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Necromancers need help, and since no one else is applying for the job, Erasmus feels it's his responsibility. The hurdles are many, not the least of which is locating off-the-grid necromancers. When the Warlock Council stubbornly refuses even the barest of aid, Erasmus makes a call he fears he'll regret. Help doesn't come free, and Erasmus wonders if he'll be able to pay the price when the bill finally comes due.

When a body is found in a remote Scottish glen, DI Munro comes out of retirement to investigate. The police chief wants everything wrapped up before the upcoming regatta, but the locals are remarkably unforthcoming with helpful information. Sassy and quick, London detective sergeant Charlotte West is roped in by DI Munro to help solve what is now a murder case. It is good police work that will unravel the truth behind the crime, but not without ruffling a few feathers first. Will the killer escape the sharp-witted detectives’ grasp?

Doc Brady has made the move to Horseshoe Bay and is enjoying a reduced work schedule that affords him the luxury of working four days a week: two in surgery and two in his clinic. Friday and Saturday are golf days, and Sunday is reserved for whatever Mary Louise, his adored wife, wants to do. On one particular Friday, Brady is in the parking lot of the HEB when he witnesses a vintage Rolls Royce slowly crunch into a parked truck. The driver of the Rolls is slumped in his seat. Brady tells an observer to call 911 while he performs CPR. Even though the EMTs arrive quickly, the gentleman dies ...

Gaming is more than a way of life, it’s my job. Josh Dailey has spent the last two years on the dark side of the gaming world, as a gold farmer. He doesn’t do it to cheat; he does it to survive. And with the launch of a mysterious new game, Avarice Online, his hopes for a better life finally seem within reach. Living in a Slab City trailer with his foster family is not the end of the line for him; he will see to it, if it’s the last thing he does. The day the game launches, his life turns to shambles, leaving him desperate and at a new low. He must now put everything he has into ...

Kevin Matthews, a ten-year air force vet and PVP VR player, is dead. Whether it was murder or by accident, it no longer matters to him. You deal with what’s in front of you. He has now been reborn as an Orc in the VRMMO Avarice Online. Here, he must prove himself among the ranks of Ulgo Clan of orcs. Lead his lost clan-mates through the deep dark of the Undercaverns back home. Then claim a class of his own.

Balancing her time between a missing woman and a missing pet should be simple for Charity Deacon. Nothing is ever easy when it comes to investigation. Things turn complicated when she gets a threatening call. Now, the dog’s owner won’t answer her calls and hasn’t been home. Someone follows her from a stakeout. Is it connected? Or does every case come with death threats?

Since her visit from the first of the Seven Sinners, Mercy Devereux has been living a life of sin. At first, she enjoyed the renewed desires, but now they're starting to control her existence! How is Mercy supposed to live a life of insatiable sin without trading one addiction for another? The answer comes in the form of Avarice, the greedy goddess Mercy catches ransacking her house one night.

In the Free City of Pyrrh, murders and other serious crimes are investigated by the Cordonates of the Considerable Crimes Division. Struggling with his grief over losing his last partner, the last thing Cordonate Parshan Koury wants is someone else. Zhivana Nedrogovna, his new partner, is fresh out of the City Watch and not even human, and unsure she wants to work with the broody, angry Par. As Parshan and Zhivana rush to solve a case of mugging gone wrong that soon proves far more complex, they must learn to trust each other or this first case together might be their last.

Puissant, brillant et ambitieux, Dominic Davenport est parti de rien pour devenir le roi de Wall Street. Il a tout : une belle maison, une femme magnifique et plus d'argent qu'il ne pourra en dépenser. Mais peu importe sa fortune, il n'est jamais satisfait. Dans sa quête sans fin du « toujours plus », il fait fuir la seule personne à qui il a toujours suffi. Gentille, intelligente et attentionnée, Alessandra Davenport a joué le rôle de l'épouse modèle pendant des années.

Morovia is rumored to be the most dangerous land in the world, but for Elise, it is a sanctuary from Alba. There is safety from the church and from her twin who hunts her within her uncle's house, but not from her mother's past.

When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Danai and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Danai’s pledged to Sebastian, the Prince of Greed. Luckily, his greediness is for her love more than for material ...

THE MIRACLES AND MILLIONS SAGA Two minds, two bodies, two hearts, one soul. Avarice: Welcome to the first nibble of the giant cookie that is the extraordinary journey of Dorothy Lyle from unknown single parent to household name. A journey in ten parts that propels her out of her self-imposed lonely state into a love affair that defies all human limits. About Book 1: On the day that Dorothy Lyle turns forty she is still single and living a boring, routine existence of a nine-to-five life. This has never been part of her great life plan, and is a niggling and constant source of frustration. ...

Inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, El Dorado tells the story of a southern American falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and harshly imprisoned. An oil discovery in Confederate Arkansas promised to make Edward Danvers one of the wealthiest men in the South. Instead, he is framed for treason, arrested, and after a sham of a trial, is sentenced to die in a Confederate Prison in Virginia. In prison, Edward meets a man named Abe Farrow, an elderly veteran of the War of 1812, who knows of a city filled with riches, hidden deep within the Andes Mountains of Colombia. Too old to escape and ...

Les menaces se multiplient à la Cour des Ombres, non seulement pour Reyna, mais aussi pour le mystérieux prince des ombres qui l'a kidnappée. Des monstres morts-vivants, une reine folle, des malédictions magiques et d'anciens secrets se disputent l'honneur de mettre fin à leur vie.

A powerful AI created by a secret government program is on the loose. In three interconnected short stories, this supercomputer challenges human morality with lucrative money making opportunities—opportunities that could cost its people their lives. Explore the inner workings of a digital wonder in this thrilling science fiction anthology.

Her soul gone, Demitra struggles making it through the day-to-day duties of a Shadow Mistress. She is a ghost of her former self. When an opportunity arises that may offer some relief from her plight, she finds herself far from home in a casino full of Demons and no one she can trust. Luckily, she may just be the most dangerous of all.

L'Avare est sans doute la pièce la plus célèbre de Molière. C'est l'un de ses chefs-d'œuvre les plus joués, qui s'est imposé comme l'un des piliers du répertoire de la Comédie-Française. Ce coffret propose en complément : L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps (inspirée de la commedia dell'arte) et Le Dépit amoureux (une étude des sentiments et des malentendus mondains).

Edward Hardwicke, who plays Sherlock Holmes's associate, Dr. Watson, on the popular PBS series Mystery!, reads this collection of tales featuring the world's most popular detective: "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle."

Money is nothing but paper and metal, numbers in a computer. It represents goods and services. Believing it is real is the same as saying that you believe in magic. Making money is no different than playing a strategy board game.

Cuando tus padres te abandonan una fría noche de invierno en el interior de un contenedor de desechos, tienes dos opciones; o aferrarte a la vida con avaricia, o dejarte arrastrar por la muerte. Ares Black no tuvo la mejor de las infancias, pero sí una que le garantizó un futuro que nadie hubiera esperado. De día vivía rodeado de lujo, suntuosidad y joyas, de noche se desnudaba en un club, cubriendo su identidad bajo la máscara del sexo y el desenfreno.