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Shaun doesn’t have much of a life. When he’s not working in the restaurant in Portland, Maine, he’s home looking after his dad who has dementia. The only people he sees on a regular basis are his coworkers, and Nathan, his dad’s in-home nurse - except he and Shaun are like ships that pass in the night. It didn’t take Nathan five minutes to know that Shaun is a special guy. But Nathan’s attraction to him has to go on the back burner: Shaun’s focus is all on his dad. Maybe it’s time for Nathan to convince Shaun otherwise.

Urlion Konigur’s increasingly unstable mind heightens the urgency to name his heir. His realm is divided and ripe for invasion, and Aetheor Yarl of Helgrinia, emboldened by conquests in Gral, has set his sights once more on the vulnerable Isle. Master Morgan is among the many who hope the high king will announce his chosen successor at the Twyrn in Drinnkastel, to which Maura and Leif, newly dragonfast, have been summoned. But, Morgan cannot protect his young charges in the capital, for he has vowed to find Urlion’s enchanter and the whereabouts of the missing å Livåri.

In October of 2020, an unexplained evil lashes out in a small town back in the bayou of Louisiana. Unexplained supernatural occurrences consume the home and lives of Jason and Claire Cole after returning to their hometown to raise their daughter, Sara. As evil reaches out from the past, demons descend upon the earth in order to rectify a terrible town secret. Jason and Claire must fight to save their daughter, Sara, before all is lost and the evil is released forever.

Most people today would probably jump at the opportunity to make changes in their life. The trouble is that whenever you try to break a habit or to create a new one, you always find yourself slipping up or falling short. In a world where opportunities for instant gratification are everywhere, it can feel impossible to make any meaningful, long-term changes in your life. But, with the right tools and skills, there is no reason you cannot conquer your bad habits and take control of your life and your future for good.

China Bohannon, 1890s bookkeeper turned sleuth, is branching out…. Although still working with her uncle's detective agency, Doyle & Howe Investigations, she's almost given up on becoming a partner and is turning to providing security services, something her uncle, Montgomery Howe, and his partner, Gratton Doyle, aren't interested in.

Welcome to the Crucible - an artificial planet larger than our sun - an ever-growing patchwork of countless other worlds, filled with creatures, sentient beings and societies stolen from across the universe by the mythical Architects. Across this dizzying juxtaposition of alien biospheres, the enigmatic and godlike Archons seek to unlock the secrets at the heart of the Crucible. Everyone else is just trying to survive....

Many think Bitcoin is a bubble waiting to burst because of its huge upside — too good to be true, they say. But they couldn’t be more wrong. Since Bitcoin has been highly volatile and poorly understood, it can get messy if you’re not equipped with the right tools, techniques, and insider insights. That’s where The Bitcoin Blitz comes in. Everything you need to know to get started on successfully trading Bitcoin is laid out in simple, easy-to-understand language that any beginner can grasp!

Dylan Martin has worked in the same Ogunquit hotel since he was 18, and he knows the drill: anything that might damage the hotel’s reputation has to be reported. So telling the uptight manager there’s a gay porn shoot about to take place should be a no-brainer. Except Dylan recognizes one of the performers. He’s been watching Mark Roman’s scenes for so long, he could describe every inch of Mark’s ripped body, from the silver at his temples and in his beard, right down to the tattoo on his ass.

Do you want to be a crypto investor, but you're not sure how to start? Here's the ultimate guide to kickstart your journey toward a successful financial future! Through this book, you'll be able to find the best practices when choosing the cryptocurrency, discover important cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin, and which countries are crypto-friendly and not. Are you ready to embark on your journey towards success?

Vampires do not exist. Everyone knows this. So it's particularly annoying when they start popping up around Manchester. Nobody is pleased about it. Not the Founders, the secret organisation for whom vampires were invented as an allegory, nor the Folk, the magical people hidden in plain sight who only want a quiet life. And definitely not the people of Manchester, because there is nothing more irksome than being murdered by an allegory run amok. Somebody needs to sort this out fast before all hell really breaks loose - step forward the staff of The Stranger Times.

