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The home and business Cressida Frost shares with her sisters are in jeopardy as the landlord threatens to sell the property. Her only hope is to win a four-million-dollar treasure hunt prize. The only hitch in her plan: As an agoraphobic, the thought of traveling across multiple states to find the prize is more than daunting. Noah Sukarno is in over his head. When trouble arrives on his doorstep and threatens his family, he knows he has to win the treasure hunt prize. But his brilliant plan to volunteer to help Cressida get closer to the prize may just blow up in his face.

Discover love online… As dating gets difficult, many either stumble across or turn to the digital world of possibilities. Though it may be frowned upon by traditionalists, most find the true love they’ve been searching for. Don’t knock it until you try it. Featuring stories by A.M. Lockhart, Katie Kent, D.L. Lewellyn, D.B. Förster, Cathy Seddon, Frank Lee Howe, Lana Nizhehorodova and Iren Adams.

When Juliet moves into her late mother's house, making friends with the neighbouring families is the last thing on her mind. Grief and guilt are weighing her down, and working motherhood is a juggle. But for her husband Liam, the morning coffees and after-school gatherings soon reveal the secret struggles, fears and rivalries playing out behind closed doors—all of which are perfect inspiration for his new novel . . . When the rupture of a marriage sends ripples through the group, painful home truths are brought to light.

Honey is going to live with her dad in Australia. Determined to make a fresh start, she couldn't be further away from the tough times at Tanglewood. Her new life is a dream come true - until school begins. The girls are different from Honey's friends in England, and the only person who seems to understand her is the cute boy from the beach she's chatting to online. But when he, the girls at school and even her dad start breaking promises, who can she trust?

Review from The Romance Reviews: "Cathy Quinn starts off the story with a bang and then some. From the first sentence, we are hurtled straight into the story, and the excitement never lets up..... I blazed through the pages..." Romantic comedy. When his childhood friend Alice barges into his bedroom in the middle of the night, in tears over men in general, Gabriel isn't sure what to think. When she confides in him her plan to "multidate" -- to date as many men as womanly possible, in an effort to find that one gold nugget, he is determined to save Alice from herself. But through self-...

The Man in the Dog Park offers the listener a rare window into homeless life. Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her coauthor, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a community shelter, a day-labor agency, a panhandling corner, a pawn shop, and a HUD housing office.

Geek, Actually is a sexy, geeky contemporary women's fiction series that follows the lives of five diverse, nerdy women as they navigate work, love, life, and the internet. For fans who love Sex and the City as well as Star Wars, for anyone who knows that sci-fi can be sultry and that "gamer" is not gender specific—this serial will turn you on, rile you up, and leave you with five new friends.

Ani wants just one night of abandon.... She's burned out from dealing with sexist crap, and with the hell of her grad program looming ahead of her, she just wants one night of nameless cosplay masquerade sex to blow off some steam. But even that goes wrong when the masks come off....

Number one best-selling author Cathy Glass shares her experience and expertise gained across 25 years as a foster carer in this brilliantly practical self-help guide for adults, the long-awaited sequel to her much-loved parenting guide that fans of Happy Kids have been clamouring for. Cathy Glass reveals the secrets of happiness and contentment in adulthood by combining common-sense psychology with tried-and-tested strategies and case studies, always from her own unique and insightful perspective.

Kendra Hale and Ian Starbuck, agents for the FBI’s Special Projects Group and fresh from their recent case solving a string of murders on the Maine coast, are tasked with stopping a group of wreckers, modern-day criminal counterparts of 19th-century marine salvors. Technology is their weapon of choice, and blackmail is the payoff. Can the duo stop a plot to destroy an iconic harbor on the New England coast?

Ever since Lexie's mum vanished, her world hasn't stopped spinning. A new home, a new school - even a new family, but Lexie never gives up hope that her mum will come back and writes her letters every day to tell her all about her new life. There's plenty to tell - the new group of misfits she calls friends, the talent for music she never knew she had and the gorgeous boy with blue eyes and secrets to hide. But her letters remain unanswered, and she's starting to feel more alone than ever. Lexie's about to learn that sometimes you need to get lost in order to be found.

