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"There are things in this junkyard"Sam warned Heather. Then he disappeared.Since then, shes been seeing ghosts.Sam Despair had always heard the voices. Tortured by visions, he knew the future. He saw truths others could not.Heather knew his predictions were accurate. Whatever things he saw in the junkyard, they were real.She was starting to see them too.Heather never cared about her family legacy. The Despairs were supposed to be these great spiritualists, but that was her older brother Sams problem, not hers.She only wanted out of her stepfathers creepy, lonely junkyard.....to find Sam..And to stop seeing weird apparitions and crackling with blue electricity.If things could just go back to normal!But a force from beyond has other ideas..And to find Sam, she must make a dangerous choice.One that will change her world forever.

A miracle from hell.Ninety-year-old Maggie Stone is dying of cancer, and she wants more time. When a brilliant but unstable doctor offers Maggie a new body and a second chance at life, it sounds like a miracle of modern sciencea transfer of consciousness, a perfected synthetic vessel, engineered immortality.Maggie awakens young and strong. Shell have more time with Ray. More time with her children. But as Maggie discovers that a second chance at life might be more tragedy than miracle, something unexpected happens.Another body wakes up.Dr. Lane doesnt know why.Maggie is called back into the lab, and the search for answers leads to a horrible discovery: her operation wasnt science at all. It was a ceremony. What was presented as breakthrough biotechnology reveals its true foundation: an occult ritual that awakens forces who feed on terror.In Dr. Lanes lab, the veil between the physical and the spiritual becomes irrelevant as demons possess the bodies. As Maggie fights to survive, she must face a terrible question: since she "cheated," does she deserve to live at all?The Temple of Maggie Stone, the second book in the Annals of S.O.L.M., introduces a wider supernatural world. Maggie might be immortal, but immortality in this world might not be worth the trouble.

"This illustrated collection will delight fans of the series and newcomers alike. Some of the best writing in the series to date."Beta ReaderArtistry abounds in this little gem of a book. A gorgeous full-page illustration by artist Felix Farley introduces each story, and cover artist Brakens painting wraps the entire cover. The Sigil Five and Dragos Primeri Stories is a collaboration of three creatives and celebrates human creativity.Each of the five stories has a different flavor, but all will enhance readers understanding and appreciation for the Dragos Primeri World. The book opens with the novella-length story, The Sigil Five:Eleventh in line to lead her House, everyone expects Octavia to attend galas, drink wine, and merely observe the machinations of the Great Game.But Octavia has no intention to sit on the sidelines-especially when her lecherous uncles deviant activities harm people and threaten her House.Encouraged by scheming cousins, and emboldened by her new bodyguard, Octavia plans a bold and daring heist: purloin her uncles house sigil ring.If she succeeds, not only will Octavia ascend to great power, shell eliminate the most reviled and dangerous man in Partha.But if she fails, Octavia will lose everything-including her beloved bodyguard.Four Additional Stories:The collection also includes Suliams Secret, a fairy tale style story that reveals the dark pact Quens mother made with the dragomancer Nevara. With two stories cut from The Spring Dragon, A Message for Rhoji and Ylfas Heart will shine a light on backstory. The book concludes with Feed the Roots, a folk-horror style story full of atmosphere and a gothic-style rumination on death."I enjoyed learning the story behind Aldewin leaving Partha, and Octavia is a fun new character. I hope we see her again in future books. And Feed the Roots is a great fable-type story. Loved the whole book."ARC Reader"I absolutely loved these stories!"VC, Editor

Cities can seem like living, breathing organisms. They have networks of roads, power, and plumbing. They can have their own personalities. They can grow and change with time. And yet, cities can also seem timeless. Its possible a city can hold all of the times and all of the places it has ever been, and that if you look sideways in just the right way, sometimes you can see those other times and places. And sometimes, if you need to do it badly enough, you can see a time and a place that is yet to come.Through these fifteen short stories youll travel with Lyn McConchie to Wellington, New Zealand, where she will take you to places that might not be on the tourist maps. Shell introduce you to statues that defend the innocent. Shell take you to penthouse rooftops where birds thought extinct might reappear. Shell show us the doorways in the subway that can take us to other times and places. Shell even show you websites that you can only find when you really need them. But you can only make this trip if youre willing to look at the citysideways.

What is truly lost when we cut down our forests? When the last whispers of the old woods begin to fade, what will be remembered of thier songs?Explore the magic of our wild woods and the cost of deforestation and human development. What do we owe the wild places, and how do we keep those places alive?This illustrated poem about what once stood where our homes stand now mourns the biodiverse forests that have been destroyed by human development.Perfect for parents and educators who love eco-aware picture books, this short, evocative book sparks questions about nature, memory, and stewardship.

