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Devon Connor has always known life as a normal 12-year-old girl at St. Frances Institute for Heirs and Orphans. That is, until a supernatural shadow walker arrives to assassinate her. Unbeknownst to Devon, she wears the enchanted and legendary Crown of Guilledon as a trinket, and the shadow walker will stop at nothing to get it. With this attempt on her life, Devon is forced into the journey of discovering her true power and her forgotten past. But the timing couldn’t be worse. This mysteriously cursed crown has led her right to the brink of a dark and dangerous war.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure—a phenomenon the high-living writer was only too familiar with.

It Is Time is a series of powerful writings that is a calling for the examination of oneself, one's life, and one's entire existence. It Is Time questions if we are promoting growth or destruction, projecting life or projecting death, bringing forth hope or discouragement to not only those we encounter but to our loved ones, whom we claim to so very much cherish. It compels the listener to question are they living, or merely existing in this world?

Two young women attending college decide to have a summer adventure canoeing the rapids-strewn Thelon River that runs 450 miles through the uninhabited Barren Lands of subarctic Canada. Holly made the trip once before with a group of skilled paddlers she trained with at camp, and she wants to share that experience with her friend and lover, Lee, believing it will draw them closer. But a week in, Holly, the risk-taker, falls while taking a selfie near the edge of a cliff. She is left injured and comatose, and soon dies.

In How We Disappear, award-winning author Tara Lynn Masih offers listeners transporting and compelling stories of those taken, those missing, and those neither here nor gone—runaways, exiles, wanderers, ghosts, even the elusive Dame Agatha Christie. From the remote Siberian taiga to the harsh American frontier, from rural Long Island to postwar Belgium, Masih’s characters are diverse in identity and circumstance, defying the burden of erasure by disappearing into or emerging from physical and emotional landscapes.

Cara Foster is, one might say, eco-anxious—perhaps even eco-neurotic. She eats out of dumpsters—not because she wants to but because it’s the right thing to do—does laundry as seldom as possible, takes navy showers every couple of days, and is reevaluating her boyfriend for killing a spider. Then, during a mimosa-soaked Sunday brunch, she meets her boyfriend’s alluring mother, Millie. As they begin spending time together, getting pedicures and drinking martinis, Cara becomes hooked on Millie and this new freedom from the harsh realities of life in the twenty-first century.

What would you do if your country was counting on you to deliver an important message? That’s the story of 16-year-old Sybil Ludington’s famous midnight ride. In 1777, Sybil and her family believe the American colonies should be free from British control, and Sybil’s father leads a regiment of New York militiamen. Using spy tactics and codes, the Ludingtons gather intelligence, hoping to stay one step ahead of their enemies. When British troops raid nearby Danbury, Connecticut, Sybil gallops through the night to call out her father’s men. 

Over a year has passed, but the time spent in jail has done nothing to soften the hatred in Jayla’s heart. After Jasmine’s betrayal, it’s only a matter of time before Jayla can give her a taste of her own medicine. The opportunity arises when Sheila Weston, the senator’s wife, intervenes, offering Jayla an assignment that she can’t refuse. Little does she know how much this assignment will change her life forever. Betrayal is at every turn, and no one can be trusted. As new secrets are revealed, Jayla finds herself tangled in a web so twisted it brings her past full circle.

Eden Water's life has always been far from ordinary. After a close call with a murdering psychopath, all Eden wants to do is go home and rest. But, that can't happen, at least not yet. Eden has received a call from Nathaniel, the alpha of the Eastern shifters. The alpha's community has been attacked, and the young shifter, Tommy, has been taken. Now, Eden must race against the clock as she searches for clues of who took the little boy and why.

The Girl with a Magical Martian Brain is a brutally honest autobiography recounting a tumultuous life interspersed with miracles and other side communications. Learn how love is the energy of the universe and how its fuel sparks our souls providing purpose and meaning to life. Soul lessons differ, but the common thread in humanity's tapestry is we are here to learn how to give and receive love. Self-love as first priority catapults you into loving others and your life purpose. Make love your religion, compassion your occupation, and kindness your karma.