Ten-year-old Chris’ request to see Santa again takes Dave by surprise. He’s a little old for that, surely? But Dave will do anything to put a smile on his son’s face. Except when they get there, Santa is the one to make Dave smile. He’s pretty sure there’s a gorgeous man hiding beneath that white beard. And those eyes...not that Dave gets a chance to even say hello. Chris tells Dave to stay back. Well, Christmas is a time for secrets, right? Jeff loves playing Santa. That cute kid with the huge eyes - and the hot-looking dad - just surprised the hell out of him.

An elderly farmer learns the horrifying truth beyond the phrase “True love never dies”. Something sinister lurks behind the distant eyes of a mother’s traumatized son. And a gravedigger slowly descends into madness, as he grows obsessed with the corpse of a little girl.... Scare Street’s latest collection shines a flickering candle on the terrifying forces of darkness that haunt our dreams. Death, madness, obsession.... The darker side of the human psyche is revealed with each bone-chilling chapter of these 14 macabre tales.

Seb Williams has one plan for the hot, sultry nights of his summer vacation - to get laid. What isn’t on the agenda? Running his uncle’s fishing business. Seb has no choice but to help his family. So it’s goodbye, Ogunquit’s gay bars and hook-ups. And it’s hello, Cape Porpoise, a quaint, quiet fishing harbor. A small town that promises to be boring AF until he meets Marcus Gilbert. His summer prospects start to look promising. Silver fox - hell yeah. Hot bod? Check. Slow, sultry gaze? Oh yes!

Contains books one, two, and three of the Luke Brothers series: Unexpected Expectations, Unexpected Second Chances, and Unexpected Challenges.

Dunkle Kräfte sind am Werk - und The Stranger Times geht ihnen auf den Grund. Die Wochenzeitung ist Großbritanniens erste Adresse für Unerklärtes und Unerklärliches. Zumindest ist das ihre Eigenwerbung... Gleich in Hannah Willis' erster Arbeitswoche bei der Zeitung tritt eine Tragödie ein, und The Stranger Times ist gezwungen, tatsächlich investigativen Journalismus zu betreiben. Hannah und ihre Kollegen kommen zu einer schockierenden Erkenntnis: Einige der Geschichten, die sie zuvor selbst als Unsinn abgetan hatten, sind furchtbar real.

The realm of Drinnglennin hangs poised on the cusp of chaos, for Urlion Konigur, the High King, is dying and has yet to name an heir. Rumors abound that the Helgrins, Drinnglennin's bitterest foes, are preparing their longboats to raid the Isle's shores, while the roving å Livåri folk, for whom the island kingdom is the last sanctuary, are mysteriously disappearing. And in distant Belestar, the fabled dragons are stirring from their self-imposed exile.

Prince Jordan is 20 years old, rich, and finally seeing the world. The last thing he needs is a babysitter. Especially one as rigid as Stuart Whitmore, an older, muscular man who makes it clear from their first meeting that there will be consequences if Jordan misbehaves. No one has ever laid a hand on Jordan his whole life, but for the first time he’s contemplating the possibility - and trying to figure out which buttons to push to achieve his goal. Because there’s something behind Stuart’s eyes that tells him he feels the same magnetic pull that Jordan does.

Do you constantly judge and fixate on your actions and decisions? Do your thoughts make you increasingly anxious? Are you always a glass half empty type of person? If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, then you may have what psychologists call a "toxic mindset" - resulting in anxiety, depression, lower self-esteem, and poor quality of life. According to the National Science Foundation, the average person can have anywhere between 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day, and about 80 percent of those are negative.

Walking into the job interview confirms Ben White’s worst fears. It’s been eight years since high school, yet he can still recall Wade Pearson’s taunts. There’s always a chance Wade isn’t the same homophobic asshole Ben knew. Yeah right. Except the boy Ben remembers has grown into one seriously hot, brooding man. In another life, Ben would have climbed him like a tree. Wade’s gaze still makes Ben shiver - although now for entirely different reasons.

Captain Jack Aimes is an ordinary man, living an ordinary life of a charter service pilot in 1937 Belgium. He makes a living transporting packages and passengers from one country to another, enjoying the hand to mouth existence he has chosen to live. His life quickly becomes one of intrigue when he meets a beautiful woman named Bluma, a waitress at the local café. A life, once mundane fast becomes one of car chases, mysterious strangers with guns, mysticism and the acquisition, loss and pursuit of an important book called “The Prose Edda”.