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Blood is blood, and Family is family.But sometimes, the two can get ugly.Alina Maschik-Miles has a problem. Viper isnt supposed to be back, Hawk is supposed to be recuperating, and they both should be dead. And when the head of the Jersey Family makes an unexpected request, everything gets more complicated.Michael OReilly is beginning to regret his choices in life, more specifically keeping his old friends close. When they try to set him up with a leggy blonde, he cant get back to work fast enough. That is, until he comes face to face with Viper and her suspiciously rogue intentions.From an ambush in Montenegro to an illegal arms deal in Naples, two things become very clear: Family is always family, but blood will always be paid with blood. And when Viper and Hawk pull Michael into their tangled operation, only one truth will stand:Loyalty always precedes the lies.

Pehgah ou Panak, the city of magic and home of the witches, sits alone amid the endless dunes of the Tihr. For decades, its people have hunkered behind the enormous protective walls and magical wards that surround the city, fearful of the dangers that lurk in the desert beyond. They have grown rich by controlling the magical portals that connect the three realms.A young witch, Asha, has arrived at Pehgah, excited to join the academy and take her place in the all-powerful sisterhood of the Crimson Order. But a chance encounter with one of the terrors of the desert, a djinn, sets her on a path that will make her question not only the role of the witches but also the very thing at the core of her identity magic itself.No AI was used in the creation, writing, formatting or editing of any aspect of this book.

High above the world, where stars whisper and clouds drift softly, a Dream Whale floats far from its home in the Night Sea. Feeling lost and afraid, the gentle whale longs to return to where it belongs.When a kind little girl named Luna discovers the Dream Whale, she offers comfort, courage, and friendship. Together, they follow glowing stars, gentle memories, and soft songs to guide the Dream Whale home.The Dream Whales Journey Home is a calming, beautifully illustrated bedtime story about kindness, reassurance, and being brave even when you feel lost. Perfect for soothing evenings, emotional reassurance, and peaceful read-aloud moments.

"أربعة أسماء، جسد واحد… وواحد منهم سيبقى."آدم، سيف، يونس، ونادر… أربع شخصيات تعيش في جسد واحد، كلٌ منهم يحمل جزءًا من الحقيقة، جزءًا من الألم، وجزءًا من الغضب.في غرفة مظلمة، بين المرايا والأبواب المف

Elena Moreau, a jewelry designer, discovers her fiancé Marcus cheating with her best friend Sophia. At a charity gala six months later, she reunites with Julian Cross—a man who broke her heart eight

When Anya drifts into a magical dream world high above the clouds, she meets Nimbus a gentle sky dragon with sad, shimmering eyes. Nimbus has lost his voice, and without it, the clouds have stopped moving and the sky has fallen silent.Though Nimbus cannot speak, Anya discovers that words are not the only way to communicate. Through kindness, patience, and imagination, she helps Nimbus find new ways to be heard and reminds him that his voice was never truly gone.The Sky Dragon Who Lost Its Voice is a calming, beautifully illustrated bedtime story about empathy, non-verbal communication, emotional understanding, and friendship. Perfect for quiet evenings, sensitive readers, and children who connect deeply with gentle stories.A soothing, inclusive tale that reassures children that they are understood even without words.

Kim bailed on her annual vacation with Tammi, leaving Tammi alone in a tropical paradise. Tammi hopes to find someone to have some fun with on her vacation but Megan is much more than she expected. Could Megan be the one to help her settle down?

When supernatural secrets collide, itll take more than coffee to brew the perfect love. When Ky Hernández bonded with his familiar, Zuri, his life changed forever. Their connection turned him into a practicing witch and led him to his calling as a medimagical professional. However, it totally tanked his love lifewhat guy would settle for eternal second place behind a parrot? So Ky keeps his witchy nature under wraps and sticks to hookups with humans, which can never go anywhere. But the mouthwatering barista at the coffee shop next door makes him thirst for more than a caffeine fix.The charms Ewan Jones uses to appear human are inconvenient, disorienting, and . . . necessary. Ewan and his siblings are achubyddion, metaphysical healers whose powers are coveted by unscrupulous supernatural beings. And lets face it: all supes are unscrupulous, given the right incentive. Hes grateful for the protections that hide his little family, and for the barista job that keeps them housed and fed. Hes just so lonely. And his regular, Ky, the super-hot, commitment-averse EMT, seems like the perfect candidate for a one-night shot at intimacy. After all, humans are no threat.It takes a clumsy coffee shop intern, a mysterious werewolf epidemic, and one snarky parrot to unravel their pastsand give them a chance at a future.

