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Two mighty empires are at war—and both will lose, with thousands of planets falling to the extinction event called the Scour. At least that's what the artificial intelligence known as Rupshe believes. But somewhere in the multiverse there exists a force—the Mother Mass—that could end the war in an instant, and Rupshe has assembled a team to find it. Essien Nkanika, a soldier trying desperately to atone for past sins; the cat-woman Moon, a conscienceless killer; the digitally recorded mind of physicist Hadiz Tambuwal; Paz, an idealistic child and the renegade robot spy Dulcimer Coronal.

Jennette McCurdy erzählt herzergreifend und mit bitterem Humor von ihrem traumatischen Leben als ehemaliger Kinder-Star in "iCarly" und der krankhaften Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter. Seit sie denken kann, wird Jennette von ihrer Mutter beherrscht, emotional erpresst und psychisch wie körperlich missbraucht. Das einzige, was Debra sich für ihre Tochter – aber vor allem für sich selbst – wünscht, ist Jennettes Erfolg als Fernseh-Star. Für Jennette beginnt ein Kreislauf aus Castings, Angstattacken und Selbsthass.

Mystic Caravan Circus is planning for a transition. They want a permanent location so their members can settle down, and the hunt is on. Along the way, leader Poet Parker is finally ready to learn the truth about her magic. Her power is about to undergo a serious upgrade, and the pain of her past will be brought into the present.

Agatha Raisin has never been one for forced holiday cheer, but her friendly little village of Carsely has always prided itself on its traditional Christmas festivities. But this year the bells will not be ringing out, as Mr. John Sunday, an officer with the Cotswold Health and Safety Board, has chosen Christmas as the time to crack down on safety hazards. But Mr. Sunday is soon found face down in the petunias, very much dead.

Motherhood is a challenge. Unfortunately, our worldly culture offers moms little in the way of real help. Mamas only connect to celebrate surviving another day and to share in their misery, rather than rejoice in what God has done and to build each other up in hard times. There has a be a better way, a biblical way, for mamas to grow and thrive. M Is for Mama offers advice, encouragement, and scripturally sound strategies seasoned with a little bit of humor to help you embrace the challenge of biblical motherhood and raise your children with love and wisdom.

Book 2 - An Alpha sugar daddy who’s a wolf shifter. An omega sugar baby who’s human. What can go wrong? Haven’s in debt, and he’s running out of options. After watching his best friend get a sugar daddy at The Silver Moon Exchange Club, Haven’s ready to try for his own. With a little luck, Haven finds a gorgeous Alpha wolf shifter, one who wants to make a deal. If Haven will pretend to be his mate in front of his wolf pack, his sugar daddy will pay off all Haven’s debts. Haven only intends for their relationship to last for six months. But he ends up with a surprise that will ...

The massive international bestseller—an epic historical novel that chronicles the birth and rise of fascism in Italy, witnessed through the eyes of its founder, the terrifyingly charismatic figure who would become one of the most notorious dictators of the twentieth century, Benito Mussolini.

Neil Horowitz is a real stud. He’s the star of his college football team and the guy that everyone looks up to. When one of the team's top players gets injured before the big game, the coach asks Neil to train the only replacement they could find: the aloof and devil-may-care AJ Doyle. Personalities clash, and when two hunky college guys spend all day on the field together, things are bound to heat up in the locker room – in more ways than one. What kind of hot testosterone fueled action will become these two bros' dirty locker room secret? Satisfy your gay best bro fantasy and get this...

After the turbulent and heart breaking events of Lilly and Gabriel's almost wedding, nothing will ever be the same. The world has been thrown into violent chaos. Hunters have declared all out war on those with magic in their blood and everyone has been caught in the crossfire. But Hunters, it would seem, are far from the world's biggest threat. A dark evil has been unleashed. One driven by wrath and an insatiable hunger for vengeance. And the fate of the world and all those in it rest in a single pair of hands.

Mercenary Casia Greythorne cares about two things: completing whatever her latest job is and earning enough coin to buy the expensive medicine that's keeping her mentor alive. So when the king himself offers her a job, she can't resist the massive reward he offers - even if it means working with Captain Elander, the arrogant, mysterious right-hand to that king. Her partner may be infuriating, but at least their mission seems simple and quick enough: investigate the origins of the strange plague that's been ravaging their empire, help find a cure, and then call it a day.

