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Risa Birmingham, a 30-year-old, full-figured customer service representative, is content with her life until she gets stuck on an elevator at work. Then, everything changes. With no one but a mysterious man for company, Risa is intrigued by his kind demeanor, but put off by his silence. She can't help but wonder if there's more to the man than what meets the eye, or if well enough is better off left alone.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and grad student - and male escort - Levi Barron expects to spend his evening with a client who’s paying him for his services in bed...not an assassin who needs to borrow the view from his hotel room in the morning. With nothing to do but endure the company of his unwanted guest, Levi and the assassin, Sinjin, spend some time bonding over HGTV, minibar beverages, Flannery O’Connor short stories, terrible Valentine’s candy, and the necessity of lying about their jobs.

On Hawaii Island, an anonymous 911 caller reports a body at Pohakuloa, the Army's live-fire training area. Hilo Chief Detective Koa Kane, a cop with his own secret criminal past, finds a mutilated corpse - bearing all the hallmarks of ancient ritual sacrifice. He encounters a host of obstacles as he pursues the murderer - an incompetent local medical examiner, hostility from both haoles (Westerners) and sovereignty advocates, and a myriad of lies.

With a little imagination, you can see patterns are everywhere, from simple to complex, inside and out. Our brains recognize patterns automatically through our senses and predict what will happen next. Like the patterns in the beat of a beautiful music, the patterns in the design of a cozy house, the patterns in the flavors of a delicious food. If we actively think of the patterns and figure out the rules behind them, great rewards await us.

All Geronimo wanted was to live out his quiet gnome life drawing unicorns while imagining himself on epic adventures. It's not until his 12th birthday that his parents offer him a real adventure. The gnome exchange program sends Geronimo to the north pole where he's sent on a perilous journey to save Christmas from Santa's evil half-brother. Encountering polar bears, centaurs, wizards, and demons along the way, the fate of the holiday rests in his tiny hands.

Jeff is a boy with a broken heart, literally. He has lived past his expiration date. One more medical crisis...and that might be the end of him. Rheeta is the new girl in town. Her arrival is mysterious, so late in the school year, but when she and Jeff meet, sparks fly. They fall in love, but Jeff doesn’t have much time. He wants what his parents have, a chance to love, but he feels robbed because of his medical condition.

I am a new soul from the Nether. I live in the city of Zendawiss, the light city for the planet Earth. I am different than the other souls in the Nether, because I have powers that none of them have. Because of this, there are those who want to use me for my powers to take over the galaxy. It seems as if I am spending my entire existence running from such souls, but I am not running anymore.

Learn the languages of love so that you can meet the partner of your dreams and create a meaningful, lasting relationship with them. Intimacy can be achieved if one learns the secrets towards building healthy connections.

The astral plane is closer to the physical world than people realize, and Red Souls of the astral underworld have found a way into LA through a back door. They are flying through the streets attacking humans who don’t even know they are being attacked. The goal: to manipulate the emotions of every man, woman, and child in the city and drive them to fear, insanity, and despair.

This is a story about the modest wishes of a chicken called Cory. Cory is lonely, and his only wish is that his mother gives birth to a brother. Cory tries in every way to achieve his desire. He goes into deep woods at the fairy’s house, in Laponia, to see Santa Claus and eventually, he turns to God.

Andrew “Rogue” Willoughby served three tours for the United States, and as a reward, he returned home to a dead mother, a lonely home, and no help from the politicians he served. To console himself, he joins a motorcycle club that reminds him of the brotherhood he enjoyed in the Marines, and he finds a home with the Kings of Men MC. When he spies Reaper and Undertaker bringing in a prisoner, he’s curious, and follows them to their torture room. It doesn’t take him long to recognize their captive as Josh, the younger brother of one of their imprisoned members.

The D-word can seem intimidating, as it should be, because it can change your life. But if you want to change your life for the better, the right diet can be your best companion. However, when not approaching a diet carefully, the diet approaches you domineeringly.

An airplane brings together a unique group of people with diverse backgrounds, traveling for pleasure, business, obligation, and opportunity. Follow Kate, William, Tim, Adam, Bill, Joe, Gabriela, Lynn, and the flight crew as they all embark on Flight 2023, and are changed for the experience.