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Dr. Brian Scott and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: to prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen. Something isn't right. Unraveling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself.

Everyone has three lives. A public life, a private life, and a secret life. I'm a junior in high school, and yet, I've never been on a date. Everybody says it's because my overprotective brothers scare all the guys away, but I can't help wondering if there's something wrong with me. That is, until I hear a rumor that I'm secretly dating my brothers' best friend. What?

Aris Blackwell is that girl... Self-made and beautiful inside and out, she is a woman destined for wonderful things... A destiny that kickstarts with the introduction of the most eligible bachelor in Atlanta, Blair Hill. Blair Hill is a charismatic and handsome political powerhouse. The son of a heart surgeon, Blair has the world at his fingertips. Daddy's money and influence run deep. His father can make anything happen for his son and Blair is sitting on top of the world. Life seems good. He is fire between the sheets. Eye-candy and desireable on all levels—her attraction to him is ...

Flynn Knight has a million things to do. From the mundane, like helping his new friends open the restaurant next door, to feeding his cat—a near full-time job. Then there are the unexpected things, like trying to find out about his father’s people, now that one has tried to kill him. When someone adds yet another attempted assassination to the mix, the only thing he knows for sure is that he can’t hide in his back office until everything blows over. Right? No, of course not. Besides, if he’s in danger, then so are his friends, and he can’t have that; he’s attached.

Prince Ryland has his own reasons for agreeing to the hasty union, for the magic in the princess’s royal bloodline is his last chance to save his kingdom from ruin. However, his careful schemes don't exactly go according to plan when his unconventional wife proves thoroughly uncooperative and seems to be hiding secrets of her own. As the two navigate the façades, deceit, and dangers threatening them, the lines between enemies and lovers soon begin to blur...yet their growing love comes at a price.

Mercy Rothschild has always been granted an unusually long tether by her parents, who have never pushed her to marry until she’s ready. She assumes that when the right man comes along, she will marry for love. However, even her long-suffering parents have their limits. As she embarks on her third Season, they begin to pressure her to find a match. And the Duke of Harrington is the perfect candidate.

From the moment Samantha takes the case, she feels the weight of lies pressing in. The deeper her team digs, the more the glittering world of the Palm Beach area twists into something darker, riddled with secrets no one wants exposed. Hidden surveillance, shadowy patrons, bribery—and anonymous texts that slip in like whispers in the dark, guides or traps, it’s impossible to tell. Every person they meet has their own version of the truth, but the pieces never fit. Behind every polished smile and gallery wall lurks another façade. Another deception. As suspicion and betrayal take root ...

Thomas fell in love with the Oregon Coast while filming his signature role as Anthony Short. Then his estranged daughter, Heather, died there, and Thomas fled. He's returned now, not to solve his daughter's murder, but to see if he can live with himself and his past. Only someone leaves mysterious notes, signed Your Daughter, and birds die on his porch. Strangers report a man in a cloak who looks just like Thomas, but the fans who follow him everywhere don't see anyone.

What exactly do we mean by leadership? Leadership actually has many dimensions and several definitions. This book explores four different styles of leadership that includes "The Crisis Leader," "The Idea Gathering Leader," "The Team Forming Leader," and "The Empowerment Leader." Each of the four styles is appropriate when given a certain set of circumstances. The goal is to shift the organization, including the leaders and all of the employees at every level, toward collaboration and empowerment.

Read by the author. "Not only was I singled out and shamed, but I was lied to as well. I'm still trying to untangle the lies--some of them televised across the country--from the truth." You've heard some of the story: the manipulation and abuse hidden behind the traditional Christian values that...

I didn't become a billionaire sitting on the couch. Sure, I come from money, but I turned that money into millions and billions more. Somehow though, I've landed myself in hot water and someone wants my money, or me dead. Probably both. I hired a bodyguard from an agency that assured me they only work with the best. Their best is a pretty, dark haired girl with an amazing body? I'm screwed. Royally. Literally. Screwed.

