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Elena Vance doesnt do reckless.Shes the Senior Director of Operations at Sterling Globalthe woman who held the department together through a brutal acquisition, absorbed eighteen months of board pressure without flinching, and still shows up in a power suit with a laminated itinerary. She doesnt have time for reckless. She barely has time for lunch.What she definitely doesnt have time for is Mike.The new junior analyst arrived forty-eight hours ago with expensive gear, no employment history, and an infuriating habit of being right. He questions her systems, ignores her hierarchy, and looks at her like he already knows exactly what shes thinking. Elena has a word for men like that.Nepotism hire.When the company retreat turns into a survival situationa Blue Ridge Mountain storm, a separated group, and one remote cabin with one fireplaceElena and Mike have nowhere left to hide. Not from the weather. Not from the tension thats been building since the moment he showed up.And not from the truth.The wet clothes have to come off. The professional armour has to come down. And somewhere between the cold and the firelight and the conversation that goes places she didnt plan, Elena makes the first reckless decision of her career.Shes going to regret it in the morning.Except morning brings a helicopter, a satellite phone, and the rescuer who calls Mikethe junior analyst, the nobody, the man she just"Sir."The man she trusted in the dark owns everything in the light.Cold Rain, High Tension is a fast-paced, steamy enemies-to-lovers novella featuring a secret billionaire CEO, forced proximity, and a sharp-tongued heroine who refuses to be anyones collateral. Fans of Lauren Asher, Helena Hunting, and Elsie Silver will feel right at home. Content note: Explicit sexual content. Adult readers only.

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Beyond the Shadows: Understanding, Living With, and Overcoming Depression is a powerful, eye-opening journey into one of the most misunderstood conditions of our time. This book goes far beyond surface-level discussions, revealing depression not as mere sadness, but as a complex, whole-person illness that affects the mind, body, emotions, relationships, and sense of purpose.Through a deeply insightful and compassionate lens, the reader is guided to understand the hidden realities of depression why many suffer in silence, how societal stigma masks pain, and how even successful individuals can be silently battling within. It uncovers the roots of depression, from childhood trauma and loss to biological and social pressures, helping readers connect the dots between their experiences and their emotional struggles.The book does not stop at understanding it moves boldly into transformation. It explores how depression reshapes thoughts, behaviors, and physical health, while also addressing its impact on relationships and daily life. With clarity and empathy, it equips readers with practical coping strategies, professional treatment options, and resilience-building tools that inspire hope and action.What sets this book apart is its holistic approach integrating science, psychology, and spirituality. It speaks to the human search for meaning, offering a path toward healing that embraces faith, purpose, and inner strength. Readers are reminded that recovery is not instant, but a journeyone that can lead to growth, renewed identity, and a life beyond survival.Whether you are personally struggling, supporting a loved one, or seeking deeper understanding, Beyond the Shadows is more than a book it is a lifeline. It breaks the silence, challenges harmful myths, and shines a steady light toward hope, healing, and a future worth living.

WOLF AND WILDFLOWERA Wildbound Wolves NovelWhen the land calls, wild wolves answer.Her land was stolen. Her name erased. But the wild remembers.Emmerson Holt was born to be Alpha-heir to the Fenwyn line, guardians of Crescent Valley for generations. When her pack was ripped from her hands by a man she once trusted, Emme barely escaped with her life. Pregnant, hunted, and cut off from the magic that once lived in her blood, she vanished into the shadows, leaving behind everything but her daughter-and the truth buried deep in her bones.One year later, a single glance from Alpha Jameson Cole as Emme is dragged back into pack territory changes everything. Their mate bond is undeniable-and dangerous. Because claiming it would mean stepping back into the light... and back into a fight for the land that once rejected her. And loving him might be the one thing more dangerous than losing everything again.Now Crescent Valley is dying. The land calls out for the Alpha it was promised. And Emme must decide if shes ready to reclaim not just her power-but her legacy, her pack, and the wild soul she was forced to hide.War is coming. The earth is stirring. And the wildflower is ready to bloom into something feral, fierce... and unbreakable.

