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Emily had no idea about her friend Libby's little hobby until she was mistaken as an escort by one of Libby's regular customers. To say Emily was shocked was an understatement. What was more shocking was that she agreed to watch the two of them as part of their business transaction! It was so dirty and scandalous. Libby was a married woman! But so was Emily, and the more she thought about that salacious night, the more she wanted to try it out for herself...

Follow the lives of Diamond, Kennedy and Blair in the new series Baller Bitches. Diamond has decided to upgrade her life and not be the naive girl her baby daddy disrespected and took for granted, but will her new status put her life in danger? Kennedy is determined to take what she's learned in the entertainment business to become a mogul of her own but is she equipped to handle the cutthroat tactics that come along with it? Blair has always felt she wasn't good enough to make it in the glamourous world of show business but when she's finally presented an opportunity to shine does she have...

This series of short, fictional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It's the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass - a powerfully vivid collection of seemingly random life moments. The figures that haunt these stories range from Kafka (talking to a fish) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves. Most of Williams' characters, however, are like the rest of us.

Studies have shown that developing an “atomic habit”—just doing a few minutes a day of whatever skill or habit you want to take on—can be more than enough to engrain it into our lives. Therefore, we have transformed timeless legendary stories into 10-minute bite-size chunks long enough to entertain, enthrall, and even educate the listener, but short enough to be enjoyed quickly at bedtime or any other point in our busy modern days.

From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's first sororities. Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree, and...

Women have been culturally trained to discount one of their greatest protections—safety intuition. As women, it is so ingrained in us to attend to everyone else, including strangers on the street, before we listen to ourselves, that we have lost touch with our innate ability to often detect dangerous situations. As the result, we are left generally defenseless to recognize predators who manipulate our natural compassion, to our own detriment.

Charly, is the only daughter of notorious gangster Charlie Brinks. Following in her father's footsteps, Charly carves out her own reputation in the streets, as a woman to be respected and feared. She has no problem keeping her emotions in check and everything strictly business until the love of her life reappears and turns her world upside down. Cross Payne, is the son of Curtis Payne Sr. and the enemy of Charly's father, Charlie Brinks. Cross returns home to run the family empire. After being gone for over sixteen years, will he rekindle a forbidden love with an old flame? Can Charly and ...

With US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s transcendent verse, For a Girl Becoming acts as a blessing and a harbinger for a young girl’s life—and reminds those of us who still stand at the door of becoming that it is our relationships with nature and with each other that carry us through it.

The TARDIS lands in the Lancashire village of Bilehurst Cragg in the 17th century, and the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz soon become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. Fear stalks the land, and the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt. But the Doctor soon realises there is something more sinister than paranoia and superstition at work. Tendrils of living mud stir in the ground, and the dead lurch back to horrifying life as an evil alien presence begins to revive.

Vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters can feel like they’re living in different worlds. Relationship and communication breakdown among vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters is not inevitable, and it is reversible. With the right tools, healthy connections can be cultivated, repaired, and even strengthened. In Beyond Beliefs, internationally recognized food psychology expert and longtime relationship coach Dr. Melanie Joy provides easy-to-understand, actionable advice.

This beautiful book documents the author's intimate journey of codependency, religious deconstruction, divorce, heartbreak, and ultimately ends with her finding her way back to herself.

Injured in a seemingly pointless war, Captain Nathan J. Northland returns home to Lorehaven to an uncertain future. He doesn't know what to expect, but it certainly wasn't being posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he’d never felt before. Feelings about fangs. When Viscount Vlad Blutstein agreed to hire Nathan as captain of the Eyrie Guard, he hadn’t been sure what to expect either. It certainly hadn’t been to fall in love with a disabled werewolf.

Londyn Lewis was a B-list movie actress, waiting on a breakthrough role that would propel her to superstardom, but it always seemed to elude her. When she meets Sterling Pierce, a partner in a prestigious Venture Capital Firm, she trades in her dreams of stardom to be a Hollywood wife. Londyn finally acquires the lifestyle of the rich and famous she has always craved. But after the honeymoon is over, her once blissful marriage soon turns into a deadly divorce.

Relationships are complicated. Yet, it’s an unfortunate reality that while most of us have to learn complex geometry that we’ll probably never use, we don’t get a single formal lesson in how to relate to others. In this one-stop guide, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common psychological dynamics that underlie all kinds of relationships - with a romantic partner, friends, family members, colleagues - in short, with anyone in any situation. Understanding these dynamics will help you make all your relationships healthier and more resilient.

You aren’t just moving boxes. You are curating the next chapter of your life. Does the thought of emptying your family home feel like climbing Mount Everest? You are not alone. For thirty years, your home has been the "Family Headquarters"—holding every memory, every milestone, and every "just in case" item. Now, you are ready for a simpler life, but you are paralyzed by the sheer volume of stuff. How do you decide what to keep when everything feels important? How do you get rid of the dining table where you hosted twenty Thanksgivings? How do you deal with the guilt of letting go? Stop...

Being rescued by a gorgeous ex-military pilot was not on my bingo card. Neither was getting trapped on the mountain with him... in a cabin with only one bed! Everyone knows Ryder Blake. He's the gorgeous ex-military helicopter pilot who's famous for his daredevil exploits. Except when he comes into my diner he barely speaks to me. When a freak storm hits when I'm alone on the mountain I think it's all over. But despite the conditions, Ryder shows up to rescue me. Eyes blazing, muscles flexing, he makes it clear I need to do as he says. We're trapped alone together in a cabin while the storm...

Due to a last-minute change in plans, a group of unlikely traveling companions finds themselves on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. They include the soon-to-be-divorced Valerie; her oddball friends, Melissa and James; her moody teenage daughter, Brianne; and Val's estranged husband's fiancee, Jennifer. Val is dealing with unresolved feelings toward her ex and grappling with jealousy and resentment toward his younger, prettier new flame.

Josh: "She treats me like her annoying, over protective brother, but my thoughts are no way fit for a sibling. Driving me crazy with her 'I don't need anyone' attitude. I will show her what she needs, me, in every sense of the word." Chloe: "I am a strong and independent woman, I don't rely on...

First there was Buffy the Vampire Slayer; then its spin-off, Angel; then the cult hit Firefly and its follow-up film, Serenity. They all had two things in common: their creator, Joss Whedon...and their surprising psychological depth. Revisit the worlds of Joss Whedon...with trained psychologists at your side. What are the psychological effects of constantly fighting for your life? Why is neuroscience the Whedonverse's most terrifying villain? How can watching Joss' shows help you take on your own psychological issues?

In a modern-day manifestation of the healing miracle Jesus performed on the paralyzed beggar at the gate called Beautiful in Acts 3, Joy Smith Griffin likewise jumped to her feet, walking and leaping and praising God! Called to tell the world about the Lord who healed her in every way, Jumping for Joy is a compilation of the missionary journeys of Joy Smith Griffin over a span of three decades to 75 nations.