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My name is Willa. I don’t remember much beyond my name. My parents are complete strangers. Every day I wake up and pretend I’m their 17-year-old daughter, but this is a lie. So who am I? I am a clone of a dead girl. It’s the only explanation that works. But something went wrong. I should have memories, but other than a few fragments, I know next to nothing. One thing I do know is that I was put here for a reason. Buried in my subconscious is the certainty that I have a mission; I don’t have much time to complete it, and something terrible is going to happen if I fail.

Get ready to fall in love with the characters in a stunning new dystopian series that will take you from the depths of an underground city to a surface world scarred by war and ravaged by solar winds. Join Kimber on a dangerous journey through the wasteland of post-World War III America in search for the evidence of inhumane genetic experimentation that could free her people from a life of lies and servitude.

Does your child’s behavior anger and push you to the edge? Do you have trouble raising a godly child in the 21st century where love, time, and resources seem insufficient? Now, you may be torn between enjoying the calling of parenthood and the constant frustration you feel when your little one goes astray. Parenting is one of the most demanding jobs that God gives his chosen ones. The bible is clear that children are a gift and blessing–and if it doesn’t feel like it, you are about to get the help you need.

The heroine of A Noble Cunning, Bethan Glentaggart, Countess of Clarencefield, a persecuted Catholic noblewoman, is determined to try every possible means of saving her husband's life, with the help of a group of devoted women friends. Amid the turbulence of the 1715 Rebellion against England's first German king George I, Bethan faces down a mob attack on her home, travels alone from the Scottish Lowlands to London through one of the worst snowstorms in many years, and confronts a cruel king before his court to plead for mercy for her husband Gavin.

Isla has been queen for five years, but time has not made ruling any easier. It also hasn’t erased the guilt she feels over her part in the pain her people suffered. But as queen, she has more important things to worry about than her feelings and some gruesome flashbacks. She must atone for her sins and help the merfolk of the Southern Pacific heal from the wounds her mistakes left behind. Unfortunately, achieving that will be harder than she ever imagined.

Eleven months ago, Isla became the matriarch of her merfolk kingdom. Unfortunately, transitioning from being an exiled princess to being a queen is tougher than she anticipated. Isla is haunted by the trauma her mistakes have left behind, the sacrifice her father made, and the glimpse Anita gave her at a secret that had been buried for nearly 30 years. Only Anita and the secret she holds close to her heart can give Isla any measure of closure and make the road ahead clearer for Isla to grow as Queen

Anger. Betrayal. Exile. Isla always knew she would be queen. One day. But after the death of her mother, matriarch of the Southern Pacific merfolk kingdom, that day grew much closer than she was prepared for. Worse, to become a mermaid queen, she must marry. It is the only way to protect her kingdom. Forcibly betrothed to her childhood friend and father’s fiercest warrior, Isla is desperate for an escape - no matter the cost. But until she marries, her father is filled with a power his body cannot handle, and his control is steadily slipping.

Olivia Markham lives a complicated life. By day, she’s a star CIA officer working a cover as a graduate student in Vienna. By night, she’s a self-appointed, kick-ass superhero wearing a harlequin's hood and wielding a wicked bō. Life is about to get more complicated. The sexual predator that Olivia tracks one July evening to Vienna's Stadtpark calls himself Asmodeus, a demon’s name. What Olivia doesn’t know is that Asmodeus has followers he calls bogomili, after an ancient sect of believers.

Quinn has finally found freedom on the high seas. A former misfit among her own people, the young faerie channels her feisty personality and independent streak into life as a pirate. But when she learns her twin brother has died in a tournament for ultimate rule over the warring factions, she risks everything to plot a vengeful heist. Determined to loot those she blames for his demise, Quinn's fierce nature can't save her from a shocking betrayal. And when blackmail places her crew in danger, she reluctantly agrees to represent her clan in the same competition that claimed her brother's life.

Driven by a desire to save the Sinclair name from disgrace, Juliet seeks assistance from her father's old friends, the Burnhams. Unfortunately, her arrival does not go as expected, and Juliet finds herself mistakenly assuming the role of lady's maid to Mrs. Burnham and her daughter Eugenia. This unintentional appointment provides her with an opportunity to gain Mrs. Burnham's confidence and to investigate the treasonous rumors against her family as she assists Eugenia with preparations for her first London season.

