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If you like The Moth, This American Life or Snap Judgment, take a walk on the wilder side with RISK! Your colorful host Kevin Allison (of the legendary comedy group The State) helms this surprisingly uncensored show where people tell jaw-dropping true stories they never thought they'd dare to share in public. RISK! is hilarious, heart-wrenching and remarkably real. Think you've heard it all? Fasten your seatbelt.

Spring, 2011. When thirteen-year-old Jolie Aspern goes down onto the subway tracks to retrieve her dropped phone—and nearly gets hit by a train—the last thing she wants is sympathy from her estranged dad, Ethan. A recovering addict and felon, now living in California, Ethan has long struggled to see beyond himself. But when news of Jolie’s accident reaches him, Ethan comes to fear she’s in more serious trouble than anyone realizes. And believing he’s the only one who can save her, he decides to return home.

It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin explains, it's also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, or have us spread their eggs. In Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You, Riskin is our guide through the natural world at its most gloriously ruthless. Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be.

The individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's largest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown's punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor; and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to do with a shooting in Central Park.

Each week, CNBC Fast Money contributors Dan Nathan and Guy Adami, along with former hedge fund manager Danny Moses (as featured in The Big Short), and SoFi’s Head of Investment Strategy, Liz Young, break down market-moving headlines, provide their insights into the financial markets and discuss under-the-radar investment themes. You’ll leave each episode with a better perspective on financial and business news from three experienced, nonconsensus voices whose goal is to provide listeners with the intellectual framework to think critically and make smarter investment decisions. Each ...

Two-year-old Sarah lost her Syrian mother to cancer and never met her American father, a fallen gold star hero. When she lands in Dr. David Dutton’s office and gives him her mother’s letter, the good doctor forgets to sign his divorce papers and pledges to find Sarah’s paternal grandparents or a loving family to adopt her. After losing her baby boy, Jennifer Dutton wallowed in grief for three years. Now she wants a divorce from the husband who couldn't understand her sorrow. Her heart melts when she meets Sarah and reads her mother’s letter. Putting aside her plans for divorce, she ...

Handsome doctors are lying, cheating, self-centered bastards, particularly Vince Cooper, the charming resident, Casey Benton had the misfortune to fall in love with in medical school. Fate protected her by sending him to the other side of the country for a fellowship. Three years later, he’s standing in her parents’ living room, and she curses her bad luck. Vince Cooper blesses his good luck when his dog finds a lost toddler in a park and allows him to reconnect with the woman he could never forget. They had a brief affair at Boston University, but she dumped him without explanations ...

Babies in the Bargain, voted BEST ROMANCE NOVEL at Preditors & Editors Readers Poll 2009. Babies in the Bargain won 2010 BEST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE NOVEL at Readers Favorite With only one year left to complete her medical training, Dr. Holly Collier vows not to let anyone mess up her sacrosanct schedule. Especially not Dr. Marc Suarez. The heartthrob of the hospital who used to collect sports’ trophies and nurses’ kisses broke her heart seven years ago. When a tragic accident transforms the carefree playboy into a dedicated, but novice father to his nephew, Holly gives in to her maternal...

A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer. Fay Wray was most famous as the woman - the blonde in a diaphanous gown - who captured the heart of the mighty King Kong. The book’s - and Wray’s - counterpart: Robert Riskin, considered one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. Fay Wray and Robert Riskin lived large lives, finding each other after establishing their artistic selves.

Dr. Brian Dutton can’t believe his own eyes when a sixteen-year old patient he saved from suicide abandons her twin babies in his clinic, asking him to find them a good home. His present girlfriend is pushing him to propose but doesn’t lift a finger to help him with the babies. To complicate things, his former girlfriend, a hot Argentinean beauty, arrives with her family to attend her brother’s wedding in Miami. Carla, the daughter of the Governor of Buenos Ayres is more than happy to play the nanny to the twins, live in Brian’s condo and sleep in his bed, thus renewing their ...

