Certain settings contain graphic depictions of violence with trigger-inducing scenes. This is book one of the House Of Aces Series. Can you put a price on a human being? Can you put a price on love? In the Katana family, a price must always be paid, be it with currency or a life. Bombarded by a house full of dark secrets, abuse, a never ending sequence of lies, and with no one to trust, how can one survive a harsh world full of deception and trickery?

    She's been abused for 8 years but she doesn't know why.One day she goes to school and faces the new kids, the super hot new kids. She was shocked to find them trying to talk and hang out with her but, she tried to avoid them because she knew her father would kill her if he found out...Hunter Nile, he's the future Alpha of the Blue Moon pack. His father isn't giving Hunter the position until he turns 18, he ends up spending his last year of having no responsibilities at school where he finds his mate, Alexis. He tries to talk to her but she strays away from him every time, he doesn't know why she's like this but he promises himself to figure her out...What will happen when Alexis' father finds out she's been hanging with three guys? Will Hunter save her before it's too late? Read to find out.

    That’s all that matters now.I was never meant to be a light fae. There was too much darkness inside of me. So when I met my mate, I dove headfirst into the world of monsters and ghosts that he revealed to me.And then he died.Changed. Different from all the other light fae. I no longer had a place I belonged. When a night of death and danger threatened to destroy innocent supernaturals, I risked my life to stand between them and the shadow beasts who hunted the dark fae.I never expected the beasts to take me. I never expected to find myself surrounded by the wild shifters deep in the woods.Yet, these men are not what they seem. Their touch is gentle. Their eyes devour me. And they seem hell-bent on keeping me safe from a danger I don’t understand.But I am not the fragile fae they believe I am. I have secrets too. And when the darkness comes for us, these shadow beasts might find that I don’t need saving, but I could save them.SHIFTERS FAE CAPTIVE is a steamy paranormal reverse harem romance with a heroine with secrets, possessive heroes, and a spooky mystery. So preorder your copy! And if this sounds interesting to you, check out my series Royal Fae Academy, where you’ll meet many of the characters from this series.

    This unprecendented look at the creative processes behind the scenes at the Disney studio offers a wealth of magnificent animation art from uncompleted films stored in the vast Disney Archives. Photos.

    Prince Nicu II and Princess Victoria's immutable, romantic feelings for one another forces them to engage in extremely risky actions and fabricate various falsehoods. Throughout the play Nicu II and Victoria deceive everyone; including their parents King Nicu I and Queen Isabella. Nicu II is presumptuous in character, therefore, he maintains an excessive confidence within himself that he and his sister's romantic relationship can continue without being discovered, but Victoria fears that they cannot continue their affair emotionally unscathed. Despite Victoria's worries, she continues with the relationship as Nicu II emboldens her more and more.

    S. Lowry’s studio after his death, and peering into the illicit worlds of the Victorian Mutoscope, these poems document what is caught, and what is lost, when houses and cityscapes, servants and saboteurs are arrested in time by photography. Assured and unsettling, Sinéad Morrissey’s poems explore the paradoxes in what is seen, read, and misread in the surfaces of the presented world.Winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2013

    Lahmia has fallen, her vampire children have scattered and she is reduced to draining blood from the beasts of the mountains. After a chance encounter with a party of dwarfs, she sets her sights on a capital for her new empire – the stronghold of Silver Pinnacle. She calls her allies to battle – but can she truly trust Ushoran, Lord of Masks, and his bestial Strigoi vampires?

    Now ten years later Scarlett has everything. A multi-billion dollar fashion and beauty empire. A fabulous New York apartment filled with everything a girl could need. And an awesome best friend. What more could she want? Love, marriage, and a baby. Everything her best friend has.One ex-boyfriend could give her everything she thinks she wants. Even if he is a little too nice...One dark stranger could give her everything she never knew she wanted. But he could destroy her life...Two men. Two choices. One answer to both: Definitely Yes.This collection includes: Definitely Yes, Definitely No, and Definitely Forever.

    Therese of Lisieux. Follow Olivia's trials as she tries to fit in at St. Michael's School. With the help of her grandmother, she learns about the Little Way of serving God and how it can change everything!

    After serving time for a dubious conviction, Blake Bookchester is paroled. As Blake attempts to adjust, he reconnects with Danielle Workhouse, a single mother whose son, Ivan, explores the woods with his precocious friend, August. While Danielle goes to work for Buck and Amy Roebuck in their mansion, Ivan and August befriend Lester Mortal, a recluse who lives in a melon field; a wild boy; and a bat, Milton. These characters — each flawed, deeply human, and ultimately universal — approach the future with a combination of hope and trepidation. Jewelweed offers a vision in which the ordinary becomes mythical, the seemingly mundane transformed into revelatory beauty.

    How easy is easy? It's not like an instant cake mix: just add water and stir. Dynamic web design is--well-- dynamic. Every website is different, so it's impossible to grab a script, paste it into a web page, and expect it to work. Building dynamic sites involves diving into the code and adju- ing it to your own requirements. If that thought makes you break out in a cold sweat, just relax for a moment. PHP is not difficult, and I've written this book very much with the n- programmer in mind. I've done so because I don't come from a computing background myself. In fact, I went to school in the days before pocket calculators were invented, never mind personal computers. As a result, I don't assume that you drank in knowledge of arrays, loops, and conditional statements with your mother's milk. Everything is explained in plain, straightforward l- guage, and I've highlighted points where things may go wrong, with advice on how to solve the problem. At the same time, if you're working with computers and websites, you're bound to have a certain level of technical knowledge and skill. So I don't talk down to you either.

    Selling Dead People’s Things is a wry, behind-the-curtain peek into the world of antiques and their obsessive owners—while still alive and after their passing.An amusing observer of the human condition, author Duane Scott Cerny entertains in twenty-five life illuminating, scary, sad, or frightfully funny resale tales and essays.“You just can’t say to the bereaved, ‘I’m sorry for your loss, but are those crucifixes for sale?’ (Well, you can, but it’s how you say it.)”Whether processing the estate of a hoarding beekeeper, disassembling the retro remains of an infamous haunted hospital, or conducting an impromptu appraisal during a shiva gone disturbingly wrong, every day is a twisted treasure hunt for this twenty-first century antiques dealer.“Like it or knot the noose, but everyone is an estate sale waiting to happen.”While digging deep into the basements, attics, and souls of the most interesting collectors imaginable, traveling from one odd house call to the curious next, resale predicaments will confound your every turn.So be careful where you step, watch what you touch, and gird your heart—Antiques Roadshow, this ain’t!