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In this spiritual memoir, writer Maureen O'Brien reflects on the many ways in which she found a home and a refuge in the biblical psalms, drawing strength from them in a wide variety of experiences and seeking in them a safe shelter from life's storms.

If you knew your father’s darkest secret, would you turn him in? What if his secret was connected to you? Ruby Marlowe’s always been a daddy’s girl. Her mother died when she was two, and her single father has ensured she has everything she needs. However, everyone has dark secrets, and Ruby’s father is no exception.... When she's young, she doesn’t understand the weight of her father’s killing game. However, as she ages, she realizes her obsessive tendencies aren’t the only elements that separate her from her peers.

Taylor, in the midst of the case of her life, must also battle demons from her past: Dark secrets from Taylor’s past are threatening to bubble up—and possibly to end her marriage. Can she hold it together long enough to crack the case? Or might she be the next victim?

Even though her husband was a TV evangelist, Nora never prayed unless she knew the cameras were focused on her. But she prayed tonight that they’d make this stupid baby he wanted. Meet Nora: Flawless. Enigmatic. Conniving. Ruthless. At 17, she escaped the grip of her cold and abusive mama after catching the eye of charismatic Merrell Hodges. His riches and fame became hers. In exchange, she could play the role of doting wife.

When Callie Williams signed up to the "bride bidder" app she was in a desperate situation. On the brink of losing her home, she needed money and she needed it fast. Allowing herself to be sold as a bride to a wealthy man was supposed to be a last resort for Callie, but she soon realized it was her only option. When billionaire Thomas Dearborn signed up to the "bride bidder" app he was not totally interested in finding a traditional wife.

Sara Lunsford helped cage the worst of the worst, from serial killers to sex criminals. At the end of every day, when she walked out the prison gate, she had to try to shed the horrors she witnessed. But the darkness invaded every part of her life, no matter how much she tried to immerse herself in a liquor bottle. She couldn't hide from the things that hurt her, the things that made her bleed, and the things that still rise up in the dark and choke her. With a magnetic, raw voice that you won't soon forget, Sweet Hell on Fire grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go.

Lane swore never to be like her late mother. But now she too is a serial killer. One difference remains - she only stalks and punishes the guilty. But while trailing a new killer of teenage girls dubbed “The Strangler”, Lane makes a terrible miscalculation and kills the wrong man. Now the family of the man she accidentally murdered is hunting the killer, and she is forced to cover her tracks by befriending them. Because everyone knows you keep your enemies close. But are they really enemies? Lane isn’t so sure.

Still reeling from the arrival of her derelict father—a virtual stranger—and its effect on her family, Detective Nell Brach finds welcome distraction in her work. The vicious murder of a homeless Jane Doe passing through Nell’s rural jurisdiction carries more questions when the subsequent identification shockingly links her to a long-closed murder case that Nell’s deceased grandfather investigated. A case whose convicted killer is scheduled to die soon by lethal injection.

For more than 20 years, Detective Stella Carrigan has managed to bury the nightmare of being kidnapped from her foster family. Her traumatic childhood motivated her to stand up for others and climb the Chicago Police Department ladder by storm. But when Stella is called to a series of murders of women in the sleepy small town of Vandalia, the past abruptly catches up with her - and brings her to the edge of the abyss.

Would you share a bed with your enemy to save Christmas? Down with a bad case of writer's block, Riven has escaped to a mountain cabin for a prolonged writing retreat. The last thing he needs this Christmas is for his family to invade his sanctuary away from LA. What he needs even less is for a family of strangers as large and boisterous as his own to also be stuck in the same house after a double-booking disaster.

Even when economic times are good, you still face retirement challenges and pitfalls that cause problems. Almost half of Americans run out of money in retirement. How would you feel if you knew you'd never be one of them? What part of your lifestyle are you willing to sacrifice if your investments decline dramatically after you retire? If you’d rather not sacrifice anything, the time is now to shore up your strategy and create a stable future for yourself and your loved ones. The content in this book might save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement.

Join 10 college friends as they search for pleasure, passion, and that special someone—and learn to weather love’s highs and lows along the way. A swoon-worthy box set for the complete series.

This bundle, titled Ultimate Guide to Overcoming Anxiety and Anger Management, contains two amazing audiobooks that have tremendously helped me in dealing with my anxieties and anger issues, and I believe they can also do the same for you!

I don’t like "jocks" or playboys. In fact, I teach women how to kick their asses. I do this so no one has to be a victim like I was. Never again would I depend on a man. They either leave or hurt you. Like a phoenix, I rose from my circumstances. I made myself strong. Secure. I pushed childish things aside and focused on my stable future. But when he walked into my life, he ruined everything. He tricked me. He made me want to love. Lust. Trust. He was used to flaunting his money, but it was his body I wanted. And he wanted mine…or so I thought.

When Rose, dumped by her long-term boyfriend, moves temporarily into Tyler's apartment, tension spikes. Georgiana wants Rose out of the house. Rose wants Georgiana out of Tyler's life. And Tyler...well, he doesn't really know what he wants.

Tech executive Carly can’t wait to marry the man of her dreams. But her world is turned upside down when she discovers her fiancé is already wed to Ryn - her company’s top investor! Can the two women overcome heartbreak together? Silicon Valley investor Ryn Brennan is on the verge of achieving everything she dreamed. She’s succeeded in the sexist venture capital world, has a supportive husband, and is about to close the deal of her career. Everything is going exactly as planned, until she meets her husband’s mistress, across the negotiating table.

In her analysis of the cultural construction of gender in early America, Elizabeth Reis explores the intersection of Puritan theology, Puritan evaluations of womanhood, and the Salem witchcraft episodes. She finds in those intersections the basis for understanding why women were accused of witchcraft more often than men, why they confessed more often, and why they frequently accused other women of being witches.

The last thing Bonnie Ross wants is to leave her little home in Staunton, Virginia. But when her three stubborn brothers get the idea of moving into their heads, there’s no talking them out of it.

Ghouls, curses, and murderers meet cosmic and sci-fi horror in these gruesome and intriguing tales told by one of NoSleep’s favorite authors. The demon in the attic patiently awaits to make you lose your mind and question reality itself...and she won’t leave you alone until you do!

Lane swore never to be like her late mother. But now she too is a serial killer. One difference remains, she only stalks and punishes the guilty. There’s a new killer in town, or is there? As Lane pieces together the recent suicides, the trail leads back to a retirement home. Therein lies the one person linked to all her secrets and the key to unlocking her past. But will the truth bring redemption or doom?