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Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of family relationships. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Edition Editor - C.S. Griffel Eleven Things I Have Left Now That My Daughter Is Gone: Promise leaves her drug-addicted prostitute mother behind so she can go to college. The Davidson Method: A couple heads to the clinic to discuss options for ...

Travel through time and across the globe as Max Axiom explains how and why volcanoes shape and change the Earth's surface! Young listeners' curiosity about the volcanic world will erupt.

With over 99 percent of the world’s population dead and walking, the scattered remnants attempt to rebuild civilization. Survivors in Southern Louisiana discover that they’re surrounded by castles. The Gothic churches up and down the bayous become shelters against the walking dead.

Emma James was hoping to start a new life as the new veterinarian in charge of the horses at Cripple Creek Ranch. Instead she is hit full force by her past when Caine Farrelly walks back into her life as the new ranch foreman. Was she going to be able to face the love of her life and keep her dream alive at working at the ranch? Would they find love again after finding out the secrets of their past and the biggest secret of all about the Callum family she now worked for? This can be read as a stand alone in the series or with the others in the series. It is intended for mature readers and ...

Welcome to Cajun country, Louisiana. Home to gators and gumbo, mosquitos and Mardi Gras, zydeco and zombies. This is zombie survival the Cajun way. Ancient gothic churches become citadels and swamp fortresses. The dead rise from the depths of the Mississippi River in The River Dead.

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Nobody knew how it began. Nobody knew how it would end. All they knew was that they had to survive another day. ... and another night.

Will Callum had been searching for an answer to his prayers after getting bad news when it was given to him in the form of Katie Sanders. The young waitress he came across was the perfect match for his Grandson Jacob. Now to guarantee his dying wish be met that Jacob and Katie meet and fall in love he sets his will up in a way that demands it. Unknowingly though he puts Katie in danger. Can Jacob and Katie fall in love and can Jacob keep her safe from the danger she's in? This is book one part one of two parts in the Men of Cripple Creek series of books. Mature readers only.

FBI Agent Jax Cooper hadn't planned on falling in love with the beautiful, young woman he was supposed to protect but that's exactly what happened the first time his eyes met Kelly Taylor's beautiful violet-blue ones. From that moment on he knew he had to get to know this girl who had stolen his heart. After all she would be his wife in a few days..... he may as well get to know her since he had already decided he was keeping Kelly as his wife and taking her to his family's ranch to keep her safe. This is Book Three in The Taken series and can be read as a stand alone or as part of the ...

Hayley Ford had been running since she was eighteen years old to avoid exactly what was happening to her now.... being sold into marriage against her will. For years she had managed to run and avoid being married to the man who had bought her until she had to protect the one thing in her life she loved the most. Now she had no choice but to submit to a marriage she didn't want. She hated the man who had made her life hell by forcing her to abide by the contract to marry him.... or did she? If that were true then why was it she felt her heart and her body betraying her the moment she met him...

A prequel to the Kelly Blake series Consider mankind’s extinction as a massive asteroid hurtles toward Earth. Humanity finally realizes that all our eggs are in one very precarious and fragile basket—Planet Earth. The petty disputes are set aside and Earth’s people unite, sending one million humans to settle ten nearby habitable planets. Extensive planning and often revolutionary technological advances push men, women, and children into the stars—but even the best plans can go astray.

Jamie Dixon wasn't looking to fall in love the night Tala Tacony swept into her life but that's precisely what happened. From the moment their eyes met there was an instant attraction and it was if Tala could see her. The real her. Not the fake persona she put on to protect herself after suffering a nightmarish attack years before at the hands of some very sadistic rich and powerful men. The same kind of men that were a part of the world Tala lived in. Could Jamie learn to get past the fact he swore to her he didn't really belong in that world and allow his love for her to heal them both ...

Lanie Forrester thinks she is spending the entire summer working for one of her best friend's family on a project for his parent's anniversary on a ranch in Wyoming. Little does she know there are forces working not only to hide her away from danger that has been following her but also in the form of two of the Kenyon brothers who have both set their sights on Lanie. Justin is the older responsible brother who any woman would be thrilled to have interested in her.... except for Lanie. Because the moment she set eyes on the Ryder Kenyon she knew her years of swearing off men forever were ...

A provocative look at the remarkable contributions of high-skill immigrant entrepreneurs in America.

In Book Two of the Always and Forever Series Lacey Chandler and Tighe Jacobsen are left to face the demons of their past who want nothing more than to keep them apart at any cost. With so many obstacles standing in their way can Tighe and Lacey's love survive? Can they finally have their happily ever after and build the life they were always meant to have. Or will the secrets from their past that finally come to light destroy them forever? Find out in the final chapter of the two part duet in the Always and Forever Series. Must be read with Book One in the series. NOT a standalone but is ...

Lacey Chandler had always believed Tighe Jacobsen was her destiny. That is until one moment of cruel fate left them both shattered and eventually ripped them apart leaving Lacey to flee their hometown and both of them to fall into the arms of other people. Several years later, a recently widowed and very successful Lacey returns home to her family farm to raise her two young children only to find out Tighe is currently single again... after divorcing the woman who tore them apart. Carrying numerous secrets, Lacey and Tighe are thrown together again with the help of a few well meaning ...

Kara was born with a gift that allowed her to control her dreams. A traumatic childhood took that gift away, until recently. Now, just days before her 18th birthday the dreams have returned, and with them, the ability to control those dreams. However, this time the dreams have taken on a darker tone. Creatures lurk in the shadows and she is faced with a choice that will change her life forever.

Jake and Darius are seasoned homicide detectives that have seen their share of murders. With all their experience, it never gets easier, especially when the victim is a child. During one investigation they meet and become intertwined with Jessica, the mother of one of the killer’s victims. She reveals a rare gift that may help them catch the killer. Jake is skeptical but Darius puts his faith in her. When the latest child victim is close to one of their own they go into overdrive to find the killer. Will Jessica's gift be what helps them learn the identity of the killer? And for Jessica - is it really a gift or is it a curse?

In every story there is light. This is the light. After losing six months of her memory in a violent attack will Samantha ever remember what she lost in that time? Will Ethan be able to help the woman he loves remember what they had become to one another and bring her out of the darkness that was her life? This is Book Two of Samantha and Ethan's story and the final chapter in finding out if they achieve their HEA. This book contains adult content and situations. It may cause triggers as it deals with domestic violence, sexual situations and mental abuse. It also contains a very interesting...

Understand what the Bible says about morality, law, and justice. Begin by exploring modern ideas of justice and morality and how these concepts are similar to and different from biblical notions. Examine the meaning of the classic term for justice, "Mishpat", and see how law, morality, and justice are discussed in different types of biblical literature, from the early Hebrew writings and traditions through to the New Testament era - over 1,000 years of biblical history.