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When a stranger arrives in Charity Falls, Utah, he has one intent: get a drink and some rest before hitting the road again. An altercation with a lush brings back dark memories, and the woman's final taunt tips him over the edge. He abducts and drags her off to an abandoned farm...However, the farm isn't as secluded as he had hoped, and he is forced to deal with several others who have wandered too close to his lair. When just two innocents remain, only a battle of survival will decide who will walk away.

"The Millennium Man" was a short story that I wrote in late 1999. At the time, I lived in Washington, D.C., and there was much societal anxiety concerning the coming of the millennium. One night, I had a shocking dream. I remembered it so vividly - it started with a large number appearing like a digital stopwatch, images, another large number, and more images scrolling like a movie - I woke up and wrote all down.

In the future, the war between men has ended; but the battle for Earth's survival has just begun. Dr. Tennyson Chaucer and the crew of the Daedalus must test his theory and slip their earthly bounds, but has mankind's reach exceeded its grasp?

One’s a broke nurse. The other is an icy lawyer. They know better than to fall for each other—but one secret made it impossible not to. Bianca’s drowning in debt and barely staying afloat. Joanna’s powerful, untouchable, and definitely off-limits. But when a legal crisis forces them together, sparks fly—and secrets start to surface. The heat between them is dangerous. So is the truth behind Bianca’s spiraling finances. Can they outrun the fallout—or are they headed for a collision they can’t survive? When Worlds Collide is a steamy, sapphic medical romance with high stakes, ...

Erkennst du die wahre Gefahr? Familienvater Ed freut sich, endlich den Verlobten seiner Tochter Abbie kennenzulernen. Auf den ersten Blick ist Ryan der perfekte Schwiegersohn. Doch irgendetwas stimmt nicht mit ihm, da ist sich Ed sicher. Aus Angst, seine Tochter könnte in die Fänge eines Psychopathen geraten, beginnt Ed, Ryans vermeintlich dunkle Vergangenheit aufzudecken – während er seine eigene verbirgt. Doch je tiefer Ed gräbt, desto weniger glaubt ihm seine Familie, dass Ryan böse Absichten hat. Sie sind überzeugt, dass er der Richtige für Abbie ist. Ed sieht das anders.

Managing Social Media for Profit provides an overview of social media and how it can be used as a source of life-changing income. From understanding the basics of social media, exploring what skills are needed to become a social media manager, and learning about tools that can help manage your business—this book has something for everyone.

IN DIESEM SOMMER IST NICHTS, WIE ES SCHEINT. Wie weit würdest du gehen, um deine Geheimnisse zu wahren? Es sollte der perfekte Urlaub werden – drei Familien, eine gemeinsame Woche in der Sonne. Doch Kate möchte nur eines: herausfinden, mit wem ihr Mann eine Affäre hat. Alles deutet auf eine ihrer besten Freundinnen hin. Eine von ihnen ist bereit, Jahre der Freundschaft zu opfern und Kates Familie zu zerstören.

Writing prompts are a superb way of getting the imagination working. A child is able to listen to the prompt and then conjure up a story that comes to mind from that prompt, although it's not as simple as it sounds. The challenge to the child is to find a story no one else will find, using that prompt to give them their initial ideas. This book teaches children to be able to use prompts to produce stories and is split into different categories, so that the child can choose the category that suits the mood.

We invite you into our conversation about an unexpected and unique journey we took together over a thirty month period in the middle of our lives. We were both stuck, rattled and rolled into a sense of acceptance of our different circumstances. We had been dealt some hard cards, but life was good. Good enough. Little did we know, a chance meeting on December 8, 2008, would change our lives forever. And provide us a chance for a second honeymoon neither of us dared to hope for. What follows is the wonder, hope, disappointment, surprises and thrills from both of our perspectives.

If we look at the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, we will certainly notice passion, creativity, resourcefulness, resilience, leadership and ethics. These people focus on the solutions and create NEW RULES for NEW REALITIES they face. Reading their stories is really inspiring, especially at a time we need to stay positive. Dr. Tom Murad says: “I really hope that the readers of this exciting book will find the spirit behind it and learn from other successful people’s experiences how to be successful. And if they already are successful, this will be another opportunity to ...

