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Jacob Morris has found peace for the first time in his life, and he’s content to enjoy it, mind his own business, and live a humble, simple life in a humble, simple place.

He’s not perfect, nor does he claim to be, but in his opinion, he’s done nothing whatsoever to deserve what befalls him in the form of Marilyn Renton. She looked for him and she found him. For Jacob Morris, nothing will be the same again.

Who is he? Who is she? What went wrong and shattered Jacob’s peace? Get to know them, and find out how heaven can go to hell in a straw hat, but hell is not so bad after all, in Beach Bum Beer-Swigging Bunny, a novel by Bruce James Wilkinson.

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Poppy is a six-year-old girl who lives with her mother in a run-down suburban neighbourhood. One day, they move into a luxurious mansion with her mother’s new partner. This new ‘Daddy’ or “Mr Rich”, as the young girl calls him, makes Poppy’s every wish come true. He showers her with gifts, washes her hair three times a week and takes her on long journeys in his big car, just the two of them. He tells Poppy that he loves her and can talk to her like an adult. Poppy’s mother is happy. She can finally buy anything she wants. In fact, everything would be just great, if it wasn’t for one thing…

Literary criticism from “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” newspaper:

“Poppy is a powerful and daring novel based on a true story. This tale of mind games, abuse and resilience is heartwarming, unbearable, powerful and extremely alarming all at the same time, and its endearing heroine Poppy plays an inspirational role.

Poppy’s story is profoundly touching and makes you unbelievably furious. The book stands out due to its often brilliant use of observational comedy, which never contradicts the harrowing circumstances that Poppy has to face.

Society is blind to what is happening and the authorities are powerless, allowing the culprit to remain at large. At the heart of this confrontation, the young girl is left alone to deal with her trauma.

This novel is not about baiting or voyeurism and does not contain the dramatic scenes typical of thrillers. Nevertheless, it is still sure to give more sensitive readers sleepless nights due to its shocking and resonating impact. It creates a sense of suspense that remains strong right through to the final chapter. In this book, the thrill is less about spectacular plot elements than it is about the relationships with and between the individual characters involved.

The end of the book has a somewhat nasty surprise in store. By creating this dissatisfaction with the antagonist and particularly underlining the incapability of Poppy’s mother to face up to her life, this novel by Astrid Korten succeeds in creating a literary world of child abuse tainted by harrowing circumstances. Although it takes aim at the offender, Korten also uses the story to target the inherent taboos of society itself.

In Poppy, Astrid Korten gives abuse a voice and successfully uses her light yet cutting tone to allow readers to imagine the unimaginable. She illuminates a dark topic and knows how to use humour to tell a harrowing story.”

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Long ago, magick filled the land of Dramolux. But one sorceress delved too deep into dark sorcery and tainted the creatures inhabiting the land. In an effort to save all creatures, a noble sentinel locked the dark powers away. For generations, the dark ones were controlled, passed down to those who ruled the sentinel kingdom. All is peaceful until the newest sentinel queen is murdered and all the magick is released back into the world. It is now up to her daughter, Princess Aymeri–who has no knowledge of what she truly is–to recapture it. But another dark sorceress is on the rise. She wants to lay claim to the magick and wield it herself, in an effort to take all of Dramolux under her control. The odds are against Aymeri and the magick the sorceress wants is evil. Aymeri must prepare to battle or die fighting for the survival of her people.

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Dex flees his abusive lover and finds a job as a dance instructor at a resort. There he meets Husker, but resists the attraction. The recent abusive relationship taught him he is relationship poison. Having bedded a long list of coeds in college, Husker questions his attraction to a man. When Husker’s best friend is killed in a bar shooting, he turns to Dex for comfort. The bond forms, but after Husker is injured and hospitalized Dex doesn’t hear from him so assumes the relationship is over. Dex’s abusive partner finds him and abducts him. Husker returns from the hospital to find Dex missing, and rallies the resort staff to find and free Dex before the abusive partner kills him.

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The Realms have split apart, the Stones of Elation have been hidden, and warnings of dokojin drift among the tribes.

The land and its people are corrupted. The Sachem, chief of the Unified Tribes, is to blame.

It is this conviction that drives Annilasia and Delilee to risk their lives. Afraid of the aether magic he wields, they enact a subtler scheme: kidnap his wife. In her place, Delilee will pretend to be the chieftess and spy on the Sachem.

