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Don't sell your soul to the Devil. Take out a loan instead! Darcie Rose is Satan's top Substitute Soul, tasked with temporarily replacing the eager living souls who sign a deal with the Devil. The exchange is a simple one. They receive a Lucifer-facilitated status boost when they return to their body, and Darcie earns a temporary reprieve from Hell. But there are two rules she must abide by if she wants to stay on Luci's good side: 1.) Avoid her former life now that she is an accidental murderess. 2.) Never expose proof of a demonic Hell in the presence of humans. Easy as pudding... until now.

Jasmine thought her problems would end once she mastered the cursed pendant. Ah-ha-ha. How cute. When she returns to the Magical Creatures Academy after a prolonged absence, she discovers the supernatural community is at the brink of war. A rogue organization of paranormals wants power it shouldn’t have, leaving the magical world divided...and more dangerous than ever.

The Bounding Storm is racing toward adventure, and this time it’s something completely out of the ordinary. Rowan Gray still can’t wrap her mind around the fact that an old shipwreck – one that could make salvagers rich beyond their wildest dreams – is going to be The Bounding Storm’s main focus for a full week. It’s true, though, and the shift in demeanor on the boat is exciting and worrisome at the same time. Even Rowan’s boyfriend Quinn isn’t immune and he’s swept up in the grandeur of the event, right until things turn sour and someone attacks one of the divers. It becomes clear rather quickly that something else is going on and someone has nefarious designs on the find.

Katriane DuPont: I never thought this would be my life. I never imagined I’d be the center of destruction. The choices I’ve made, and will make, could be their end - or ours. But now, in the middle of our rift between fear and fate, we’re out for blood to save the ones we love. Can you blame us? A battle isn’t on the horizon. It’s already here. Sides are chosen and nefarious secrets are revealed. And though many will fall by sword, arrow, and magic, fear will be their greatest battle.

Neighbors vacation and travel via exemptions from work. They refer to the exemptions as pensions and the issue them to themselves. They send the bill to you. In the private sector one is not compensated now for work done in the past. Women have a nagging suspicion that they are still limited by hidden arrangements. It is difficult to give these arrangements a name. In The Coverture Arrangement Veil, Chuck Goodness RN uses a lens molded from 30 years at the bedside to remove the veil of obscurity from what narratives cloak.

Rowan Gray has a lot on her mind. Between her uncle dropping a bomb about the father she believed dead actually being alive and a mountain of feuding cheerleaders descending on The Bounding Storm, Rowan can’t quite seem to get a handle on her emotions. She has a job to do and opts to focus on that rather than her missing uncle - which is the professional thing, of course - but her mind is a busy place to visit. When the infamous omen pops up, it seems one of the warring cheer coaches is in trouble. Rowan dedicates herself to finding who might have murder on the mind.

Rowan Gray has a new job, home, and potential boyfriend. Things should be going swimmingly, especially given the fact that she now calls a cruise ship home. All of that changes when a group of feisty women from a cosmetics company take over the Bounding Storm for a week of sun, fun and murder. For Quinn Davenport, things aren't at all what he expected. He didn't want a relationship and yet he can't seem to stay away from the Bounding Storm's new photographer.

When a mysterious woman comes forth with a 2000-year-old relic from Nia's past, Nia isn't sure if the story connected to it is one she wants told to the world. Unfortunately, Nia has no choice but to uncover the truth - fast - before a greedy land developer buries the site forever. The fact that he's also an immortal, with a millennia-old grudge against her, doesn't help. Neither do the dark assassins who have been stalking her for centuries, and who've suddenly decided to up their game to end her life.

For years, Rowan Gray has been searching for answers. She’s finally going to get them. The group of people haunting her, the society that ripped her family apart, are due to arrive on the bounding storm...and nobody believes their goals are altruistic. That’s only proven true when death visits the bounding storm in their wake, leaving a mountain of questions and not enough answers. Who are these people? What do they want?

