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There was a time when I almost gave up celebrating Christmas. Our kids were still young and weren't yet hooked on the idea of Santa Claus and presents, Christmas trees and decorations. I had read that the Puritans who first came to America were so zealous in their faith that they didn't celebrate Christmas at all. Instead they charged fines to businesses in their community who failed to keep their shops open on Christmas day.

Twin sisters Iris and Malina thought they knew how to reverse the ancient curse that haunts their line, the spell that destines them to use their gleams—unique forms of beauty-manipulating magic—to entice and enchant none other than Death himself. But both sisters thought wrong. Instead of ending the wicked bargain with the power of her infinite bloom, Iris is taken to an uncanny realm between this world and the next. Only unlike all of Death’s companions before, Iris’s body goes on the one-way journey along with her soul, arriving in a kingdom never meant to sustain a living girl.

When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate. A question about a class project rapidly evolves into an all-consuming conversation. Haley finds that Martin is actually willing to listen to her weird facts and unusual obsessions, and Martin feels like Haley is the first person to really see who he is. Haley and Martin might be too awkward to hang out in real life, but over text, they're becoming addicted to each other.

In this twisted dark cartel romance, revenge and hate collide with the past... Listen to the Completed Trilogy...

Psychopath. Borderline. Crazy. Seventeen-year-old Maryanne Mayweather wears each term like a badge of pride. Expelled from her 12th boarding school, she lands on the doorstep of her flighty aunt Elaine and Elaine’s husband James, one more screw-up away from being made a ward of the state. Once a successful author, the last thing James Thorne wants is to care for his wife's bratty teenage niece, especially with his marriage falling apart. When Maryanne crafts an elaborate plan to defame and destroy him, they both discover that words are more powerful than either of them could imagine.

More than gifts and celebrations, even beyond Bethlehem, the shepherds, and wise men, Christmas is about the glory of Heaven coming to Earth in the person of Jesus! This unique Advent devotional pulls back the veil on the wonder of the incarnation! Featuring contributions from best-selling authors and Spirit-empowered teachers, each of these 25 daily Advent devotionals leading up to Christmas is a unique revelation of the glory that was released by Jesus' birth!

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken-word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff.

Wyatt Lazarus's ex-fiancée betrayed him in the vilest of ways, and he failed to see it coming. Now alone and ashamed, the unquenchable influence of his sin fuels his anger. Instead of redeeming sinners—he ends them. Wrath becomes his identity until a brutal mistake throws him into the path of a cheeky yoga instructor in need of a savior.

It was Halloween. I didn't expect this to happen, meeting an ALPHA at a haunted house, spanking, doing it BOTH ways And there I was pure as now I had no idea the off-limits incredibly handsome man was connected to my boyfriend Jake Well a few hours before the haunted house was set to open Lets just say I saw him and lost my dress in the process!!

Peaches bumps into the wealthy and charming Mr. Anders on her way out of her small town—literally, with her car. She has no insurance and no way to pay him for the damages. He takes pity on her and offers her a ride to Memphis. Peaches offers him a juicy peach to apologize for the damage. They check into a nice hotel, and Mr. Anders meets a friend, who happens to be checking into the same hotel with Peaches’ best friend from high school. They decide to share a suite and double the fun!

Me mudé a Nueva York con la intención de hacerme un hueco. Una colisión y dos teléfonos móviles robados después, no sé muy bien cómo, estoy trabajando para Bruce Norton, un multimillonario hecho a sí mismo desde cero. Se supone que soy su asistente personal. Nada más fácil de cumplir, porque está buenísimo y todo lo que toca se convierte en oro. Es una estupidez que este trabajo implique también el cuidado de su imagen, porque brilla por sí mismo. No es sólo que Bruce Norton me vuelva loca con su actitud distante e insensible. Es aún más estúpido que su forma de ser ...

To avoid bloodshed, former crime lord Donatello plans to arrange a union between his nephew and a rival family. Instead, he’s drawn to beautiful young Willow himself - despite their dark and painful past. After a decade spent claiming a throne for himself in the seething violence of the criminal underbelly, all Donatello Vanici craves now is peace.

Meijing has just arrived in America to work in a massage parlor, in the city of Oakland. She is shy, reticent, and strikingly beautiful. As she settles in she learns how to please American men with her hands, and makes better money while working less hours than she did in the factory back in Shenzhen. But Meijing is also working on a tourist visa, doing a job that is illegal even for a citizen of the United States. She's scared, alone, and sometimes the customers get aggressive. She also has problems with the greedy boss lady who manages the parlor, and taxes the masseuses any chance she ...

Brother of the fiercest crime lord in Fair Haven, Vadim Gorgoshev has survived horrors most men couldn’t imagine in their nightmares—and he’s learned to thrive in the chaos. But the master of control meets his match when a fiery redhead crosses his path. Will the obsessive Vadim maintain the upper hand or will the reckless Tiffany turn his world upside down?

Sir Chanse de Bremont is determined to halt the wedding that will upset the tenuous balance of power between England and Scotland. He can think of only one way to do so - take the bride captive. But the willful if beautiful lady is nothing like he thought and more than he could’ve imagined.

They’re soft. They’re felt. And they’ve been very, very bad. In this steamy send-up of nostalgic puppetry, a chaotic cast of adult-themed Fappets (not to be confused with puppets that start with an "M" and end with "Uppets") gets caught in a web of backstage scandals, forbidden feelings, and fluff-fueled tension that no amount of emotional aftercare can fix. Expect diva meltdowns, inappropriate confessionals, and more foam-on-flesh friction than a late-night cable reboot. This novella isn’t here to be wholesome. It’s here to be horny, hilarious, and just the right amount of wrong....

Toya slipped up and fell for the same White boy she considered a college geek, but her pride won't allow her to admit it. In a matter of days, Toya learns Ju is quite the ladies' man—good sex, wealthy, and his murder game is official. Now, she feels betrayed, like she wasn't good enough for him because she's just another Black girl from the hood using her body to get what she needs.

When Natalie Merin's grandmother dies, she discovers that her birth mother, Colleen Winters, disappeared from the small town of Cascade Locks, Oregon twenty years earlier. Natalie travels to Oregon hoping to find out what happened to her mother. Instead, she finds people who won't talk about Colleen, who act like she never existed, or if she did, their life was better without her. She learns that several prominent people in town will do anything to protect what they feel is important to keep hidden.

When it comes to family, there’s little Lupita Sanchez won’t do—even if it means throwing herself in the path of a man as feral as his predatory namesake. Julian “Jaguar” Domingas has carved out a violent reputation as one of the most powerful and dangerous drug lords alive. He’s exactly the kind of beast Lupita has learned the hard way to run far, far away from—but desperate times call for insane measures. Jaded and cynical, Jaguar has seen it all when it comes to the multitude of schemers and spies eager for even a taste of his power—and convincing him to help her won’t be easy.

When Claire Wright wakes in hospital, she doesn’t recognise the person staring back at her in the mirror. She’s told that she has the perfect life: she’s beautiful, famous, with a husband and a house to die for. But Claire can’t remember anything from before the devastating car crash that’s left her injured. And now she’s surrounded by strangers, saying they’re her family and friends.