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Many people get into relationships with narcissists. There is little warning that their lives will forever be changed by the narcissists. They never stop to realize the gravity of having been in the lives of narcissists. Some people will suffer long term in the form of Cassandra syndrome, trauma bonding, and complex PTSD. Others will suffer through their children's ill-mannered behavior due to parental alienation syndrome or through the loss of relationships with their children due to the narcissists.

Billionaire WereBear Thomas McMillian was desperate for a bear baby of his own, but so far in his life he had found it impossible to impregnate a female human. So Thomas sought the expertise of fertility doctor Melissa Rancic who specialized in helping shifters like him reproduce. However, when Thomas set his eyes on Melissa, he realized she was the woman that could help him in more ways than one.

Lauren Grant was gifted with supernatural powers from birth and because of this she had always known she was special. She also knew that one day she might be taken by those who would want to use her gift to their own advantage. Now, it seems that day has come and Lauren has found herself kidnapped by a handsome angel named Cole Marlowe.

Three simple words from her telephone in the dead of night send violinist Chrispen Marnett's life spiraling in directions she never imagined. The chance to work with the greatest violinist alive drew her to Newton, but nothing could have prepared her for what she found there. Terror lurks in innocent places - a ringing phone, a late-night rehearsal, unexpected flowers. And what could have prepared her for Alexis Brooks: symphony concertmaster, international superstar, and accused murderer?

Emma Harrison has been in all the wrong relationships. Her past is nothing she wants to talk about. She thought she finally got it right when she got involved with Riley Torres, a "nice" guy who was only trying to protect her when he lingered just a little too long. At first, it was cute - the way he checked up on her. She loved how he defended her, even against her sister Abby, who could be a bit of a meddler. He made her feel important when he stayed up waiting for her to return from exam study groups. It was sweet. Until, it wasn't anymore.

Disaster strikes North America, leaving people without the most basic amenities. Lana is taken from her home and forced to accept a world full of infected, violent beings. Life as humans know it is over, and in its place is a constant fear of death, paranoia, and savagery.

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Thirteen years have passed since Ivy was born, and during that time the world has become a much darker, dangerous place. Not only have the Changed become more aggressive, numerous, and insane, but they are now joined by a mysterious and powerful being that has come from seemingly nowhere with the sole purpose of hunting Ivy down.

Sassy Elizabeth meets the smart, but reserved, Darcy. Their personalities don't seem to mesh together quite well. This is a 20th century modernization of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Emma is back, and is now faced with a new and terrifying encounter. Her abductor has her exactly where he wants her, promising to take her back home safely, if she bears the children of the four different species of J'hec, intelligent and somewhat humanoid creatures, in the rain forest. Without the knowledge of the land, and knowing her chances of survival are slim without him, she willingly agrees.

At the age of 21, Alexis never had a boyfriend, and did not so much as kissed a boy. When she begins to chat online with an older man who claims to have fantasies about his daughter, they hit it off because of she is having the same about her stepdad, who raised her since she was two, when her mother died. Fearing that their dark secret will ruin their relations with the people they care about, the two agree to meet up at a masked ball to complete one another's fantasy.

Tours of the rain forest have never been so naughty. When 23-year-old Emma gets separated from her group, she soon discovers that the danger of the heat or even the wildlife could be the least of her problems. Running across a place where the plants not only come to life, but are in need of a female to keep their species from going extinct, what's a girl to do?

In this short story, which takes place directly before The Change: Life, you will meet Jacob and Mia, and get a tiny glimpse into how their very lives are tied into the fate of the world - to the Changed themselves - and to the enigmatic creature that appears out of nowhere to destroy all that it sees, both humans and Changed alike.

They are not zombies. Or any other supernatural creature that has ever been dreamt up by man. They are The Changed. They are real. And they are everywhere. It happened all at once, all over the planet - every man, woman, child, and animal suddenly changing into a murderous, mindless, twisted version of their former selves. All at once, life as we know it came to an abrupt end. All that survives is one small family: a girl, her mother, and their faithful dog, Maxx.

On her first outing to the forest with her mother, Rain finds herself running for her life from ravenous wolves when she gets lost in the woods. Her mother always taught her than no matter how big you are, there is always something bigger and badder than you out there.

After moving to a new town, Heather Reiner struggles to keep her psychic abilities a secret and establish a sense of normalcy...at least for her overprotective mother's sake. But when Heather starts having terrifying visions of a missing boy, she can't simply ignore them. This time she feels an inexplicable pull to solve the crime, and slowly begins to believe that her supernatural gifts could actually help others.