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  Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
   
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
   
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
   
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
   
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
   
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
   
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
   
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
   
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
   
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. 
    
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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  The Adventures of Doogie Stone

  Robert H Cherny

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  The Adventures of Doogie Stone is an alternate history as America might have been if the eleventh and twelfth century Scandinavian and Irish explorers had settled as far south as Cape Cod and then abandoned their colony for two hundred years. It is the coming of age story of the youngest son of a warlord who faces the attempted invasion by the British. It follows him as he discovers his place in society and wins the heart of the woman he loves. 
  The story reads quickly and would be suitable for high school students as well as adults.

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  A Trusted Husband (An Emily Just...

  Ella Swift

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Ella Swift, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. “Amazing. The action simply didn’t stop.”
  —Reader review for What’s His
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  Home aide Emily Just's knack for caregiving lands her in the opulence of a Chicago suburb, tending to a charismatic advertising exec left shattered by a stroke. 
  
  But as she peels back the layers of family drama, she uncovers hints of foul play—a power struggle that may have poisoned not just the family business but the man himself. 
  
  Amidst this tangled web, Emily's heart betrays her, and a blooming romance leads her down a path of misjudged clues and dangerous assumptions. 
  
  Can Emily untangle love from lies in time to prevent another “accident” within these polished walls befalls someone else?
  
  A TRUSTED HUSBAND (An Emily Just Psychological Thriller—Book 3) is the third novel in a new psychological suspense series by mystery and suspense author Ella Swift. The series begins with A TRUSTED WIFE (Book 1).
  
  Future books in the series are also available!
  
  “A riveting read.”
  —Reader review for What’s His
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   “An easy read and I can't wait to read the next book.”
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  “Excellent. You can't help but like Peyton.”
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  “It will pull you in from the beginning and not let up until the last paragraph. The characters are pretty true to life. A twist at the end will get you.”
  —Reader review for What’s His
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  Mystery in Bloom A: Murder in...

  Fiona Grace

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  This recording has been digitally produced by Fiona Grace, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. For landscape designer Alice Bloom, plants are more than just her job—they are her passion. But her latest project turns grim when a despised socialite is found dead in an Italian villa's garden—and Alice, finding herself blamed for the crime, has no choice but to solve it herself.
  
  Drawing on her own extensive botanical knowledge, Alice must dig through the layers of aristocratic secrets and intrigue to unearth the killer, and to clear her name before it’s too late. But a new romance may just have her distracted with other things…
  
  A Mystery in Bloom: Murder in the Marigolds (An Alice Bloom Cozy Mystery—Book 1) is the first novel in a new series by cozy mystery author Fiona Grace.
  
  The Alice Bloom series is a page-turning, charming cozy mystery that invites you into a picturesque setting, packed with humor, romance, and surprise twists and turns. You’ll be up well past bedtime as you fall in love your new favorite female protagonist.
  
  Future books in the series are also available!

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  Love in the Scottish Highlands -...

  Emmanuelle de Maupassant

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  One feisty debutante. 
  One rugged Highlander. 
  How much mischief can a girl get into? 
  It's 1928 and Bright Young Things are taking London by storm, but Lady Ophelia's life is all mapped out: marriage to a cod-faced aristocrat and a life of dull respectability. 
  Refusing to play along, Ophelia is banished to her ancestral home in the Highlands of Scotland. 
  There, she'll be so bored, she'll come to her senses... won't she? 
  Meeting her eccentric relatives (not to mention ruggedly handsome estate manager Hamish) Ophelia isn't so sure. 
  Let the mayhem begin! 
  Dive into this 1920s romantic comedy, set in the Scottish Highlands. 
  For fans of Downton Abbey, Nancy Mitford and Rhys Bowen 
  Performed brilliantly by British actor Gareth J Davies 
  "Love in the Scottish Highlands" comprises all three volumes of the enchanting 'My Lady Ophelia' trilogy: 
  Highland Pursuits, Highland Christmas, and Highland Wedding 
  Heat level : rather saucy and lots of fun

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  Otherkin's Hunger - Book 1 of...

  Morgan Emerson Fox

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  In a world ruthlessly purged of the mystical, magic only exists in fable and legend—until Anja Kinzey meets Lucian Miller… 
  A reference librarian by day, Anja raids a secret trove of occult lore at night, driven by an insatiable curiosity about magic. Meanwhile, biotech billionaire Lucian pours money into groundbreaking genetic research to unlock the full potential of human DNA. When the two fall for each other, they discover they are both supernatural “otherkin”—and their research can be combined in erotic rituals where they begin to reclaim their legacy and awaken the magical powers of others. 
  But when Lucian is framed for murder, Lucian and Anja must flee from unseen enemies who will do anything to stop their pioneering experiments. The same enemies who once drove those like them to extinction… 
  In “Otherkin’s Hunger,” Lucian and Anja embark on a thrilling odyssey to reclaim forgotten magic, blending danger, discovery, and desire. The stakes couldn’t be higher: they must succeed not only to save their own lives but to prevent the final eradication of magic from their world. Dive into this gripping tale to find out.

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