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With a relationship that makes me happy and a job I love, life is good. But when the man I've just agreed to marry has his estranged wife and four-year-old daughter turn up on his doorstep, I'm not the only one reevaluating things. He didn’t plan for that - and I didn’t plan for my childhood sweetheart to return, wanting me back.

Written in a charming, engaging style, this contemporary corporate fable tells the story of a peacock who struggles to be himself while surrounded by penguins. Can these seemingly opposite birds work together? This story echoes one that is unfolding each and every day in organizations all across the country - how to build a corporate culture of creativity and capture the talent, energy, and commitment of all employees.

Perhaps you’ve seen a few of your friends mountain biking and want to get involved, or maybe you have been watching some social media videos showing the cool tricks you can do on the trail. Whatever your reasoning might be, it sounds like mountain biking is for you! The good news is you’ve come to the right place. Mountain Biking for Teens is the perfect starting point, whether you’re a total first-timer or you want to build confidence in your skills so you can take your riding to the next level.

Leslie Collins has been asking herself that question ever since her eyewitness testimony in a murder case landed her in the Witness Protection Program far away from everything and everyone she’s ever known. Now, four years later, she struggles with growing despondency over the circumstances that prevent her from forming a relationship. When she allows her loneliness to get the better of her and indulges in a one-night stand, she never dreams her stranger will show up again at the private club she’s stayed away from for a few weeks.

I have a long history of acting first and thinking it through later. In fact, I'm the definition of a screw up. Case in point - I’m having a baby with a woman I can’t stand, my ex is now my best friend’s wife, and I’m in love with a woman I can never have. My biggest secret is falling for my best friend’s sister 12 years ago. My biggest mistake is thinking I could live without her. And now my biggest regret is the look on her face the moment I tell everyone I’m already married to the woman they hate most.

After stumbling upon a book of photographs depicting extinct animals, B.J. Hollars became fascinated by the creatures that are no longer with us, specifically extinct North American birds. How, he wondered, could we preserve so beautifully on film what we've failed to preserve in life? And so begins his yearlong journey to find out, one that leads him from bogs to art museums, from archives to Christmas Counts, until he at last comes as close to extinct birds as he ever will during a behind-the-scenes visit at the Chicago Field Museum.

When the sniper-style murder of an alligator poacher puts two rival families on edge, police sniper London Carter and Detective Sergeant Dawn Luke join forces to solve the case. But they'll have their work cut out for them as the two families recruit small armies to fight each other. It doesn't take London long to realize they're dealing with a professional killer, but the motive for the murder is far from clear. Will he and Dawn solve the case before it's too late, or will the swamps of Louisiana run red with the blood of the rival families and the cops who are trying to stop them?

She watched her best friend find her superhero. Now she wants her turn. Despite a run of bad dates with Mr. Wrong, Mr. Boring, Mr. Bad Breath, Mr. Grabby Hands, and even Mr. Say I Love You After One Date to Get into Your Pants, Kate McGuinness is more determined than ever to find the one.Having tried everything else, she turns to the internet in a last ditch attempt to find her elusive prince. But Kate doesn't want an everyday, run-of-the-mill-love. She wants the kind of love that makes your heart skip a beat. The kind of love that makes you dance in the rain and bottle up the sunset.

A couples insights on everything from the latest candy bar to the disintegration of democracy. Just hit play and enjoy the mess.

After all, who doesn’t long to hear the whoosh of the crop, the whack of the paddle on a soft, fleshy behind...and the plea for mercy? Behind the sunshine there is darkness. These erotic tales feature plenty of hard, hot spanking, paddles, straps, bondage, threesomes, oral, anal and straight sex.

In a time when prisons no longer contain inmates behind concrete and steel, the convicted serve their time while asleep, rehabilitating in virtual reality while blissfully unaware of their crimes. Roger Parker is a professional prison breaker, skilled at navigating these strange penal dream worlds and extracting those imprisoned there - for a price. Parker wants out of the game, but a powerful senator, desperate to save his son, convinces Parker to pull one last job.

Nan Meyers returns to her beloved hometown of Willow Springs a broken woman, ten months after leaving for what was supposed to be a short vacation with her brother. For years she’d enjoyed an active lifestyle at the local club owned by her friends, but the trauma she endured while away has stripped her of those pleasures, leaving her determined to get her life back.

After Kelsey is assaulted, her FBI foster parents plead with her to spend a few weeks with their friends in Montana while they investigate the incident. Since she would do anything for them, she grudgingly agrees, wondering how she will pass the time on a ranch in the middle of nowhere without going stir crazy. As soon as she catches sight of her two hosts, Greg and Devin, she figures: What better way to take her mind off her troubles than with an affair with one of them?

Master of disguise. Jewelry expert. Historian. Gentleman. Burglar. Arsène Lupin is all of these and more. Now you can enjoy the original and immortal stories of Maurice Leblanc performed by award-winning audiobook narrator BJ Harrison. Fans of the Netflix series Lupin are sure to enjoy getting to know the original stories presented complete and unabridged. Harrowing escapes, mysterious murders, daring heists – it’s all here, even a showdown with the great Sherlock Holmes himself.

It is a time of change; the land is restless, the climate harsh. Driven by fate, starvation, and fear, the last of the Neanderthals teeter on the brink of existence, perilously balancing between life and death. In a distant valley, the last clan survives, eking out a subsistence in the wilds, fighting against the elemental powers of the land.

Kleine Schritte, große Wirkung! Wäre es möglich, ein Buch zu schreiben, wenn man jeden Tag nur eine Minute lang daran schreibt? Kann man fitter werden, indem man zu Anfang nur eine Liegestütze am Tag macht? Die Tiny-Habits-Methode funktioniert so: Such dir ein Verhalten aus, das du verändern möchtest, und mach es klein. So klein, dass es problemlos in deinen Tag passt. Und dann bringe es dazu, zu wachsen.

The political race to determine the next mayor of Mechant Loup is heating up...literally. When one of the candidates is burned to death in a fiery blaze, Clint Wolf and Susan Wilson go straight from their honeymoon to investigating a brutal homicide. While there are a number of suspects, evidence and witnesses are lacking, and narrowing the list down becomes a challenge.

The last time PI Blaze McClintock was on her family’s ranch, she left in handcuffs. She vowed then to never go home again...until her estranged father is accused of murder. He’s not a good man - this entire Montana town knows that. But Blaze believes her father is innocent, and she’ll do anything to prove it, even ask the one man who broke her heart for help - the only man in town who’s on her side.

This book explores and answers 101 dilemmas that we encounter at work, with topics that include time management, goal-setting, conflict, job dissatisfaction, unemployment, and even workplace trysts. The authors emphasize practical learning and coping, not esoteric insights or metaphysics, applying concrete solutions from Buddhist teachings to real problems in easily digestible chunks.

When a woman is found dead on her doorsteps—shot through the heart with an arrow—Clint Wolf and Susan Wilson go to work trying to track down the sadistic killer. On the very next day, a second victim is murdered in his driveway (killed in the same manner) and it's now a race against time to uncover the motive behind the killings and identify the murderer.