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The appearance of a perfectly formed rainbow on Saint Patrick's Day mesmerized the residents of Richview, North Carolina. When a local couple catches sight of the anomaly, they're startled to discover that the terminus of the vibrant phenomenon leads into a nearby cornfield. What begins as an unbelievably lucky encounter that could change their fortunes forever devolves into a hellish fight for survival when an ancient entity emerges to act on a centuries-old curse.

Good news: Solstice is alive! Bad news: Dragonrider Academy is under siege by wild dragons. Solstice has been on a journey of his own trying to find me in this realm. I’ll have to get the story out of him one day of how he managed to survive long enough to find me. For now, we need to figure out how to get these wild dragons out of our realm. My plan? We lure them to the Human Realm where reinforcements are waiting. Oh, and maybe we’ll burn Max Green’s house on the way. Win-win.

Great things can be accomplished when like-minded individuals gather. There was a time when only in-person gatherings existed. Today, we can gather virtually, a testament to the power of human innovation. This new way of gathering inspires us to make changes that will leave this world a better place. However, how we communicate and do business in this fast-paced digital world can frequently feel impersonal. Gone are the partnerships built on handshakes and friendships built on warm hugs. This trilogy of anthologies explores the stories of thirty-six individuals who've found their way to ...

Mass Murder in the Sky: The Bombing of Flight 629 is a 7,063 word historical true crime piece about mass killer, Jack Gilbert Graham. It tells the shocking story of hatred, revenge, mass murder, terrorism, and a bizarre dynamite bomb Christmas gift that brought a plane down in the Colorado sky more than half a century ago, killing all forty-four passengers and crew, and the intense investigation that resulted in bringing the killer to justice and paying the ultimate price for his brutal crimes.

Interior design consultant Riley Reed's blog is full of helpful advice on home décor, custom furnishings, lighting, and renovation in the town of Cozy Pines, Oregon. At 44 and happily single, Riley once again finds herself immersed in a tantalizing murder mystery. Riley recently helped her widowed friend Suzanne Crier, the director of Cozy House, a local battered women's shelter, remodel the aging kitchen of her Victorian residence.

Viking magic is real, not all knights are honorable, and ancient magic comes with a price in these incredible epic fantasy tales. Bonus: Included are 17 bonus stories not available anywhere else, bringing this collection to many hours of incredible storytelling. These tales don’t have a happy ending. Dark, gritty fantasy at its finest.

A widow. A broken-heart. A chronic disease patient. A superwoman. Super tired. One of my favorite make-up pouches has this last phrase on it. It was perfect for my subscription box members, since we focus on the problems that come from doing all and being all. This book goes right along with the theme. These women are some of my favorites; my friends, role models, inspirations. Their stories hopefully motivate you and resonate with you. None of those above-listed phrases are appropriate labels for the women in this book. The most fitting would be “Survivors.” We all have or will deal ...

First love that will either save her...or cost her everything. In this YA romance that blends Everything, Everything with All the Bright Places, Elle must decide which fate she’s walking into with Ozzy. Elle Bloome lives on lockdown—an ankle monitor, an overbearing mother, and dreams far too big for her tiny, over-controlled life. Ozzy Foster is free to roam but spiraling fast, trapped with an explosive father and a bipolar diagnosis he keeps trying to outrun. Their connection begins with a single note in Elle’s Little Free Library and erupts into the kind of love you’d tell your ...

By reading this book, you’re adding to your leadership toolbox. Each cadet leadership story is a hammer, screwdriver, or a duplex rabbet plane. And no, we did not make that last one up! You’ll be thanking yourself later for having read this book when you have all the tools you need to face any leadership challenge life can throw at you. After all, taking the time to build your character is always one of the best investments you can make. So make it!

Private investigator Eddie Naku is hired by attractive divorcee Kathryn Higuchi on Maui to investigate the murder of her sister, Suzette Higuchi Bordeau, wife of a well-known criminal defense attorney. She was gunned down in a shopping center in the Upcountry region of Pukalani. What seems like a routine case for the ex-police detective turns into a complex murder mystery as Naku uncovers a web of lies, deceit, arms trafficking, infidelity, seduction, betrayal, and more murders as he tries to solve a deadly crime.

