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Landon Connor is a man of many talents - all business magazines agree on that. My family calls me a workaholic, but being driven and career-focused is what turned me into a hotshot CEO. I have good reasons for keeping my personal life on hold. Then Maddie Jennings walks into my life and makes me question all my choices. Maddie says she hasn't met anyone like me before, and hopes she never will again. Good. I can't stand the thought of anyone else getting the reactions I do out of her when I boss her around, when I stand just a little too close.

Alison has an excellent relationship with her eighteen-year-old daughter. Lola is a hardworking, straight-A student, bound for university. They tell each other everything. Or so she thought. Lola has a secret: she's been sneaking off to meet her much older boyfriend, Brendan. He's everything she ever dreamed of—enigmatic, cool and absolutely irresistible. That's what Alison thought too, when she first met Brendan years ago, at university. Before he ruined her life.

From the first moment single mother Nicolette Winchester held her daughter in her arms, she knew she'd do everything in her power to keep her safe. Now 18 years old, Ella is bright, kind, and a cello prodigy headed for Juilliard. Nicolette can't help but feel proud of the young woman her daughter's become. Then Ella calls home one night. There's been an accident. A classmate is dead. And Ella is the only one on the scene. To protect her daughter, Nicolette makes an unthinkable decision.

From Frank D. Gilroy, comes this stunning portrait of Phyllis, mid-life crisis, who abandons herself to an unpredictable future (moving, sensual, painful, comic) that contradicts everything she previously thought about herself. With Vonnegut-like verve and consummate grace, Gilroy delivers a piercing new work of deep compassion and insight.

For decades, the Holloways have operated a convenience store in the working-class neighborhood of Rabbittown in St. John's, and every customer has a story. In a vibrant, contemporary family saga, filled with idiosyncratic characters, Trudy Morgan-Cole tells the tale of three generations of Holloway women - Ellen, Audrey, and Rachel - their loves and their livelihood in times of great change.

An alien crash lands on Earth, and for ten years terrorizes the planet, hiding, periodically killing and eating people and stealing materials for some unknown purpose. The only hope is Bart Stanton, a medically-engineered superman, designed for the sole purpose of confronting the “Nipe”. (Summary by Mark Nelson)

Crash Course DM is a comedy storytelling role play podcast set where chaos meets creativity. Join our rotating cast of improvisors as they dive into wild worlds, crazy characters, and sticky situations. Part actual play, part fever dream, all fun! Each week one of our hosts tries something new with a tabletop role playing game system and guides a cast of improvisors and comedians through the adventure. Starring: Daniel Lok, Kyle Kane, Shea Ingram, Chris Arr, and Joshua Greenway Edited by: Joshua Greenway & Daniel Lok Music by: Joshua Greenway & Mark Canning

He aprendido a ser paciente. A que las expectativas no condicionen mi futuro. Y que, a veces, cuando no esperas nada, sucede todo. He conseguido amar por encima de cualquier cosa. Pero queriendo tanto el corazón se vuelve más frágil. Y las cicatrices que deja el amor no dejan de doler jamás. Esta es mi vida. La historia de alguien que tuvo que perderse en la oscuridad para encontrar la luz.