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Blood and Satin (Blood and Satin #1)

Adelaide Hunter is a vampire. Only she doesn't know it yet. When she wakes up to find one of her clients ripped to shreds and her body covered in his blood, her life starts spiraling out of control. With no memory of what happened, she's in trouble. The police are after her, she's got the hots for the detective on her case, and there's a mysterious, handsome vampire who wants to help her.Adelaide Hunter is a vampire. Only, she doesn't know it yet.A high class escort for some of the city's wealthier businessmen, she doesn't have any delusions about what she does. She gets paid for sex, and she's well paid.But when one of her clients winds up dead after a wild, kinky night with her, she's in trouble. She's pretty sure she killed him, but she can't remember a thing. Can she figure things out before her new powers consume her? Or will the police close in before she even has a chance?
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The Trouble with Rescuing Zoe

A plane crash leaves two injured strangers, Harry and Zoe, struggling for survival. Things get worse, bringing their escape to a quick end. Zoe is in a panic – pregnant and needing to return to end the pregnancy that she feels will destroy her career dreams. Harry sees the storm as a blessing - a way to save an innocent life. What neither knows is that fate has already made the decision for them.This novel is set in the near future. It begins with historical fiction set at the end of World War I, followed by current day November 2011. These set the historical context for the rest of the book.The novel delves into future technology as gradual change occurs. The novel is a narrative and social commentaries that is equally relevant to the present, as it was to the past, and likely for the future. It offers a thoughtful look at greed, corrupted power, hate and atrocities. Readers are treated to characters from several parts of the world united in their determination to root out this pernicious threat. The backdrop settings consists of information warfares, cyber attacks, ground breaking future scientific and military technologies.Contents:PrologueChapter 1 - Barbarians at the GateChapter 2 - A World ApartChapter 3 - Crime and PunishmnentChapter 4 - Just VisitingChapter 5 - Anonymous VotersChapter 6 - The CureChapter 7 - GatheringsChapter 8 - Money TalksChapter 9 - Hackers and CrackersChapter 10 - The RebelsChapter 11 - Changing of the GuardsChapter 12 - Power PlayChapter 13 - The Last LectureChapter 14 - The PurgeChapter 15 - The ChaseChapter 16 - Lifting the VeilChapter 17 - Unpleasant TruthChapter 18 - Sympathy for the DevilChapter 19 - The LairChapter 20 - The AwakeningEpilogue
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Reunion at University Avenue

Sixteen years after he left college, Mike Adams wrote a best-selling satire that is now set to become a movie. Not everyone liked what he wrote. As people get hurt and eerie messages are left behind, Mike finds himself targeted.Now, he must ask: What did he write that enraged this attacker? Who in his past would do this? And is any of this related to a secretive group known only as The Circle?This is Book 1 in the Mike Adams series. The other novels in the series are available in paperback.Mike Adams thought his college days were funny. That is, until someone wanted him dead.Sixteen years after he graduated, Mike wrote a satire that became a best-seller and is now set to become a movie. Not everyone liked what he wrote. As people get hurt and eerie messages are left behind, Mike finds himself targeted at his high school reunion.Now, he must ask some difficult questions. What did he write that enraged this attacker? Who in his past would do this? And does any of this have to do with the secret society known only as The Circle?
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Agnes of Sorrento

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
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In Times of Quitting

Dwell not on the past that has come and gone or the future of tomorrow. Live humbly from day to day and when night falls, rest. God is still in control.In life, we all go through hardships and troubles. Hopefully, in this collection of writing you may find an answer to help you deal with them. If not, keep looking up, seek the light at the end of the tunnel, reach out and let your cries be heard.
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Web of Obsessions

Jordan Mackenzie has run from bad to worse. Social work in a women’s prison isn’t going to be easy, and once she meets assistant superintendent Danielle Veillard she realizes her heart isn’t ready for more anguish.Danielle has never been as intrigued and bewildered by anyone as she is with Jordan. Her feelings make no sense, but her brutal ex-husband is certain he understands all too well. So does Jordan’s ex, who is also willing to use any means to assert control over the woman who dared to walked away.As a drug ring within the prison unravels and a suspicious death of an inmate brings all eyes to the prison’s inner workings, Danielle and Jordan find themselves caught in a Web of Obsessions.Australian Diane Wood debuts with a high-stakes thriller featuring women with nothing—and everything—to lose.
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Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen

Roy Blakeley, Lost, Strayed or Stolen By Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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Tipping Point