Reece Archer, the contemplative owner of Elysian Fields flower shop, has always found joy and solace among the fragrant blooms and in the pages of his journals, where he crafts stories from the quiet comfort of his botanical haven. Romance was never a priorityuntil a spontaneous journey to the tulip-filled landscapes of Holland introduces him to Dylan Prescott. Charismatic and brimming with life, Dylan is a star athlete whose sincerity and zeal ignite an unexpected spark in Reece, revealing a connection that feels both profound and inevitable. Though they discover the astonishing fact that they have been neighbors in Streetcar Junction for years, it is only among the vibrant fields of Holland that their paths are destined to cross. As Reece and Dylan explore the serendipitous threads of their connectionamidst the vivid backdrop of tulips, the bustling football scenes at Streetcar University, and the petal-strewn paths of Reeces shopthey are compelled to consider the possibilities of a future together. Their story is a testament to the unpredictable rhythms of love, urging them to embrace the dance of destiny that has drawn them together against all odds.

Dmitriy Fedulov was known as the ghost devil. He was who the head of the Gnesin Bratva sent when they wanted to annihilate. He killed all enemies, and he did so without remorse. Until her. Anastasia Babkin defied her family and refused to marry a cruel man. As punishment, she was thrown out, forced to live on her own, far away from the Bratva. She knew the risks. It was why she stayed all alone. When Dmitriy was sent, he didnt kill her. Instead, he kept her safe. He felt nothing for no one, until he met Anastasia. She was unlike other women. She was different, and he couldnt bring himself to kill her. The orders from Gnesin didnt sit well with Dmitriy. When he demands a meeting, and it goes silent, he knows something is wrong. When the enemy comes hunting him down, its only a matter of time before the Bratva falls. Anastasia doesnt know who ordered the kill on her family. She has fallen in love with her savior. But, will they be able to survive? Is the leader of the Bratva still alive? Will he let them live? Or is it just one big betrayal?

Quand deux mondes se rencontrent... les opposés sattirent. Le pilote de course de petite ville Devon Mattson na jamais été aussi captivé que par la débutante Olivia. Elle est intelligente, spirituelle et riche. Mais par-dessus tout, malgre leurs origines differentes, elle le comprend, apprecie son charme de petit village et son besoin de vitesse. Il sait que pour etre ensemble, ils devront tous deux faire beaucoup de sacrifices, mais il lui a promis detre toujours la pour elle. Maintenant, a luniversite, et apres aussi. Pour toujours. Olivia Carrington ne sest jamais sentie aussi vivante quaux cotes de Devon. Elle ne ressent plus le poids etouffant des attentesseulement la liberte et le soutien pour poursuivre ses reves secrets et devenir la personne quelle a toujours eu peur detre. Mais quand la realite frappe a leur porte, leur monde de reve commence a seffondrer. Ces deux jeunes amoureux retrouveront-ils le chemin lun vers lautre ou leurs curs seront-ils brises au-dela de toute reparation ? Tombez amoureux de cette prequelleune histoire complementaire au roman de Devon et Olivia, The Surprise Wedding sur lattraction des contraires. Prenez vos mouchoirs et commencez a lire des aujourdhui !

She was eighteen when love found her.She became a wife in laughter, a mother in fear, and a believer in surrender.When her daughters life hangs by a thread, prayer becomes refuge and faith becomes foundation. A small gathering grows. A church rises. Devotion deepens.But years later, the same faith that built everything begins to test her.In a story where loyalty is questioned and silence speaks louder than accusations, one woman will be given a name the world thinks it understands.The Faithful Traitor.

