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Research shows that attachment patterns—our patterns of relating to others, which develop in early childhood—affect far more aspects of our lives than was previously thought. Given how crucial these patterns are to how every patient relates to the world and to their own selves, how can therapists harness attachment to provide more effective therapy? Using accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy AEDP® theory and methodology as a foundation, the authors present an innovative approach that tailors treatment to attachment patterns.

OSBI agents face three of the most challenging cases in their history. Book 1 had a killer who kills from the need for blood. Book 2 finds a killer killing young prostitutes. Book 3 find a killer burning young adults. Each audiobook not only keeps you breathless at the rapid pace and suspenseful writing, but you will also follow a journey of spiritual awakening for one OSBI agent. Share her journey from a life trapped behind hard emotional walls, to one of freedom.

Perfect house. Perfect family. But looks can be deceiving. 392 Chapman Drive is not the house Tristan and Allison had hoped for. It was supposed to be the idyllic place to raise their daughter away from the bustle of the city, but all too soon the house shows a sinister side, twisting Tristan’s world into a waking nightmare.

Dee and Jeff soon realize there couldn't be two people more unprepared for the hospitality business. There's also the panic-inducing reality of prowling bears and a general store as the only shopping spot for miles. Living and working in the middle of nowhere takes some getting used to—especially when a disrespectful guest ends up murdered! Now, with the motel duo topping the suspect list, Dee must steer clear of a meddling park ranger, face her past in show biz, and determine if the killer is a local or tourist. 

Ryder Hart came up the hard way. From his childhood, to scratching his way to the top of the charts. Every moment was a struggle. Now that he's at the top, nothing will take him down. Not even a secret so dark it invades his dreams and haunts his waking hours. Quinn Abernathy's hunger for success is no less than Ryder's. If she wants to succeed in the highly competitive world of photography, she can't let anything, or anyone, get in her way. Until Ryder. He makes her long for more than she ever thought possible.

Jasmine Marcks was a teenager when she discovered her father was a killer. First, there was the strip of bloody duct tape; then, the bloodstain on his shirt; and finally, the long nights away from home that always coincided with gruesome deaths. Roscoe Lee Marcks killed 14 people before he was finally put behind bars - but, as renowned FBI agent Karen Vail soon learns, Marcks's reign of terror isn't over yet.

Maggie Dahl returns in Open Secrets. It’s been six months since the media circus surrounding the last murder Maggie solved and a year since her beloved husband David died. The dust seems to have finally settled. Then, one morning, a customer walks in and asks Maggie to do her a favor.

Heartbroken, carrying a bag of antique coins and the heavy burden of her aunt's untimely death, Emily leaves the world of time travel and her beloved husband, Dell, behind. It doesn't take long for her youth, beauty, and valuable coins to assist her in finding a new life in the Italian nightclub scene of the 1980s. Regardless of which time she is occupying, however, Emily cannot escape her past or forgive herself for the lives she ruined. So when that past finds her, Emily must choose between her new life and an uncertain future with the loved ones she abandoned.

Kristen Coar launches her brand-new ALEX BAIN series with Death and Sweet Temptations, a tale of half-vampire, half-human Alex Bain, where the veil between the mundane and the monstrous thins to a nearly imperceptible shroud, and within its folds lurks a desire as perilous as any fiend.

Recovering after a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer, Deputy Thomas Shepherd seeks the tranquility of Wolf Lake. Until a rash of murders and abductions paralyzes the resort village. Who is killing the villagers of Wolf Lake? The killer is a phantom hiding in the shadows. Sheriff Gray blames a ghost from his past, the priest who ran his wife off the road and killed her. But is the sheriff's bias tainting his judgment? Deputy Shepherd must go rogue and unravel a bewildering tangle of evidence if he hopes to catch the killer.

If the Ring's mission is to succeed, Eva must travel back to Earth and try to stop Frank before he can reveal In-Between to the public. Unfortunately, Frank has allied himself with a group of powerful people who want to gain power worldwide by spreading political and economic fear.

When the bodies of three male sex workers show up on the banks of the Mississippi River, the St. Louis LGBTQIA community grows restless while searching for a missing bartender. The police have been slow to respond, and a local reporter suspects a serial killer might be stalking the city’s streets.

Compiled by the Dark Poet Princess, Xtina Marie, here are 16 delectably horrific tales of the sinister side of dark romance, where not everything is hearts and flowers, and moonlight strolls hand-in-hand with your beautiful soulmate. This phenomenal anthology - named in honor of that unique part of the female anatomy believed by some to summon satan himself - overflows with the darkest storytelling and the brightest talent on the independent writing scene today: Madison Estes, John Leonard, J.N. Cameron, Arista Cyrene, Steve Wands, Joe Palumbo, Jeremy Billingsley, and more.

Adam Potter never thought going home for his birthday would be so stressful. Adam’s father (who he calls mom) guilts him into return home for a birthday dinner. He brings Patrick and Justin to meet everyone. While giving them a tour of the town, Patrick discovers a disturbing site. A troublesome neighbor is discovered dead in the town his family owns and Adam's mom becomes a suspect. Dark secrets surface that everyone wished would stay buried. Adam has to find who is framing his mother before he’s charged with murder.

With Christmas on the horizon, they call OSBI agents Carrie Border and Lainey Tate to a case in Southeastern Oklahoma. The area is home to the legendary Robber's Cave in the center of dense forest, cliffs, and mountains. Local law enforcement have found three burned bodies and turn to the OSBI for help in finding the killer. Carrie and Lainey fall into false leads and backwoods locals who do not want their nefarious crimes revealed.

Alexandra knew they were hiding something inside that gorgeous house. When she discovers her landlord’s son lied about sexually assaulting a classmate, she’s disgusted that his parents are protecting him from prosecution. As Alex plots to avenge a woman who has no voice, she realizes justice may bring her face to face with her greatest fear.

1945: Two sisters give birth to two little girls on the same night, huddled under blankets, deep in the black woods that surround their village. They hold their babies close as footsteps approach. If they make even the slightest sound, the German soldiers will find them....

We make our own family. Zander Leery gave up on the idea of family a long time ago. He has no ties to anyone or anything so the last thing he expected was a phone call saying his estranged older sister made him guardian to a niece he'd never known existed. With no idea what else to do with the...

Phoebe Whitford has mostly drifted through life, grateful that without a set plan, she completed graduate school, settled into a career, and become the go-to advice giver for her people. But after first watching her brother and then her best friend fall in love, she's wondering when—or if—it will ever be her turn. One night, at the bar she's been frequenting for years, Phoebe asks her favorite bartender a question that changes everything.

The example of the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who lived "a dog's life," sleeping, teaching, having sex in the public square, sets the tone for this extraordinary, genre-bending memoir. Posing crucial questions about what drives certain individuals to risk physical suffering in the name of freedom, Bite Your Friends also asks what we ourselves might learn from such examples to become braver, more authentic individuals.