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It ought to be a joyful time for Dr. Sara Alderson. Her daughter, Lizzie, is about to graduate college, and marry her longtime boyfriend. But the family's happiness is shattered when a drunk driver seriously injures her teenage son in a hit-and-run accident. Now, instead of planning her daughter's wedding, Sara must fight to save her son's life. And when she discovers who the drunk driver was - someone she thought was a colleague and a friend - she has to fight her desire for revenge.

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be an addict? Do you know someone that is an addict and can not fathom how they got to that point in their lives? Addicts are not always hooked at their first taste of drugs. Not all drugs effect everyone in the same way. This audiobook will reveal my personal story and my addictions as I battled with depression, drugs, and struggled to find meaning and direction in my life. I will tell my story to the road to recovery and the three principals that I applied to life to get me there.

A shocking tale of secrets, guilt, and clerical child abuse. “God has made you special, but I will show you how to have an extraordinary life. Show you true love, as God intended for our kind.” It’s 1978. Blackburn Hamlet is a typical suburban village in eastern Ontario. In this vibrant Catholic community, life revolves around family and church. Then the safe comfort of both is destroyed by the arrival of a predator priest.

When Cyprus Keller and his wife Kaitlyn relocated to rural Virginia, they did all they could to put the past behind them. However, the situation becomes uncomfortable when Jackson Channing appears in Keller's living room and begins questioning Keller about the past. The situation becomes unbearable when bullets start flying through the front window. In a flash, it becomes apparent that Jackson Channing is not the only person who has an interest in Keller.

Dr. Sara Alderson is heading back to college for her 10-year class reunion. Her husband and two of her children are coming with her - and so are her supernatural dreams. One of her old classmates is becoming more frantic with every passing night. Sara can’t see his face, but she can see everything else in his dreams, and he’s coming closer and closer to committing a desperate act to try to save his business. Sara’s the only one who can save him and his family - if she can figure out who he is and what he’s planning in time.

In Backseat Tragedies: Hot Car Deaths, best-selling true crime authors RJ Parker and JJ Slate explore the circumstances that led to the deaths of over 20 children who died of hyperthermia, or heatstroke, in a car. They explore the science of how quickly a car can heat to deadly temperatures and why the human brain can so easily be tricked into forgetting something as important as a child. They also highlight important steps we can take as a community to prevent future casualties.

When humanity’s first deep space colonists touched down on the new planet, they had no idea it was the birthplace of a hostile alien species. After enduring numerous attacks, the survivors realize the aliens are about to enact their revenge by invading Earth. General Cherry Lindstrom commissions the building of a starship to carry a select band of colonists to the home world and warn the inhabitants of the impending war. Generations have passed since the original colony ship departed.

Pain doesn’t usually arrive all at once—it accumulates. A stiff morning becomes a cautious afternoon. A small ache becomes a reason to skip the walk, avoid the garden, or hesitate before standing up. And little by little, discomfort starts “shrinking” your life. Pain-Reduction Workbook for Seniors is a practical, encouraging 30-day field guide designed to help you turn down the “volume” of chronic aches and rebuild confidence in your body—without intense workouts, expensive equipment, or complicated routines. You’ll learn simple daily habits that calm your body’s “alarm ...

Tales From Earia: The Complete Collection contains hours of fantasy and wonder that most any child is sure to enjoy! This collection contains all four books in the series (over 50 tales in total). Make bedtime the best time of the day, with Tales From Earia!

Podcast will be disclosing secrets of my past, and other guest’s secrets. We are airing our dirty laundry not because we want to. Who wants to do that? We are releasing them so that we can heal. It’s not easy to release some secrets because some have caused us great trauma. Hopefully, sharing my experiences and having guests share their experiences, you too can let go of your secrets and learn how to heal. My podcast is a result of my book, We Are NOT Our Secrets. Expected publication January 23, 2023.

Upon being released after three years of incarceration in a psychiatric facility, former narcotics detective and unlicensed PI Trevor Galloway has no idea how to begin picking up the pieces of his shattered life. Having lost the woman he loved and exacting revenge upon those responsible, he is irreparably broken, heavily medicated, and unemployable.

King Vanderwall was given two options: Kill the humans or die. Seventeen years later, his sons now face the same threat...Orian, Prince of the Midland, is sworn to protect his human, but now he must choose: His life or hers. When an irrevocable disease spreads through the Earth plane, Orian must find a way against the odds to win.

A Christmas miracle! Her paralysis, cured by the stranger who only needed to hold her hands. So why was she cruelly robbed of the gift so soon afterwards? Why is she dying? Psychiatrist Ben Sheldon is perplexed. Why the rapid mental decline in his patients? How does the death of the local priest and the arrival of an exorcist from Rome tie the pieces together? Now, with his own family at risk from the mysterious and malign presence, Ben Sheldon must collaborate with unlikely allies to try and save them.

Feisty Samantha (Sam) Wilson isn't allowing the closure of the village library to go unchallenged; it's just another blow to a community already in slow decay. When aspiring author Dominic Ross moves into the old schoolhouse, things begin to change. Sam thinks he'd make a great match for her childhood friend and single mom Anne. Dominic has other things on his mind. He wants to help Sam with the library, he's under pressure from his agent to come up with the goods, and he thinks his house is haunted.

Ericka Gilmore dabbles in life and death when she tries to conjure a ghost lover. But when Joe Reeves appears on her doorstep in the midst of a storm, she has to rethink her destiny. A car accident left the former cop with the ability to foresee death. No longer willing to watch people he cares about die, Joe goes in search of a shaman to remove his "gift". His remedy until then is to avoid all relationships. But like a lightning strike, he experiences a strong connection with Ericka. A nearby mystical ley line could be Joe's solution if he and Ericka combine their gifts.

In the town of Sugarville, a small suburb outside Atlanta, Georgia, life couldn’t be more normal. One man schedules a doctor’s appointment, another receives a mysterious package, and another quits his job to prepare for an apocalypse that may or may not come. Ordinary events in ordinary lives, or so it would seem. With each story comes a new layer of intrigue that charms as much as it chills, each "What if?" answered to its fullest and darkest consequence.

Anna is clearly different from others. With obvious physical differences and powerful abilities, she's never quite fit in...anywhere. Having no knowledge of her parents, she sets out to discover her true origin. On the run for most of her life, she's become a master at eluding capture, even a little cocky, you might say. When a sticky situation forces her hand, she hitches a ride with a wizard, who whisks her away to another world where, according to him, she'd been exiled from as a child.

Liana Duralba had always dreamed of the day she would become a bride but now that day was upon her and it was nothing like she imagined it would be. Her father was the king of the dragon tribe and so for his daughter to be protected he had arranged that she be married to Graydon, the strongest weredragon in the tribe.

Dr. Sara Alderson thought she was securing her and her family’s future when she moved them to a small town in New York and took a job as Chief of Pediatrics at the local hospital. Unfortunately, things aren’t going quite according to plan. For one thing, she has enemies at work who resent her from the moment she sets foot in the hospital. For another, she’s visiting the dreams of an old man who’s seeing nightly visions of a storm that will wipe out the entire town. He’s convinced that the visions are true – and as winter closes in, Sara is starting to think he might be right.

Murder. Kidnapping. Cannibalism. Suicide. All these themes, among others, can be found in these true stories about various killers who have used the internet to lure out their victims. As you go through the pages of this book, you will find the most shocking lives led by men and women from around the world. These true stories are from different years and areas. Places where these crimes are committed vary mostly from the United States, United Kingdom, to Germany.