Beyond the Mind Entering the Stillness of Being is an invitation to step out of the endless noise of thought and rediscover the quiet intelligence that has always lived beneath it.Blending timeless wisdom with simple, grounded practices, this book guides you from the turbulence of mental identity into the felt immediacy of the body and the vast openness of consciousness. Through reflections on breath, silence, relationships, work, and everyday life, it reveals how stillness is not something to achieve but something to notice.Structured around the living architecture of body, mind, and consciousness, the journey unfolds naturally. First you see the minds illusions, then you enter the body as a doorway to presence, and finally you awaken to Being as the silent horizon within all experience.This is not a book about escaping the world, but about meeting it from a deeper place. When the mind softens, life itself becomes the teacher, and stillness is no longer a retreat from living but the foundation of it.

In an era where gut health dominates wellness conversations and probiotic products line supermarket shelves, "Fermented Foods Fortune: Gut Gold" offers the definitive guide to understanding, creating, and profiting from the fermented foods revolution. This comprehensive 18-chapter exploration bridges ancient fermentation traditions with cutting-edge microbiome science, revealing why these living foods are essential for health, sustainability, and economic opportunity.From the bubbling crocks of Korean kimchi to the sophisticated science of sourdough starter, from traditional miso cellars to billion-dollar kombucha companies, this book illuminates every aspect of fermentations remarkable journey from ancestral necessity to contemporary phenomenon. Author expertly weaves together microbiology, nutrition science, cultural history, business strategy, and practical instruction, creating a resource equally valuable for health seekers, home fermenters, culinary enthusiasts, and aspiring food entrepreneurs.The book opens by examining fermentations resurgence and the groundbreaking microbiome research validating what traditional cultures knew instinctively: that fermented foods profoundly influence digestive health, immunity, and overall wellbeing. Readers journey through the science of gut bacteria, discovering how these trillions of microscopic allies shape everything from metabolism to mood, and how fermented foods nurture this invisible ecosystem.Detailed chapters explore beloved fermented foodsyogurt and kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut, kombucha, miso and tempeh, sourdough bread, pickles, and fermented beveragesrevealing their historical origins, preparation methods, nutritional profiles, and health benefits. Each section combines scientific rigor with practical guidance, enabling readers to both understand and create these foods at home.Beyond personal practice, the book addresses fermentations commercial potential with unprecedented depth. Aspiring entrepreneurs discover market opportunities, startup strategies, regulatory requirements, and scaling considerations. Quality control chapters ensure both safety and excellence, while sustainability discussions position fermentation as environmental solution for food waste, energy consumption, and local food system resilience.The final chapters peer into fermentations future, examining emerging technologies, personalized nutrition applications, and fermentations role in addressing global food security challenges. Throughout, the writing maintains scholarly authority while remaining accessible and engaging, brought to life through vivid descriptions, compelling narratives, and deep respect for both traditional wisdom and scientific innovation.Whether you seek to heal your gut, start a fermented foods business, reduce your environmental footprint, connect with cultural traditions, or simply understand why fermentation matters now more than ever, "Fermented Foods Fortune: Gut Gold" provides the comprehensive, authoritative, and inspiring guide you need. This is not merely a book about foodit is an invitation to participate in humanitys oldest biotechnology and its newest revolution, discovering the fortune that lies in fermentation and the gold residing in your gut.

Medicine is meant to heal. Crime is meant to hide. Somewhere in the intersection, lives are lost, and truths are buried under protocols, authority, and routine.This series grew out of a fascination with the subtle ways harm can masquerade as accident and the quiet detective work needed to uncover it. Detective Fazal navigates hospital corridors, morgues, and operating theatresnot only following forensic evidence but also observing human behavior under pressure.These stories are fictional, yet grounded in medical realism. Each case is a study in observation, ethics, and the consequences of unchecked authority.

