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Lily Goodwill, the vamp with a heart of gold, gets a disturbing call on the Suicide Prevention Hotline. A hysterical caller is convinced a werewolf is breaking into his house. Lily dispatches the appropriate services, convinced that "someone is off their meds". Soon enough, Lily is fighting for her life against a hairy beastie. She is supported by her almost-fiancee, the brooding French vampire Sebastian, who adores the ground she walks on, and Aidan, the 5,000-year-old vampire-hunting jinni, who scarfs energy for breakfast and believes he's waited his entire existence for Lily.

It’s New Year’s Eve, but obstetrician Dr. Tara Ross isn’t celebrating. After a catastrophic delivery, Tara, a workaholic who’s sleep deprived, and already stressed to the max, lapses into a post -traumatic memory loss. Wandering the streets of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, she is mistakenly swept up in a narcotics sting operation and lands in Jeffrey Corrigan’s precinct.

After losing her husband to a sudden heart attack, Tess Mathews escapes to Bora Bora to lay her husband and sorrow to rest. What she doesn't expect is a new beginning. Tom Clemmins is an A-list actor whose life revolves around work and an onslaught of women. He travels to Bora Bora for a much-needed break. Tom has a few ideas of how he'll enjoy his vacation, but love isn't one of them. Until he sees Tess.

A continuation of the serendipitous saga commenced in Raving Violet, Valerie Gilbert’s first non-fiction collection of short stories, Memories, Dreams & Deflections: My Odyssey Through Emotional Indigestion, picks up the sojourn of this sassy, single mystic, mired in her mind and cloistered above the streets of New York City. This volume explores Valerie’s intrepid and irreverent search for healing inside and out (both medical and mystical), the quest for peace (and quiet) and, as always, true love.

Thorn works after dark. That's when she combines her gifts as a tattoo artist and her powers as a natural born witch to weave magick into her ink. Her tattoo parlor, Stained, on Berkeley's quirky Telegraph Avenue draws clients from all walks of life. Her work is in high demand from the supernatural community and the undead. With her raven familiar, Thorn's been on the run all her adult life. She won't talk about why. She only wants to practice her art in peace. But when a murderer targets her clients, Se, a tall, dark and Irish detective is assigned to investigate.

When Ellie's cancer exhausts the reaches of modern medicine, she travels to Ecuador with her lifelong friends, Tess and Joline, hoping that local shamans might offer a miracle. During a tumultuous week that includes strange, ancient ceremonies and a betrayal that strains their bond, each woman discovers her own deep need for healing, even the skeptic among them. Fill the Sky is about the complexity of friendship, the power of the spirit, and the quest to not simply fight death, but to shape an authentic life.

If you know your Alexander McQueen from your Marc Jacobs, this publication is for you as we take a look at the world's greatest models and designers. Twenty kings and queens of the catwalk strut their stuff in an elite look at some of the industry's biggest names. From established supermodels including Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, and Kate Moss, to current stars like Cara Delevingne, find out who has made the cut as we recall the careers of these icons of fashion.

kill people for a living, but I'm really not a bad guy. At least, I don't think so. I'm just taking out the trash; the fact I get paid to do it is a happy coincidence. Normally, I'm a pretty unemotional guy. I fear nothing and no one, and I get things done without regret or ever looking back. But like Superman, I have my own kind of kryptonite, and her name is Sidney Lopez.

Aaron Sullivan has never been one to believe in love. His motto is quantity over quality, and that has suited him quite well. After all, love is an illusion and romance is another way to manipulate females into bed...until he met her - the one woman in the universe who calls his bluff and shows what love can be. But as their love grows, Aaron's past begins to haunt his future, and right when she needs him the most, he makes a decision that will shatter her world.

Handsome Zane Beaumont fell for Lucky Morgan hook, line, and sinker. He became the happiest man on Earth when she told him she was pregnant and agreed to marry him. Lucky Morgan never thought she would meet a man like Zane, but she is starting to feel overwhelmed having to plan a wedding as a pregnant bride. Add to that Zane's overprotectiveness and goofy attitude in preparing for the babies has her pulling her hair out.

Rosemary Keogh considers herself pretty adaptable-she dealt with her father's death-bed edict that she move across the country to work at his latest hotel with five half-sisters, (most of whom she hadn't known existed) hadn't she? She settled into the routine, even grew to like most of them, but when tragedy leaves her birth daughter parentless-and she is named as the guardian - her world spins again.

Ordered to fly low-level scans for trilidium on an uninhabited rock of a planetoid known only as X37, Teelak and Adria yearn for more exciting missions. Then they survive a crash landing only to learn the rock isn't as empty as they think. Just what is out there? Will they be rescued?

Did you know that American history is peppered with cases of human experimentation? Could you in your wildest dreams imagine that it was happening through the mid-1970s? That is in most of our lifetimes! I wish I could tell you that it's a load of crap, but the fact is...it's true. Supported by dozens of declassified documents and publications, horrible human testing can be corroborated throughout our history. Conspiracy Fact: Human Experimentation in the United States introduces you to a number of appalling cases involving the most vulnerable members of society.

What do you do when your father wants to turn you into a vampire and the man who offers you protection has his own, dark agenda? Shawna Rawley has no choice but to run. Pentim Rawley, one of the most evil vampires who has ever lived, has just discovered that she is his daughter. Now he's obsessed with finding and turning her. She doesn't want Pentim to find the people she loves and use them to get to her. She doesn't want him to find and turn her. She has only one ace up her sleeve.

In The Deadline, Andy Friessen has packed up everything and moved his family two states away, to Montana, to protect his wife, Laura, his newborn babies, and his stepson, Gabriel, from the threats of his mother. Andy and Laura soon face a new threat, one they never saw coming when the life of one of their children is put in danger.

Financial literacy isn't taught in school, so you’ve got to learn it on your own. Fortunately, plenty of adults have made mistakes they want you to avoid... and there are books, like this one, designed to give you the knowledge you need to ensure money is never a problem.

Discover how to improve your balance and your life using the 'MOVE' method. Feel invigorated, confident, reenergized, and enthusiastic! Over 55, most of us find we’re not moving with as much ease as we used to and have a fear of falling as we age. Most of us have aches and pains that limit life. As you get older, we also have much to look forward to, time with loved ones and time for favorite activities, maybe accomplishing long-time goals and dreams.

Are you interested in a career in Public Relations? Do you believe you have what it takes to repair and manage reputations? Is Public Relations something you need to do for yourself? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you… 50 Things to Know About Public Relations by Sara Maya offers an insightful view into life in Public Relations … Most books on Public Relations tell you the textbook version of things.

Have you always wondered what an au pair is and what they do? Have you thought about being an au pair before? Are you nervous or anxious about moving away to become an au pair? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you. 50 Things to Know About Being an Au Pair by author Natalie Castle offers an approach to help you through the process of becoming an au pair, as well as offers helpful tips and advice on how to be the best au pair possible. Most books on being an au pair tell you all the amazing things you will experience, but never give you practical advice.

Arm your teen with the ultimate guide to financial independence–and watch them master money management quickly, even without prior knowledge.