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Quinn Kelley leads a normal life in a small, quiet Texas town. She teaches at Sutter High School with her lifelong best friends, Eli, Bess, and Jess. One ordinary Wednesday afternoon, everyone is taken completely by surprise when the unthinkable happens! Quinn is in the middle of teaching a history lesson to her students when a scream pierces the air. Quinn darts out the door only to find distraught students, including her own son, rushing out into the hallway because their teacher dropped dead in front of them!

Steve Dane faces a day of reckoning long overdue when he learns the truth about his father. But the truth is a bitter pill when he discovers his father's death ties to rogue agents within US intelligence who use Agency assets to further their own agenda. With battle lines drawn, Steve Dane and Nina Talikova do what they do best: Attack! From the shores of Maryland to the blistering heat of a South American jungle, Dane and Nina destroy each tentacle of the enemy before finally coming face-to-face with the top dog himself and a final crippling betrayal.

A desperate SOS from an old friend sends Steve Dane to the rescue - only to find that he's too late. Tom Wexler is dead, and the stolen Iraqi antiquities he was trying to recover are gone again. With Nina Talikova by his side, Dane is determined to find out who killed his friend and restore a nation's history. But the chessboard is not in his favor, and when checkmate comes, Dane discovers his enemies were once allies who know every move he'll make.

Fortress is America's guarantor of freedom, an orbiting arsenal of laser weapons and nuclear missiles. It was considered impregnable - until now. Former CIA officer Tom Kelley is sent to learn the secrets surrounding a dead alien found in Turkey and discovers a maze of lies and treachery that could transform America's shield into an engine of global terror.

Starr Valentine, the most popular cheerleader at Middleton High, has led a charmed life. But the day she is chosen as the youngest member ever of homecoming court, is also the day her parents reveal a secret more than a decade old: They are monarchs in exile from a mysterious planet called Vega, and it’s time for all of them to return home. Best day ever, ruined! While she likes the idea of being a princess, Starr realizes something is terribly wrong when they arrive on their new world.

Impoverished socialite Chloe Burke’s life had hit rock bottom when she accidentally saves a visiting prince from an assassination attempt. Getting shot in the bum turns out to be the best thing to happen to her in a long time, especially when the prince’s very handsome, very sexy bodyguard, Nicolai, comes to her aid.

In 1802, Richard Drake (1790-1857) at the age of 12, joined his uncle on a slaving voyage between Benin and Brazil. It was the beginning of his 50 years’ career as a slave trader. Revelations of a Slave Smuggler, published posthumously in 1860, tells his stories including those of journeys to the interior of Africa, slave hunts, gold prospecting in West Africa, his capture by an African tribe, lion hunting, marriage to an African woman, visits with African rulers, slave markets, and the West Indies trade.

Here are 10 stories that are sure to get your motor running. With exciting first experiences like first lesbian sex and first anal sex and boundary-pushing encounters, you'll want to make sure you have an ice-cold drink on hand just to make sure you don't overheat. It's just a click away, so download now.

Today is the worst day of Robin Kincaid's life. She's supposed to fly to Seattle to finalize her divorce so her two-timing husband can marry his pregnant secretary. But when Mt. Redoubt erupts, all planes in or out of Anchorage are grounded. Robin isn't going anywhere until tomorrow. Then, there are no hotel rooms available, this being the height of tourism season in Alaska. Reluctantly, Robin agrees to share a suite with fellow stranded traveler and wealthy businessman, Charlie Land.

Mind-reader Luna Jane Prescott hates her waitressing job at Randy's Crab Crib, and her life in general, but she certainly doesn't want to die. When Zor, a hot stranger, shows up and tells her she's in terrible danger, she thinks either he's crazy or he's some kind of sexy, stress-induced hallucination. Soon, bad things begin to happen, and she has no choice but to heed his warning. Staying means putting herself and everyone she cares about in mortal peril, but will leaving with Zor be the worst mistake she's ever made?

"Welcome to 'Banking on Sales Success with Brian Drake'. As a Banker, you know general sales advice doesn't cut it in our industry. Your journey for targeted strategies ends here. This is your go-to podcast for insider sales strategies and expert advice, tailored for banking professionals. Join Brian every week as he provides the tools you need to outperform in your unique sales environment. Your sales success starts here."

Our dual focus is not only on what North Americans need to know about the cultures where they plan to travel, live, do business, or work, but also on what North Americans need to know about their own cultural values, beliefs and perspectives as they work to understand these other cultures. We believe that far too often travel guides and cross-cultural studies are focused almost exclusively on learning about “them”.

We broke all the rules to be together. Now, we have to live with the consequences. For the first time, I finally feel like I belong. Tobias and I have a chance at a better life now. A new beginning. But the sins of my past have come back to haunt us. An old enemy stands in the way of the happy ending Tobias and I deserve. An unbreakable force, one more powerful than we ever expected. And he’s coming for me. Unbroken is the second book in a trilogy. Untouched must be read first.

Alice Drake presents five hardcore erotica stories. If you're looking for threesomes, hardcore rough sex, teacher student sex, first lesbian sex, and more, this is the erotica collection you've been waiting for!

My ghost has been my protector and friend for as long as I can remember. But recently, our relationship has changed. He grows stronger each time he touches me and feeds off of our physical chemistry. I want him, but he is a ghost, and I am very much alive. How can this work?

The short stories and poems in "Tillamook Burn" capture the mood of growing up in Portland, Oregon during and after World War II. Highly evocative, they include memories of fathers, the fading Oregon landscapes, and studies of forgotten characters of the period. "They drove in silence, the shadows already beginning to flatten, and soon the knife disappeared; the Indian sat back and sighed deeply, as if he was exhausted by simply driving. Chris suddenly found himself less worried about their being found murdered beside the road, and more concerned about the rumbling in his stomach. He ...

Samantha Barnes is ready to get out of her comfort zone. Preparing to study abroad, she wants to enjoy a final fling with frat brother Dylan Hunter before departing for Japan. But when Dylan demands more, she struggles to find a way to end their relationship without hurting them both. When love becomes a tightrope walk between control and fear, sometimes the worst thing that can happen isn’t breaking things off. It’s continuing on, especially when the consequences could be deadly.

A street-side conman becomes embroiled in high politics when his scheme to relieve the doge of Genoa of a sizable portion of his wealth backfires. He is conscripted to deliver a message to The Cutler, a mysterious figure in the papal city of Avignon. Two English pilgrims are also making their way to the pope, seeking repentance for their sins. Their journey takes a debauched turn, however, and their arrival is one of a pair of wandering drunkards rather than pious pilgrims.

Fashion model Zane Stryker needs money - badly. At almost 30, his glory days are behind him, and he needs capital to start over. When his luggage is switched with a bag containing contraband he's forced to deliver, it's either the worst thing that's ever happened to him...or the best. Enter Sebastian Gigoni, formerly of the British Special Forces, who has to decide just where Zane's loyalty lies and why. Sizzling attraction erupts between them, but that doesn't mean they can trust each other.

"One Summer" is a semi-autobiographical novel that evokes the sights, sounds and smells of small-town Lents through the eyes of an adolescent boy growing up on the edge of 1940's Portland, Oregon. Drawing from personal experience, as well as historical events of Portland, Drake weaves the story of a teen reaching adulthood in the summer of 1948 that is simultaneously nostalgic and honest. Chris and his friends read Real Clue and Detective Comics at the Mt Scott drugstore, hang out at the movies at a time when John Garfield was starring in "They Made Me A Criminal," and listen to "I Love A ...