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For the duration of her freshman year, Darcy Pennington agonized over the fate of her dear friend - the nark Yahto Veli - who sacrificed himself to the Oracle to set her free. As her third trip to camp, and to the magical land, approaches, Darcy wonders if she's capable of the daring rescue she wants to embark upon. But soon, she realizes there's much more at stake.

Fifty years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors - plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein. The Final Frontier is open for business!

After a brutal introduction to sex leaves Prince Philippe stunned and in pain, the young Monsieur meets his namesake, Philippe, the Chevalier d’Lorraine. In the other Philippe, the prince finds a kind and kindred spirit and falls instantly in love. Although younger than the prince, the chevalier is possessed with confidence and knowledge beyond his years. His gentle hand assures the prince that love is possible after all. Philippe and Philippe are both historical figures who lived in 17th century France.

This is a creation of insightful expressions that captures the mind through descriptive language. Each minute of this audiobook is hand-crafted for a unique purpose and written in the passion of inspiration. This collection of poetic expressions treads beyond traditional poetry, and births a new era of inspired writings. Prepare to become encouraged, motivated, and uplifted.

I’ve always known things I shouldn’t know, and seen things I shouldn’t see - things no one else sees. One terrifying vision - and my reaction to it - lands me in Brocker’s Center for the Criminally Insane. I’m convinced I can survive my time here unscathed. After all, I’m not crazy. But after spending time with three guys - a schizophrenic with two personalities, a pathological liar who isn’t to be trusted, and a nymphomaniac with a penchant for knives - I’m beginning to doubt my sanity.

Give: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries explores, from head to toe, the varying reasons why someone might donate an organ, tissue, or other body part, and how. Featuring 24 twisted short stories from authors including Christine Morgan, Kerry G.S. Lipp, Gio Clairval, and others.

Renowned inventor Peter Sanbourne - working on Project Blue Arrow for the navy - heads the school's new engineering program, and literature professor Concordia Wells prepares to leave to marry David Bradley. The new routine soon goes awry when a bludgeoned body - clutching a torn scrap of the only blueprint for Blue Arrow - is discovered on the property Concordia and David were planning to call home.

A serial killer hunts the beautiful street of Sunnyside Road, an elegant neighborhood in Western Massachusetts. So far, six preteens are dead, and families are devastated. Despite involvement by the FBI, state police, and local authorities, no clues are forthcoming, and citizens hunker down in fear of further death. The neighborhood becomes an isolated island of potential bloodshed as no one can afford to move. Who would buy a grand home on a street cloaked in carnage?

Physicist Sam Jacobson has made an astounding discovery: A particle that serves as a direct line of communication to the fabric of spacetime. If a person conveys expectations to the cosmos, as he now can, reality answers in kind. Want to create a black hole in the laboratory? Done. Make yourself bullet-proof? No problem. But with great power comes great insanity. Left unhindered, the evolution of man into God could come to a horrific, world-ending conclusion. Two strangers, entangled like a pair of fundamental particles, are the only ones who can stop him.

In the town of Tilden live a farmer and his wife. For many years, they’ve enjoyed a simple, agrarian existence, raising their twin children, Gwyneth and Gavin. Tilden has always been a place of peace, and its residents could never imagine the fate that’s soon to befall them. When a vicious dragon begins to plague the village, burning buildings and stealing stores, even the strongest adults will be at a loss. After all, what purpose could their walls or their weaponries really serve? Thick of skin and fiery of temper, a sky-borne behemoth can’t be stopped so easily.

Her parents were the modern day Romeo and Juliet. Now Rose faces hatred and fear from all sides. Not knowing who to trust, Rose and her men go into hiding while researching her past. But once again she finds herself under attack from the demon lord. Is she strong enough to play his mental games and protect her family? Will her men love her when they find out about her past? Will they accept her savior as one of them?

Madison, the wife of millionaire veterinarian Dr. Carston Spencer, discovers through a private investigator that her husband is plotting to steal their life savings and vanish forever. Along the way, Carston considers murdering his best friend's mistress in a vengeful plot to get rid of her since she's a witness to their disturbing plan. Madison decides to take a gamble in a vigilante effort to seek justice.

Big challenges don't have to cause big meltdowns! Follow along as a young girl encounters multiple challenges, devises her own solutions, and creates her own super awesome, really fun, amazingly good day. All the tiny little things we do and say add up to the people our children become. The stories we read and listen to will stick with them in subtle ways. My Super Awesome, Really Fun, Amazingly Good Day will help them look through the bad parts of their days and see the positive side.

This would be Lowen Westmon’s first Christimas since the passing of her father. She decides she'll make the most of it and spend her holiday with nothing more than sappy Christmas movies and a ton of alcohol to get her through it. However, her plans are derailed when the second half of her duplex cabin gets rented out for the next two weeks by three sexy men who are in town for an all-male, holiday strip show. At first, she's thrilled to have such hot man candy right next door.

It is the summer of 1898. Professor Concordia Wells is eager to accompany her friend, Pinkerton Detective Penelope Hamilton, on a cross-country train trip to San Francisco. But Concordia should know there is no such thing as a free ride. When the Pinkerton Agency switches assignments at the last minute, she and Miss Hamilton have their work cut out for them. Fellow passengers prove to be both help and hindrance: a lady reporter in hiding, a con man...and a corpse or two.

I have a secret. A secret that chased me away from my home, my family, away from the only man I've ever loved. I took that secret and pushed it down inside of me.So far down, that it never had a chance of coming out. That dirty little secret was like a seed. A seed that took root and grew to become a piece of me. But what happens when that secret has finally outgrown me? When its vines climb over every wall I have in place? When it finally overfills that little spot inside of me that it's been buried in for so long now? All secrets come out eventually.

Christi Craft is the name, and being witchy is my game. I own a little shop in rural Salem filled with all manner of fun things: priceless heirlooms, cursed artifacts, bath bombs, Spills (magically spelled pills, if you get my drift). You know, harmless things. However, Milo James, a sexy AF Warlock Warden, disagrees. He's always giving me citations and fines for selling my cursed artifacts to humans who don't know any better.

I've always been the shy, quiet one. My best friend, the fun-loving, outgoing one. When she's gone, taken away entirely way too soon, I have to learn how to live. And not just for me, but for her too. I have to live for the both of us. That means doing things I'd never do, stepping out of the shadows to join the rest of the world - taking chances, falling in love, and getting into a little trouble along the way.

In 1954, two Bedouin boys unearthed an ancient jewel-encrusted box, and more than a half century later, the box has reappeared on the black market. A rogue CIA agent believes that Army Chaplain Jaime Richards knows its whereabouts and its mysteries. After a three-year stay in the Garden of Eden, Jaime was armed with eternal secrets and knowledge, but the reappearance of the illustrious Treasure of Eden just might be the biggest threat Jaime has ever faced. Having escaped one pursuer, Jaime is determined to find the treasure before it and its secrets fall into the wrong hands.

Lucy Bryant loves bright and pretty colors, girly clothes, and music from pretty much any era before the '90s. Oh...and she's a vampire. A vampire who also happens to be the only tattoo artist that can tattoo another vampire and make it stay. She's lived a peaceful life as a blood sucking creature of the night so far, but all of it changes with a single tattoo. Vampires across the city are changing, turning into the monsters humans always feared they would become.