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He was escaping his past. I wanted to escape my present. Together, we fell hard and fast and knew we had found forever. Or so we thought … Six years later, his shoulders are broader than I remembered, his charming smile thaws my frozen heart, and it’s so tempting to run my fingers through his hair like I did years ago. But it’s the tenderness and warmth in his brown eyes that remind me of the forever we almost shared.

In 2340 the Earth is dying. The Free Bloc creates a spaceship from an asteroid with living spaces inside it to protect 3,000 handpicked humans on their journey to an exoplanet. The “ship” is powered by ion engines utilizing fuel from xenon ions produced in a nuclear reactor. This allows the ship to continuously accelerate. The constant acceleration allows the crew to experience gravity during their journey. As they leave the asteroid belt they receive a message from aliens in the Cervantes star system who call themselves “The Mothers”.

They say all is fair in love and war. Clearly, they haven’t met Warner Landers. The ruthless billionaire had me begging him to spare my family’s restaurant from a buyout. In response, he shamelessly flirted and walked away wearing a smug smirk. Karma strikes, literally, when he crosses the street. Unconscious, he’s rushed to the hospital, and for some unknown reason, I’m swept in right after him as if I know this man—or worse, that I’m married to him. Am I in too much shock to deny the allegation? Yes. Am I still using his short-term amnesia to my advantage? Absolutely.

Have you ever wondered what it truly takes to become a British citizen or secure Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK? Navigating the Life in the UK Test can feel overwhelming, with questions spanning history, government, culture, and daily life. Life in the UK 2026 is your comprehensive companion, designed to make preparation clear, structured, and effective. This study guide is fully up-to-date for 2026 and tailored for anyone aiming to pass the Life in the UK Test confidently.

You will fall head over heels in love with this 3-audiobook series that will give you all the feels when these cowboys come home to their small town and discover some things (or people) are worth staying for this time.

General Robert E. Lee's movement north shifted the war out of the central counties of the Old Dominion into the Shenandoah Valley, across the Potomac, and beyond. The first installment carried the armies through the defining clash at Battle of Brandy Station, after which Lee pushed his corps into the Shenandoah Valley and achieved victory at Second Winchester. Major General Joseph Hooker used his cavalry to probe the mountain gaps, triggering a series of consequential mounted actions. 

Gen. Robert E. Lee began moving part of his Army of Northern Virginia from the Old Dominion toward Pennsylvania on June 3, 1863. Lee believed his army needed to win a major victory on Northern soil if the South was to have a chance at winning the war. Transferring the fighting out of war-torn Virginia would allow the state time to heal while he supplied his army from untapped farms and stores in Maryland and the Keystone State. Lee had also convinced Pres. Jefferson Davis that his offensive would interfere with the Union effort to take Vicksburg in Mississippi. 

This book looks at the weird and wonderful world of parasites, the most abundant form of life on Earth. Parasites come in all forms and sizes and inhabit every free-living organism. Parasitism is now, and always has been, a way to survive under changing environmental conditions. From arctic oceans to tropical forests, Scott Gardner, Judy Diamond, and Gabor Racz investigate how parasites survive and evolve, and how they influence and provide stability to ecosystems.

No one ever told me what to do if I ended up 40-something, divorced, and jobless. When my ex knocks at my door with his new girlfriend, I somehow manage to turn them into toads. But that's not possible, right? Still, my ex-husband's car is in the driveway, and he's nowhere to be found. Which doesn't look great for me. So I do the only rational thing I can think of...I run for it, straight back to the small town I grew up in. Mystic Hollow is exactly the way I remember it, except now it seems that everything I thought was normal and boring is supernatural.

For more than 30 years, the internationally renowned marital researchers from the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver have been helping couples around the globe replace loneliness with connection, frustration with understanding, fear with confidence, instability with commitment, revenge with forgiveness, and monotony with passion.

