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Tessa Gratton's Lady Hotspur is a sweeping, heart-stopping Shakespearean novel of betrayal and battlefields and destiny.STRIKE FAST, LOVE HARD, LIVE FOREVERThis is the motto of the Lady Knights-sworn to fealty under a struggling kingdom, promised to defend the prospective heir, Banna Mora.But when a fearsome rebellion overthrows the throne, Mora is faced with an agonizing choice: give up everything she's been raised to love, and allow a king-killer to be rewarded-or retake the throne, and take up arms against the newest heir, Hal Bolingbrooke, Mora's own childhood best friend and sworn head of the Lady Knights.Hal loathes being a Prince; she's much more comfortable instated on the Throne of Misrule, a raucous underground nether-court where passion rules all. She yearns to live up to the wishes of everyone she loves best-but that means sacrificing her own heart, and so she will disappoint everyone until the moment she can rise to prove those expectations wrong.And between these two fierce Princes is the woman who will decide all their fates-Lady Hotspur, the fiery and bold knight whose support will turn the tides of the coming war.

"Readers looking for a light beach read will enjoy the engaging writing and compelling plot."--Library Journal "A great romp of a read"--Candace Bushnell, New York Times bestselling author of SEX AND THE CITY Bright lights, big trouble...Dana Barry has nothing against rules. She just knows they're meant to be bent. So it's no wonder the single, twentysomething, aspiring actress loses her day job. Now her life is a mess... until she hears the Shopping Channel is auditioning. Relying on her knack for knowing what makes people tick, she lands a gig on air. But before she can say office politics, Dana is caught in the biggest drama of her life. The star host--a diva who terrorized the entire staff--is found dead. Dana knows the prime suspect is innocent. The heat is on, and Dana thinks she's ready for it...until she tangles with the tall, dark and smoldering detective in charge. It's more fuel than she needs right now as she's trying to launch her career. But Dana's never been afraid to take chances...even when a single spark could ignite everything.

Love may be blind, but obsession's a real killer. Nora Holliday is not that kind of woman. Not the kind who has an illicit affair with a married man. But Josh Landon is everything Nora's alcoholic husband isn't. And now she and Josh are so infatuated, they can't stay away from one another. Abby Landon, Josh's daughter, is home from college nursing a broken heart. She's seeking solace, not more scandal, so when she catches her dad kissing Nora, she vows to take the homewrecker down. And as for Abby's mother and Josh's wife, Gwen? To anyone on the outside looking in, the mother of two appears to be living the ideal suburban life. Until she winds up dead. The serene seaside town of Shoreham has always been the perfect place to raise a family--not somewhere housewives are brutally murdered. So who killed Gwen Landon, and how many twisted secrets will be exposed as the vindictive plot comes undone?

We lived together separated from the world, submitting ourselves one to another in the fear of God. For 31 years, I lived and breathed Biblical principles as taught by the ministry of the "Move" while living on common property with others who had left jobs, families and security to walk the road to Perfection. We educated our own children, we grew gardens and raised livestock, we shared meals and we birthed our babies at home. We prepared ourselves for the End Times. Some in town said that we walked on water.I believed it was the right thing to do. These are my stories of living in a cult community forged in the backwoods of South Georgia from 1978-2009. The tales may not reflect common opinion, other's experiences, general thought, Move mentality, or time sequence. I lived the life from 1970-2009. This is my story.

While growing up in Yonkers, NY, I heard many of the neighborhood children's family stories. For many years I asked my parents, "Where did we come from?" I got the same answer over and over again. "We were all born in New York City and we are Americans." It wasn't until 1995 when Mom sent some documents to me, that I knew where my grandparents were born. It was the day that the genealogy bug bit me.Ever since then I have spent many hours at the local libraries, the Church of the Latter-Day Saints going through microfilm, online when records became available and writing letters to strangers. Some of those letters were answered. So, the need to meet these wonderful people and the island of Sicily took hold and my road trips began. This book is a chronicle of my travels to discover more about my Sicilian family.

There is a hidden world beyond the curtain of the world we know. Glimpses of it are seen in the news, and countless stories take place in it. It is a world of spies, arms dealers, assassins, and black operations. It exists at the intersection of organized crime, espionage, and terrorism. If it had a name, the most fitting would be the Shadow World.The Shadow World series follows a former CIA agent named Simon Kane on a quest for revenge on the organization that killed his wife and the people he meets on that quest.

