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A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.

Novelist, journalist and literature’s greatest whistleblower, Émile Zola was one of the 19th century’s pre-eminent authors. He is renowned for his philosophy of naturalism, which informed his 20-volume Rougon-Macquart cycle, an epic family saga set during France’s Second Empire, and for his controversial intervention in the Dreyfus affair through his infamous protest letter, J’Accuse.

Kristen never imagined love could be so dangerous. Torn between two men—Logan, her toxic husband consumed by addiction and control, and Jake, the steady but volatile man who promises her a future—she’s trapped. Desire. Jealousy. Betrayal. They’re tearing her apart.

Close your eyes. Count to 10. Time to love. Again. Amazing how people can’t live and let live. How everyone is so greedy, vengeful, and jealousy-driven. It’s Logan’s turn to carry the burden of her guilt as well as his own. Logan is the root of her and Jake’s problems but is not the end-all.

Logan is poison and Kristen knows it. His lust for drugs, sex, and danger has spiraled out of control. Yet every time she tells herself it’s over, his seductive power draws her back. Caught in a vicious cycle of love and hate, she is on the verge of insanity. Until Jake. A protector by nature, Jake needs Kristen to fill the void in his life. Together, their worlds are rattled by a love so powerful it promises to change everything. Logan has other plans.

Kristen is in serious trouble. Trouble that starts the day she betrays Jake. Turns lethal the moment she trusts Logan. Trust that stems from desperation, misery, and a fierce will to survive. Everything Logan feeds on. A new life in Miami? Unconditional love? Devotion? Loyalty? All vicious lies.

The best way to understand confidence is to see it in action. That’s why best-selling authors Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, and JillEllyn Riley have collected 30 true stories of real girls, pursuing their passions, struggling, and stumbling, but along the way figuring out how to build their own special brand of confidence. From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls took risks, doubted themselves, and sometimes failed. But they also hung in there when things got hard.

When a deranged lunatic starts targeting single mom, Amanda Schultz, with threatening letters and "presents" on her doorstep, she turns to the police, who offer advice but no real help. At the mercy of a psychopath, Amanda realizes she's in a game of cat and mouse, where the killer keeps changing the rules and the winner...is the only one left standing.

Too many secrets. Too many lies. The demons are back with a vengeance. Kristen is a survivor, only this time she’s gone too far. She left a mess behind. A mess that’s impossible to clean up. When Logan took the heat, it seemed the perfect solution. Redemption for him. Freedom for her. Then karma betrays her. Logan never does anything selflessly. He needs the ultimate reward for his sacrifice. A reward that will destroy Jake.

Four stand-alone crime thrillers written by USA Today best-selling author Kristen Middleton. This audiobook includes: Searching for Faith, Looking for Lainey, Forget Me Not, and Hear Them Scream. These books are suggested for fans of Kay Hooper, Heather Graham, Iris Johansen, and Nora Roberts.

My life was almost perfect until the unthinkable happened. Darkness began to surround me everyday, almost to the point I’m tempted to let it take my humanity away just to end the pain. My best friend Edna is the only one that talks to me anymore. My own mother even despises me. She is a mermaid like me. The only difference is, she wants to lose her humanity but not until she makes my life miserable. Most of the town thinks I murdered someone, but I didn't. I would never kill the only light I had in my life.

Everything was normal for Lucy Maisfer until the day a star fell from the sky and knocked her out. Upon waking, she comes face-to-face with Jason Woods, who also happens to be the mysterious new guy in her best friend, Valarie's, life. Then the strange dreams begin, and she learns about the Starlight Princess - who must not under any circumstance be reawakened. Driven to uncover the meaning of it, she finds herself caught up in a strange twist of events that eventually lead to bigger danger than she ever anticipated.