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The Dragon Singers of old summoned typhoons and routed armies, liberating mankind from the orcs before fading into legend. Now, with the world again facing a new cataclysm, the power of music stirs in Kaiya, an a naïve misfit with the perfect voice. Without a master to guide her, she must rely on Hardeep, a disgraced foreign paladin, to help awaken her latent magic. His motives might not be entirely noble. When he leads her to the fabled Dragon Scale Lute, which only a Dragon Singer can wield, it is up to Black Lotus Clan to intervene.

Holy smokes! Bill Martin is scared out of his mind! With his car in the shop, his sweet daughter-in-law, Aria, has offered to take him to and from work. Alas, contrary to her gentle, soft-spoken nature, Aria apparently has quite a heavy foot while driving. It’s so heavy that, as they head home, poor Bill is gripping the armrest for dear life! But not for long. Suddenly, there is a state trooper right on their tail with lights blaring and siren wailing. Aria is out of her mind with panic as she pulls off the highway and into the breakdown lane. And things go downhill from there. After ...

Life rarely stands still when you surround yourself with old folk with more energy than a sugar-fueled toddler, and for Jack Tate, well, he wouldn’t have it any other way. The Lonely Heart Attack Club was going from strength to strength, and the gang were eager to sink their (false) teeth into their next challenge. After seeing first-hand the benefits that internet access has brought to a couple of simpletons like Ray and Grandad, the team set their sights on providing tablet computers to those in the community that would benefit from them the most.

In the heart of war-torn Rotterdam, the latest instalment of the Fernsby's War Series unfolds in a gripping saga of espionage, love, and sacrifice. Rotterdam finds Michael Fernsby in a deadly game of cat and mouse, sent to the Netherlands on the eve of the German invasion with the fate of Europe in the balance. Meanwhile, Mina's broadcasts of courage and truth have made her the Nazis' most wanted. Michael's beloved, the voice behind the rallying cries of a suppressed nation, now stands directly in the crosshairs of the menace he seeks to dismantle.

This guide is written as a quick reference to provide the listener with methods of detachment, setting boundaries, and letting go with the substance abuser in your life. Applying the ideas within will certainly help you experience more peace in your life and bring about less tension between you and the addict.

When a sweet married couple find themselves in financial hot water, they decide to become burglars. Two problems: First, they stink at it. Second, the owner of the first house they try to rob, a doctor, catches them in the act, takes one look at the scared woman's behind, and says he won't call the police if she agrees to allow his medical school anatomy class to examine her! And he doesn't hold back in making sure that her embarrassment is taken to the nth degree!

This is a primer on raising children and the duties all Christian parents have toward those whom God has entrusted to them.

In the dark corners of our world, where the light dies and shadows take root, lies a collection of tales that will haunt your waking hours. J.C. Moore weaves stories that pull back the veil on our reality, revealing the horrors that linger just beneath the surface. From a Polaroid camera that captures more than memories to a blood-soaked bar where secrets spill alongside gin, each story is a doorway to a different nightmare. In this book, you'll meet souls on the edge, twisted fates, and ancient evils waiting for their moment to strike.

There are some men in the pages of history, whose greatness no person of common sense thinks of disputing. They tower above the herd of mankind, like the Pyramids, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, among buildings. Such men were Luther and Augustine, Gustavus Adolphus and George Washington, Columbus and Sir Isaac Newton. He who questions greatness must be content to be thought very ignorant, very prejudiced, or very eccentric. Public opinion has come to a conclusion about them - they were great men.

For an imperial assassin, assignment as a courtesan in the Floating World seems like a waste of her talents...until killers target her clan sisters. In the legendary Floating World, wars are waged with wit, the strongest soldier can be bound with threads of silk, and flesh is the currency by which life, death, and freedom can all be purchased. Half-elf Jie bemoans her temporary assignment as a Night Blossom in the most sought-after house, even if it's the perfect cover for her real work as an assassin in the emperor’s service.

Not all love stories begin with hearts and roses. Some don’t even start with a friendship. Sometimes a relationship originates as enemies. Chase and Megan knew each other only as each other’s nemesis on the field for several years. Playing on opposing teams at their college recreational softball summer and fall leagues, their rivalry and predictable standoffs became notorious among the other players. Chase played baseball his entire life and anticipated furthering his baseball career at Wisconsin State University until he injured his arm his senior year of high school and had to give up...

