One skinless I could handle. A pack of them? Not so much. Still, I dive in to help when Luke inherits the role of alpha. Drawn into the werewolf world of backstabbing aggression, my goal is to keep my hands clean while hunting down the previous alpha's murderer. Instead, I end up at the center of a so-called game turned deadly serious. The Alpha's Hunt will determine who calls the shots and how the pack is shaped in the future. My role? I'm the bait. The second book in USA Today bestselling author Aimee Easterling's newest series will immerse you in a world of magic, danger, and romance.

The day Tabitha got shattered by the news that she was about to meet her end, Alpha Derek, her mate, was screwing around with another she-wolf. Devastated, she decided to accept Derek's rejection. But as the fine pack doctor, Orson, entered Tabitha's life, Derek lost his cool, tormented by jealousy. He locked her down at the crib, regardless of his new mate being green-eyed with envy. To his surprise, Tabitha coldly announced, "Derek, I'm over you." Finally, it dawned on him that Tabitha was, and always had been, his destined mate.

Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, the son- and enforcer- of the leader of the North American werewolves, Anna Latham now knows how dangerous being a werewolf is, especially when a werewolf who opposes Charles and his father is struck down. Charles's reputation makes him the prime suspect, and the penalty for the crime is execution. Now Anna and Charles must combine their talents to hunt down the real killer - or Charles will take the fall.

Sophia always followed the rules. Her father, the conservative Senator riding on family values rhetoric, wouldn’t have it any other way. Except he has no idea how much she craves excitement and yearns to get out from under his oppressive thumb. When military-trained mercenaries kidnap her in the night, Sophia gets far more excitement than she ever wanted. But they don’t want ransom money for their new hostage and their leader looks at her like he wants to eat her alive and screw her to death, both at the same time.Hunt needs information from the corrupt Senator and he’ll go to any lengths to get it. He has vowed revenge against the people responsible for turning him into a monster, and Sophia’s father is right at the top of his list. He will abuse and degrade her, if that’s what it takes to get what he needs. He will make a show of his daughter’s destruction to force the Senator’s hand. And the most twisted thing, is that he will make her like it. Her father has secrets and Sophia is about to pay for them.

UK church attendance hemorrhaging and one course is hailed as the most effective tool for "turning back the tide." From small beginnings in the early 1970s, Alpha has grown to become a global success. Churches from across the denominational spectrum have enthusiastically seized upon the course, seeing it as the remedy for declining church attendance. Inside Alpha explores such claims through richly grounded qualitative research on six Alpha courses. It assesses Alpha's primary aim of converting non-churchgoers and its longer-term goal of spiritual maturity (Colossians 1:28-29). It questions whether the Alpha program is as successful as it claims at uniting evangelism and discipleship, mission and spiritual formation. This is an invaluable study for those--in the academy and the church--who have an interest in ecclesiology and mission. How exactly is one to understand conversion? What is it to "be Christian"? How does ambiguity and doubt fit within one's journey of faith? The importance of this work is in discovering--through an engagement with Alpha--how people might appropriately be initiated into and discipled within the Christian faith in contemporary culture.

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Dirty Harry meets Twilight. #3 in the break-out series and a follow-up to Monster Hunter International and Monster Hunter Vendetta. Earl Harbinger may be the leader of Monster Hunter International, but he's also got a secret. Nearly a century ago, Earl was cursed to be a werewolf. When Earl receives word that one of his oldest foes, a legendarily vicious werewolf that worked for the KGB, has mysteriously appeared in the remote woods of Michigan, he decides to take care of some unfinished business. But another force is working to bring about the creation of a whole new species of werewolf. When darkness falls, the final hunt begins, and the only thing standing in their way is a handful of locals, a lot of firepower, and Earl Harbinger's stubborn refusal to roll over and play dead. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Lexile Score: 730

What do you do when you’re in a financial crisis? A) Borrow money from someone B) Find another job C) Sell yourself to the Alpha Caliana Hart chooses C and decides to offer herself up to the highest bidder. With her mother’s burgeoning sickness, she needs cash fast and part-time jobs aren’t cutting it. But she’s made the mistake of choosing the wrong man to mess with... Xavier wants nothing to do with the girl his brother found online. He has enough things to worry about, like the fact that he hasn’t been able to shift. And to top things off, her annoying presence ticks off an enemy wolf pack who would like nothing more than to see Xavier—and now Cali—dead.