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Work is a welcome refuge for New Orleans homicide detective Evangeline Theroux. Feeling suffocated by her new baby, in whose eyes she sees only her dead husband, she throws herself into a high-profile murder case. Reclusive writer Lena Saunders offers Evangeline a provocative theory about the crime: it is the work of a lunatic vigilante. Lena spins the sordid story of Ruth and Rebecca Lemay, whose mother brutally murdered her male children in an insane effort to root out an “evil” gene.

Publishing veteran and best-selling author J. Thorn reveals his proven system for writing delicious scenes based on his legendary "Supercharge Your Scene" challenge successfully completed by thousands of authors. This tight yet comprehensive book teaches you what you absolutely must know about writing snappy scenes, whether you're a plotter or pantser, short story dynamo or lifelong novelist, rock star indie or a trad pub professional. Developed from decades of classroom experience and used to revise millions of words, Thorn teaches you how to use simple tools to master your craft.

Virginia Euwer Wolff takes on the biggest questions about life and love, certainly, but also about girls and women, sacrifice and compassion and has something quite revelatory to say about them in this full house.

What's new in LaVaughn's life is Jody, a boy she knew as a child who's come back to the housing project where she lives. Jody is like a miracle: he smells like chlorine; he calls her "little buddy;" he goes with her to the dance. It's just as if he's in love with her. Except not quite.

Eine temperamentvolle Amerikanerin. Ein verklemmter britischer Manager. Heiße internationale Verwicklungen... Ruby Miller schwebt auf Wolke sieben! Sie darf den attraktiven Stadtplaner Niall Stella, das heimliche Objekt ihrer Begierde, nach New York begleiten. Und wenn es nach ihr geht, dann wird der vielversprechende Business-Trip nicht nur ein beruflicher Höhepunkt. Die temperamentvolle Kalifornierin ist wild entschlossen, den frustrierend zugeknöpften Briten zu ihrem erotischen Sonderprojekt zu machen.

"La casa en el rincón de Pooh" ("The house at Pooh corner") es parte de la amplia colección de cuetos que escribió A. A. Milne sobre la entrañable amistad del oso Pooh y Christopher Robin. Esta es una historia de aventuras, de la mano de los habitantes del Bosque de los Cien Acres: Piglet, Iyor, Búho, Conejo, Kangu, Rito, Tiggre, Búho, Escarabajo y el mielefante. En este audiolibro, Winnie-the-Pooh y sus amigos emprenden nuevas aventuras: aprenden a desrebotarse, inventan nuevos juegos, construyen casas y descubren más de la vida de Christopher Robin.

The beast of poverty and disease had stalked Elizabeth all her life, waiting for the right moment to take her down. To survive, she listened to the two extremes within herself - Bess, the innocent child of hope, and Liza, the cynical, hard-bitten opportunist. While Bess paints rosy pictures of what lies ahead and Liza warns of dangers everywhere, the beast, in the guise of a man offering something better, circles closer.

¿O estás buscando conocimientos básicos de marketing para destacar en tus clases o mejorar tus perspectivas en el mercado laboral? Cualquiera que sea el motivo para leer este libro, Marketing explica de manera sencilla los conceptos esenciales mediante ejemplos y situaciones prácticas. Aprenderás sobre branding, marketing viral, publicidad y promociones, así como la importancia de las relaciones con los clientes y más.

Following the success of the Living Among Bigfoot series, Tom Lyons and his friend Natalie Price have decided to partner up to co-author a new book; one that revolves around the terrifying encounter that Natalie and her family had shortly after moving to Northern California. Strangers from the Meadow is a true story.

Jillian und Brock sind beste Freunde. Trotzdem gibt es etwas, das Jillian Brock niemals verraten würde: ihre wahren Gefühle für ihn. Sie weiß genau, dass sie bei ihm "als Frau" keine Chance hat. Außerdem würde ihr überängstlicher Vater mehr als reine Freundschaft ohnehin nicht erlauben. Er wollte sie erst nicht einmal alleine ans College gehen lassen. Doch auch wenn es ihr schwer fällt, sich von ihrem besten Freund zu trennen, will sie dort endlich ein neues Leben beginnen, ohne Brock und ihre unerwiderte Liebe.