Mermaids are everywhere. Good mermaid romance is rare. You know why? Because most writers think slapping a tail on a character makes it mermaid romance. They add some underwater scenes, maybe a transformation, and call it done. Thats not mermaid romance. Thats contemporary romance with fins. Real mermaid romance is about the impossibility of loving across worlds. Its about a predator from the deep falling for surface-dwelling prey. Its about the logistics of building a life when one partner drowns in air and the other drowns in water. Its about making the ocean feel alive, dangerous, and central to the story. And most writers get it wrong. Your mermaid cant just be a quirky girl who happens to have a tail. Your ocean cant be a pretty backdrop. Your transformation cant solve every problem. Your two worlds problem cant disappear because "love conquers all." Your Little Mermaid retelling wont stand out in a sea of Little Mermaid retellings. This book teaches you how to do it right. Building merfolk worlds that feel alien and real Creating mermaids who are apex predators, not Disney princesses Writing underwater scenes readers can actually visualize Solving the two worlds problem without cheap shortcuts Handling transformation, anatomy, and logistics honestly Finding your fresh take when everythings been done Write the Bite: Book 9. For writers who want to write mermaid romance that doesnt feel like every other mermaid romance. Because your readers are tired of mermaids who just want legs.

Grace Mitchell, a burned-out corporate lawyer, inherits her grandmother Eleanors Victorian inn on Mirror Lake in New Hampshire. The will requires her to live there for one year. She meets Caleb Stone, a widower caring for the property since his wife Amy died. As they restore the inn together, they fall in love. Grace discovers her grandmothers letters revealing family secrets, including a great-uncle Robert who reconciles with the family. They marry under an arch Caleb built, wearing a ring Amy left with her blessing. The epilogue shows them ten years later with two childrenEleanor and Williamrunning a thriving inn and keeping the silent promises of generations.

Father John, son of a Louisiana plantation owner, inherits his familys estate in the 1800s, a time rife with the moral complexities of slavery. He finds himself in a profound internal conflict, torn between the ingrained traditions of his upbringing, which include slave ownership, and his commitment to his vows as a Catholic priest. This internal struggle is amplified by the burgeoning unrest among the enslaved people on the plantation, who are increasingly unwilling to endure their subjugation. As the enslaved begin to resist, a series of unexplained and ominous occurrences plague the estate, hinting at forces beyond the ordinary. The escalating tension and supernatural events culminate in the tragic death of Father John, which is attributed to a voodoo spell. This ending underscores the novels exploration of the profound spiritual and moral turmoil of the era, suggesting that the sins of the past, particularly slavery, have a potent and destructive afterlife, impacting both the oppressors and the oppressed, and leading to a grim and inescapable fate.

People dont burn out in a blaze. More often, they quietly lose range.You still deliver. You still respond. You still look capable. But the work starts costing more than it used tomore recovery time, more patience, more late-night cleanup, more "small" requests that arent actually small. And because nothing dramatic happened, its easy to misread the pattern as a personal failing.Capacity, Not Character offers a different explanation: burnout is often capacity math and workflow design, not virtue. When the system asks for more than it fundsthrough ambiguous ownership, endless input, constant interrupts, and work that never fully closespeople compensate privately. That compensation looks like professionalism. It also becomes the hidden tax that slowly consumes your attention and resilience.Written in the calm, operational style of the Work Clarity Playbooks, this book gives you a set of practical moves to reduce ongoing drain without turning your life into a self-improvement project. Its built for real environments: cross-functional friction, high standards, and limited authority.Inside youll learn how to: Spot the early signals that get mislabeled as "personality" (irritability, avoidance, fog, lowered patience) Recognize hidden thresholds where the same work suddenly costs more Use simple capacity budgeting to make constraints visible before the week collapses Replace "just push through" with bounded sprints that have real endpoints and tradeoffs Renegotiate workload without drama using neutral, operational language Reduce the meeting tax by separating updates from decisionsand closing loops Protect quality without becoming the workflows reliability layer Stabilize in two weeks with a plan thats mechanical, not motivational Run a lightweight weekly capacity review so overload becomes obvious early Design work that doesnt consume you: clearer owners, clearer "done," shorter decision paths, fewer reopen loops This is not therapy. Its not hustle. Its not a personality makeover.Its a field guide for restoring operating rangeso your work can be demanding without being all-consuming.Clarity beats theater.