WHEN THE HEART CHOOSESSofia could hardly believe it when she introduced Saulo, her boyfriend, to her family and they turned their backs on her."You should have told them I was Black," Saulo remarked."Imagine if my father is racist! Hes always greeting all the Black people in the area, he even hugs them, kisses their children""For political reasons, my sister," her brother observed.In the name of the love Sofia felt for Saulo, she was able to throw away all the comfort and status she had in her family to marry him.Ettore, her brother, decides to become a priest to hide his homosexuality from everyone and spare his father, a rising politician, from a scandal.The following is an excerpt from the work:Arriving at the riverbank, Caio parked the motorcycle and the two walked among the trees, exchanging pleasantries. Ettore laughed at Caios observations about people and everyday situations. For him, the boys observations were always very funny and pertinent. After taking a walk, they returned to the riverbank and sat down there. Caio turned to his friend and said seriously: I want to talk to you. Actually, "want" isnt quite the right word. I need to. I love you. Youre crazy! Crazy, why? Caio defended himself, at the top of his voice. Because I love you? Two men dont love each other, Caio! We are "men" in quotation marks, Ettore, and you know that!Caio regretted what he said instantly. He was afraid that his words would offend his friend, which they did. Ettore began to cry and ran to the edge of the lake. Caio got up and ran after his friend. I hate you Ettore yelled, noticing his approach. I hate you when you say such nonsense. You know its not nonsense, Ettore. What we feel for each other is real. Its love. All I know is that two men cant feel what we feel. I didnt ask to feel what I feel for you, Ettore! It happened. It simply happened! I dont know who governs love, but whoever it is, it doesnt see sex, color, social class, or religion... If it were a matter of choice, you can be sure I wouldnt choose to love you as I do, but its a matter of the heart. And when the heart chooses... Im going to distance myself from you, Caio, stop being your friend if you dont stop with this talk, with this fixed, absurd, and immoral idea. If you distance yourself from me, youll be distancing yourself from yourself too, Ettore. And you know that. You love me the same way I love you, I know, I feel it. And know that Im not going to give up on our love so easily. Take me away from here, Caio, now, please.Caio thought it best to grant his friends request. But life takes unexpected turns, and in these turns, the Guiarone family learns that love has no color, no race, no age, and that every form of love should be lived fully. And that is the greatest lesson for everyones spiritual evolution.WHEN THE HEART CHOOSES speaks of the law of sowing and reaping. If you plant good, you will reap good. If you plant evil, you will not be able to reap good things. It also addresses the harmful effects of prejudice, racism, and intolerance towards others and oneself. In addition to clearly showing the power of the spiritual world in helping those who are incarnate.A profound and true story, touching from beginning to end.

Un matin, la mer dépose sur les plages de Guadeloupe d’immenses algues brunes : les sargasses. L’air devient lourd, la nature étouffe, et la vie des habitants est bouleversée.Mathéa, Farid et Fréd, t

La montée des pouvoirs autoritaires en Occident ne relève ni de l’accident ni de la fatalité. Elle s’inscrit dans une crise démocratique profonde, nourrie par le sentiment de dépossession politique é

Scars We Called Home is a novel in verse and prose about two people who loved each other honestly and still could not stay.Told in alternating perspectives, the story follows The Withholder and The Expresser as they move from quiet safety to subtle erosion. Nothing catastrophic happens. No betrayal. No villain. Instead, the fracture grows in the space between logic and feeling, between silence and interpretation, between needing space and needing presence.He believes restraint is protection.She believes conversation is connection.Both are right. Both are wrong.As months pass, small adjustments become architecture: texts shorten, questions go unanswered beneath the surface, preferences shrink to fit available space. What begins as care slowly becomes misalignment. The love is real. The incompatibility is real. And neither cancels the other.Blending psychological depth with lyrical precision, this novel examines emotional armor, self-erasure, pride, accommodation, and the quiet ways people disappear inside relationships without meaning to.This is not a story about dramatic heartbreak. It is a story about two thoughtful adults who discover that love alone is not structural support.For readers who value introspection, emotional realism, and the courage of letting go, Scars We Called Home asks a difficult question:What if home was never the other person but the return to yourself?

Cest quand on na pas le temps pour un homme quil se pointe.La lessive, les enfants, le boulot, les amis, la vaisselle, les poubelles… Ma liste de choses à faire était bien trop longue pour une seule

Sie ist mehr als bereit, sich gehen zu lassen.Mich selbst an die erste Stelle zu setzen, kam nie infrage. Irgendjemand braucht mich immer. Meine Schuler, meine Freunde, meine Schwester. Und so langsam habe ich die Nase voll davon.Nur ein einziges Mal will ich wild sein.Der sexy Skilehrer mit der unendlichen Geduld und dem Aussehen, das den ganzen Schnee auf dem Berg zum Schmelzen bringen konnte, ist der perfekte Mann, um mit ihm wild zu sein. Joey lasst mich alle und alles andere vergessen. Es macht Spa. Es ist befreiend. Es ist Alles dabei, den Bach runterzugehen.

