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At fifteen, Iris Sinclair was always the more outgoing of the twins. That’s how she convinced her more reserved sister to sneak out for a Halloween party. She ditched her sister on the side of the road when she refused to stay in the car while the other kids smoked pot. Except it was laced with PCP. Later, high on the drugs, Iris went back, and found her sister… Dead. They never found the killer. Just a Jack O’Lantern near her sister’s head.

Barbara, the granddaughter of an earl, is busy saving souls in the Salvation Army while her father, maintaining that poverty is the worst of crimes, runs a munitions factory.

Are you ready to dive into a thrilling post-apocalyptic world full of danger and adventure? This audiobook will take you on a wild ride through a world filled with unknown creatures and fierce enemies. The settlement of Coeur d'Alene is threatened by a mysterious beast. Ben, the community leader, and the other men travel out to the site to inspect, and they decide to halt construction until they can kill the beast. Jax almost gets killed by the beast when he attempts to go to his hideout in the forest.

Algunas historias, como la de William Shaw, están llenas de anécdotas que parecen recetas para lograr el éxito. Su trayectoria, su inteligencia y su visión lo llevaron a consolidar el mercado de las aerolíneas de bajo costo en Colombia, con Viva Air y Ultra Air. Detrás de estas dos grandes historias está la mentalidad de un emprendedor, de un líder, y de un comunicador que ha marcado la pauta, basándose en la disrupción y el conocimiento del mercado y del público.

Elijah Grove is the absolute worst. And he knows it too. Mainly because I’ve told him so every day since I’ve met him. I wish that I could just avoid him for the rest of my life but that’s hard to do when we live in this small town....

Bad things happen in threes; at least, that's what Annie Fullerton has always believed. And the way her life is shaping up, she feels like the proverbial poster girl! Her career as an up-and-coming sous chef has gone up in smoke, she's lost her beloved pet, and then her roommate, Danica, has betrayed her in the worst possible way. It's the straw that breaks the camel's back. I mean, come on! A person can only take so much!

When a barrow-wight shows up on Greta and Varney's doorstep one night with an 11-year-old girl who's been newly - and forcefully - bitten and turned, it's up to Greta and her vampiric friends to find out who did this to her, and why.

Fourteen-year-old Myles Cook is having a rough time. Not only has his mother run off with Jocelyn, her yoga instructor, but Myles and his dad have moved to a tiny rural island on BC's west coast to live in a log cabin. Garcia Island is nothing like Myles' old home in the city; there are no stores, the WiFi is sketchy, and let's face it, the people are strange.

Following an unexpected demise, Clayton "Clay" Mitchell is thrust into the labyrinthine confines of Purgatory. With a heart fueled by twin desires—to find his treasured fiancé, Ava, who preceded him in death, and to escape the spectral chains binding him—Clay embarks on an odyssey unlike any other. Azrael "Az" Angue, the chilling embodiment of Death, shadows his every move, seeking to erase the memories that empower Clay's spirit.

I've seen far too much pain in my life. It comes with being part of the club, but when it affects others in my life I can't bear to watch it unfold. At least, it's what happened years ago. I ended up putting my nose in a situation where I probably shouldn't have. In the end, I lost the greatest love of my life...or so I thought.

Opening my own design firm in Lilac Harbor was hard, but things are finally starting to break my way. Then, I meet my new neighbor and the bane of my existence. Wade Collins. He's a grumpy jerk. He's also my partner for a big remodel that I've been hired for. Working with Wade will be difficult, but nothing that I can't handle. Except, the more time that I spend with him, the more that I start to like him. Who knows, maybe by the end of this project, we can even be friends.

This book is a tribute to Natalie Cole, her connection to her legendary father Nat King Cole, her dynamic crossover music fusion, and her place in music history.

Ames: Ames Bronson must have a death wish. He should no better than to go after his boss's daughter. He's trying to stay away from her. There's just one problem. He's pretty sure that he's in love with her. Harvey: Harvey Warner might have lost it. His mind that is. One look at the curvy chef, Coraline, and he's hooked. Now if only he could convince her that she should take a shot on him. Rooney: Rooney Jennings is out of his mind. To be fair, a lot of his friends would claim that he was never in his right mind. When he spots Sayler Jones, that's it. Game Over. They should be happy together...

All three live by the rules of society, but they love by the rules of their heart. Prince Alexander–The moment I met Mr. Eliot Burnside, I was enamored. The bashful solicitor rushed off before I could get his address. Before he disappeared, he left me with a vital clue to his direction, Madam Caroline Devine. Madam Caroline Devine- After years of running a brothel, I wanted out, but society wasn’t forgiving of a woman like me. When Prince Alexander appeared at my doorstep in search of Burnside, I didn’t know he'd help me realize my dream, but at a cost to my heart. Mr. Eliot Burnside-...

When you live in your car the way 18-year-old Eddie and his sister, Maya, do, the rules are pretty simple: lay low, trust no one, and make sure you have plenty of duct tape on hand. But Maya is growing up fast. She's forgetting how to play the game, and Eddie is finding it harder and harder to keep them both safe from the outside world. When their lives suddenly become complicated through a mistake Maya makes, Eddie begins to lose his composure. And why wouldn't he? He hasn't had time to address his own emotional wounds.

Now an MI6 operative, Snow must locate and rescue an old SAS colleague before an Al-Qaeda splinter cell can carry out acts of unprecedented horror. But who is covertly funding these new attacks, and why? Aidan Snow finds himself caught in a maelstrom involving East, West and Middle East that could have catastrophic results.

The world has been ravaged and left to rot, tainted with heavy radiation. The people on the ground - those still alive at least - aren't sure what happened and no longer care. The truth wouldn't fix anything for them. It wouldn't help them survive each day; their first priority. But why? There's nothing left to live for. Everything is gone. This is the end.

The two boys never fitted in. Seventeen, the worst age, nothing to do but smoke weed; at least they have each other. The day they speed off on a moped with a stolen mobile, they're ready to celebrate their luck at last. Until their victim comes looking for what's his - and ready to kill for it. On the other side of Kent's wealth divide, DS Alexandra Cupidi faces the strangest murder investigation of her career. A severed limb, hidden inside a modern sculpture in Margate's Turner Contemporary. No one takes it seriously - not even the artwork's owners.

Sometimes people do not have much time in their lives. Deadlines are looming at work, kids are playing up, dinners need to be prepared, errands need to be run. That is where short stories fit so nicely into their lives. A quick little escape to another world whilst battling with the stress of everyday life. A quick listen here, a quick listen there.

"Virtual Reality Will Change The World!" -Palmer Luckey I have been following up trends on emerging technologies, and their impacts on how we live and do business. One of the new technologies that have caught my attention and that of my kids is IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE. Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, was once quoted for saying that "Virtual Reality will change the world." While we have seen glimpses of this notion over the years, I strongly believe that the situation created by the Coronavirus Pandemic may be the match that finally ignites the fire. I remember my kids asking constant ...