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There are only two rules to becoming part of the Hemlock crew: You have to be single. You have to be invited. Karissa is definitely single, and now that she caught the eye of Jasper, she just might get the invite. Nothing about him is her type, except for the fact that he's drop-dead gorgeous and every sophomore girl’s dream boyfriend. Add in his killer personality and piercing blue eyes along with his blonde hair and a skateboard hanging from his bag and she just might reconsider—but dating him is a slippery slope that she's not sure she wants to walk.

What if the most dangerous part of a serial killer's story happened long before the first victim? Blueprint of a Killer does not sensationalize bloodshed or linger on gore. Instead, it asks the uncomfortable question most true crime books avoid: how did this start? What was happening before the headlines, body counts, and documentaries?

Nick Stone, a retired Navy Seal and Allen Bolton, a retired Las Vegas Police Officer, have been best friends since childhood and run a private detective agency. Nick, a savage dominant and Allen, a sweet daddy, both know what they want, Lisa Monroe. Lisa, a single mother half their age, is looking for a second chance romance and wants them both. A new danger requires them to work as a team to save both Lisa and their own lives.

Being crowned homecoming queen fast-tracked me to an identity crisis that catalyzed my disclosure of ten years of sexual abuse at the hands of my stepfather. I dropped out of high school for the first half of my senior year while the disclosure was incinerated in my notorious stepfather's career-climbing kiln. I am recovering my authentic self from the rubble of losses amassed over years of enduring entirely narcissistic parents.

At thirty-four, Natalie Schiavone Burgess finally had the life she'd been dreaming of: a solid career as an English professor, a first home in a beachside community, and a fiancé, who shared her dreams for the future. Then an uninvited guest showed up weeks before the wedding-cancer. In a candid telling of the physical, psychological, and emotional demands of being a cancer patient and a newlywed, Natalie's story is one of joy, pain, uncertainty, hope, and ultimately, gratitude.

Rory O'Connor, Fiorfir O'Reilly, and Etain Finnegan were all Irish Gaels born in the western kingdom of Connacht. All three, like the rest of Ireland, or Erin, had a sacred devotion to their ancient Brehon Laws that governed their island. But beyond that, the three led quite different lives. Rory O'Connor was a younger son of a High King, Turlough O'Connor, and Fiorfir O'Reilly was Rory's main sword. Both had been afforded a life of privilege that Etain Finnegan never had.

As a detective in Lake Ridge, Virginia, Bobby Chambers deals with crime on a daily basis. But as more and more of the criminal activity of nearby Washington, DC, spills over into Northern Virginia, he finds he is seeing more and more crime in his suburban community. And after his niece moves to Wyoming, he becomes more aware of how often criminal activity around the country is connected.

Abby Gates spent the first part of her life protected from the world because of her condition. Only adventures she knew were taught by being homeschooled and through reading books from her personal library. In Abby's world, everyone lived happily ever after, until her mother died, and she was forced to be part of a community she was a stranger in. While Mr. Frank and Billy Daniels did their best to protect her, Adam Davis came to town with a secret no one knew except his assistant, Tashia. Abby quickly found that although dreams can come true, real life wasn't so happy all the time.

The enemy cannot stop destiny. As a young girl in Meggett, South Carolina (twenty miles south of Charleston), Sandra Magwood grew up very poor in a quaint, little four-room home with nine other children; she did not know they were poor. Although she was taught about Jesus, she was ashamed to say his name. She had no idea how significant her reliance was upon him as sovereign would save her life and guide her into her destiny, which far exceeded anything she ever imagined.

It's been a quiet few months except on Pine Street, where Helen Baxter, the town scrooge, has been raking in constant noise complaints. What no one knows is she has a dark secret she's been keeping for ten long years. Hidden Away takes place in the small, tight-knit community of Havensworth, where Nurse Helen works and lives. Her world begins to spin out of control as the accusations against her become more heinous. She slowly unravels and holds close to her the flickering light in her basement.

The Footprints of Her Soul is a story of a little girl who was lost among the people she loves most, her beloved family. She experienced extreme distress and sorrow through the long road of childhood poverty, war, and into adulthood. She had made hard decisions throughout her life journey, causing heartaches and pain. But she survived it all with conviction.

When a ruthless warlock and his formidable army break free from prison, the warlock unleashes his warriors with orders to destroy the world of Skoldrun as revenge for his imprisonment. Zoë Wind and her fellow chieftains are reeling from heavy losses during a recent civil war between the clans. With cold-blooded invaders knocking at their door, the clans must band together if they wish to put up a fighting chance.

Zoë Wind is riding high following her takedown of Master Drocker Rex Timber in a dramatic duel in front of her clan. Timber’s death ended his quest to steal Skoldrun’s four runestaves. With her clan’s runestave securely in her possession, Zoë turns her attention to a budding romance with the chieftain of Tiflburg. That is, until Jaxon Pike, an emerging rival out of Razorton, pursues Zoë’s runestave with the hope of bringing his clan’s legendary cougars back and proclaiming himself as the ultimate leader of Skoldrun.

When the young chieftain Zoë Wind discovers the notorious Rex Timber is out of hiding, she goes into overdrive to track him down to the ends of Skoldrun to avenge her father’s murder at the hands of Timber five years earlier. Little does she know, Timber is on a quest to collect the runestaves worn around the necks of Skoldrun’s four chieftains with a plan that could spell the end of the clans.

She’s the gun slinging, ATV riding, lasso wielding sheriff of Arrowhead Nation’s rough and tumble state of Sierra West. For Gabby Oaks, being a hard charging law enforcement officer comes with constant threats to her life. None bigger than the threat posed by the notorious desperados that make up The Rustlers gang.

Archaeologist Quinn McMaster has spent years proving biblical history. When he is hired to find the spear that pierced Jesus's side, Quinn knows he'll need help. Reuniting with his two best friends wouldn't be easy, especially knowing he was the reason they had parted ways. Archaeology, however, was a drug none of them could resist, and the three friends put aside their differences to set out on the greatest archaeological find of their lives. Unaware of the danger that awaits them, Quinn, Habi, and Stewart find themselves immersed in the terrifying world of ancient sects.

Something about this guy's guise at fake innocence really riles me up. Though truthfully, part of my rage stems from seeing my evil ex. But it doesn't matter. This guy isn't safe, and he doesn't belong around my Caroline. "You know who. The man who forced himself on your sister, not only making lewd comments but kissing her, forcing her to punch him, causing her to go to emergency surgery. And it's all your fault. You are not welcome anywhere near her, or us."

Ellie Davis once loved the snow. It was an element of grace and power to her, and she longed to understand it. She found beauty in the chaos of a storm and wished to share in that power. But when an accident in a blizzard took the lives of her father and brother, Ellie vowed to never forgive the element that betrayed her. It isn't until years later when she falls through a door to another world that she is confronted with the memories of the past. This world, known as Levrianne, is the home of Mother Nature.

Partial amputation of neck—Norma Gund's official diagnoses after facing a killer in 2011. March 13, 2011, changed Norma Gund's life forever. She visited a neighbor's home in rural Trinity County, California, and found more than she expected.

For more than one hundred years, the celebrated Gothic romance Jane Eyre has been a popular subject at the movies and was quickly adapted to television in countless TV movies/miniseries, eventually becoming a Broadway musical. The Many Faces of Jane Eyre takes fans on an intriguing journey through the eclectic collection of big and small screen as well as theatrical adaptations of Charlotte Brontë’s still beloved novel.