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Harvey Peterson es el hijo menor de una americana con demasiado carácter. La antigua condesa de Lancaster, Clarise, está segura de que algo ha hecho mal con Harvey. En especial cuando se presenta ante su puerta la joven hija del vicario apuntando a su pequeño como el padre del bebé que pronto nacerá.

What would you do if you keep crossing paths with a person who you know is not supposed to be there? When Rosalind agreed to set up Jude, the son of a wealthy family, she had no idea things would escalate so quickly. Completely caught off guard, Duane, her boyfriend, convinces her that this is what they had to do. Rosalind goes about her normal college routine, but soon realizes that everywhere she turns, Jude is around the corner, taunting her. Things go from bad to worse when she struggles to put this horrible secret behind her. As she battles with her fear and paranoia, she finds herself...

Drawn to his abandoned temple on the banks of the Nile by an enchanting song, Sobek the Crocodile God is even more captivated by the sight of the singer herself. Appearing to her as a man, he learns she is Merys, a descendant of his last priestess. Though filled with lust, Sobek believes Merys deserves to be more than just his mistress. But the rules that govern the Egyptian pantheon forbid anything beyond a physical joining of a Great One and a human.

A perfect tool for young listeners as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow, Veronica Chambers’s inspiring collection of profiles—along with Senator Cory Booker’s stirring foreword—will inspire listeners of all ages to stand up for what’s right.

The heroes of Echo and the villains of the Thule Society continue the battle in the fifth book of The Secret World Chronicle, Waiting On. In this shorter podcast-only season, the heroes of Echo struggle with their own pasts and demons as they wait for the organization to regain strength following a devastating loss. Famed fantasy and sci-fi author Mercedes Lackey and SWC perennials Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, and Veronica Giguere tell the stories of fan favorites Seraphym, Red Djinni, Victoria Victrix, Mercurye, and John Murdock. Cover art done by Adam Mancilla.

–Luna, querida –dijo mientras frotaba mi vientre embarazado–, solo deja que mi madre sepa que ella manda. –Mason –respondí bruscamente–, si querías casarte con una mujer sumisa, nunca tendrías que haberte casado con una mujer lobo. ¿Por qué me había casado con Mason? Ciertamente es guapo. Es encantador. Y un Príncipe de las Hadas, un secreto que había guardado hasta ahora. Ahora cotorreaba acerca de costumbres Hadas, la línea de sucesión real, juicio por combate… –¡Espera! ¿Si derroto a un montón de hadas, nos dejarán en paz? –coloqué mi mano sobre la suya...

Matemáticos, físicos e químicos protagonizam as narrativas deste livro, no qual o chileno Benjamín Labatut reconta a história de quatro descobertas científicas que abalaram profundamente a humanidade e o mundo à sua volta. Valendo-se de recursos da ficção, o autor lança os leitores em meio às biografias conturbadas de cientistas como Schrödinger, Einstein, Heisenberg e outros, e assim revela as inquietudes existenciais, os dilemas éticos, as tragédias históricas e os meandros impressionantes pelos quais essas figuras – e a própria ciência – passaram.

Become your own home decorator! Feng Shui your way to harmony and balance! Feng Shui is very well known for its sophisticated purpose. Many people actually depend on Feng Shui to keep their home in perfect harmony. However, not many really understand and know how to exactly practice Feng Shui. Feng Shui allows humans to interact with their environment to achieve specific life enhancement. And who doesn't want that?

The book serves as a captivating introduction into the enchanting and often overlooked mystical world of foot worship. It artfully intertwines profound mystical and hermetic principles, revealing how the energy channel within the foot can be harnessed to unlock new dimensions of spiritual practice. By exploring this sacred act of foot worship, readers are guided on a transformative journey that empowers them to manifest their deepest desires and intentions. This practice not only celebrates the beauty and significance of feet but also illustrates how engaging with this ancient tradition can...

Bea Abbot and her husband have been running a highly successful domestic agency for many years, but when he falls ill and dies, she is pressured by her MP son and novelist daughter to retire. Bea is so tired from the long years of nursing her husband that all she wants is peace and quiet, and to have her pretty early Victorian house in Kensington, London, all to herself. What she gets is a couple of young lodgers with troubled backgrounds and an old friend banging on her door, asking for help.

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When Daryn claimed she was seeing "visions" during her sophomore year of high school, no one believed the truth. She wasn't losing her mind; she was gaining the Sight - the ability to see the future. If she just paid attention to the visions, they'd provide her with clues and show her how she could help people. Really help them. Daryn embraced her role as a Seeker. The work she did was important. She saved lives. Until Sebastian. Sebastian was her first - and worst - mistake.

"Barefoot in the Park" invites readers into a captivating world where sensuality and desire intertwine seamlessly within an enchanting and lush setting. This tantalizing erotic foot fetish story delves deep into the hidden desires and unspoken fantasies of three female co-workers who unexpectedly cross paths in the park, a place typically associated with leisure but here transformed into a playground of exploration and temptation. As the narrative unfolds, Veronica, one of the protagonists, seizes this enticing opportunity to assert her dominance over her unsuspecting co-workers. With a ...

"Che vuoi fare da grande?" è la domanda più comune del mondo, tranne se a farla è una madre diversa dalle altre. Una che si trascina per casa con le gambe di piombo, che si veste di tutto punto solo quando piove per inzupparsi in giardino, che si rifugia a letto come fosse l'unico posto sicuro in compagnia dei suoi aiutini farmaceutici. Mentre i suoi coetanei giocano a fare gli adulti, lui spaesato cerca di capire cosa significhi diventare un uomo, in una casa dove gli uomini non ci sono neanche in fotografia e gli oggetti sembrano avere più vita delle persone.

Este nudo que fui (inextricable de cóleras, traiciones, esperanzas, vislumbres repentinos, abandonos, hambres, gritos de miedo y desamparo y alegría fulgiendo en las tinieblas y palabras y amor y amor y amores) lo cortarán los años. Rosario Castellanos.

This is the story of Veronica Walker. A second generation white African. This is the story of how one woman learnt to accept loss and rebuild her life time and again and how she learnt to fight for herself against a society where women were deemed as second class citizens and the possession of their husbands or fathers. Fighting for her children's safety, Veronica learns to demand her voice be heard and she be accepted for the independent woman she was.

Lost in deep space, the Cover has been drifting for nineteen years, with the Shooting Star as a dead weight. The two ships melted together in the centre of the explosion that ended the evolved world, and no help is coming. Kata grows up on board the damaged ships, isolated and shielded from the world of the living, with only a pirate captain to install his moral compass. He is a psychic though, and never longs for company. The world of the dead is never silent, and Kata develops his ability to the point where he not just talk to the dead, but see them, and feel them too. On the edge of the ...

A bestseller and award-winner in Veronica Raimo's native Italy, Lost on Me is an irreverent and hilariously inverted bildungsroman from one of the most celebrated young writers working today.

A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience. A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. A process that shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behaviour and feeding our imagination. As a practising psychiatrist, Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven.

Abby hates her punk neighbor. She hates her piercings and her tattoos and the way she smiles at her in the halls. Most of all, she hates when Leticia brings girls home to have her way with them. Abby can hear everything! It's bad enough that her neighbor's a sexy, smirking, blue-haired weirdo, she's also a futanari! Abby wants to ignore this nasty futa, but she can't deny her horny curiosity....