An ice witch whose secrets are the only thing colder than his magic.Aaron Morningstar. A chaotic, arrogant, bad boy who has a trail of broken hearts in his past. Leather jackets, high cheekbones and jet black hair… would you expect anything less from the son of the devil?Darius Flintclaw. A ruthless, alpha-male wolf shifter who stalked my dreams long before I met him. One minute he’s trying to kill me, the next he’s demanding my obedience.Will I be able to face my past?Or will they break me before I discover the truth at Mystic Academy?Mystic Academy: Awakened is book one of a reverse harem paranormal academy series. It contains cursing and sexual situations. This book contains a cliffhanger that continues into book two.

    

    

     Known on stage as ‘Loraine Fontaine’; the public love her, and the critics predict a glittering future as one of Victorian England’s most celebrated actresses. But someone wants her dead. Scared for her safety, she confides her fears to her friend Mary, who happens to be married to Dr. John H. Watson… When both Lillian and Mary become hospitalised, Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes must push themselves to the limit to catch the poisoner before it is too late. They find themselves applying their powers of observation and analysis to the only clues they have: a poisoned pitcher of milk and a bunch of meticulously arranged flowers. In pursuit of the truth, the trail leads them to Lyceum Theatre, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Scotland Yard and even rural Hertfordshire. Who would want to kill Lillian? Could it be her understudy, Lily Harley, who is desperate for a leading role…? Her old director, Harrison Colby, bitter because Lillian left his scandalous play…? Or the elusive Mr. Henshaw, who keeps appearing in the case…? With a list of suspects to choose from, and plenty of possible motives, can Sherlock Holmes solve The Case of the Poisoned Lilly?

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    She prefers breeches to dresses, and spends her time riding horses, fishing, and climbing trees. When Emily is fourteen, she meets Cameron, the Duke of Templeton’s grandson. Their friendship deepens over the years, until Cameron is called to fight against Napoleon. They express their devotion to each other and make love for the first time before Cameron heads off to war. When Emily’s father discovers she’s pregnant, he’s livid. He had no idea his tomboy daughter has fallen in love, and her predicament threatens to destroy their family’s honor. He sends Emily to live with Cameron's eccentric great aunt, and, to avoid shame, insists that she claims she is married. Upon return from the battlefield, Cameron hears that Emily has wed and was pregnant. She writes him to explain the situation, but the letters never arrive, and the misunderstanding sends Cameron into a spiral of rage and despair. Their paths will cross again, but will their love be enough to overcome the fates at work to keep them apart?

    She was young promising composer in search of a master to teach her and advise her.Serena Singleton was the beautiful up and coming talent brought to the attention of the eccentric, famous, and wildly wealthy Sebastian Sorenson, one of the foremost and most talent composers in Hollywood and in the Academics field.A chance encounter brings them into an arrangement that turns out beyond their expectations and desire, testing their boundaries.Who is the student, the protege, and who is the teacher?Nothing is as it seems in this romantic exotic thriller.

    Everyone knows revenge is a dish best served cold but no-one knows this better than John Hayes.After dealing with the mercenaries sent to kill him in Oman, John realizes he can never live in peace knowing that the man who sent them, the man ultimately responsible for endangering the woman he loves, is still roaming free.To hunt him down John must return to where it all began.India.

     Then, a domineering whisper in my ear contained the capacity to rule my world. His deep baritone was the beginning of a profound obsession-an irresistible mirage that turned into my incontestable truth. I never thought I could love someone like him. He was foul-mouthed, demanding, and far from the standard I preferred. Then he caressed me, and I became hooked.

    The transition from yesterday's ignorance, misapprehension, and superstition to the enlightened and nerve-deadened protocols of today has been a long, slow, and very painful process.The Excruciating History of Dentistry contains, among others, the following facts: -- Among the toothache remedies favored by Pierre Fauchard, the father of dentistry, was rinsing the mouth liberally with one's own urine-- George Washington never had wooden teeth; however, his chronic dental problems may have impacted the outcome of the American Revolution-- Soldiers in the Civil War needed at least two opposing front teeth to rip open powder envelopes, so some men called up for induction had their front teeth extracted to avoid serviceJames Wynbrandt has written a delightfully witty and amazingly thorough history of dentistry -- one that no dentist or patient should do without.

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