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The First Lady of the Confederate States of America is assassinated as she dedicates a new warship at the Hampton Roads Shipyard. A tragedy, but not unexpected between enemies. Except the Confederate vessel is an aircraft carrier. The year is 2013. And the assassin is a U.S. terrorist. By taking advantage of its early motivation and superior organization, the South won the Civil War in 1862. Today, the two Americas - the United States and the Confederate States - coexist uneasily. The United States has never recognized the sovereignty of the Confederacy, and still claims the South as its territory. Many people in both countries still carry hate and bitterness from what has become a century and a half of violence. America vs. America begins with the murder of the First Lady of the Confederacy, a much-beloved figure. War fever spreads quickly through a stunned and grieving Confederacy. Chase Randolph is the Director of the Confederate Bureau of Investigation. He is in a race against time to find the killers and quell a political uprising at home before the continent becomes embroiled in a devastating war. Two Americas is a fast-paced, thriller packed with tense action. It will appeal to readers of such authors as Vince Flynn, Harlan Coben, and David Baldacci.

What happens when you overhear your wife describe your sex life as just fine? Unfortunately, some serious eye opening. EmilyWith a great job, kickass friends, and an amazing husband, Emily Maxwell knows her life is better than most. She was happy with her job, had girls' night once a month, and her husband was gorgeous on top of being successful. Married for fifteen years and with the same friends that she's had since college, Emily has no cause for complaint, she really doesn't. Well...almost no cause for complaint. While her marriage is a good one, it lacks the passion that it'd once had. Though her husband treated her like a gem, he treated her like a squeaky-clean gem. A squeaky-clean gem that hasn't had sex up against the wall in years. Granted, with so many other blessings in her life, the lack of fire in the bedroom was a small price to pay for everything else. MarcusWith a successful business, good friends, and an amazing wife, Marcus Maxwell knows his life is better than most. He was pleased with his job, had plenty of friends, and his wife was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Married for fifteen years and with a thriving construction business, Marcus has no cause for complaint as long as he has his wife with him, he really doesn't. Well...almost no cause for complaint. While his marriage is a good one, he sometimes thinks it's too perfect. With no children to take away from the spark in his marriage, he often wonders if there should be more going on in the bedroom. And the kitchen. And the living room. And the bathroom. And the office. And the backyard. Hell, even the front yard. When everything starts being taken for granted...After Emily overhears Marcus talking about the best sex of his life and hears how it's not with her, she makes the mistake of ignoring the issue and concentrates on all the other good things in her marriage. Soon, their sex life become lackluster, but sex isn't everything, right? After Marcus overhears Emily describing their sex life as just fine, he takes immediate offense because he's a guy and guys are super stupid sometimes. Now, while it's not like he needs a blue ribbon pinned on his...uh, manhood for a job well done, he still takes exception to his wife's choice of adjectives. When an attempt at shower sex goes horribly wrong, Marcus confronts Emily about their 'just fine' sex life, and he ends up with a lot more than he had bargained for. Realizing how much he's failed his wife, Marcus pulls out all the stops, and nothing will stop him from proving just what she means to him. NOTE: This book contains adult language, adult situations, and explicit sexual encounters. If sensitive to any of the aforementioned issues, please do not purchase.

What do you do when the devil isn't done playing with you? Finally, fight back. FionaAfter years of torment and bullying, Fiona Eldstead has managed to put her past behind her and create a life filled with success and happiness. Though her parents leave a lot to be desired, with the support of her best friend and the sweet woman who had taken her under her wing, Fiona is the proud owner of Fiona's First Cup, and she couldn't be happier. Life is going great. Until it isn't. DamienAfter years of faking it for the masses, Damien Graystone has finally managed to put his life's plan into action. Though his best friend thinks he's crazy, all of Damien's success and money means nothing if he can't have the one thing that he's always wanted. From the outside looking in, it's hard to imagine that Damien's life isn't as perfect as it seems. But it isn't. When the past comes back to haunt you...Ten years after Damien broke Fiona's spirit, he's back to claim her in a way that she could never imagine. After her father is caught for embezzling, Damien presents Fiona with a compromise that she can't pass up unless she wants to see her parents in prison. With her conscience deciding for her, Fiona agrees to Damien's insane deal. However, Damien quickly realizes that Fiona is not the same weak, insecure wallflower that she'd been in school. When pride and desire clash in a war for the ages, Damien will stop at nothing to make Fiona his, and Fiona will stop at nothing to make sure that never happens. She's hated him since she was five-years-old, so she is certainly never going to cave. However, her hate is no match for his love. Especially, since he's loved her for just as long as she's hated him. NOTE: This book contains adult language, adult situations, and explicit sexual encounters. If sensitive to any of the aforementioned issues, please do not purchase.

