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Stacia Haden is New York high society and suppresses anything that reflects poorly on her family. Until she meets Luka Hahn at a Formula One race in Monaco and mistakes him for an auto mechanic. Magnetically drawn to him, she realizes this trip, far from home, would be the perfect place to lose her virginity. Little does she know her life is about to spin out of control as she learns Luka is not a mechanic but a hereditary grand duke, the next ruler of Luxembourg.

DOG TRAINING TODAY with WILL BANGURA: Science-Based, Vet-Endorsed Advice for Pet Parents, Kids & Family, Pets and Animals, and Dog Training Professionals. This is a Education & How To Dog Training Podcast. Looking for a science-based, vet-endorsed dog training podcast that is perfect for kids, families, and pets of all ages, even other Dog Trainers and Pet Professionals? Look no further than Dog Training Today with certified dog behavior consultant Will Bangura, M.S., CAB-ICB, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA, FFCP.In each episode, Will provides practical advice and tips on everything from teaching your ...

Planning to Traveling to Chiang Mai Thailand? This book is designed to help you with your travels around this great city. Chiang Mai is known for its beauty and diverse culture. We include such things as: Recommended Restaurants Activities Lodging Night Life ShoppingChiang Mai offers visitors countless things to do, see and eat. This condensed book has been designed to be user friendly with top rated places to eat, visit, stay, as well as addresses to help you find your way. It also indicates some of the recommended exceptional standouts in each category. These are highly suggested to be ...

Twenty-five hundred miles in a car. All I want is a respectful driver who'll be quiet and let me lick my wounds. Instead, a disarming flirt takes the wheel and propels my life into a tailspin. My father was supposed to be my road trip companion but abandoned me for his work. Once again. It should no longer hurt, but it does. To add insult to injury, with his shorts and flip-flops, mussed hair, and a blindingly perfect smile, my driver is... Annoyingly hot and far too friendly.

Elise Kavanagh is being held captive without weapons or allies. The only way out of the garden is to kill God Himself. James Faulkner's son has been taken by Metaraon, but James is caught in Limbo and helpless to save him.

Rian can't escape the consequences of the one mistake that has transformed his entire life into an unbearable nightmare. There is no way out of his volatile marriage or his dismal existence. The only thing keeping his sanity intact is his son, Bran. Breaking free seems impossible until the abusive dynamic of his relationship pushes him to a place of complete despair. In his darkest hour, a man he thought he had lost forever resurfaces in his life, taking him away from his troubles and on the run. Ty has been through hell and back. He made it out with one mission - to uphold a promise to his...

The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes: An Amateurism That Never Was provides a comprehensive historical, sociological, legal, financial, and managerial argument for the reclassification of profit-athletes as employees. Such a reclassification would permit profit-athletes to gain not only fair financial compensation but also equal access to educational benefits that have been promised but systematically denied. The authors trace how Power Five college sports have morphed into a hyper professionalized and commercialized sport-business enterprise.

A sixteen-year-old shifter who is the last of her kind. A school for magical creatures on the brink of catastrophe. Learn who to trust fast or it’s extinction, baby. Her entire life, Kat dreamt of studying at Moon Shifter Academy. Finally, she'll be able to ditch Diurnal—the drug that keeps her stuck in boring human form—and harness her bad-ass wolf-shifter self. Against her parents’ advice, she heads to New York City before school starts and moves in with Eddie, a cute boy she met upstate. First summer love fast becomes first summer heartbreak and then, just before school starts, ...

When Aeric Nicolai, the Prince of Monaco, gets the devastating news that his sister and brother-in-law have been killed, he rushes to their home in Germany to make sure his niece and nephew are okay. Thankfully, he finds them in the safe hands of the young, beautiful American au pair, Kitt Bocho. Both being grief stricken and reeling from the shock, they seek comfort in each other. But their romance is cut short when the police inform the Prince, that his sister and her husband were not killed in a burglary gone wrong.

Unearthed is a fade-to-black urban fantasy romance set in an age of unprecedented magic. Magic people anticipate the return of the Xxyryn (Zy-ren), an all-powerful warlock who can use his gifts for good or evil, at his whim. Pureblooded magic people are at odds with the realmless, descendants of magic blood criminals who were cast out and forced to live among humans.

From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez's tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri's piece about 1970's skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical—anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz-winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection.

Healthcare has changed immensely over the past few generations - house calls from a local family doctor are a thing of the past, and the deeply personal relationships and bonds between provider and patient are eroding with the demands of for-profit insurance. As a family practitioner focused on cradle-to-grave care, author Barb Regis has a valuable perspective on how patients can experience better outcomes.

Adam Being the most powerful of the Zoraya-bloods in town should make life easy, right? Not for Adam Davis. His life becomes even more complicated, as Adam is desperately trying to navigate between his duties in the human world, and his commitments to The Guard and the Zoraya-bloods. Adding to the perpetual mess of his existence are several chaos inducing factors: Unruly daughter – check. Unattainable love interest – check. Unimaginable choice between duty and love – check. Love conquers all… but at what cost? Steven Finding love was never part of the plan. Sacrificing everything ...

After the extinction asteroid does not strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving - but so do the mammals. We mammals have achieved humanlike shapes, but now it's cold-blooded, magic-using reptiles against the hot-blooded, hot-tempered descendants of cats. In a heroic, Bronze Age world similar to 300, the Mrem Clans expand their rough-and-tumble territory, but now they face the Lishkash, reptilian masters of a cold-blooded empire of slave armies and magic.

Every student asks questions about life beyond the classroom: What does it mean to be in community? How can I discern my vocation? How should I understand marriage and sex? How should I relate to money and power? What happens if I doubt my faith? How should I approach interfaith dialogue? To help students navigate these questions about some of life's most pressing and difficult issues, Gary M. Burge and David Lauber have gathered insights from Christian faculty who draw on their own experiences in conversation with students during office hours and over coffee.

The Love I Left Behind follows Maqsood Malik, a Pakistani-American man caught between two cultures. Ambitious and restless, he builds a life in Washington, D.C., distancing himself from his roots while chasing success and fleeting romances. When he marries Saadia, a woman of quiet strength and deep devotion, he believes he has found stability. Yet beneath the surface, unspoken wounds and unresolved desires threaten to unravel everything.

As parents, it can be challenging to relate to your child and embrace calm, especially in times of conflict. Rethinking Discipline helps you rethink your child’s behaviors so you can focus on teaching valuable life skills while staying connected—even in the most difficult moments.

Mankind has known hardships. They have experienced pandemics, droughts, floods, and infections, but never have they had to face a plague of this magnitude. Where did the Changed ones come from? How can the world survive now that they've arrived? What lengths will people go to, to make sure they are the ones who remain? Join in the epic battle to save humanity in this open-ended series.

On their heels, America finds new purpose and an unwavering desire to save what is left. She has faltered in the recent past, but can her citizens rally behind the idea that freedom comes with a cost? Can the remaining few salvage what's left of what was once the greatest nation on earth? As the bombs fall, killing more and more people, follow along as small, ragtag groups fight for their very existence, and stop the evil that has permeated the world.

My father, the King of Belgium, gave me love advice once – don’t care too deeply because it will only lead to disappointment. After I gave my heart - and my virginity - to Jarek Rockwell, I realized my father was right. How can I trust Jarek when all evidence points to a huge lie? But who is the real bad guy, Jarek Rockwell or Amaury Michaud, the high-class respected socialite who has been courting me? One wears a mask of deception – the other is fighting for my love. Alicia Bonnaire, Princess of Belgium is caught in a vicious, no-holds-barred love triangle. The pro-athletes, Jarek ...