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This book offers practical tools to help you rebuild trust, improve communication, and rekindle connection. Whether your relationship feels strained or you’re seeking to deepen your bond, this guide provides clear, actionable steps to create a thriving, love-filled partnership.

Toxic air. Vicious Beasts. Poisonous ash falling from the sky. That’s what awaits anyone brave enough to traverse the electrified fence of the compound I grew up on. My only chance at freedom is the arrogant - and oh so handsome - Prince Damien. Every girl wants to marry him - except for me. But, when our weekly ration of healing elixir isn’t enough to save my mother, giving myself to Damien is my only hope. As heir to the Elite throne, the vampire prince’s assistance is vital to my mother’s health. Marriage is but one price I have to pay.

New Orleans, 1960. Twelve-year-old Lucy Lenoir grieves her mother’s sudden passing. Her grandmother grieves the burden of their family legacy that she must now lay at Lucy’s feet. France, 1780. Twelve-year-old Zoe Gagneaux boards a ship bound for the New World, and her new life. Little does she know, but her new life will be unlike anything she has imagined. And weaving these lives together into a tapestry of terror, the threads of Ana Dalca’s life unfold.

An ancient evil. A plague of horrible deaths. A monster in the making… The city of New Orleans has never been kind. And no one knows this better than Del who only wants a normal life, to be a newspaper reporter. But being blessed, or cursed, with unwieldy supernatural power, dark things are drawn to her. And her life will never be normal.

After Del Larouche defeats the Gris-gris man, she struggles to find her place in the adult world. She just wants a normal life. But her horrible "gift" means her life will never be normal. When six-year-old Clara goes missing from the St. Augustine Orphanage - the third child in two weeks - a frantic search begins and Del agrees to use her gift to help find the girl. As the dark layers of New Orleans are peeled back, a terrible truth is exposed. What she finds lurking in the shadows of the old city is unimaginable. But it’s what the lurking shadows find…that is truly deadly.

In a kingdom ruled by ravenous vampires, I was bred to serve and destined to bleed. When I'm chosen by an elite, I'm thrust into a deadly world of courtly intrigue and dark desires. The prince's icy exterior hides a fierce passion, but will I claim his heart or his crown? The more I unravel the twisted secrets of the vampire court, the more I realize that for my people to thrive, the king must die... and I'm the only one who can defy him. Can I find my grandfather's secret antidote and use it against the fanged tyrant—or will he kill me before I seal the deal with his immortal son?

When Del Lareaux leaves the St. Augustine orphanage, she is desperate to build a normal life for herself and Jimmy, the mentally handicapped boy she spent years protecting. But when a hellish spirit is raised from the dark swamps of Louisiana, abominations of unimaginable horror begin to prey on the lost souls of New Orleans, and Del’s soul is the most coveted.

Vampires destroyed my world. Now I'm going to destroy theirs. I took it all for granted. I grew up protected in an elite compound, waiting for the day I'd be claimed by an elite and taken to the citadel of lights to begin my training. Now I'm public enemy number one, hiding out with the rebels in the dystopian wasteland, full of poisonous ash and dangerous beasts. The truth is so much larger than I ever imagined, but if I find the source of the king's century-old lie, I may be able to reclaim the skies for good and finally drive the vampires into the shadows where they belong.

In an attempt to escape his current circumstances, Evan Vancouver discovers a mysterious audio track on an internet forum. Upon listening to it, his consciousness is transported to a fantasy world. Not knowing whether it’s a dream or reality, he finds himself taken under the wing of a beautiful but tenacious lady knight. But when the alarm clock reminds him it’s time to go back to work, he begins to wonder whether he’s gone crazy or has received a higher calling. By day, he’s just a barista. But by night, he is the Red Knight’s Squire!

A covert operative is ready for a new life outside of international espionage. But her enemies are far from willing to let her go… She spied for her country, blackmailed her president, and ran from more threats than she can remember. But when the love of her life proposes, covert agent Cassandra Sashakovich is finally ready to settle down. Unfortunately her past is not quite ready to let her walk away. Old enemies—including a vengeful president—want her dead, and they’re willing to attack her loved ones, including her adopted teenage daughter, if that’s what it takes.

