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Renad Amdarien's daring escape from the brutal confines of a sorcerer's dungeon has made him a legend throughout the land. Now trusted without question, Renad suffers the truth alone: his former master's sorcery rules him still. Broken both in body and mind, he finds brief solace only in the Gardens, lush sanctuaries of sex and secrets staffed by willing, skilled companions.

The upper-class inhabitants of the locked-gate community called Holroyd Square in Templeton, Texas, are used to their sedate, private lives - and the equally private secrets that each of them keeps hidden from the others. But when a vicious blackmailer rudely interrupts their existence, and then is found murdered in the Square, the police must be called, and only Assistant Chief Wash Shipp can uncover the killer and save their tattered reputations.

This collection of tales is for fans of ghost-story writer Mary Downing Hahn’s scary but not too scary books. Even the stories without actual ghosts are spooky. Each tale turns something ordinary - a pigeon, a white dress, a stranger on the bus, a puppet - into a sinister link to the supernatural. For the human characters, secrets from the past or careless behavior in the present can lead to serious trouble. All the stories have a young person as their central character, so all will resonate easily with young listeners who enjoy the eerie, the creepy, and the otherworldly.  

The only thing I admire more than the old farmhouse next door is the guy who owns it. My best friend's brother. I didn't mean to give my hot neighbor a full peep show when my puppy locks me outside in nothing but a towel. Yet Austen Knight pretends he didn't see everything and offers me an...

My aunt is determined to see to the terms of the inheritance. If I don't get married, I'll have to find somewhere I can afford with two kids and a lot of debt—and do it without losing my brand new job. When she confronts me on the moveout deadline, I try to buy time. I blurt out a name. I tell her I'm engaged to Eliot Knight. Eliot's my boss's brother, and he's been around the vet clinic where I work. He's hot. He's charming. He's who I'd pick if I had to marry someone at a moment's notice. But he wasn't supposed to hear me. He wasn't supposed to get dragged into my mess.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their place in the world after being unceremoniously dragged to Salem, Massachusetts, for the summer. Willow has never felt...

She survived the woman who raised her. Now she's being hunted by the monster her mother created. Stella thought she escaped the nightmare of her past—the silence, the scars, the woman who taught her pain. But when a vengeful stranger breaks into her home, she’s dragged back into a war she didn’t start… and may not survive. Sawyer has spent fifteen years rotting in a prison cell, obsessed with revenge against the woman who destroyed his life. Now free, he’s found the perfect weapon to finish what she started—her daughter. But what begins as punishment spirals into something darker. Obsession.

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factors drive our perennial obsession with the end of the world...

This is a concise summary and analysis of Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Grant Sabatier. Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.

This work provides a concise synthesis of the key insights and analysis from Factfulness. It is an independent summary, not the original book, and has no affiliation with or endorsement from the original publication. Created for listeners who want a clear, thought-provoking overview, it distills the central themes and ideas while preserving the depth and relevance of the work.

This is an independent summary & analysis of Foundation by Isaac Asimov. It is not the original book. All trademarks and copyrights belong to their respective owners. For the full experience, please support the original work.

You're being influenced—on social media, in relationships, through marketing, even in conversations with people you trust. This microlearning audiobook unpacks the five most common psychological manipulation techniques used against you daily, from artificial scarcity and emotional contagion to social proof and false choices.

This is a concise summary and analysis of You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chani Nicholas. Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.

Two men awake within the confines of an electrified chain-link fence. Machine guns point at them from every direction. Fanged beasts stalk the outside. An hourglass shows they're running out of time. They have no idea why they're here.

Something is disturbing Dennis Harkum's sleep. Is it real? Is it only in his head? Will he figure it out in time?

I never keep secrets from my best friend, but I'm not sure how to tell her I'm sneaking around with her brother . . . who's also my ex-husband. I might be single, but I'm not ready to mingle. I should've stayed home from the street dance. My feet are barely surviving the two-step and my dance...

Something has come out in the night, and it's waiting down the road.

Claire Beaumont has always done everything by the book—the math book, that is. Straight A’s? Check. Earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in math? Check. Land a job teaching community college, just like Mom and Dad? Check. Her parents are also thrilled she’s dating the son of their best friends, even if he still lives in his parents’ basement at the age of twenty-seven. So when he proposes in front of both families and an audience of fifty thousand baseball fans, she can’t say no—even though her first instinct tells her to run.

A flash fiction story with elements of psychological suspense.

Why do we lash out in one moment and show kindness in the next? Why do some people stay calm under pressure while others implode? This powerful 15-minute summary of Behave takes you on a journey backward in time through every action you take—from the split-second firing of neurons, to the hormones flowing through your body, to your childhood, culture, and even evolutionary history. The author reveals how brain circuits, stress, habit, and social context combine to shape what you do, feel, and decide.