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Lane Evans was arguably one of the most progressive members of the US Congress during his 12-term tenure in a Midwestern swing district. In Guts: The Lane Evans Story, author Devin Hansen explores Lane's career as a man who had the guts to vote his conscience rather than what was politically expedient.

Most organizations have well-written, well-intentioned culture and values statements. The problem: A staggering majority of them are bullsh!t. But there is a way to reimagine your values, your culture, and your brand in a way that inspires tremendous loyalty, builds community, and delivers profits. Whether you're running your own company, coaching a team or just have a passion for success because of people, not on the backs of them, the Belonging Factor is the audiobook you need to inspire people, improve process, and deliver profits.

Alex Ascher is back! There's a new threat roaming the streets of Los Angeles. Before now, ghouls have stayed out of America, but now, one is hunting Alex. Having a homicidal, unkillable djinn after you is bad enough, but nothing in Alex's life is ever so simple. Satanists, a possessed computer programmer, and haunted junk in the garage are just the beginning. Alex is not alone, though. When dealing with the supernatural, you take whatever allies you can find, no matter how unlikely.

Lucas "Luke" Patterson, an ordinary geeky college student, gets a summer job at Vortex Industries. His summer job is to test a new virtual reality game using the Vortex Capsule, a machine capable of fully immersing you into virtual reality. His first session is life-changing, and he quickly becomes engrossed in a new fantasy world. Things are going great until a rogue hacking group attacks the servers that host the game, trapping all the players inside.

Alexandra Ascher isn't your usual private investigator. She lives on the fringes, making a living by doing odd jobs and aiding clients with problems that would raise eyebrows. Despite the unusual nature of her clients, as far as she knows she is simply a normal human. On the eve of her 21st birthday, her apartment is completely trashed. Tracking down the perpetrators leads her into a growing web of mysteries. Turning 21 adds a fresh wave of complications and a reveals a dark heritage that she would never have seen coming.

From the beginning, we always wanted a family. We also knew we wanted to adopt. Life took us on a pretty crazy adventure to get from point A to point B. My story features infertility, adoption, and the many elements in-between. This is the story of how at 32 years of age, we not only gained victory over infertility, but found ourselves adopting a teenager out of the foster care system.

What is the punishment for such a crime? Should he get life sentence? Should he be forgiven or should he die? How was the death of these two vulnerable people avenged? No one should go through this kind of experience in their life. It shakes the trust that a person has. What is a person supposed to do? Never open their hearts and homes to anyone? If we all lived with such a paranoia then , everyone will be a stranger inside. This story is based on true events, but the author has changed it to create a crime thriller fiction.

Revenge was a dish that was best served cold and he had a score to settle. He had waited five painstakingly long years to do what he was about to embark on. His nemesis needed to be brought down. Killing him will not do the job. What is the best way to bring about his demise? A demise that he can experience....

On Venus, the Council of Matriarch rules. The society of immortals govern themselves with the iron guidelines of the Manifesto, but the rest of the population is not so controlled....An accident sparks a chain of events that drag the orderly, structured life of the matriarchs into the grimy desperation of the common citizens. In this riveting sequel to The December Protocol, nobody is safe. The promise of a life everlasting means nothing if you can't survive until tomorrow.

People show their True Colors when they desire something unlawfully. When we covet someone else’s property, we show what we are really made of. However, the joy of acquiring does not last forever.... When Jason escapes from prison after 10 years, it is not as easy as he thought it would be. He braves the perils and reaches a safe harbor.

Andrew Condign has gone to the deserts of Nas Shahr in the hopes of heading off a war. The dragons of the deep desert are attacking towns and villages, stirred to violence by some unknown agent.

Time is running out for Grey and his squad. While they consistently rank in the top 20 players stuck in Fortnite Battle Royale, they need to be the top five to escape virtual reality and go home. Grey's team begins to fray apart, and he fears he won't be able to keep them together long enough to get the rank they need. With the season ending in a couple weeks, people are either giving up or fighting harder than ever. 

It was Devin Galaudet’s job to take the ashes and pour them into the waters of Cadiz, Spain, after his father’s death. Carrying them across Spain by car, train, and backpack, this was their swan song, their “buddy picture” come to life. Half a mile from the Mediterranean, though, Devin lost his father’s ashes. Standing in the middle of a windy cobblestone street in Old Town Cadiz, he wondered what the hell just happened - not just in that moment, but the 40 years prior.

Der harmlose Besuch in einem Spielcasino wird Rachel Darian zum Verhängnis: Die arglose Schönheit gerät zwischen die Fronten einer erbarmungslosen Auseinandersetzung zwischen Gangstern und der Londoner Metropolitan Police. Nur eine einzige Person scheint noch in der Lage zu sein, mit Witz und Scharfsinn einen Ausweg aus Rachels tödlichem Roulette-Spiel zu finden: Mimi Rutherfurt. Und die zögert nicht lange, um Rachels Leben mit allen Mitteln zu retten.

Inspektor Langley steht vor einem schier unlösbaren Rätsel, als er an den Schauplatz eines Verbrechens gerufen wird. Wer ist der Unbekannte, der tot in seinem Wagen aufgefunden wurde? Und aus welchem Grund musste er sterben? Doch ehe Langley diesem Fall nachgehen kann, alarmiert Mimi Rutherfurt den sympathischen Inspektor: Die brillante Detektivin ist einer Entführung auf die Schliche gekommen, die anscheinend mit dem Mordfall in Verbindung steht. Und so beginnt für Langley und Rutherfurt ein atemloses Rennen gegen die Zeit.

Im idyllischen Seebad Bournemouth macht Mimi Rutherfurt die Bekanntschaft des Industriellen Sir Walter Knight. Er ist in großer Sorge um seine Tochter Florence. Die junge Frau - blind vor Verliebtheit - plant nämlich, sich mit einem bekannten Hochstapler und Heiratsschwindler zu verloben. Da kommt Mimi Rutherfurt einer geheimnisvollen Verschwörung um die junge Frau auf der Spur.

Angeline Delacroix goes to work in an upscale brothel to find her missing sister. Complicating her mission is a love affair with the private investigator who has been helping her and her growing fascination for a client, wealthy BDSM Dom Damian Winters. She must also face a string of kinky clients who test her limits and a dark past that threatens to rise up and swallow her. Will Angeline find her sister, or will she end up disappearing into the shadows, too?

It is the 24th century, and Earth has outlawed all religion following a devastating war fueled by zealotry on all sides. Rogue starship captain Maggie Sullivan defies authorities and embarks upon a dangerous mission in search of a rumored incarnation of Christ on a far-off planet. Her band of unlikely rebels includes a Nobel Prize-winning professor of anti-religious studies, his entourage, and a feisty, genetically-enhanced parrot who thinks she's the iconic singer Janis Joplin.

Genesis is the thrilling conclusion to the epic urban fantasy trilogy, The Legend of Glory. Eighteen-year-old Glory Templeton has returned from a time travel event pregnant with a child named Genesis whose DNA is predicted to save the world from genocide. However, evil forces of both natural and supernatural origins want Glory's baby. Meanwhile, Genesis' father, Zane, struggles to find his way back to Glory after nearly two centuries of living in darkness.

Jake Greenwood is your average, wannabe war hero - until a head injury causes him to forget his most cherished memories. Armed with only his name and a few personal belongings, Jake must fight his amnesia while he tries to remember not only more about himself, but what happened at the time of his injury. As Jake struggles to reclaim his memory, a pressing question can be asked: Will Jake be successful in remembering who he is? Or, will his past become nothing more than a fading memory?