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After obtaining proof that mass murderer and serial killer Billy Dew is alive and possibly responsible for an outbreak of child abductions, Jesse uses his last night to plan a celebratory night with his wife, Natasha, by the beautiful seaside. However, when Natasha fails to return from a supply run, Jesse fears the worst. Instead of the kidnapping Jesse believes it to be, Natasha has run off with Billy - the very killer her new husband has tried to catch for years. 

The White Field is a fast-paced journey of a man Tom, fresh out of prison and trying desperately to rebuild his life. But he is caught by mysterious, unseen forces beyond his knowledge or control. After his release from prison, he is dropped back into the world in the wastelands of the city. In the menial work afforded the underclass, he begins his new life among characters at the edges of society 

A short story of of tragedy, yet perseverance through his hardship and finding allies and friends in unexpected places. Kane struggles with his mom's death, yet little did he know, it was only the beginning, and he had much trouble that he was yet to experience. With his new family, his girlfriend Amani, someone he considered a supporter, but proven to be his greatest love, he learnt a great deal on his journey into the most challenging times of his life.

Eli hoped to do his time and get back to living life outside prison. However, that hope faded when he watched a prisoner rip a guard’s heart out and toss the body over the railing onto a funeral pyre of burning mattresses. The landscape of the prison begins to change as more and more strange characters strive for dominance in the anarchy that follows. Eli and his new friend, Tay, must navigate the chaos as the gods of the Aztec creation story emerge over the next 12 hours on the block. 

Max Caruthers, a born-again Christian with a hard-living past, travels to Guatemala to track down his father Norman, who wants to drink away his remaining days undisturbed in the little bar that serves as home. But Norman has fallen into debt with the local gangster and chief-of-police Chucho Cruz, who has other plans for the gringo bus driver. Up north in California, Vicki Valle, the former girlfriend of a recently assassinated LA gang leader, is deported over a triviality back to Tijuana. 

You feed your fish daily. You love them, one and all, and met most first as eggs. You provide dutifully for their care, minding the water temperature, the pH, the pump. Some fish are destined to remain small, whereas others grow naturally larger. These larger ones need their own space - more room to swim, spawn, grow - because their pond is small and thick with other, comparatively diminutive fish.

Dr. Waterlow, with his stellar academic qualifications and five years of experience in a boarding school, is the primes candidate to take over as headmaster of Rigby. More importantly, he is a strict disciplinarian and promises to restore order over the mischievous boys at the school. He is certainly in peak sexual form, of that there is no doubt at all. But then his first beating in his new post suddenly brings home to him with a vengeance the homoerotic nature of what he is doing by beating these boys. 

Raised in Thailand and brought to the United States against her will, quiet and intelligent Suda is hiding from a sex-trafficking ring and the man she believed was on her side. Claire, admired as bright and beautiful in high school, now hides her striking looks and wears her sharp wit as a protective shield. Determined to show Suda and Claire a path that allows for a life of their own, Simone, the safe house operator, offers them a haven and a healing path to the future. 

The biggest prank could be falling in love.... In this San Francisco neighborhood, a kiss at sunset means you might find your true love. Two best friends are about to find out if the legend is real. Lt. Firefighter Dylan Reyes believes the sunset kiss legend is nothing more than a tourist attraction. He's a big fan of exit plans, science, and health insurance. But since the last time his best friend Charley was in the city, he hasn't stopped thinking about her naked. One night, and a realistic dream, changed everything.

Wrapped up in loss, Ellie experiences showers of guilt, harsh realities and moments of desolate beauty. Others expect her to "get over it" or to distract herself with parties and drink. When Ellie meets an unusual stranger, she is stirred from her grief by someone else who remains in the tangible world. Her cloak of sadness begins to fall, supported by the comfort of another lonely soul. Their relationship transforms in ways unforeseeable when Ellie experiences the divide between love lost and love that could be.

Maggie Wilson was only 33, but life in the teeming streets of Walworth was not that easy in 1908 - not if you were a widow with four young daughters. It was pretty much a hand-to-mouth existence, and without the lodger Maggie really wouldn't have managed at all. Constable Harry Bradshaw thought the Wilsons were a gutsy and brave little family.

