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Markus and Sarah's lives couldn't be more different…After three years away as a goalkeeper for an English soccer club, Markus DeLeon is happy to be back in Melbourne, back with his family and friends, including Sarah. He has known her since childhood, and has often provided her with a safe place from the teasing of other children and the troubles of a broken home. Yet, events after attending their friends' wedding set off a shift in their relationship...
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A bride-to-be without answers.
A soldier who never came home.
A nutcracker that might hold one last Christmas wish... World War II has been over for three months, but Clara can't join in the Christmas festivities with her friends and family. The fiancé she sent off to Europe three years ago never returned. But just as she's about to give up hope, her godfather might just have one last miracle up his sleeve. And it all begins with a nutcracker.
64) Saving Charly
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Tempted by love. Saved by my dad's best friend.Charly.A few days ago, I was just Charly. A small-town girl, bartending at a club near my tiny apartment, living paycheck to paycheck. Then I got a letter from a lawyer telling me my father died. Now, I'm an orphan with no clue what to do with the estate and the club my father named after me. I should sell it and enjoy the billionaire lifestyle away from city life, but the secrets my dad left behind bind...
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Maverick Jones was all set to fly out on his private jet, but there are engine problems. He meets Melody Sampson, an attractive stewardess who knows who the designer is. They enter into a bit of a whirlwind romance that ends in gunshots, and that's just the beginning of their crazy ride together.
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A recently discovered lost manuscript by Dr. John H. Watson M.D reveals the dark truth behind the secret cases of Sherlock Holmes.Follow the exploits of Holmes and Watson as they track a killer virus across the streets of London to uncover a nefarious plot by James Moriarty to infect England's landed gentry with the sole aim of turning them all into flesh-eating zombies.This exciting short story from a master of suspense will have you on the edge...
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"The Heartbreak" (copyright July 2008) was a clandestinely published book, sold illicitly after performances in Paris and Bordeaux's underground scene until 2010. At last, here is a final edition of this rare and hard to find book, (a collector's item), which has been responsible for fomenting division and revolution. In addition, this opus draws on other work published covertly by the author in 2008. I thus want to celebrate the long period of catharsis...
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In the winter of 1943, Benjamin is just a grunt and Army cook-until he finds himself captured, along with his unit, taken prisoner by Mussolini's troops after the Battle of Tunisia. Transported to a POW camp in Italy, Benjamin is plagued with intense visions of the Norse Goddess Frigga and her retinue of Valkyries, berserkers, and other magical beings. When he encounters a woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to the goddess, he wonders if he hasn't...
69) Second Chapters
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Everyone deserves a fresh start. But what they choose to do with it... "Second Chapters" is the creative result of six brains let loose with one topic. The outcome is a collection of thriller, fantasy, and life stories that will take you on unforgettable journeys, all relating tales of second chances, and each ending in an unexpected destination. The White - When a victim of domestic abuse decides to take control of her situation, she finds that it...
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"Are all sentient species hard-wired to sin?"
Synopsis: A Jesuit monk examines the Encyclopedia of Sentient Species to determine if there is anyone in the universe incapable of sin.
After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions.
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What happens when her pure hare-itage meets royal blood?Harriet is descended from a long line of pure hares. Unfortunately, an experiment rendered her a hybrid, a mutant… a critter who runs towards danger instead of from it. Because of it, she's found it near impossible to move up the ranks as a FUC agent. Until a sexy leatherback turtle shows up at the Academy and demands Harriet be on his security detail!Prince Lear from Skyros Island is in search...
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Le destin tragique d'une jeune femme dans l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle.
En 1870, Kathleen Newton, une jeune Irlandaise de seize ans quitte l'Angleterre pour se marier avec un médecin d'Agra, en âge d'être son père. Le soir de ses noces, il l'accuse d'infidélité et s'en sépare avant même que leur union soit consommée. Abandonnée et sans ressource, elle se laisse séduire par un officier de l'armée des Indes, croisé sur le bateau, qui la...
73) Expansion
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This is book three of The Inner Compass Trilogy. In the first two books Marissa went on a spiritual and emotional rollercoaster ride and it's not over yet, not by a long shot. No longer able to keep the door to the otherworld closed, Marissa decides that a life filled with magic, beauty and love is much more attractive to the alternative. But letting magic in has consequences, some of which Marissa is not quite prepared for. Awakening to her potential...
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Ebenezer Scrooge has never been known for the greatness of his heart. A miser, a leech, a penny-pinching old coot. . . Say what you will about him, though-he's never actually sucked someone's blood.
That dubious honor belongs to the vampires who surround him, preying on the weak and laying traps for the strong. They've dogged his footsteps since he was born, driving him from the love of his friends, family, and faithful fiancée.
Now, on Christmas...
75) Stay With Me
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Every single time I saw her, I wanted to hate her.
I wanted to make her pay for leaving me.
And I did. I made sure that she was embarrassed and uncomfortable.
Until her secrets came out. Now all I want to do is protect her.
She was mine once. Can she be mine again?
Or are we all fighting a past we can't get away from?
76) I Am Marcus Fox
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When I was six, my Momma tossed me out of a low-flying plane.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't deserve it.
Wrenched from dust-choked, Texas ghost towns, and discarded in a lush Zambian forest, Marcus Fox became a welcome member of the fearless tribe that saved him. With the help and guidance of his new people, he learned how to fight for survival, hunt for his supper, and repress the scars of his abandonment. As he grew to premature manhood,...
77) Dance for Me
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She was a job. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I followed my father's orders like usual until I was tired of being used.
Whisper was a casuality of our world. One that I decided I wanted to keep more than I wanted to ruin.
She was a challenge that I liked. Even though I still wanted to break her, I wanted more.
Yet I knew the punishment I would face if I chose to keep her around.
Is she worth it?
78) Cry for Me
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When I ran into Liz, I knew she was trouble.
Lucky for me I like trouble.
She pushed my buttons and reminded me of someone I'd rather forget.
When our paths keep crossing, I know I need to walk away from her.
That's not what happens though.
I'm drawn to her in the worst ways.
I want nothing more than to see her cry.
No, I want her to cry for me.
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Witchin' Upon a Wolf's Heart: Magic and Mayhem Universe is book 9 in the Magick and Chaos series. For five years, Carlie has been on the run. In a failed attempt to save the witches who belong to the Coven of the Moon and Mountains, she now finds herself being held captive in a dark, filthy dungeon. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, except her powers are non-existent. And if that weren't bad enough, she doesn't remember how she got there.Jacob...
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From the man Arturo Pérez-Reverte has called "the most talented young Russian author" comes this extraordinary family saga, a journey into the depths of the human soul.
The Round-dance of Water is a detailed portrait of three generations of a large family, but in this story there is no division into primary and secondary characters: each individual fate carries its weight and runs into the bloody river of the twentieth century. The novel drifts...
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