When Gene Bronsky gets an invitation to Adams reunion party, it sounds like just what he needs. Hes unemployed and down on his luck for reasons he doesnt want to discuss.Being trapped in a mansion overnight with unlimited booze and friends sounds great.But when Adam reveals that their old friend Tasha is missing, presumed murdered, any illusions of a weekend getaway go out the window. Even worse, Adam and Gene share an ex, Augustina, and she wants to turn the tragedy into content for her true crime podcast.After tensions mount during the first night, one of the guests is murdered.Now they must figure out who killed her, before anyone else dies...

Three boys. Three religions. One crash that changed everything.When Flight 477 falls from the sky over the mountains of Iran, three teenage boysZayd, a Muslim on his way to perform Hajj for his imprisoned father; Ravi, a Hindu tech-whiz questioning ancient traditions; and Noah, a Jewish skeptic with more questions than beliefsare the only survivors.What begins as a survival story soon becomes a global odyssey. Hunted by governments, betrayed by borders, and haunted by war, they cross mountains and deserts, refugee camps and ancient citieschased by suspicion, but led by something greater.Their goal? Mecca.But their path is lined with questions of identity, faith, sacrifice, and the meaning of truth in a world scarred by hate and fear.From Aleppo to Ararat, Istanbul to Medina, The Journey of Three Stars is a powerful modern epica story of friendship that defies prejudice, faith that outlives politics, and hope that survives even the deepest fire.

This book examines how social conditioning and early-life expectations shape leadership pathways in America. It explores how white boys are often groomed from a young age to see themselves as future leaders, policymakers, and decision-makers, while Black boys are more frequently steered toward roles such as religious leadership or professional athletics-positions that symbolize influence and success, yet operate within narrower boundaries of power.Through cultural analysis and historical context, the book highlights how these contrasting grooming patterns reinforce unequal access to institutional authority while creating parallel symbols of status and respect. By unpacking these dynamics, the work invites readers to question long-standing assumptions about leadership, opportunity, and power, and to consider how early social narratives shape individual ambition and collective outcomes.

When the past comes back, it doesnt knock it walks straight into your heart.Amelia thought she had buried that chapter of her life.Jake thought time had erased the damage they caused each other.They were wrong.Years after a painful breakup, fate pulls them back into the same town the same streets the same memories they swore theyd outgrown. But this reunion comes with an unexpected companion Max, a loyal dog whose quiet presence becomes the bridge between what was and what could be.Old wounds reopen.Unspoken truths surface.And the love they once lost refuses to stay buried.As Amelia and Jake confront the choices that tore them apart, they must decide:Do you protect your heartor risk everything for a second chance?Blast from the Past is an emotional, slow-burn story about love, timing, destiny, and the connections that never truly fade. Perfect for readers who believe some souls are meant to find each other again no matter how long it takes.

Modern Day Sodom and Gomorrah: A Curse We Doomed Ourselves To Repeat is a powerful exploration of the moral decay and societal decline mirrored in the ancient biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Author Milton V. Thomas III delves deep into the timeless lessons from these cities destruction, urging readers to confront the dangerous parallels between the past and the present.Drawing from religious and historical insights, this thought-provoking book dissects humanitys current spiritual crisis. It examines how the pursuit of fleeting pleasures, the erosion of empathy, and the disregard for justice have created a path of self-destruction reminiscent of the transgressions that led to the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah. Rather than simply focusing on the well-known aspects of sexual immorality, Thomas opens up a broader conversation about systemic moral corruption, societal apathy, and a failure to uphold divine principles.Through theological reflection and practical insights, Modern Day Sodom and Gomorrah calls for spiritual awakening and a return to timeless values of justice, compassion, and mutual respect. It is both a warning and a hope for redemption, offering a compelling vision of a society that can realign itself with higher moral and spiritual purpose before its too late.