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The shocking and subversive memoir of a 12-year-NXIVM-member-turned-whistleblower, and her inspiring true story of abuse, escape, and redemption. "Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor."Scarred follows actress Sarah Edmondson's account of her recruitment into the NXIVM cult, founded...

From music and movies to relationships, Gilmore Girls taught us all so much throughout the years. Now, take a walk down Stars Hollow’s memory lane and reflect on the show’s profound impact with author Kristine Eckart, founder of the Gilmore Book Club, in this beautiful guide to the beloved...

I’m Ogun “Voodoo” Dupré - SAA for the Ankeny RBMC. There’s no pretty way to put it: I do the dirty work for my club. Without question, I follow the direct orders of my president. Except, when my services were required for a particularly delicate situation, I found myself hesitating for the first time in my adult life.

Defying their Black King in order to rally an attack on the peaceful Blue Isle, warrior-prince Rugar and his fearless daughter, Jewel, do not suspect that the islanders, under young prince Nicholas, have prepared to defend themselves.

Random Family meets Orange Is the New Black in A Little Piece of Light, a memoir of survival, redemption, hope, and sisterhood from a bold new voice on the front lines of the criminal justice reform movement. Like so many women before her and so many women yet to come, Donna Hylton's early life...

For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark, a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting one woman’s search for identity alongside her family's decades-long quest to identify the two men who abducted—and murdered—her mother.

She's a city slicker from Los Angeles. I'm a cowboy from Texas. She definitely wants me; she just doesn't know it yet. She walked straight out of my dreams and into this tiny town. I swept her off her feet on the dance floor. She gave me the best kiss I've ever had. It was all going so well … until it wasn't. Like a real-life Cinderella, she ran off without giving me her number. Dumbfounded, I assumed I'd never see her again. Until she walked right into our barn the next morning. Turns out, she's the wedding planner for my brother's upcoming nuptials. And I'm the best man.

Hadad Yu "recovers" things for a living. Things, not people, not animals. Things. Until he gets in trouble and must work for the alien Gyonnese. They want a person to answer for her crimes, and they want to use Yu to get her. He reluctantly agrees, and sets off events that will change his life and the lives around him forever.

In Masters of Mindfulness, 11 top researchers and proponents of mindfulness discuss what modern science and contemporary research have revealed about this ancient practice and the many ways in which it can benefit your life. These 22 lectures present a unique and extraordinary opportunity, bringing a diverse group of renowned specialists together in one place for the first time to share their own personal experiences and their latest research, and to guide you through several mindfulness exercises.

The man on the dock didn’t ping Rylly’s radar but the bodyguard standing behind him sure did. Greg Giddens proclaimed himself a self-made man who always got what he wanted until he came up against Rylly Barr. He wanted to hold the wedding of his granddaughter on the island on July 18th of this year. Rylly thought he was joking. She knew they couldn’t have the resort ready in time. With each no, he threw more money at her until she agreed to his demands. Rylly thought she was getting a good deal. The money he paid her would pay for the first two phases of her resort development and ...

I’m Damien “Facet” Blackwood—tech guru for the Ankeny RBMC. Love is bullsh*t. My mother and her two thousand husbands were enough to convince me. Give me my computers any day of the week. Until Willow. Victim of a black market adoption, she wanted our help to find her biological parents. From the second I laid eyes on her, I wanted her, but I couldn’t touch her. It would only lead to heartache.

He's a single dad. I'm his daughter's teacher. Fate brought us together, but my job is keeping us apart. When I met Jacob three months ago, he left a lasting impression on me. In fact, I haven't stopped thinking about him since. Knowing nothing but his first name, I assumed I'd never see him again. Imagine my surprise when I walk into my new job as a literature instructor for the best private school in America and … there he is, tall and imposing.

Four years ago, a bomb destroyed part of the dome protecting Armstrong, the largest city on the Moon. Now, as the city celebrates its survival with an event it calls Anniversary Day, a larger threat looms - one that begins with the murder of the mayor, and spreads across the moon itself.

Forensic anthropologist Aisha Costard has been summoned to Mars to examine skeletal remains recently discovered beneath a building erected by the Disty aliens. The bones belong to a human woman who vanished 30 years ago with her children.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse 2025. Ein altes Haus am Wattenmeer. Eine Mutter und ihre Tochter. Und der Versuch einer Annäherung zwischen den Generationen. Eine kleine Halbinsel im Wattenmeer. Hier, an der Nordsee, lebt Annett, Ende vierzig, seit vielen Jahren in einem alten Haus. Hier hat sie nach dem frühen Tod ihres Mannes ihre Tochter Linn allein großgezogen. Linn, Mitte zwanzig, ist nach dem Abitur voller Energie in die Welt gezogen, hat sich als Umweltvolontärin engagiert, arbeitet für eine Aufforstungsstiftung.

Now that I've landed my dream job in NYC, I'm finally ready to find Mr. Right. What better way to meet new people in a big city than at a speed dating event? Or so I thought—until I got stuck with the biggest cynic in the room. Parker's disdain for love drives me crazy, yet there's something about his icy blue-green eyes that draws me in. Determined to prove to him that love exists, I find myself betting him that I can find a boyfriend by Valentine's Day.

Boss, a loner, loved to dive derelict spacecraft adrift in the blackness of space...But one day, she found a ship that would change everything - an ancient Dignity Vessel - and aboard the ship, the mysterious and dangerous Stealth Tech. Now, years after discovering that first ship, Boss has put together a large company that finds Dignity Vessels and finds "loose" stealth technology. Following a hunch, Boss and her team come to investigate the city of Vaycehn, where 14 archeologists have died exploring the endless caves below the city.

On Jupiter's moon, Callisto, a mysterious Recovery Man kidnaps Rhonda Shindo after he terrorizes and then abandons her brilliant 13-year-old daughter, Talia. While authorities on Callisto search for Rhonda, her employers at the Aleyd Corporation try to gain custody of Talia. Somehow, Callisto authorities realize, she's part of the crime, even though she was left behind.

Though Raptor and Sage (Cookie) got their HFN, you all knew there had to be more. The conclusion to their story is here! Sage and I finally got out happily ever after—or happily for now. Because there are things left unresolved. A killer is still on the loose and we both have demons lurking. Secrets and insecurities that are closing in whether we like it or not. Now, someone is toying with us and threatening to break up our newfound happiness. Not happening. I will pull out all the stops, because I meant what I said…. No one messes with what’s mine without me getting revenge.

In the years following the invasion of the Fey, Blue Isle has maintained an uneasy peace. But the marriage between the Islander prince, Nicholas, and the Fey king's granddaughter, Jewel, has not brought their peoples together in true unity, as they had hoped. And worse, the firstborn son that Nicholas and Jewel had hoped would bring the Fey and the Islanders alike to accept their union has proven to be an empty husk of a child, seen by both races as an ill omen.