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The following novel has been approved for restricted audiences only; it contains underage sex, drugs, and a very foul mouthed evil little princess. Meet Allie, a strong-willed, spoiled, feisty rich kid trying to find her way. Being the daughter of not one but two public figures leaves her under constant scrutiny and meddling paparazzi. Allie doesn’t need help finding trouble - it finds her. The intrusive cameras are always in the right place at the right time, landing Allie on the front page of gossip magazines and tabloid internet sites. And pissed off parents. Being left at home with her nanny most of her life, Allie becomes quite introverted, keeping a handful of friends at arm’s length. She’s not like the other kids born into the life of fame and hates girl drama. After a tragedy takes her lifelong nanny, Allie rebels by running off every other hired hand post Maria. Allie doesn’t need anyone. She needs to get out of the spotlight and out of the paparazzi capital of Los Angeles. Can a forbidden love change her direction? Can Allie leave the life of fame, or will she get caught right in eye of the storm?
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Thetis--The Deep Sky Saga--Book Two

Blind and broken, orphaned teenager Jonah Lincoln reluctantly boards a rescue ship bound for the planet Thetis, but not before it picks up a few more surprising and dangerous survivors from the massacre on the moon Achilles. After regaining his sight, Jonah sees the gated colony on Thetis is just as he feared—cloaked in mystery and under an oppressive rule with no one to trust—and that outside the walls, it's even worse. Surrounded by terrifying new landscapes and creatures, Jonah and his friends fight to save the colony and restore order to the planet. Just as Jonah grasps his near-impossible mission, the alien voices from Achilles return, pushing him to discover the truth about the Silver Foot Galaxy and his role in both its future and past. And when another ship arrives, it's then Jonah knows he has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
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Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick

New York Times bestselling author David Wong's Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick is the latest—and greatest—sci-fi thriler in the Zoey Ashe Series.Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements. An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move. Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes. A young woman suddenly in charge of the most decadent city in the world. And her very smelly cat.Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. She finds herself struggling to establish rule over a sprawling empire while Tabula Ra$a's rogue's gallery of larger-than-life crime bosses and corrupt plutocrats smell weakness. Tensions brew across the city.A steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she and her bodyguard Wu are shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse, and even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises...
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Assemblers of Infinity

Nebula Award Nominee. The crew of Moonbase Columbus make an amazing discovery on the far side of the Moon-a massive alien structure is erecting itself, built up atom by atom by living machines, microscopically small, intelligent, and unstoppable, consuming everything they touch. The mysterious structure begins to expand and take shape, and its creators begin to multiply.
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Vengewar

The sequel to Spine of The Dragon brings bitter rivalry and blood feud—that might be the downfall of the human kingdoms. Two continents at war, the Three Kingdoms and Ishara, have been in conflict for a thousand years. But when an outside threat arises—the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world—the two warring nations must somehow set aside generations of hatred to form an alliance against a far more deadly enemy. Book one awakened the great dragon, and set the kingdoms at each other's throats. In book two, the Three Kingdoms are shattering under pressure from an inexperienced new King who is being led by an ambitious regent to ignore the threat of the Wreths, in favor of a Vengewar with Ishara. His brother and uncle can see only the danger of the Older Race. In Ishara, the queen lies in a coma, while an ambitious priest seizes power. But he has neither the training nor the talent to rule a...
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The Real Halloween

