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He'll be her downfall... The two of them together will be her salvation. I live and breathe dancing. Without it, I'm a shell — a mess of a young woman with no outlet for the pain and torment residing inside of me. Everything changes when I meet him. We're toxic together. God only knows why we love each other so much. He's part of my downfall — my destruction. And when I finally hit rock bottom, quickly spiraling into the darkest place imaginable, his best friend does his best to save my life. But how do you help a woman who can't find the strength to save herself?

Why are there so many lousy managers? Because we don't know what's required to be a great one, so we take employees who are good at one thing and we reward them by throwing them into management, which is another thing altogether. They're almost never ready for what's coming. The result: mediocre sometimes toxic managers, a disengaged workforce, high turnover, and sub-par financial performance. It doesn't have to be this way!

107 Days is a powerful memoir about leadership, resilience, and transformation under pressure. In the wake of a historic turning point, a leader is thrust into the national spotlight with only 107 days to define a vision, build momentum, and confront forces determined to resist change.

In this compelling debut novel, author Kendall Roy delves into the lives of the family that lived there and the fateful events that transpired, marking the family's daughter Esther as the target of several sinister poltergeists. Much to her family’s horror, her body was painfully tormented as the spirits took her over. Doctors and priests were called into the house, but all efforts to save her were futile.

A box set of five short, hot novellas with HEAs, no cheating, no cliff-hangers! Includes: Falling for My Professor, Falling for My Friend’s Brother, Falling for My Dad’s Best Friend, Falling for My Boss, and Falling for My Boyfriend's Dad.

The more time that passes, it seems there are more odd specials that come out during the two biggest shopping days of the year. Last time one of these special days came around, I found myself out with a good friend of mine named Taylor. She was always the best at getting the craziest deals, and I needed a few good ones on that trip. Little did I know that the kind of deal I would end up with was one of the wildest and sexiest moments of my life.

This is an independent summary and analysis of Circe by Madeline Miller. It is not the original book. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. For the full experience, please support the original work.

Lisa is a romance author who lived a perfectly normal life until she met Sarah, a Shapeshifter that saves her from a terrible fate. In doing so, Sarah turns the key to Lisa's heart, and her loins in turn. Now, Lisa will stop at nothing to return the favor to the beautiful Shifter that saved her life. This is a lesbian erotic romance with a heavy Shifter theme. Bring a few tissues.

Kelley Vanders-Froggett’s life is finally in order again: She’s on break from a great job, she has a supportive family, and she has Anthony Salamandras, her hot alien fiancé who’s making it all too hard to wait for the altar. Then Anthony’s brother shows up declaring Kelley unworthy to marry into his family—unless she passes ancient trials. Never mind that these trials haven’t been used in generations. Either Kelley proves herself worthy, or she’ll be separated from Anthony forever.

Ancient Egypt, сivilizаtiоn in nоrthеаѕtеrn Afriса thаt dates from the 4th millеnnium BCE. Itѕ mаnу асhiеvеmеntѕ, preserved in its art аnd mоnumеntѕ, hоld a fascination thаt continues to grоw as аrсhаеоlоgiсаl finds expose its ѕесrеtѕ. This book fосuѕеѕ оn Egурt from itѕ prehistory thrоugh itѕ unifiсаtiоn undеr Mеnеѕ (Nаrmеr) in thе 3rd millennium BCE - sometimes uѕеd аѕ a reference point for Egурt’ѕ оrigin - аnd up tо the Islamic соnԛuеѕt in thе 7th сеnturу CE.

Miley Thompson, a young budding Witch finds herself at the Mercy of a Council of Wizards, accused of having used black magic. Luckily, She has a wizard on her side. Thomas Anderson, professional wizard. Miley is put under Thomas's apprenticeship and is forced to move in with him at the tender age of 18. That's when the heat turns up, and a secret she's long held in her heart for Thomas begins to manifest.

Deborah's career is at a dead end. After a splashy debut with her first novel, she's languished as a freelancer, her potential unfulfilled. But the death of an elderly aunt provides unexpected source material, as she and her family discover journals and letters that bring to life a colorful and shocking past.

Lizzie didn't want to leave Tokyo once her internship at a major computer company was over, and her Japanese employer didn't want her to go either, so when the time came, he offered her a permanent position. However, the position he really wanted her to fill involved quite a bit more than Internet knowledge. Lizzie feared that if he knew she was inexperienced, he might just get away, but Ichirou had other ideas.

The Midnight Circus appears without warning in an empty field, opening only when the clock strikes twelve. By lantern light and drifting fog, visitors find tents that bend time, tricks that feel like confessions, and performers who have traded their real names for roles the crowd will never forget.

Ayana, Mateo, Luna, Xavier, and Neveah never met—until a synchronized blackout across five cities pulls them into an encounter with an ancient cosmic force. But these aren’t your typical aliens. They’re spirit-guides, ancestors, and something far older—here to remind these Black and Brown teens that they are more than human. They are signal carriers, chosen to protect Earth’s spiritual evolution before it’s too late. Together, they must navigate prophetic dreams, hidden gifts, and shadowy forces that want to silence them.

You're not going to believe this. Really, I still can't believe it myself. You see, I was just given my first field assignment with Random Sexx Magazine. The boss wanted me to follow up on a report concerning a most interesting couple. It seems the pair of them has been playing a game they made up which is something like a sex lottery. The wife has access to a really big list of names at work, and she stole a bunch of them for a completely naughty alternate purpose!

Tonight was my bridal shower. I had talked to Andrew, and he'd given me his blessing to let loose. So I was pumped for male strippers and drinks, and partying hard with my girlfriends. But there's a problem: the strippers are a no show. So what's a group of horny girls to do?

Life of the party...those words have never been used to describe me. Mousy, wall-flower...that's me. But when my boyfriend broke up with me, left me for a party girl from his office, I knew it was time to make a change. The new Claire was going to be fun and exciting, a girl any guy would love to go out with.

Stephanie missed her curfew again; she got caught up making out with her boyfriend. Now she's going to get punished by Richard, the man of the house, and his favorite punishment to dish out while it's just the two of them is bare bottom spankings. This time, the spankings aren't good enough for Richard and he knows just the way to show his little brat not to disobey him again.

Sexual content has certainly received a disproportionate amount of the attention paid to the Internet. What sometimes gets overlooked in the discussions, however, is that the Net has indeed provided an outlet--if not exactly a market--for writers attempting artistic and literary treatments of erotic themes. One writer who earned online celebrity status for her posts of literary erotic fiction is Mary Anne Mohanraj--a writer of powerful voice and impressive range.