The world is broken. Can we unbreak it? Jennifer Dash is hunting for a way to fix the world, and herself. From Fox-masks, to secret orphan bunkers, to a New Zealand skyscraper culling, to a ravenous Wendigo, this third part of Jenn's harrowing adventure takes her past the boundaries of science, and straight into the dragon's lair of mythological nightmares. Can Jenn solve the world before Leviathan awakes? Continue the Journey. Beware the Pied Piper.

Discover the magic of the holidays with 'A Journey to Santa's Land, ' a charming tale that brings to the forefront the picturesque Lapland, especially Santa's city, Rovaniemi. Little Rene is caught in an extraordinary adventure to Santa's house, encountering mischievous reindeer, the bustling workshop of the elves, the talents of the dwarves, and the deep mysteries of Santa's Archive.This enchanting journey provides a magical perspective on Christmas, breathing life into the dreams of the inhabitants of a small village that transforms the landscape into an enchanted oasis. Under the starry sky, the elves and dwarves bring the entire community to life, joyfully welcoming Santa Claus and embracing the unique charm of the holidays.'A Journey to Santa's Land' is a captivating story for the whole family, filled with adventure, hope, and the magic of Christmas. Embrace the holiday spirit and explore the enchantment of this fascinating journey.

Dr. 'Sport' Warrick witnesses the murder of a family friend who gives her a mysterious black case and instructs her to give it to CIA agent Sean McGee. She escapes into Sean's protective custody and presents him with case. When a plot by Russia to infiltrate our nation is uncovered, Sean finds out too late how near the enemy is. The dilemma is how to keep Sport safe and resolve the escalating danger to the USA. When they realize the President is the next target, they join forces with a rag-tag team of patriots to stop the assassination. A strong single woman with a thriving career as a physician, Sport calls all the shots. She has no ties other than three cats and an immigrant mother who desperately wants her to get married. Sean McGee, an agent for the CIA, has sworn to protect his country from foreign invasion, and he is serious about his job. Sean is Caucasian and Sport is African-Japanese. They are both fiercely American. With spies, agents, and local police turning up at every corner, the last thing on either of their minds is romance.The scene unfolds at a swift pace as Sean and Sport struggle with internal and external conflict. They bicker, yet love continues to grow in spite of their differences. With murder, romance, humor, and intense action at every turn they learn to depend on each other.

Retired police officer 'Sarge' Downs and his family and friends find themselves embroiled in a well-hidden corruption process that had skimmed millions over the years from the Queensland government. The discovery of this leads to murder, kidnapping and dealing with a group of desperate criminals as the noose tightens around the leaders. Far from, their quiet life in Cairns, the family calls on friends to help extricate them from the dangerous situation they have found themselves in. Sarge, a known technophobe, longs for the days when life was so much simpler.

The Star. The Knight. The Ace. The Beast. The Devil.I made a deal with the Knight and turned my back on the Devil. All for the sake of magic, a path to regaining my future.Given an ultimatum between the desires of my body and the dreams of my heart, I chose the second.But nothing is that simple.Not where desire is concerned.Not when the offer comes to rise again.Together.For a price.Not when hearts twist and a serpent lurks in each of us, waiting to devour.Deliver the Devil is a paranormal romance with reverse harem elements. It is the second book in the Serpentine Duet and is suitable for 18+

Walt Delaney, a former Wall Street insider, turned actor to find a new identity for himself. But the role he chooses only deepens him in his economic karma. As a result, Aldrich College and the small town of Ulysses, Washington are about to be decimated by wealthy developers. It takes the eclectic community of artists, writers, astronomers, and mathematicians to save their creative community - everything from Marlowe as Shakespeare to the fundamental particle of the universe to shamanic painting is needed to save the town and its magnificent old growth forests.

With his evocative, stylized prose, apocalyptic intensity, and apparent boundless imagination, Tennison Long's fourth and final novel, On Becoming Yesterday's Actors, suggests a scanning of the narrator's mind, a Luddite Gen Xer who sifts through life via varying digressions, while encompassing the differences of more recent generations through a documentarian interspersing of news articles, psycho analysis, historical documents, and observations of his own private surroundings. Under the threat of his child's abduction, along with a mysterious serial killer spree connection, and the disappearance of a local newscaster, this post-modern meta-manifesto is a second half of life analog to digital coming of age story, chronicled within the ambient noise of a turbulent arrival to the gates of an ever-louder and unrelenting tomorrow.

A modern science fiction two-part novel finds Casandra, a military leader, in a world ruled by women. An Amazonian/Greek fusion utopia spans the world that overnight solved nearly all the world's problems.But, of course, things are not as they appear. Men are subjugated, genetic experimentation has run amok, and there is a series of terror attacks that the ruling class (The Uniformity) would rather sweep under the rug than solve.