Have you ever wondered what it will take to save the world? Annie has. But what can she do about it? Disaster and death have pushed Annie to her own personal tipping point. Her decision may be a little crazy, but perhaps that’s what it will take to change the world . . .Now also available at lulu.comHave you ever wondered what it will take to save the world? Annie has. But what can she do about it? Disaster and death have pushed Annie to her own personal tipping point. Her decision may be a little crazy, but perhaps that’s what it will take to change the world.Working as a teacher, Annie is confronted with issues that face the whole community. Her care for her students extends to fear for their future, but what can one person do? The death of her companion brings home the finality of extinction, and Annie can no longer avoid the voice that drives her to act - even if her choice of action is one that leads her friends to doubt her sanity.This book explores some of the moral and ethical issues associated with global warming. We know what the problem is - why does it persist? Annie cannot understand why this is so, but she believes that there must always be hope.Now also available at lulu.com.
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The Bloodsuckers: Vampire Lawyers of Middle Tennessee (Volume 3)

(Please note, this is Volume 3.) Scott Cunningham is a vampire just trying to make a living. After all, being undead isn't cheap. There's rent to pay, blood to buy, and child support due; it's an eternal treadmill. You would think it would be terribly boring, but as Scott is finding out, unlife as a lawyer in rural Tennessee is anything but.This story is not about legal aspects of our emotional presumptions. It’s about the real life consequences of the judgments that we all make about others. Sometimes, the smallest judgment can have tragic consequences. Perhaps that’s why we have been warned against judging.Karen Bronsky lived a enviable life with a successful devoted husband and a darling child. But something caused her to want just a little more from life. Karen must lose part of her life to find what’s really important to her.Jan Murray thought that she had everything that she needed for happiness. She has looks that most young women would envy. She knew it, and flaunted it. She never knew what it was like to be unnoticed by men. But she will learn that true happiness is not found in the adoration of physical appearances.Stan Bronsky is a good man and husband. He is hard driving and successful in business. But he will learn that success can be fleeting and very costly when he experiences a momentary lapse of judgment and character.Robert Louis Gatewood suffered tragic early life experiences and has carried scars that have shaped his thinking and behavior. He will find new direction in an unexpected moment of encounter.As the lives of these four people weave together through what they perceive to be chance circumstances, they will experience a plethora of emotional experiences and share the uncomfortable consequences of being misjudged, or of having misjudged another.
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Stories And Tales - Truth, Lies, and Wild Exaggerations

This is a collection of short stories - some are true, some are fabricated, and some are wild exaggerations.Contents:Empty Shadows,A Lot of Bull,Brother and the BB Gun,Fishing with Dad,Flasher on the Mountain,Saving Mom’s Life,Man in Restaurant,My Son the Construction Engineer,Learning the ABC’s and Counting,Mom Doesn’t go Fishing With Dad Anymore,Watching the Buffalo10 horror stories that will not give you sleepless nights. They include ghosts, zombies, werewolves and other scary creatures all woven into daily events. Like trick or treat, first day of school or walking through the woods. Each story can be read within five to ten minutes and are meant for young adults and teens. The contents include1. Trick or Treat?2. The Demon with my Brother's Face3. Lake of Bones4. The Forest of Death5. Dead Mine6. The Haunted Book7. My Teacher's Grave8. Let's Play Hide and Seek9. Painting of the Dead10. The Haunted Doll
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Bookworms and... Booya! (book 1)

The library girl has kept her crush a secret for nearly five years. Now an unforeseen accident makes it impossible to ignore, opening her heart and her mind to a possible future.*(this is a work of fan-fiction and takes place after the events of Final Fantasy VIII)What do you do when Fate pushes you into the path of your ultimate crush?Sally Regal is a candidate of Balamb Garden, a mercenary network of SeeDs. But after five years of failing to pass the Fire Cavern final exam qualifier, the end of her candidacy looms. If she doesn’t make the grade, they will ship her home.After being enrolled at Garden her motivation has forever been her crush on young war hero Zell Dincht, a legender SeeD member. If she could bolster her courage enough to tell him the failure wouldn’t cut so deep. The challenge is finding the right time.*(this is a work of fan-fiction and takes place after the events of Final Fantasy VIII)
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Agent Jack Knight: The Beginning

Jack Knight never went looking for trouble, it found him...corrupt foster parents, school bullies, and an insidious disease that Jack can't fight. After joining the Marines at seventeen, the CIA sends him on a covert op, and Jack finds himself alone in the midst of a South American jungle operating in a country rife with political unrest and the beginnings of a drug war, unsure who to trust.Jack Knight never went looking for trouble...it found him.Orphaned at a young age--his brother Nicky the only family he has left--Jack struggles to protect him, but the deck is stacked against him from the start...corrupt foster parents, school bullies, and eventually the insidious disease that Jack can't fight no matter how hard he tries.Nicky calls him a superhero, dubbing him ‘Jackknife’. Jack, however, knows superheroes aren't real and that he can never live up to his brother's image of him.But he has to try.After joining the Marines and successfully completing boot camp, Private Jack Knight, on a secret mission for the CIA, finds himself alone in the midst of a South American jungle operating in a country rife with political unrest and the beginnings of a drug war, unsure who to trust.This is the first book in the Agent Jack Knight Series.
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