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Kara had only just begun to enjoy her life as a mortal with David when they’re pulled back suddenly into the world of the supernatural. The Legion has made an important discovery: a new Elemental child, whose whereabouts are unknown. Kara immediately prepares herself for battle, and comes face to face with the evil Seirs—a group of mortals devoted to the Netherworld. What’s worse, someone close to her is taken. Kara and her friends embark on another dangerous journey to seek out this child. But is this kid really an Elemental or something else entirely?

Everyone thinks I have the perfect life. From the outside, it looks like I have it all—a beautiful home, two wonderful kids, and a successful husband. My life is nothing like I expected. I used to have an exciting career. Now, I spend half my day in the school pick-up line. My husband is always away for work, and I can't handle everything alone. Then I meet Adeline. She's friendly and confident—I like her instantly. I don't trust anyone to look after my children, but she's experienced and has excellent references. She's everything I need. So I hire her to be my new au pair.

Kara’s return to the world of the living is short-lived when she gets an unexpected surprise and finds herself back in Horizon—the Legion has given her a second chance. Kara and her friends face a new enemy: a Dark warlock, an ancient and evil adversary of the Legion. But when Kara finds out that their GA weapons have no effect on Dark magic, can she defeat the warlock and save the mortal world from Darkness? What’s worse, the Legion orders Kara to carry out her new mission undercover, as someone she never expected…

Kara learns that the evil Seirs are slaughtering Sensitives that refuse to swear an allegiance to Lilith—the Netherworld’s princess and her diabolical half-sister. While on assignment, Kara discovers that Lilith is searching for an ancient weapon that can destroy mankind.

Kara has lost her elemental power, and with her guardian angel days behind her, all is back to normal...or so she thought. But when she's injected with a mysterious substance by a shadowy man, she begins to change...but into what? As Kara deals with the change that brews inside her, a new menace threatens the angels and the mortal world: Reapers. And now back in Horizon, it's up to Kara and her friends to figure out who is powerful enough to control the Reapers and how to stop them.

Being psychic isn't cool. It's not my fault Susan's fiancé is a loathsome money-grubbing sociopath. She picked him. A devoted friend would end his devious plan by stopping the doomed wedding and saving her friend from becoming a possible murder victim. I want to be the daring friend who rescues Susan from her lunatic lover. It's just I have no evidence, only an illusive dream. Plus, I'm not keen on becoming a social outcast.

Caitey Belgrave fears she’s taken on way too much when she agrees to create the perfect Mansion Mountain Wedding for her cousin and bestie, Jenna. When she drives into the luxurious Hearst Estate, the word “overwhelm” doesn’t do justice to the sudden panic attack. When she spies a gorgeous man materializing out of the woods like a ghost and watching her like a stalker, sheer terror turns her blood to ice.Wait a minute—a stalker in a $3,000 Armani suit? And yet, Jack the Ripper was handsome and charming . . . is she living in a Rom-Com or a murder mystery?

Teachers, are you prepared to design and build your classroom for a great new year? You will need these tips, advice, and anecdotes to guide your work and help you to avoid common pitfalls. Create Your Classroom is built on 25 years of classroom design and creating quality classroom environments that supported positive student connections and authentic learning. You will benefit from all the years of planning and preparation the author has compiled into the most essential tips you will need to create your classroom and have your most successful year.

Life does not come with a manual, but it comes with the living example of God’s love for mankind. Our needs and wants change every day, but God’s love remains constant through all the seasons of life. God loves us without any conditions attached, his desire is that we learn to love other people the way he loves us. The goal of this book is to remind the listener about the importance of little acts of love shown to others. That love should not be limited to family and friends, but should be extended freely to lonely strangers.

Lindy Johnson, private investigator, has always had the insatiable desire to solve puzzles. But while she's quick to learn everyone else's secrets, she's careful to keep her own private life guarded. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis five years ago, she does her best to keep that side of her life concealed, unwilling to let others see her internal weaknesses. It makes for a lonely life, but isolation has never been something that bothered her—at least it didn't used to.

Addie loves Michigan summers, especially those spent at the lake with her best friends. The high school basketball team celebrates another successful year until a perfect summer day turns tragic. A dead body surfaces on the shoreline, and the girls quickly discover that dead isn’t what it used to be. The group of friends complies with the government-issued quarantine until it’s clear that no one’s coming for them. Without food, water, and electricity, they know it’s time to save themselves.

In a tale of love and loss, a relentless pursuit of the truth unfolds. Taylor and James, once inseparable high school sweethearts, had their lives shattered when James vanished without a trace on the night of their graduation. Now, two decades later, Taylor has built a new life, yet the memory of James continues to haunt her. When an enigmatic elderly couple moves in across the street, they hold the key to the long-buried secret of that fateful night. Taylor must decide if uncovering the truth is worth risking the happiness she's found in her present life.

Annie’s life was perfect. Her best friend became her step-sister. She was on track to head to her dream school after graduation. And she got to do her favorite thing: collaborate musically with her dreamy boyfriend. So how did things go so, so wrong?

An Outcast Warrior turned bounty hunter has his wits and reflexes tested when escorting a most unusual prisoner across the Mojave. The courier is revered and sought after for his reliability and impeccable track record, but when a sordid stranger hires him to deliver a strange artifact to a well known practitioner of the occult, his life changes forever.

Maggie Bliss is the youngest of six children living in an idyllic, close-knit Denver neighborhood called the Valley. Maggie's siblings are all successful by society's standards while Maggie is a college-educated dog walker/house sitter with a side hustle delivering food on weekends.

Starting as a way to cope through the struggles of working in an underfunded system and the second hand trauma from her students, Katie Doehrmann shares her poetry in a raw and open memoir about her time working for a residential mental health facility.

For quiet, reserved, and focused 15-year-old Annie Mackey, school was a sanctuary. But when her bubbly and beautiful neighborhood best friend joins her at Willow Point High for freshmen year, her world is turned upside down.

I should have seen it coming...My psychic abilities failed me this time. Or maybe I ignored them for my shinier illusions of grandeur. What should have been the most epic day of my life becomes my worst nightmare.

Concealing my psychic "gifts"' is exhausting. I'll be happy when my brother Dusty grows up and finds a girlfriend. I'd be grateful for Dusty's offer to help me move if we weren't trading favors.

After the paranormal excitement the last few weeks, I'm looking forward to more "beach hair; I don't care" time. I hope the relaxation will put my "gifts" back into hibernation before starting my career at the law firm in Atlanta. Freebie tickets to a minor league baseball game destroy expectations of a break from the paranormal weirdness.