Agli studenti della Aglionby Academy, conosciuti come Ragazzi Corvo, non manca nulla: soldi, bellezza, macchine costose. Gansey, però, è in cerca di qualcosa di più: Owen Glendower, un antico re gallese che, secondo le leggende, giace addormentato sotto una montagna. Nella sua ricerca è affiancato da Adam, che frequenta la scuola con una borsa di studio ed è pieno di risentimento verso l'ambiente privilegiato che lo circonda; da Ronan, un'anima selvaggia divisa tra rabbia e disperazione; e da Noah, tanto attento a cogliere i dettagli quanto taciturno.

In this 13th Justice Security story, Lieutenant Michelle (Mickey) Rooney of the Chicago Police Department returns, along with Detective Sam Tanner and ex-cop Manny Salazar. This time, two of them have a price on their heads, along with Joey Justice of Justice Security. The bounty has been placed on them by insane Mexican drug cartel leader Esteban Fernandez. Fernandez has hired Lido Bouvier, a wild Cajun assassin, to eliminate all three.

When monsters rule the earth...Herein you’ll find a series of sojourns to places where humans are often quite literally overshadowed by the action at hand. This collection of exciting tales from writers who love the giant monster genre runs the gamut from mutation to invasion - from insurrection to vengeance - from the distant past to a far-off future, all with a single common factor: Great big game-changing things.

The Pan of Hamgee is not a natural knight in shining armor. Yet he has escaped from police custody in K’Barth, switched realities and foiled Lord Vernon’s attempt to kidnap Ruth, the Chosen One, from the Festival Hall. Pretty good, he thinks. However, Ruth thinks otherwise. Being pursued by Lord Vernon is bad enough. Now, thanks to The Pan, she’s on the run. They are both alive, of course, but with Lord Vernon on their tail neither of them can be sure how long for.

The birth of a devil in the 18th century resonates in today's world. A storm hits a small mountain town and the resident must evacuate, where will they go? Visit a zoo unlike any you have experienced. The sins of the past haunt the present in a once thriving industrial town. Discover what lies beneath the boardwalk. Take a walk down memory lane as a woman is haunted by that thing she most loved. Escaping from a zombie hoard may not be the worst danger you face. What does it really mean to "Keep it Jersey"?

It all happened one morning. It was as if the world had gone mad. Well, maybe not the whole world, but enough of it to get noticed. People were waking up as if possessed; suffering souls resorting to tearing at their skin, crying out loud to no one in particular, haunted by a sudden internal torment that no one around them could decipher. For investigative reporter Elijah, this news story was way bigger than a scoop. Unless he could unmask the truth behind the madness, how could he stop it, once and for all? And more urgent - how could he keep it from happening to him?

The Earth is gone, and its survivors are in desperate need of a new home. Trapped on board Arks orbiting New Terra, the UEC fleet orders a full invasion. The planet is theirs if they want it… they just need to clear out the massive bug infestation first. Ginger and her squadmates in Fireteam Sigma are no strangers to alien worlds—this isn't the first planet they've tried to colonize. But they've never gone up against an enemy like this before: hungry seven-foot roaches capable of biting a marine in two. It's going to take everything Sigma's got—and more—to survive.

What am I? I mean, I know what a vampire is. A vampire drinks blood. But a vampire is immortal. I certainly am not immortal. Am I just a killer? Am I a serial murderer? That can't be. I crave the blood. And sometimes, I even need the blood. So, what does this make me? I didn’t ask for the craving, but it is there.

In 2020, a year after an out-of-this-world encounter in Chinatown, Una Waters ventures into Yosemite National Park with General Ashcroft on their honeymoon. When a coded distress call pulls him unexpectedly away on duty, Una uncovers a UFO mystery and turns to compadre Jack Howser for help. Joined by friends from Explorers Club, their quest for answers leads to a string of unworldly campsites, ancient caves, living pterosaurs, and a military manhunt - all fueled by an alien conspiracy that threatens the survival of humanity!

Laid off from a job in the city, Katie Montgomery and her 13-year-old daughter, Carol Grace, move home to Sardis County…to the farm that had been owned by her grandfather, Arthur “Junior” Ballantine, with the hopes of raising her daughter in the relative safety of rural America. Alan Blake is a cop. He also leaves the city to go to Sardis County…but not for the same reason. Alan arrested one of the Giambini crime family’s star gamblers: poker expert Moses Turley.