Chara knows how to survive. After her mothers death twelve years ago, she learned to shrink her life into something manageablerunning the family farm, caring for her aging father, photographing livestock instead of chasing the artistic career she once dreamed of. She calls it responsibility. She calls it wisdom. She doesnt call it what it really is: fear wearing the mask of practicality.When a solo hiking trip ends in a catastrophic fall, Chara finds herself trapped on a canyon ledge with a shattered leg, broken ribs, and no way to signal for rescue. Her phone is destroyed. Her glasses are gone. And the only living thing within reach is a small hosta plant growing from a crack in the stone.Vera has known patience her entire existence. Torn from a Colorado nursery by a tornado and deposited in this impossible place, she has spent seven years growing where nothing should grow, trusting in the Gardener who plants where He will. She has waited without knowing what she was waiting foruntil the day a broken woman falls from the sky and changes everything.What begins as proximity becomes something neither could have imagined: a telepathic communion that bridges the vast gulf between plant consciousness and human awareness. Through their deepening bond, Chara relives the memories she has spent years avoidingthe dreams she abandoned, the love she let walk away, the faith she stopped reaching for. And Vera discovers that her years of obscure endurance were preparation for the most important purpose of her life.Vera is a novel about the transformative power of being truly witnessed. It explores what happens when we stop hiding from our own lives and start reaching toward the light we were meant to grow toward.

This riotous book dives into the absurd world of animal anticsfrom cats terrified of cucumbers to hamsters that wont stop pooping and even exploding fish. Its a "snot-inducingly" funny guide that finally explains your pets most bizarre behaviours.

LIGHTSPEED is a digital science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF-and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.Welcome to issue 191 of LIGHTSPEED! If you love a Weird West adventure, then you are in luck, because we are serializing Ashok K. Bankers novelette "Six-Gun Vixen and the Machinist of Doom Valley," a new story of kidnapping, body modifications, and a most lovable half-wolf, half-horse steed. If the name "Six-Gun Vixen" rings a bell, its because she first appeared in "Six-Gun Vixen and the Dead Coon Trashgang" all the way back in our eighty-first issue. The fantasy fun continues with two great flash stories: "Hell Is Empty" from J.R. Dawson and "Time Management" from P.A. Cornell. Our SF flash includes "Dad Died on Discord" by Andrew Dana Hudson and "Update on Rules for the Spatiotemporal Use of Campus Spaces" by Andrea Kriz. Our first piece of original SF this month is V.M. Ayalas "Saint Zero of the Hollows and the Eagle Knight." Dr. Justin C. Key returns to our pages with "Empathetic Psychosis," a speculative story about helping treat mental illness.

The Incredibles Scoobobell Back to ItalyThe Super Trio goes to Italy to... PRE-TEEN BOOK SERIES - ANTI-BULLYING - ANIMAL RIGHTSThe Incredibles Scoobobell is a book series that conveys a positive and moral message infused with humor. The main characters are three adopted dogs with secret superpowers.At night, they patrol the city on a mission to protect animals in danger and sometimes people as well.How Everything StartedIt is the true story of my three Boston terriers and how they inspired me to write the book series called The Incredibles Scoobobell.The fictional book features a 20-page introduction accompanied by drawings. This brief biography evokes sweet, emotional feelings, especially for those who love their pets.

A Dark Paranormal Romance about Demons, Celestial War and Forbidden Love Elena has always felt like she doesnt belong.One storm-soaked night, a stranger steps out of the darkness and speaks her name with terrifying certainty. He is not human. He is a fallen angel bound by ancient chains and hunted by celestial forces that never forgive.And she is the only one who can set him free.Drawn into a forbidden pact, Elena finds herself at the center of a hidden war between Heaven and the abyss. Demons whisper in the shadows. Seraphim watch from blinding light. And the connection between her and the fallen angel grows into something far more dangerous than desire.Because love between light and darkness was never meant to exist.Dark, seductive, and emotionally charged, The Fallen Angels Pact is a paranormal dark romance about destiny, power, and the choice to risk everything for a love that could rewrite reality itself.Perfect for readers who crave intense chemistry, celestial wars, and morally complex heroes.

He almost didnt go in. The door was ajar, the lantern burning low and Tatsu was a man who had spent years converting every feeling into function, every wanting into work. He pushed the door open anyway. What he found inside the Nakamura-zas costume room that night, in a performer half-dressed and half-himself, would take five years to name.In Edo-period Japan, security captain Kadowaki Tatsu has built his life around one principle: notice everything, say nothing, want nothing you cannot protect. He is very good at this. He has had to be. When a posting opens at the Nakamura-za the citys most celebrated kabuki theater he takes it for reasons he writes in no log. Its principal onnagata, the acclaimed Nishimura Rei, is returning from a two-year absence. Tatsu has been waiting, without admitting it, for two years.Rei is the most extraordinary performer in Edo, a man whose entire art is the construction of a face the world will believe and whose private life has taught him that the only safe distance is the one you create first. Five years ago, something between them was interrupted before it could be named. Rei left without explanation. Tatsu invented one, and spent five years believing it. Now they share the same building, the same corridors, the same careful silence and the fiction is beginning to cost more than either of them can afford.What follows is a story about two people who have learned, at significant cost, to protect themselves from exactly what they need. Told in the dual voice of a man who speaks in inventory and a man who speaks in performance, The Nakamura-za moves through the rituals of the theater its patron economy, its hierarchies of beauty and debt, its knowledge that every story is being told twice toward a reckoning that arrives not with drama but with the particular honesty of a room sealed by a typhoon, in the dark, with nowhere left to go.This is a novel about the word after survival. About the distance between understanding why youre afraid and being able to stop. About the evidence that stays in the fabric even after the body has gone.