Unaware of this plot against her husband, Jalice is whisked away by Annilasia. Pleading with her captor proves futile, and she rejects Annilasia’s delusional accusations against the chief. After all, the Sachem has brought peace to the land.

Yet a dangerous truth hides in Jalice’s past. As she and Annilasia flee through a forest of insidious threats, they must confront the evil plaguing the tribes and the events that unleashed it.

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Detective Casey Norris has gotten his badge back, after coming out of retirement, and is back in charge of his team of detectives, which features a couple of new members. There is little time for introductions, however, as a new case has hit their desks featuring a monster unlike anything they have ever seen.

Helena has a new serial killer. A killer who has hit a breaking point. A killer who is hunting young families. A sadistic individual who seems to have no limits and who refuses to leave anyone in the city with a feeling of hope or safety.

Norris and his team are in a race against the clock as this new predator allows less and less time between each kill. Norris must work to understand the individual he pursues while fighting through his own personal demons which threaten to derail his case, as well as his life.

Being a part of a family is supposed to create a feeling of comfort and love, but for this killer, it only creates a new target.

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Adrian Blaze wasn’t interested in love, relationships, or anything else that could slow him down. He became involved with the Mafia from a young age, having to feed and look after his family, especially after his mother died. Being loyal to his Mafia Boss were all that mattered, at least until he met Lillian.

Lillian Williams has lived all her life being the perfect, sweet, innocent, girl, following all the rules, wanting nothing more than to be accepted for who she is. She had no family and recently lost her job and now it was time to get out of her comfort zone and ready for some fun! When a recent turn of events brings her into contact with Adrian, a strong, sexy, alpha male, her life undergoes a drastic change.

Chaos ensues as suddenly she becomes targeted by the mafia and has to deal with snipers and assassins. This all complicated by her conflicting feelings for Adrian, as Lillian finds out more and more about his past.

As Lillian struggles to survive, will she manage to make sense of her feelings for Adrian? Will they manage to overcome the wall between them? Or will Adrian’s past tear them both apart? Most importantly, will they manage to survive the Mafia? Or will they lose each other forever?

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A 258-pound teenager named Big John from Los Angeles has a ravenous appetite for bad food. Eating it is the only thing that stops the warmth and tingling in his hands.

The only problem is his dream girl, Maggie May likes dream guys. One day, John and his crew, The Zoo Crew, wander into a Madame Bernadette’s Fortune Telling shop in Venice and the psychic gives John the key to winning Maggie’s heart, but when he starts to get what he wants, he finds he no longer wants it. Led along by the Madame and a mystical white wolf with aqua eyes, he begins to discover his true self and the secret magic stored in his hands.

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A time travel and a girl fought over by two men. A love triangle that is consumed at the court of the Borgias, among intrigues, passions and secrets.

Elisa is a high school student with all the normal problems of girls her age: family, boys, school. But one day she finds herself catapulted into another era, the Rome of the Borgias, and must learn to survive in a world completely different from hers. While desperately looking for a way back to home, two young men compete for her love: the charming and cruel Caesar Borgia and the honest and loyal Cristiano. The former is willing to kill to possess her, the latter would give his life to save her. In a crescendo of twists and turns, Elisa will have to decide who to entrust her heart to. And it won’t be an easy choice.

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The Egyptian government called on Drs. Tapper and Garrison to organize an excavation diving party to bring the artifacts that were supposedly buried in the Aswan reservoir. Upon accepting this unusual assignment, Dr. Tapper decided to take Ivan Smirnov with them. He was an undergraduate student with diving experience. Soon after the team arrived on-site, they confirmed that the pharaoh’s statue is, in fact, a tomb. The first dives went without incident. However, Ivan was soon attacked by a local thief while diving to bring back some relics to the surface. The Egyptian military was then called upon to keep the archeological team safe from harm. Drs. Tapper and Garrison returned to California when they realized that it would probably take months to complete the tomb’s excavation. Garrison remained in California to carry out his professorial duties while Dr. Tapper was away. As soon as the latter returned to the Aswan camp, he was told that Abdallah Grant, the curator of the Cairo Museum, had been abducted and was now being held for ransom. The excavation work was stopped. In the days that followed, Abdallah Grant himself was observed robbing the pharaoh’s tomb. He was arrested. Dr. Tapper, together with Ivan Smirnov, completed the assignment successfully and without further incident.

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