In this steamy romance from a New York Times bestseller, dark secrets threaten the passion and joy of a couple’s connection as the truth of their pasts slowly creeps up on them. "Phen-om-enal! Nyrae Dawn paints with words in a way that made me drink Facade down in one big gulp. This is one of...

Lady Georgina Hawthorne has worked tirelessly to seal her place as the Incomparable for her debut season. At her first London ball, she hopes to snag the attention of an earl. With money and business connections, but without impeccable bloodlines, Colin McCrae is invited everywhere but accepted nowhere. When he first encounters the fashionable Lady Georgina, he's irritated by his attraction to a woman who concerns herself only with status and appearance.

Deputy Detective KC Tanner, guards his private life much the same as his Doberman, Zappa, guards his home. He's content to live a life of solitude, hiding behind the wall he's carefully constructed around himself. Trouble is Sharalee MacArthur, stuck in a fantasy world of her own making, still envisions KC as the man she will one day marry. That is until reality shatters his isolation and dashes her hopes, and a madman running loose in their homey little community has KC and Shar running for their lives. Originally published in 2002.

A group of suburban moms go out to a high-end hotel in the big city to celebrate their 40th birthday, and the night gets wild - too wild. When they wake from their sordid night to find a dead body amongst them, Jessie must unravel what happened that night. Could the murderer be one of them?

When Regina Winters looks at the slick corporate raider standing in their boardroom threatening a hostile takeover, she doesn’t see the man; she sees the devil. A devil with fire in his eyes and ice in his heart. Who demands she accept the deal if she wants to save her grandfather’s company from bankruptcy. There's just one small problem. The more time she spends with him, the harder it is to stay away. Shane Bradford knows trouble when he sees it, and the gorgeous lawyer across the table from him definitely falls into that category. He’s certain R.C. Winters is hiding something, but ...

The nightmare continues as Thomas struggles with being left behind. His wife, children and millions of others have been taken in rapture. Devyn tries to help him find peace by being God's messenger. She lets Thomas know that God loves him and forgives him for his marital affair, but Thomas doesn't believe her. How can love and forgiveness come so easily? Eternal book 2 of 4. Part of the Game of Deception Universe.

Get lost in this bundle of taboo erotica where straight-coded lives crack under pressure. Featuring: Seducing my Straight Tutor - Temptation with a straight math tutor turns into an unexpected encounter after a tutoring session. My Daughter’s Boyfriend - A married man with a typical suburban life develops a forbidden closeness with his daughter’s new boyfriend. Motorcycle Boys - Two straight guys in a motorcycle gang nurse feelings for each other amidst the hyper-macho culture of their gang. Mom’s Best Friend - A young man indulges in a secret encounter with his mom’s friend when he...

Dr. Melody Haywood thought Dove Pointe would be her sanctuary, a place to rebuild her life after grief and heartbreak. But when her veterinary clinic, Sunshine Ark, becomes entangled in a string of brutal murders, the idyllic lakeside town turns into a nightmare. Determined to protect her reputation and her livelihood, Melody has no room for distractions—especially not love. Yet a chance encounter with Rathe Schafer, a charismatic real estate mogul, threatens to unravel the walls she’s built around her heart. Rathe came to Dove Pointe to grow his empire, but his priorities shift when he...

What if the rumors that Paul McCartney really died in 1966 were true… and the cover-up was orchestrated by pigeons, psychedelic cults, and a sentient record player named the Vinyl Oracle? Welcome to The Fab Façade: The Rise of Faul, a kaleidoscopic fever dream of Beatlemania, brainwaves, and backmasked breadcrumbs. When a Scottish oddball named Billy Shears stumbles into a Paul McCartney look-alike contest by accident, he unwittingly becomes the linchpin of the most ludicrously elaborate conspiracy in pop culture history. Selected by a shadowy cabal known as the Order of the Saffron Veil...