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The Adventurous Creeper and the End Guardians, Book 7: The End Crystals

Carl the friendly creeper assumed life would settle down. After his recent adventures, he was ready to live out a normal life.But all of that changes the night Carl is woken up by someone knocking on his door. To his shock, he finds himself on his doorstep. Carl from the future has returned to warn him of something called End Guardians and their crystals. Can Carl figure out what's going on?GENRE: Children’s Adventure(An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Age 6-12)Carl the friendly creeper assumed life would settle down. After his adventures, including his most recent one about Charlie the Creeper King, he was ready to live out a normal life.But all of that changes the night Carl is woken up by someone knocking on his door. To his shock and amazement, he finds himself on his doorstep. Carl from the future has returned to warn him of something called End Guardians and their crystals.Carl hardly has time to figure out what that means before End portals begin to open all over the Over World. Reunited with Chloe, and a new friend named Liam, they head to the capital city to warn the king.But it doesn’t go smoothly. Thrown into another mystery of legends and monsters, can Carl figure out what is going on before it is too late?This unofficial Minecraft book is not authorized, endorsed or sponsored by Microsoft Corp., Mojang AB, Notch Development AB or any other person or entity owning or controlling the rights of the Minecraft name, trademark or copyrights. All characters, names, places and other aspects of the game described herein are trademarked and owned by their respective owners. Minecraft®/ /TM & ©2009-2016 Mojang/Notch.
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Girl-Friend For Hire

Marcus parents are in town. His father wants to see his girlfriend and the so said wife to be. But What can he do if he doesn't have one? He decides on hiring one, what could go wrong?Rob Stokes is an unremarkable twenty-one year old. He has a routine job, does ordinary things and tonight is going to a party hosted by his best friend. He’s hoping for a good time.In a short time his world will be changed forever as he becomes hunted by both a demonic assassin and a secret society trying to defend the earth from the forces of both Heaven and Hell.Rob has a destiny to become a Key; one of a handful of guardians created to protect mankind and in doing so he will become more powerful than he ever imagined but only if he can survive the night…Gothic is Steve Hester’s debut novel and the first in a series.
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Midnight Liberty League - Part I

William should be excited, he just met Ben Franklin. Instead, he’s terrified, because this isn’t 1776, it’s 2017. Where literature’s greatest quest always ends, his story begins…at the first sip.A tour of Independence Hall turns violent when William Mith, an athlete at Penn, prevents the murder of a Ben Franklin impersonator. When unable to avert the kidnapping of Ben’s mysterious French companion, the two are then hunted by something less than human. When William discovers that Ben is no actor, he gets caught in the clash between his childhood heroes and civilization’s most infamous villains.
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Darkness Matters

It’s the same old story, really. Good versus evil. Heroes versus villains. Light versus dark. For two years, college freshman Noah Morgan lived his life somewhere in the middle, fighting darkness and light, always searching for answers to a single question: Why, Noah, why? The same three words keep him up at night, struggling for air while gripping a plastic cylinder containing white pills to match the white label with his name printed in ink as deep and dark as his memories—memories that turned him into a recluse. A shut-in. An introvert. Luckily for him, that’s not how the girl next door sees him.
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Love Is Just Around the Corner

Adrian and Sophia first met when they were just children. At school, they were inseparable, although it was not in the specific meaning of being always playing together. Their connection was special. They needed to know the other one was there, nothing else. They could not imagine that life, which one day separated them, today it is going to put them together again.Adrian and Sophia first met when they were just children. At school, they were inseparable, although it was not in the specific meaning of being always playing together. Their connection was special. They needed to know the other one was there, nothing else. Sometimes, they were playmates; sometimes, they enjoyed with academic challenges; and, sometimes, they were only mates when they had to travel by bus.Over fifteen years ago, they separated, just when every one went far away from his homeland to start their way at University. For that fifteen years, they have known nothing about the other one. They could not imagine that life, which one day separated them, today it is going to put them together again. No one could tell them that love is just around the corner.
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Wicked Grind

Sometimes, it feels so damn good to be bad … **From New York Times and #1 International bestselling author J. Kenner, the first in an all new series of fast-paced, provocative novels centering around the ambitious, wealthy, and powerful men who work in the glamorous and exciting world of the Stark International conglomerate … and the sexy and passionate women who bring them to their knees.** Photographer Wyatt Royce’s career is on the verge of exploding. All he needs is one perfect model to be the centerpiece of his sexy, controversial show. Find her, and Wyatt is sure to have a winner. Then Kelsey Draper walks in. Stunning. Vibrant. And far too fragile for a project like this. Wyatt should know—after all, he remembers only too well why their relationship ended all those years ago. Determined to break free from her good girl persona, Kelsey wants spice. Adventure. And she’s certain that Wyatt is just the man to help. But when Wyatt agrees to give her the job only if he has complete control—on camera and in his bed—Kelsey can’t help but wonder if she’s in too deep. Because how can a good girl like her ever be enough for a man like Wyatt?
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Persepolis Rising

In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it. New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity -- and of the Rocinante -- unexpectedly and forever...
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Sweeter Than Ever

Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with The Sullivans—especially Smith Sullivan, the movie star with the heart of gold. Get ready to join Smith and his new wife Valentina in the novella SWEETER THAN EVER as they embark on their life together with the sweetest, sexiest, most surprising honeymoon ever. Seven days and seven nights of just-wedded bliss that will sizzle, make you laugh out loud…and tug on your heartstrings. After all, true love—and family—are what the Sullivans do best!
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A Ghost in the Glamour: A Linx & Bogie Story