Taurus thought he had witnessed every kind of cold blooded treachery imaginable until he walked in on his brother and his woman having sex on his living room floor. The emotions that raged inside of him were volcanic, and he wanted to kill. Family over everything was supposed to be the code, but what happens when it’s put to a serious test? Reeling from the double betrayal, Taurus does what a real man must do.

Während seine Mutter arbeitet, verbringt ein kleiner Junge seine Zeit in der Bibliothek, immer in Begleitung des Bibliothekskaters Jupiter. Gemeinsam streifen sie an den Regalen entlang, lesen und schmieden Reisepläne. Ihr Ziel: Ägypten, das Land der heiligen Katzen! Eines Tages ist es soweit: Sie schleichen hinaus und tauchen ein in das Treiben der Großstadt. Auf ihrem Weg durch Paris begegnen sie vielen Menschen, und der Junge erkennt, dass die Erwachsenen oft einsam und traurig sind.

"One mistake doesn't make you a failure". I always saw relationships as a burden instead of a gift...until my world imploded...until Wynn showed me their true value. Now, I have to find a way to convince her that I've changed my tune. Bass player, Lonnie Brennan, is known as the band's overgrown jokester. He came to Tennessee to make sure his best friend and bandmate didn't disappear after falling in love and moving across the country in just three short weeks. What Lonnie doesn't expect is to fall in love himself...

When a child is conceived and born after his father's murder, is that child a legal heir to his millions? Michelle’s pregnant with San Francisco millionaire octogenarian Bernie’s baby, but he’s dead, and a lot of people would like to see her dead as well, so her baby can’t lay claim to his vast estate. Was that why he was murdered? For his money or revenge? Join Liz, Roger, and their dog, Winston, in a race against time as they search for the killer before Michelle either suffers a miscarriage caused by stress or is the next murder victim.

Ciudad de Dios es, a su vez, producto de un estudio de la antropóloga Alba Zaluar sobre la favela Ciudad de Dios, de donde el autor de esta obra fue su habitante. Asimismo, Lins fue integrante del equipo de investigación de Zaluar. De ahí que estas páginas sean una fiel mirada sociológica sobre el fenómeno que aquejó a la sociedad carioca en la década de los noventa, cuando explotó una caótica guerra por la droga.

In the near year and a half following her tragic ordeal in She Dreams of Fire, Agatha “Aggy” Grae and her allies have been hunting the remnants of the Umbra coven. By fighting back against the corrupt witches who imprisoned and killed the Fae for their blood, Aggy and her friends have become beacons of hope. But inner turmoil plagues the team, as the price for freedom is a weight upon their souls.

At 46, Silver Boyd is becoming a zombie. He decides to create a group for men and women in their 40s. It is called “Online Dating Anonymous”. After his tour of duty in Iraq, his libido is gone, and his dating life consists of "trolling" for dates online. The “ODA” brings men and women in their 40s together. All who are trying to find not only their soul mate, but their sexual-social identities.

The Jazzsipper is set in the big Southern cities of New Orleans and Atlanta. New Orleans known for Jazz and casually mislabeled as The Murder Capital of the United States, and Atlanta known as the new power house locale for African-American meetings and conventions. There were an estimated 1,600 Black conventions and conferences with an economic impact of $5.6 billion in the US with African-American meetings and events with Atlanta accounting for more than 320,000 visitors and bringing a $264.5 million economic impact on the city this summer alone.

Nicolás es un Nini, ni estudia ni trabaja. Dieciocho años. Estudios los justos, la educación secundaria a duras penas. Una madre abnegada, que le da el dinero a cuentagotas; un padre abotargado, a punto de engrosar las listas del paro, y una hermana de quince años y medio de furia incontrolable y rabiosa. El capital de Nico son diez euros y sus dos colegas, Berto y Juan. No tiene otra cosa, excepto horas al día de sobra para derrochar las que quiera. Es lo único gratis. Del futuro no sabe nada, del pasado mejor no hablar. El presente es incierto.