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Adelaide has lived a long, solitary existence in the Blue Ridge Mountains. On the verge of ending it all, she discovers two feral children raiding her garden and rescues them in a misguided attempt at a new life. Now she must find a way to care for children who are more beast than human. They only communicate with chirps and grunts, and they pine for their feral mother. When dangerous men and a wild woman emerge from the darkness in pursuit, Adelaide faces a grueling choice.

As the Breedline species - a race of humans born with special powers and the gift to change into wolf form - finally destroy Dr. Hubert Crane and his unholy creation of Breedline hybrids, they are faced with something far more dangerous...and deadly. When widespread reports of gruesome attacks on homeless victims sweep across Berkeley, California and the San Francisco Bay area, two local human detectives are desperate to catch whoever is responsible. But they are not prepared for what they discover when they encounter three malevolent supernatural beings called the Fury.

Memes have been part of computer-assisted communication almost since the development of the first consumer browser (the "World Wide Web") in 1990. This book seeks to explain how memes influence societies and cultures beyond the confines of social networking services. It will begin by reviewing the fundamental definitions that frame discussions about memes in popular culture and academic research. There will be a connection between theoretical concepts about memes and the memetic content itself.

The Faith Within is my candid truth, plain and unvarnished, about my painful, devastating, and difficult journey of losing my (and my husband's) first child. When you lose a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or at or after birth, you can also lose your hope of being a mother. This is my reality, no matter how hard I try to erase the thoughts - I lost my baby. The information I share in this book, though difficult to pen at times, I hope leaves you in a place where you can find peace, healing, and the strength to move forward as I share from my perspective.

Those extra pounds can be stubborn - but now’s the time to beat them to the curb! Are you sick and tired of trying diet after diet…only to be disappointed every time you get on the scale? Do you feel drained and lazy throughout the day because you’re not getting the nutrients you need? With the help of this simple diet, you can finally take in the nutrients your body needs to thrive…all while losing weight in the process.

Do you ever find yourself spending far too much time looking out for other people's wants and needs before your own? This audiobook will teach you how to solve any issue that you come up against, by focusing more on yourself and not on other people. Discover why we feel constrained to help others before we help ourselves, and how you can take back control of your life now! Make the important step towards self-care today.

Amber, CEO of the leading cosmetics company, agrees to speak out about pulling her product from the shelves of her largest retailer. She’s just getting started exposing corporate giants capitalizing on forced labor.

Identical twins, Jace and Jem Chamberlain, born of the Breedline species - a secret race of humans with the gift to change into wolf form - find their life changed forever after the Chiang-shih demon is finally destroyed, freeing Sebastian Crow - their evil half-brother - of the demon’s possession. As Sebastian moves on with his new life - evading punishment for his crimes against the Breedline - he uncovers a secret from his past, leading him down a dangerous path he hadn’t bargained for.

It started as a dare that led to a steamy kiss. Trisha Hartman never expected to end her birthday night-out throwing herself in the path of a bullet to save a man she doesn’t even know. Alexander Westerfield is blown away by a fiery moment with a beautiful stranger. Considering she hurried off right after, he convinced himself the woman had no further interest. Then she does something quite heroic that causes him to desire her more.

How to succeed and become prosperous despite overwhelming obstacles? As said by Conrad Hilton, “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.” Do what successful people have done; stay hungry for wisdom. Eventually, you’ll see yourself attaining your own dreams. You don’t need to be gifted in many areas of life to be happy, strong, and wealthy. You just have to focus on what you can do, and keep learning along the way to get to where you want to be. Achieve a meaningful and abundant life.

Maple Bay is hosting the Ms. Gay West Coast Pageant, and Victor’s drag queen persona Raven Ronelle is the emcee and organizer. It’s a huge event for the town, and everyone is excited. For someone, excitement means murder. As the drag queens suffer multiple attempts on their life, Victor enlists the help of his best friend and his boyfriend, Sheriff Hottie, to sleuth out the truth.

Sam: After having my heart broken by my cheating ex-boyfriend, I had stopped dreaming of ever falling in love again. But during a wild round of speed dating at the local gay club, Rumors, I met Grayson. He just moved to town and even though he’s 18 years older than me, I can’t get him out of my head. How do you open yourself up to the possibilities that life has to offer when your already impossibly jaded at just 27? I write about love and give relationship advice for an online column, but I’m discovering I’m just a fraud.

Just another case of money, murder and madness, featuring a cropduster, Mole Men, a worm ranch and a blonde named Ruby Falls. As Webb tries to solve two cases with the same nightmare, he investigates St. Vegas county's largest fire ant hill, has to keep calm under a sultry beauty's “helping hands” and tries to figure out how to eat a worm burger and still be polite.

Do you experience recurring negative thought patterns that make you feel angry, sad, jealous, or even envious? Are you finding yourself constantly pressured by society in a way that makes you feel like you’re not enough? Or perhaps, you’re always in a rush and feel anxious on a regular basis, but just don’t know how to step out of this treadmill of a life you’re living? Know that you’re definitely not alone in this.

Canadian Nicholas Alexander is chasing his dream to become a writer/producer in Independent film in New York City. After years of struggling his way up in the industry, he finally achieves that dream, but in the instant it takes for the elevator doors to close, his life changed, his dream snatched away. He had lived by his mother's mantra.

Tennessee State Representative Jack Walker hires Ashley Owens to find his missing, drug-addicted wife, and soon enough Ash finds himself unexpectedly at odds with Chattanooga’s various underworld gangs - both the living and the unliving. Fortunately, he has Zora Banks, a beautiful, Southern conjure woman of mixed race in his corner. Together, they find themselves embroiled in a far-reaching occult organization’s grab for ultimate power.

When expectant mother Livia Karras spontaneously falls victim to aquagenic urticaria - an allergy where a single drop of water against her skin could be fatal - doctors determine her condition to be purely psychosomatic. Psychologist Elliot Chiles is assigned to her case. He suspects she is subconsciously sabotaging her own pregnancy due to unresolved guilt over a traumatic childhood accident, but Livia believes she knows the real cause - she's being preyed upon by a malevolent supernatural entity out for revenge.

Between Two Trees reveals that the real tragedy of Eden is a union with death, a union that produces division and despair. Life isn't lived under Eden's tree of life or beneath the healing leaves of the tree in the New Jerusalem. It is lived between them. And between these two trees, life is hard. In spite of this tragedy, Between Two Trees will challenge you to embrace hope, love, and the beauty of reconciliation at the true tree of life: the cross of Calvary.

It's been seven years since Jessica Fowler graduated from high school and left her young boyfriend behind. She can never forget the love she shared with him, and she's come to accept that she can never again have what she's lost. By an unexpected twist of fate, she finds herself reunited with Kyle, and she hopes that they can be together again. But when Kyle starts to date one of her band mates, Jessica's jealousy and regret begin to eat at her and she turns to alcohol to numb her pain.

The Franklin Fi is a riotous novel about four high schoolers learning to invest in the stock market. The friends learn the hard way as they get their first jobs and begin to save for their futures. The Franklin Fi is the first installment of the series and sets the stage for the friends as they venture onto Wall Street.