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Sofia Rian prides herself on doing the right thing. Work hard. Contribute to society. Follow the rules, even when they’re written by monsters wearing the faces of men. But when she discovers she’s pregnant—by a father who isn’t human—her simple life begins to unravel, thrusting her into a world of secrets, compromises, and the sly seductions of privilege.

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.

Quinn has always feared the Dryad forest--now more than ever. With severe warnings from the faerie queen and another trial fast approaching, Quinn thinks she’s prepared to trek through the dark forest, especially with Alys leading the way. But when the heirs face unexpected dangers before the Trial of Life even begins, they learn there’s much more to fear than the competition itself, and that they might need each other to survive it.

A hopeful adventure for kids ages 8-12 about sisterhood, friendship, and the power of starting over. Three years ago, Jada Robinson betrayed her best friend. Now, her family has moved, and thirteen-year-old Jada struggles to make friends. Realizing how it feels to be bullied, she’d give anything to undo the past. When Jada finds a stray dog, she is sure he’s the same beloved pet her ex-best friend, Kimmy, once lost. This feels like Jada’s chance to make things right. Jada talks her two older sisters into a trip to Pennsylvania to reunite Kimmy with her furry friend.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Quinn has never felt so out of control. Stripped of her precious daggers, she's thrust into the privileged world of the potion-making Sylphs and their floating sky city. While preparing for the first dangerous trial, she plots to retrieve her weapons from Moon Face at any cost. But neither task is as easy as she hopes.

Emmy Jenkins knows what it feels like to have a serial killer come after her. She escaped him twice. Emmy and Brian must start over in a new town, away from the tragic events and the killer’s family. Unfortunately, he escapes custody. The authorities think the killer committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. They do not locate his body, but they do find a girl drowned in Elk Lake. Her death is ruled an accidental drowning, but Emmy knows he is still alive. And he is coming for her.

Emmy has always been impulsive. She is no longer a minor and has aged out of foster care. When her best friend, Amber, is the target of a perverted uncle who lives in the basement of her group home, they plan her escape.

Seventeen-year-old Emma has been on the run her whole life. Born Gifted, with a powerful connection to Winter, she has dedicated her life to avoiding the Institute, the worldwide organization that oversees all who are born Blessed with powers. Separating the Gifted from their families, the Institute protects the world against Cursed creatures, those born with an insatiable hunger to devour the energy of all Gifted.

Plainsville, Pennsylvania, is a town as dull as it sounds, and for high-spirited Lilith Brown, it is a torturous existence. Coming of age during the late Victorian Era, Lilith finds herself questioning the prevailing ideology of social stratification and its resulting inequities.

Quinn is back at sea—but this time, it’s dripping with secrets. After barely surviving the first trial in the Ethodine, Quinn wrestles with new mysteries as she enters the underwater world of the Nymphs--Aeron’s domain. As she prepares for the next perilous trial, Quinn struggles to keep her distance from Aeron and his gorgeous bride-to-be while also being desperate to solve countless questions: how is the ancient tome Hickory stole connected with her nightmares? Did Vale really have a romantic past with Aeron? And what is hiding behind Alys’ cold demeanor?

Kallie Brooks thought her worst problem was running out of limes during Happy Hour. That is, until she left The Lazy Gecko one night and found a young woman’s lifeless body in the back seat of her car. In a town as small as Owhiro, Florida, news travels fast—and so does suspicion. But with the assigned detective miles away in St. Petersburg, she soon fears the tragic case is slipping through the cracks. With her best friend Tess and her ever-resourceful dad by her side, Kallie dives into the mystery, uncovering shady characters and buried secrets.

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.

Kacey adores the metropolitan life, but when she gets away to help her sister during a family crisis and run her bakery, she falls in love with former classmate Drew. The problem: he's a small-town man, and she's a big-city woman. Is their love big enough to overcome such a major difference?...

The tunnels are not the only terror Quinn will face next. The heirs have agreed to find Quinn’s attacker and decode the tome’s ominous prophecy together, but their new alliance is tested at every corner as they enter the underground tunnels. Hickory’s home in the Kobold city is an overwhelming maze of mystery, pixie dust machinery, and mayhem—and nothing compares with the challenge that awaits them in the next death-defying trial.

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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.