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Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper, Dina DeMille and Sean Evans. But it’s about to get even more chaotic when Sean's werewolf mentor is kidnapped. To find him, they must host an intergalactic spouse-search for one of the most powerful rulers in the Galaxy. Dina is never one to back down from a challenge. That is, if she can manage her temperamental Red Cleaver chef; the consequences of her favorite Galactic ex-tyrant's dark history; the tangled politics of an interstellar nation, and oh, yes, keep the wedding candidates from a dozen alien species from killing each other.

Lovers Lula and Brogan Gauge have dealt with magic, monsters, and gods for eighty years. Bound to travel the lonely roads of Route 66, Brogan’s a spirit with no chance of leaving the earthly realm while Lula, neither human nor monster, is only half-alive.

I never thought I'd be singing happy birthday to myself in a dungeon. And yet when a sinfully sexy demon crashes happy hour, that's exactly what happens. He’s known as the Lord of Chaos, and he’s mistaken me for my succubus doppelgänger. Happy birthday to me. When he tastes my blood, he finally understands I’m mortal. And I realize we have something in common: we both crave revenge. So we make a deal: I can stay in the forbidden city to hunt for my mom's killer. In return, I’ll help him get the vengeance he craves. I just have to pose as a sexy succubus. One problem—he's my number one suspect.

Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize. But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters.

Beautifully written with authentic personal stories, spiritual wisdom, and heartfelt guidance, The Pet I Can’t Forget invites you to join author and award-winning animal communicator Karen A. Anderson as she transports readers on a path to healing and closure after the loss of a beloved pet. Featuring real-life stories from pet parents who have received healing messages from the afterlife, you will uncover profound ways to tune into the subtle signs that your companions are still with you.

The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them. Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. The Final Frontier delivers stories from across this literary spectrum, a reminder that the universe is far large and brimming with possibilities than we could ever imagine, as hard as we may try.

The fateful meeting between the owner of a tramp star-freighter that flies the Union planets under false papers and fake names and a proud but junior member of a powerful starship-owning family leads to a record-breaking race to Downbelow Station - and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts.

As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships. The Shipmakers have convinced Fergus to finally deal with unfinished business he's been avoiding for half his life: Earth. Fergus hasn’t been back to his homeworld since he was fifteen, when he stole his cousin’s motorcycle and ran away.

It’s been said that big doors swing on small hinges. For Genevieve Patterson, after her door was lifted off its hinges and carried away to the Pennsylvania hinterlands, everything she thought was important or believed she wanted was challenged. Ruby’s offer, her growing love for Matt, and the keys of joy each have left her feeling that she’s finally found the right place to hang her door. But the question remains: how?

Just as Pops had promised, once the campers had learned to let go of fear and truly connect with each other, time began passing much faster. Ruby’s offer to Genevieve proves to be heavy as she considers all she would have to give up, but discovering the secret ingredients of the joy on Harmony Hill leaves her uncharacteristically open to possibilities.

English professor Elijah M. Clayton, Jr., has promised his dying cousin he’ll raise her unborn daughter, but he knows he can’t do it on his own. His search for a wife fails miserably until he meets Beatrix-35 at a speed-dating event. Unfortunately, the ASD he does his best to conceal turns his best hope into another failure. Plumber Beatrix Glouster is convinced she’s finally met a good guy in Elijah-34—until his probing questions about babies and breastfeeding lead her to suspect he’s more pervert than perfect.

Two weeks into her five month stint at the farm on Harmony Hill, Genevieve Patterson will be the first to admit she may have overlooked a few important details for the article she was sent here to write. The Keys of Joy, shared and understood by Pops and Ruby, as well as many of the townsfolk - and even the neighboring Amish community - are insightful and compelling.

Continue the story of Genevieve Patterson's extraordinary summer at the farm on Harmony Hill in this second book in The Matchmaker of Niederbipp Series. Will she ever get over herself? Will she ever soften her approach to life? Is she going to make it? Come along as the plot thickens and the characters on the farm develop into friends you'll want to know better.

On the outskirts of the historical Quaker town of Niederbipp, Pa, Ruby, and Lorenzo Swarovsky run a very unique farm. Every summer, for they past 56 years, six men and six women have been invited to the farm on Harmony Hill to work the land in exchange for matchmaking services. Genevieve Patterson has been dispatched by her magazine to write an article about Ruby, the elderly matchmaker.

Award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life.

50 Things to Know About Potty Training Your Child, by Amanda Walton, offers a realistic approach to how you can potty train your child. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, you will learn different tips that span a variety of methods. This allows you to mix and match your own choices to pick out your best potty-training plan.