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Chase Devereaux, owner of Devereaux Limousines, is happy with relationships that don’t last more than a night. "No strings attached" is how he prefers to operate, until he spends a night with his sister’s best friend, Hillary. Since they were teenagers, she’s had a hold on his heart - how is he supposed to go on like normal when she’s all he can think about? He has to move on altogether.

Helicopter parent Kelly Birkby’s overactive imagination has her constantly on guard against threats to her young family - killer bees, the impending tsunami, roaming rabid dogs. But when her wallet is stolen and her beloved Southern California beach town becomes the target of an actual crime spree, she takes it upon herself to fight back by enlisting the most formidable force she knows: the moms of the town.

Enter Light is the second installation in the Shadow Copy Series. Seventeen-year-old Becca Tanner has been given a second chance at life in a new body. A controversial new medical procedure has given her this gift, yet public fear, mistrust, envy, and moral outrage have all aligned against it. After her procedure, Becca must hide her past or face possible backlash from those who would deny her a second chance at life. Greed leads to corruption and evil. A black market for young healthy bodies emerges. Becca finds herself in the center of the conflict between life and death.

The lightning brain had been waging a life-or-death battle against the T-Plague virus for the past 24 hours.... The lightning brain had won, but victory came at a terrible cost; neural entanglement gravely crippled Electra's lightning brain. Book three picks up where book two's "Death Vigil" ends. The lightning brain must repair itself before Electra can rejoin the battle against the Techno-Plague, as well as contend with war raging in Cyberspace directed by a rogue Middle East state allied with China and Russia, all the while dealing with America's relentlessly harsh government.

Kennedy Devereaux, owner of Kennedy Devereaux Designs, is a sight to behold in her signature pink colors, accented with custom designed jewelry. Intriguing enough that Joel Kingsley, the man building the new business next door, can’t help but keep coming around, just to get to know the woman in the designer clothes. He finds she’s not such a mystery, and his charm easily wins her over - until she finds that he’s forgotten to let her in on the secrets of his past.

Scattered across two planets, the Denynso and their allies are driven to pull back together as the beginning of the war rages around them. As the group on Earth tries to escape the laboratory, Eden faces demons from her past and vows to break herself free from Ryan's torment once and for all. What they discover, though, could leave them at his mercy with nowhere to turn.

Lava Rowe-Darkus is a Waker: A person who, on the brink of sleep, rises in a dreamlike reality; Nightworld is a sunless, bioluminescent plane that is led by five territory rulers. When Lava awakens there, she discovers that she is a guardian charged with saving the Waker people. There is a mysterious corruptive force that threatens not only their freedom, but their lives. Meanwhile in reality, Lava is a graduate student facing her own battles. Haunted by the memories of her missing father and sister, she struggles to cope while moving forward in her life.

It is the night before Rey, and the group of humans and warriors will return to the settlement to free the Mikana, and just days before, the others will climb aboard the shuttles headed for Earth so that they can celebrate Samira and Ty's long-awaited wedding. Everyone is coming down from the adrenaline of the last few days and trying to decide what they should do.

On both Uoria and Earth, the groups are in turmoil. Maxim, Kyven, and the others travel to the compound to consult Creia about the Order, only to find that he has left. On the settlement, Rain is determined to understand more of what happened leading up to the crash and has brought Lynx back to the crash wreckage in hopes of finding a box that may contain this information. On Earth, Eden can't get the image of the strange picture out of her mind. She knows that it means something, but she can't decide what.

Still reeling from the discovery of the weapons that his father hoarded and the revelation that he had been carrying his grandfather's beloved sword into battle when he died and that sword has never been found, Maxim confronts his mother again. Ellora continues to resist her son's pleas for more information, and Athan finally convinces him that they must go on without her. Something has occurred to him that has begun to change his understanding of the night that Aegeus died, and he knows that they need to act quickly.

Rain, Kyven, and those of the crew that stayed aboard the ship have arrived back on Uoria and must start gathering the army and the weapons that Maxim and the others need on Penthos, but not everyone is happy at their return, or at their intention to leave again to continue the war. On Earth Jonah continues to uncover more in the files and begins to wonder if there is more to the aged hospital than they thought, leading him to head back into the laboratory building without the benefit of the rest of the group.

Susan Hayes moved to Georgia to start the life she wanted to live and build her catering career. On the brink of having everything she ever wanted, Eric Walker and his family happened into her life. Eric Walker’s life had been quiet, structured, and boring until his uncle gambled away the family’s property and jeopardized Eric’s livelihood. Now midst family secrets learned, someone ruining his business and trying to drive him off his land, he fell in love. Things will never be the same for them - especially if someone succeeds in destroying the Walker family and killing Eric.

Still reeling from everything that they have learned, the Denynso, their mates, and their visitors continue to cope with the new information as they prepare for their separate journeys. As Pyra tries to convince Eden that she and the new baby should remain on Uoria rather than traveling to Earth and Gyyx tries to convince Creia that he should join his people as they travel for the wedding, Ero and Creia struggle with internal forces that make both question who they are and how they will move forward.

It is the night before Rey, and the group of humans and warriors will return to the settlement to free the Mikana, and just days before, the others will climb aboard the shuttles headed for Earth so that they can celebrate Samira and Ty's long-awaited wedding. Everyone is coming down from the adrenaline of the last few days and trying to decide what they should do. With so much still left to be done on Uoria, and so many questions still left unanswered, the couples must decide where they are most needed, and how they are going to move forward from here.

Fourteen-year-old Julia is back at Lake Bradford for a very different reason than last time. Two years ago, she and her cousin Lizzie got to experience Camp Auctus, a leadership camp for gifted girls rooted in tradition, a place where even their mothers and grandmothers attended as girls. Campfires, fireflies, talent shows, races by the lake, friendships, and a mysterious Writer's Hut nestled in the woods were just a few of the things that made Camp Auctus special.

At 17, Toury arrives in Fyr, where magic is power, a prince’s love is deadly, and female autonomy is a dream. Formerly a loner and burden to her adoptive parents, she ruins her chances of a fresh start by offending an ogler who just happens to be the prince. Alex, the prince of Fyr, is no novice when it comes to pressure. He has to face his father’s ailing health, the expectation to marry soon, and the hidden necromancers trying to take over the realm by exploiting his dark curse.

Two forbidden lovers share the rare gift to heal others with a kiss - but at a cost. Enchanted healer Odelia’s life has been a lie. Her father hid his visions of her future as the leader of a bloody civil war. When she uncovers the truth, she must decide whether to forsake her people or embrace a destiny that would pit her against the current heir to the throne...the man she loves.

Samantha Rose is running away. Not from her husband, but from the man who accused her husband of stealing his wife. Eager to start a new life with her daughter in a small coastal paradise, Sam is haunted by the ever present feeling that this man's quest to find her is not over; and questions abound as to why it is that she, and not her estranged husband, is the object of his obsession.

I am sure you have spent endless hours in the gym and tried every diet there is. Training and being conscious about what you eat is, of course, good. But there is more to it. Effective weight loss should always begin with one thing: rewiring your mind. But it is not your fault that you didn’t know this. There is a very simple reason for this. Big corporations don’t make money on you if you were aware of the truth.

Today, obesity is an ever-growing concern for the world, especially in the west. Not only is it related to diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, but what is even worse is that the governments all around the world are not taking any responsibility. You see, it is the big corporations’ fault that you ended up on the wrong path. On a daily basis, we are exposed to their manipulating messages that subconsciously triggers emotional needs in us.