Dear Glory, Loneliness is built into the fabric of this war, isn't it? I say a little prayer before I stick my hand in the mailbox. The "Rockport, Massachusetts" stamp on the front of an envelope means the clouds will part, revealing a brilliant sun.... It's January 1943 when Rita Vincenzo receives her first letter from Glory Whitehall. Glory is an effervescent young mother from New England, impulsive and free as a bird. Rita is a Midwestern professor's wife with a love of gardening and a generous, old soul. These two women have nothing in common except one powerful bond: the men they love are fighting in a war a world away from home. Brought together by an unlikely twist of fate, Glory and Rita begin a remarkable correspondence. The friendship forged by their letters allows them to survive the loneliness and uncertainty of waiting on the home front, and gives them the courage to face the battles raging in their very own backyards. Connected across the country by the lifeline of the written word, each woman finds her life profoundly altered by the other's unwavering support. Filled with unforgettable characters and unbridled charm, Home Front Girls is a timeless celebration of the strength and solidarity of women. It is a luminous reminder that even in the darkest of times, true friendship will carry us through. Previously published as I'LL BE SEEING YOU.

It's hard to recognize a woman when she uses technology to change her appearance. The nanobots Cindrill's master gave her allow her to slip around the kingdom and into the palace without being identified, but when she's injured by Prince Davian as she flees after an assassination attempt by her master, the prince realizes she's wearing the technology as a mask. When Cindrill accidentally runs into the prince on his frantic search to find the would-be assassin woman, he doesn't recognize her without the nanobot mask on her face and insists she help in his search for the vile woman who tried to kill his father and nearly took away his fianceé. Cindrill and Davian still have jobs to do while working together-destroy each other-and they have to play the game as long as they can until the other is ruined, even as Cindrill's master takes matters into his own hands to finish the job they were hired to do. Will her master and his betrothed get in the way of their survival?Perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer's Cinder, A.G. Howard's Splintered, and Cordelia Castle's The Magestaff.

Part of being a good squatter is learning to inhabit any space, to find a home in anything. The poems of Gutter, Lauren Brazeal's debut collection, do just this: inhabiting each form given, whether game card pieces, checklists, stolen police evidence, and letters, or redactions, sestinas and sonnets. The story, told from the perspective of a young girl surviving as a squatter on the streets of Los Angeles and based on the author's own experience with homelessness as a teenager, bounces in time and perspective from the not-yet-homeless child, to the panhandling sprite, to the mournful survivor. More than the narrative of a single person, Gutter speaks to the struggles of those who have been cast aside as irrelevant or undesirable by mainstream society.

When a group of writers loses a member, a summer spent sorting through her things offers the perfect escape for the friends who loved and miss her. Sable has everything and her bestselling novels have made her a star. But she has a past she is desperate to hide. Elly is an intellectual who has hidden herself within the walls of academia, afraid to admit she is tired of being alone. Barbara Ann is the talent behind twenty-six romance novels, but she's lost control of her career and her family. Beth's popular mysteries have become the only way she can fight against the secret tyranny of an abusive husband. Gathering in Gabby's house on Olive Street, away from their troubles, the four women discover something wonderful: themselves. And together they realize a dream. For, in telling the story of a remarkable woman, their own stories begin to change.

IT'S EVERY MOTHER'S NIGHTMARE...BUT ONE SHE WILL NOT ACCEPTIn an unthinkable flash, Emmy Fisher's fifteen-year-old daughter, Leah, seemingly drowns close to shore one summer night?at least that is what the police report says. In deep grief, Emmy needs time and courage before she can enter Leah's bedroom. But when she does, she finds something at first bewildering, then unspeakable, as she begins to understand the full implications...She uncovers evidence that Leah had been secretly involved with someone, someone perhaps older, someone with dark appetites.Bit by bit, the last few months of Leah's life unfold in a terrifying way that Emmy can hardly imagine.All she knows is that she has to find the person who took her sweet daughter's innocence. No matter the cost.The truth will set her free. Or bury her.

This book is about GOD, and I would like children to learn about GOD, and (JESUS) because HE loves them. Children are familiar with their Alphabet, A B C's, etc. and this, I hope will excite them. I hope that this book can lead them in the right direction.

