Understanding Teen Eating Disorders introduces readers to common teen eating disorder scenarios, their warning signs, and treatment options. Each chapter examines a teen or tween and brings the factors, whether they be environmental, genetic, co-existing conditions, etc. that contribute to his or her eating disorder, to life, while seamlessly integrating the latest research in gene inheritance, brain chemistry, and eating disorders in accessible, reader-friendly language. Each chapter provides treatment options, including outpatient, group therapy, and in-patient programs, for both the young person and the family. Each also ends with a Q & A section that reflects the concerns a parent, loved one, or treatment professional may have.
In Bloodlines by Jerry Purdon, a sheriff becomes distraught, taking drastic action after learning of a betrayal beyond anything he had imagined.In THE BULLET by Trevor Abbud, in the aftermath of a world ravaged by the mysterious virus known as “ The Bullet,” Luke Hart grapples with the challenges of survival, navigating the feral transformation of his son Jacob and the haunting complexities of his wife' s infectation.In Coyote by Benjamin B. White, born into a mixed breed with a culture of opposing ideologies - which wolves you run with are up to you or are they?In Grey Wolf by Patrick Scott, when the world opens up, you often find there are things you never expected to find in the dark corners or the much wider world. Including those that are truly incurable.In His Time of the Month by Keith Raymond, a werewolf is warned by her second husband, a wizard, that his kind is being hunted down by Templar Knights in Europe. They travel to Poland to take out the hunters.In Kooshti Lollipop Sherbet Cunt by Katie Ness, Stef, a sardonic woman living in London, hates her life. She encounters a strange woman who offers her candied apples and upon taking a bite sets in motion a colourful and brutal metamorphosis.In Skin in the Game by Deborah Sullivan Brennan, nineteen-year old Eve is a typical college student, and also a selkie, or seal shapeshifter, whose family history curses her to misfortune in love. After a bad date leaves Eve' s very survival in the hands of a lycanthrope tyrant, she faces a battle to save her skin.In Stalk by Christopher Pender, a young man travels by train through the night. His destination? A new life. As he travels alone in his carriage through the eerily quiet European countryside he slowly begins to realize that he is not alone. In The Summer of Slight Acquaintances by Neepa Sarkar, Akashi, a doctoral candidate at Harvard, boards a bus in India to reach her twin brother' s destination wedding. However, the bus meets with an unusual accident that makes her fall off the bus and be carried away by Jihan or Mrgam as he is called by his gang. Does Akashi manage to escape or is it all a dream?In The Way of the Kaftar by Scott Chaddon, have you ever wondered what might happen when an American werewolf encounters a pack of native Iraqi shape-shifters? Are they brethren under the fur, or will they be mortal enemies on sight? In Wildcat by Cris Morris, lost at night in a foreign city, Peter will come face to face with the monster inside him.
Tricks and Treats - Masque of DesireBy Amy Ruttan Miranda Carter is a very successful attorney. Trick or treating is for kids, but when a very influential client she has never met invites her to an authentic eighteenth-century masquerade she quickly suits up to attend his masked ball at a haunted plantation. Violet Hall is home to a mysterious ghost of the former owner, Aleksandr Valquet. He has haunted the grounds for two hundred and fifty years, waiting for his true love to return and break the curse of his immortality. It seems the so-called ghost has set his eyes on Miranda. Miranda succumbs to a masked stranger's advances and spends an evening of pleasure in his arms, a stranger who seems awfully familiar as her past life unfolds. Tricks and Treats - Between a Rock and a Hard OnBy Cindy Spencer Pape What happens when you mix a half-dragon, a pixie and a little sex magic in a wooded park on Halloween? Neither Bram nor Twyla has any idea but when it all comes together the magic explodes in a frenzy of hot sex and sizzling romance. Tricks and Treats - Mischief NightBy Cris Anson Annabelle lusts after her boss, the quintessential tall, dark and dreamy, but after six months, Mr. Smith still calls her Miss Fortier. A Halloween party changes that. Seeing her very formal boss striding toward her wearing nothing but war paint, a skimpy loincloth which leaves nothing to her imagination on a body that is her personal wet dream, Annabelle can't say no when he backs her into a secluded corner and reveals the savage lurking under that sinful smile. Until she hears the real Mr. Smith's irate voice asking, Miss Fortier, what are you doing?! Blindfolded, telling the two men apart takes some ingenuity, but it's the beginning of a night of erotic mischief. When Halloween is over, what will happen at work the next day? Tricks and Treats - Spells at MidnightBy Jenna Castille A witch seeking love, Renee isn't different