On Tuesday, May 9, 1893, seven-year-old Emma Werner was the victim of a brutal and lethal attack in Chicago, Illinois. The dreadful murder came at the start of the city's much ballyhooed 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair. It coincided with the heinous crimes of ruthless serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett, who went by the name H.H. Holmes and built a hotel called the World's Fair Hotel to house and profit from the Fair visitors needing a place to stay.

In Where the Wind Wills, D. Flower soars with the eagles while trekking in the Himalayas, she meets with a famous healer in Brazil to prepare for a year in Africa, and dances with dust devils while living in a grass-roofed hut in Kenya. She learns the Maasai tribal ways while documenting ancient sacred ceremonies, crawls through stinging nettles in Rwanda to look into the eyes of mountain gorillas, and flirts with death on the Omo River in Ethiopia. All the while navigating on one of the toughest roads -love.

1718. Bath, North Carolina. The notorious pirate Blackbeard has terrorized the eastern coast of the North American colonies for years. Lieutenant Robert Maynard is dispatched from Virginia to bring an end to the dread pirate’s reign of terror but is surprised to find that Blackbeard is engaged in a desperate battle against an otherworldly enemy. Elias Marshall, a local navyman, joins Maynard in his mission to stop the growing threat of Blackbeard and his crew. The pair musters a final assault that pits them against not only the scourge of the Carolina coast, but also something dark and ...

Barbara the sexy bookstore manager dominates the female staff and customers in this aggressive lesbian fantasy that explores power and control.

Fixing a glitch ends the possibility of an alien ever realizing his destiny. He resurrects her from her scattered memories. The only trouble is that she is a prime image of his dark but gifted side. One sustains mysticism, and another promotes prosperity. On the way to standardizing the earthly state, he ends the bodily dependency of the human species.

After the Sun is prematurely converted into a red giant as the result of an energy experiment gone awry, mankind is forced to flee the inner planets in hopes of finding refuge through the research of strange organisms living beneath the surface of Jupiter’s sixth moon, Europa. No one could have predicted what would be discovered over the course of a journey that sees three outcasts plumbing the very nature of the universe itself.

Welcome to Pairs Well With… Life doesn’t always follow a script—and this podcast is all about what happens when it doesn’t.Hosted by Serena and Sheila, two longtime friends, business-owning women lawyers, with a shared love for deep conversations and fresh perspectives, Pairs Well With… is a space for honest, entertaining, and inspiring stories about reinvention, transitions, and whatever comes next. Whether you’re shifting careers, navigating relationships, becoming an empty nester, starting over, or simply figuring things out—we’re right there with you.Each episode, we dive ...

Three years ago, Miami defense attorney Grace Gaynor was the victim of a violent sexual assault in which she killed her attacker. She has been undergoing therapy to deal with the trauma. When her therapist Doctor Austin Winchester, whom she had begun to develop feelings for, is arrested and charged with the violent murder of her friend Kara Pedrosa, Grace reluctantly takes on his case for her law firm of Kendall, Francois, and Larosa.

Sometimes I look at them wielding motionless swords, brows disfigured in permanent rage, mouths open to scream curses that no one will hear. Sometimes I look at the men who tried to kill me. "The Secret Face" is the first poetry collection from Elektra Flowers. Touching on eternal themes of love, belonging, alienation, and the raw emotions that come from living in the modern world. Poems featured include: "Medusa," a poem from the perspective of the Greek goddess, reflecting on the men she's turned to stone. "Opportunity," an elegy to the Mars rover. "The Ballerina," a vision set in a ...

Taylor Holland, forty-six, is a professor of women's studies at Michigan State University. She has been married for nearly twenty years to a criminology professor, Paul Holland, and has a nineteen-year-old daughter, Audra, attending Oxford University. After ignoring the underlying tensions in her marriage, they come into greater focus when Taylor receives a phone call from a hot new reality television series that reunites old lovers, called Forever Sweethearts. She is invited to appear on the show with her first love and college sweetheart, Vaughn Mitchell.