S.C.A.R. AGENT ACADEMY: The Scarabs WhisperStep into the shadows of the elite S.C.A.R. Agent Academy - the clandestine Society for Cryptographic Artifact Research - where YOU are recruited as the newest codebreaking prodigy alongside the legendary Agent 73. This isnt just a book. Its a full-immersion cryptographic mission.Crack 500 progressively diabolical substitution ciphers hand-crafted around a gripping archaeological conspiracy involving a whispering scarab artifact that could rewrite history itself. Every solved message pulls you deeper into a clandestine world of hidden chambers, ancient riddles, and modern espionage. Five layers of interactivity keep you hooked: Decipher the story-driven cryptograms that advance the plot Collect secret keywords and piece together the master cipher Unlock an exclusive vault of bonus puzzles with your final solution Cross-reference the built-in hint section when the trail goes cold (page 101) Verify every breakthrough against the complete answer key (page 106) Perfect for puzzle hunters, escape-room fanatics, armchair archaeologists, and anyone whos ever dreamed of becoming a real-life codebreaker. One reader, one cipher wheel (your mind), and one ancient secret that only YOU can silence... or unleash. Are you ready to earn your S.C.A.R. credentials?

어느 날, 당신의 마음이 지치고 조용히 울고 있을 때,이 책은 한 통의 편지처럼 당신에게 다가옵니다.**《가디언의 다이어리》**는 단순한 기록이 아니라상처받은 마음을 어루만지고, 잃어버린 정체성을 다시 발견하도록부드럽게 이끄는 영혼의 여정입니다.이 책의 페이지마다희망, 믿음, 사랑, 그리고 다시 일어설 수 있는 용기에 대한깊은 메시지가 담겨 있습니다.때로

Leo loves the sawdust, the tools, and the magic of his fathers workshop. But when he is finally given his first real commissiona special box for a neighbora slipped saw creates a crooked cut. With no one watching, Leo faces a choice: hide the flaw with filler, or start all over again?The Honest Little Carpenter is a heartwarming tale about integrity, the pride of hard work, and why the things we build inside ourselves are even more important than the things we build with our hands.

E se a alegria não dependesse do que te acontece, mas da energia a partir da qual vives?Este livro mostra-te que a alegria é muito mais do que sentir-se bem: é uma frequência que impacta a tua mente,

Gretta Galluci, a lesbian bodybuilder heads to the island of Kradan, Thailand in search of her sexual equal. Gretta has not gotten laid since the Corona lockdown started and she is in search of a lesbian woman who is as sexually aggressive and combative as she is. On her second day in Kradan, she bumps into Beatriz Barboza, a woman as strongly built as her, in the middle of the ocean. Together, Gretta and Beatriz embark on an adventure of lesbian lust and competition over a month in the sizzling heat of Kradan. Battling Ebony Brawling Ivory is one of Kama Fights most intense tales of lesbian lust, competition and love between two equally matched muscular women.

Three years. Twelve time zones. Forty-three minutes of sitting on the edge of a hotel bed in a buttoned jacket, not thinking about the man who ruined everything.Idris Thorne is very good at this. At composure. At reading every room he walks intothe sightlines, the exits, the exact weight of what no one is saying. He has rebuilt his career from the wreckage of a betrayal he still doesnt fully understand, and he has done it efficiently, cleanly, the way he does everything. He has also, for three years, been living with a secret: an ability, given to him by a stranger in a hotel bar the night everything fell apart, to hear the surface thoughts of people around himthe ones closest to speech. The ones people almost say.Sebastian Lowe has been carrying an apology for three years. Not the polished, diplomatic versionhes discarded that one twelve times. The real version: the one that begins I was afraid, the one that admits he made a unilateral decision about someone elses life because he didnt know how to be someone who needed help, the one that keeps dissolving before he can say it because saying it would require admitting what it was actually made of.When both men are assigned to the same seven-day diplomatic summitIdris supporting the Aldrath delegation, Bastian the Colvaneneither of them is prepared for what proximity does to the distance theyve built. Not the professional proximity. Not the four days of working side by side in a small subgroup room, solving a contested treaty clause with the particular ease of two people who have always known how to use each others minds. The other kind. The kind where Idris can hear everything Bastian is almost saying. The kind where Bastian has stopped running his practiced apology and started, for the first time, to wonder what the honest version looks like without the scaffolding.Seven days. A diplomatic accord that needs building. A three-year silence that needs breaking. And two men who have spent years being very good at deciding in advance what things can and cannot be.What happens when the person youve been angry at for four years turns out to be not quite the person you were angry atand what do you do with all that carefully constructed distance when the evidence starts to give way?

