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Unwrapping a puzzling package and finding a clue launches twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica into the dangers of The Treasure Key. They're soon racing against time—and bad guys— to find long-lost treasure. Will they be the first to discover its hiding place?

Becoming an effective IT manager presents a host of challenges - from anticipating emerging technology to managing relationships with vendors, employees, and other managers. A good IT manager must also be a strong business leader. This book invites you to accompany new CIO Jim Barton to better understand the role of IT in your organization. You'll see Jim struggle through a challenging first year, handling (and fumbling) situations that, although fictional, are based on true events.

When I walked out of his office after the hottest sex of my life, I thought I'd left Max Douglas behind me forever - along with my favorite argyle socks and my self-respect. The last thing I need is the too-serious, too-sexy former Marine living across the hall from me while he acts as a bodyguard for one of my students. Especially since he fired me from my job tutoring his brother... after we hooked up. I shouldn't want him. I should despise him after the way he treated me. But he's exactly my type: older, experienced, in control...and it's obvious the lust is still mutual.

The essential introduction or reconnection to the Bible for queer readers from the co-founders of QueerTheology.com. “As we dove back into the story of creation in Genesis 1 and 2, trying to look at it with fresh eyes, I realized I had visited the Garden of Eden before. It was as if, like Saul...

Twelve-year-old cousins Sophie and Jessica don't have much in common. Sophie loves hiking and her small town. Jessica would rather be shopping in a city. The only mystery is how they'll be able to spend the summer together. Then . . . they find a briefcase in the forest with a surprise inside. When they hear footsteps behind them and bad guys run after them, they have no choice but to work together to solve the mystery of The Feather Chase.

All the wrong choices, for all the right reasons. Lindsey Hamilton – A male author writing spicy romance to provide for his little brother. All he wanted was a way to pay the bills between his late royalties. All he needed was a miracle. Wysh AKA Scott Wysh – a demon living in hiding among humans. Even if he found safety pretending to be a human, it wasn’t enough. He still had needs that demanded satisfaction. The deal... If you are willing to meet with me, please come alone to the lookout between Lake Sweetness and the north bend of Forever Lane. I’ll be waiting tonight at midnight...

He's everything I've never wanted—too young, too weird, too wild. I wasn't impressed that I had to get my weekly massage from a guy with a toe ring. But when I discovered David Cooke's skills as a masseur were literally orgasmic, I couldn't stop thinking about him and his amazing hands, day and night. Especially at night. He's full of surprises. And despite my bad behavior, David's just as eager to explore this chemistry between us. Turns out, there's a lot more to him than hemp pants and tattoos.

Vengeance was his mission—until she became his reason to live. Caspian was bred for war. Raised by the Aryan Political Movement and forged into a lethal weapon, he has only one goal now—destroy the Institute that turned him and his brothers into killers. Now that his brothers are both free and safe, he’ll do anything to keep them that way. The only option is to destroy the whole group and remove the threat completely. Nothing will stand in his way. Until her. Yasmine is a flower fairy on a rescue mission—and she’s not leaving without saving her brother. Determined, persistent, and...

A blood demon on the run and a widow haunted by the past. Kry’n – As a rogue blood demon on the run for his life, Kry'n believes he's beyond redemption. He lurks in the shadows of her homeless shelter not just for easy prey but to be near her, his only salvation. In Jane's eyes, he finds hope for a better life. Is saving his soul even possible? Jane struggles every day to find value in her life. After she caused the fire that took the lives of her family, she’s unable to forgive herself. Despite her overwhelming guilt, she continues fighting a karma darker than her ability to stay ...

Death is nothing at all. Grief is very real. My husband had a stage 4 cancer diagnosis at 52 and died at 61 years. We had years to plan and explore our plan to write this book together, if possible after he died. I was a grief counselor for Hospice across his whole disease process. The After Death Communication stories of my clients gave us hope that not only would death not truly separate us, but could begin a different form of a continuing relationship. He agreed to provide proof for me that his consciousness survived after his body died. He did just that. This book is our story.

Vampires and werewolves don’t mix. But maybe this time they should! Quinn LaFontaine When a rampaging first-generation vampire threatens Quinn's territory and his adopted family, he'll do whatever it takes to keep them safe, even if it means fighting a man he once thought of as his brother. But confronting the danger alone becomes impossible when a powerful vampire hunter sets her sights on Quinn. Madeline Jacks After endless years hunting down vampires, Madeline is convinced that she can identify and stop the villain. But even if it turns out to be the vampire that has fascinated her for...

