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MURDER, DECEPTION & LOBSTER ROLLS ON THE MAINE COAST When public relations hotshot Skyler Moore decides to spend the summer at her seaside cottage in Maine with her best friend—celebrity chef Brenda Braxton—they have no idea that murder will be on the menu. But women are turning up dead in the once sleepy village where nothing ever happens. With the residents up in arms and the rinky-dink police force overwhelmed, Skyler and her friends feel compelled to lend a hand to save the town they love so much. Skyler isn't a sleuth by trade, but mayhem often comes knocking as she and her friends...

Being filthy rich and devilishly handsome isn’t enough when all hell breaks loose! Our nation’s capital has been attacked. Traditional lines of communication are crippled. And during the messy aftermath, Washington socialite Beverly “Scout” Wainwright is kidnapped from her northern Virginia home. With the authorities otherwise engaged, it’s up to the Wainwright clan, led by Scout’s son Johnny, and his friends, to save the eccentric matriarch. Spanning Virginia horse country, Washington, DC, and Hong Kong, SCOUT’S HONOR: LIFELINE is a breakneck-paced thriller that surprises at ...

IT'S MURDER & MAYHEM ON THE HIGH SEAS! Their relaxing Alaskan cruise vacation begins with a surprise...and then the waves keep coming. Public relations hotshot Skyler Moore is back, along with her celebrity chef best friend, Brenda Braxton, and her number one client, superstar singer Carissa Lamb. Sailing through the last frontier, the friends try to enjoy the untouched beauty of our 49th state—complete with whales, bald eagles, salmon, and glaciers—while getting wrapped up with some unsavory scalawags who are up to no good. Can Skyler and friends help steady the rocking boat? This is ...

It’s a Sin City Nightmare! If you know public relations hotshot Skyler Moore, then you know that mayhem tends to follow her around. When a conniving saboteur begins to wreak havoc on celebrity chef Brenda Braxton, it looks like her career will go up in flames. It’s up to Skyler, pop star Carissa Lamb, and friends both new and old, to save their friend from certain disaster. But, the damage is done...and it’s brutal. Can she ever recover? Will she seek revenge? This fast-paced Las Vegas adventure combines the slick, over-the-top indulgences of Sin City, a few amazing meals, exciting ...

Christmas Can Be Deadly! When public relations hotshot Skyler Moore agrees to spend the holidays in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her best friend—celebrity chef Brenda Braxton—it’s not all eggnog, candy canes, and Peace on Earth. Because wherever Skyler goes, mayhem tends to follow. A world-renowned opera singer is being stalked and it’s up to Skyler and her friends to make sure the diva will live long enough to grace the world’s stages once again. The snowy, high-desert locale is the perfect backdrop for this mile-a-minute adventure, with a few scoundrels on the prowl. Old and new ...

Much of what passes as Reformed among our churches is not. As a class of churches that profess allegiance to Reformed theology, practice, and piety, we have drifted from our moorings. This book is written to facilitate change, specifically reformation according to God's Word as summarized in the Reformed confessions.

Villains take center stage in this collection of 19 dark and magical stories. Listeners will be cheering for all the wrong heroes as some of the most fearsome, devious, and brutal antagonists perform savage deeds towards wicked ends. And why not? These characters are the champions of their own stories - evil is a matter of perspective. Contributors also include Mark Adler, Bradley P. Beaulieu, E.V. Morrigan, Peter Orullian, Matthew Ward, Kaaron Warren, Deborah A. Wolf, and Janny Wurts.

In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both 2,000 years past and 2,000 years into the future, untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus - part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence - from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.

As Fanim war drums beat just outside the city, Empress Anasurimbor Esmenet searches frantically throughout the palace for her missing son, Kelmomas. Meanwhile, and many miles away, Esmenet's husband's Great Ordeal continues its epic march farther north. But in light of dwindling supplies, the Aspect-Emperor's decision to allow his men to consume the flesh of fallen Sranc could have consequences even he couldn't have foreseen.

That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. The hideous children - Want and Ignorance - beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts. Best-selling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.

In The Stories We Tell Ourselves, author and therapist Scott Gornto shows us how to break the cycle of false assumptions that lead to unnecessary anxiety. By taking control of our reactions to the people around us, we can learn how to be truly present in our lives as we nurture the relationships that matter most.

Critically acclaimed author R. Scott Bakker has received widespread praise for his colorful characters and action-packed plotting. In this sequel to The Judging Eye, Anasûrimbor Kellhus, the first true aspect-emperor in a thousand years, continues his trek into the Ancient North. Meanwhile, the exiled wizard Achamian leads a mission to the legendary Sauglish ruins. Tensions mount when the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both, arrives, bringing violence in his wake.

A luminary in the fantasy genre firmament, R. Scott Bakker returns fans to his acclaimed Prince of Nothing universe with The Judging Eye. Aspect-Emperor Kellhus is waging a terrifying war, subjugating all nations in his path. There are those willing to stand together against him, but these rebellious souls must act quickly and decisively to thwart his mad schemes of power and domination.

Inspired by his experience co-founding Solar Punk Farms and studying the resilience of living systems, environmentalist Spencer R. Scott helps us connect to a more hopeful way of life. In an age of social fragmentation and ecological emergency, many of us feel a profound disconnect—from the...

In The Unholy Consult, the Men of the Great Ordeal have been abandoned by Anasurimbor Kellhus, and the grand crusade has dissolved into cannibalism and chaos. When Exalt-General Proyas, the Prince-Imperial Kayutas at his side, attempts to gain control of the lost Men and continue their march to Golgotterath, it rapidly becomes clear that the lost Lord and Prophet is not so easily shaken from the mission.

Love Inspired Suspense brings you two full-length novels in one collection! From USA Today bestselling author Laura Scott and Jessica R. Patch, discover stories filled with suspense, romance and faith. Kidnapping Cold Case by Laura Scott Ten years ago, forensic artist Jacy Urban escaped her...

The Darkness that Comes Before drew thunderous acclaim from reviewers and fellow fantasy authors. Listeners were invited into a darkly threatening, thrillingly imaginative universe and introduced to one of the genre's great characters: the powerful Anasrimbor Kelhus. Bakker's follow-up, The Warrior Prophet enticed readers further into the richly imagined world of myth, violence, and sorcery. The startling answers to these questions are brought into focus here, in the conclusion to the trilogy.

Steering souls through the subtleties of word and expression, Kellhus strives to extend his dominion over the Men of the Tusk. The sorcerer Achamian and his lover, Esmenet, submit entirely, only to have their faith - and their love - tested in unimaginable ways. Meanwhile, the warrior Cnaiur falls ever deeper into madness. Convinced that Kellhus will betray their pact to murder his father, Cnaiur turns to the agents of the Second Apocalypse and strikes an infernal bargain. The Holy War stands on a knife edge.

Too long to be a short story, too short to be a novel - welcome to the surprisingly potent world of the novelette. The award-winning magazine Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has been an online haven for this powerful form of storytelling since 2005. Now its editors have selected their all-time favorite science fiction novelettes from the magazine's eight-year history and reprinted them together in one big book of listening pleasure.

From his early days as a Baltimore cop to his time with the Department of Military Sciences and then more recently leading Rogue Team International, these stories cover the range of the Ledger timeline bringing back old favorites and introducing new ones. The stakes are as high as ever, and Joe Ledger is there to save the day!