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The Taking of Eden

Frustrated with life and death situations that she can’t control, Jamie Spencer takes a new job at a mental health facility, where she believes she can make a difference in her patients’ lives. The difference she makes in Eden Carlton’s life turns her world upside down and out of control. A spur-of-the-moment decision sets in motion a turn of events that she is powerless to stop and changes her life and everyone around her forever. Murder and betrayal send three women fleeing for their lives deep into the woods of the Carolinas. With little contact with the outside world, they learn to rely on one another through difficult and perilous times. They soon learn that the taking of Eden results in dire consequences.
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By Summer's End

SOME THINGS ARE JUST TOO HARD TO IMAGINE...For instance, Dawn Leland never thought in a million years that she and her girls would ever end up back with her in-laws. Sixteen years is a long time to be away, but life has dealt her something unexpected. Now she has no choice.AND SOME THINGS DON'T BEAR THINKING ABOUT...Sephrona Leland said good riddance to bad rubbish when her son's widow took her two little girls and left Knoxville all those years ago. And despite her husband's best efforts, the bitterness still remains.BUT ALL THINGS TURN OUT IN THE END...It takes some forgiveness, a little understanding and the magic of two young girls to make everyone see that--although it's hard to imagine--they have all ended up where they belong.
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Idle Ingredients

"Hilarious, raucous — and leaves you literally hungry." —The Washington PostCatering for a charismatic motivational speaker, the staff of the Sin du Jour catering agency find themselves incapacitated by a force from within their ranks. A smile and a promise is all it took.And for some reason, only the men are affected. It's going to take cunning, guile and a significant amount of violence to resolve.Another day of cupcakes and evil with your favorite demonic caterers. Idle Ingredients is the fourth Sin du Jour Affair by Matt Wallace.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Summer Days and Summer Nights

Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom.Summer Days & Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories, written by twelve bestselling young adult writers and edited by the international bestselling Stephanie Perkins, will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. So set out your beach chair and grab your sunglasses. You have twelve reasons this summer to soak up the sun and fall in love.
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Captain Awesome to the Rescue!

Bad guys beware! Eugene McGillicudy just happens to be the most awesome superhero of all time...Captain Awesome. MI-TEE!Now readers between the ages of five and seven can read chapter books tailor-made for a younger level of reading comprehension. Heavily illustrated with large type, Little Simon's young chapter books let young readers feel like they are reading a "grown-up" format with subject, text, and illustrations geared specifically for their own age groups!Eight-year-old Eugene McGillicudy is an imaginative boy who loves comic books and superheroes. Eugene also has his very own supersecret superhero alter ego named Captain Awesome. MI-TEE!When the McGillicudy family relocates to a new town called Sunnyview, Eugene starts a new school, finds a best friend, and even finds time to defend his toys from his two-year-old little sister, Molly! Luckily for Sunnyview, Captain Awesome is there to protect the town (and the universe) from a...
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Heritage

In a time when desperate people were seizing with both hands the chance for freedom, refugees from more than seventy nations gathered beneath the Southern Cross to forge a new national identity. They came from all over wartorn Europe to the mountains of Australia to help realise one man's dream: the mighty Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, one of the greatest engineering feats of the 20th century. People of all races and creeds tunnelled through a mountain range to turn the course of a majestic river, trying to put to rest ghosts from the inferno of history: buried memories, unimaginable pain and deadly secrets. From the ruins of Berlin to the birth of Israel, from the Italian Alps to the Australian high country, HERITAGE is a passionate and fast-paced tale of rebirth, struggle, sacrifice and redemption, and a tribute to those who gave meaning to the Australian spirit.
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Dead Again: A Romantic Thriller

Sophie and Jack survive a plane crash and fall in love, but Jack dies, leaving Sophie completely changed. Ten years later, living in a corrupt Montana town, she meets a drifter called Martin with a secret that will rip apart the town and put Sophie directly in the enemy’s cross-hairs.
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Conduct in Question

“A fast paced legal thriller written by an insider.”—Rosemary Aubert, author of the Ellis Portal mystery series Lawyer Harry Jenkins longs for freedom and love. Trapped under his senior partner’s thumb for years and in a dead marriage, he has nearly reached his breaking point. The city is haunted by the spectre of the Florist, a sadistic murderer with an artistic flair, who believes he is called to judge the worthiness of his victims. When his partner drops dead in the office, Harry is free to make his own mistakes. Almost immediately, he is swept into a massive money-laundering scheme by the enigmatic Mr. Chin and into a conflict with his wealthy client Marjorie Deighton. When he finds Marjorie dead, he senses foul play. Are the Florist’s murders and Mr. Chin’s shady dealings connected? Can Harry find the answers before the Florist strikes again? Fortunately, the beautiful Natasha is there to guide him to the answers. **
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