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Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blacks out when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. There, Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson with an experimental procedure that would place electrodes deep in his brain's pleasure centers.

Twenty-three year old model Charley Whitlock built a quiet life for herself after disaster struck four years ago. She hides beneath her beautiful mask, never revealing her true self to the world... until she comes face-to-face with her new photographer - sexy, possessive Jude Anderson. It's clear from the first time she meets him that she's playing by his rules. He says jump, she asks how high. He tells her to unzip her cream Dior gown; she knows she has to comply.

The world has collapsed, and there are no heroes any more.His name is Three, a travelling gun for hire in a dying world. He has no allegiances, no family, no ties.Against his better judgment, he accepts the mantle of protector to a sick woman on the run, and her young son. Together they set out across the plains in search of a mythic oasis, attempting to survive the forces that pursue them, and the creatures of the dark.In these dark times, a hero may yet arise.

Closeted teenager Jeremy is sent to live with wealthy relatives after his mother enters rehab. Struggling to fit into the posh world of Ballena Beach, Jeremy joins the high school swim team, dates a popular girl, and begins to think he may have landed in paradise - until his great aunt Katharine starts to dictate his every move…and a late-night phone call insinuates that his father’s accidental death was not so accidental after all. As Jeremy grows accustomed to the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his need for answers - as well as the danger of immeasurable harm.

From the New York Times bestselling creator of the Iron Druid Chronicles comes the sequel to A Plague of Giants: A world-breaking war—an invasion of giant warriors—inspires a movement to fight back. SOLDIER AND AVENGER Daryck is from a city that was devastated by the war with the Bone Giants...

The world has lost its magic - literally - and Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his café in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can't solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people...

Fesselnde Landser-Frontberichte in Romanheft-Länge Der vorliegende Band "Grüne Teufel in Afrika" führt Sie in die dramatischen Anfangstage des Tunesienfeldzuges im November 1942. Während amerikanische und britische Verbände unaufhaltsam auf Tunis vorrücken, versucht eine kleine deutsche...

Arthur Ward ist ein „Originator", der biblische Adam einer völlig neuen Spezies.Auf Arthurs Kopf ist ein sektorweites Kopfgeld ausgesetzt. Sein „Origin"-Blut verspricht jedem Macht, der stark genug ist, sie für sich zu beanspruchen.Arthur weiß endlich, warum das System erschaffen wurde...

Bitcoin is volatile. It is frustrating to hold. It regularly tests conviction, punishes impatience, and exposes emotional weakness. So why do so many thoughtful investors continue to buy it—especially during painful downturns? Bitcoin Is FIRE is not a hype book about getting rich quickly. It is a clear-eyed exploration of why Bitcoin continues to attract long-term conviction despite its extreme volatility, and why the biggest risks in retirement planning may not be the ones most people can see.

The night I'm supposed to cement my legacy as the world's biggest pop star… my suppressants fail. In front of a prince. On live television. I've spent my entire career hiding the one thing that could end it—my omega designation. I don't have time for heats, packs, or futures filled with...

She's about to lose everything she's holding onto. He's about to find everything he never had. Blair Foster has until New Year's Day to save the tree farm that's been in her late husband's family for generations. If she can't come up with fifty thousand dollars, the land meant to be her son's inheritance will be gone, along with the last living piece of the man she loved. Reid Brighton, a famous self-taught astronomer, has bet his savings, his reputation, and his future on a comet appearing over Sugarberry Ridge on Christmas night. If he’s wrong, he'll lose it all.

No one knows more about peaches than master orchardist Tina Obermacher. The only thing she lacks is time to cultivate a personal life. When the ladies of Sanctuary invite her for regular coffee and conversation, Tina jumps at the chance for some much-needed girl time—and the opportunity to cross paths with the hunk of laid-back hotness they call "Doc."

A camera flash in a pachinko hall. A robbery that feels staged. By morning, Ike Banner is in a cell and the city is buzzing about a powerful man’s “suicide.” By night, the story turns darker. The Yakuza want something. A security company has too much to hide. And Ike’s photos are worth more than he understands. Teaming up with media insider Sylvia Tachibana, Ike chases leads through Osaka’s backstreets and finds a pattern that does not belong to the modern world at all. The clues point to a legend as old as Japan itself. The sun goddess Amaterasu. The moon god Tsukiyomi. A sacred mirror.

CONTENT WARNING: This story is ultimately about survival, healing, and reclaiming power after trauma, but the journey is dark and deals with themes including violence, trafficking, and trauma. **The MMC is NOT the abuser and any abuse or assault is NOT romanticized. Language is implicit -- it focuses less on the act and more on the emotions of the survivor and memory loss, disassociation, etc.

Morgan “Hutch” Hutchinson was supposed to inherit a law practice. Instead, he chose a hammer, a crew, and the clean lines of a custom home. It was a simpler life. Until it wasn’t. In SAWHORSE, a body fell out of the sky and shattered that illusion. A hated client, a dead man, and a shady financier from South America accompanied by dangerously beautiful Swiss twins. That was the beginning. The rules changed. So did the people around him.

One morning, the world simply let him go. Hoda was a man built for lecture halls—measured, careful, better with ideas than with people. Then between one breath and the next, the classroom was gone, and he was standing in a Wyoming that never built its cities: no roads, no lights, no one coming. Just wind over red sandstone, a winter already sharpening its teeth, and an invisible leash that would not let him walk away. He should have died that first year. Instead, he learned—fire coaxed from a cave wall, water from stone, patience from failure after failure.

You think I’d know better than to fall for the nice guy next door… You know, the sweet one I’m bound to ruin when I break his heart and move on after ten minutes. Because that’s what I do. But instead of boarding a plane to visit my family for the holidays, I end up sick. Puking into my...

She's willing to go to any lengths to protect those she loves. He's willing to go to any lengths to destroy her. But the Fates have other plans. Cora I'd spent hundreds of years protecting what little I had left, proving myself to be useful above all else. My task was simple—win him over and...

Megan thought Dan was her forever. Ten years together and a three-year-old daughter meant they were pretty much settled and happy. That is until Dan gets attention from one of his university students. Ashley is used to getting what she wants, and she sets her sights on her married lecturer...

She's stealing more than secrets. As the royal physician of a tiny, windswept island, Isabel spends her days trying to keep the queen from dying and the mad king from streaking naked down the halls. But when her best friend is found murdered on the beaches, her world is ripped apart. Desperate...