You have 1,000 employees willing to work for $10.50 an hour. They never sleep, never call in sick, and never ask for a raise. Most business owners use maybe one of them for five minutes at a time.This book shows you how to put all 1,000 to work.Build Your Own AGI is the playbook for non-technical founders, operators, and business leaders who are done watching engineers have all the fun with AI. Written by Corey Epstein who runs three companies from a single laptop using the system in this book it is the first practical guide to building a personal AI operating system that actually runs your business.No code required. No engineering degree. No jargon. Just 11 chapters of battle-tested frameworks from someone who actually does this every day.Inside, you will learn: The AI Adoption Stack: why 90% of companies are stuck at Level 1, and how to leap to Level 3 where AI runs tasks without you watching every step The $10.50 Employee: the economics behind the biggest labor-cost arbitrage in history, and how to capture it before your competitors do How to build your HQ: the personal operating system that coordinates AI workers across every function of your business marketing, ops, finance, product, customer success The session hygiene framework that stops AI from "getting dumber" the longer you use it the mistake that kills most AI workflows How to run 6-8 autonomous agents in parallel, shipping in a single morning what used to take a team of five a full quarter What this means for your team, your hiring, and your career the real conversation nobody is having yet Corey built this system in the open with 2,400+ operators watching, testing, and pressure-testing every framework. The operators who adopted it are reporting 10x-100x output multipliers not in theory, but in shipped products, closed deals, and recovered revenue.This is not another book about AI as a concept. It is a book about AI as a system. And systems are built, not bought.The gap between companies using AI and companies being run by AI is widening every month. This book puts you on the right side of it.

Between The Unseen reveals a hidden world beyond human perceptionwhere powerful warriors are chosen to protect reality from supernatural forces. Akira, a seemingly ordinary teenager, discovers he is destined for something far greater after encountering mysterious beings and unlocking abilities he never knew existed. As dark forces rise and threaten to merge worlds, Akira and his team must train, fight, and sacrifice to protect humanity. Filled with action, emotion, and powerful themes of destiny, loyalty, and purpose, Between The Unseen takes readers on an unforgettable journey between worlds.

The Overflow: Awaken Your Energy / Step Into Your PowerWhat if you stopped managing your energy and started unleashing it? In The Overflow, author Leona Morrison offers a short, powerful guide for anyone craving a deeper connection to their own power. Drawing on three transformational archetypes, this book walks you through a soulful three-part journey of awakening one that moves you from feeling stuck and scattered to grounded, aligned, and fully alive. With reflection prompts designed to meet you exactly where you are, The Overflow is the reset your soul has been waiting for.

When Dues Are Due follows kia whose birthday and first day of senior year collapse into chaos public humiliation betrayal, and a brutal fall that leaves her bleeding beside her rival Fate. When the grim steps into the bathroom, kia learns this day has a destiny she never saw coming. On what should have been the happiest day of her life Deil finds herself being the answer to someones evil prayers to a tricker God .In "Death Wailts", Deil collapses at her own wedding and rises outside her body , greeted by La Grim, a Reaper who grants her one week to uncover the truth. Her search exposes a jealous cousin Shirleen, whose prayers to the trickster Goddes Yavara, and ancestors who send her back with a calling she cant refuse.A "Magical Intrusion" Leelynns 35th birthday turns violent when creatures attack her parents and her long suppressed powers erupt her best friend Devin reveals hes her guide and that her magic has been bounced since childhood with her parents missing Leland is forced into a world she was never meant to forget.In "Rage", a woman name Rage finally capture Aaron, the last of the men behind her mothers disappearance. A truth forcing mixture cracks his bravado, revealing her mother was sold overseas. Rage turns his own account against him, determined to bring her mother home.In Witchy Bears siblings Kat, Alex, Kayla and Oliver sneak out on Halloween and break into the abandoned home of Mrs. Thompkins under the suspension that her ghost lurks about once theyre inside the house a ghostly voice answers their call .They return home only to not remember going home they wait with the same memory only proven that it wasnt a dream.