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JACOB - Hiring a rent boy to get over my sexual hang ups is either the most brilliant idea I’ve ever had, or the worst. It’s hard to tell. I mean, what do I know? I’m an almost 30-year-old virgin. Everyone else makes it look so easy, but my head makes it the most complicated thing in the world. And then I book Evan for an evening, and everything gets infinitely more complicated. It’s not anything he does. He’s perfect. Being with him is perfect. Touching him comes naturally. Flirting with him is effortless.

An honorable security guard. A former reality star with a close following. A secret that could destroy them both. Logan is the black sheep of his family, though he runs a very successful security business. He just can’t seem to impress anyone. Maybe that’s why he lost his ex-boyfriend in the first place. It’s hard for him to imagine anyone hooking up with the mall cop.

Zach: Curtis can never know why I walked out of town 10 years ago. My emotions for him burn just as hot ever, but if he learns what I did, he’ll never forgive me. Just like I can’t forgive myself.... Curtis: The wise move would be to keep my distance, to protect myself from the passion I see flaring in Zach’s eyes, but he’s become irresistible in the time he’s been away, with a SEAL’s discipline and a lover’s touch. I can’t stay away.

Ned’s exhausted from his divorce, single parenting, and graduate school, so when his boss comes up with a plan to 'improve' work-life balance, Ned wants no part of it. But Dr. Charles Henry Abbot, PhD has other ideas. Once Ned’s least favorite professor and now his infuriating colleague, Ned needs Abbot’s help editing his dissertation. With their newly limited work schedules, Abbot suggests the worst idea Ned’s ever heard: pretend to date. Convince their co-workers–and their boss–that they’re in a relationship and nailing this whole personal life thing...and each other.

Lukas wants only two things: to rebuild his castle home in time to make it through the coming winter and to reconnect with the sister who was stolen from him in a plot against his family. But then an astrologer appears with foreboding news: his old adversary, Inquisitor Waldemar von Schönborn, has stolen three royal artifacts, which are required to coronate a new German emperor. With these valuable objects - the sword, the crown, and the scepter - he could blackmail the empire. The treasures are currently hidden in three different places in the old imperial city of Prague.

Josh moved from the huge San Antonio pack to join the men at Cloverleah looking for a bit more adventure, and the chance to meet his mate. He’s quick to adapt to the much smaller pack, and even his status as one of the few beta wolves in a group full of Alphas. A chance visit from the Atlanta coven has him meeting the man he was waiting for. It was just a damn shame he was unconscious at the time.

A Japanese industrialist uses his great wealth and influence to hire the Necron and track down his missing daughter. On discovering her location, Victor goes up against a religious cult, its leader purporting to be the messiah reborn.

Deputy Joe of the Arrowtown Sheriff's department has tried to hold his head up high his entire life, even though it's never been easy. Carrying the Quincy name has been a curse he's worked hard to put behind him, but when his two uncles get thrown out of Arrowtown because of their nefarious dealings, Joe found the courage to turn to the one man he thought would stand by his side.

Hank is back and gets to work in the ninth book in the series - this time, he finds himself in quite the pickle! When Hank goes with his mom to her deli for Take Your Child to Work Day, he learns that he doesn't have the greatest talent as a deli worker. He messes up all the sandwiches and has to deal with one very unsatisfied customer - his arch-rival, Nick McKelty! So when an important order comes in, Hank only has one chance to get it right, or the eggs won’t be the only things that are fried!

The club comes before everything...even love. When the past comes back to bite, it bites hard. And now everything is in chaos. I want the Iron Hunters to go legit, but right now we’re too focused on survival to clean up. And one wrong move will earn me a permanent new home...behind bars. Slim's the guy I need to keep me focused, grounded. He owns my heart, but with our world in upheaval we can’t let our club know what we are to one another. The longer we’re forced to keep this secret, the more I’m worried Slim will walk away.

Das kompakte Praxisbuch für ein Leben ohne Alzheimer für Betroffene, Angehörige und für alle, die rechtzeitig vorbeugen wollen. Dr. med. Michael Nehls klärt auf über die Ursachen dieser Zivilisationskrankheit und zeigt, wie man sich mithilfe seiner Formel gegen Alzheimer nicht nur vor Alzheimer schützen, sondern in einer frühen Phase sogar geheilt werden kann. Entscheidend sind vier einfache Faktoren: genügend Schlaf, ausreichend Bewegung, gute soziale Kontakte und eine gehirngesunde Ernährung.

She was gone. She’d been so unreal, I almost wondered if I'd just imagined her. But her sweet perfume still lingered on my skin and on the sheets. I couldn't get rid of the disappointing feeling that kept inching into my gut knowing that I wasn't ever going to see her again.

Tobias tells himself he's having fun. He has a great life as a beta in the Cloverleah Pack, and while danger still threatens the pack, he has his friend's wedding to look forward to and the pleasures that come from hookups in random places. He'd like to meet his mate, just so he's not the odd one out in the inner circle, but it's not something he's expecting anytime soon. So, when a hookup just before the wedding leaves Tobias with a permanent scar, he wonders where the heck his life went wrong.

It's time for Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge, and Billy Broccoli thinks he's got it made. With his best friend Hoover Porterhouse - the ghost with the most - by his side, Billy's got the competition in the bag. Who wouldn't vote for a demonstration on mind reading? But when Billy lands a spot on the seventh grade team, he starts spending more time with his new teammates than he does with Hoover. And the Hoove plays second fiddle to no one! If Billy's not careful, his secret weapon might vanish.

We all have a lost love, a forgotten friendship, or a missed connection. What would you say to the one who got away? If you have a message for the one who got away, call 718-395-7556. You might be featured on a future episode.

I’ve never really understood attraction in the usual way people think about it. I have to really know someone to fall for them, and my new best friend Hawk is ticking all the boxes. But like most things in life, it’s complicated. His ex walked away from him and his baby girl, leaving him gun-shy and overcautious. I’m still recovering from a crash that’s left me with a bad case of PTSD and feeling weak and unworthy.

What are quanta and how can you use quantum energy for self-healing? What exactly is quantum entanglement and what do you get out of the insights it brings? In the first part, Anne Hild gives important information about the basics of quantum theory in a generally understandable way, allowing you to quickly get a good understanding of quanta, frequency therapy and the great possibilities of healing.

9 years sober, I bring my experience as a rehab recovery coach & actor to explore addiction, alcoholism, mental health, recovery & the creative journey. As featured in The Week's Ultimate Podcast List of 2024, I know first-hand that rock bottom can be the greatest teacher & a springboard for a beautiful life. I interview fellow creatives (who are 3x more likely to face mental health challenges) and inspiring individuals who’ve survived & thrived through adversity, sharing hard-earned lessons to remind others that no matter how bad things seem, there is hope & a way out.

The Warped Scorch is known as the most dangerous area on the continent of Lux for good reason. Ever since a strange meteor hit the land and transformed it into a crystal hellscape, all four bordering nations have been trying to establish a foothold in the extremely dangerous new territory and lay claim to its many treasures.

In 1524, in what is now Germany, hundreds of thousands of peasants revolt against the harsh treatment by their aristocratic overlords. Agnes, the daughter of one of these overlords, is not a typical 16th-century girl. She refuses to wear dresses and spends more time with her pet falcon than she does trying to attract potential suitors. In fact there is only one man who interests her: Mathis, a childhood friend whom she can never marry because of his lowly birth.