I woke up to a changed world, and saw the sunrise for the first time. The covenant is broken, but the empty throne creates a powerful temptation. Am I to be a queen, or a rebel assassin? Who has the right to make that judgement? When my mortal enemy usurps command of the king's army and sends them after me, I journey to distant compounds seeking allies. I'll do anything to save my siblings from Nigel's grasp, but how many lives will be in danger—immortal or otherwise—before humans and their vampire masters settle their differences?

Romania, 1780. Anastasia Dalca is the rose of the royal family. Her beauty and kindness are known throughout the land, but so is her desire for adventure over marriage. When a suitor’s magical gift goes horribly wrong, death and vengeance call. And somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains, an ancient evil awakes to answer.

My elite prince is being held captive in the citadel, and in order to reach him, I’ll need to make a dark deal with a dangerous foreign vampire. If I don’t get home soon, all our effects will have been in vain. But there are more secrets to unlock, and more allies to gather, before we can attack the citadel and liberate the kingdom from Nigel’s terrible rule.

All children must carry the sins of their forebearers. Jack Dowton is an engineering savant serving the machine city of Cogrind. The day he almost died was the best day of his life. He was offered the most enviable position in the Shining City, the Master Tuner's apprentice. Sallah va Hawthorne is a young Druida, blessed with the power to bend nature to her will and the leader of her House. tasked with guiding her people through the blades and shadows of the brutal, primal forest of the Greensea. Though they are a world apart, both will uncover pieces of an age-old secret.

After failing to save the enslaved magical creatures, Lesti and Astria redouble their training efforts. Now, joined by Aurelia and Fang, they continue to unlock new ways of using magic. However, a critical challenge lies just around the corner: the spring tournament. Lesti will have to win if she is to have any chance of taking the lordship of her homeland. At the same time, Astria spots a girl with unique powers at the academy. But she runs away screaming before she can even learn her name.

It's finally time for the Alandrian Central Magic Academy's famous Spring Tournament. For Lesti, it's her best opportunity to prove her strength before turning fifteen and becoming an adult. She'll have to do it alone, though. The academy has forbidden Astria from participating. Still, the tournament isn't all about fighting. People from across the alliance gather to watch the spectacle. Amongst the masses and gathered lords, threats new and old plot their moves. As Astria works to neutralize these threats, she finds herself with a choice that could change the course of her new world.

The night Jon Sommers finds out his fiancé, Lisa Gabriel, has died in a terrorist bomb attack, he is visited by spymaster, Yigdal Ben-Levy, who tells him that Lisa was not a fellow graduate student but a Mossad spy sent to bring him to Israel. Ben-Levy also tells him that the death of his parents was no accident and persuades Sommers to join Mossad to seek justice for Lisa's killer. But things get more complicated, and Jon finds himself at the center of a dangerous global conspiracy.

My mortal enemy seduced me in disguise. I barely survived an attack from his jealous wife. If I can save Isis and find a way to untangle the threads of Fate, I might be able to stop Zeus before he purges all magic from the world, with the aid of his beautiful and treacherous winged hunters. All I've got is a hellhound and a fallen angel and a pantheon of brooding, forgotten Greek gods.

Waking up in a strange house, with no memory of how or why he is there, Stuart Milton finds his life has changed beyond recognition. His pregnant wife is missing, but his only living relative, his brother, is incapable of substantiating his claim. Lost in a world of confusion that is spiralling out of his control, Stuart finds temporary salvation in a psychiatrist assigned to his case. Meanwhile, peculiar events across the world lead a team of Oxford scientists to develop top secret technology that will change the future of humanity. Betrayed by double agents, the race to control this ...

My name is Kaidance Monroe, and I'm cursed with the gift of sight. I see death. Bloody, violent death. Before it even happens. I was taken in by a mysterious benefactor, who wants to use my abilities to vanquish his oldest enemy. But the dark secrets in my new home drove me away. I don't know where I belong any more - with the fallen angel who has become my protector or with the immortal deities that are determined for me to join their cause.