Once upon a time, people wrote fables featuring untrustworthy ravens, wicked wolves, insincere monkeys, and power-hungry lions. Told repeatedly through generations and spread throughout the world, classic stories abound in which noble heroes and heroines matched wits with these typically treacherous beasts. But what's that you say? You feel as though you're surrounded by just these sorts of characters at work? Well, you're not alone.

When Blake's old friend Khat receives devastating news that his estranged daughter, Emily, has gone missing, Blake knows he must step in to help. Emily's disappearance is shrouded in mystery, and as Blake delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of lies, deceit, and danger that stretches far beyond a simple missing person case. Partnered with his loyal team, Blake navigates the treacherous waters of a conspiracy that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.

Scott L. Adams shares simple, practical tools to help you build emotional resilience, stop overreactions, and take back control of your mind.

My biggest rival is the father of my child. He just doesn’t know it yet. Sleeping with my family’s enemy wasn’t planned. Oops. Too late. It was a one-night stand in Costa Rica, and names were the last thing we wanted to exchange. What can I say? The man was hot as sin. Blue-sky eyes. Broad, athletic shoulders. A smile that just about did me in. I came home with more than his cowboy hat as a souvenir. Four years later, that sweet memento calls me Mommy. I’m a busy single mom helping to run the Dover empire.

Blaze Stark, mega best-selling author and former St. Louisan, enters Mitchell Adam's office one night convinced someone wants to kill her. Given her bizarre peccadilloes and office decorum, he suggests a female therapist, but she refuses. Reluctantly, he agrees. His initial diagnosis is a major psychiatric illness, but Blaze is not a reliable informant and has hidden her early past from the world. After two deaths of people close to her, Mitch finds the shocking truths in Blaze's past by reading her dystopic young adult novels and by enlisting help from her bodyguard, Alonso.

City Detective Baker asks Mitchell Adams, a social worker in private practice, to counsel a suicidal disabled black man named Lonnie who's been arrested for counterfeiting and armed robbery. Reluctantly, Mitch agrees and learns this is no open-and-shut case. Are the bills fake? Are Lonnie, Det. Baker, and the city prosecutor who they claim to be? Mitch's life hinges on the word of a counterfeiter and the greed of a prosecutor, and he won't back down without a fight. Counterfeit is the follow-up book to Interrogation, second in the Mitchell Adams series of four novels.

Social worker Mitch Adams receives an urgent plea in the middle of the night to help save his mentor, psychologist Tony Martin... from himself. Tony's obsession, co develop a Virtual Reality machine that can prevent suicides hit a roadblock-the technology doesn't exist yet. Tony signed a contract with a local engineering firm whose bombastic Jewish leader commands twelve "apostles," among them a beautiful and beguiling half-Arab named Danielle Naila. One night Tony secretly trial ran the machine and it worked--but he's not alone.

Falling into bed with my best friend’s brother was an accident. What happened right after… not so much. With abs more defined than the Texas Hill Country and a killer smirk I can’t ignore, the “boy next door” is all grown up and too hot for his own good. My heart races for a man who’s forbidden. My breath catches each time his hand brushes against mine. His heated glances melt me, leading me closer to temptation. One night together has us desperate for more. But we have no desire to give this small town something to talk about—or worse, upset his sister.

In the sterile halls of a church-run rehab, a man awakens to a mystery that strikes terror into the heart of the institution—an unexplained death. The discovery sends shockwaves rippling through the core of the of the church. Blake and Haeli are drawn into a perilous mission to unmask the secrets of this seemingly benign organization. An unplanned visit to estranged parents reveals a daunting picture of the church's far-reaching influence, leading them on a path of danger, discoveries, and unexpected alliances.

It didn’t take long for news to spread that Tagger Grange was back in Peachtree Pass. I found out even faster when I fell right into his arms—not by choice. The barstool wobbled under me when reaching for a cheddar biscuit. They’re my weakness. Much like he used to be. Rolled up sleeves and tailored pants have replaced the boots and jeans my brother’s best friend once wore. But it’s not just the clothes that have changed. His shoulders are broader and he’s broodier. Somehow, he's even more handsome than ever.