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Shelby Parker is one of 19 polar bear shifters living in the small town and the only one of marriageable age. That hasn’t bothered her too much as she’s been busy guiding hunters and the like and trying to contain the town’s secret. When Travis Stephenson, a biologist known for his work with bears, decides to come to town to study the inland polar bears, everyone is a little on edge. Why now? What is he trying to find out?

Marissa Spencer's world has been turned upside down since waking up one morning with magical powers. She has no idea where they came from, and controlling them has not been easy. With the help of her sexy PI boss, Jack Slade, whom Marissa has always had a crush on, she will have to fight a battle for power that began before she was born. Along the way, she'll discover a family she didn't know she had, an inheritance she may not want, a strength she never knew was within her, and a love she'd only dreamed of.

A riveting, original and comprehensive account of international crime and a brilliant critique of globalisation's dark side. When an appalling and seemingly inexplicable murder shattered the peace of a quiet English suburban street it revealed the extent to which organised crime has now seeped into our lives, often without our knowledge. In his groundbreaking book Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organised crime, from gun runners in Ukraine to money launderers in Dubai, by way of drug syndicates in Canada and cyber criminals in Brazil.

Welcome back to Bear Creek, Alaska. Travis has conquered the evil shifter, Malcolm. But now a new and more pressing danger has arisen. Shelby has lost her memory! Join Travis and Shelby as they try to figure out how to get past this last hurdle before they can become true mates. Will Travis lose his own identity by trying to unlock hers? Find out in the third and final installment of Travis and Shelby’s story where overcoming obstacles will mean either they live happily ever after or they will die trying to overcome the dark magic.

The Pied Piper is back and Andrew Brush is out for blood. Desperate to lead the manhunt to find the mysterious and elusive Pied Piper, he is quickly sidetracked as the FBI sends him to Antarctica to investigate several missing persons cases involving employees at McMurdo Station. With his hand-selected team in tow, he begins peeling back the layers of what first appears to be a standard series of abductions, while also dealing with the residual effects of the emotional trauma he experienced while battling El Diablo.

An evening of ACT prep turns deadly when two teenage girls become the target of a ruthless Mexican drug cartel. Their car is left running, their doors ajar, a note crumpled on the floorboard: I have your daughter and her friend. You know what I want. Get it to me, or I kill them both. You have two weeks. What is the note talking about? Is there more to this abduction than meets the eye? Amber's dad is a FBI agent. Could the note be for him? Why?

When Lindsay Donnelly comes to Aiden desperate to save her unborn baby, he can't turn her away. He, better than anyone, knows what lengths evil will go to in its quest for power. Together, they'll face off against the dark magic of her late husband's family. And when the unthinkable happens, Aiden will delve into magic more powerful than he's ever used to save an innocent child - a child he's already come to love. If only his feelings for its beautiful, strong, independent mother were so easy to come to terms with.

LillyEine Gelegenheit, den Milliardär zur Rede zu stellen, dessen Bank mir das Haus meiner Kindheit weggenommen hat? Ja, bitte! Der gierige, arrogante Mistkerl denkt, ich sei hier, um mich für den Job als Hundetrainerin (alias Hundesitterin) zu bewerben, aber da kann er sich warm anziehen. Was macht es schon, dass Bruce Roxford groß, muskulös und gutaussehend ist?

Born into an already-powerful family, Gideon Marquand is a special kind of witch. The most recent in a long line of super-witches, he is the first in over 200 years to emerge possessing unlimited stores of magic. He is hunted - driven into hiding until the day when he can finally reclaim his rightful place among his family.

Basil Stark isn’t the man he once was. A reformed pirate and private detective, he walks the line between criminal and hero, living in the corners of what was once the island of Neverland, its magic slowly fading into the new world of the 1950s. But when a routine missing-persons case turns into a murder investigation, Basil finds himself pulled into a tale of organized crime, murder, unstitched shadows and dangerous espionage. With only a handful of fellow outcasts and a stubborn determination to bring a killer to justice, will he survive the many people who want him dead?

