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Retired diplomat Sam Hough boards a transatlantic flight to Paris after making a seemingly innocent promise to find the five-year-old son of a dying friend, a son the friend has never known.

With only the thinnest of clues, Sam quickly realizes that those who agree to help him soon disappear, those who don't disappear refuse to help him, and still others want to kill him rather than help find the boy. Clearly there are things his friend neglected to tell him. But what did he leave out—and why?

The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the Stone Wolves” once raged against Creterakian rule. Now, four decades after their heyday, they each try to stay alive and eke out a living. But a friend from the past won’t let them move on, and neither will their bitterest enemy. Hopscotch, RedWire, the Killer, Lulz and Recoil will soon wish their pasts could stay dead.

While searching for her family, an online news article reveals Tamara’s childhood home was destroyed in a fire, and her younger sister, Dakota, was the primary suspect in the arson. Following this lead, Tamara learns Dakota is living in the same drug-infested hellhole she barely escaped six years ago. Propelled by guilt and fear, Tamara is determined to save her.

I learned very young that love had the power to destroy us, and vowed never to lose myself to love another. I escaped Texas, and broke his heart to save myself. Five years later, my dreams shattered, and I’m on a bus back to the place I never wanted to be in. But, sometimes, the thing you’re most scared of has the power to save you in the end.

Life isn't going so great for Irwin Higgins. After losing his parents to COVID-19, he's found himself in a bad situation. He's got plenty of money to sustain himself and a little boutique he inherited from his late aunt. However, he's in a rocky relationship with a gay-for-pay roughneck named Kyle. Kyle is more than just a monster. He's an egotistical control freak who results to drastic measures when he doesn't get his way. After beating Erwin one time too many, Erwin decides to slip away under the cloak of night. But it's not the last he'll see of his abusive boyfriend.

After a family altercation sent Holden Thomas out the door, he vowed to never return to his family's lakeside home, Bluebird Ridge. However, when the sudden death of his sister brings him back again, he learns that the house he once loved and cherished is now his. Bluebird Ridge isn't a palace by any means, but it is the cornerstone of its little lakeside resort community. Meanwhile, at his sister's funeral, he ends up meeting a mysterious and rugged handyman named James, who might just be the answer to his prayers. However, Holden has a sneaking suspicion they may have met before.

It has been three years since Elvira "Ellie" Ryder was betrayed by her ex-boyfriend Cor, which caused the destruction of her people by invaders from a different Zone. Now she will do anything to find him and make him pay.

A young man with special powers is forced to retire from a life of violent crime and escape from New York City at the age of 18. He gets his life together and becomes a respected physician. Thirty years later, he is afflicted with a mysterious illness silently sweeping across the globe. While desperately struggling to find redemption and a cure, he learns that violent associates from his past and federal law enforcement agents are still relentlessly in pursuit.

Kelly and Becky Griffin can’t seem to keep their hands off each other — which would be fine if they weren’t divorced. Every few months, looking for "closure", they fall into bed together. To keep his mind off of Becky and his foundering acting career, Kelly heads to Turtle Island, Georgia, to be a contestant in the Yummy Santa contest. But when Becky shows up, winning the title is suddenly the last the thing on his mind. Will these two finally get the closure they need, or will their reunion spark a second chance at first love?

Shortly after discovering an ancient grave, Amon's sister disappeared. Twenty years later she arrives at his doorstep, screaming at full pitch. The plea for help draws him into a world where danger shuffles behind every corner.

After the attack on Zynon, our beloved group is on the run. They all know that Byron will kill them the moment he finds them. With nowhere to hide, as Byron has spies everywhere, Gabe has decided to come out and tell everyone the truth of who he is—the son of the Silurian monarch.

Henry Whitman isn't anyone special, just another boy coming of age in rural America. That is until his mom gets a job in Salem, Massachusetts. However, he's having trouble fitting into his new town that is shrouded in history and scandal. Everything in Salem is about witches and history. Especially in October.

Tragedy befalls the esteemed Lancaster family as 12 adopted siblings bid farewell to their elderly father. Thanks to him, they have all been groomed for success in a variety of fields - debating, marksmanship, and fencing, to name a few. However, a dark creed in their family’s ancient tradition brings out the worst in them. The siblings find themselves pitted against one another in a winner-take-all competition for survival as they are locked within their colossal mansion. Mysteries are uncovered around every corner of their home.

We don't often think about the people we are coming out to and forget that this may be a struggle for them, too. Society for so long has stigmatized those who aren't "normal" that it may take some help for those you are coming out for to be able to cope. Well, this audiobook is here to help with that. Gives them hints on how to talk to you, what not to say, how to best cope, and plenty of references to places nearby to seek more information on how to help you through this transition in your life in a positive and productive way.

Invisible Advantage: The Mystery Behind Spiritual Technology is a book overflowing with countless secrets and steps about how to improve your relationship with God.

Award-winning author and recovery advocate Jordan P. Barnes reflects on his decade-long journey navigating a life in long-term recovery from all mind and mood-altering substances. Having distanced himself from a hopeless condition of body, mind, and spirit, Barnes spent the better part of the past ten years navigating the traditional twelve steps and fine-tuned what worked best for him in his personal program of recovery.

Terrance Alvo is a clinical psychologist. He has dedicated his time on Earth to helping patients cope with the stressors of everyday living, and is always seeking to learn more about the intricacies of human behavior. He also happens to be a complete sociopath who has struggled to find a definitive answer for why he hasn't joined the ranks of the most despicable serial killers known to man. Then Dr. Alvo shifts his focus in a different direction...in a darker direction...towards understanding and honing the brain of a 17-year-old boy named Curtis Ellway.

Vavra, the first immortal winged unicorn, was born even before the god Mesagan and the goddess Mendina. Over five hundred years later, Vavra’s stepchildren, the twins Cornelia and Cygnet, go to Mauvewood to meet their grandparents and build a relationship with the community there.

Emmy Jenkins knows what it feels like to have a serial killer come after her. She escaped him twice. Emmy and Brian must start over in a new town, away from the tragic events and the killer’s family. Unfortunately, he escapes custody. The authorities think the killer committed suicide by drowning himself in the river. They do not locate his body, but they do find a girl drowned in Elk Lake. Her death is ruled an accidental drowning, but Emmy knows he is still alive. And he is coming for her.

Gavin has cancer, which sucks. He's run out of options and must try a trial drug in order to fight it off. He's wheeled into a ward and starts his treatment of Donozine, but what Gavin doesn't know is there is something else in the ward with him, and the thing is hungry! This is a cancer story that personifies my fear during my chemotherapy treatments.