This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Tim Ellingwood has a penthouse apartment, an overpaid job, and a knock-out girlfriend. It’s just enough to keep him happy, so long as he can soak the haunting memories of his time overseas in enough booze and sex to keep the voice in his head quiet - without drowning his own soul first. Then he meets Will Flint, a mysterious neighbor who convinces him to try for more. They risk everything and set out on an epic adventure that takes them...

As the descendants and heirs unite and fortify one another with their special skills, they find themselves in the heart of the center realm, Ebassia. The recently deceased King has left the enormous duty of ruling such a vast realm to his daughter, Oladesni, who has only the head Necromancer of the Velsharoon as her mentor. With an unrelenting desire to be released from her own prison, Isot leader of the Velsharoon uses the coronation of the new queen as her opportunity to execute the Bind...

Time is ticking as the Timeless Plains becomes the new battleground for evil, but first Shaz and the crew have to find a way to save Serin's family from the toxin of the Ruin Spiders that are now invading the underground. Riddick and Amirra take their journey to the far reaches of the Turbulent Reef where time turns at a much slower rate. Turkill and Ladtwig head to enlist the help of the Gryphton's to secure the venom of the Saraswati Bugs, while Shaz and Serin head for the spiders in the...

Sapphira is a desert world with little plant life, where the people live in the shadows of gray sunlight, sickened by the Dark Plague. To cure the people, the Guardian of Dreams sends the Spirit of Truth to bring the light back into his darkened world. In the form of Pegasus, he enters the world through the pure, innocent dreams of Selene, the reluctant princess and heir-apparent to the throne. Now, with her brother Dorian as king, another rebellion is stirring. All eyes are turning to Sel...

The town of Fairmont, Alabama is small, but it's full of secrets ... and some are more bitter than others.The Fairmont Pie Festival is just starting as a prodigal son returns home to reconcile with his mother. But when she ends up dead in her kitchen, more than one mystery needs to be solved if her killer will be foundand brought to justice.Life of Pies is a 12-part short story contemporary mystery series collection from au...

A wild, experimental, polyphonic novel, recounting a typical day of diminishing returns at a nursing homeHouse Mother Normal, subtitled “A Geriatric Comedy,” is the English writer B. S. Johnson’s fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure, this novel is a remarkable study of old age, stripped of sentimentality and spiked with bizarre language and perceptions. Made up of eight monologues describing a single day at a nursing home, House Mothe...

Feminism, Self-Presentation, and Pinterest: The Labor of Wedding Planning argues that Pinterest, which has been largely criticized for perpetuating vapid stereotypical gender roles, is actually a dynamic digital curation tool that facilitates meaning-making around the important cultural event of the Western wedding. Emily S. Johnson, through a thorough examination of how aspiring brides use the platform to plan their weddings, found that Pinterest is a unique platform that offers brides th...

PARIS, 1874Everyone has dreams.Benedict Svoboda knows what it means to experience loss. After the death of his mother, the rejection of his father, and the loss of his mentor, Ben is determined all the more to protect those in his care—and none more so than his beloved wife, Marguerite.However, Marguerite is no stranger to espionage. Having worked with Lady Penelope Ollerton-Wellesley and the Order of the Crystal Daggers for many ye...

In order to defeat the sorceress Magdalina, and free herself from her curse, Rose, the Princess of Rhone, has set out to find dragon’s blood. As she travels toward the Romani territory, where the Serpent’s Garden resides, she is accompanied by her faithful group of friends, including their newest member, Prince Philip of Einish.But when the group ends up shipwrecked on the small island of Maltia, they find themselves trapped without supplies and a way off the island. With time, mon...

Facing the future meant facing the end ... until it became a new beginning.Aerie and Exton are still at war with the Revolutionary States, but there is much to celebrate. Now that they are together again, Aerie finally has what she's always wanted: A loving home. But her past, and her parents, are far from letting her move on with her new life. When Merra further escalates the war with her treachery, Aerie is faced with an impossible choice: Save her mother, or bet...

Not all legends are born of lies ...Bjorn Kyvansson was never supposed to outlive his brother.After his older brother Sterlig dies on the mysterious island of Eydis, it falls to Bjorn to avenge his brother. But Bjorn, along with his abusive father and his anxious mother, is content to suffer with his lot in life.That is, until Arja Freydottir, Sterlig’s beloved, decides to go to Eydis. Bjorn reluctantly agrees to accompany her, knowing he h...

FATGIRL: EPISODES 7-10 BOX SET (FATGIRL OMNIBUS COLLECTION #3)You'll never look at doughnuts the same way again.Kallie's come a long way from accidentally stuffing her face full of Abuela-Blancha's radioactive doughnuts.Now, Kallie's actually almost confident she can handle anything -- even if it means standing up to her best frenemy, especially when Amory declares no one in their group of friends will have a date for the Spring Fling. Too ...