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I thought I wanted the boy next door, until I figured out his dad is one of the real men I crave. Maybe it’s revenge. Maybe desires can only be repressed for so long. Maybe my brain is just a scrambled mess since my boyfriend cheated on me. This is the same boyfriend who’d insisted we wait until marriage, much to my dismay. The only thing that’s clear is that I’ve waited too long to be with a man, and now I want two of them… My ex’s dad and his friend, whose name I don’t even know. Does that mean I’m wired wrong? Maybe.

Ten vintage dramas on the theme of murder, written by internationally recognised authors and set across the globe ‘Murder is murder, anywhere in the world. The taking of life, the most terrible crime a human being can commit, is the same in any language, whether it springs from vengeance...

The world has been plunged into the chaos of war, fear and violence after a brilliant madman destroyed an American city, killed thousands and unleashed four entities into the world possessing supernatural powers. Some believe these abilities were bestowed by science, others believe these four are the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, given their powers by divine prophecy.

Sam keeps sleepwalking... and waking up in the wrong bed. Samantha Jarlston keeps telling herself she doesn’t want to get romantically involved with her former childhood best friend and current partner in crime, the very sexy chess grandmaster, Andreas Kristiansen. But despite her many, many, MANY protestations, Sam keeps waking up in Andreas’s bed. Even worse, he’s adorably flustered and shy about it. Every. Single. Time.

2097 A.D. Religion is no longer the world’s dominant belief system. Cyrenism, a global collection of atheists, agnostics and scientists is now the majority, and our society has become dependent upon artificial intelligence, technology and advanced robotics. Global Marshal Austin Corrigan is a man produced by this brave new world. He is a tenacious law enforcement officer and a dedicated Cyrenist. Austin is balanced on the job and in life by his best friend, Dean “Deadman” Clarkson, a devout Catholic and a lethal military sniper.

When physician Paul Schaeffer is inexplicably and suddenly dumped by Julie Bradley, an alluring and skilled nurse, several years into their often rocky but quite blissful romance, he attempts to make some sense of her behavior by mentally reliving the captivating journey from when they first met to their apparent bitter end.

When Dr. Susan Hale, curator of Christian antiquities at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, unearths an ancient scroll in the hills of southern France, she steps into a mystery so dangerous it has been hunted for centuries. The Silentii-an order, founded in the shadows of Constantine's reign, exists to protect Christian orthodoxy at any cost. To them, the scroll is not a relic but a threat, one that must be silenced forever.

Joanna "Jonsie" Hunter is a little rough around the edges. Outspoken and strong willed with a streak of defiance, she can give most guys a run for their money. She also happens to be Queen City Royalty. With the territories surrounding the city divided between two rival gangs, she lives a life of wealth and privilege afforded not only by her social standing, but also her brother, Nicky - the leader of the Queen City Dukes.

The Builder is a true self-improvement book: clear, usable, and grounded in real-world experience. Drawn from the life and wisdom of John Meagher, one of Canada’s great builders of programs, policy, facilities, and leaders. This book gives you 18 Proven Tools you’ll learn, practice, and apply immediately to overcoming an obstacle in your life. 3 Progress Checks to accelerate your learning. And a Builder’s Toolkit that you can return to whenever new obstacles appear.

In West Point to Wall Street, veteran Omar Ritter reveals the lessons he’s learned over two decades of struggle with PTSD. A decorated combat veteran, Omar endured an eighteen-hour surgery for a brain injury and was medically retired from the military. He embarked on a second career as a finance and accounting executive, grappling with mental health challenges and searching for ways to alleviate the debilitating struggle. Now he’s offering powerful insights for confronting these demons and embracing the healing journey.

Alone and unafraid, the former Earth colony of Serenity is safe from the Mordorian Horde…for the moment. Hazard King’s expeditionary force, battered and bruised, stands guard, protecting the system. But to complete his original mission—to get to Earth and obtain the Black Dragon information he needs to save the kingdom—Hazard will need reinforcements. His mother, Empress Elizabeth, is willing to organize that help, but it will take time.

At 17, figure skating prodigy Abigail Lecky vanished from her small-town life, leaving behind a promising career, a loving family, and countless unanswered questions. Now, five years later, she’s back, with secrets she’s not ready to share and a plan to reclaim control of her life. When Aby enlists Ethan Shanahan, her brother’s best friend and a hockey star, to help her navigate the world of flirting and intimacy, he agrees, but only if she gets back on the ice. As Ethan reignites her passion for skating, Aby finds herself drawn to him in ways she never expected.

Hazard had promised his mother that he would return and accept the crown. He just needed one last trip to the front to re-organize the Sol Fleet, then he would return home to rule. When he arrived, though, he found himself in the middle of a battle.

This emotionally charged read tells a once-in-a-lifetime story about love: In small-town Tennessee, eighteen-year-old Charlie Ross wagers a kiss from Anna Cochran, the most beautiful girl in town, and wins. Just as their budding romance begins to blossom, Charlie is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Anna vows to wait for him, no matter how long it takes. But when Charlie is captured and later presumed dead, Anna is left picking up the pieces to her shattered world.

When Army Ranger Lieutenant Mason Jones arrives at the Rock Island Prison Defense Facility for his tour of duty, suspicion that he is from the Inspector General's Office leaves him isolated from his fellow soldiers in a place more hostile than any war zone he has ever seen. To survive, he must turn to the manager of the facility's secret scientific zombie research lab, the only person on the island with the power to get him out alive...

I promised myself I would finally walk away from Tessa and not look back. All we ever did was hurt each other. We weren’t strong enough to fight for what we had and too weak to let it go. Or so I thought. The truth was I was the weak one, and she had been fighting for us the entire time. Now she’s letting me go and making promises to another man. That revelation brought me to my knees, and that’s where I’ll stay until I can convince her to try one more time. If we’re going to stand a chance I have to convince her that some promises were made to be broken.

When Tom, the son of a powerful Senator, becomes stranded in the Plagued States while searching for his lost sister, his only hope of survival rests in the hands of a few grizzled veteran zombie hunters and a mysterious half-breed zombie woman he thinks may know where to find his sister... In the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, humanity won by creating a moat surrounding the Plagued States of America. Now, zombies roam freely, and only the most fearless of hunters venture in, but they don’t hunt to kill. Zombie labor is too valuable a commodity.

SPC Phillip is trying to understand his place in the mechanized infantry. When his commanding officer gives the brigade a briefing on their upcoming action to end Ctenizidae piracy, he can’t help but question the wisdom of sending crack cold weather troops to a scorching desert planet. As the saying goes, ‘ours is not to question why…’ So, his brigade is loaded into vessels to cross the wastes of interstellar space and bureaucracy. Dropping into a nightmare of combat and logistical blunders, Phillip fight what seems like a never-ending conflict from one dune to another.

I might be the most promising quarterback in college football today, but once I was just a boy desperately in love with the wrong girl, one I’d very much like to win back. She blocks me better than any player on the field, but to figure out my best play, first I need to understand how we got here. We have been apart longer than we were together but we can’t seem to stop torturing each other. Every guy she touches or allows to touch her is like a knife right to my heart. Not to be outdone, I play her game. No one will ever accuse me of giving less than everything.

In a world inundated with information, we find ourselves navigating a landscape where the lines between truth and deception are often blurred. Every headline, post, and conversation carries the potential to inform or mislead, to unite or divide. The power of propaganda is not just in its ability to distort facts, but in its capacity to shape perspectives, manipulate emotions, and influence actions, often without our awareness. This book, Propaganda: How Deception Divides and Truth Unites, is an exploration of this subtle yet pervasive force.