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What is a maiden to do when her prince is not a prince, her hair won’t stop growing, and someone has cursed her to sleep for 300 years? In Polyhymnia’s case, it seems expedient to get up with the help of a kiss or two, trailing her hair behind her, and find out who did it. Nothing quite works out as planned, however, and Poly can’t be sure if that’s because she never seems to be able to remember things like the mysterious spindle that keeps showing up around her, or if it’s the fault of the wizard who woke her but never stops long enough to explain anything.

Ali won the contest of her life, The Ninety-Eight, as a pawn of the Council, but danger still lurks. Her father is using her beloved's sibling to track her down. But an even bigger threat still looms: Her father plans to conquer Wake by turning humans into empty-shells to do his bidding. Ali and Kovis desperately search for a way to stop him, but every idea requires that she return to Dream, a move that will kill her.

The last weekend of May 1944, a saboteur is finalizing his plans to destroy the town of Scarlet Tanager, Kentucky, and its coal industry for the sake of his reputation, the fatherland, and the fuhrer. The innocent will suffer, the uncommitted will cower, those who care will rally, blood will be spilt, fuses will be lit, and the Earth will shake.

Being brought back from the brink of death was Marissa Thomas’ childhood story. She was sure she would die before they figured out what was causing her cycle of sickness. As Marissa got older, she discovered the cure herself. She would be sick no more! And she would no longer be victimized by the one person she should’ve been able to trust the most. As a healthy adult, Marissa felt a calling to help others in need. She became the finest head nurse one small-town hospital had ever seen. She was hailed as a hero, saving little lives who were also on the brink of death. Or were they?

I'm Dreamweaver Alissandra, and it's not my fault my heart drew me closer to my sexy human dream charge than my family's rules permit. How could I possibly resist when we share a soul-deep connection they couldn't fathom? Shhhh, no one need know. But I discover my father, the god of dreams (a.k.a. Morpheus or the Sand Man), is scheming to exploit humans. No way am I going to let that happen without a fight. Knowing Father, it will cost me dearly. It doesn't matter. I won't let my prince - or any human - suffer.

Sergeant Hamish Macbeth—Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman—is back and may have finally met the woman of his dreams in this new mystery in M.C. Beaton's beloved, New York Times bestselling series. Hamish's new constable, Dorothy McIver, may be the most beautiful woman...

Terrorism. Same-sex marriage. Debt cancellation. The AIDS pandemic. These are just some of the critical contemporary issues addressed in this book. Issues Facing Christians Today helps thinking Christians sift through and respond to a sweeping array of complex and pressing topics. Thoroughly...

Classic plays and ghost stories, as performed by the residents of Ambridge and friends - plus bonus drama Dead Girls Tell No Tales. Borsetshire's queen of amateur theatricals, Lynda Snell, never misses the chance to put on a Christmas show. Her productions are always a big hit with Ambridge audiences - and now, Archers fans can enjoy these top-notch performances alongside them (as well as eavesdropping on the shenanigans backstage). 

Dreamweaver Alissandra refuses to let her powerful father enslave her Wake realm charges. Forced by the formidable god to choose a side, she sacrifices her immortality and flees Dream realm, only to find herself naked in Prince Kovis’ bedroom, their magical dream-connection shattered. But before she can warn him of the threat, she’s suspected of being a spy and swiftly thrown in prison. With rebellion brewing in his empire, Prince Kovis believes the unexpected appearance of an alluring woman is a rebel plot unfolding.

Join Ethan Cross a quarter century from now as he unveils the future history of events unfolding today. Has Parliament hidden a monumental breakthrough from the world? Is this feint the true reason for Brexit? Will Cross foil the plans of a British corporate mastermind who will stop at nothing to protect a secret that will forever change humanity? Cross travels Europe to uncover facts about EV3's ARCELOR while discovering corrupt traces of human nature and the truth about lies. Will science and reason win over the unscrupulous motives of a corporate nation-state?

