible and unseen, too Asian to fit in at her mostly White school, and too White to speak to the few Asian kids around. After her parents’ early divorce, they both remarried and started new families, and Willa grew up feeling outside of their new lives, too.

I never fit in as a human, and now that I’ve been magically corrupted against my will, I’m starting to see that I don’t really fit in as a wolf, either. The fierce and famous Smoky Mountain Pack rescued me from a fight to the death, but now that they have me, they don’t know what to do with me. Some would like to see me cast out, left to wander, and die as a lone wolf.

My fate has never been my own. Nia: Declared savior of all werewolves when I was born, I never had a chance at a normal life. I didn’t get parents and I’ve been unable to leave my wolf pack’s territory for 22 years. If a hunter finds me, I risk more than my own life. I risk my pack. I’ve kept myself busy training, learning to fight, sculpting my body into a weapon I can use to defend myself when the hunters come for me. And they will. They’re looking for me. But then he shows up. Suddenly, I want things I’m not allowed to have...

Life seems tedious and unexciting for Emily Stanton, until one day when she receives a mysterious package. There’s a letter inside, and the words, unlike any she has read, make her melt to the core. It all excites her as her wildest fantasies are described to her. The only problem is it’s signed anonymously.

Marti wants to restore her beloved ranch to all its former glory. However, nothing in her life has ever been easy - from losing her mother when she was young, to losing her husband a year ago. Her world has been turned upside down as she struggles to save her ranch, her life, and her heart. Everything is feeling hopeless...until he shows up. He’s a blue-eyed drifter who makes her heart speed up, her breathing stop, and her brain liquefy.

If real estate broker Madeline Swift wants to keep her job, she needs to make a sale and she needs to make it fast. So when a new client is in the market to buy a property, they’re assigned to the disheartened and severely unoptimistic Madeline who comes face to face with the man on whom her job now depends – Liam Benedict.

El despertador suena y empieza la carrera. Te levantas con la sensación de que ya llegas tarde a tu propia vida. El día se convierte en una lista interminable de tareas donde tú eres el último punto, ese que siempre se borra porque "no queda tiempo". El amor empieza contigo es el manual de supervivencia para quienes han olvidado su propio nombre mientras cuidan de los demás. Imagina que eres un coche que intenta cruzar el desierto con el depósito vacío. El motor ruge, las luces parpadean, pero tú sigues pisando el acelerador porque hay gente esperando en el destino. La realidad es ...

Negotiation isn’t just for business, it's everybody's business. This is everyday negotiation prowess from a woman who lives it every day. It vanquishes the myth that negotiation is some rarified skill for special settings by elite executives or gifted individuals.

Too many people in their forties and fifties (Gen X) are trapped in work that bores them, drains them of energy, stresses them out, threatens their relationships or simply feels meaningless. This rebellious generation has been tamed by the corporate master and trained into submission. Lucia Knight challenges you to step back, look at what you wanted, where you are now and what you want to create next. It is possible to take control of your own career and work story. BUT Without a clear understanding of how to do this effectively you risk everything.

Este audio libro provee una herramienta imprescindible para aquellas personas que ya son vegetarianas; para quienes se plantean desterrar la ingesta de carne y pescado de su dieta o para aquellos que, sencillamente, quieran saber más acerca de este estilo de vida. Al día de hoy, quienes desean explorar esta opción alimentaria no disponen de mucha información contrastada. Incluso los profesionales sanitarios carecen muy a menudo de formación suficiente a este respecto....

As she excitedly begins preparing, Laura starts to notice that Jake's presence in her life is becoming much more intense and her dependable pal Jake suddenly becomes her sexy, gorgeous lover, leading to some hot erotic activities that result in an awakening within Laura. Laura is having an early mid-life crisis. Fast approaching her 13th birthday, nothing has gone quite to plan.

Imperio de Yithia, año 1400 de la Era Solar. Cinco siglos después, la heredera al trono Ashbree Aldair posee un extraordinario don que podría destruir el corazón del Señor de las Sombras y acabar con el conflicto para siempre. Pero no es fácil que el futuro de toda tu raza dependa de ti y menos aún si tu padre se encarga de hacerte saber, cada vez que fracasas en tu cometido, que eres una vergüenza.

La vida improvisa, y nosotros con ella. No tengas prisa. La vida es larga y bonita. Es una aventura en la que hay que aprender de cada experiencia. La vida es elección y cambio, es darse permiso para sentir, es autocrítica y aprendizaje. Y es vivir muchas vidas en una. En este audiolibro, Lucía Galán Bertrand, la famosa pediatra que tanto éxito tiene cuando comparte su cotidianidad, narra y nos muestra sus experiencias más personales, su día a día cuando se quita la bata de médico.

Dallas Henry is coming home. For the last eight years she’s been living in Europe, trying to forget her troubled family and the two hot men she left behind. But now her father is sick, and Dallas is returning. Back home, not much has changed. Her brother, Peyton, is just as wonderful, and just as overprotective as ever. Her father is just as cold. And her old friends Cole and Zane have grown up from attractive boys into irresistibly hot men.

Is Emily ready to submit to him and her own urges? Emily’s job is to find out what businesses are doing wrong, and tell them how to do it better - but at BruCom everything is perfect...including its irresistibly handsome owner, Mark Brume. With his immaculately tailored physical presentation and intensely blue eyes, Mark draws Emily to him like a moth to a flame - but he leaves her feeling unsure.

Lucia Fiorentino (1889–1934), was one of the earliest spiritual daughters of Padre Pio. Though she lived a mostly hidden life, she played a role in two of the most dramatic chapters in the life of Padre Pio. Years before Padre Pio arrived at her home town of San Giovanni Rotondo, she had a vision of a large tree planted near the Capuchin friary in San Giovanni. Then she heard a voice: “This is the symbol of a soul who is now far away but will come here. He will be strong and well-rooted like this tree and will cover the entire world with its umbrage.” Padre Pio arrived soon after, in ...

After witnessing the brutal murder of her parents, a traumatized teenager navigates a tumultuous journey of grief. She delves into the shadows of her family's past and unravels dark secrets that challenge her understanding of who she really is. Fueled by a need for closure, she embarks on a quest for answers. This gripping tale explores the resilience of the human spirit in the face of tragedy and the quest for justice in the aftermath of unspeakable loss.

I need more magic like I need a point-blank bullet to the head. All that dragon power Rhett’s already given me is churning around inside me, causing as much trouble as the great poohbah dragon protector himself, and he’s trouble walking in a pair of perfectly fitting jeans. Regardless of my desires, and I’ve got lots of them thanks to the two men who won’t stop shooting suggestive looks my way, more magic is exactly what I’ve got—plus a whole band of dragon shifters without it, heh, pointing fingers at me for taking what they think is theirs. Oopsie.