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TAKE A SPACE RIDE with Teaco and Icesickle as they were suddenly taken from their planet and crashed into the scary world of Mars. An adventure worth wild with long crazy halls and strange creatures around every corner. Travel along with these two silly friends as they attempt to escape the clutches of the Martians. Will they make it back home to Earth, or will this be the last we hear of these two heroes?

Avian pox and a previously undiscovered feather-loss disorder affect Spheniscus penguins. Avian pox is an enveloped doublestranded DNA virus that is mechanically transmitted via arthropod vectors or mucosal membrane contact with infectious particles or birds. Avian pox outbreaks primarily affected chicks, often resulted in death, and were not associated with handling, rainfall, or temperature. The Avipoxvirus identified in Magellanic Penguins in Argentina was phylogenetically similar to an Avipoxvirus found in Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) from the Falkland Islands in 1987. This phylogentic proximity suggests a long-term circulation of seabird Avipoxviruses in the southwest Atlantic. The feather-loss disorder in captive African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chicks and wild Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) chicks is new, rare, and more common in a rehabilitation center in Africa than in the wild. The cause of the feather loss is unknown, but the disorder results in slower growth, smaller fledglings, and appears to increase mortality in Magellanic Penguin chicks in the wild.

Friendship is important for individuals at any point in their lives, but takes on a new role during emerging adulthood as individuals make the transition into adult roles and responsibilities (Arnett 2000, 2006). Potentially even more significant is the importance of friendship to sexual minority young adults who are also forming their identities at this stage (Brandon-Friedman and Kim 2016). Since the transition to college takes place during emerging adulthood, it is important to examine how sexual minority young adults utilize their friendships with other sexual minorities as well as heterosexual peers to navigate this transition. Drawing on in-depth interviews with ten sexual minority students attending a large Midwestern university, I found that participants often sought out friendships with other sexual minorities. These friendships, in many cases, buffered the stressors associated with being a sexual minority, and highlighted the significance of friendships with individuals who share one’s minority status.

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! #2576 A CONVENIENT TEXAS WEDDING Texas Cattleman’s Club: The Impostor by Sheri WhiteFeather A Texas millionaire must change his playboy image or lose everything he’s worked for. An innocent Irish miss needs a green card immediately after her ex’s betrayal. The rule for their marriage of convenience: don’t fall in love. For these two opposites, rules are made to be broken… #2577 THE DOUBLE DEAL Alaskan Oil Barons by Catherine Mann Wild child Naomi Steele chose to get pregnant with twins, and she’ll do anything to earn a stake for them in her family’s oil business. Even if that means confronting an isolated scientist in a blizzard. But the man is sexier than sin and the snowstorm is moving in… Dare she mix business with pleasure? #2578 LONE STAR LOVERS Dallas Billionaires Club by Jessica Lemmon PR consultant Penelope Brand vowed to never, ever get involved with a client again. But then her latest client turns out to be her irresistible one-night stand, and he introduces her as his fiancée. Now she’s playing couple, giving in to temptation…and expecting the billionaire’s baby. Look for Harlequin® Desire’s March 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes!

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"A taut, psychological thriller with deeply relatable characters. Patch’s brilliantly created plot will keep readers turning pages until they reach the shocking conclusion. I highly recommend it!” —Nancy Mehl, author of the Quantico Files series When a cold-case serial killer returns, FBI special agent Fiona Kelly has one last chance to stop him before he claims the prize he’s always wanted—her. The sight of a goose feather at a murder scene modeled after a children’s poem is enough to make FBI special agent Fiona Kelly's blood turn to ice. Almost two decades ago, a feather was left with her sister's body—and with every subsequent victim of the Nursery Rhyme Killer. Now he's back. Only this time, his latest gruesome murder is a message to the only one who ever got away: Fiona. Finding “Rhyme” is an obsession that's fueled Fiona's career—and destroyed her marriage to fellow FBI agent Asa Kodiak. Now Fiona and Asa have to put their past tensions aside and work together one last time. But Rhyme is watching, and catching this killer may force Fiona to reveal her biggest, darkest secret…the one only he knows. “Her Darkest Secret by Jessica R. Patch grabbed me in the first scene of this edge-of-your-seat suspense and didn't let go until the end!” —Patricia Bradley, author of the Memphis Cold Case novels

A young girl, Megan, feeling anxious walking home from school for the first time. When she sees a purple chicken waving at her. The chicken offers to walk home with her and she agrees. As they walk the chicken tells the story of how he turned purple when he got lost. Then Megan hears her Mom. She has made it home. When she turns to introduce the chicken, only a purple feather remains.

One would hardly call them birds of a feather, but thrill-seeking American adventuress Beryl Helliwell and quietly reserved Brit Edwina Davenport do one thing very well together—solve murders . . . Sharing lodging in the sleepy English village of Walmsley Parva has eased some of the financial strain on the two old school chums, but money is still tight in these lean years following the Great War. So when the local vicar—and pigeon-racing club president—approaches them with a private inquiry opportunity, the ladies eagerly accept. There's been a spot of bother: the treasurer has absconded with the club's funds and several prized birds. Beryl and Edwina hope to flush out the missing man by checking his boardinghouse and place of employment at the coal mine. But when they visit the man's loft, they find their elusive quarry lying in white feathers and a pool of crimson blood—the only witnesses cooing mournfully. Beryl and Edwina aren't shy about ruffling a few feathers as they home in on their suspects, but they had better find the killer fast, before their sleuthing career is cut short . . . Praise for Murder in an English Village "With its strong sense of place and time in post-World War I England, this will be welcomed by fans of Frances Brody’s Kate Shackleton mysteries." —Library Journal (Starred Review) “A spectacular series launch.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)