On the run after a disastrous affair, artist Leah Mason plans to reinvent herself in a small Cornish village where nothing ever happens. But life is in St. Jofra is far from quiet, and soon Leah befriends her next-door neighbour Nat, and crosses paths with the handsome doctor Joshua Gray. When an old friend tracks her down with vengeance in mind, Leah is forced to confront all the things she had hoped to forget. But can she find love?

Allison Swanson felt her life was arranged the way it was supposed to be. She was a professional woman in her early 50s who accepted the daily routine of life: working and coming home to her two beloved cats. After one failed marriage and a bittersweet romance, she felt "safe" with her existence. That all changed when she met Daniel Kelley, a hero, an irritant, and, eventually, her love. Daniel brought with him a ready-made family, which included his six-year-old grandson, Elliott. Allison began a personal evolution that changed her perception about everything.

Elaina’s been tasked with a peculiar job, finding her childhood friend’s missing heiress sister. The search leads her to a crumbling hotel in the heart of Los Angeles, a place filled with drug addicts, prostitutes, and pimps. Has the trail gone cold, or is this just the beginning?

Placed on the Virus Response Team together, Andy and Jasper must find a way not to overcome their differences, but to use those differences as a driving force to find a cure to the deadly Horvitz virus. However, their egos and stubbornness are getting in the way, and as a result, people are dying. In their highly divided worlds, it’s going to take more than some fragile common ground to stop the Horvitz virus. It will take damn close to a miracle in bravery, vulnerability, determination, unity, empathy, compassion, and the realization that together we heal, and divided we perish.

How to restore your marriage after an affair - even if there seems to be no hope. You’ve been devastated. Your partner already stopped the affair, but now you rarely have intimate moments together, and when you do, it’s terrible because the memories of infidelity are paralyzing as they rip your heart constantly. Don’t lose hope. Couples who consciously and proactively choose to recover from an affair and strive to revive their relationship often end up with a stronger bond than they had before.

How to Procreate a Healthy Family is a book of literature based on almost 30 years of experience in raising a healthy family. In it, the listener will find the formula on how to have a beautiful family. This book is an easy to follow and in language that is easy to understand. It teaches how to conquer the obstacles there are in life to procreate the desired healthy family.

Nursing wealthy businessman Chicago DuBois back to health is the least Loretta Lovelace figures she can do. After all, it was her bet that made his wife, Madison, the target of a crazed stalker who put Chicago at death's door. With their marriage on the rocks, Loretta can't resist looking after Chicago - and reigniting his passion for life. 

Home Organization for Beginners aims to enhance occupants' living conditions by freeing up space in their living space with easy tips and hacks. It's all part of the process of personal growth. Home organization is also learning how to alter patterns, work with objects differently, deal with compulsive shopping, and consume differently.

Georgia Enright has dedicated her life to dance. But at age 26, her hopes of becoming a lead dancer are dashed. So she ventures to Pumpkin Hill, an old farm owned by her newly found half sister, Laura Bishop, to contemplate her future. There, discovering an affinity for country life - and a barn just perfect for giving dance lessons - Georgia enjoys an oasis of peace…until Matthew Bishop arrives.

Twenty-eight, single, and struggling to keep her little shop of handicrafts afloat, Zoey Enright is pleasantly surprised when a knockout audition for a home-shopping network lands her an impressive job as an on-air saleswoman. Little does she know, Delaney O’Connor, the company’s CEO, is bringing his only grandson and the hero of Zoey’s childhood, Ben Pierce, home from Europe to run the network. Ben’s one true passion was Grand Prix racing - until he laid eyes on Zoey again, all grown up and more beautiful than ever. But he also must face his haunted past....