Hi, my name is Melvin Frink. I was once a promising medical student concentrating on neurosurgical procedures. More specifically, I was confident that we could justify the lobotomization treatment in some patients. Controversial? Yes. But I was making headway and earning the respect of my peers, until a terrible accident put me in a coma. Three years later, I awoke with renewed determination. Mother wouldn’t like what I had in mind. Or would she?

Book three of the Sea Stories takes listeners to entirely new dimensions of adventures in "Foreign Lands". We find our young Marine captain and family totally immersed in "British Society" during a two-year assignment as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. What they experience is professionally broadening and personally enriching while they are "On Her Majesty's Service".

Living the American dream at the pinnacle of his life, R.W. Long had it all: a loving family, a promising career, and a multitude of blessings. All of this was cut short with the diagnosis of an incurable disease. In the prime of life, he lost nearly everything he had worked for and felt he was given a life sentence and incarcerated in his own body - a body that no longer obeyed his commands and that would fail him in new ways daily.

Life goes on for the billions left behind after the humanity-saving colony mission to Proxima Centauri leaves Earth orbit...but what’s the point? Julie Riley is two years too young to get out from under her mother’s thumb, and what does it matter? She’s over-educated, under-employed, and kept mostly numb by her pharma emplant. Her best friend, who she’s mostly been interacting with via virtual reality for the past decade, is part of the colony mission to Proxima Centauri. Plus, the world is coming to an end. So, there’s that.

Secrets and Truth both have a price. Pellucid Rose discovered her parentage only to find that her homeland, the Empire of Glass, is dying. But a messenger from the Ancient One appears and informs her that all is not lost. The catch? Only she can stop Glass’s destruction by rebalancing the First Ring, the source of all Truth. No pressure, but she has no idea where the ring is, let alone how to fix it. With the fates of Glass and Secrets resting on her shoulders, what sacrifices will Pell be forced to make to save the universe?

A sinister force threatens a teenage horror fan, and only a team of B movie monsters can come to his rescue. Fear stalks a group of punks when a scarecrow proves that birds aren’t the only things it can terrorize. And all hell breaks loose when a man discovers that his next-door neighbor possesses the power to reanimate the dead... Celebrate the music of the night with Scare Street’s latest collection of diabolical horror. Thirteen tales of paranormal horror haunt this new volume. More than enough to keep you listening on long after the sun goes down.

A delicious collection of horrific tales and darkest poetry in one big, fat horror anthology from the cream of the crop; all lovingly compiled by the incomparable Gerri R. Gray! Nestling between the covers of this formidable tome are 25 of the very best lady authors writing on the horror scene today!

A little boy and girl disappear at Bible camp in the Big Thicket. An amateur sleuth discovers the true meaning of the phrase “dead end” in his pursuit of a Lovecraftian imp. A kitchen appliance becomes a portal to another dimension. A Nacogdoches jogger tries a hellish cure for his nicotine addiction. And, an aging, iconic monster confronts an existential quandary in West Texas.... These horrors - and more - await you in this, the fifth volume of Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers.

Leaked secrets. High stakes. An impossible choice. Pellucid Rose discovered just how menacing Secret Magic can be when it comes to protecting the secret someone sealed involving her. But when soldiers of the Empire of Glass, Harpoc’s greatest enemy, kidnap her, she learns that she can’t escape unless she breaks the secret that practically strangled Harpoc - it’s an impossible choice. Meanwhile, the Empire of Glass leaks more of the sealed confidences of the Empire of Secrets making an already tenuous situation even more fragile.

She went to take on The Powerful, only to discover secrets about herself she could never fathom. Pellucid Rose accepts the dark and alluring God of Secret’s invitation to come to the Empire of Secrets to help him solve the mystery of how sealed secrets are leaking - a problem that, if not solved quickly, could doom the Empire of Secrets. But the instant she steps from Harpoc’s dark and swirling shadows, beings blanch as they spot the ring she’s worn her entire life; it’s her only connection to parents she’s never known.