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At least my old police partner is leaving due to a promotion. Like everyone else in my life, my first and only love, Blaine Edwards, simply left me. Now he’s my new partner and the last person I want to see. But after eight years of nothing, I get to see him every day. I don’t care what he thinks, there’s nothing between us anymore, even if it kills me to say that.

I’m an assassin, and I’m not ashamed of it. I’m good at what I do, and the people I kill deserve it. One more contract, one more hunt, one more kill. To be honest, it’s getting old. Until this latest job. Suddenly there’s someone between me and my target. What’s worse is he gets the better of me, twice! He’s a problem I’ve never had before...and maybe even more.

Elias: Moving to Daleport City to work at the local fire station was going to be hard. Then I met Cade. Turns out, I’d met my new best friend, and for two years, he’s been by my side through everything. Elias and Cade, two straight firefighters and best friends, find themselves in a fake relationship that leads both men into territory they’ve never ventured into before. Can their friendship survive? Will they ever want to go back?

For more than 10 years, private investigator Raymond Knott has harbored deep feelings of desire for police captain Liam Ferguson. From the moment they first met, the attraction was intense. But despite laying their lives on the line for one another every day, he never had the courage open up. When the San Francisco Police Department needs help bringing down a serial killer, Liam invites his old partner back to help him one last time. Not only to get a criminal off the streets, but because he has a revelation of his own to make.

Falling in love is an intoxicating experience, and this collection of four unforgettable short stories will show you that love can come into your life in a variety of ways, but no matter how it finds you, happily ever afters do come true. 

Charlie Cooper has never had the best luck, at least not the kind he can keep for himself. On the surface, he’s an ordinary guy in need of a win. But what lurks beneath the surface is what makes Charlie truly special. He has a gift, “Lucky Lips,” as someone called it. One kiss from Charlie means a day of good luck. The more meaningful the kiss, the better the run of luck that follows. But every gift can also be a curse…For every run of good luck that follows whoever he’s kissed, Charlie’s luck turns sour. 

The grand marshal of this year's parade is no other than a regal pug aptly named King George. Jules is delighted to get to share the experience with Carlos and Ramiro, but things take a dark turn when she discovers a dragon slumped in front of the bakeshop. Jules is distraught when she realizes the dragon is dead. She's also shaken because a few days before the parade, her mother's Mahjong partner Helen discovered a warning note about a dragon in an antique game set.

A brilliant collection of short stories by some of Russia's best writers.

Australia is home to some of the most unusual animals in the world. Did you know, millions of years ago, all the continents were clumped into one large landmass? When the continents began to break away, South America, Antarctica, and Australia were still stuck together. Later, South America connected to North America, but Australia separated. It kept evolving in isolation, which is why the animals of Australia can look very different from animals anywhere else in the world.

Editors Denis Alexander and Alister McGrath gather other intelligent minds from around the world to share their startling commonality: Richard Dawkins and his fellow New Atheists were instrumental in their conversions to Christianity. Despite a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, all are united in the fact that they were first enthusiasts for the claims and writings of the New Atheists. But each became disillusioned by the arguments and conclusions of Dawkins, causing them to look deeper and with more objectivity at religious faith.

Whether you're sober curious, looking to stay sober or want to stop drinking for good, this uncommon guide explores eight critical areas of life that will dramatically improve when you give up alcohol. Alexander combines hard-hitting facts, humour and powerful insights as a qualified therapist, strength coach and former drunk.

A thrilling new adventure in the Wild Ones series--perfect for fans of Warriors, Spirit Animals, and Redwall! The wild animals of Ankle Snap Alley have been disappearing, and Kit knows exactly why: The People are animal-napping them and taking them to the zoo! Not only that, but they are at the...

Marie Lauran is a young medical school graduate desperately looking for a job. Just as her savings are about to run out, she lands an assistant position with the famous surgeon Professor Kern. The terms of her contract are somewhat strange, but the pay is spectacular, and Marie is the sole breadwinner in her household. When she takes the job and steps through the door of Professor Kern's laboratory, Marie enters a nightmare world she realizes she cannot escape. Instead of a promising medical career, she ends up in the middle of a fight for her life and sanity.

When facing a moral dilemma, Isabel Dalhousie--Edinburgh philosopher, amateur detective, and title character of a series of novels by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith - often refers to the great twentieth-century poet W. H. Auden. This is no accident: McCall Smith has long been fascinated by Auden. Indeed, the novelist, best known for his No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, calls the poet not only the greatest literary discovery of his life but also the best of guides on how to live.

En dag i Ivan Denisovitjs liv offentliggjordes i november 1962 i tidskriften Novy Mir efter Khrusjtjovs personliga tillåtelse. Romanen väckte enorm uppmärksamhet både i och utanför Sovjetunionen, eftersom det var första gången som en berättelse om Stalintidens undertryck gavs ut offentligt. Berättelsen utspelar sig i ett sibiriskt specialläger för politiska fångar och skildrar en typisk dag i fången Ivan Denisovitjs liv i januari 1951.

En dag i Ivan Denisovitjs liv blev offentliggjort i november 1962 i tidsskriftet Novy Mir efter Khrusjtjovs personlige tilladelse. Romanen vakte enorm opmærksomhed både i og uden for Sovjetunionen, eftersom det var første gang, at en beskrivelse af Stalintidens undertrykkelse åbent blev trykt. Fortællingen foregår i en sibirisk speciallejr for politiske fanger og skildrer en typisk dag i fangen Ivan Denisovitjs liv i januar 1951.

Can you keep a beat and bust a rhyme? Did you know that learning can help you earn a hard dime? With rhythm and flow, the voices of U.S. history hip-hop to life.

Black girls and women disappear every day, but not without a trace. Join actress and activist Erika Alexander in a neo-noir, true crime drama as she searches for Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old Black woman from Spartanburg, SC who went missing in 2004. Her case became a rallying cry for other missing Black women in America and led to a growing demand to expose a system that ignores missing girls and women of color.

It’s nearly Christmas in the small English town of Little Wittering, and retired teacher Sally Smith is enjoying an afternoon in the hair salon. Until she sniffs out a corpse. With a body in the broom cupboard and a police-imposed lock-in until the culprit is caught, it doesn’t take long to deduce someone in the salon is a cold-blooded killer.

Millennium III is the official podcast of Alexander Soliman. Alexander is a student studying Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University.