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Ashley gets an emergency call from her best babysitting clients, and she's in for what she thinks is just another routine evening. After settling down the kids for the night, she flips on the television to waste some time. Imagine her surprise to find the TV is set to a porn channel her employers seemed to have been enjoying prior to their emergency.

I thought I’d escaped the Dark Wolf God, but now, my sworn enemy might be my only hope. His brother is toying with my freedom, and the queen of the fae has put me in checkmate. To save the people I care about most, I must infiltrate her court and beat her deadly trials. There’s no one I can turn to except the Dark God. He’s vowed to be my protector and help me master the secrets of my magic, but how far can I trust him or my heart? Will the bond between us be enough, or will his darkness consume us both?

Do you struggle with physician burnout and think about quitting medicine? You can go from feeling emotionally exhausted, cynical, detached, and unaccomplished to having a fulfilling and lucrative career helping patients heal. If you are serious about getting out of the cumbersome and inefficient system with hectic and irregular schedules, feeling socially isolated, and lacking control and autonomy in your current healthcare environment, you need a change.

In the FIRST SEASON of "Life, Love, & Light" podcasts, we delve into the wisdom of the beloved medieval mystic, JULIAN OF NORWICH, to discover how her "Revelations of Divine Love" may inspire, encourage, and guide us on our own spiritual path. The first episode is entitled "Sheltering in Place" and introduces Julian of Norwich, an enclosed anchorite who received sixteen Revelations of Divine Love and heard Christ tell her: "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and thou shalt see thyself that all manner of thing shall be well." The season includes twenty-five episodes with Guided ...

Do you feel like you are living the wrong version of your life? Does your fear, anxiety and self-doubt take over the driver seat? Do you wonder what your life purpose is? Welcome to Becoming Yourself, a bi-weekly podcast hosted by two life coaches and recovering perfectionists - Veronica Thai (@curiousmonki) and Olena Gisys (@olena.gisys). Each episode is a candid conversation over a cup of morning coffee, where co-hosts are tackling questions many of us have, but rarely talk about. This is your bi-weekly doze of self-discovery and A-Ha! moments, with tips and takeaways for navigating life’s...

Magic Side is under attack, and the prison has been cursed. If I can’t break the spell, my city will be overrun. The problem is, my magic is out of control, and I can’t fight this battle alone. There’s only one person to turn to - Damian Malek. But my strongest ally might also be my greatest threat. I’ve discovered what Damian is, and it’s far worse than just being a fallen angel.

I’ve been betrayed. I spent years hiding my magic from the world, but now I've got new powers I can’t control. Everyone around me is at risk, and if my secret is revealed, I’ll be hunted. But I don’t have time to worry about the monster I might become. Someone has stolen a dangerous artifact that could turn my world upside down. It could get me and my friends killed and bring destruction down on my city.

It's a hot summer in Northern California and Lindsey is stuck at home feeling frustrated and alone. Her shallow boyfriend is history, her admission to graduate school is pending, and she can't stand her mother. When her best friend Becky invites her on a camping trip to Yosemite, it seems like the perfect distraction. But before they go, one incident after another forces nearly everyone to cancel. Everyone, that is, except Becky's father, Richard. Recently widowed and still adjusting to his wife's absence, Richard was looking forward to the distraction as much as Lindsey.

Velma is charm itself, especially when she's being inexact with the truth. Now she wants Bea, widowed owner of the Abbot Agency, to check up on her stepson Philip - he's somehow acquired a valuable picture last seen in the flat of an elderly lady who's been murdered. Maggie, Bea's assistant, moves into a flat in Philip's building, to investigate. However, Rafael a professional art thief who aims never to leave his victims alive, is also after the picture.

Thorne Point sunk its claws in me at a young age. I refused to let its harsh truths snuff out my light. When an attempt to kidnap me is stopped, I know they'll never give up. The city's seedy underbelly won't let me escape forever. My only choice is to run into the arms of monsters for safety. The Crows have a terrifying reputation, and Levi Astor lives up to it. But my protective monster will never be worse than the ones who buried their ugliness deep in me.

Former LAPD cop turned private investigator Yolanda Ávila blames herself for her mother's death. If she'd only followed her cop instincts instead of the juju—her random prophetic dreams—the perpetrator would have been off the streets and her mother would still be alive. The only salve against her guilt is Yolanda's vow to reject that juju crap, and to solve cases using only good solid detective work. But when her godson is kidnapped and his parents are suspected of murder, Yolanda finds herself caught between what she feels and what she knows.

When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons. In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces listeners to a fantasist in the vein of Karen Russell and Kelly Link, with a voice all her own.

It's a dark and stormy night when three sleuthing little girls get pulled into a web of mystery. They have mistakenly uncovered a secret society of some of the most famous female spies in history. A glamorous spy named Josephine Baker enlists the girls to find out who has kidnapped Chiquita, her precious pet cheetah. Do the girls have what it takes to become spies themselves?

Gangbang Slut for a Night - Wow, what a title! Does that get your attention? Feel a little tingle between your legs just letting your thoughts wander thinking of what it would be like to be treated like a total cum-hungry slut just for a night? Well, this collection of five explicit erotica stories is sure to scratch your itch!

Tess is excited! Score! Between the cash, the gold coins, and the luxury watch, she’s found almost $20,000 worth of loot in the hotel room she’s robbing. This little burglar won’t know what hit her though, because the men come back and the very rough gangbang that follows isn’t going to be easy on her. It includes rough deep throat, rough first anal sex, and double penetration!

When Paige asked me to have a threesome with her, I didn't want to do it. I couldn't imagine how it would impact our relationship if she saw me having sex with her husband. Then I found out her husband wouldn't be participating! Instead, there would be an entirely different guy, because evidently, James enjoyed seeing his wife with other men, and even when Paige told him the other guy was better! I'd never been involved in anything like that, and it turned me on a whole, whole lot.....

Blackmail sex takes reluctance to a whole new level. You have a choice, but the options are not that great. Sometimes you have to give your body up whether you like it or not. These five XXX explicit erotica stories all feature women that are pushed into reluctantly pleasing a guy or group of guys.

Sade: I haven't done a lot of dating since my jerk fiance cheated on me two years ago, but I have a very full life: a great family, a fulfilling job, and a home in beautiful Portland, Oregon. Then my big brother introduces me to his mysterious writer friend from LA.. I'm falling fast, but I don't know if I can risk my heart again. What if this gorgeous, sensitive guy isn't what he seems to be?

My 35th birthday was a bust as usual. Drunk girls in my bathtub, messy beds and painful hangovers. I'm done. Meeting Adrianna was the best blind date I'd ever been on. God she was hot and inspiring and special. Something I didn't know what I needed until I had her. But then she slipped away. I'll be damned if I don't show her how much she needs me too.

As if being undercover for my column wasn't bad enough, now I have to deal with sexy come-ons from playboy athlete Duncan Steele. Sure, his green eyes are intense and mesmerizing. But he's not going to pull one over on me and he's definitely not taking me to bed. Besides, I have to deal with this rival writer that's determined to make me look like a fool in front of the entire city of Chicago.