Hello there! Welcome to J.C.’s newest series: “Nervous, Naked, and Naïve”! These illicit stories of exploitation and humiliation take place at Pudendia Women’s Academy, an all-girl college where sweetness, innocence, and gorgeousness are the rule, not the exception. Here you will meet Headmaster Edwin Dankworth—dirty-minded disciplinarian extraordinaire. Edwin is chronically smitten with just about every cute and curvy student at Pudendia, and he uses his position of authority to find situations galore in order to get one unlucky lass after another out of her clothes for some ...

Josh never had an easy path in life. Abandoned by his mother as a child, then evicted from his home by his father as a teen, he learned survival skills at a young age. While sleeping in his high school to avoid living on the streets, he discovers his love of swimming and uses it as his ticket out of his current situation. He joins the high school swim team, excels in his events enough to earn a college scholarship, and leaves behind his days of homelessness. Just when Josh feels like he has been given a chance at a better life, he faces another setback with a cancer diagnosis. He battles ...

Hello Everyone, Allow your imagination to drift into dirty places while listening to my reading and commentary of erotic short stories sourced from user-created content all over the internet. This podcast is perfect for those looking to stoke the fires of passion while at home or on the go. Feel free to explore my additional content through all social media platforms linked in the description of any episode if you like what you hear. Reach out if you want to request a short story for me to read. Disclaimer: this is a safe space for creative content used for education and inspiration only.

The Psychology of Manipulation Series - Book 1 You were not confused. You were being reoriented. This is not a book about obvious abuse, explosive conflict, or villainous behavior. It is about the kind of relationship that looks deep, feels intense, and slowly teaches you to doubt your own perception. Written in precise, lyrical prose, this book traces the psychological arc of a relationship where emotional fluency becomes authority, vulnerability becomes leverage, and clarity carries a cost. At its center is a moment many readers will recognize instantly - the night he finally told the ...

What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of the West? The conventional answer asserts that superior technology, tactics, and institutions forged by Darwinian military competition gave Europeans a decisive advantage in war from 1500 onward. Empires of the Weak argues that Europeans had no general military superiority in the early modern era. Sharman shows instead that European expansion is better explained by deference to strong Asian and African polities, disease in the Americas, and maritime supremacy earned by default.

An SS officer is found standing over the body of a comrade, a smoking pistol still in his hand, a murder in a place of murders. His pleas of innocence force a court martial and he knows that there is only one man in the camp capable of defending him; a Jewish prisoner called Manfred Meyer. Manfred Meyer is forced to build a defence for him in his court martial. Drawing on his years of experience as a criminal lawyer in Berlin, Meyer must unravel the deceit and interpret the lies that infect the concentration camp and work to have him found not guilty.

When the Instagram posts stop coming, one sister will risk everything to bring her home. Destiny Clarke thought she'd finally caught her break—a luxury modeling contract in Dubai, all expenses paid, a chance to escape her suffocating student debt and help her struggling family. The photos show infinity pools, designer clothes, and the life she's always deserved. But the messages stop coming. Her little sister Jamila knows something is wrong. The tracker goes dark. The consulate won't help. The police don't care about another missing Black girl chasing fame overseas. So Jamila does what ...

Three relentless bikers. Three heart-pounding romances. One unforgettable MC series. Step into the dark and dangerous world of the Blind Jacks MC, where love and chaos intertwine. These fiercely loyal outlaws never imagined their toughest battles would be fought in matters of the heart. From Ryder's fierce determination to protect his club and his woman, to Ace's surprising redemption in the arms of a no-nonsense professor, each story blazes with passion, loyalty, and high-stakes danger. As threats close in and trust is a rare commodity, the Blind Jacks must fight to safeguard the ones ...

Gifted with an uncanny sense about people, psychologist Miri Fox works as an on-and-off profiler for the police. So when they think they've finally nailed the "Wedding Killer", she agrees to check him out, using her gift to discover the truth. But the suspect, Quentin Black, isn't anything like Miri expects. He claims to be hunting the killer, too. When he confronts her about the nature of her peculiar "insight", Miri gets pulled into Black's bizarre world and embroiled in a game of cat and mouse with a deadly killer - who might just be Black himself.