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Colleen Patrick thought she was just going to the market one autumn day in 1872, when everything she knew about herself – and the world around her – abruptly changed. Living the American dream, she had been happy with her young, Irish husband on their small farm in Kentucky. Little did she know the town’s exotic gypsy family is actually a family of Vampires with big plans for her: plans that did not necessarily require her consent. At just twenty-two years old, tragically removed from her life and thrust into an existence for which she was carefully selected, she is now a murderer, a ...

Fate is cruel, and Axel of Valen knows it too well. His mentor, Orvan, is dead—sacrificed in a desperate bid to stop the rising tide of darkness. But the world does not pause for grief. Axel’s brother, Akel, has sworn allegiance to the enigmatic wizard Zammex, whose fiery domain of Hurai is home to demon overlords, Loduri raiders, and exiled human refugees. As Akel steps further into the shadows, the line between lost and irredeemable begins to blur.

Dr. Anthony Smith, along with the few survivors of global warming, started society anew. Having come to the conclusion that injudicious breeding played a huge role in the destruction of Earth as we knew it in the 21st century, he worked closely with other survivors to isolate the Dionysus gene: the gene has the ability to manipulate human DNA to ensure that all male children be born gay, and all female children be born lesbians.

Imagine a town where you can stay out as late as you want, wake up when it suits you, you never have to go to work, and everything is free for the taking. Sounds perfect right? But what if you can’t remember where you are or how you got there? What if you can’t ever leave? And what if the only other people around are hostages, just like you? Would you still want to stay? Jasmine Marshall certainly didn’t think so until she met Justin Beck; a dashing active-duty member of the United States Army and fellow hostage. With him around life in Kolob might not be so bad after all … or so ...

When Jasmine Marshall and her fellow hostages finally won back their freedom and escaped from the mysterious town of Kolob, they believed they would be rejoining civilization and resuming their normal lives. To their horror, what they found on the other side of the dense forest was far worse than anything they could have ever imagined. On December 21, 2012, an unprecedented series of global attacks changed the world and shook the very foundations of society. A significant portion of the Earth’s population died following exposure to an illness that the media dubbed ‘The Maya Virus’, ...

Greg Bowker is a young senior constable forcibly transferred to a one-officer station in a remote and dying Mallee town. Welcomed by a brutal combination of heat, dust, isolation and primitive amenities, the new officer expects to waste years of his career in 'purgatory'. He is greeted with warmth by the community but becomes increasingly worried by the behaviour of two delinquent teenagers, one of whose family history hides a secret he can't resist investigating.

Andrew and Dimir became inseparable in college and wound up starting their own business together; a gay porn website where people could go and watch romantic gay porn instead of the rough and tough, or wham bam thank you man crap that was flooding the Internet at that time. After 10 years together, they were still perfectly happy, but they didn't even realize something was missing until they met a broken young man that needed a family.

Have you ever woken up to have everything change in your life? I have, and nothing can go back to the way things were. I went to bed as a typical teenager and the next day found out I was a demigod who happens to be destined to save the world! Are you kidding me? As if being a teenager wasn't hard enough. Welcome to my life!

Hello all! We're just a bunch of idiotic collage students speaking from the heart without any restrictions. If you wish to complain, please send me a personal image of your face and a death threat. Thank you!

Beauregard Boudreaux is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Born and raised there, he never thought he would ever stray far from home. The untimely death of his first love left Beau lost, adrift, looking for a place as far away from the pain as possible. Initially, he came to New York to visit a friend, the city growing on him, so he decided to stay. His law degree comes in handy at the LGBT Center he runs, but his bar is his baby.

Rusty Water Towers is a podcast in search of Faith and Hope in Rural Life and Ministry. Each episode includes a guest sharing stories and experiences of their rural life. My hope is that this podcasts reveals the creative potential latent in rural life. Audio by Jonathan LeMaster-Smith Theme song "Hildebran" by Shannon LeMaster-Smith Find us on social media! Facebook, Instragram: RustyWaterTowers Twitter: RustyTowerPod j.lemaster-smith.com/rustywatertowers

The “Young Boy Named David” series is designed to help young people deal with difficult situations that are hard to talk about and adults reconnect to their disconnected childhood helping heal broken pasts. In Book 16, David's fighting takes a backseat as he witnesses some of the other kids in his class fighting each other. It looks like all of these kids had their own issues to work out!

The “Young Boy Named David” series is designed to help young people deal with difficult situations that are hard to talk about and adults reconnect to their disconnected childhood helping heal broken pasts. In Book 11, David finally meets new friends his age who take him on adventures, give him new feelings, and teach him new things.

The sky’s the limit for flight instructor, Sandy Freeman. The love of her life, Detective Cade Onola, has proposed, and plans to purchase her own flight school are about to take off. That is, until an opioid addiction—after an unexpected run-in with a propeller—stalls out her plans.

We all look up at the moon and wonder. And maybe dream. For centuries, the moon filled our imaginations. Eleven professional writers took those dreams and set original stories on moons scattered all over the galaxy. Yet, as the dreams of centuries, every story holds a human touch. From a mythical man fulfilling a childhood wish to a fantastic addition to Kristine Kathryn Rusch's best-selling Retrieval Artist series, this volume of Fiction River allows you to travel to 11 different moons without leaving the comfort of home.

Henry Whitfield answers the call of duty and travels halfway across the world to fight in the war. Far away from his family and Canadian hometown, he feels the loneliness. On the battlefield, he meets an angel. Afraid she is just a dream, he befriends Winnie.

Taryn and Thanos are the formidable Ambassadors of House Orion. Taryn was born into power, bred from birth to lead the people of Greece along with his sister Theresa. Thanos was never a part of his mothers' plan. The son of a fisherman was not a suitable match for the son of Greece as far as their mothers' were concerned, but Taryn usually gets his way.

After arriving at his pre-determined neighborhood for a voluntary game of adult hide and seek, Brad Jeffries is shocked to learn that the innocent game has changed. Murder has been legalized. Borders have been set up. If anyone tries to escape, they are shot with no questions asked. The game of hide and seek is now played with rifles. It's shoot to kill. Brad must stay and play, or die to get out.

This 5-point, week-by-week plan to help you change your lifestyle in a way that unlocks your body's natural ability to lose weight. The strategies will change your perspective about the roles of food, exercise, and rest in your life.

A romantic evening by the fire feeding his husband ice cream leads to a lot more than heavy petting for Aiyan and Kaden.