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When Carthenne Rel first came to Nyaesh, she feared the A'ras. Now she trains with them, struggling to use the magic they teach, and cut off from the shadow blessing within her. Isolated for her differences, she has only a few friends among the other students. When the strange and powerful Master Invar offers to teach her to access the powers warring within her, Carth is isolated even more.

Most Christians today believe that God's promise to establish the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31) has been fulfilled in the Gospel of Christ. It is a shock to learn that the Dispensational world denies this, and says the Jeremiad Covenant will not be established until the Second Coming of Christ, at the end of the Christian age! In this carefully reasoned and powerful new book, prolific author Don K. Preston (D. Div.) demonstrates the dangers of such a view, and with careful logic and exegesis shows that the Gospel is now, and will always be, the one covenant, the only covenant wherein salvation...

Tan now serves as Athan. The remaining draasin have bonded. Elle and all of Doma have been saved. And Par-Shon has been defeated. Tan knows the victory is short lived. Par-Shon knows how to obscure their shapers, and they could hide anywhere. When Tan discovers Par-shon shapers within the kingdoms, a dangerous and wild elemental is released. As Tan tries to defend his bonds, he learns the terrible history of this elemental, one that the draasin would hide from him.

Having saved her people from the danger of the Branox, Imogen must find a way to lead them home. The way back is treacherous, and there’s an ever-present threat of more dark creatures attacking. When hunted by a new threat, the sacred patterns are not enough. Imogen must find a way to bring her people together while staying on the path the Porapeth have seen for her, but even that might not lead her to safety. The first of the blade must be more than a sacred sword master. If she can’t unlock the potential hidden deep inside her, all her people will fall.

I'm Coach James’ favorite player, but it’s only because I can do things on and off the field that the other players can’t do. My name is Dillon and I’m straight, but I do occasionally fantasize about doing sinful things to my older, muscular, and chocolate-toned football coach, Coach James. One day he asked me to pay a visit to his office to talk about the game we lost last Friday. I prepared myself to be reprimanded but instead, I discovered an opportunity for my deep fantasy to become a reality. I’m Coach James and I’m straight, but when my star quarterback, Christian Fowler, ...

When her brother Andy married his girlfriend Lea - and their boyfriend Sean - Jessie felt sorry for herself. Here she was, alone, unloved. But when two gorgeous firemen friends of her brother decide to show Jessie a very, very good time, well, who is she to say no? And when they make her feel like nothing less than a goddess - well, who is she not to say yes?

As Endric continues his search for the traitor Urik, a new threat emerges, one that demands the attention of the Denraen. Now an officer, Endric should be a part of the planning, but the general seems determined to keep him from it. Endric searches for information that might help him understand, and as he finally thinks he’s getting close to discovering word on Urik, he’s sent from the city on what appears nothing more than a pointless mission. When an asset he cares for goes missing, Endric betrays the Denraen to go after them.

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach - perfection and ascension or delusion and destruction. The choice is ours. In this collection of clone-themed stories, 10 of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality and built-in societal restraints and reflect upon our state of grace. Similar is not necessarily the same.

On November 25, 1950, during one of the toughest battles of the Korean War, the US Eighth Army Ranger Company seized and held the strategically important Hill 205 overlooking the Chongchon River. Separated by more than a mile from the nearest friendly unit, 51 soldiers fought several hundred Chinese attackers. Their commander, Lieutenant Ralph Puckett, was wounded three times before he was evacuated. For his actions, he received the country's second-highest award for courage on the battlefield and resumed active duty later that year as a living legend.

The empire remains in chaos following the last attack. Fes searches to connect to the newly raised dragon, wanting to find him before the Damhur attack again, but when he finally returns to the capital, he’s too late. War has returned to the empire in full. With dragons controlled by the Damhur attacking along the coast, the fire mages and Dragon Guard outmanned, Fes urgently needs to find a way to save the dragons - and help the empire. The search brings him to a foreign land where he uncovers ancient secrets in his quest.

Give: An Anthology of Anatomical Entries explores, from head to toe, the varying reasons why someone might donate an organ, tissue, or other body part, and how. Featuring 24 twisted short stories from authors including Christine Morgan, Kerry G.S. Lipp, Gio Clairval, and others.

The golden age of the short story was in Victorian and Edwardian times, when authors made a living by contributing to literary magazines and journals. These popular journals threw up such literary greats as Dickens, Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard, and Jerome K. Jerome. Many of the great writers are undeservedly neglected by modern audience...but what a pleasure it is to rediscover the literary treasures that delighted our great grandparents!

After saving the dragons, Fes knows what must come next, but the empire has other plans. Rather than saving the Deshazl from slavery, the emperor bargains for peace. Can real peace happen when his people remain enslaved? When a summons draws him south, Fes discovers an ancient threat to the dragons that he might not be able to stop. Worse, the Damhur might finally have what they want - a way to control or destroy the remaining dragons.

After years of being together, but being apart, Suzie is moving in with Danny. He's helping her move out of her apartment and, when they're done, he's going to ask her to marry him. But, as he's packing up the last of her belongings, he discovers something: something unexpected. He's shocked by what he finds and she's angry that he pried. What will he be willing to do to make things better? What will she ask before she can trust him again?

After blowing the money she receives from a career-ending car accident, Asha finds herself strung out on pain medication and low on cash. Desperate for money to feed her addiction, she teams up with her Aunt Lynn and hits the strip of the notorious Cash Avenue. But her life is interrupted when her boyfriend is gunned down by her neighbor Shon's boyfriend, Manson - who also happens to be her arch enemy, Carly's baby daddy. The feuding women learn that they have more in common than a man - they have a deep love affair with money and will do anything to get it.

It's the the world's oldest fantasy. A threesome. A ménage à trois. A love sandwich.

Most of us have fantasized about being with a pair of lovers. Some of us have been lucky enough to live the fantasy. K. D. West brings you a collection of steaming-hot tales of friendly mènages - a girl and two guy friends becoming...much more.

Drawn together from six different series, this boxed set runs the gamut from emotionally complex to hilarious and everything in between - but always exploring the ways in which sex and sexuality make us human. A young woman flying to her new home city discovers that sometimes embracing the unknown can be very, very nice. A happily married couple discover that sometimes a touch of fantasy can make you even happier. A student convinces her former teacher and her best friend to give her a birthday present that none of them will ever forget.

"At a critical juncture during brain surgery, Alex Dixon, age 12, had a stroke...." Alex was a normal, bright, and healthy little girl, when the sudden onset of a mysterious illness began to take over her life. Months of physical therapy and medication failed to provide relief from acute pain and muscle spasms. Doctors across the country were at a loss for answers. A last ditch attempt at treatment, brain surgery, ended up stopping the spasms but with unexpected, dire consequences.

K.D. West, Amazon best-selling author of contemporary menage/polyamory romance, brings you four steamy stories where friendship turns to something much, much more.

Gruah, the granddaughter of King Cìnéad III of the Royal Clan Alpin, marries two men in less than six months, one she loves and one she hates; one in secret, the other arranged by the high king of Scotland. At the age of 18, she lays her palm upon the ancient stone of Scone and sees her destiny as queen of Scotland, and she vows to do whatever necessary to see her true love, Macbeth macFindlaech, beside her on the throne.