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Carnaki has a reputation as a ghost hunter. When a house seems haunted by a malignant spirit or a family suffering under a curse, they call for Carnaki, the only man able to help.

William Hope Hodgson was an early British writer of supernatural and fantasy fiction, becoming an inspiration for later writers such as Clark Ashton Smith and others. This story, from 1907, tells the tale of a series of mysterious deaths and a strange creature at a local water tower.

William Hope Hodgson was an early British writer of supernatural and fantasy fiction, becoming an inspiration for later writers such as Clark Ashton Smith and others. Dating to 1904, this was his first published story, and it tells the tale of a mysterious marble statue coming to life and murdering the townspeople.

Our ‘fight of flight’ response is something hardwired into the primitive part of our brain. Our need to survive, to outlive whatever danger poses, that immediate threat to our lives is little short of a marvel. Everything else is abandoned in order to survive. Whilst in modern times that ability has been somewhat modified and ‘reasoned’ away to an extent, in past years it’s what usually kept you alive. In this volume people struggle valiantly to survive and to exist no matter the extent of the threat they face.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on November 13, 1953.

I wanted a clean slate. La Playa carried too many painful secrets of my past. What was a bad-boy rider like me doing with a hot Latino doctor-to-be? All I know is we were like two moths to one another’s flame. But an Outlaw gang member can’t be caught in a secret love affair, can he? Diego is a free-spirited rider searching for his place in the world. But...a forbidden love threatens to tear their families apart.

Joanna Pepperdine has decided to host an open house at her place to give the Divine, Kansas, locals a chance to meet not only her but also the residents of the halfway house she's opened for former female convicts. Despite her fears the event will blow up in her face, it goes off without a hitch...until one of the guests finds a wallet, belonging to a local man who is missing. Soon after, the missing man's body is found near the farm, which leads the authorities to Jo's place. They uncover more clues, all pointing toward someone who lives at the farm.

After coming together following their father's stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter.

Grief. An emotion we all experience at one time or another, but there is no grief greater then the loss of a loved one. In this short poem by William Hope Hodgson, the narrator is alone with his grief and the realization that what had been will never be again.

In this will-they-or-won’t-they insta-love romance, you’ll be taken on a wild journey as these two strong personalities are drawn to one another. Tattoo artist and former playboy, Tommy, knows exactly what he wants out of life. And when he meets the new owner of the local bakery, June, he knows he wants her. But things don’t always go according to plan.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on March 20, 1945.

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 500+ audiobooks, all ad freeExcitement mounts as the Bobbsey twins learn they are going to spend several weeks of their summer vacation on their father's newly acquired cherry farm! Red Gate Farm does not disappoint. The children spend their days picking cherries, exploring the woods, and playing in the attic. Then, one morning, the two younger twins, Freddie and Flossie, insist that someone, or some thing, entered their rooms during the night, through their open windows. Shortly after that, small items began disappearing. Were these simple pranks? Or was something...

The Siren of the Seas sets sail for the much anticipated transatlantic repositioning cruise to the British Isles. It’s smooth sailing, until someone falls overboard. Millie jumps in head first to determine if the passenger's death was an accident, suicide, or murder.

The long-anticipated epic cruise adventure is finally here! Two worlds collide when Gloria and the Garden Girls meet up with Gloria's cousin, Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders, and her crew aboard the passenger cruise ship Siren of the Seas. Almost immediately, suspicions are raised when a group of mysterious passengers board and then head straight to the bridge for a private meeting with the captain. Not long after, Andy Walker, Millie's boss, tells her the ship will have some "temporary" staff boarding for this cruise, something that has never happened before.

With a fresh wave of passengers soon to board the Siren of the Seas, Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders is shocked when she discovers she has a new roommate and fit to be tied when she learns the new roommate is none other than Danielle Kneldon, her former charge and nemesis! Danielle’s first assignment is to ensure the ship's special "VIPs", a family that has won a cruise contest, have a wonderful, fun-filled vacation. Millie discovers her coworker has other plans, which includes searching the small island of Kiriban for a missing family and collecting a hefty reward.

Life on board Siren of the Seas has been smooth sailing for Millie Sanders, but that soon changes when diva Ariana Teliar boards as the ship's new entertainer and "star attraction". Unfortunately, Millie has been given the task of showing Ariana the ropes. When Ariana discovers a dead body on her balcony, Millie’s “task” changes to protecting the diva’s life 24 hours a day! The only problem is, Ariana has a penchant for disappearing and Millie is forced to chase her down.

Assistant Cruise Director Millie Sanders' day is off to a shockingly bad start when her boss “volunteers” her to be his guinea pig for a stun gun self-defense class in front of her fellow shipmates. Loyal to a fault, she agrees but almost immediately regrets her decision. Meanwhile, several crewmembers have become violently ill and possibly on the verge of death after eating food prepared from the galley kitchen, operated by her best friend, Annette Delacroix.

A bad boy cowboy isn’t what I was looking for. But there’s deeper layers to Colt Winters that I yearn to know. He’s an Outlaw with a troubled existence. With a dead girlfriend, five year jail sentence and a baby girl waiting for him. Colt Winters isn’t exactly the type you take home to Mama. But...my brother’s in trouble and he’s just the man to help. In my world I save people like Colt from themselves, I fight for justice in an unjust system. Maybe this cowboy has a lot more to offer me than first meets the eye.

Love Letters is a romance story featuring an alpha man and a curvy woman. I fell in love with her cupcakes...and then with her. But I screwed up. I didn't tell her I was leaving the next day. Now, I have to find a way to her heart, with love letters.

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