> Making Out Like a Virgin: Sex, Desire & Intimacy After Sexual Trauma is a unique and moving collection of personal nonfiction essays that detail how each writer has moved beyond mere survival of sexual trauma to unapologetically discover a sexually and emotionally thriving life. This is not a collection of victim narratives nor a healing workbook. Instead, this book is a bold new addition to generations of stories told by survivors.

Two social media misfits: Troy Matthews, Senior Writer for MeidasTouch, and Cathy Cannon, a political educator, bring years of political campaign experience, with a full helping of latent millennial rage, to offer a unique and seasoned, 30-40 something contextual take on the most important political stories of the day, with frequent guest hosts from politics and media. All for less than the price of a cup of coffee, you broke bastards. New episodes Mondays.

Kyla Summers has been offered the opportunity of a lifetime to get her cosplay business off the ground, and only one thing stands in her way. She needs someone to take over the auto shop, and there's only one person she can think of to call.... Jericho Salomon hasn't been back in his home town since he joined a biker gang and rode off nine years ago. When his best friend's kid sister calls begging for help, he knows that he owes the family a debt and he intends to pay. This is easier said than done once he finds that the kid is all grown up....

Untouched by time and bonded with the witch, Rowan, the ancient tree of knowledge hides on a mysterious island off the coast of Maine. As Rowan’s powers wane, the tree sends out tendrils of energy to search for its new guardian. Willow escapes the confines of the commune where she grew up, and searches for a place to belong. Not understanding the mystical force guiding her, she travels until she discovers Woodlight, a settlement hidden in the forests north of Camden.

Do you know what to do when stopped and questioned by the police - in your car, on the streets or in your home? If you answered "NO" to this question - you need to hear this audiobook! Not only should you read this book but you should tell everyone you love and care about to read it also.

Life is hard in Barrow, Alaska. Football mom Cathy Parker first caught a glimpse of this reality from the comfort of her Jacksonville, Florida, living room while watching a 2006 ESPN report on the Barrow Whalers, a high school football team consisting mostly of Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo natives playing in the most difficult of conditions. These players found themselves playing on a gravel field. And while the community of Barrow felt a strong pride for their boys, many felt football was not worth the investment. That is, until Cathy Parker became involved.

World-class entertainer and Sazi councilmember Antoine Monier has taken his big cats all over the world without any trouble - until his latest trip to Stuttgart, where one of his tigers is stolen and killed. To Antoine's surprise, the German police have another tiger in custody - a tiger who is actually a lovely Turkish-American woman, Tahira Kuric. Like Antoine, Tahira is a shapeshifter, but of the Hayalet Kabile, the ghost tribe of shapeshifters. And despite their immediate attraction, Tahira wants nothing to do with Antoine - the Sazi are the enemy of the Hayalet Kabile.

Ten years ago, two hearts were shattered when Ren Chu broke off a secret engagement with his high school sweetheart Rachel Frost. Getting his Ivy League education and becoming the heir to his family’s multi-billion dollar enterprise was a pressure he could not withstand. He promised he’d always be there if Rachel needed him…and Rachel swore that it’d be a cold day in hell before she took him up on that promise. Now hell has frozen over. When Rachel’s sister Cressida has an emergency, she swallows her pride and asks Ren for help.

Do you feel overwhelmed trying to revise your novel? Faced with a hot mess of rough draft, maybe you feel confused, unsure of what to fix - or rather, what to fix first! Editing fiction takes a slightly different mindset than writing the first rough pass of a novel. There are a lot of moving parts in a work of fiction. The trick is to not try and tackle everything at once. Rock Your Revisions: A Simple System for Revising Your Novel will show you a clear, easy-to-follow process for editing a novel.