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  Unchipped: The Resort

  Taya DeVere

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  In a war-torn world, they've found their sanctuary... if not for those bodies in the basement. 
  The rebels against the Happiness-Program have finally found a place to hide, an abandoned resort in Iceland complete with a luxury hotel. Everything would be perfect here if not for their memories, haunting them each in different ways. 
  For Bill, it's the friend he left behind in California... not knowing whether she's alive or dead. For Luna, it's the man from City of Serbia, inviting her to give up on the rebellion and return home to him. For Ava it's the woman who used to take care of her, and who she expects to hear from any day. 
  For rebel leader Kaarina, it's the need for revenge... and the basement of the hotel may give her the opportunity. Because the basement contains four stasis capsules, and the unconscious bodies of four men and women... the founders of the Happiness-Program. 
  If they can wake up the founders, the rebels could finally be free forever. They could strike a blow against the enemy, turning the tide in the ongoing war. But waking up the all-but-dead can have unforeseen consequences... 
  ***If you're looking for books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Brave New World you're going to love the Unchipped series! 
  ***Get free early access to Unchipped short stories, plus the Unchipped prequel, The Meeting, by signing up for my newsletter @TayaDeVere (dot) com!

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  Chasing Zodiacs - To Repair the...

  Anonyme

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  The delegates — or as Kirill thought of them, “The Seven Deadly Sins” — were not people who had brought happiness into the world. For the sake of his own survival and longevity, he had to remain on guard for the entire duration of the conference. Some periods in life are quite literally life-or-death moments, and this conference would be a long series of such moments. 
  Human Asset Management was the Corporation’s description for the illegal human trafficking trade. The number of Assets was expected to exceed 30 million, encompassing a diversity of categories from every country on the planet — men, women, and children of all ages. 
  They would be allocated to businesses and residences across every sector of the global economy including: 
  The Agency had been created in secret and funded by shell companies to protect the anonymity of its members. The Director was struggling to juggle both the budgets and the morale within the Agency — and he desperately needed a break. He was ever the optimist and, although not a religious man, prayed occasionally for help in any way, shape, or form. 
  Then, Max was found alive on a waste dump, carrying with him clues from the past. 
  A prayer had been answered — and now, the chase was on!

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  Too Much Time - Circling Back

  Kyle Doucet

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  What if someone you've known your entire life one morning woke up with a completely different personality? 
  Nothing seems to be going right for small town high schooler Taylor Hartley. He's bullied, unhappy, aimless, and fears what the future holds. More challenges arise when constant dizzy spells and unsettling dreams, possibly visions, are added to the mix. His family and a caring teacher are doing their best to help when surprisingly their prayers are answered. Overnight Taylor has new confidence and drive. His younger sister is ecstatic but tries not to dwell on a few oddities like why her brother doesn't seem to know anyone's name, or why he's forgotten his class schedule. 
  Taylor’s father is relieved his son is sticking up for himself. However, he gradually becomes unsettled especially after it seems the young man is taking charge. In the meantime, he’s offering promising financial advice. 
  Unexpectedly Taylor ends up on the local police sergeant’s radar. Several students linked to harassing and bullying the teen are themselves the victims of brutal beatings. But no one’s talking. 
  It doesn't take long for some to start wondering if these changes are for the best.

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  Moonchild

  Aleister Crowley

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  A year or so before the beginning of World War I, a young woman named Lisa la Giuffria is seduced by a white magician, Cyril Grey, and persuaded into helping him in a magical battle with a black magician and his black lodge. Grey is attempting to raise the level of his force by impregnating the girl with the soul of an ethereal being — the moonchild. To achieve this, she will have to be kept in a secluded environment, and many preparatory magical rituals will be carried out. The black magician Douglas is bent on destroying Grey’s plan. However, Grey's ultimate motives may not be what they appear. The moonchild rituals are carried out in southern Italy, but the occult organizations are based in Paris and England. At the end of the book, the war breaks out, and the white magicians support the Allies, while the black magicians support the Central Powers.

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  History of Tom Jones a Foundling...

  Henry Fielding

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  A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
  BOOK 12: The learned reader must have observed that in the course of this mighty work, I have often translated passages out of the best antient authors, without quoting the original, or without taking the least notice of the book from whence they were borrowed.

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  Nutcracker Nightmare The: A Cozy...

  Hang Nguyen

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  🌟 The Christmas Eve performance of The Nutcracker turned terrifying when the lead ballerina pirouetted right off the stage—permanently 💀. Dance school owner and former ballerina Isabella Rossi knows the harness was tampered with, and she's determined to find which of the jealous understudies, bitter rivals, or secret admirers decided the show couldn't go on 🕵️♀️. With the entire cast trapped in the theater by a sudden snowstorm and tensions rising faster than the Christmas spirit, Isabella must plié through a complex routine of lies and hidden agendas ❄️. But when she discovers the dead ballerina was about to expose a decades-old scandal that could destroy the prestigious dance company, Isabella realizes this wasn't just about a starring role—it was about protecting secrets worth killing for 🎭. Now, with the police snowed in and the killer still among them, Isabella must perform the investigation of her life before the final curtain falls on another dancer 🩰.

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