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Deep in the sun-drenched desert, nestled between long stretches of open road and boundless possibilities, lies The Velvet Cactus—a no-holds-barred pleasure retreat where love is fluid, passion is plentiful, and no one leaves unchanged. At the heart of this seductive sanctuary are Rick and Candy, the effortlessly charming, unapologetically wild proprietors, who ensure that every guest gets exactly what they didn’t know they needed. Alongside them is Leroy, the ruggedly irresistible handyman who’s spent years juggling lovers—until he’s forced to finally make a choice. Among those ...

In Love’s Secret Theorem, Lady Charlotte hides her brilliance behind a genteel façade—until the enigmatic Duke of Ravencroft uncovers her secret. As scandal brews and danger circles, they’re drawn into a web of forbidden love, betrayal, and courage. Can their bond survive the rigid rules—and hidden threats—of Regency England?

In The Highlander’s Song, Irish harper Siobhan O’Brien carries coded messages hidden in her music—secrets that could save her father or spark war. At Castle MacLeod, her mission collides with Alasdair MacLeod, a duty-bound Highlander torn between suspicion and desire. As danger mounts, so does their forbidden bond. With betrayal closing in, Siobhan and Alasdair must choose between loyalty and love in a world where every melody hides a secret—and every heart carries a risk.

When the Infected attacked, something horrific happened to Porschia Grant. Porschia in Frenzy was scary; Porschia with hallucinations is terrifying. There has to be a reason, and there must be a cure for the episodes refusing to release her from their tentacles of insanity. Saul is in the center of the city surrounded by secrets. Some are damning, some are eye opening - others might just offer hope and be worth fighting for. How can a person justify the possibility of infecting another human being?

After their passionate weekend at the Cunningham estate, Lily and Calder have decided to take their relationship to the next level. But love in the real world isn't all fun and games - especially when it becomes clear that Calder still harbors his share of secrets. When Calder suddenly suggests they slow things down, Lily knows something is seriously wrong - and she's not afraid to pull out the big guns.

Porschia Grant is in Frenzy. The hunger is constant. It's all-consuming, as is the pain and sickness. Something went wrong when she turned. Perhaps it was the fact that an infected bit her moments before, or maybe it's something else entirely. One thing is certain, if Porschia can't learn to feed, she will die.

Rayo is a convicted murderer a third of the way through a twenty-year prison sentence. His skull is misshapen from a long-ago collision with a lead pipe; he has a tattoo of a monstrous face covering the entirety of his broad back. Other prisoners are wise to be afraid of him. He passes his time in his cell gazing through the bars at the distant trees, because the only thing Rayo loves in this world is the color green. For him, green is synonymous with nature, and with freedom.

In a moment of righteous fury, Mirren binds Fate into human flesh so that he will feel what it is to live and love and have it all ripped away. To know pain so deep, nothing and no one can ease it. She assumes her magic, like her heart, is too weak to do as she commands...until the night Fate finds her, rage simmering in his dark eyes as he demands she break her spell. He claims he never knew she existed, proposing that someone or something hid her from his sight, then vows to uncover who is truly responsible for her misery and make them pay for every second.

A cure has been found for both the Infection and Vampirism, and Porschia Grant must take this news out of the colony. Between her friends volunteering to go with her and a well-planned route, the first journey should be easy. But when they make it to Mountainside, things are strange. The people are frightened of female night-walkers and won't say why. When the excursion takes a wrong turn, Porschia's friends make a decision that will impact the rest of their lives.

In American Tantrum, the star of Comedy Central’s acclaimed The President Show opens the vault and releases Donald J. Trump’s presidential archives. The result is a devastatingly hilarious audiobook that gets closer to truth than any nonfiction account, voiced by the author, Anthony Atamanuik, with guests Neil Casey, Kathy Griffin, Tom Arnold, John Gemberling, and Lennon Parham.

One August evening in 1914, a bushwhacker ends a pleasant outing by blowing a hole in Bill McBride, kidnapping and ravaging Bill's fiancée and wounding Alafair Tucker's daughter, Mary. All Mary knows is that the crime had something to do with the Fourth of July.

Dear Everly, We promised each other forever, and now that's gone. My memory of you is our daughter. I said I would never move on, but something happened. Someone moved into the house next door. She works at our daughter's preschool. Everywhere I go, she's there. My forever is changing now... I'm falling in love with her. Loving her means forgetting you. Loving her means letting you go. Loving her... means everything to me. I love you endlessly, Jake

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body, a man whose love for others was unshakable. He was a man who refused to fight alone and, in so doing, mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

After the world was ravaged by a viral apocalypse, Blackwater is one of the only colonies that remains. The survivors came together to create this safe haven. Nestled between a fierce river and a city's flood wall, the well-being of its residents hangs on a long-established treaty with the night-walkers. Sounds simple enough, but lately, the people of Blackwater have been dying, and the humans believe the night-walkers are to blame.

With a camera in my face, a single picture is taken, and my life is forever changed. Worst part is that I didn't even see who took my picture. At least not until I walk into St. Skin and see her standing there with a camera. The woman hired to take pictures at St. Skin while the business continues to grow. So my sanctuary from my secrets and my past are now under threat, leaving me on edge. And everywhere I go, she's there, waiting to take my picture.

Instead of a quail, Shaw’s dog, Buttercup, retrieves an old boot with the bones of a foot inside. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull.

After they are settled that night in their tents, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs strolling by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, who has disappeared so completely that Shaw wonders if he imagined seeing anyone. Had he also imagined the ghostly voice that called his name?

Be Your Own Bodyguard is a manual of practical advice on how to live safely and with minimum anxiety in a society which is pervaded by crime -- and, perhaps more significantly, by the fear of crime. South Africans are bombarded by headlines and news broadcasts giving vivid details of crimes of violence. This tends to create a negative attitude - a victim attitude. Casey Christie, the author of Be Your Own Bodyguard, is a police reservist directly involved in fighting crime and he believes that this attitude of defeatism, of inevitably becoming a victim, is completely misguided. “People ...

You will never be rich! You know how many people told me that? Just about every family member and friend I trusted. It was from this moment I made it a point to prove them wrong. Three years later I became a millionaire. I did what I told my family and friends, I would succeed. While I was building my personal brand, I realize it doesn’t have to be difficult. Time is your most valuable commodity so why not learn from others who have success. In other words, stop doing random acts of marketing.

In the heart of the Caribbean, where the waves shimmer like molten gold and danger lurks beneath every horizon, pirate captain Jean Luc Boudreaux reigns as both legend and rogue. With his irresistible charm and devil-may-care swagger, Jean Luc plunders more than treasure—he steals hearts. From the sultry taverns of Havana to the windswept shores of Tortuga, his lovers are as scattered as the jewels in his coffers, each one holding a piece of his untamed soul.

Murphy's Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will. Nonsense! says Al Casey, who maintains: If things can go right, they should. But you've got to make them go right, he adds, by hard work, focusing on key problems, and believing in the people around you. One of the most successful - and original - American businessmen of our time, Al Casey is a no-nonsense turnaround specialist who loves nothing more than the big challenges, whether in the private or the public sector.