Finally, Claire's dream of a wonderful white wedding to the man she’s loved for ten years is about to come true. Two weeks before the big day, Claire and David receive an unexpected announcement that can destroy their relationship. Is their love for each other strong enough to turn the worst wedding surprise into the best? Wedding Surprise is Book 4 of Holiday Babies Series. Holiday Babies Series: A family with high moral values and a strong sense of unity, the Ramsay clan count five daughters and their partners—Madelyn and husband Dr. Nick Preston, Roxanne and husband Dr. Greg Hayes, ...

Joshua Dutton’s lifestyle and tabloids pictures threaten his father’s senatorial campaign. His parents insist on finding him a sweet temporary fiancée to repair the damage. With only her German shepherd for friend, Emma Cassiero struggles with a heap of problems. Attraction sizzles between her and Josh, but no one mentions the secret deal made by her stepmother and the Senior Duttons. When the truth comes out Emma is devastated. Were Josh’s kisses part of the charade? Has Josh lost her or would he be able to team up with her German shepherd to love and protect her? The Senator’s ...

Following a traumatic experience, Dr. Sophia Dixon hates working as an ER attending physician. Yet she badly needs money to support herself and her three-year-old daughter, help her mother repair her parents’ crumbling house, and... Dr. Ryan Todd is the perfect boss, professional and courteous, and Sophia easily adjusts to her new job. While multiplying their effort in the ER, Ryan and Sophia get closer. Over the next few months, they exchange passionate kisses and Sophia often ends the night in Ryan’s arms at his condo. A no-commitment situation that suits them both. But she doesn’t ...

VALENTINE BABIES is a heartwarming story that will take you from the heart of Kentucky to South Florida and Atlanta, and then to Iraq and Germany. Fearless reporter, Roxanne Ramsay, doesn’t think twice before traveling for important assignments, even to a war zone—until her last trip leads her to a life-altering mistake. At his best friends’ wedding, Dr. Greg Hayes, who has a serious phobia of planes, can’t take his eyes off the lovely maid of honor. But why is Roxanne blinking away tears? Getting involved with the strong-headed and too generous reporter involves more complications ...

Chloe Devereux, the youngest sister of Prince Paul of Rensy Island, has convinced her brother to let her study at Harvard incognito. She enrolls in a graduate program and plans to enjoy a year of freedom and fun without secret service detail trailing her. But the school year starts with the gruesome murder of a young woman in Chloe’s co-ed residence. The duplex building houses American students on scholarships and wealthy foreigners, all working hard to garner a Harvard degree and build a brilliant future: The friendly Jason Owen who invites her to play detective with him; the female ...

Her husband died in a car accident six months ago. Burying her pain, Stephanie Hall focused on managing their software company and raising their twelve-year-old twin girls. During a visit to her father in St. John, she meets Neil Cooper, a lawyer. Attraction sizzles between them, and Neil manages to befriend her difficult daughters. The vacation ends too soon. Back in Atlanta, in the middle of a snowstorm, Stephanie decides to reorganize her company and allow herself family time. While cleaning her late husband’s office, she discovers painful secrets that destroy her peace of mind. Neil ...

Almost every other day, news headlines flash, “FRAUD.” But are we getting the whole story? Fraud in the Office is a comical, murder mystery style podcast uncovering secrets deep within the fraud and its ultimate demise. Come ready to be amused as we discover together “the Who, the How, and the What Now”.

HEAL MY HEART (Previously An Unusual Christmas) Running away from Christmas celebrations and the demons of her past, Dr. Jillian has dedicated her life to saving third-world children. In a faraway country, a handsome doctor may teach her the true meaning of Christmas, with the help of a baby girl and four little boys . As Jillian and Fyodor work together for six months in his hospital, their fascination with one another surprises them both. Can attraction and love overcome guilt, duty, and a clash of cultures?