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The controversy grows with every sale of the best-selling novel. Throughout the contemporary fictional storyline of The Da Vinci Code, author Dan Brown skillfully weaves "historical" assertions intended to shake the very foundations of Christianity. Authors James L. Garlow and Peter Jones present compelling evidence that Brown's assertions are not only historically inaccurate, but may also contain a hidden agenda.

A friend's betrayal is a sharper wound than a rival's tooth. The adventure continues in Book 2 of the Whispering Wilderness Trilogy, a heart-stopping new chapter in the series that has captured the imagination of young readers. The sanctuary is finally at peace. Or so it seems. Under Kira’s leadership, the forest has begun to heal, and a fragile unity has taken root. But that peace shatters when a friend vanishes in the dead of night. The only thing left behind is a cryptic note—and a choice that will tear the pack in two. Kira sees a desperate cry for help. Her best friend, Terra, sees...

Looking to keep the heat? In Sweet Love, best-selling editor Violet Blue creates a world of lusty and in-love couples who live out their fantasies with delicious results. These powerful scenarios are recipes for romance that real couples can use as inspiration for memorable explorations of their own. This delectable collection will have you wishing for role-playing, exhibitionism, spankings, surprise threesomes, and much much more.

Learn when to seek medical help. Understand the similarities and differences between Cialis and Viagra. Sure, that Viagra pill may solve the problem, but maybe that quick fix isn't the optimal solution. Before your doctor tries to railroad you out of the little exam room in less than fifteen minutes with the magic blue pill, urge him or her to look at the big picture. If you want to hit all of the bases and score the home run for your team (you and your partner), you have to take the time to explore any and all of the root causes for ED.

Divorced, overworked, and full of doubts, Laura Humphreys escapes to paradise to volunteer for a sea turtle conservation project. Her vacation is shattered when a friend is murdered. The police are understaffed, a government official may be stalling the investigation, and Laura refuses to relent.

Suffer the Children is very unique in its blend of science fiction, murder mystery, romance, and legal genres. The main character, Dusty Burch, is a former wrestler, now attorney, who finds himself deep in the middle of a psychic dream connection with a little girl who needs his help. He meets people around the country and world who share his same burdens. Together, they search for answers, but the secrets they uncover push them to the edge of morality in the name of justice.

The Best by Women in Horror The first ‘Killing It Softly’ was just the tip of the iceberg… Beneath the icy depths of this next installment, you’ll be plunged into a world where 38 female horror writers give you a glimpse of their inner-demons, unleashing the hell-fire they suppress in the ‘real’ world. It will disturb you to discover what really lurks inside their minds, because many of these stories delve into pain that can only be experienced by women—leaving you unhinged as you curl up with them during their darkest hour. Post-partum depression, hording, anorexia, and ...

Kit Weston's life was turmoil from the time she was a child, and her outlaw lifestyle was her only means of surviving when she ventured out on her own at the age of 14. Fast forward 10 years and even though married and forced to live a normal life, she is on the run again after catching her husband in bed with another woman. Kit and her twin brother, Cale, are magnets for trouble as they run away from her husband, run away from ruffians, not to mention the law.

Half-blood Blue Fox hates the children in his white school. He hates his white parents, too. Thrown into the white world when his dying mother leaves him with Ben and Sarah so he will have a future, Blue must endure those who mock him, while wanting only to return to his native Lakota. As time passes, Blue learns to love his surrogate parents and his surroundings, until a cruel, racist, man drives him from them. Finding his Lakota relatives, he learns acceptance is not easily won—anywhere. When he does prove himself and becomes one of The People, Long Hair Custer, comes to the Little ...

Confused about what triggers your sexual desire? This book could transform your intimate relationships whether you are married or just looking. Confusion about sexual desire exists because the way your brain is wired. Brain chemicals make you think and feel certain ways. Confusion exists because unseen powers, like your heredity and evolutionary focuses expect you to act one way, but society expects you to act another way. How do you find the balance so you can live a happy life? This book describes the tug of your body and pull of society. It explains how you can give in to the lust of ...

