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A few weeks have passed since Sheriff Thomas Shepherd rescued Deputy Aguilar from a deranged serial killer. He's burned out and exhausted, struggling to hold the Nightshade County Sheriff's Department together. Then a series of bizarre deaths shock the community. They appear accidental, but closer inspection reveals that a common thread connects the victims. Eleven years ago, they were high school friends, popular bullies who ruled over their classmates. Is a tormented classmate hungry for vengeance?

Sophia appears to have it all - money, the right boyfriends, designer clothes, and expensive cars. But nothing good in her life ever lasts, and the sooner she can distance herself from it...the better. Behind her affluent, shallow lifestyle and fake friends, the real Sophia lies hidden in a dark world she’s fought her whole life to escape. A place she’s kept secret, until now.

It's been six years since Josiah stole kisses from Anne, his best friend's younger sister. Six years since Josiah left after his best friend's death, burdened by the knowledge that he was responsible for destroying Anne's family. Now he's returned to claim the woman he can't live without. But even as their desire threatens to consume them both - body and soul - the dark workings of suspicion and witchcraft are afoot. Because in Salem, too much passion can lead a woman to ruin...and condemned to death.

Homeless, broke, and broken, Eaven Alexander strives to resurrect her life. Her degrees in historical architecture and antiques attract a lucrative but questionable job offer to locate an important document for the mysterious Greg Sault. The hunt takes her inside a decaying mansion and into conflict with Clayton Mercer, a town heavyweight and Greg’s enemy. Too late, she realizes that something insidious is lurking behind Astoria’s idyllic façade. And that no one is who they claim to be.

A long time ago, the Vanderchucks fled the growing climate disaster and followed their neighbors into the Underground. Jesse Vanderchuck thought it was the end. Of the world. Of life. Eventually, Jesse's little sister, Olivia, ran away and Jesse started picking through trash heaps in Toronto's abandoned subway tunnels. Day in, day out.

Dashing stranger, Henry Dunham, comes to Salem on a mysterious errand, but is thrown from his horse in the dead of night and rescued by the local Puritan midwife, Lydia Colson. Haunted by her past, Lydia is running from her own dark secrets, avoiding intrusive questions by pretending her dead husband is simply . . . away. But when she and Henry are caught in a compromising situation, one punishable by Puritan law, he saves her from scandal by claiming to be her errant spouse . . . and claiming her bed.

When a distraught husband hires PI Chelsey Byrd to help him find his missing wife, Harmony, Chelsey realizes there's more to this case than meets the eye. Working with Sheriff Thomas Shepherd, Chelsey seeks the truth of what happened to Harmony four years ago. After a series of mysterious disappearances, Thomas and Chelsey fear the worst: A killer is stalking the shadows of Nightshade County and preying on the innocent. After the FBI arrives, the case garners national attention. But this only infuriates the killer. And now the madman sets his sights on Thomas and his friends.

Her Codename is Hammett. She assassinates targets for a secret government agency. But sometimes work becomes personal. His name is Tequila. He's a leg breaker for the mob, currently retired. But sometimes retirement doesn't stick. They say that no one knows what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. They also say that bad attracts bad.

When a criminal defense attorney is stabbed in her home, the police name her disturbed son, Shawn, their top suspect. But, no one can find Shawn. In a last-ditch effort to locate his son, Shawn’s father convinces PI Raven Hopkins to take the case and prove his son’s innocence. When Sheriff Thomas Shepherd takes over the investigation, the evidence against Shawn mounts. As hope of saving Shawn dwindles, another dead body surfaces. The victim’s shocking link to the criminal defense attorney wreaks havoc on the case.

The battle lord and lady of Alta Novis are still recovering from disease and loss, but things are slowly getting back to normal. Of course, things can’t be that easy. There’s a new enemy in town, of the eight-legged variety - an infestation of them. The species is a new one, and it's unknown how dangerous they are, but Yulen isn’t going to take any risks to find out.

The night holds dangerous secrets. And a girl who cried wolf is caught in a murderer’s crosshairs. Only 12 hours have passed since Violet saw her teenage boyfriend. Now his body lies in the morgue, riddled with stab wounds. And the evidence points to a mythical serial killer Violet invented to scare her friends...The Halloween Man.

The nightmares began in Jinny’s childhood. Years later, a handsome, young therapist, Dr. Conall McCrae, offers to take Jinny to the source of her dreams. But the doctor’s methods, including past-life regression, lead Jinny on an unexpected journey from Las Vegas to the Isle of Skye, where remembering a forgotten love might be the only cure for her nightmares.

A woman takes her son to a psychologist for what she considers his anger issues and ends up discovering she isn't who she always thought she was. When you put together the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle it's supposed to fit together with no spaces in between, forming a clear picture of what it represents. But when the pieces are shaken causing them to fall apart, you have what happened to our main character in The Gatekeeper: Fragmented, disassembled pieces of a puzzled mind without a clear picture of what it is supposed to represent.

Things seem to have settled down among the people of Alta Novis. Normals and Mutah are working together, and families are thriving. The compound is filled to capacity and brimming with new life, but their good fortune can only last for so long. Winter is setting in, and the surrounding countryside is being plagued by unexpected swarms of wild animals. In addition, a horde of rats is contaminating the food supplies and destroying goods, but why? Where are all these creatures coming from? And why is it happening now? It all seems to point to one man.

Just Give Me a Soft Place to Land is a poignant story of life’s journeys, struggles, and triumphs; leaving the listener anxious to travel with each woman. The story will endear the listener to the women as the narrative gives credence to the power of love and friendship. If you enjoy books by Elizabeth Berg, Luanne Rice, or Elin Hildebrand, you’ll enjoy this; ideal for any book club discussion.

Activate your energy and discover the success inside you. That’s what Tânia Tomé hopes to help listeners do with her newly released book Succenergy. Based on years of successful training, coaching, and workshops to companies and public and private organizations globally, Succenergy is an integrated coaching model for motivation and leadership, a method of support for personal and organizational development.

Life after the apocalypse is one daily grind after another. It's a good thing for Wendy that she's got friends - a lot of friends as a fairy summoner. But life in Exeter is not easy, even for a summoner, and the grind of daily jobs and never-ending quests is getting to her. She's got one shot at getting a place for her own, a place of safety and maybe getting ahead. But it'll require Wendy to do the one thing she swore she'd never do again.

Even though the truce between Mutahs and Normals, established by Battle Lord Yulen D’Jacques and his Battle Lady, Atty, is getting stronger and becoming more widespread, there are still divisions. After surviving the trap that had been set for them at Rocky Gorge, Yulen and Atty must return to Alta Novis to see how their people have fared. But after a brief stop in Wallis, they discover that Bloods have infiltrated both Mutah and Normal fortresses, blending in and biding their time until they receive the signal to attack.

When one of the Synod's shadow wraiths arrives on Oracle Briana Spurrier’s doorstep offering the answer to her prayers, she’s willing to defy both Zyne law and cosmic order to strike a bargain with him. But the journey will take her to the far reaches of the globe and into a spellbound forest that is the lair of an ancient enchantress.

Tula Carson knows what her future holds. A good life. A secure life. Safe. Steady. Boring. She has no one to blame but herself. She chose the path she's on. But, she wants something more. Something different. Now. Before it's too late. Fleet Sherman is a Rock God. And he isn't afraid to enjoy the perks. Money. Fame. Beautiful women. As far as he's concerned, his life is perfect. Until he meets smart, funny, talented, frustrating Tula Carson. The one woman he can't resist. The only woman he can't have.