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James Bowers has spent every day for the pasty 40 years on his family’s cattle ranch outside of San Antonio, Texas. It’s hard work, but it’s honest work. And as a fourth-generation rancher, the work is in his blood. But when an EMP is detonated while his wife and son are in the city, rendering all modern conveniences obsolete, James must travel into a chaotic environment filled with danger that will test him in ways that he never thought possible. 

Why do women tend to fall in love with bad boys? Meet Kamora, a beautiful woman who has a career as a therapist, but she seems to only be attracted to dope boys no matter how hard she tries to stay away. When she loses the love of her life to the streets, she vows to never love a dope boy again, but some promises are meant to be broken.

After a brutal breakup and a dramatic workplace walkout, Lana Lee figures that helping wait tables at her family's restaurant is her best option for putting her life back together. Even if that means having to put up with her mother, who is dead set on finding her a husband. Lana’s love life soon becomes yesterday’s news once the restaurant’s property manager, Mr. Feng, turns up dead - after a delivery of shrimp dumplings from Ho-Lee. But how could this have happened when everyone on staff knew about Mr. Feng’s severe, life-threatening shellfish allergy? 

One would have never thought the pimple-faced dark-skinned girl who was bullied everyday would grow up to be drop-dead gorgeous with silky-smooth dark skin. In the prime of her new identity, Cameron met and married Malcolm within three months of dating. Things eventually took a turn due to his infidelity as well as him failing to satisfy her sexually, which led her back into the arms of her forbidden fruit. Cameron’s life is now spinning out of control. She is finding it hard to balance two men, especially with a husband who was once predictable but now pops up on her without notice.

This crazy roller coaster ride that Cameron and Malcolm have been on has been one for the books. What happened after Cameron made a surprise visit to her sister, Charlotte, and found Malcolm there? Will everyone come out alive? Phebe has been standing by Keith through all of his dirt, but did she have ulterior motives all along? The price to pay for being a bad boy can be costly. Is Keith’s future going to go down the drain when he slips up and makes the wrong move, or will he end up with everything he wants?

These people, the Sumerians, influenced not only all the other civilizations that arose in Mesopotamia but virtually every other human society that followed. Without the Sumerians, the world today would be a very different place. However, although we know a great deal about these people, there are fundamental mysteries about the Sumerians that have still not been solved by historians or archaeologists.  

A visit to an open house brings small-town detective Stormy Day into the center of a troubling murder. The local police aren’t lacking for suspects. The victim, realtor Michael Sweet, was a bully who made countless enemies over his years in Misty Falls. The problem for Stormy is that the most likely suspects are friends of hers. A couple of them couldn’t look more guilty if they tried. Helping the police to crack this case may break Stormy’s heart.

I often wondered if vengeance came with a price. I never cared, not after the torture I've endured. For me, vengeance is best served through the eyes of my scope. The twitch of my finger. The pull of a trigger. The death of someone who deserves to die. Revenge, retribution, and retaliation are all that comes to mind. Cruel and brutal punishment for the hell inflicted on my family is all I’ve ever been able to think about. The betrayal fresh in mind years later, reminding me of the day my world came crashing down. 

Do you get tired of starting your diet off with a bang only to fizzle out after a month, a week or even less? Are you tired of working hard to finally shed a decent amount of weight only to gain it back within two years or much less? Are you so sick of being on the losing end of your weight loss battle that you are ready to give up the struggle permanently? This audiobook will help you rediscover that all important mind-set and help you to stay in that “groove” for longer!

Within 24 hours, America turns from the world's power into a crumbling mess. Against unshakable odds, Harper Murphy, army quartermaster and single mother, combats the tides of chaos in this deadly post-EMP struggle.  

Cameron has been playing a dangerous game balancing two baes, and she was successful with not getting caught up until she carelessly sent photos to Phebe and they got back to her husband, Malcolm. Once he got news of her infidelity, he rushed home and tried to kill her.  

Jaz, a fish out of water in the real world, discovers that she is actually a dragon who must seek her true destiny in another, parallel place. There she discovers that Erich, the man she secretly lusts after in real time, is the Dark Knight. He's ruthlessly extinguishing the ancient Norse religion in an emerging new world. Is he the beloved Jaz is tasked to find in order to release her dragon heart?

Culinary queen Angie Amalfi has put aside her gourmet utensils to concentrate on planning her upcoming wedding to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith. What could possibly go wrong? Instead of the answer to her heart's dreams, she scrambles to deal with wedding planners with bizarre ideas, wedding dresses that don't flatter, squabbling relatives with hurt feelings, a long-suffering groom, and worries over where she and Paavo will live after the wedding. But all of that pales when Angie finds the perfect house for them, except for one little problem - the house may be haunted.

Screenwriter Angelina Conte has been butting heads via email with the studio’s unbelievably nitpicky scientific advisor, volcanologist Dr. Caleb Sloane. Between his scheduled lectures aboard a Hawaiian cruise, she intends to prove that she’s no Tinseltown hack. Caleb had planned on using this Christmastime cruise to adjust his workaholic attitude. A tough assignment when he’s tangled with the movie studio’s surprisingly stubborn scriptwriter. Startlingly, their chemistry is off the charts.

An EMP explodes over Washington DC and the world comes to screeching halt. As society falls into disarray, Harper Murphy, a skilled army quartermaster/single mother, charges headlong into the escalating chaos to save the only thing she holds dear: her son. In a world rife with chaos, how far would a mother go to protect her family?

Price MacCann grew up in a family of vigilantes. Trained as an assassin, her kill rate was matched only by the Reaper himself until she witnesses a death that hits too close to home. After a year of trying to put it all behind her and live a nine-to-five life, she soon finds it may be more difficult than she realized. With her family pushing her to return to the fold, a tall, dark, and handsome stranger coming to town, and a series of mysterious notes demanding her expertise, Price is faced with the decision to define normal for herself. 

For most of the world life had improved after the implementation of the Basic Human Standard and the formation of The Global Federation of Nations. However, after 15 years, there are some who still fight against the principles of the organization. Natalie Kelley is a journalist for the Chicago Tribune whose reporting focuses on American terrorist groups in opposition to the GFN.   

Amid smoke and cinder, the small town of Brighton stands tall. However, every victory has a cost. In this case, it's Harper’s only son. Against her greatest adversary yet, the skilled army quartermaster/mother plunges into the lawless heartland of post-EMP America to take back what was stolen and finish the fight once and for all.

On yet another pointless errand for her boss, Rory runs into the handsome, Dr. Camden. Despite knowing it might get her in trouble, Rory can’t resist falling for Cam’s refreshing honesty and easy-going attitude. But Cam’s got a sticky past, and before Rory falls for him, she has to find out the truth. Not only does she discover it, she uncovers a scary secret he’s been hiding that proves his life is not only in danger but that also puts her heart in jeopardy of breaking.

Tommy Adams has always dreamt of playing baseball for the Chicago Coyotes. Ever since he was a kid, going to the games with his father, there was nothing he could have wanted more. But when his father is shot and killed in the crossfires of a gang shooting, that dream has become something more. It’s become a need. Tommy is determined to fulfill his dream, for his sake and for his dead father. And nothing will ever come in the way of that.