Maggie Douglas was different than other girls her age. From the time she was 13 years old there were no dolls or frilly dresses for her. Instead Maggie could out ride, out rope, and out shoot her two brothers, father and hands on the Lazy D, her family's cattle ranch northwest of Kansas City, Missouri. But besting her brothers and father wasn't enough. As Maggie grew to adulthood she wanted to make a real difference in the expanding country around her. Striking out alone, going from Boston to Cheyenne to Deadwood, Maggie spoke for those who couldn't, or wouldn't, as a voice for the women's ...

Eleven stories chronicle the life and times of characters who cross paths and share destiny’s fire escape. Ghosts, gravity, romance, and secrets weave the communal narrative. Step into the elevator. Push any button, but try to remember your way back out. Not everybody makes it.

In Strict Measures: Tales of Female Domination, one of the four books in D. L. King's Short Story Collections, King is on her home turf. If you are familiar with her writing, you know the majority of her stories, and indeed, her novels, are all about female domination, usually with male submissives (though she also writes lesbian femdom stories).

Bears are supposed to live in the woods, just not one who sends you to the moon. Selena Aires I promised my friend that I would find the place I was meant to be. Neither of us had a clue what that meant, but searching for it after he's gone helps me cope with my grief. I pack up my art supplies and hit the highway. When I stop for gas in Quincy, Thomas is waiting for me—in spirit. So, I stay and find my dream cottage with a studio, hiking trails out the back door, and a quaint old tavern called the Starlight with a cozy booth in the corner. I set out my sketchbook and pencils and get busy...

All was calm and serene in Kit’s seemingly boring life, until two visitors thrust into her life. One absolutely unwanted ,the other unexpected. Sophie Wilson is on a mission to ensure the deaths of Kit and Cale Weston. Her deceased husband, Logan Wilson, is on a mission to ensure protection against Sophie and another out to hurt them, as well. Is this a matter of a woman scorned? Or a matter of a woman who cannot let go of the past and carry on with her life? It’s Sophie Wilson, and she is relentless in her pursuit of Kit Weston and won’t stop until Miss Golden Girl is dead.

How do we include all children, regardless of their native language, behaviors, abilities, and disabilities, in a general education classroom? Do the challenges outweigh the benefits? These are the questions Andrew was forced to confront as an early childhood educator. In Love Is a Classroom, Andrew chronicles a pivotal year in his teaching career. When he took the position at Vista Elementary School, Andrew was confident he knew everything there was to know about including all children in his classroom.

Fat Loss Secrets that Really Work! shows you how you can lose weight without starving yourself or following difficult and dangerous diet plans. After all, deciding to lose your excess fat is a decision that you make because you have a vision of a healthier life. It's your chance to take control of your health and your life.

We all want to feel energized, optimistic, and fulfilled each day, thankful for the meaningful people and activities in our lives. Yet many people lack this kind of joy and vitality. Why? One major reason is they have not made peace with their past. Often people carry pain from past troubled relationships into their current relationships. They are weighed down by shame that toxic people once tried to put on them. Or they hold on to mistakes and failures, never able to forgive themselves. Either way, they struggle to find the freedom that God offers.

Cute college girls Jenny and Amy can't understand why all their thongs and g-strings keep going missing from their washing basket. But one day, they discover that they are the latest targets of a campus panty thief! These two sexy girls decide to take their revenge, concocting a devious, devilish plan.

It is twelve years since the Great Reconfiguration and life in the continent-spanning network of Smart Houses is safe, sedentary, and sedated. Karl, Sam, and their children navigate this reality through implants and mood-balancing stims, living as much in the digital as the physical realm. However, when a tiny, impossible kitten enters their lives – unregistered, unthinkable, and utterly forbidden - a sequence of events is set in motion that will shatter their carefully constructed, user friendly world. As their home twists and turns against them, comfort becomes confinement, security ...