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Archaeologist Faye Longchamp and her friend Joe Wolf Mantooth have traveled to Neshoba County, Mississippi, to help excavate a site near Nanih Waiya, the sacred mound where tradition says the Choctaw Nation was born. When farmer Carroll Calhoun refuses their request to investigate a nearby mound on his land, Faye and her colleagues are disappointed, but his next action breaks their hearts: He tries to bulldoze the huge relic to the ground. Faye and Joe rush to protect history - with their bodies, if necessary.

Time is not on Faye Longchamp’s side. She and her husband Joe are working near the mouth of the Mississippi, researching archaeological sites soon to be swamped by oil. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has morphed her run-of-the-mill contract job into a task that might swamp her fledgling company. It isn’t helping that an injured babysitter has left Faye to work with a toddler underfoot.

This final volume of Orson Scott Card's five-volume anthology of short works features the "hidden stories", including his first published piece, some tales about Mormon family life and other stylistic departures, and several stories that were later developed into acclaimed novels such as Ender's Game, Songmaster, Invasive Procedures, and the Tales of Alvin Maker series.

Margaret Stuart, the proud wife of a prosperous Iowa farmer, sets high standards for herself and others. Happy in her marriage, she tries to look the other way when her genial husband, Alec, takes to the bottle. When Elspeth, Margaret’s sister, comes to live with them, the young woman is immediately captivated by the beauty and vitality of the farm and by the affection she receives from those around her.

Sarah Palin, a hockey mom and small-town mayor, thought her dream of making a difference in Alaskan politics was over when she clashed with the state chairman of her Republican Party and went head-to-head with the powerful Republican governor. In 2006 she became a long-shot candidate for governor, demanding a higher ethical standard in state government. Her populist reform message suddenly became front-page news. Alaskans began listening to her, and they liked what they heard.

In Carbide Tipped Pens,over a dozen of today's most creative imaginations explore these frontiers, carrying on the grand tradition of such legendary masters as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, and John W. Campbell, while bringing hard science fiction into the 21st century by extrapolating from the latest scientific developments and discoveries.

Jillian and Jackson freak out when they suddenly can read people's thoughts. But the trick turns to terror when the twins are stalked by a strange scientist who wants to know exactly what's on their minds. Will the twins ever lead normal lives again? Not in HorrorLand they won't. There are free meals, free games, and free falls down the Doom Slide. Someone's watching their every step. But is she friend or foe?

They say Lance Knight bathes in blood money. That he's the devil who keeps my brother's empire running. The enforcer who can kill with just his bare hands. I should be terrified when he becomes my shadow. Instead, I'm burning for the monster assigned to protect me. (Ten years of forbidden fantasies are finally within reach.) Then the nightmares tear through me. His name rips from my throat in the dark. And suddenly he's there—all raw power and deadly grace.

Skrupellos benutzt der milliardenschwere Immobilienmagnat Jack Knight Menschen wie Figuren auf einem Monopolybrett, und mit seinem Liebesleben hält er die Boulevardpresse in Atem. Für den Playboy bin ich nur irgendeine Architektin aus einem kleinen Londoner Büro, die sich für sein neuestes Prestigeprojekt bewirbt. Ihm unterstellt zu sein, ist unerträglich. Lieber würde ich für den Teufel persönlich arbeiten.

I should have seen it. I should have realized what my despicable ex was doing. But I was so busy trying to be a mother, father, and provider to my little sister that I missed all the signs. She's grown into a beautiful, loving woman I couldn't be prouder of. Yet now I'm realizing I've put my entire life on hold out of guilt over my former husband's monstrous ways. Can I let go of the past? Or will I continue to deny myself any sort of future?

Never tell a lie. Especially not to a cocky CEO who knows exactly how to seduce you. They always come back to bite. I should have remembered that before I spent the night with Liam Salinger. In my defense, he’s stupidly attractive and knows it. He also willingly admitted to me that he never sleeps with the same woman twice. So I shouldn’t feel too bad about lying to him the next morning. We can forget about each other and get on with our lives, right? Wrong.

Es war mein letzter Sommer voller Spaß, ehe ich nach London zog, um mein Praktikum bei Madison Legal, Londons elitärster Anwaltskanzlei, anzutreten. Und er der perfekte Anwärter für einen heißen Urlaubsflirt … der schließlich mit Liebeskummer endete. Kann mir irgendjemand vorwerfen, dass ich meinen Lebenslauf aufpoliert und Fragen für Vorstellungsgespräche recherchiert habe, anstatt herauszufinden, wer das Büro leitet?

In this alternating narrative by bestselling author Erin Soderberg Downing, a decades-old family secret is buried within the sand, water, and woods...waiting for cousins Avery and Jax to find it and uncover the truth.

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The Leo Asker series, which will have you “hooked from the very first page” (Kyle Mills, #1 New York Timesbestselling author), continues with this second installment following wayward detective Leonore Asker on a chilling new murder case. Detective Leonore Asker has just settled in as head...

Joana lebt seit vielen Jahren ihren Traumjob als Bestsellerautorin, bis zu dem Tag als ihr Verlag das erste Mal ein Projekt ablehnt und stattdessen mit einer Gegenforderung kommt. Sie soll eine Sports Romance schreiben, was so gar nicht ihr Themengebiet ist. Zum Glück rettet ihre beste Freundin sie mit ihrer Verbindung zu den Victoria Eagles aus dieser misslichen Lage. Über sie, bekommt Joana die einmalige Chance das Team zu begleiten, um Inspiration für den Roman zu sammeln.

Hunting Ember: Lion-shifter Kai Mason is in charge of all things security at F&D Network. The studio is his domain and his to protect. If only the stubborn baker with a death wish would just let him save her. Chasing Sparx: Tiger-shifter Dash Jones prefers quiet contemplation on his mountain. When a shiny actress in heels drives up to his mountain, he tries to chase the chatty woman away. Mating Cinder: Professor Forest Cooper might be a jaguar-shifter, but he doesn’t need to find his mate to be happy.

Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skane to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her father - the maverick approach, the flaring temper. Before she even starts work she becomes embroiled in the case of her childhood friend, Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared.

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but...

From best-selling authors Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce comes the second installment in a series bursting with magical creatures and whimsical adventures. Now that the mystery of the exploding Fuzzles has been solved, it's up to Pip and Tomas to save their town from another magical troublemaker...the Unicorn.