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I’m torn between fantasy and reality. On my first night working at an exclusive adult club—a club where we have to wear masks to conceal our identities—my stranger comes to life. My attachment to him is instantaneous, but how could he be real when I created him in my mind more than a decade ago to shield me from the abuse I suffered at home? And when the club owner’s nephew sets his sights on me, I want to resist his playboy charm, but I find I’m quickly falling under his spell. How can I fall for two men at once? And what happens when my fantasy and reality finally collide?

Epic in its sweep and peopled by the remarkable women who have always inhabited Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword of Avalon expands the legendary saga that has enchanted millions of readers over the years and is sure to please Bradley's loyal readership and anyone who loves wonderfully told stories of history, myth, and fantasy.

Stop Being Toxic is your essential guide to recognizing and overcoming toxic behaviors that sabotage relationships and personal growth. Whether you struggle with emotional triggers, communication issues, or setting healthy boundaries, this book offers practical strategies to help you break free from harmful habits and create stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people you care about.

For over seventy years, she roamed the realm as a ranger with the adventuring party Stone & Splendor—taking quests, slaying beasts, and collecting monster teeth like trophies from the boundless sea to the edge of the wilds. But for the past eight decades, she's traded her sword for slippers, living the quiet life of a proud grandmother nestled in the mountains, telling tales no one quite believes and baking a mean honey crumble.

They say there are three things you should do at least once in your life: Dance like nobody’s watching. Travel the world. And fall hopelessly in love. I aimed to do all three. I went to Italy to find myself. But he found me.

Alastar has settled into his role as the Maitre of the Collegium. Now married with a daughter, he would like nothing better than to focus his efforts on improving Imager Isle and making it more self-sufficient. However, the rise in fortune of the merchant classes in Solidar over the years does not sit well with the High Holders, who see the erosion of their long-enjoyed privileges. Bad harvests and worse weather spark acts of violence and murder.

In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible. Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to make his fortune in the New World. But as he settled his affairs...

Although Rhennthyl is the son of a leading wool merchant in L'Excelsis, the capital of Solidar, the most powerful nation on Terahnar, he has spent years becoming a journeyman artist and is skilled and diligent enough to be considered for the status of master artisan - in another two years. Then, in a single moment, his entire life is transformed when his master patron is killed in a flash fire and Rhenn discovers he is an imager.

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We commonly use the term “virtue signaling” to refer to an outward gesture of “virtue” that is meant to win approval from an audience as opposed to an action arising out of authentic personal integrity. In The Virtue Signal, host Rhonda McDaniel looks past applause-winning gestures to engage with the timeless foundations of personal character and demonstrate the importance of virtue for personal growth in character and integrity as well as for citizens in a self-governing society.

This issue of the science-fiction magazine includes a novella by Charles W. Diffin titled "Dark Moon" and several short stories, including "When Caverns Yawned", by Captain S.P. Meek "When the Moon Turned Green", by Hal K. Wells and "The Death-Cloud." by Nat Schachner & Arthur L. Zagat There is also a second part of "The Exile of Time" by Ray Cummings. - Summary by Bill Boerst

In January of 1930 a new magazine with a flashy color cover appeared on newsstands, Astounding Stories of Super-Science. Filled with stories of adventure, sometimes with only a tinge of science, this magazine was to host and nurture many science fiction giants like Murray Leinster and Ray Cummings and would help inspire many of the writers of the "Golden Age of Science Fiction". This inaugural issue includes stories by Murray Leinster, Ray Cummings, S. P. Meek, Victor Rousseau and others. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

Rick & Scotty are invited to solve a mystery in Egypt. Traveling with Dr Winston our hero's investigate a mystery that has a global reach as well as an Astronomical scope! (Summary by Cyndajm)

The Reconstruction Essentials Collection gathers ten works on slavery, emancipation, race, memory, leadership, and the long aftermath of the Civil War. This collection offers a powerful body of testimony and historical reflection on the central struggles of nineteenth-century America.

"The Pirates of Shan: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story" tells of three young boys solving the mystery of the disappearance of scientists from the Spindrift Scientific Foundation. Resourcefulness and bravery will help them unravel the secrets around not only the missing scientists but the larter threat as well. - Summary by Cyndajm

Join the adventure of teenage Rick Brant, and his friend Scotty as they tackle the impending eruption of the volcano El Viejo on the island of San Luz. Scientific intrigue, danger, and the challenge of battling nature's catastrophic forces create the backdrop for a mid-century Sci-Fi classic. Suspenseful and action-packed adventure, filled with scientific exploration and the urgency to save lives before the volcano erupts. (Summary by Cyndajm)

THE DOOM FROM PLANET 4 JACK WILLIAMSON A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an Island of Unearthly Peril. THE HANDS OF ATEN H. G. WINTER Out of the Solid Ice Craig Hews Three Long-Frozen Egyptians and Is at Once Caught Up into Amazing Adventure. (A Complete Novelette.) THE DIAMOND THUNDERBOLT H. THOMPSON RICH Locked in a Rocket and Fired into Space! Such Was the Fate which Awaited Young Stoddard at the End of the Diamond Trail! THE SLAVE SHIP FROM SPACE A. R. HOLMES Three Kidnapped Earthlings Show Xantra of the Tillas How "Docile" Earth ...

Jenna MacFerlane ist für ihre besonnene Art bekannt – und heimlich eine der gefragtesten Newcomer-Hörbuchsprecherinnen Amerikas. Bis Harvey Black nebenan einzieht. Drummer der Rebel Boys. Auf der Flucht vor seinen Dämonen. Und laut genug, um ihren wichtigsten Auftrag zu ruinieren. Wutentbrannt klaut Jenna ihm die Drumsticks. Doch als Harvey sie sich zurückholen will, entdeckt er ihr Geheimnis – und konfrontiert sie mit einer unangenehmen Wahrheit: Ihrer technisch perfekten Arbeit fehlt das Gefühl.

When an ethnically diverse group of people are suddenly transported from a rollercoaster in an amusement park to a stark and alien room peopled with giant ape-like creatures that want to jab at them with electric prods and use them for experiments, will they be able to band together to escape this nightmare situation? - Summary by Ben Tucker

SOME MURDERS ARE MORE PERSONAL THAN OTHERS When a young woman is found bludgeoned to death in Central Park, police immediately link the crime to a string of unsolved homicides one year prior. But they must tread carefully, for the prime suspect -- then and now -- is the son of a powerful mobster...