In "Beta," a monster terrorizes an isolated village in the mountains of Eastern Europe, draining the blood of its victims, leaving them frozen in the snow. The villagers hunt wolves, decapitate "vampires," but the murders continue. Who will be next? Will it ever end?In "Prey," when an old man discovers a gruesome new fertilizer for his beloved flowers, he decides to share it with the world.In "Under the Rocks," something evil is swimming in the waters of the Rappahannock River. Jason Riddle knows it. He and his brothers thought they killed it in the summer of 1932. Seventy years later, that evil has returned, and Riddle knows that he has to destroy it once and for all.And in Raleigh's Prep, a novel, Topher, Michael, and Kenneth find a mangled body on the rugby field of their new school. They decide to investigate, unleashing the horror that lurks in the woods that surround the campus.These are just a few of the macabre stories found within. Enter . . . IF YOU DARE!

Zoey Zimmerman has a gift, she can talk to the animals. Alongside her best friend Tanner and faithful beagle Alton, Zoey uses her gift to reunite lost pets with their owners.A secret military research lab has tricked Zoey into looking for a missing research pigeon, but will Zoey and Tanner discover the secret of the zombie pigeon before it' too late to save the city, and themselves?

A collection of 30 poems gathered from the fabric of a life that has been raw, authentic and memorable, after 60 yrs. of living it. Topics include 'slice of life' issues, such as love, death, nature, astronomy, victory, defeat and above all hope for this mysteriously, wonderful world...

The setting is Texas, and the story encompassses the gamut of human emotions, as witnessed in the Wild West. Action abounds along with love and betrayals, during the unsettling historical period after the civil war. As a succesful leader of a band of Mexican outlaws, he is pursued by the Texas Rangers. He met the girl of his dream, who had a mutual yen, and he applied as a ranchero at her dad's spread. However, she was a problematic young woman, and the interactions between them created situations, where murder, and mayhem, became an end result; thus, a pusuit ensued, by those who brandish a gun. Enjoy,J. L. Roy

The game never changes, it's the rules that keep evolving. Wisdom for everyday living, has kept up with the evolution of the rules and has made them available for your everyday use. The ultimate goal is to move from a point of non-achievement to a point of achievement and this book gives you those insights that you need to get to that point.

A contemporary author discovers the poems that he had written over twenty years earlier when he was at different stage of life.

A widower discovers his late wife's poems, art, and photographs. The collected works of Julie Cason 1973 - 2013

A year spent living in Iowa captured in words and images.

Hai mai immaginato una vita fuori dagli schemi, piena di viaggi, incontri e scoperte? "Vita essenza e libertà" è un lucido racconto autobiografico che ti farà sognare, accompagnandoti attraverso le scelte, le motivazioni e le tecniche di sopravvivenza di un surfista pellegrino. Luca Bider finalmente ha scelto di realizzare il suo sogno, inseguire le migliori onde del pianeta a tempo pieno. Una passione nata sulle coste del Mediterraneo che lo ha portato ad esplorare prima l'Atlantico poi il Pacifico e infine l'oceano Indiano. Ricco di sensazioni e novità, avventure e libertà. Una coinvolgente boccata d'aria fresca, un viaggio che affronta l'essenza della vita, dove Luca, oggi coach e imprenditore indipendente con base a Bali, Indonesia, ti porta con se attraverso il mondo del surf, le passioni, le paure, le scoperte, il viaggio. Un testo che coinvolge, scorrevole, universale, pulito e positivo. Prova che volere è potere, quasi a dimostrare che alcuni giovani italiani stanno continuano a cercare un posto al sole, emigrando, oggi alla ricerca dell'essenza della vita, non più per necessità di sostentamento, ma per bisogno di libertà, viaggio, avventura. Colmo di consigli per viaggiatori indipendenti, di riflessioni sulle emozioni provate, di descrizioni di paesaggi da sogno, ed attento nel descrivere i cambiamenti interiori, questo lavoro non-fiction è perfetto per viaggiare senza rischi, per immaginare nuovi futuri possibili, per divertirsi in modo costruttivo. Luca, un Paul Theroux tutto italiano, vi solleverà lo spirito e aprirà ad un mondo sottovalutato, vicino all'essenza della vita, che è presente in tutti noi.P.S. In questo rivoluzionario ebook trovate un meraviglioso ed esclusivo corso per l'alimentazione.Versione con le foto in bianco e nero.

Afgehandel vertel die donker verhaal van Belinda Zeelie, 'n maatskaplike werker in Pretoria, wat daarin spesialiseer om molesteerders en verkragters te ontmasker deur hul jong slagoffers te ondervra en, terselfdertyd, te ondersteun. Maar Belinda self was 'n jong slagoffer, en is nog self nie klaar geveg teen haar innerlike demone nie. Haar haat teenoor kindermolesteerders word versterk deur haar persoonlike ervarings, en sy projekteer haarself in so 'n mate dat sy uiteindelik die reg in eie hande begin neem.