In the shadow of death, they found a reason to live. After years of torment at the hands of the Institute, Dain escapes captivity by surrendering to his primal side, taking refuge in his wolf form and vanishing into the wilds of western Virginia. Stripped of everything human, he expects nothing but solitude—until he crosses paths with Isabel Russell. She awakens his desire to fight back. Izzy is no stranger to pain. Facing the final stages of cancer, she’s left behind sterile hospital rooms in search of peace, hoping to spend her remaining days surrounded by nature. What she doesn’t ...

Should they dream of love when it might tear apart their family? Deven Ochoa To Deven, Division Eight is more than a job. It’s his family, his life and his sense of justice. He’d willingly follow his boss into the pits of hell. That’s just the kind of tight they are. But when did there need to be more than the two of them? Despite his objections, Quinn hires a sexy young tech wiz who seems more magical than the Wi-Fi. And maybe more dangerous than their latest vampire hunt. Tessa DeAngelo She wasn’t looking for a job when she landed within the enigmatic agency. But Quinn offered her...

After being stranded among mortals and finding himself too weak to return home, Tarvyn is desperate for a way to recharge his Synn powers. When he meets Captain Bailey, he knows he's found the right man for the job. Together they can find pleasure and power and maybe a future worth risking everything to claim. Together, they embark on a journey of passion and acceptance, where the boundaries between human and demon blur, and love becomes the ultimate source of power. In worlds torn between duty and desire, Tarvyn and Bailey must defy the odds and embrace their bond, knowing that their love ...

Rath planned on following Dàn for his whole life and the path was likely to be a little strange. A trip to Niagara Falls to find a demon might be odd but not all that unexpected. Before Dàn can get the demon’s secrets, a whirlwind of dangers come at them. But this tourist destination has more to offer than they expect. Including an exotic dancer named Destiny who might be able to make all Rath’s dreams come true. But she has her own secrets and when a terrorizing pedophile targets her daughter, she’ll have to overcome her fears and work with Rath to protect what’s most important. ...

She'd do anything to protect her son, even walk right back into Hell. When her son turns to her in desperation, Sadrina knows there is only one place to find the answers he needs. Niflheim, also known as Hell, a place she'd once called home, and also where she'd spent nearly an eternity imprisoned. Regardless of the risk, she chooses to sacrifice her freedom and barter her body to the lord of hell, returning to the arms of the one demon she’s always loved and the place she fears the most. Pahele has no intention of sacrificing his lover again. Instead of being a prisoner or a slave, he ...

It all began at Black Dawn, that terrible day when so many loved ones from the Eagle Clan died, but centuries pass and time does much to heal bodies and souls. Cradh and Adhar were only children then, but for all their lives they have known they were destined to be mates. But Cradh’s body and magic were broken in the attack and ever since they have been forced to be no more than friends. But time can heal hearts too, and their chance for love has come at long last…

Father Shannon Kearns is familiar with liminal spaces. He’s lived in them his whole life. And while his experience as a transgender man has often made it difficult for him to fit in—especially in the context of Christianity—it has also shaped his perspective in important ways on complicated, gender-transgressing aspects of theology and Scripture.

Angel and Killian fell in love as teenagers and they grew up together, believing that nothing could destroy their passionate devotion. But when fear of losing her drives Killian to take a dangerous risk, his gamble proves to be the very thing that will tear them apart. Now they stand on opposite sides of the thin line where good and evil meet, and only one will walk away from this last chance at redemption. Please note: This story features a popular character from my romance books, but Misplaced Fate is not "romance". I just love Angel enough that I wanted to share her dark past, so that ...

It takes more than power to rule Hell. It takes love. Three generations of royal demons are driven forward by destiny and desire. Grant, his mother Sadrina and her father, Sadaen all get their chance to find real love sometimes in the most unexpected places. Of Blood and Blessings When a relatively young, half-demon named Grant is "outed", he's forced to leave behind the comfortable life he'd built. While fighting his would-be assassins and denying his inexplicable addiction for a human girl, Grant promises to do whatever it takes to make Amelia happy. Blood Reign In order to protect her ...