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When you’re a djinn, fixing all your problems can be as simple as snapping your fingers. This isn't one of those times. We all have our crosses to bear. The demons of our past haunt the corners of our minds. More often than not, those demons stay locked away, never to see the light of day. Rosie is not so lucky.

In 1997, Chicago’s street gangs were highly organized, and the Ida B. Wells housing projects were one of the most dangerous in the nation. Two brothers, Carl and Tommy, were born into a world of hell and chaos, fighting every day to survive living with drugs - addicted parents. A child’s innocence was a small price to pay in order to secure the next fix. Abandoned by their mother after their father’s incarceration, they turned to their friend Lucky and joined the Gangster Disciples.

By the hands of Daegal, an evil warlock, the werewolf was made djinn. But because of his wolf spirit, he couldn't be contained. Though he was freed of his new maker, Ardyn refused to go home for fear that the people he once called family, would no longer accept him. Despite his fear, Ardyn must return to shifter territory and face the pack he abandoned. Praia, a friend is in danger and trapped in his home land.

Nitara has spent her life waiting for Jinn to return to her, but when he finally does, it's far too late. Daegal, the evil warlock who cursed the pair and turned them to djinn, has been defeated, but the effects of his dirty work are far from gone. Now she has to return to a place that holds her heart hostage. Things aren't what they seem. Her time away has weakened her position and now she is faced with a choice: Fight or flee. However, fleeing just isn't an option.

It’s that time of year again, and Zuriah Price is excited to go home to celebrate the holidays with her family. A native of Houston, Texas, Zuriah now lives in Chicago and is in her third year of internship to become an anesthesiologist, and things are going perfect. Great loft, an awesome career, and a doctor boyfriend, Zuriah has all she needs, and falling for another man is not on her Christmas wish list.

Dexter didn’t like being a pawn. It seems life was taking him there though. He and his father never saw eye to eye, but being captured and tortured for his father’s mistakes gave Dexter too much to think about. First, the girl he lost; he’d never forget what they did to her. It changed him, and made him see the small city where his father moved him was a prison for magicals, the damned, and now him.

Aspiring chef London Johnson gets to meet Chante when he delivers her dinner on a night when the restaurant where he works is short-staffed. As soon as he lays eyes on her, he wants her. Even though he knew she was older than him, that didn't stop him from asking her for her number. Flattered but uninterested, Chante decides to give him a chance, believing there is no way they'd have anything other than a physical connection. Within a matter of weeks, London steals her heart. But because of their age difference, Chante is terrified and puts up a fight, only to be defeated by love.

At 38 years old, Navy Captain Joel Layton retires. With no family awaiting his return, Joel moves to the Port of Aleutia, Alaska, where he accepts a job as a deckhand on the Alexandria, a deep-sea king crab fishing vessel. On his first night in town, Joel and the crew go to Portia's Port House for a celebratory drink. Joel is captivated by Portia, a singer-songwriter. And Portia can't deny how handsome Joel is in his Navy uniform.

Enter an enchanting world that is both real and magical. Meet talking squirrels and share in their laughter and celebrations as they battle against the evil skoti army, all in the interests of the happiness and success of four human school friends.

After the duel that was to decide the fate of our reality, Kwen finds that even the best laid plans can collapse into ruin. The brighter tomorrow he fought for brings even more challenges. Having found the courage to accept the role given him, can he now find it within himself to face the darkness fueling the movement of the once halted New Light?

This story takes us through the life of a young man who gets caught up in the dark world of dirty politics. Sam finds himself and his friends being tracked down by government officials 20 years after writing what he thought was a benign yet radical term paper exposing flaws in the structure of a government. Suddenly connected to four students with a similar theory, Sam finds himself faced with an individual that will silence him at any cost.

This audiobook expresses the challenges the author faced in life while attempting to fit into constantly changing environments. Throughout the audiobook, the author explains the transitions involving his fool's hill - a concept presented to him by his grandmother. Early in life, the author experienced changing life situations, and he desired to be accepted, which led to mischievousness then gravitated to crime and other rebellious acts.

A young couple win free passes to Dexter's lodge. They believe this cozy vacation is just what their relationship needs, but there's a monster living in a frozen lake, and Seward is about to find out what fear really is.

This book is about a young man who came from a dysfunctional and abusive family, and fell in love with the sport of basketball. His love and passion for the game would take him on a lifelong journey - a journey of disappointments, setbacks, and finally triumph. This book will show how, by continuing to follow your passions and dreams, anything can be possible.

It is all about faith. Faith, faith, faith! My dear friend, many talk about faith as the key to a successful life! Questions: Do you know what faith is? Do you know how to acquire faith? Do you know how to operate with faith? Do you want to know the answers to these nagging questions and many more? This book - the concept book - faith, and receiving from God provide the answers. Guaranteed, this book will change your life for good, and forever!

This book addresses and helps with solutions for many of the key, urgent aims of the Black Lives Matter #BLM movement. Timms shows how all teachers, regardless of their own cultural heritage, can make a difference to African American children, their confidence, their futures from within the education system. Not just in terms of curriculum delivery and lesson-planning (all of which are covered), but also in terms of understanding key cultural and historical issues that affect the students' outlooks and expectations.

"With the MC fully functional and thriving in New Mexico, there isn’t much to be concerned with anymore. Until Ray comes to me and tells me that there is a problem with the Sarasota chapter. It is me and my brother’s responsibility to figure out the problem and we are more than willing to take a vacation. When we get there, it is anything but a vacation. An old rivalry with a vicious MC has come back. Our job, to handle the problem and we are good at our job. But, when a new woman comes into my life, she could be the Achilles heal of finishing the job."

Garrett wants to get patched fast and he knows the fastest way they will allow it is if he kills an enemy in law enforcement. So it goes to a vote that if he kills Bobby, a corrupt DEA agent targeting the MC, he can get his patch fast tracked. Garrett needs more motivation then that so he looks into the DEA agent and finds he was convicted of assaulting a woman but only got probation. But when he starts talking to the woman it changes everything and not only puts his life in danger but her's too.

Gemma “Gem” Jackson is the youngest and the last of the Jackson women to fall in love, but the man that is trying to win her heart, she can’t stand. Although she thinks he is attractive enough, his arrogant attitude is a huge turn off for her, and no way will she give in to his advances, so she thinks. Raphael “Royal” Wilkerson is the baby of the Wilkerson clan, and he is used to getting whatever he wants. When he meets feisty and fiery Gemma, he is immediately turned on, but he plays it cool.

Despite a long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion, creating a more diverse bar has been challenging for the legal profession. And this begs the question "why"? Does the profession find itself in the precarious position of having self-imposed barriers in place that work against its best efforts? Are outside factors beyond the profession's control inhibiting progress?