What image does Venus draw to your mind? A great planetary body of deadly gases neighboring Earth, existing as its own world, mysterious and alluring? Or an image of a more fantastical nature, such as the jungles described by Edgar Rice Burroughs? Or do you think, perhaps, of a goddess who holds power and beauty beyond measure, whose name, throughout the ages, has been synonymous with love? Within this book, you will find tales of wonder, some of space, some of the heart, some that follow in the footsteps of the goddess herself.

Catskinner's Book is a science fiction/urban fantasy audiobook set in a surreal world unlike any that you have seen before. James Ozryck has a monster in his head. All of his life the entity that he calls Catskinner has made him a fugitive, afraid to get too close to anyone, afraid to stay in one place for too long. Catskinner kills, without compassion and without warning, and is very good at it.

The benefits of living in a digital, globalised society are enormous; so too are the dangers. The world has become a law enforcer’s nightmare and every criminal’s dream. We bank online, shop online, date, learn, work and live online. But have the institutions that keep us safe on the streets learned to protect us in the burgeoning digital world? Have we become complacent about our personal security – sharing our thoughts, beliefs and the details of our daily lives with anyone who cares to relieve us of them?

Amber Marquand has always loved being a hereditary witch. So when Quinn Harrison, the man she's given her heart to, betrays her and steals her powers, she'll stop at nothing to find him. Along the way, a dark plot set in motion decades before comes to light, and Amber soon realizes that he, like her, is a victim of this evil ploy. When Quinn is marked for death, the hunt quickly turns into a race against time to save him. Will Amber find her powers, and the man she loves, or will they both be lost to her forever?

Artists in every era and medium have depicted Neptune as a tempestuous god with ever-changing moods, so it’s fitting that his anthology follows suit. In these sections, you’ll find stories by turns heroic, comic, pensive, absurd, uplifting, and ambiguous. They also reflect different conceptions of what it means to be “related to Neptune”, as this volume was intended to be. Some anchor themselves in mythology, while others focus on the planet, and still others are weird amalgams of Neptunian themes.

Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass ein alleinstehender Mann, der Gesichtsbehaarung hat, sich rasieren will. Und Aufräumen. Und ein falsches Date braucht. Mein Name ist Holly Hyman. Ich liebe Ordnung und Primzahlen – und ich stecke in Schwierigkeiten. Die Firma, für die ich arbeite, ist im Umbruch, und zwar auf eine Weise, die mir nicht gefällt. Unser neues Management? Alex Chortsky, ein gutaussehender, ungepflegter russischer Teufel. Unsere neue Ausrichtung? VR-Unterhaltung der prickelnden Art.

Misha Burnett is a master of the macabre and champion of the New Wave. His talent for tales runs the gamut of weird fiction from contemporary urban fantasy to sword and sorcery to science fiction, all with his unique (and slightly twisted) take! Misha Burnett's Endless Summer is a collection of strange and chilling tales of Mankind's future, near and distant, from tomorrow until beyond the mark of history, through civilization's zenith, decline, destruction, and ultimately, mankind's rebirth!

Detective Sam Waters responds to a call from a passerby that a body dressed like a ghost is hanging from an oak tree in a local park. Before Waters can begin uncovering the truth, his cell phone rings - it's the killer calling to promise that if he doesn't find him, the detective will be his final victim. As he races to stop the mysterious madman, more and more bodies are found hoisted up into trees all over the city.

His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down. Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution while everyone around him drew guns and partied.

The third volume in "The Book Of Lost Doors" series begins when the enigmatic Agony Delapour is kidnapped and James setting off to rescue her. The kidnapper, who calls herself "The Orchid" has an army of followers, both human and otherwise, and information that suggests a traitor within Agony's organization. James has Catskinner.