Florence St. John explores the complexity and resilience of three generations of women in her family. Daughter and mothers, sisters and cousins, all tangled in a knot. Despite their differences, there is an unbreakable connection that keeps them together. Recounting her childhood experiences, she reveals her family's dysfunction and sheds light on codependency issues. Overcoming the obstacles of her childhood, Florence made that promise that she wouldn't treat her daughter in the same "awful" way her parents treated her. No, she would do things differently. But when her daughter turned sixteen, she fell into a depression and began cutting herself. Florence tried everything to get her daughter back on track, but nothing seemed to work. She soon realized that, in many ways, her daughter represented herself growing up, with all the same anxieties and doubts that she had experienced. She looks back on her life as a child of an alcoholic father and absent mother to find answers.

Can free-market capitalism and social justice co-exist in harmony? Compassionate Capitalism examines this question by researching concepts of social justice, economic history and religious/legal restrictions on businesses. The most common systems such as capitalism, socialism, free-market, and command economies are compared and evaluated.The author proposes a new traditional economy that focuses on integrity, innovation propelled economic growth, encouragement from efficient governments, and priority assistance to the poor. He also cites numerous examples where businesses are making significant contributions to communities mired in poverty and suggests strategies for companies that wish to join in the effort.

A continuation of the series from The Post, North Korean forces have swept the defending South Korean troops down to the very outskirts of Seoul. This is day three of the invasion and America has still not committed to a response to this aggression. After delaying the enemy's advance for two days, Colonel Nelson's secret team at the Post has abandonded it and gone into gurrilla mode. The other three clandestine listening Posts have been overrun with no contact since the invasion. Something has to be done to slow this advance or all of South Korea will be conquered with-in days. Pockets of hope emerge. Eighth Army's commander, General Walker, breaks rules and expands his General Staff. Colonel Nelson forms his A-Team staff and directs his men in the field with audacious and multiple plans that delay the enemy. Action ensues immediately on the water, in the air, in the dirt and mud. America finally decides to defend Korea against this aggression. Its non-stop action.

It's three days before the invasion. North Korean divisions have been discovered moving close to the border by clandestine listening posts set up by Eighth Army's head of intelligence, Colonel Nelson.Anticipating Soviet aggression and a move to take over the entire country, these were established a year ago utilizing Ultra secret CIA equipment. Nelson wanted an early warning system and barring that, something that might slow down the invasion. The Post is the only fortified spy installation, built along the anticipated main line of attack at the entrance to Uijongbu Corridor, forty miles north of Seoul.General McArthur and America's politicians ignore Nelson's repeated warnings of an invasion. Roving North Korean agents are disrupting supply routes and gathering intelligence. At the last minute, help arrives to bolster the defense of the Post and support the secondary mission of delaying the advance. Action begins immediately and continues almost nonstop through the next six days as Colonel Nelson and his men try to forestall the collapse of South Korea. This is their story.

CIRCUS describes the American circus in its heyday, 1900-1950, and continues through the troubled times of the 1960's and 70's, on to the current contemporary circus, Cirque du Soleil, and others. Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, "The Greatest Show on Earth" represent the "Golden Years" of the circus. This circus traveled with over 1300 employees and hundreds of animals visiting 100 cities each year across America. This book includes the stars of the circus: The Flying Wallendas, the sad clown, Emmett Kelly and Clyde Beatty, the animal trainer, as well as the gorilla Gargantua and Jumbo the elephant. For the 146th consecutive year, Ringling Brothers continue to tour the United States visiting over 100 cities with two separate units. Cirque du Soleil represents the "nouveau circus" and currently has 18 resident and touring shows performing around the world. This is an interesting story about how the oldest entertainment in America continues to flourish.

Donna was your typical happy and healthy thirty-seven-year-old woman. She was a wife and mother of two beautiful children living a wonderful life in the suburbs of Boston. Until one day, she found the small lump on her breast that would ultimately change the course of her life forever. Not all for the bad, however. This is her story in her own words. A story of dealing with the rollercoaster ride of being diagnosed with cancer four separate times and how she managed to defy the odds and live her life to the fullest.This book does not necessarily chronicle Donna's daily life but is more a series of short stories of how she would deal with each situation with candid truth. In this book, you will read about her family's tragic history with this disease and the many various treatments and surgeries she endured over a ten-year period. But far more importantly you will learn about how a woman faced with impossible odds faced this journey head on with no regrets and lived each day inspiring others ……. with a sense of humor to boot.

