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Soon after September 11, the news media stepped up its coverage of Martin and Gracia Burnham, the missionary couple held hostage in the Philippine jungle by terrorists with ties to Osama bin Laden. After a year of captivity and a violent rescue that resulted in Martin's death, the world watched Gracia Burnham return home in June 2002.

The Abram's Daughters saga encompasses the lives of three generations of Ebersols, an Amish family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Opening with The Covenant at the end of WWII and continuing into the Fifties with The Betrayal, Leah and Sadie Ebersol have made very different choices with consequences that have left them many miles apart, both physically and emotionally.

One of Author Anna Katharine Green's innovations was the idea of the “girl detective,” in the person of Violet Strange. Violet was a 17-year-old high-society debutante who led a double life as a sleuth, working for an unnamed detective agency to discreetly ferret out solutions to mysteries that could not be trusted to the police. The short stories in this collection give us a glimpse into New York society, filled with musicales and teas and ballgowns, but neither the tales nor Violet are light-hearted and fluffy.

With an unscrupulous creditor proposing indecent solutions to their uncertain future, the girls leave their childhood home - and childhood itself - behind. Soon an unexpected hero finds himself saddled with the slew of sisters and their surprising skills. But only one thing’s for sure: the sharpshooter named Beatrix hits the mark of his lonely heart. Plagued by past failures and forced to make their own way, find out what happens as the Dangerous Darlyns take to the road in Trails & Targets!

The last week hasn't gone at all as Erin planned. She had thought it might be her final vacation with Jack, her husband. Their marriage had been on the rocks for years, and this was to be her last attempt to bring them together by allowing him his fantasy of going nude in public. Hoping the trip would help to rekindle the closeness they once shared.

Yulia, an estranged child, and transgender woman speaks and writes English, Russian, Spanish, French, and Chinese fluently. Freshly living as a lady with the help of her supportive babushka, she journeys from Brooklyn to Washington DC and lands a job as an intern for the Director of Presidential Correspondence.

Do you desire daily wisdom—the kind of wisdom that can give you peace and comfort, guide your decisions, correct your misunderstandings, and teach you truths that help you mature in your faith? Wisdom for Life is designed to offer exactly that, using the Old Testament books of Psalms and Proverbs. Easy to fit in any schedule, each of the 100 devotions takes one minute to read. They also offer multiple Scripture references and a bonus "For Further Thought" section so you can dig deeper when you have the time.

Relying on her friends, Elizabeth and Priscilla, and the affection of an English Springer Spaniel named Loyal, Mercy survives the 1620 Mayflower crossing and their first perilous months in America. But she is tested through painful loss, her attraction to the handsome but disturbing Jack Billington, and the perils of living in a danger-filled wilderness. Mercy faces her greatest challenge when she and her Indian friend Amie make an ominous discovery. Young rebels in the colony have so provoked the Native Americans that all-out war seems certain.

Jack finally talked his wife, Erin, into spending a week at a nudist resort. For years, he has been building up fantasies about their lovemaking session with people watching them. His biggest fantasy was to watch Erin with another man. Erin knew he hoped this week would be a chance to fulfill some of those dreams. The problem? Erin wasn't eager about his fantasies, and she really didn't want to go to the nudist resort, but she finally relented to please him.

Sometimes it’s nice to not be in control all the time. When Amanda overhears a discussion about free use at work, she’s intrigued and can’t get it out of her mind. An entire day or weekend where she lets her husband use her whenever he wants? Things in the bedroom have gotten stale lately, and the idea of giving up control shoots tingles through her body. Would he even want to use her like a sex toy? Amanda is willing to try anything to bring the spice back into her marriage, and her free use fantasy makes her wet and needy enough to beg for it.

In the fourth book of the Peabody series, the meek and well behaved Jean asks the Lord to help her be brave and send her on an adventure. Over the next several weeks Jean learns to stand up for herself, say the truth even when it's hard, and say what she wants to do. But on a trip to her aunt and uncle's farm in Alabama, Jean has an abandoned hunting lodge, a cave, a missing will, and a stolen jewel to contend with. Proud that she has conquered her fear well enough to learn to ride a horse, Jean has enormous tasks.

Ellie Browne has found happiness running the Dog & Duck pub in the idyllic village of Little Leyton. Her blossoming romance with handsome property developer Max Golding is going swimmingly, and with her new best friend, Digby the black Labrador, at her side, life couldn't be sweeter. But their peace is shattered when Max's younger sister, Katy, turns up unannounced with a whole heap of attitude. And Max's loyalties are stretched further when his glamorous ex Sasha reappears with a burgeoning secret.

After Gianna has a filthy dream about being taken raw by a bunch of faceless men, her dom does whatever he can to satiate her raunchy desires by inviting his friends to come take what they want from her. With only a panel of wood separating her from the rest of the party, she services them all like a good sub.

Mischief Motors is the most elite private car service in Las Vegas, and half-sisters Chelsie and Normandy Blake are its co-owners. They don't always see eye-to-eye on how to run the business, and they especially don't agree with Chelsie's attraction to one of their new employees—rugged mechanic Noah Thompson. He also happens to be Chelsie’s former high school crush, who embarrassingly shot her down once upon a time, and never really knew she existed.

When my husband gives me the chance to fulfill my wildest fantasy with another man, I’m shocked, but I’m not going to pass up the opportunity. When he tells me to choose the guy, I’m even more thrilled. My husband's devastatingly handsome boss catches my eye. With my husband's blessing, I decide to embrace my inner hotwife. What starts out as curiosity becomes a wild night that leaves me craving more.

Hunter Cox, a 44-year-old real estate agent from Columbus, Ohio, had everything planned for his sensual itinerary in Bangkok. He had the budget and hotel details of the Thai lady escort that he had been chatting with a week before his arrival. However, his titillating trip takes on a tumultuous turn when he failed to double-check one digit from the provided hotel room number.

Hyacinth Lane is known for its trophy wives who possess grace, style, and gourmet cooking techniques. Martha Stevens, a transgender woman and the President of the Pearly Planes Homeowners Association in Calabasas, California, has been basking in the glory for four consecutive years brought upon by her Key Lime Pie and flawless service for the residents.

In another life, she was the queen of the faeries. But now, after being reborn, Chels avoids them due to trauma at the hands of the fae.... Until the king of the faeries comes for her, claiming her as his mate. Now, she's expected to be a queen in a world she knows nothing about, alongside a king she doesn't love.

Karl Norman, a 48-year-old finance analyst, had a knack for gaining store credits and free products from his expertise of compelling complaining. However, the tides turn when he meets 55-year-old Bruna, a Brazillian dominant transgender woman and store manager of an adult toy store.

Ellie Browne, landlady of the Dog & Duck, is looking forward to a relaxing Christmas Day before the arrival of her and Max’s baby in the new year. But with a snowstorm brewing outside, it seems that things might not go quite to plan. After the dramatic events of the holiday season, Ellie settles into her new life at Max's huge country mansion, Braithwaite Manor, juggling work and family as best she can. When she's asked to help organise a summer wedding for one of her best friends it's only natural that her mind turns to her own non-existent wedding plans!