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He begged for the chance to serve her. Now, he’s in Room 214, a world of his own making, and she is the sole architect of his fate. For one intense night, he will be tested, challenged, and pushed to the very limits of his obedience. Blindfolded and bound, he must surrender his senses, his control, and his pride to prove he is worthy of her attention. Each task she gives him is a trial, each command a lesson in true submission. He is there for one purpose only: to be a vessel for her pleasure, a tool for her desire, and to accept that his own release is a privilege, not a guarantee.

A Christmas Anthology of several of the best Christmas Novellas you have never heard from authors who were prolific in their time. Including the author of the Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms series, the Little Bear children's series, Charles Dickens & Howard Hughes' award winning novelist/playwright brother.

How can digital cash truly be "trustless"? What does it mean that blockchain offers a new paradigm of the "rule of code"? How are decisions made when a blockchain system faces an emergency, and who gets to make those decisions? In Blockchain Governance, Primavera De Filippi, Wessel Reijers, and Morshed Mannan offer answers to these questions and more, in an accessible, critical overview of legal and political issues related to blockchain technology.

Is it possible to find strength in struggle and purpose in pain? Ask Dr. April Jones, a young mother who battled her two-year-old son’s cancer while getting her doctorate. Her struggle to make the heart-wrenching decisions with her family led to a discovery of God, courage, and a happiness within that helped her transform scary misfortune into a joy-filled life. In No Mess, No Message, Dr. Jones shares her real, raw journey and reveals insight into how powerful thinking and strong faith can lead to inner healing.

MORE—The Microdose Diet gives you a step-by-step ninety-day plan to reclaim your power and your life. By using alternative medicines such as microdosing psychedelics, tapping, visualization, and journaling, you will feel MORE alive than ever before, aligned with the level of success, passion, and happiness you deserve but have never been able to obtain or sustain.

What changed the direction of Dara's life journey? She chose to believe and travel with the power of love, God's love - a love that at first was not always easy to understand, trust, or accept. As her story reveals, it was Divinely life-transforming when she welcomed this unconditional love into her heart. Dara's life lessons are about choices and how great trials can be great teachers; how the biggest hurts can be the biggest gifts. It is one's choice how to learn the lesson.

In 2079, a time travel experiment sends physicist Carmela Akronfleck further back in time than she'd intended. Though she's still in her small northern California town, the year is 1936 and she must learn to live without the technology she's come to rely on. Her neurological implants should be dormant, but she receives a cryptic message, periodically accompanied by an audio transmission from the future. It's the voice of her former psychotherapist, an android named Kass, stating his innocence in a series of murders.

When Daniel, a first-time client, reaches out to Colossal Crushers, he doesn’t expect to be swept into the world of Madame Jess—a towering force of charisma, wit, and unrelenting power. As their correspondence grows more intimate, and the demolitions more daring, Jess and her colleague Paisley deliver crushing experiences both literal and emotional. From thigh-cradled perspectives to full-scale corporate takedowns, this story delivers erotic tension, dramatic destruction, and surprising tenderness in a uniquely voyeuristic format.

Lena is a live wire, a chaotic force of nature who thrives on being pushed. Nate is a dominant man whose power is physical and direct, a perfect match for her wild energy. When they collide in a dim hotel suite, the result is a raw, intense struggle for control. But they are not alone. From the shadows, Tabby watches.

Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it! She’s been visiting France for a couple of months, barging on the Canal du Midi with her boyfriend Jenks Jenkins. She hit the hot spots in the south of France, eating great food, drinking fine wine, and foiling a terrorist plot: all the usual stuff. Now, she’s ready to leave for Mexico and back to her yacht in the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast! At the last minute, she’s offered a mysterious and lucrative assignment by persons unknown and jumps at it.

Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job and plays by the rules. Her life is reassuringly predictable - until an enemy hiding in plain sight decides her squeaky-clean reputation is the perfect cover to commit a crime. When Agent Parker Landon and his FBI team discover that someone at the university has been procuring military-grade hardware by disguising it as test equipment, all evidence points to Ree.

Is there a change you want to see in the world, your community, your job, or your life? Have you been waiting for “someone”, “somewhere” to do “something”? Stop waiting! You are someone. You are somewhere. You can do something. Your change is the new future you imagine. When you act to create your change, you become a change agent. You don’t need permission to become a change agent, but you do need to equip yourself for your change journey.

Retail is the heartbeat of a thriving economy and community. Without it, the gears come to a grinding halt. But when it is functioning at its highest capacity, the millions of people it employees learn skills that shape their future in amazing ways.

On the brink of World War II, Jane Benjamin wants to have it all. By day she hustles as a tomboy cub reporter. By night, she struggles to raise her toddler sister, Elsie, and protect her from their mother. But Jane’s got a plan: she’ll become the San Francisco Prospect’s first gossip columnist and make enough money to care for Elsie. Jane finagles her way to the women’s championship at Wimbledon, starring tennis phenom Tommie O’Rourke. But then she witnesses Edith “Coach” Carlson, Tommie’s closest companion, drop dead in the stands of apparent heart attack.

In the sequel to Destiny's Bridge, rancher Lexington Walters, and realtor Amanda Cauble have faced raging waters and cattle rustlers to be together. They want to build a life together, but one thing stands in their way—Amanda's parents. When Amanda decides to move permanently to Texas, she travels to her family's Los Angeles home to pack her belongings.

Camille's been unwillingly drafted to help prevent a Christmas catastrophe in snowy Hidden Haven. Magic from the annual Spirit of Christmas Ball keeps the town hidden from humans for the rest of the year, but the magic from the ball can't be captured without the town's holiday cheer vessel: a wand that adorns the town's tree as its crowning star. Camille arrives dressed in a red ball gown, receives a pair of glass slippers that magically don't pinch, and is assigned a canine companion to assist in her mission: find Hidden Haven's pilfered holiday cheer wand.

Vanessa Perry’s summer visit to her grandparents is even better than her dreams when she meets and falls in love with Makenna Markus. The teenagers quickly make college plans and can’t wait for Vanessa’s next visit at Christmas. But Vanessa’s mother has other ideas, and does a terrible thing. Their lives will never be the same.

An evil genius threatens Christmas. His name is Twinkles. Furry and full of himself, Twinkles the cat takes self-interest to a new level. Star and Ben never dreamt that cat-sitting could be this difficult. But things only get worse as more (reindeer) bodies start piling up. Using his newly discovered opposable thumbs, Twinkles phones his pet-sitters. His claim? He’s innocent. He’ll do anything if Ben and Star will clear his name and save Christmas, even (shudder) cuddle. Join Star and Ben as they find the real murderer in this humorous holiday tale of magical intrigue.

When a classic car thief strikes in Durham, North Carolina, motorcycle cop Shae Sharpe finds herself in hot pursuit of a hot rod and up against a hot deputy with a hot bod. Shae’s bust might be big, but her heart is bigger, and she’ll do everything in her power to track down the missing Barracuda stolen from a disabled veteran - even if it means crossing into Deputy Sexy’s dangerous turf.

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