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Reconnecting with her family is only the beginning for AJ Moore. The discovery of an ancient journal, which speaks of time travel, brings new and old enemies together. How can AJ - or her husband, Finn - consider returning to the future when the secrets of time travel leave their fate in peril? Find out in Part 5 of this time-travel saga.

The Art of Change Leadership represents a major milestone in the study of change leadership. An approachable yet thorough guide for leaders and team members that illustrates how to increase speed and agility during times of intense technological innovation and fast change, this resource focuses on the ways in which you, as an individual, can harness your unique abilities to lead cultural change and personal leadership in a positive and proactive way.

We all have a story. Mine led me onto a quest to discover how to love well. The sorrows of my past became the key to the doorway into God’s Holy Love. Secrets, deceptions and manipulations were the foundation of the author’s childhood. But God spoke into that as her world began to fall apart around her. The trials and growth that resulted defined her journey into healing. This memoir and its addendum will take the listener into their own heart. Healing, with Jesus, is just around the corner.

Professor and Mrs. Moriarty have a few weeks to kill before their theater opens. Happily, two small cases drop in their respective laps. Moriarty has what looks like a scheme to swindle army veterans out of their discharge pay. Angelina must find a missing servant by winkling her way into a circle of officers’ wives. Neither case seems terribly challenging - just enough to provide an agreeable competition.

It’s time for AJ Moore to put her life back together, but as she’ll soon discover - you can’t go home again. After surviving a harrowing battle for the stones, AJ’s back in Baywood, Oregon, with the love of her life, Finn Murphy. After several months of danger and intrigue in early 19th-century Europe - the time of a mad king on the English throne and Napoleon rampaging Europe - life can be downright boring.

Cressa was to leave for New Orleans with Devon. But now, her world has turned upside down. Through it all, she refuses to believe Devon has been readdicted to the Poppy, regardless of what the evidence suggests.

I'm the maid of honor. He's the father of the bride. Thanks to a snowstorm on the East Coast, I'm the only member of my best friend's wedding party to actually arrive in Vegas as planned. But she has a plan...her father will pick me up at the airport, and we'll take care of any last-minute wedding details together. Not in the plan is the unexpected sizzling chemistry with an older, off-limits man and being talked into sharing his suite.

Tessa Simmons has just taken a job as the Assistant Director at the library in the cove, and she’s been charged with all of the adult programming. Her ideas are big, and she brings in her new friends for focus groups to truly expand the reach of literature in the cove. Robin and AJ have ideas and plenty of opinions, as do all of the other women. They don’t always line up, and some voices are louder than others. But as Eloise has taken a step back to spend more time with her family, she becomes instrumental in helping Tessa establish smaller library branches on all five islands in the cove.

After spending months on an alien world for work, all John Espinoza just wants to do is get home to his wife and daughter. Unfortunately, the transport ship he chose is attacked by pirates and he ends up stranded on an unknown planet where the very air is toxic to him. Now John has to team up with the ship’s AI and the two have to survive on this hostile alien world and figure out some way to get off the planet or get a message out for help. Can they overcome their dwindling resources, alien life forms, and hostile space forces? Or will they die together, planet-bound?

A year ago, I reluctantly erased my true other half’s memories of our time together. She said that if we were truly meant to be married, our souls would find each other again. Now, I’ve illegally traveled to Earth and have found her alone in a secluded cabin. I only have a few days to convince her of who I am to her. But the odds are against me. She didn’t recognize me on sight, no longer has a translator, and sees me as an alien. But I refuse to give up. There is no one else for me in the galaxy.

Having spent the last two and a half months with my bosses, the thought of spending the holidays alone isn’t ideal. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what I feared I would be doing. Or so I thought. I probably should’ve learned long ago not to underestimate the men I work for. They do have a way of surprising me when I least expect it. While I find myself immersed in a lifestyle I am still getting familiar with, spending time with my bosses is proving to be more than I originally anticipated.

Poetry. Literary nonfiction. Fiction. Drama. LGBTQIA studies. Women's studies. Compiled in one book for the first time, featuring both new and out-of-print pieces, the contents of The Judy Grahn Reader span four decades of work by the prominent writer and activist. This volume contains writing from every phase of Judy Grahn's career, including poems from all of her major poetry collections, a number of her groundbreaking essays, as well as selected fiction and the full-length play The Queen of Swords.

Sunny, striking, and satisfied with her life in paradise, Theodosia Sullivan sees no need for marriage. She does, however, relish serving as matchmaker for everyone who crosses her path. As the manager of her family’s surf shop in Hanalei Bay, that includes locals and tourists alike. One person she won’t be playing cupid for is the equally happy bachelorette down the street. Baker Kini ʻŌpūnui has been the owner of Queen’s Sweet Shop since her parents passed away and her younger brother married Theo’s older sister and moved to Oahu.

One book holds the secrets of the stones, but to protect it, the book was split into four sections. Three of the chronicles were spread far and wide. It’s time to put the pieces together. The team splits up in a race to find the chronicles before Gemini finds them. Beckworth lives by one rule—keep his promises. And he promised Stella he’d take her to AJ. But Stella was kidnapped again, and he’ll put everything aside to fulfill his promise. Find Stella and get her home. The book be damned.

Book 2 in the Alchemiya universe sees Lady Cherry Plumtree fall in love. Accidentally and most inconveniently pregnant, the still-single Cherry leaves the Golden City for Karlstejn, a land where alchemy is forbidden and no one will know her real reason for travel. Lady Bekah Ratna and the family 's handsome valet, Hadley, accompany her on her journey. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of local intrigue. Alchemists still exist in Karlstejn, whether the king outlaws them or not.

AJ Moore has a score to settle, and with her future at stake, she’s ready to walk back into the fog in search of the only person who can make her whole. AJ has come a long way from the simple reporter caught up in the mystery of the stones. She’s a warrior who refuses to leave a man behind - particularly the one who has captured her heart. There’s more at stake than finding one man. Their enemy has discovered the magic of the Heart Stone. And if AJ and Finn are to ever meet, they must see the Heart Stone is once again safe in the hands of the Keepers.

Eugenia was born to privilege in the Ratna clan, nobility famed for their alchemical jewel production. Eugenia’s a talented alchemist herself - but the patriarchy insists her less able brother is the heir to the family secrets and property. As if that weren’t insult enough, an accidentally public tryst with another woman means Genie is shunned by polite society altogether. Enter the gorgeous Lord Oliver Plumtree, scion of one of the oldest alchemical families in Chrysopoeia and master of the foreboding Waldgrave Abbey. But Lord Oliver is actually Olivia.

Devon Trelane, leader of House Trelane, is preparing for war—a battle of winner-take-all. He’s aligning his allies and fortifying his defenses. But new secrets are uncovered that raise the stakes higher than he thought possible—secrets that could tear vampire society apart.

Big-time developer Hank Rosenberg wants to build a Massive Mart in town, and he’s going to knock down several beloved business to make it happen. The townspeople are up in arms. Pine Grove is quaint. And serene! Way too charming for a megastore. Besides, who in the world needs to buy toilet paper 96 rolls at a time? The night before the historic buildings are set to be torn down, Rosenberg dies facedown in a plate of Miss May’s Every Berry Pie.

The war took him away. Is their love strong enough to bring him home? From family tragedy, the war, to undying love, this compelling story spans three generations.