from most women. She wants someone who can accept her for who she is. Unfortunately she isn't exactly human and there aren't many paranormal guys left. Tired of waiting for love, she casts a spell on Samhain to draw her soulmate. A creature born from lust, Zachary is a satyr. He lives for sex - literally. So when Renee drags him into the mortal world all he wants is a night of kinky fun and games. He doesn't expect to find a mate chosen for him by the God and Goddess. But they have one day to discover if theirs is a lust match - or a love match. Tricks and Treats - Ghostly AwakeningBy Lacey Savage Eighteen years of solitude have annihilated Sebastian Bradley's social skills. Not that he needs them. He's resigned himself to a life of complete seclusion until trouble decides to pitch a tent on his lawn and entice him with wide, curious blue eyes. Now there are people under Sebastian's roof, invading his privacy, using his home as a locale for a fancy society Halloween bash. One woman's to blame. A woman who in one short week has managed to turn Sebastian's entire world on its axis and awaken hungry, desperate desires that even a ghost can't ignore. Tricks and Treats - Conjured BlissBy Brigit Zahara Who says three's a crowd? In fact, on Halloween - a notoriously exciting time filled with thrills and magic and pulse-pounding surprises - a threesome can be a supernatural delight. Or so Callie finds out when she teams up again with magicians Vance and Hart for one very special show... and night. Reader Advisory: Contains M/M and M/F/M sex scenes. Tricks and Treats - Nocturnal ObsessionBy Lolita Lopez Normally, dreams are peaceful respites, but lately, Desi's are nothing short of erotic adventures - with the oh-so-sexy Dr. Ian Cuvos playing ringmaster. Her naughty nocturnal escapades feel so incredibly real that she's convinced she's subconsciously tapping into an energy conduit amplified by Halloween's approach. But when magic is involved, there's always a price. From the moment Desi de Soto steps into hi
Personal demons. There's no escape. Nowhere to hide. Ask Jack Sutcliffe. They're lessons he learned the hard way-along a road pitted with failures and disappointments. But he's fighting back. Desperately. Learning from his past to be a better man. For the woman he loves. For the son he never knew he had. And while those around him have forgiven him his sins, Jack discovers forgiving himself is the hardest step of all. Mother of three, businesswoman and widow Monica Burke has no time for love after a husband who betrayed and deserted her. Until the soul-deep hunger and desire she sees in Jack's eyes cracks an opening in the hard shell encasing her emotions. In Jack she sees the good man he's always wanted to be. But nothing worth having comes easy. Especially love. A shocking incident shatters Jack's fragile comeback, forcing him to make a choice that will devastate him to his very soul. Too late, Jack will learn the meaning of family. Too soon, Monica will learn the meaning of sacrifice.
Robbed of her self-esteem during a loveless marriage, recently divorced Lyssa Markham allows her best friend to drag her, costumed as Salome, to a masquerade. She's shocked then intrigued to discover the participants are members of an exclusive club. Hiding behind her mask, she permits her long-submerged sensual side to re-emerge as sights and sounds bombard her. Seeing a dark sexy gladiator inspires her to dance for him, seductively removing one veil at a time until she falls into his hot embrace.Days later, she learns her ex has neglected to fulfill an urgent financial stipulation in the divorce decree. Unable to reach him, she storms into his lawyer's office to resolve the problem and comes face to face with her gladiator. His first words, "Lift up your skirt...Salome."Robert Savidge is everything a woman could want-rich, handsome, successful. Should she obey her impulse and run from him? Or can she find the courage to explore her nascent sensuality with this man who so obviously wants to teach her?
Ex-Marine and bar-owner Soren, the quiet loner of the Thorvald brothers, reluctantly offers himself at a Take a Bachelor to Dinner Auction for charity. The minx who "won" him seems to be hiding under the table, so a humiliated and angry Soren hoists her over his shoulder and storms from the ballroom. So begins a rocky love affair between two unlikely people. When thirty-year old Crystal D'Angelo's talisman tells her that Soren is The One she's been waiting for, she's ready to give him everything: heart, soul...chastity. Soren, whose "man-woman skills" are almost nonexistent, finds he is unable to stay away from the innocent but sensual Crystal, who unleashes a carnal side of him he never knew existed. But convincing Soren-who learned as a child that love hurts, and no woman can be trusted with his heart-that what she feels for him is about more than magic, is a tough battle she won't give up on. As things heat up between them, a psychotic stalker takes exception to Crystal's relationship with Soren and violently turns her world upside down.
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