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When Jess meets five-year-old Daisy and her mum, Morag, in a local London park, they seem a perfectly happy and loving pair. Until Daisy whispers four little words that send ice seeping down Jess’ spine: she’s not my mum. Determined to save Daisy, Jess becomes obsessed with unearthing Morag’s secrets. As she digs ever deeper, her friends and family start to question her own increasingly paranoid behaviour.

To shatter the secrets lurking in the shadows, I must unleash my inner beast. Desperate for solace, I, a secret shifter and disgraced monster hunter, flee to the facade town of Deventer. But behind the facade lurks a treacherous nightmare. Flames erupt, casting suspicion on me as the prime suspect. My only hope? The local quack whose paranoia may be the key to exposing the town's sinister secrets. But there's more at stake! The realm of magic shatters as rival factions clash, vying for dominance in Deventer. Among demons, monsters, and arcane rituals, I must evade capture, clear my name, ...

Where shadows whisper secrets, my ordinary life is shattered. I survived a dark ritual where I was meant to be a sacrifice. I awoke with newfound, uncontrollable powers. My choices were stark: enroll at the Arcane Academy or face dire consequences. In this realm of magic and danger, trust is as elusive as a shadow in the night. The charismatic Ethan and the wise Astra, guide me through this labyrinth of spells and secrets. But not everyone at the academy wishes me well. The enigmatic councilwoman sees me as a tool to strengthen her own grip on the magical world. I navigate through tests ...

The Three Doctors, Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt, discovered early in their friendship that they shared one disturbing trait: as children, they had to navigate life in inner-city Newark without a father's support and guidance. While each young man dealt with the turmoil caused by an absent father, with no male role model to turn to for advice, each veered dangerously close to a life of delinquency, drugs, and crime. But despite great odds, the three overcame the statistics.

A common assumption about investors is that they don't care who wins as long as they're making money. For some investors, this mindset still rings true. Yet, many investors today want to make money and do good. Using a user-friendly format and insights from noted investment professionals, Sustainable Investing: What Everyone Needs to Know demystifies sustainable investing. By covering everything from the changing investment landscape and the roles of social and religious values in finance to how to build a portfolio with purpose, the authors provide an essential introduction.

Coffin Blossoms. A reminder that hope does spring eternal. In death itself, there is often beauty, life, and on rare occasions, even humor. The 24 stories in this anthology straddle the line between humor and horror in unique ways. Some wearing a wry smile. Others with tongue firmly in cheek. Ghosts, demons, vampires, myths, monsters, and murderers turned on their heads and shaken ‘til dizzy, then presented for you here, in Coffin Blossoms....

Hockey Stories is a fictional tale of two hockey players from rural Saskatchewan who find themselves on a winning NHL team. Billy Sinatra is accused of inappropriately organizing players to achieve the Stanley Cup win. Keeper was the goalie on his team. The story takes us from a confrontation in a first class airplane cabin, to NHL Head Office interviews, and back into the early junior league days of both players. Full of puns and light-hearted banter, the book’s narrator, El Gordo, brings in the tone of a play-by-play commentator.

When Jake Meredith is arrested for the murder of his wife, he's adamant he isn't guilty, even though her blood is all over his hands and his prints are on the murder weapon. He has no memory of attacking her. His solicitor brother claims Jake is a sleepwalker, and he is sent to a revolutionary new sleep clinic for assessment. Jake is convinced he didn’t kill his wife, and is intent on finding answers. But locked away in a clinic, he’s impeded at every turn. Is his incarceration accidental, or part of a larger web of lies?

When Pete and his friends set sail on a private yacht in the Balearics to celebrate Fergus’ upcoming wedding, they’re all looking forward to sun, sea and copious quantities of alcohol. But there’s a reason they are still entwined in each other’s lives a decade after leaving university. A terrible event they’ve all been trying their hardest to forget.

Investigative journalist Emma Hunter never thought she’d be a best-selling author. Especially not for a blistering exposé of the brutal horrors committed at a children’s home. All she wants is to return home to the anchoring salt air and solitude of Weymouth where questions still fester unanswered and a 20-year-old secret binds her to the beach.

This year's London Marathon is my last chance to win the final place on the Olympic team. The months of rehabilitation after my injury will feel worth it to cross that line. But I wasn't expecting the man who's been making my life a living hell to be there. Last I knew, my stalker was behind bars, but he says he's going to be at the race watching. I have 26 miles to figure out whether it's him, and what he wants, or I could lose more than just the race.

Layla Simone has been “faking it” for so long that she’s lost sense of self. Layla is tired of living her life for others, sick and tired of waiting on her man to marry her. Fed up with putting her dreams on hold, Layla moves to Los Angeles to find herself and to follow her dream of being a writer for the movies and television. She befriends gold digger Quassmirah and starts dating Wesley, one of the most popular record executives on the West Coast. Then she learns that her brother is in a coma and has to catch a flight back to Jersey.

Mental Warfare is a free-verse poetry book series based on the life experiences of the author. They tell a story of a young woman transitioning out of a dark and negative state of mind and into a balanced and positive state of mind.

Two childhood friends who, fast forward fifteen years, both end up having their first sons. Join us as we each go through our own journey of what it means to be a dad without going completely mental.

Matt und Aruula kommen durch Mailand. Dort trifft Matt auf die vampirähnlichen Nosfera, und auf Professor Dr. Smythe, seinen ehemaligen Kopiloten und Erzfeind. Maddrax muss schnell erkennen, dass Smythe wahnsinnig geworden ist und dabei ist, sich mit Hilfe eines Serums eine Vampirarmee aufzubauen. Und dabei steht ihm Matt im Weg.

Matt und Aruula kommen auf ihrer Reise nach Berlin in Zürich vorbei. Dort ruht in seiner Villa der exzentrische Millionär Claude De Broglie, der sich vor 500 Jahren in einer Kälteschlafkammer hat einfrieren lassen. Um ihn herum hat sich in dieser Zeit der Mythos des "Schlafenden Königs" gebildet. Seine Anhänger aber liegen im Zwist mit den Nachfahren Züricher Bänker, den Nüsslis, die von De Broglie noch die letzte Ratenzahlung der Villa plus Zinsen fordern. Matt und Aruula geraten mitten zwischen die Fronten.

Professor Dr. Jacob Smythe, Matts ehemaliger Kopilot, haust mit seiner Vampirarmee in der Festung des Blutes in Mailand und verbreitet dort Angst und Schrecken. Außerdem versorgt er seine Untertanen regelmäßig mit technischen Raffinessen, wie z.B. mit selbstgebauten Motorrädern. Und er hat nicht vor, sich dabei von Maddrax stören zu lassen.

Maddrax und die Barbarin Aruula sind in der Nähe von Zürich auf den schlafenden König gestoßen. Einen exzentrischen Millionär, den sie aus seinem 500 Jahre langen Schlaf in einer Kältekammer erweckt haben. Doch schon bald werden sie von ihm gezwungen, die Nüsslis, Nachfahren Züricher Bänker, denen er viel Geld schuldet, unschädlich zu machen. Ein Krieg bricht aus. Mit einem Trick und der Hilfe des Spions Sepp Nüssli spielen Matt und Aruula die beiden Parteien gegeneinander aus.

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