Being a Guardian Shifter has been life-changing for Hope Ambrose. After Hope's first battle with Lucien and feeling no worse for the wear, she and Castiel are on the next part of their journey with the Immortal Opus. Knowing they cannot trust that it won't fall into the wrong hands, they give the book to Duke for safekeeping. Now, they must seek other Fable-Shifters and rise against Lucien. Only, Lucien is five steps ahead of them and when he attacks, leaving them both for dead on opposite ends of the earth, it will be up to Hope and Castiel to find healing and make their way back to one another. With evil magic at play, and their memories erased, will they remember who they are? Or give themselves over to the darkest evil the world has ever seen? Who's side will you be on?

Fable-Shifters Hope and Castiel are doing all that they can to keep what's left of their race, alive. Only Lucien has torn through the kingdoms turning the humans, and their protectors, against each other. The Omniscients have been silent, while everyone around the Fable-Shifters is dying. It appears as if Lucien has won. When Castiel takes off to Terra Enim to sacrifice his life, and fight Lucien himself, Hope will have to make a decision that may affect the rest of the world as we know it. In the final book of the Immortal Opus series, when all hope is lost—A terrible battle will take place at Terra Enim. With great love comes great sacrifice, and in this heartbreaking conclusion—Only one side will come out victorious.

Being a shifter has its advantages. Only Hope Ambrose doesn’t know she’s a shifter. Not until Lucien Spencer, deemed “The Hunter,” ransacks her village, killing everyone she loves. On her dying friends’ lips, Hope will hear words that will literally change her life, and when she wakes up a wolf in an unknown land, things get weird. Alone to figure things out, and only her grief to keep her company, an unwanted stranger will introduce her to a hidden world of the “Changed Ones.” A race of shifter guardians that the Omniscients set in place to protect humanity from the evil that is Lucien. Whether or not she likes it, this unfamiliar world is where she belongs. But after a disturbing twist of events, Hope quickly realizes how weak she is, and how quickly Lucien could overtake her. With the help of some new friends, Hope must find out her own inner powers, and her place in this new world, before the humans she was meant to protect have to pay the ultimate price. Narnia fans, welcome to an exciting new adventure.

Gold Medal Winner, General Business, 2012 Axiom Business Book Awards Understanding the post-crisis consumer In Spend Shift, John Gerzema, world-renowned expert on consumer values, and Pulitzer prizewinning author Michael D'Antonio document the rise of a vibrant, values-driven post-recession economy. To tell the story of this movement, the authors travel to large cities and small towns across eight bellwether states, to examine the value shifts sweeping the nation. Through in-depth observation, proprietary data from Young & Rubicam, and interviews with experts, the authors analyze the changing consumer psyche, document the five shifting values and consumer behaviors that are remaking America and the world, and explain what it means to businesses and leaders. Explores a movement in society where the majority of American consumers are embracing both value and values Shows how post-crisis consumer expectations and behaviors will drive business decisions Draws on interviews with CEOs and entrepreneurs to reveal how companies like Ford and Etsy are reconnecting with the post-crisis consumer Compelling and insightful, Spend Shift is essential reading for anyone interested in how values are changing and how businesses can connect with consumers after the recession.

There are enough skeletons in Felix's closet to fill up an entire calendar. Felix Apostolou is a rising star in the art world. His murals are quickly gaining him fame in the San Antonio art scene, and when he's featured in the Calendar Men charity calendar, he'll draw in even more attention. As it is, he's getting commission offers faster than he can process them. He takes on one mural that holds special meaning for him—one for Ezra Harrington, owner of Quantum, Inc., and close friend to the injured original photographer of the Calendar Men shoot. What Felix didn't count on was meeting a man who turned his world around and brought something other than art to focus for him. Tse Soto is intriguing, passionate, and open in ways Felix quickly comes to appreciate. But Felix's past isn't what he believed it to be, and what he learns about it could be more than he can handle.

Derrick Tovar thought posing for a calendar would be the most adventurous thing he'd ever do—boy, was he wrong! Derrick Tovar has always played it safe. He had a secure job, a retirement plan, five- and ten-year goals... When he agreed to pose in skimpy clothing for a charity calendar, he figured that was one daring, out-of-character thing for him to do. It wasn't that big a risk, really. Except it almost got him killed. He's having a little trouble dealing with that, but he soon meets a man who makes him want to dream big and take chances.

Ilias Hayes is coming to believe that there is truth to the saying &‘no good deed goes unpunished.' Ilias Hayes was flattered when he was asked to pose in a charity calendar shoot. He was even more thrilled to participate when Perry invited his boyfriend, Terry, to pose with Ilias. Being one of the couples in the calendar would cement their relationship. Except it doesn't. Terry dumps him, and Ilias realizes just how warped that relationship was. He plans to focus on his career with San Antonio Police Department and work out why he stayed with someone who treated him so badly. But a call from dispatch about a fight at a doctor's office brings a very interesting, opinionated man into Ilias' life. He isn't sure if Doctor Torres is flirting or not, but Ilias wants to find out—if he can get past his own fears and escape someone who wants Ilias for themselves.