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Fatherhood is older than humanity itself, but somehow it still manages to be complicated. It can be even more daunting when you’re a first-time father, especially of a little girl. It does not have to be, though. Raising a smart daughter is important. The lessons you teach her could shape her attitudes for the rest of her life, and influence her decisions, her career path, and ultimately determine how she ends up.

Shasta Myers has had to be the strong one in her family. As a county traffic signal computer programmer, she doesn't make a lot, but she refuses to compromise her morals for a quick buck as a black-hat hacker. Then her world implodes. Juju, Delta, and some of the Drunk Monkeys are in Houston to shut down another of Silo's Kite labs. So when they barely stop the adorably unprepared Shasta from stumbling into a potentially deadly situation, it's not difficult for the two men to fall hard and fast for her.

Shortly before Christmas, Professor James Lowell is found brutally attacked in his rooms at Walsingham College, where Anna Hopkins works as an administrator. Baffled as to why anyone would wish to harm such a gentle, scholarly man, Anna discovers that Lowell had a connection with her fellow dogwalker Isadora Salzman, who knew him as an undergraduate in the 1960s, a comember of the so-called Oxford Six. It turns out that Isadora has been keeping a surprising secret all these years.

Capt. Kyong Tran is an orphaned pilot stuck in limbo at a base outside of Seattle, with a plane and no crew. Their presumed deaths during LA's fall weigh heavily on her conscience, as does the mysterious death of her beloved brother. Despite initial missteps, Kilo and Foxtrot fall hard for the gorgeous, feisty pilot. The unit needs her - and her plane - to move the scientists and their precious research to a hideout in Florida. Meanwhile, they're still scouring Seattle for a Kite-infected woman who might hold the key to a vaccine.

Stacia Rooney is worried her older brother is being brainwashed for a suicide mission by the Church of the Rising Sunset. When she has a run-in with the Drunk Monkeys, they unfortunately agree with her assessment. Quack and Lima think it might already be too late to help Stacia's brother escape whatever evil project Reverend Silo has cooked up, but they need her help to get more information. They suspect it's part of a larger plan to spread the deadly Kite virus across the United States.

Dolce Quinn is a former sniper and military mechanic trying to find and rescue her friends now that Los Angeles is coming apart at the seams. She teams up with a neighbor and formulates a plan to avoid the riots and Kite virus, but they still have to escape the city safely. The Drunk Monkeys have a line on another doctor from The List. When Roscoe and Niner try to rescue the doctor, their plan almost goes to hell in the face of an oncoming mob until Dolce steps in and saves their bacon.

Celia Jorgens is a reporter from Chicago. Traveling to Australia, she's chasing the story of a lifetime, and a scientist she thinks might have answers to stop the deadly Kite virus that's ravaging the globe.Tango and Doc are part of the Drunk Monkeys elite special ops unit. They've been given a mission, to bring in the scientist and use the reporter to find him. Unfortunately, it turns out shadow factions want them to fail, and the men no longer know who they can trust.

Maya Noise is about the life and insights of a modern day mystic. In 1996, at the age of 33, John Dalton had a profound realization. He could have set himself up as a Guru, changed his name, started a commune, and developed a worldwide following. Instead, he did something more original. In the tradition of Autobiography of a Yogi, and with the authority of The Power of Now, Maya Noise is a refreshing addition to the canon of literature for those searching for the truth, and an unorthodox alternative for those interested in world peace.

Dumped and homeless on Thanksgiving, Dr. Leta Gaebel's having her worst day ever. Why not work another shift at the hospital? It's the only home she has now. When two mysterious hunks interrupt her desperately needed nap, she's not exactly upset. Then they offer her a chance to help save the world. Uncle and Zed must steal mission-critical supplies from a nearby hospital. They didn't intend to meet the exhausted but gorgeous doctor. They certainly didn't expect a sexy proposition from her - and they damn sure aren't turning her down.

Donna's eating her lunch and minding her own business when a case of mistaken identity puts her squarely in the sights of Rev. Silo's hired guns. Now she's on the run and in hiding with the Drunk Monkeys. Victor and Uni aren't sure about the clueless bank teller at first...until she proves to them how invaluably smart she really is. They can't release her until they find the real hacker posting incriminating evidence about Rev. Silo's shenanigans. And even then, they might not want to.

Apocalypse, shmocalypse. When you need a world saved right, you call in...the Drunk Monkeys. India Pelletier is a nurse at a clinic in Mexico. When a doctor shows up to help, she thinks he was sent by the charity she works for. Twins Oscar and Yankee are part of the elite Drunk Monkeys special ops unit. Their mission? Save the world by finding the scientists who created the deadly Kite virus. When they track a doctor to India's clinic, they find more than they bargained for in the feisty, resourceful nurse. But an unknown traitor still lurks in the shadows.

Tilly Cardinal's world imploded when her master, Cris, disappeared with no explanation other than a short, cryptic note releasing her as his slave. Five years later, she's Mistress Cardinal, a vicious, successful pro domme charging big bucks to dish out whatever abuse men will pay to take. Materially, she wants for nothing. Privately, she's never felt more alone.

Shayla Pierce dumped her lying ex and moved to Florida to start a job at a magazine. An assignment to write about BDSM leads her to discover a new world and make a slew of new friends, including the sinfully sexy Tony Daniels. She's just not sure she can ever trust again.

Sage thought working in a magical library was already the stuff of fairytales. When a gargoyle named Freddy is your coworker, you know your job is anything but ordinary. But even Sage couldn't have predicted the chaos that ensues when The Charming Four come knocking. With their leader, Prince Finn, cursed and Sage in need of a place to stay, she can't help but get involved in his quest for a cure.

Tyler Paulson came to America with a scholarship and a dream of becoming a writer. With an unsupportive mother and a father who abandoned him, he makes close friends and tries to build a new life for himself in his adopted country. Unfortunately, a series of heartbreaking betrayals makes him doubt not only truths he once held about himself, but shatters his trust in others.

For Elain Pardie every night is a three-dog night. With Ain, Brodey, and Cail Lyall as her mates, Elain's biggest worry is getting through her wedding. She doesn't want to let the cat out of the bag to her mom that she's living with three alpha wolf shape-shifters.

Elain Pardie never realized giving a lift to a lost wolf would lead to mating with the hunky Lyall triplet shape-shifter brothers. Then Prime Alpha Aindreas lays down an edict requiring her to quit her TV reporter gig, but his brothers, Beta Alpha Brodey and Gamma Alpha Cailean are on Elain's side.

When Elain runs to escape his edict, Aindreas realizes his heavy-handed tactics have driven away the woman the three brothers sought for centuries to love.

Small changes can deliver big new product results. Are new products taking too long to develop and failing to deliver the bottom-line impact you need? Now you can accelerate your growth by identifying your innovation bottleneck - just one of the powerful new product development strategies revealed in Simplifying Innovation. As the story in this provocative business audiobook unfolds, you'll discover the first-ever approach to new product growth based on the Theory of Constraints.

Meet Jax and her magical moon cat! Jax and her mum have moved house to follow her mum's dream of opening a cool café. At first, Jax worries that her new life will be lonely. But when a sparkly pink lightning bolt delivers a cute alien kitten to her home, it looks like Jax's luck is about to change. Can Moonbeans the magical moon cat help dreams come true?

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Maren Morris and former schoolteacher Karina Argow have together written their picture-book debut, Addie Ant Goes on an Adventure. This delightful story of one little ant’s journey for independence while realizing when to ask for help is set against the backdrop of...