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When fourth grader Alex Schwartz first met his cello, his eyes lit up with wonder, and a smile appeared on his face as bright as the potential his new cello teacher saw within him. The cello positively impacted all aspects of his development, including focus, fine motor, and gross motor skills.

As the only living heir, I was supposed to wed Vanderlyth's most notorious sack of potatoes. Except, our ship went down and said potato sailed away in the only lifeboat, leaving me to drown. My last image? His middle finger. Luck must be on my side because I wash up on the mainland. A place filled with my father's enemies, home to droves of demons that would kill me for my pointy ears alone. I take shelter inside an abandoned castle, but while trying to discern a way out of this mess, a hauntingly flirtatious demon spots me.

Back in Springfield for the first time in years, I needed money, and I needed it fast. When my job as a hostess at the local Italian place wasn’t going to earn me enough to cut it, I did the one thing I promised I would never do: I got involved with one of the syndicates that rule the seedy city. Considering I’m trying to avoid anyone with ties to the Libellula Family, I head to the West Side, and hope like hell the Sinners Syndicate will give me a chance.

God of Malice meets Pucking Around in this spicy hockey romance where one girl becomes the obsession of three university hockey players. I only have one shot to make a life for myself, and more than just my future is on the line. My baby brother is still back in the dump I escaped from, still...

Once upon a time, I agreed to be hunted by the Blackwell Butchers.

Harlow has a big problem… She's been lusting after her rival's male Omega mate, Quinton, and his best friend, Lachlan, for years! What will happen when the pack lead—who happens to be her lifelong rival, Alpha Caelum—bids on Harlow for a Valentine's Day date? And how will Harlow handle being tricked into moving in with these three men the next day?

Healing takes time. Whether it's a broken bone or a laceration, patience is potent medicine. The same goes for relationships. I moved back to town hoping to patch things up with my son. Imagine my surprise when I meet his gorgeous best friend on the exam table at my OB/GYN office, hell-bent on ditching her V-card as quickly as possible. That's not going to happen.

I never claimed to be a saint. But it wasn't until I found myself in cuffs that I learned the damage I was capable of. The only sunshine on those gray prison days came in the form of letters from a hopeful teenager with a quick wit. But the letters weren't addressed to me. They were meant for my bastard cellmate, who'd sooner toss them on the floor with the rest of his trash. So, I picked them up, read them, and wrote back, signing each letter, Love, Dad.

Bounty hunter Jack Coltrane arrives in the most dangerous section of San Francisco, the Barbary Coast. An old friend needs Jack to find her son, who was last seen at the Redwing Saloon. The manager is a wanted man with a hefty bounty on his head, but no one is brave enough to try and collect it. Except Jack. But there's more going on than meets the eye, and if Jack can't sort out the good guys from the bad guys, he's going to end up going home in a pine box.

Wren Ballard is trying to find herself. She never expected to be divorced at twenty-seven, but now that the court date has passed, it's official. The paperwork is final. Her feelings on it aren't. Spending the summer in a small mountain town outside Seattle is exactly what she needs. The peaceful scenery is a given, the cat with the croaky meow is a surprise, but the real kicker? A broody neighbor with nice arms, a strange reputation, and absolutely no interest in her.

When a tenement block erupts in flames on Langdon Rise, six lives are lost—including a disgraced MP under investigation for corruption. To DCI Naomi Cresswell, the blaze is anything but random. The survivors are terrified. The evidence is vanishing. And scrawled into a soot-stained wall is a symbol Naomi thought she’d left behind in childhood nightmares. As she digs deeper into the ashes, whispers of a rogue police unit—the Grey Watchmen—begin to surface. Disbanded. Denied. Buried. But not forgotten.

Russell “Lucky” McCoy is the Vice President of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. He’s also the adopted father of his two abandoned siblings, one of which has Down Syndrome. He’d resigned himself to the life of single fatherhood until he meets Harper Hannigan, the school’s newest special education teacher. Nothing matters but winning her heart—not their 14 year age difference, the obstacles determined to keep them apart, or even her father, the town’s new sheriff who’s determined to take down the motorcycle club by any means necessary.

Moving from New York City to Dryden Bay isn’t exactly the senior year Kai Evans has in mind—until he meets the girl next door with the unforgettable blue eyes. Kate has no trouble rejecting him. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to make her smile. But that smile isn’t meant for him, and her best friend keeps getting in the way. In the game of love and friendship, staking your claim was never more tricky. Dibs is the first book in the hilariously fun Dryden High Sweet Series by Randi Rigby.

"The Permanence of Darkness" by Andoni Iapetus is a gripping psychological thriller that plunges into the depths of the human psyche, exploring the fragility of the mind and the enduring battle between light and shadow. Sarah Woods, haunted by memories of captivity and violence, clings to a delicate balance within the confines of a psychiatric hospital. Her reality blurs as the enigmatic Michael enters her life, a figure who challenges her to confront her past, unravel her fractured mind, and resist the darkness that threatens to consume her.

What if everything you knew was a lie? It's been a busy summer. Things are heating up in Allie's relationship with Simon and college is just on the horizon, but when school starts, so do all her problems. Just when she's ready to set off for college, a man from her past returns to stir up trouble, then students on campus start turning up dead. Worst of all, Simons has been keeping late hours at work. Is it trouble in paradise, or can he be trusted?

When Sadie was sacrificed by her own town to appease the Forgotten King, she thought death would be a mercy. But the forest had other plans. Reborn under moonlight and bound by blood, Sadie is dragged into a world of ancient magic and living roots — a world where the King who claimed her is as captivating as he is cruel. At first, all she wants is revenge: on Gailsbrook, on the King, on everyone who watched her bleed. But the longer she walks the haunted paths, the more the forest begins to whisper to her… and the more she sees the King not just as a monster, but as a man.

In Islam and World Peace, the message is that oneness is the most important aspect of Islam. Protecting our neighbors from danger is primary, and then embracing them—that is Islam. Sufi teacher M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen—revered by thousands from all social, religious, and ethnic backgrounds—demonstrates that Islam teaches us we must not kill each other. Instead, we must wage war against evil qualities within ourselves. He emphasizes that Islam is equality, peacefulness, and unity—and seeks to join us together as one, accepting of all.

Bounty hunter Jack Coltrane finds a burning wagon lying on its side in the Wyoming Territory. The ground is littered with the dead, but he finds one survivor, a woman named Bridget Decker. Jack gets her to a doctor in Cheyenne. He discovers the Wyoming Raiders, a band of outlaws, are the ones who attacked the wagon, and they want to make sure there are no witnesses. And now the Raiders know about Jack, too. Who will survive the deadly showdown?

When E.M. Liddick, a legal advisor to a special operations task force, returns from another tour in Afghanistan, he finds his formerly idyllic life in shambles. He's haunted by the decisions he made overseas, he's just told his wife of 11 years he's no longer in love with her, and his father—the person whom he would have turned to for advice—is 10 years deep into a battle with younger-onset Alzheimer's. Broken and lost, Liddick wonders, "How can I possibly find my way without you, Dad?"

Wyn Vixen’s hopes for a quiet holiday are dashed when she’s forced to go shopping on Christmas Eve and finds herself face to face with her high school nemesis. Levi Hart would prefer that Wyn not remind him of all the things in his life that have gone wrong, like the NHL career-ending injury and the way he never got over his attraction to her. When the lights go out and they’re stuck together in a snowstorm, Wyn and Levi can either keep fighting like teenagers, or make up under the mistletoe. Tropes include: Enemies To Lovers, Only One Bed, Forced Proximity