Living. With ghosts. Linx Maxwell is on the verge of greatness. She’s finally graduated from street fairs and hopping chain-link to making art that pays the bills. Her family life is… not dull. And it looks like her van might just be able to exist on hope and duct tape. If only she could get rid of the ghost who’s plagued her since the eighth grade. Frank Bogle is a detective who lost his life in the line of duty. Everyone on the other side knows that the Maxwell women are the best mediums in the business, but did he have to get attached to the one whose hair had been attacked by a Weedwacker? Frank doesn’t like his afterlife any more than Linx does. He just doesn’t know how to leave. A Ghost in the Glamour is a one hundred word short story and novelette collection featuring a wise-cracking street artist and the ghost she can't seem to shake. It's a paranormal mystery with humor, intrigue, and heart.
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Shameless

Every student at Shame U has their secrets, and Henley Brooks is no exception. Struggling to pay for college and maintain her perfect reputation has become overwhelming. When her friend Gigi Oxford offers her a night of carefree fun, she can’t pass up the opportunity to unwind. After a night of drinking turns to chaos, Henley finds herself alone with Lucas Young, a student from London who has come to America to unravel a few secrets of his own, as well as break a few hearts. Covered in tattoos and drowning in liquor, Lucas was everything Henley should avoid but couldn’t resist. She soon begins to fall for him like the many women before her. But after stumbling across something he didn’t want her to see, she learns that Lucas may not be who she thinks he is. Henley and Gigi devise a plan to teach Lucas a lesson, but it isn’t long before Henley learns that no one at Shamus Thornton College can be trusted. When everything begins to feel like it is falling apart, there is only one person Henley wants to pick up the pieces, even if he is the person who caused her to crumble.
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Rules of My Best Friend's Body

Arty has a crush on his best friend. Then, on the night that Arty’s about to share his true feelings, a mutual friend attacks Larissa in the most shocking way.Arty and Larissa have the perfect relationship. She’s beautiful and afraid of her own popularity. He sits alone and draws comics. They're both social misfits—him obsessively, her secretly. They go to different schools, but they trade late-night phone calls and between-class meetings in Hebrew School. They never run out of things to say. Then one night, one of their common friends attacks Larissa in the darkest and most unforgivable of ways—the same night that Arty was planning to kiss her. Larissa’s world falls into a tailspin, and at the same time Arty's own life threatens to explode. He wonders if being a guy is just like being a time bomb. His own body—his own head—feels like a traitorous enemy.As Arty and Larissa find themselves betrayed by their own feelings and torn apart by circumstance. What will this mean to their group of friends? Who can he trust? Will Larissa ever be the same—and can Arty ever feel the same about her again?
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Hilfords Chronicles: The Black Powder Incident

When a bedraggled girl steps out of the forest, plans for a leisurely day are ruined. Thanks to the talking fox, Ezren and Van get sucked into the hunt for a mysterious black carriage. Captain Torvik links abductions to the well-guarded opium den in Mirinol. Everything ends with a bang. The scholars’ lives will never be the same.When a bedraggled girl steps out of the forest, plans for a leisurely day are ruined. Thanks to the talking fox, Ezren and Van get sucked into the hunt for a mysterious black carriage. Captain Torvik links abductions to the well-guarded opium den in Mirinol. Everything ends with a bang. The scholars’ lives will never be the same. Things don't go so smoothly in this prequel to The Hunters from Grey Hills. Get a taste for the odd land of Mirna in this introduction to Hilfords Chronicles.
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I Wish I Had Said That!

In a story, authors say things that are critical for the plot. Often, the author state what the words should be. Many times, the author has no control; the characters, themselves, speak the words. This story presents about a dozen illustrations where the characters in the story form the important words themselves. At times the author begins a story but the characters take control and finish itIn a story, authors say things that are critical for the plot. Often, the author state what the words should be. Many times, the author has no control; the characters, themselves, speak the words. This story presents about a dozen illustrations where the characters in the story form the important words themselves. At times the author begins a story but the characters take control and finish it.
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Starlit Ruins

What if Sailor Moon were sent to the war torn, magic rich Earth of Palladium's Rifts? What if a new player replaced Beryl with brutal new tactics? What if a new team of young heroes filled the gap left by the Sailor Senshi on Earth? Can a rag-tag group of magically gifted individuals protect Japan? What will it take to defeat the new, more visceral approach of the Negaforce?What if Sailor Moon were sent to the war torn, magic rich Earth of Palladium's Rifts? What if a new player replaced Beryl with brutal new tactics? What if a new team of young heroes filled the gap left by the Sailor Senshi on Earth? Can a rag-tag group of magically gifted individuals protect Japan? What will it take to defeat the new, more visceral approach of the Negaforce?Scattered to the four winds, what hope can the Senshi find, and who are these strangers who seem so interested in their survival? How will the new environment affect them, and what will the Coalition do when they encounter these pretty D-bees? Can they be saved from dangerous experimentation? Let's find out...
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Early Short Tails

A collection of early works by Johns that cover a far reaching export of themes by the writer. From excerpts to his greater work to short interpersonal flash fictions this eBook has a broad sense of his style and early influences. This piece of work is an excellent appetizer and introduction to Johns’ work as a whole.EARLY SHORT TALES is a brief look into the worlds in which Johns tends to write in. WAKING UP is the first of three stories that has an origin in his larger work. A small piece of what will later become THE PROMISE AND THE THREAT in is A MEMORY OF TWILIGHT series, WAKING UP has the fallen hero Jacob Jacobi fighting his own alcoholic demons to become the man he once was or slip back into bitterness. THE RIDE has echoes of the writer’s life as a lost, single father considers his life while raising those children alone. And Finally THE BOX examines a man’s self-created, self-destructive loneliness as he mourns something gone. EARLY SHORT TALES is a vivid look into the styles and themes of the writer and offers a look at what is to come.
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