Prentice Tasifa is an investigative hawk whose been deployed from The Order to the small egg of Gould, a mountain village. A missing girl had been found dead. Hawks investigate strange and difficult situations throughout the kingdom of Aves. They can “see the unseen,” by accessing a unique ability to activate hawk-like vision, a trait they carry through their bloodlines.

What does the Bible say about making a creation of almighty God's illegal or immoral? This book uncovers the ugly truth about America's "drug war", while disproving all the myths and government propaganda about medical marijuana.

Chaurisse and Dana have a lot in common. They both grew up in Atlanta, they shop at the same stores, visit the same restaurants. But unlike Chaurisse, Dana knows the truth: that the girls share the same father. A father with two families, one of which he is determined to keep secret. When the girls meet and become friends, the unsteady balance of both their lives is threatened. Theirs is a relationship destined to explode.

Keira returns to New York to discover, to her shock, that she has started a new trend in dating that is sweeping across the country - "Scandinavian romance" - and to find herself becoming a celebrity. Even more confusing, her sister gets engaged and gives Keira constant advice. Overwhelmed, Keira takes solace when Christiano calls and surprises herself when she agrees to take a week off and meet him on neutral ground: in Greece. Her magazine is thrilled, and they want this to be her new assignment: Can love work the second time around if you give it one more chance?

Curtis finds love in Iraq as he struggles to stay alive in a war he doesn't want to fight, and Letha discovers her own beauty in the love of her child. There is the "good daughter" who realizes that there's only one way to help her brother and her family. Other stories center on the daily drama of the Curl-E-Que beauty shop, or capture the slapstick side of passion.

As a young doctor working in the middle of the HIV epidemic in the early ’90s, Alicia Blando feels unsure of the effectiveness of the medical profession. To gain insight into her life’s path, she seeks advice in some unconventional places, and lands on astrology as her way forward. Astrology, based in astronomy, has specific rules; it can’t be easily manipulated. The scientist in her can’t help but respond to this idea.

Jamie has never even gone outside dressed as a woman before, but that all changes when this sissy crossdresser gets a Valentine's date. Her mind runs wild with the possibilities and, by the end of the date, she doesn't want ice cream for dessert.... This 5,000-word story has sissy themes and adult action throughout. From doing makeup, first experiences out dressed, and first-time fun with a guy, there's lots of Valentine's magic in this story.

For many in product management, success comes from mastery of tools like road maps, MVPs, strategy frameworks, and OKRs. These and other technical skills describe what a product person does to design, build and support new complex technologies for our users. But as technologies quickly become ubiquitous, it’s the human approach to creativity, innovation, decision-making, and leadership that makes the difference in whether an individual, team, product, and even organization is successful or not.

On Harlem’s 145th Street, things happen that don’t happen anywhere else in the world. Get to know Big Joe, who’s throwing his own funeral while he’s here to enjoy it, and everyone’s invited. Meet Kitty and Mack, teens with a love story more real than anything they’ve ever known. Follow Monkeyman, the quietest kid on the block and the last person you’d expect the Tigros gang to target. And don’t miss the block party of the year - the whole neighborhood will be there. From danger and despair to hilarity and joy, literary legend Walter Dean Myers captures every mood.

The older sister of Emma LaRue wasn't looking for love. In fact, the last thing Kaylee LaRue thought as she attended her sister's Caribbean wedding was that she would meet a man as confident as Owen Parker. The suave businessman oozed charm, and when that charm was directed at Kaylee, it gave her pause. She couldn't be sure if the man was actually interested in her or just interested in a good time. In reality, Owen Parker had never met anyone like Kaylee LaRue.