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  A Cat's Guide to Meddling with...

  Chris Behrsin

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  Not another adventure! 
   
   
   
  Against all odds, Ben the Bengal cat defeated the demon dragon and sent it back to the Seventh Dimension. Consequently, Ben's nemesis, the evil warlock Astravar, is ever so slightly miffed. A demon dragon was meant to take over the realm for Astravar, while the warlock stayed in a tower with a nice cup of tea and watched the conquest from afar. But it didn't quite work that way . . . 
   
   
   
  Now, as a mysterious student prodigy emerges in Ben's academy, Ben's new feline-fae friend starts behaving rather odd, and Astravar seems to be concocting a brand-new nefarious plan, Ben realizes he'll have to go on another adventure. One that involves fairies, chimeras, and hippopotami, and that also crosses dimensions.

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  Under the Same Sky

  Claudia Burgoa

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  From USA Today bestselling author Claudia Burgoa comes a small-town, forced-proximity romance with a grumpy, single dad, a woman on the run, and a stalker who won’t let her go until he’s destroyed everything she loves—or she fights back. 
  After witnessing a crime, I ran. 
  For three years, I’ve hidden from Birchwood Springs. 
  Three years since I abandoned my home, my plans, and the life I planned to build. 
  I told myself it was the only way to stay safe. 
  But when my grandmother falls ill, I have no choice but to come back—even if it means confronting the past I tried to escape. 
  The moment I step onto my land, I feel it. The unease creeping in. The prickle at the back of my neck. 
  Someone’s been here. Watching. Waiting. 
  They know I’m back. 
  And they want me to know it, too. 
  I should leave. Pack up. Disappear—again. 
  Then I see him. 
  Hopper Timberbridge, my high school crush. 
  Now, he’s gruff, guarded, and fiercely protective of the life he’s built with his daughter. He doesn’t pry, doesn’t push—just takes everything in with knowing eyes that see too much. And when the threats escalate, he offers me a place to stay, a refuge I know better than to trust. 
  Because whatever’s lurking in the dark? 
  It isn’t just watching anymore. It’s coming for me.

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  The Gun

  Philip K. Dick

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  "The Gun" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in 1952 September issue of Planet Stories, and later published in Beyond Lies the Wub in 1984. "The Gun" has been published in Italian, German, French and Polish translations. 
  The plot centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However, they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship, a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area, where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. Upon further investigation, it is revealed that the gun which shot them down is in the city, and is programmed to shoot anything down which enters the airspace above the city. They examine the gun and discover that it is protecting a tomb directly underneath it—a tomb which contains artifacts, film and photographs of a lost civilization. In order to prevent themselves from being shot down by the same gun while attempting to leave the planet, they destroy the gun and take the artifacts with them. As they leave the planet, hoping to return one day, it is revealed that several automatized machines have begun to repair and reload the gun once more.

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  The Perfect Mistake

  Olivia Hayle

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  Hiring my little sister’s best friend as the new nanny for my kids? Big mistake. 
  Isabel is fifteen years too young, too kind, and far too attractive for this to be anything but a problem. Nannying requires her to move in, living close enough to reach out and grab... Not that I would. I’m old enough to know better. 
  She’s a professional ballerina recovering from an injury, and I’m the CEO of a multibillion-dollar conglomerate. She needs a job. I need a nanny. It’s a simple win-win. 
  Wrong. It’s sheer torture. Coming home late to find her curled up on the couch. To see her smile at me and ask how my day was. She’s beautiful, and always around, and the thoughts I’m having soon turn inappropriate. 
  But that life is behind me. My wife died years ago, and I can’t handle another relationship. Can’t handle the complications, the feelings, or the inevitable pain. 
  Even if Isabel is a temptation too sweet to resist. Kissing her is addictive… and soon I can’t keep my hands to myself or stay on my side of the penthouse. 
  It’s easy to forget things like age gaps and fears in the heat of passion. But us together is a mistake… even if it quickly becomes my favorite one.

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  Wild Country Hearts - One...

  Constance Ruth Clark

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  Trapped by a Blizzard, Bound by Desire. 
  When a winter storm strands famous country singer Peter Lexington at Kristina Cartwright's remote horse farm, neither expects the heat that ignites between them. She thinks he's delusional about being a star. He's never met a woman immune to his charm. 
  As the snow piles up outside, so does the tension within. For Kristina, horses have always been enough—they never lie, cheat, or leave like the men in her life. For Peter, the road and adoring fans have been his only commitment—until now. 
  But when danger threatens Kristina, Peter discovers there's something he values more than his career. As a deadly secret emerges from her past, their newfound connection faces its ultimate test. 
  Will they trust in what they've found together, or will fear tear them apart? 
  Experience the complete journey in this page-turning trilogy of suspense, passion, and second chances. 
  Two stubborn hearts. One deadly secret. A love that defies all odds.

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  Short Stories About The American...

  Ambrose Bierce, Louisa May...

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  War is always a tragedy. There may be a winner of sorts but always a loser.  The cost in injuries, death, destruction can never be fully recovered even if glossed over by a military or political elite that proclaims otherwise. 
   
  Even further down on the scale of mankind’s self-destructive baseness is Civil War.  One Nation with Two Sides locked in a ferocious fight is inevitably more painful and more despoiling.  Civilians are the bait in the trap.  Two sets of values may be proclaimed and many offer loyalty to one or the other but society also has those who just want the space and time to live, to enjoy their family and friends.  Each to his own. 
   
  In the American Civil War that began in 1861 the War was seemingly fought to end Slavery.  A War for Good.  The result a win for the good guys but a society that still bears fractures from this seminal period.   
   
  The stories in this volume show the true scars that are endured as a riven Nations authors try to explain and reconcile.   
   
  01 - Short Stories About the American Civil War - An Introduction 
  02 - An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce 
  03 - The Brothers by Louisa May Alcott 
  04 - The Namesake by Willa Cather 
  05 - The Affair At Coulter's Creek by Ambrose Bierce 
  06 - The Locket by Kate Chopin 
  07 - The Veteran by Stephen Crane 
  08 - Chickamauga by Ambrose Bierce 
  09 - My Red Cap by Louisa May Alcott 
  10 - Parker Adderson, Philosopher by Ambrose Bierce 
  11 - The Coup de Grace by Ambrose Bierce 
  12 - Christmas Eve in War Times by Edward Payson Roe 
  13 - The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce 
  14 - A Man With Two Lives by Ambrose Bierce 
  15 - A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce

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