If someone had told me three months ago that I would walk down the aisle to marry my boss, Derrick Thomas, the hot as hell but super demanding and arrogant CEO of Broker Publishing, I would have called them a damn lunatic. But here I am, all dressed in white, ready to tie the knot with the man of my dreams. Or so you would think. There's one problem: Somewhere along the way, I did the dumbest thing possible. I fell in love with him. When Jessica Ellis lands her dream job as an editor at Broker Publishing in Manhattan, she never expects her life to take a dramatic turn. But when her parents'...

London 1865: A gentleman scribes penny dreadful novels by night and falls in love with a woman who is a music teacher by day - and a thief at night.

Lorenzo Gambini is bored. So f--king bored. Most people either annoy him or avoid him, afraid to face him. Figuratively. Literally. With his face partially disfigured, scarred, he looks every bit the monster the stories make him out to be: the notorious Scar. They say he's a sociopath. Maybe he's a psychopath. Whatever path he's on, people tend to stay far away from it. Until one day, a young woman bumps right into him - a woman just as fed up with life, but for much different reasons.

Born into hell. Baptism by betrayal. His life revolves around violence. My life is on the line. I'm trapped both physically and emotionally. A pawn in a game I didn't know I was playing. Until I met him. Pike acts without emotion, but I know he feels something for me. I see it in his eyes when he looks at me. I feel it when he's close. I know it's real because I feel it too. Lust. Desire. It complicates everything.

We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why are mental health problems so hard to treat? Drawing on decades of research, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Chris Palmer outlines a revolutionary new understanding that for the first time unites our existing knowledge about mental illness within a single framework: mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain. Brain Energy will transform the field of mental health, and the lives of countless people around the world.

Spring Thorne's life is a mess. The man Spring loves seems to loathe her, family enemies are coming out of the woodwork, and her mother remains in a 20-year stasis, waiting on ancient artifacts to revive her. When Spring's uncle asks her to retrieve one of the final two objects, she jumps at the chance - until she finds out dear old Uncle Alastair has also recruited Knox Carlyle; the recent bane of her not-so-idyllic existence.

Life is not easy for the poor relations of England’s upper crust, but fate and clever schemes bring them together. Lady Fortescue and Colonel Sandhurst hatch a plan: What if they were to transform her decrepit Bond Street home into a posh hotel, offering their guests the pleasure of being waited upon by nobility? With the help of other down-and-out aristocrats, they do just that, and London’s newest hotel, The Poor Relation, is born. The establishment is an immediate hit with London’s most illustrious citizens, save the Duke of Rowcester....

Book 1 - An Alpha sugar daddy who’s a vampire. An omega sugar baby who’s human. What can go wrong? Hollis is desperate. He and all five of his omega roommates are on the verge of being evicted. For a young omega, living on the streets is a death sentence. But Hollis’s friend comes up with an idea – visiting The Silver Moon Exchange. The Exchange is a matchmaking club for supernatural sugar daddies looking for a sugar baby. If Hollis is matched up with a sugar daddy, he'll have enough to pay their rent. Hollis only intends for their relationship to last for six months. But he ends up...

Nyren Luren seeks answers to aid Maddie’s recovery from the trauma inflicted by an ancient enemy. Unrest within the empire has emboldened criminal organizations, granting them unprecedented power. Among these factions, one has located Nyren and Maddie’s son, intending to manipulate him as a pawn in their struggle. The catch: Nyren remains unaware that Davil is his son, and Maddie grapples with amnesia from her time in captivity. When allies within the Company establish contact with the Syndicate and Davil is reunited with his parents, a glimmer of hope emerges—the means to help Maddie...

In this deeply scary and intensely unnerving debut novel, Jake and a woman known only as "The Girlfriend" are on a drive to visit his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake leaves "The Girlfriend" stranded at an abandoned high school, what follows is a twisted unraveling of the darkest unease, an exploration into psychological frailty, and an ending as suspenseful as The Usual Suspects and as haunting as Misery.