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Lady Sophia struggles to gather the pieces of her life after the devastating attack on Berwick, Scotland, that tore her world apart. Now head of her family, she does all she can to keep them safe and help the people of her city regain what they lost. The arrival of an English knight raises her distrust, especially when he suspects her of stirring unrest.

When diagnosed with a fatal illness at the age of 26, Eleanor Gray is resigned to her fate - at least until the enigmatic Dublin Helos appears and makes her an offer she knows she should refuse: Life or death? With a decision as harmless as checking the wrong box on a mysterious questionnaire, Ellie is plunged into a dangerous world where souls are sold to the highest bidder and pleasure is fueled by pain. The rules of this new life are simple: Submit everything - mind, body, and soul.

Lana takes a break from the cameras and speaks freely on anything that comes to her mind. Similar to the Lana Blakely YouTube channel, she continues to openly reflect on some of the many thoughts and feelings that are common to the human experience. New episodes every Tuesday.

Some demons have angelic intentions...Caught in the middle of a vicious gang war, Espi Vialle is torn between helping a woman with a twisted past or escaping a world of crime he’s ashamed to be a part of. But when his own dark choices threaten to destroy what little hope of a future he has left, he’ll have to face his deepest fears and risk becoming the one person who has let him down the most. His brother.

Are you struggling to get over your divorce? Does it feel as if your emotions are running wild, and they're impacting your professional and personal lives? Are you nervous about dating again? Most people have tried to move on, but nothing seems to work. Are you ready to stop feeling stressed and overwhelmed, so you can take control of your life? Know that you're not alone! Healing from the aftermath of divorce and moving on with your life is possible.

Skylar's got ambitious #goals. And if she wants them to come true, she has to get to work now. (At least she thinks so....) Step one in her epic plan is showing everyone that her latest app is brilliant. To do that, she's going to use it to win State at the Scholastic Exposition, the nerdiest academic competition around. First, she'll need a team, and Skylar's not always so good with people. But she'll do whatever it takes to put one together...even if it means playing Cupid for her teammates Joey and Zane, at Joey's request.

All the women in Iris and Malina’s family are born with a gleam—a unique way of manipulating beauty through magic. Seventeen-year-old Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, her twin sister Malina interprets moods as music, and their cold, distant mother Jasmina bakes scenery into decadent treats at her confectionery in Old Town Cattaro, Montenegro.

He brings his woman to his private club where anything goes and there are no rules to abide by. Join Maxim and Francesca on a sinful weekend at Club XXX where desires and confessions collide in an erotic display of devotion.

Red coated his lips, vibrant against that ivory skin. He was the devil incarnate, dressed impeccably in Armani, and I had never seen a sight more terrifying. When diagnosed with a fatal illness at the age of 26, Eleanor Gray is resigned to her fate - at least until the enigmatic Dublin Helos appears and makes her an offer she knows she should refuse. Life or death? With a decision as harmless as checking the wrong box on a mysterious questionnaire, Ellie is plunged into a dangerous world where souls are sold to the highest bidder and pleasure is fueled by pain.

After a decade spent claiming a throne for himself in the seething violence of the criminal underbelly, all Donatello Vanici craves now is peace. Only a union forged between his heir and the most powerful mafia family in existence could ever be strong enough to end the bloodshed for good, but the Stepanov head resists his overtures at every turn...Until tragedy strikes, and forces Donatello’s hand.

Assistenzärztin Mackenzie hat seit Monaten kein erfolgreiches Date mehr gehabt. Um den Verkupplungsversuchen ihrer Oma zu entkommen, macht sie sich auf die Suche nach einem Fake-Boyfriend. Und gerät an Noah. Der heiße Kardiologe braucht ebenfalls dringend eine Scheinbeziehung, bevor auffliegt, dass er ein partnerloser Alpha-Wolf ist. Der Plan scheint perfekt. Doch als die beiden sich näherkommen, bröckelt die professionelle Fassade und setzt ungeahnte Gefühle frei. Wild, zügellos – und gefährlich. Der BookTok Hit endlich als Hörbuch.

The Brain Blooms Podcast is the work of The Ruvvy Resilience Lab at Wayne State University. We are committed to understanding individual, familial, community, and systems-level factors that make youth resilient. This podcast will serve as our platform to share the latest science, insights, resources, and tools to help you lead a more resilient life.

You can be peaceful and calm even when life is messy and complicated. Discover how to handle the chaos in your life. Learn how to incorporate mindfulness into your daily living and become calmer, happier, and healthier. How you feel matters. Become mindful and discover the power you have in the present moment to improve your well-being, increase feelings of peace, and live a simpler, more joyful life now.

When desire becomes devotion...As the secrets surrounding the Winthorp and Mafiya war come to light, Ellen and Mischa are forced to trust each other or risk losing themselves to the turmoil. But war comes with a terrible cost...And as new enemies and old lies begin to crawl from the wreckage, they must find a way to break the cycle...Or let the violence consume them, once and for all.

Sir Braden de Bremont guards his secret gift, keeping others at arm's length, trusting no one outside of his family. When he's injured during a mission in Berwick, Scotland, he's forced to remain until he heals, while protecting a lady from a powerful lord determined to kill her family as a warning to others with English ties. Lady Ilisa Douglas is haunted by the terrible events she witnessed during the attack on Berwick when thousands were killed.

When a ghost from Vadim’s past returns to haunt him, he resorts to his worst instincts—putting his relationship with Tiffany to the test. With no end to his paranoia in sight, Tiffany is forced to decide once and for all whether to conquer their shared demons together. Or protect her heart by walking away for good.

To avoid bloodshed, former crime lord Donatello plans to arrange a union between his nephew and a rival family. Instead, he’s drawn to beautiful young Willow himself - despite their dark and painful past. After a decade spent claiming a throne for himself in the seething violence of the criminal underbelly, all Donatello Vanici craves now is peace.

Once again resigned to her fate as a spinster, Eleanor is unhappily alone - until Dublin Helos reappears on her doorstep with an offer she can’t refuse. This time, the stakes are higher than ever, and as the true extent of Dublin’s deception is revealed, Eleanor is forced to choose between trusting the one man she should fear above all else or risk losing her soul - and heart - in the process.

One of the basic structures of everyday life, money is at its core a communication media. Payment systems - cash, card, app, or Bitcoin - are informational and symbolic tools that integrate us into, or exclude us from, the society that surrounds us. Examining the social politics of financial technologies, Lana Swartz reveals what's at stake when we pay.

I see a lot of self-help videos and books telling people to "stand straight" or "look people in the eye" in order to look more confident. But you don't want to look more confident, do you? You actually want to be more confident, to feel it deep inside you. This is exactly how I felt when I was starting to research self-confidence. I thought to myself: "Ok, I'll look people in the eye when I talk but, what do I say?" Sure, I'll speak up more in meetings, but how? When the voice inside my head is going crazy about how I might sound weird or the question I'm asking might sound dumb.