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Kat pulls Marcus from his suicidal depression and his soon-to-be demolished apartment building - only to make him face his past. She leads him on a deadly hunt deep into the blackest forest in the Red Earth State. Near the Georgia-Tennessee border in the breathtaking Blue Ridge countryside, the pair watch a safe haven become their death trap. They seek to destroy a cave-dwelling ex-marine and murderer, a monster whose instincts and military training have allowed him to survive in the wilderness for four years.

When results depend on your availability and constant rescue, growth never feels stable. It feels like pressure—like you’re always on. Results on Repeat is a multi-author playbook for founders and leaders who want predictable growth without becoming the bottleneck. It replaces hustle with operating systems built on four levers: capacity, delegation, structure, and trust.

In this dark story by Robert W. Chambers we are introduced to a detective, who is tasked to uncover a hoax in the Pacific Northwest. There he investigates the possible existence of a terrible porpoise-skinned humanoid with an insatiable hunger for human females. If you like reading dark and weird stories, then "The Harbor Master" from 1904 is the right one for you. Do not hesitate to embark on this journey and solve the mystery of the porpoise-skinned humanoid. B. J.

The bird was worth a million bucks. At least, that's what she said. Jack Brady, PI, is on the trail of the Tiffany Macaw, a dingus with the power to feed obsessions that run right to the bone. Jack has to dust off some of his old skills and deal with a deceitful woman to come out of this case with his reputation intact. Written as an homage to one of the greatest PI writers of the 20th century.

While on a Northern Minnesota Boundary Water’s canoe trip, a father and son found something that was left by Sgt. Carl Larsson eight months earlier. Why was it there? Under what circumstance was it left? The answers to those mysteries take the listener back fourteen months to the time of Carl Larsson’s and Anna ‘Loakie’s’ wedding and honeymoon. From that point forward, Carl’s life is a roller-coaster ride that includes love, rescue, death, sorrow, friendships, good fortune, and a promise that can’t be broken.

In a gripping tale of survival, Tressa Norne, an American living in China, finds herself thrust into a nightmarish reality. After narrowly escaping death during a local revolution, she is captured and forced into servitude by Erlik, a sinister demon-god, and his cult. Despite her harrowing journey to escape back to America, Tressa soon discovers that her troubles are far from over; she is now hunted by the Secret Service and her former captors. (Ann Boulais)

Book Nine of the Hagenspan Chronicles, Owan's Regret: Peace of a Kind, describes the conclusion of the War of the Dragon King, and tells the story of what the heroes of Hagenspan encountered when the war was finally over. It is a romantic story set in medieval times with more than a hint of epic fantasy themes.

Into the Wilds is the third installment of the Owan's Regret portion of the Hagenspan Chronicles--the eighth book in the series. In it we find Herm the Conqueror, the Dragon King, laying waste to the lands of the north. But Owan Roarke and his family and friends--the heroes of the north--are not disposed to allow the king's mercenary army to merely run roughshod over the land and people that they love.

Owan's Regret continues the story of those who have survived the Battle of the Last Dragon. It is set approximately twelve to fifteen years after the conclusion of the Roarke's Wisdom saga; the titular star of this series is Owan, the son of Cedric Roarke. The dragons have all been killed ... but there is still evil at work in Hagenspan. And the one in whom a dragon spirit once dwelt is out to prove that there are some things in our world that are more dangerous than a dragon.

Roarke's Wisdom: The Courtship of Hollie continues the story begun in The Defense of Blythecairne. Lord Cedric Roarke journeys to the King's City to apply for the deed to the castle he won from the dragon, accompanied only by his squire Willum of Fairling. There the two of them discover that the king and the kingdom are being manipulated by a fiendish Prime Minister. In the midst of this discovery, though, Roarke finds a treasure worth fighting for: the girl Hollie.

The story of Kenyan's Lamp takes place in Hagenspan, the home of the epic fantasy Roarke's Wisdom, but it comes at a much earlier time in the history of that revered land. Kenyan's Lamp is a story of the nobility that is found in the humblest of men, and of the romance that is shared by the innocent. It is a fairy tale, in the most literal sense of the phrase.

Book Three of The Hagenspan Chronicles presents the continuing story of Roarke, Will, and Hollie as they journey to Roarke's homeland of Thraill. Pleasant days appear to be their lot for this season of the story ... until the Last Dragon of Hagenspan awakes.

Book Seven of The Hagenspan Chronicles, Owan's Regret: The Dragon King, is the second book in the Owan's Regret series, being preceded by Widows and Successions. In The Dragon King, we find that King Herm, who has risen from disgrace to reach the very throne of Hagenspan, has bent his demon-wracked soul toward a pursuit of the Lady Hollie and all that she holds dear. How will the northlands survive this fresh attempt to corrupt and destroy their innocence and peace?

Romance meets adventure during the age of sail as Annette Armtrove sets out to capture the affections Captain William Darroch of the Royal Marines aboard HMS Comet. Securing a posting as the Ship Captain’s cook her travels take her across the Atlantic where HMS Comet and crew must struggle to suppress the rising pirate activity of the Brotherhood of the Coast. It is during these battles that Annette discovers, much to everyone’s surprise, that she is more talented with a blade than anyone could have foreseen. Captain Darroch has to reconcile his duty to the British Empire and internal ...

In this rousing 1852 romp through the eerie woods surrounding Hannibal, Missouri, and up and down the Mississippi River, 14-year-old Daniel Webster Jackson runs into a counterfeit Underground Railroad when he decides to run away from his foster home. At every turn, he musters courage to survive in a land where the law is at odds with the heart and soul of a people, where the Missouri Compromise forces everyone into a disguise or a secret identity.

The King in Yellow is a collection of 10 short stories on supernatural subjects first published 1895. The title refers to a mysterious play which causes derangement in the minds of those who read or see it, and which is mentioned in the first four stories.

Master your emotions and beat dark psychology with this two-in-one bundle. Do you want to have greater control over your emotions? Are you tired of people using manipulative techniques to influence you? Then keep reading. Our emotions and mindsets are negotiable, and can be influenced by both ourselves and others. Manipulative people often use these tactics to control us, guiding our thoughts and actions to suit their needs. But now you can regain control of your emotions, identify manipulative techniques, and never fall for their tricks again!

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Annie Chan, mitad china, mitad tailandesa. Hija de una bailarina de las barras de bares de striptease. Su belleza y otros talentos la introdujeron en el mundo de las damas de compañía más costosas de Hong Kong. La vida de Annie cambió cuando su amante millonario la envió a estudiar a los Estados Unidos. Unos años más tarde, se graduó en Harvard con un posgrado y como contadora pública certificada.

Archaeologist Dr. Abraham Stroud has faced off against vampire colonies, werewolf packs, and zombie hordes, in previous digs. Abe now faces the worst monsters in his experience - the SubterraneanS: creatures straight out of the earth, cemeteries to be exact, but now they are expanding and are the root cause of sinkholes. They are tired of feeding on the dead in cemeteries and are now coming after you and me. This is a creature like nothing seen before, and it threatens all of mankind.