Sean loves Halloween. He's not afraid of anything - until he hears the terrifying story of his disappearing uncle and the terrible secret of Dancer’s Well!When you own a Ballyyahoo book - you don’t just get a book. You get access to a whole world of Ballyyahoo magic - for free and this edition includes another free book from BallyyahooSean loves Halloween and he loves ghost stories even more. Sean’s not afraid of anything - until his Grandad tells him the terrifying story of his disappearing uncle and the terrible secret of Dancer’s Well!THIS EDITION INCLUDES ANOTHER FREE CHILDREN’S BOOKWhen you buy a Ballyyahoo book you get to visit the world of Ballyyahoo website directly from the eBook - all free!The site is packed with stories, photographs, background information about the characters, animals, nature, and of course, the magic of Ballyyahoo.THE REAL HALLOWEENSean lives in Ballyyahoo, a tiny, magical town on the Wild Atlantic Way coast of Ireland. He loves all things Halloween, especially ghost stories.Sean reads his ghostly stories every single night until his mother catches him reading with his torch and bans him from reading any more scary stories.Angry, he runs all the way to his Grandad’s house, even though it’s dark, and even though it’s Halloween. Sean isn’t scared of anything, at least not until his Grandad tells him the scariest story he’s ever heard. His family has been keeping a secret. A terrifying secret! The secret of an uncle he knew nothing about and the sad secret of a dancing girl and a terrifying haunted well. This is one Halloween Sean will never forget.REVIEWS‘Just in time for Halloween! This book brought back so many fond memories. As a child there was nothing I'd love more than a spooky tale. Whether it was under the bedsheets with a flash light, or sitting around a camp fire. One things for sure, your kids are going to love this book. I read it with my grand daughter and now we're hooked. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of Grace Jolliffe's Ballyyahoo series!’ - LORELIE ROZZANO Don't buy your kids sweets this Halloween; if you want to treat them, buy them this book instead. It's a great, spooky yarn with a brave hero they can identify with, it's easy to read, and the atmosphere builds to a satisfying conclusion which they will just love, and so will you.’ - ALI ISAACABOUT THE AUTHORGrace Jolliffe grew up in Liverpool but now lives on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way. She lives with her husband, two dogs, ten hens, five lucky ducks and a large group of frogs. Grace loves gardening and blogs about her efforts to tame her wild Galway garden on her 'grace likes to garden' site.Grace loves walking around the wonderful Wild Atlantic Way. Her love of nature and its natural magic inspires her Ballyyahoo series of children's stories and you can visit this magical town and read some free stories on the 'Ballyyahoo' website. She writes all the articles and stories for her sites and takes all her own photographs. Grace spends most of her time making up stories, and after spending many years in various soul-sucking office jobs, she happily admits she finds the fictional world preferable to the office world. She used to write for a children's radio show until the show was axed and the writing team replaced with a talking dog. This motivated her to find a new outlet for her work and so she began adapting her children's stories and publishing them on Amazon. Grace also writes thrillers and black comedy for adults. She has written for television and radio, written and directed documentaries, as well as several award winning short films. Grace's first novel, a crime thriller called 'Piggy Monk Square,' was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, optioned for film, and broadcast on RTE's Book On One. Grace also has a website for creative writers with information, tips and exercises for writers. If you are interested in creative writing you can download your own free creative writing tracker to keep you motivated at her practical creative writing site.Grace loves to keep in touch with her readers, so catch up with her at Grace Jolliffe on Google+ or, Grace Jolliffe on Facebook.
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Life's Road Trip

Life's Road Trip is a delightful cruise along life's highways, byways, country roads and busy side streets. Concise nuggets of wisdom and anecdotes dot the landscape of the pages of this enchanting book, providing intriguing suggestions for driving in a way that takes you where you want to go. Buckle up and shift into gear for the ride of your life!Detours, signs, pedestrians, vehicles - these are just a few of the elements encountered when driving, and living. New drivers must learn how to navigate to make their journey fun and safe. More experienced drivers may find a refresher course useful from time to time. Life's Road Trip is a delightful little cruise through the twists and turns that most people experience as they journey along life's highways, byways, country roads and busy side streets. Concise nuggets of wisdom and anecdotes dot the landscape of the pages of this enchanting little book, providing intriguing suggestions for driving in a way that takes you where you want to go. The ideal gift for the young or experienced “driver,” readers of all ages will be captivated by the wit and charm of this innovative driving manual from the point of departure to the end of the road. Kit Duncan's Life's Road Trip - buckle up and shift into gear for the ride of your life!
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The Buying of Lot 37

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Three of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Dessa, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations.In June of 2012, the creators of Welcome to Night Vale began airing twice-monthly podcasts, hoping to be heard by anyone outside their close circles. They never had any idea just how much the podcast would take off, and by the anniversary show a year later, the fanbase had wildly exploded, vaulting the podcast into the #1 spot on iTunes. Since then, its popularity has grown by epic proportions, hitting more than 100 million downloads, and Night Vale has expanded to a successful live multi-cast international touring stage show and two New York Times bestselling novels (Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours!), and a new...
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Falling for my Brother's Best Friend

Let's say you're an independent, self-sufficient woman who runs the family company and you find yourself falling for your little brother's best friend. Now, more than ever, you need to count all the reasons why you need to abandon falling. Abandon Falling #1 – He's a womanizer. Hasn't had a serious relationship a day in his life and changes women more often than he changes his sheets. Abandon Falling #2 – He's never serious. He cracks one-liners, mostly at your expense. Abandon Falling #3 – When things go wrong, he seems unfazed and always remains in control. It's so annoying. Abandon Falling #4 – He has tattoos. Lots of them. Everywhere. Not to mention, he owns a tattoo parlor. (Damn it! Why doesn't that sound like a bad thing anymore?) Abandon Falling #5 – There's a growing list of how different you two are. You can't...
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Life and Other Inconveniences

From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same coin.Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn't protect her from life's cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve's young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting her other son.When Emma's own mother died, her father abandoned her on his mother's doorstep. Genevieve took Emma in and reluctantly raised her—until Emma got pregnant her senior year of high school. Genevieve kicked her out with nothing but the clothes on her back...but Emma took with her the most...
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