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John’s life is a living nightmare. Any chance of digging himself out of the abyss disintegrated long ago. Fired, discredited, buried under crippling debt, and isolated in a West Texas ghost town, he’s both a pariah and a wanted man.

This book breaks the laziness model with a clear look into how being lazy affects you. Expect to be confronted and provoked, expect to be told to pull your head out and get off your a**. At its most benign, laziness is wasted opportunity. At its worst, laziness will kill you, and maybe others, too. We will look at the way being a lazy f*ck self perpetuates, how laziness embeds itself as a new operating system with ways of thinking and associations that come to define you and your actions.

Roused from its slumber following an Antarctic ice quake, an immense beast has risen from the depths. Dwarfing even the mighty blue whale, the gargantuan wonder of evolution takes charge of the oceans, setting a catastrophic chain of events in motion. Henry Rainwater is a rookie crab fisherman trying to make his own way in life. After surviving an encounter with the beast that sees his father and the rest of the crew of their family boat killed, Rainwater becomes a recluse, deathly afraid of the creature that lurks in the ocean.

Sabine Nevemone has just moved to the small quaint town of Gloomvale to start a new life after being dumped by narcissistic boyfriend Oliver Rein. Sabine has landed herself a job at Bad Brews coffeehouse, where she is working for the handsome rogue Tristan Roseblood, a mysterious handsome devilish vampire who always gets what he desires. At first, Sabine could not believe her luck that she’s gotten a job so fast, but things in Gloomvale aren't all they seem. Tristan is a powerful man, and he knows it.

The future of Hawaii is at stake after a rare chart from Captain Cook's third voyage of discovery is stolen, placing John and Mako Storm directly in the path of a powerful Japanese businessman with his own plans for the islands. Along with two beautiful women, the father and son must put aside their differences and fight the most powerful force in nature - to stop the rebirth of the last Shogunate and save more than just the islands.

Introducing The Quantum Prayer, an inspiring, deeply personal, chronicle of how the author, Dr. Joshua Kai, remarkably transformed his entire life in the course of one year.

Elena Slater grew up on the streets of New York City as the baby sister of Alexander 'Slay' Slater. She knows how to hold her own, and she's anything but submissive. Sure, all her closest friends are members of The Club, Boston's most well-respected BDSM playground, and she can't help but see the appeal of power exchange, especially when it comes to the sexy, ultra-dominant, and much older Blake Coleman. But that could never be more than a fantasy for a girl like her, could it?

Preston West thinks Jessica is fine the way she is. He loves her and intends to convince her they belong together. A challenge never deterred him in the past, and he doesn't plan on letting it get in his way now. Unfortunately, he might not have the time he thinks he does to win her heart. As the clock ticks down, they have to battle not only Jessica's stubborn pride, but her failing health, and someone hell bent on destroying her forever. The odds are against Jessica and Preston, will they find a way to beat them?

All Grace Diaz had ever dreamed about was freedom - freedom to control her destiny, to explore her passions, and to love the boy who'd always been her hero. But those dreams died the day Donnie Nolan left the neighborhood. Now, thanks to her older brother's debts, Grace has become a pawn in a criminal chess game. Kidnapped and held by a man with ties to human traffickers, freedom has never felt like more of a dream. Donnie must confront his painful past to save Grace.

When the two meet, Adam's commanding presence makes a startling but good impression on Susannah. The attraction between them is undeniable, but that is soon followed by wariness. Susannah had planned to marry a man who would do her bidding, not take over everything. It's her ranch, after all! Equally befuddled, Adam thought he'd be marrying a woman who knows her place, not a temperamental brat who could benefit from some time over his knee. Will Susannah learn to accept Adam's firm leadership and expectations?

I cross the distance between us quickly, somehow feeling more powerful since I'm wearing my heels. "Who are you?" I demand. "I believe we've already met. My name is Vincent," he says simply. "And your name is Amy." My calm demeanor slips a little when he utters my name. The pause before it tells me he wants me to actually hear it. To understand that he knows who I am.

My father is one of the most dangerous men in the world. I have grown up in the shelter of his wing; protected from all that could come against me. Unlike my brother and sister who have been immersed in organized crime from the day they were born, my eyes have been veiled, my ears have been covered, and my soul has been protected. I have only known what the Pakhan has allowed me to have knowledge of. It is of utmost importance I'm kept in the dark about the heinous practices that go on in our line of work.

When a ship of refugees plead to come to the Barony realm for help, the Lady St. August is more than pleased to offer refuge and it falls to the Barony captain, Tanner Scott of the Atlas to provide that aid. In doing so, he learns about the real truth behind the refugees and why they are fleeing something that appears to be coming to the RIM, invaders!

Knapp draws on his own experience of losing both his first and second wife to cancer to provide insight into some of the unhelpful responses we often make, and presents a repertoire of ideas on how to be a genuine friend and helper to a grieving person. Various chapters in the book deal with different kinds of losses, including the trauma of losing a spouse or child, divorce, loss of pets, and other losses that we sometimes fail to recognize need to be grieved over if healing is to occur.

Where do humans come from? The HOP was designed to answer that question. Federation scientists insist they keep the Human Origins Program going, despite thousands of years without success. They’re sure that seeding planets and studying the results will eventually provide the answer. The Federation Breeders are eager to expand the experiments in new directions. They want to return to living on planets and study themselves. Split along reproduction lines, neither side is prepared for the truth.

Haaken Hunter's peaceful mountain life is about to be changed forever. The unexpected delivery of a gruesome package comes with the news that his wayward brother is missing. Trouble always did have a way of following Ulfred, but this was particularly sinister. To what cruel end will this treacherous path lead? Morana, so beautiful, yet psychologically twisted. Driven by insatiable greed and a perverse, sadistic lust for inflicting pain on all who cross her path. Her cruelty knows no boundaries, and she will stop at nothing to have it all.

When Kevin was 17, he fell in love with Everly, a girl from his high school that was way too out of his league. And for her, Kevin changed. He stopped getting into fights. He studied harder, became an A student, and tried to become the best man he could possibly be for her. Only, when he finally got the nerve to ask her out on a date, she didn’t show up to school, and he discovered that Everly and her parents had moved away to Dublin.

I work alongside firefighters, so I know how to handle musclebound roughnecks, but Blaise Tompkins is in a league of his own. The night we met, I threw a glass of wine in his face, then ended up shoved against the wall with my panties on the floor and my arousal dripping down my thighs, screaming out climax after shameful climax with my well-punished bottom still burning. I've got a series of arsons to get to the bottom of, and finding out that the infuriatingly sexy brute who spanked me will be helping me with the investigation seemed like the last thing I needed.

Rhys: My curvy business manager is the woman of my dreams. Too bad she thinks she's too young for me. But today's my day to protect her from the bad guys, to show her that I care. I'll do whatever it takes to have Jessica.

It's been years since Cooper Dawson left her small Texas hometown, but after her stubborn defiance gets her fired from two jobs in a row, she knows something definitely needs to change. What she doesn't expect, however, is for her sharp tongue and arrogant attitude to land her over the knee of a stern, ruggedly sexy cowboy for a painful, embarrassing, and very public spanking. Rex Sullivan cannot deny being smitten by Cooper. But Rex and Cooper both have secrets, and when the demons of their past rear their ugly heads, will their romance be torn apart?