Sun Aranya just wants a stable job so she can care for her ailing grandfather. After years of relentless magic training, she has finally earned a city wardenship—only to discover on her first day that annoyingly handsome Shi Kai is laying claim to her position. There’s only one option: they’ll just have to compete for it. But while Aranya and Kai are forced to work together until one of them wins their competition, trouble brews in the empire. Whispered threats of enemy invasion abound, and magic-wielders are disappearing across the empire without a trace.

Imprisoned in an enemy fortress, Meiling finds herself at the mercy of a ruthless captor. Having spent the last decade preparing his forces, Fang Zedong is determined to make Meiling use her magic to betray her empire. And he will use whatever means necessary to make her bend to his will. Shang, wounded and awaiting execution, doesn’t waste a second in his own prison. Under the cover of darkness, he makes his daring escape—swearing he will find the princess he once hated and destroy anyone who hurt her. Even if it costs him his life.

You’re pro-life. But can you explain why? You already believe in choosing life. But when the counterarguments are coming at you from every angle - legal, biological, medical, ethical, moral, philosophical, and biblical - how do you defend the pro-life view? And as you defend it...how do you speak with wisdom, humility, and compassion? Now more than ever, the times call for a balance of truth and mercy. There are good, wise, and thoughtful rebuttals of every claim made by pro-abortion advocates.

Witches. Ghosts. An ancient secret. Enter a world of myth and magic through this contemporary fantasy and mystery reimagining of Jane Austen’s beloved classic, Sense and Sensibility. The small New England town of Tarryville, Maine is steeped in history, having been settled by the Dartwood and Farris families who fled Salem during the witch trials. The Dartwood sisters, Eden, Mariah, and Melissa, unexpectedly return home after their parents are found murdered. Upon their arrival, the girls are plagued by dreams in which dark spectral beings haunt them.

Healer born of mercy, forged in fire—Alaia’s magic may be the last hope in an age of fear. The Inquisitor has taken over Ea and executed innocent women for witchcraft. Now Alaia's father is dying from lung disease. Alaia is a gifted healer and can cure him given enough time, but instead she must disappear, because the Inquisitor has accused her of practicing magic.

Princess Meiling harbors a deadly secret. Her people believe her lack of magic to be a curse, so she has spent her life in the background, all but shunned from court. But she does have magic—and it’s the magic of legends. When the secret of her magic is threatened, she is forced to flee her home into the dangerous wilderness with nothing but a begrudging warrior as protection. Handsome and taciturn Tan Shangdi isn’t happy to have his career waylaid, but he will do whatever it takes to fulfill his duty and protect Meiling with his life.

Finally back home, Meiling finds that returning to her old life as the cursed princess is harder than she imagined. She’s told to rest and recover from her harrowing time in the enemy’s fortress and enjoy the week-long festival.

On a frigid winter night, Daniel Klein was stabbed to death in his penthouse suite by his wife, Julia. At least that’s what the police report reads. The truth, however, is far more sinister. After relocating to a remote cabin in the middle of the mountains, Julia’s only goal in life is to piece together her broken past. But questions about that fateful night arise when Logan, Julia’s brother-in-law, shows up on her doorstep—with evidence that things are not as they appear.

After narrowly escaping the clutches of the conniving and dangerous Shi family, Aranya and Kai find it more difficult than ever to work together amid the pressures of their secret mission, and the constant danger of the monster-ridden wilderness they travel. An unexpected kiss only serves to complicate things further. Can Aranya learn to trust Kai? Or will the slow unraveling of his secrets doom the chance of them becoming anything more than enemies?

This book is part memoir and part guidebook that would be helpful to anyone considering bariatric weight loss surgery. Jamie gives a brutally honest account of the year after her weight loss surgery where she lost 143 lbs. Filled with tips, advice, and emotion, this book is a must for anyone considering a gastric bypass, gastric sleeve or a SADI-S (single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve) procedure.