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Some things are just inevitable....

Teagan Tolliver is learning the hard way that for every new trophy, every tournament win, comes more scrutiny, more pressure—far beyond what she can do on a court. As an elite, Black female athlete, she's got the eyes of the world on her. Ambrose McNeil is familiar with the concept. Coming out of BSU, he was a star cornerback, fulfilling a long term dream—and challenge—of having his name on the Connecticut Kings roster. Living the dream.

Another story featuring everlasting love with a sensual bite! Series: Bound by her Alpha Second Edition ARES: Seducing the Beast Series Book 2 They took her. They thought they could steal his mate and live to tell the tale. Ares Stavros is the enforcer of his pack—a savage predator who has never known mercy. His rage is legendary. His vengeance is absolute. And when Latasha—the only woman who has ever mattered—is ripped from his arms, something inside him snaps. He’s no longer just a man. No longer just a wolf. He’s a beast unchained. Latasha has always known that loving Ares ...

A masterpiece of satire, this classic has entertained and enlightened readers the world over with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below". At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the correspondence of the worldly-wise old devil to his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary young man. The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation - and triumph over it - ever written.

For Naomi Prescott, it's not just a cute little saying. It's a critical mantra, words to live by if she wants to retain her freedom, and, more importantly, her life. Impeccable planning is the only way to ensure she sets off the small flutters that will trigger the big ripple she needs to pull off the score of a lifetime - no matter the stakes. FBI Agent Marcus Calloway is a straight-shooter...if you overlook his sometimes unconventional, law-skirting, expensive ways of solving a case. A big arrest would do wonders to restore his reputation, and he has one woman in mind: Jolie Voleuse.

Series: Bound by her Alpha (Book 3) 💀 He’s the silver-tongued devil. 💋 She’s the only woman who won’t play his game. 🔥 But when he decides he wants her—he won’t stop until she’s his. Aeolus Stavros is a walking sin in a designer suit. The youngest Stavros brother, a billionaire playboy with a body made for sin and a mouth made for ruining good girls, he owns Hollywood’s biggest film empire—and every woman he wants. Except Candy Laurent. She’s the one woman who doesn’t fall at his feet. A powerful witch with a razor-sharp tongue, a body built for trouble, and a ...

Wyoming's new governor isn't sure what to make of Joe Pickett, but he has a job for him that is extremely delicate. A prominent female British executive never came home from the high-end guest ranch she was visiting, and the British Embassy is pressing hard. Pickett knows that happens sometimes - these ranches are stocked with handsome young cowboys, and "ranch romances" aren't uncommon. But no sign of her months after she vanished? That suggests something else.

I keep my head down. In this backward pack, females rank low, and my bad leg makes me damaged goods. It doesn’t help that I’ve never shifted. I don’t mind the late-20s single life, though. No one’s paying any attention as I build an illicit farmer’s market empire. My roomies and I are doing it for ourselves, and if life under Killian Kelly is stifling, at least it’s predictable. We can deal. But when biology finally kicks in, I lose my mind. I claim our alpha as my mate. And he rejects me in front of the whole pack.

When Joe Pickett is asked to join the rescue efforts for the victim of a startling grizzly attack, he reluctantly leaves his district behind. One survivor of the grizzly's rampage tells a bizarre story, but just as Joe begins to suspect the attack is not what it seems, he is brought home by an emergency on his own turf. Someone has targeted a prominent local judge, shooting at him from a seemingly impossible distance. While the judge was not hit, his wife is severely wounded, and it is up to Joe to find answers - and the shooter.

Gabi isn't looking for love. At all. She's much more interested in starting a new life, in a new city, away from the overbearing demands of her parents. Terrence...is even less into the idea of a relationship than Gabi. He's in a good place in his career, focused on receiving a coveted promotion. Follow along with Gabi and Terrence as they navigate the stages of a relationship that was never meant to go further than a single night. Will they be able to overcome the challenges of family and career to build something that could last?

There's always a reason to try...if you look hard enough.

🔥 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝘾𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙈 🔥 💍 𝘼 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙥𝙝𝙖. 𝘼 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡. 𝘼 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜. 💍 💎 He’s waited long enough. Now, she’s his. 💎 Mable Berry has spent three years silently loving her boss, Alexei Smirnov—the ruthless, too-sexy-for-his-own-good billionaire with ice-blue eyes and a past wrapped...

Another story featuring everlasting love with a sensual bite! She’s a siren with a warrior’s soul. He’s the most feared Alpha in the supernatural world. And neither of them are willing to surrender. Betsy Laurent has spent her entire life running and surviving. A curvy, sharp-tongued siren-witch, she knows better than to trust fate—especially when it comes in the form of an overbearing, possessive Alpha wolf who thinks he can command her. But when her mother’s long-lost Book of Shadows is revealed as one of the prizes in the Warrior’s Hunt—a brutal, barbarian-hosted ...

It all came down to me. The one who followed the rules, never went looking for trouble - I kept to myself. I just wanted to take care of my family. To not constantly look over my shoulder, worried about the things that went bump in the night. I just wanted to survive. But that wasn't meant to be. As luck - or fate, or something - would have it, the trouble found me. I followed a rabbit through the wreckage of a half-ruined world to get back what was mine, and wound up at the end of it. In Wonderland. But there's nothing magical about it.

In this collection of seven original baseball short stories written by an all-star lineup of writers—each of whom understands the game's lore and tactical nuances, as well as its deep roots in American life—mystery and murder take the mound.

This is a box set that contains books one to three of the Corps Justice Series: Corps Justice, Council of Patriots, and Prime Asset. Three action thriller books that are sure to keep you listening on late into the night.

True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right.

It's 2552. Having barely escaped the final battle for Reach against the vast alien alliance known as the Covenant, the crew of the Pillar of Autumn, including Spartan John-117 - the Master Chief - and his AI companion Cortana, is forced to make a desperate escape into slipspace. But their destination brings them to an ancient mystery and an even greater struggle.

You are not broken, you’ve been programmed. And you have the power to reprogram everything. The Liberated Mind is a powerful, practical guide to breaking free from the subconscious patterns, emotional loops, and limiting beliefs that have silently shaped your life. Through a blend of neuroscience, psychology, lived experience, and spiritual insight, C. Michael Pickens invites you on a journey of radical self-ownership, where awareness becomes your compass and intention becomes your engine. This book doesn’t just give you information.

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.