Her father may be back in her life but things are hardly smooth sailing for Rowan Gray. He faked his death to get away from a group of people investigating psychic abilities - a group he is convinced is still out to get him - and he’s positive the group want his daughter for the same nefarious reasons. Rowan is simply happy to have him in her life. She gets to spend time with him and her uncle and plot for a future they might never have.

Eliza Emory’s reality is about to be checked. Never one to believe in superstitions, let alone magic, the receptionist makes the best discovery of her life during her worst day on the job. Eliza is a witch. A witch born into a family banished from the paranormal world, generations ago, due to bad behavior. Well, they can't be that bad, can they?

A child in need of protection… and a lawman keeping watch. It’s a shock to Sheriff Ethan Callahan to see his ex-fiancée, Sienna Blake, again—especially with a child in tow…and a gunman on her heels. Witnessing a shooting has made Sienna a criminal’s next target. And when Ethan...

Disappearances at a popular national park...Monsters from another dimension...And Nicole can't use her magic. What could possibly go wrong? Mysterious disappearances at a popular national park force authorities to organize an academy-led expedition, and they've invited undergrads to compete to be included. As a talented Arete, Austin is a natural shoo-in. And he's not the only experienced student competing. Nicole struggles a great deal with her powers, but she knows she has what it takes, and she's determined to prove that she can produce Wind magic.

After her last assignment went horribly wrong, everyone tells FBI Special Agent Lexie Montgomery she needs a break. But Lexie is determined to keep going with her undercover work - so when a Dutch constable goes missing, she jumps at the chance. Along with Blake Bennett, her unfamiliar new partner, Lexie is thrown into the Gathering, a haven for environmental activists planning illegal activity. It's a dangerous situation, but she blends right in - a little too well, Blake thinks.

Two months a widow, Mallory Dent has made the impulsive decision to pack up and move on. In remote McNamara, nestled in the northern mountains, she can escape her grief, guilt, and pain. But the day Mallory arrives, death follows her, lapping just outside her door. A woman’s body is found floating in Loss Lake - and it’s not the first death on these shores. Locals talk about a monster in the depths with an almost disturbing reverence. Sergeant Joel Benson understands Mallory’s unease. Years ago, his own brother was killed in the home Mallory now owns.

It's always darkest before the end of the world. Bound without power and in the hands of the mortal authorities, Nic Rutherford can do nothing to save her supernatural friends trapped beyond the Veil. She can't even save herself from the psychological interrogations and vivid dreams of destruction that shred her to the pit of her soul. All she has to hold onto is hope of rescue and a new friend with a magical secret of her own. Is her faith in new love enough to keep her sane?

Nic Rutherford never thought of herself as a protector. Yet now she’s responsible for the welfare of the mythical Wild Hunt. Keeping the fey army separate from the mortals for the sake of both races is no easy task. With the help of Aiden - the disgraced god who must obey her every command - Nic plans to recover the lost souls she bartered away and take the Hunt back across the Veil to reclaim the Unseelie Court.

After years as England’s most elusive double agent, Lord Derick Aveline has vowed to leave his days of espionage behind. Though he’d like nothing more than to make a fresh start in the Americas, he first must complete one last mission for the Crown - to unmask a deadly traitor. But to do that, he must return to the one place he’d vowed never to go again...home.

Meet Carey Jones is the result of 12 years of therapy and support groups. What began as a healing journey for the author evolved into research and presentation of help for others. This book is beneficial for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It also provides excellent information for parents and educators helping a child to recover from sexual abuse, while providing valuable guidance on the prevention of childhood sexual abuse.

When she died, Darcie Rose did all she could to return to the land of the living, including signing on to Lucifer’s loan program as a substitute soul. Now she's stuck on Earth, dragged there by the very man who caused her death. She’s desperate to return to the Overworld to avoid adding to her sentence of damnation. That’s not an easy feat, even for Luci’s best employee. Especially since Darcie’s new partner is an apathetic demon whose ignorance of the living threatens to expose them...and he’s wearing her former fiancé’s body.