Trust the God Who Allows This? The last thing you want to do when crushed with indescribable pain and suffering is turn to the very God who allows it all to happen. What right does He have, especially now, to ask for your loyalty, your obedience, your love? When cancer took his wife and left him despairing alone, James Means unwillingly had to ask God the same questions facing you. A Tearful Celebration is the candid, pull-no-punches account of his struggle to understand God's ways and to stand firm in the face of incalculable loss. This new edition of a 1986 Gold Medallion finalist will lead you to the place you most truly long to be: right with God and secure in Him again. "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." -Psalm 34:18 To all who long for the steadfast, quiet confidence of godly men and women who rise triumphant out of the cruel calamities of life… The experience of life is very good-and very bad. Beauty is side-by-side with ugliness. I cannot now soar with wings like the eagle. It is a treacherous road, painful to my feet, but He makes my heart burn within me. We must rejoice not merely because it is commanded, but because faith necessitates it and grace promotes it. The God of adversities provokes tearful celebration. …take heart and find hope. These pages will guide you in your search for faith and meaning. You will not be disappointed. "James Means's honesty and his sensitivity to God is a combination that makes this book a source of comfort and strength to those caught in the grip of grief. The ability with which he shares his sorrow with us is extraordinary."-The Pentecostal Minister "A great deal of refreshing honesty for a grieving heart."-Lyla Mattozza, New Beginnings Bereavement Support "This testimony of God's grace is most impressive."-The Baptist Standard "A Tearful Celebration is an honest and thought-provoking account of what the author's difficult journey has taught him about himself, his grieving, and God's sufficiency."-Caregiver Quarterly Story Behind the BookUgliness comes in a great variety of forms, but few are more confusing and horrific than the drawn-out death by cancer of a precious loved one. Such was the experience that caused James Means to come face-to-face with the harsh reality that God failed to respond as he had asked and expected Him to. Means grapples with the mysteries of God and finds meaning in catastrophe. This book contains no glib platitudes and no shallow apologetic for the bitter realism of suffering. There is, however, the powerful testimony to God's sovereignty, grace, and ultimate goodness. There is also a revelation of the biblical brand of faith that stands rock-solid in the most distressing of human experience.

This 25th anniversary edition is a completely revised and updated version of the classic how-to guide about Shabbat observance and practices.

Flight of the Black Stork is about the ultimate tragedy of right versus right. When their ancient civilization approached its end, the aliens prayed for salvation. Their god heard the prayers of his chosen people and gave them a promised land for their deliverance. Unfortunately, it was Earth. When extra-terrestrial ships jump a battle damaged B-24 returning from a strike over Germany, Tuskegee Airmen flying escort aggressively fight off the attack in their Red Tailed P-51s. This engagement marked the beginning of the alien fifty-year reconnaissance and invasion plan. A daring surprise attack is launched against the enemy-staging base in the Moon's Aitken basin using the Black Stork, a Russian space shuttle resurrected from the bone yard, bristling with biochemical and nuclear weapons. Be prepared for a punch in the gut as each chapter slams you with a high G afterburner climb of mounting action, inspiring imperfect characters and a steamy, love story riding in the rear cockpit. The breathtaking finale thunders with history, hope, and guts and you'll be thinking about this book for a long time.

Tyler Chapman was in Paradise, fly fishing in a North Carolina mountain stream. He had no idea that he was about to become the first victim of a terrifying deadly virus. Gerard Hansen, author of Neogenesis, weaves a dramatic tale of a mysterious epidemic, and a team of workaholic scientists trying to stop it. Megan Selby from the CDC tries to balance team leadership, parenting twin toddlers, and a husband in Africa on a humanitarian mission. Jamal Winston, a young neurologist, is forced to step up and confront the monster disease. Jack Dahlkemper, former college linebacker turned scientist questions whether the source of the disease is demonic. A young intrepid reporter, Nick Polakov, is trying to expose a massive international stock fraud scheme. Undercover agent Sandi Meyerson has been assigned to secretly protect him from a vague, but deadly, assassination plot. Predictably, professionalism and romance collide, endangering both of them. Both teams converge to discover a secret cabal of wealthy and powerful men whose ultimate goal is global domination.

Winners and Losers is a narrative of legends that made their mark on the world and have since vanished, taking their secrets with them. From Amelia Earhart's insatiable passion for life, to Jessie Livermore, the greatest stock trader that ever played the game, the author brings them to life and gives us an opportunity to walk side by side with them, through the amorphous vapors of time.