Der Preis ihrer Unschuld...Als Miss Annalise Fernsby sich auf die Suche nach Antworten uber die Vergangenheit ihres Vaters begibt, trifft sie auf Grafin Oreste, die von ihren Freunden und Feinden gleichermaen als Belladonna bekannt ist, und entdeckt eine faszinierende Welt voller Moglichkeiten. Verzweifelt bemuht, fur ihre drei jungeren Geschwister zu sorgen, ist Annalise bereit, die kuhnsten Abenteuer zu wagen, wenn sie dadurch einem Leben in Armut entkommen kann.Sie hatte nicht erwartet, dass ein reicher und attraktiver Bankier ihre Plane durchkreuzen wurde. Aber Mr. Wilder erweist sich schnell als unmoglich zu ignorieren.Sobald Eryx Wilder eine unschuldige junge Frau in dem beruhmten, aber irrefuhrend benannten Haus der Tugend sieht, wei er, dass sie dort nichts zu suchen hat. Dieses geheimnisvolle Madchen besitzt eine Wurde, die man mit Geld nicht kaufen kann, und er wei das nur zu gut. Er wird dieses naive Madchen davon abhalten, sich selbst zu zerstoren, auch wenn sie ihn dafur hassen wird.Aber der Preis fur ihre Unschuld konnte ihn alles kosten, wofur er gearbeitet hat ...Der erste Band einer neuen, heien viktorianischen Liebesromanreihe: Beginnen Sie Ihr Abenteuer und laden Sie Annalise jetzt herunter.

In the Iron City, ambition is a scarlet dress, and loyalty is a blade.Aisha Thorne is poised to take the throne, campaigning to become the mayor who will finally redeem her brutal city. She wears the title "For the Iron City" on her lapel, but the campaign is built on a foundation of shell companies, dark secrets, and the chilling will of her mother, Lena ThorneThe Matriarch.Her only true shield is Marcus King. An enforcer, a shadow strategist, and the architect who keeps the citys Shadow City crime network running, Marcus is the man Aisha trusts to do the necessary, dirty work. He silences political threats, cleans up evidence, and keeps Aishas conscience spotlessa proximity that ignites a fierce, undeniable romance built on shared adrenaline and terrible oaths.As Election Day looms, their high-stakes world begins to fracture:The Hunt: Detective Sergeant Vance of the BPD is hot on the trail of a massive human trafficking operation disguised as Aishas flagship urban renewal project, the Ensley Development. He knows Marcus is the key, and hes going over the head of a compromised police force to bring down the whole Thorne enterprise.The Cost: Lena demands escalating acts of brutality to consolidate power, forcing Marcus to choose between his utility to the Matriarch and his devotion to Aisha.The Betrayal: Aishas rising power creates a vacuum, testing the limits of Marcuss loyalty and forcing the ultimate choice: secure the Crown or save the man who built it for her.Marcus and Aisha are in too deep to stop now, bound by an iron oath and a future forged in crime. But when the votes are counted and the city has its Queen, they will face a devastating truth: The price of treason is paid in full in the finale.

Ariels Journey: Meditation in Motion is a contemplative travel memoir that follows Ariel as she journeys to unfamiliar places not to seek adventure, but to learn how to be still. Moving slowly through remote landscapes wind-swept islands, ancient forests, high valleys, and quiet edge-places Ariel stays long enough for the land to begin teaching her. Each location becomes a meditation in itself, offering lessons not through instruction, but through presence, patience, and repetition. Rather than portraying meditation as effortless or serene, the book reveals the honest experience of learning to sit with restlessness, distraction, discomfort, and doubt. Ariels journaling forms the heart of the narrative, capturing unedited moments of resistance and small, hard-won clarity. Progress is subtle. Insight arrives quietly. Stillness is practiced, not achieved. As Ariel listens more deeply to the landscapes around her, she begins to recognize the same terrain within herself. The journey becomes less about movement across the world and more about learning how to remain with place, with breath, and with the present moment. This book is an invitation to slow down. To stop seeking transformation elsewhere. And to discover that meditation is not separate from life, but woven into every step we take when we are willing to stay.

The Declaration of Independence proclaims that "all men are created equal" and "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights." For generations, those hallowed words inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Yet today many Americans are skeptical or confused about the Declarations key claims. In this timely book, political scientist John G. West explores the original meaning of the Declaration and shows how its propositions drew support from both the Bible and early modern science. He then documents how science was later misused to overturn the Declarations teaching on equality, subvert its understanding of liberty, and justify the creation of a technocratic state that regulates us from cradle to grave. Finally, he reveals new scientific discoveries that are pointing us back to the truths expressed in the Declarationand he explains why it is urgent that our culture recover them.

Acclaimed authors Dawn Ross and Frasier Armitage come together to create a spaghetti western that takes the spirit of Sergio Leone to the Moon. JUSTICE RIDES WITHOUT A NAMEWhen a stranger arrives at a lunar mining town, they find it ransomed by a corrupt colony captain. Fast enough on the draw, the nameless newcomer sets the tyrant in their crosshairs. But to shift the balance of power, theyll need to enlist help.Can they inspire a weary mechanic, a disillusioned lackey, and a widowed botanist to turn the tide? Or will their wild scheme end in death for them all?Ridding the Moon of its most cutthroat despot will mean creating a legend worth its weight in silver. Yet, who can put a price on the Moons most precious commodity--hope?