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Most of us know the weight of too much stuff. We can avoid it for a while, but when it's time to move house or reorganize, we can't escape facing our clutter. Your excess stuff can hold you back and make you sick. Having stuff we don't use or enjoy is a burden, a waste of money, and importantly, it doesn't spark joy. If your rooms, closets, and surfaces are filled with clutter, all your unneeded possessions can get in the way of a full experience of life as it was meant to be lived.

Drug overdoses don't happen to girls with good grades and athletic talent, with longtime friends and a devoted boyfriend. Or do they? When high school seniors Cassidy and Sarah, along with Kayla's boyfriend Paul, discover their best friend Kayla unconscious at a party, the idea that they have lost her to a heroin overdose is unbelievable. She didn't use drugs, except the pain medicine prescribed for a soccer injury, and she had no reason to accept any from a stranger.

When Victoria returns to her childhood home for her twin sister's wedding after decades of a strained relationship with her family, she recalls the devastating trauma of the high school romance that tore her family apart. As a pretty, popular high school sophomore, Victoria discards boys as easily as she finds them, unlike her bookish and brilliant twin. When the senior football captain with a reputation of his own develops an interest in her sister, Victoria becomes wary. She’ll do anything to protect her twin, no matter what the cost.

Life has suddenly become very complicated for Dillon Strands. Having gone from a social pariah to the campus Casanova in just over a week, he now finds himself confused as to how to handle his new found life. Resolving to take things as they come, he is just beginning to find his new normal when Suzie Andrews shatters the fragile tranquility he had finally found. Can he find his solace and whose heart will have to break in order to do so? It may just be his own.

Dillon Strands is not your typical college co-ed. While other’s are chasing down parties and partners, living out their dreams of debauchery, Dillon and his friends are studying, gaming and stuck in a rut, their social lives hanging by a thread. After a semester of continued promises to step out of their comfort zone, the five friends find themselves exactly where they started.

I haven't spent much time with Sophie since we were kids. When we started high school, we headed in different directions and never looked back. She invited me to her wedding this weekend. I don't want to go because despite all our years apart, I know one thing hasn't changed: her mission to find me the perfect man. I've told her I don't have time for dating, but she never listens. I'm guessing she's going to be pushing some guy at me the minute I get off the plane.

He's a lonely construction worker with an affinity for vintage video games. She's a homicidal, spirit looking to rape his mind in an attempt at vengeance. Can it ever work between them? Should it? From the mind that brought you Level Up, come join the journey as Alexa Sommers takes you for a walk on the wild side.

Dillon Strands’ has finally determined what he truly wants. Unfortunately, what he wants is a women riddled with issues brought on by a traumatic past, who is unwilling to accept the love he has to offer. He has no intention of letting that stand in his way. Can he push past Suzie's barriers and finally capture her heart? Author's note: This book is the fifth and final in a number of novella length serials, as such it is not intended to be listened to as a stand-alone book.

Dillon Strands’ life continues its downward spiral in a litany of lust as he begins to come to terms with what he truly wants. But, when what you want appears to be unattainable and the alternative options keep throwing themselves in your way, the path forward is rarely clear. A murder mystery may be the least of his problems, but Dillon plays to win. The only question is what defines victory, and is it worth the ultimate cost?

Troubles continue to mount for Dillon Strands as he struggles to get a handle on his newly blossoming social life. When out of nowhere, Suzie Andrew arrives at his door, dressed to seduce. Can Dillon add her to his list of ongoing conquests without succumbing to the inevitable emotional entanglements? Can he fight his heart in order to keep his word? His mind says yes but his soul may already be bound.

Across the realms, celestial dancers known as apsaras are revered for their beauty, allure, and enchanting magic. But Meneka knows that is not all they are. They are weapons – warriors – seducing their targets for Lord Indra, the king of heaven, for his political gain. When a mortal’s growing powers threaten Lord Indra’s supremacy, Meneka seizes a rare opportunity and strikes a deal. If she can seduce this dangerous man, Indra will grant her what she most desires: her freedom.

A tragedy in Mira Singh's life has left her devastated and mourning. No one in her family knows how to confront the tragedy that befalls them, and they place the blame on each other, and even on God. Mira's parents do not understand the struggles of their children. Having immigrated from India in 1984, the family have all faced discrimination because of their religious background and practices. Mira's brother has faced the worst discrimination, and traumatized, he is estranged from the family.

Rekha Rao, an Indian American professor of art history, propelled by her sense of duty, dharma, decides to find the killer of her mentor and father figure. She walks a thin line between her match-making family and the homicide detective she is attracted to, but also distrusts. Follow the clues as Rekha searches for the murderer, and in the process, tastes the prospect of an unexpected romance, and discovers her true calling.

Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet. Still, her family’s apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba’s big laugh. But outside, everything is different – trick-or-treating, ballet class, and English books.

Dr. Georgia Laurence’s patient is going to die without an immediate heart transplant, and a rare blood type makes a donor nearly impossible. There’s a sliver of hope when she learns about a clinical trial right at her hospital. The only problem is the stem cell researcher is Dr. Matt Mancini, a man from her past who has absolutely no reason to help her. Matt could soon be sharing the cure for heart disease with the world and can’t risk using such a sick patient as his first human candidate. While his attraction to Georgia tempts him to reconsider, the stem cells are stolen.

Philippe LaFrance is a well known reclusive writer whose life is suddenly thrown upside down. The grandfather he never knew existed dies. Throughout his own investigation, Philippe learns that his family has kept secrets from him, deep, ugly secrets. A killer is murdering the men in his family. First his father then his grandfather have succumbed at the hands of another. This murderer is trying his utmost to keep secrets buried. Bereft, Roxanne St-Clair is left to manage a restaurant when the only person who ever mattered to her, her foster parent and mentor, is murdered.

Marlo, Rhonda, Kim, and Guyla, become friends living in the same apartment complex, in the city where dreams and disasters go hand in hand. They come to rely on each other as they deal with sexual come-ons, crazed stalkers, jealous starlets, and the constant pressure of trying to make it in showbiz. But when the pressure gets too much, will their friendship save them or will the City of Toys break them?

Fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants Ellie has been living off her father’s fortune for years. Learning he has cancer pushes her into a career change despite being in her 30s. When her first night shift on the palliative care floor ends in disaster, she finds herself alone and feeling lost. Will meeting the love of her life change this? As she starts over, her patients help her find her purpose and Asher helps her find herself again. Will the secrets she keeps destroy it all?

A smart, engaging investigation of the show that brought real teens to TV My So-Called Life lasted only 19 episodes from 1994 to 1995, but in that time it earned many devoted viewers, including the showrunners who would usher in the teen TV boom of the late ’90s and the new millennium. With its focus on 15-year-old Angela Chase’s search for her identity, MSCL’s realistic representation of adolescence on TV was groundbreaking; without her there would be no Buffy or Felicity, Rory Gilmore or Veronica Mars.

Despite hard-won victories, the revolutionary forces known as the Red Hand are more endangered than ever: the Planetary Alliance Commission—the PAC—has branded them public enemy number one, ramping up their efforts to eliminate the Red Hand’s remaining members even as the pandemic rages on. In order to protect the progress they have made, the team must adopt new tactics. Ashiva, armed with a new bionic upgrade, leads a team back into the fray on a dangerous mission across a toxic wasteland wracked by storms.