"That's such a pretty face you're making... Did you get that wet just from a kiss?" I can feel something building up inside me... My mind is going blank...! Born in an age where twins are deemed unlucky, Miya is raised as a household servant, a position far below that of her elder sister, Mina. When a wealthy man takes a liking to Mina, Miya finds herself married off to a man she has never met in her sister's stead. Nervous at first, the warm words of her suspiciously handsome husband open her heart, and not long after, she gives in with her body as well... "I never knew that a person's skin could feel so warm." Thus begins the pure-hearted tale of mystical, matrimonial adoration, as Miya comes to know the love of her husband.

"That's such a pretty face you're making... Did you get that wet just from a kiss?" I can feel something building up inside me... My mind is going blank...! Born in an age where twins are deemed unlucky, Miya is raised as a household servant, a position far below that of her elder sister, Mina. When a wealthy man takes a liking to Mina, Miya finds herself married off to a man she has never met in her sister's stead. Nervous at first, the warm words of her suspiciously handsome husband open her heart, and not long after, she gives in with her body as well... "I never knew that a person's skin could feel so warm." Thus begins the pure-hearted tale of mystical, matrimonial adoration, as Miya comes to know the love of her husband.

"That's such a pretty face you're making... Did you get that wet just from a kiss?" I can feel something building up inside me... My mind is going blank...! Born in an age where twins are deemed unlucky, Miya is raised as a household servant, a position far below that of her elder sister, Mina. When a wealthy man takes a liking to Mina, Miya finds herself married off to a man she has never met in her sister's stead. Nervous at first, the warm words of her suspiciously handsome husband open her heart, and not long after, she gives in with her body as well... "I never knew that a person's skin could feel so warm." Thus begins the pure-hearted tale of mystical, matrimonial adoration, as Miya comes to know the love of her husband.

"That's such a pretty face you're making... Did you get that wet just from a kiss?" I can feel something building up inside me... My mind is going blank...! Born in an age where twins are deemed unlucky, Miya is raised as a household servant, a position far below that of her elder sister, Mina. When a wealthy man takes a liking to Mina, Miya finds herself married off to a man she has never met in her sister's stead. Nervous at first, the warm words of her suspiciously handsome husband open her heart, and not long after, she gives in with her body as well... "I never knew that a person's skin could feel so warm." Thus begins the pure-hearted tale of mystical, matrimonial adoration, as Miya comes to know the love of her husband.

"That's such a pretty face you're making... Did you get that wet just from a kiss?" I can feel something building up inside me... My mind is going blank...! Born in an age where twins are deemed unlucky, Miya is raised as a household servant, a position far below that of her elder sister, Mina. When a wealthy man takes a liking to Mina, Miya finds herself married off to a man she has never met in her sister's stead. Nervous at first, the warm words of her suspiciously handsome husband open her heart, and not long after, she gives in with her body as well... "I never knew that a person's skin could feel so warm." Thus begins the pure-hearted tale of mystical, matrimonial adoration, as Miya comes to know the love of her husband.

Explore the Book is not a commentary with verse-by-verse annotations. Neither is it just a series of analyses and outlines. Rather, it is a complete Bible survey course. No one can finish this series of studies and remain unchanged. The reader will receive lifelong benefit and be enriched by these practical and understandable studies. Exposition, commentary, and practical application of the meaning and message of the Bible will be found throughout this giant volume. Bible students without any background in Bible study will find this book of immense help as will those who have spent much time studying the Scriptures, including pastors and teachers. Explore the Book is the result and culmination of a lifetime of dedicated Bible study and exposition on the part of Dr. Baxter. It shows throughout a deep awareness and appreciation of the grand themes of the gospel, as found from the opening book of the Bible through Revelation.

Colonel Ridge Zirkander isn’t the model of military professionalism—he has a tendency to say exactly what’s on his mind, and his record has enough demerits to wallpaper the hull of an airship—but as the best fighter pilot in the Iskandian army, he’s used to a little leniency from his superiors. Until he punches the wrong diplomat in the nose and finds himself issued new orders: take command of a remote prison mine in the inhospitable Ice Blades Mountains. Ridge has never been in charge of anything larger than a flier squadron—what’s he supposed to do with a frozen fortress full of murderers and rapists? Not to mention the strange woman who shows up right before he arrives… Sardelle Terushan wakes from three hundred years in a mage stasis shelter, only to realize that she is the last of the Referatu, the sorcerers who once helped protect Iskandia from conquerors. Their subterranean mountain community was blown up in a treacherous sneak attack by soldiers who feared their power. Everyone Sardelle ever knew is dead, and the sentient soulblade she has been bonded to since her youth is buried in the core of the mountain. Further, what remains of her home has been infested by bloodthirsty miners commanded by the descendants of the very soldiers who destroyed her people. Sardelle needs help to reach her soulblade—her only link to her past and her last friend in the world. Her only hope is to pretend she’s one of the prisoners while trying to gain the commander’s trust. But lying isn’t her specialty, especially when the world has changed so much in the intervening centuries, and if Colonel Zirkander figures out who she truly is, he’ll be duty-bound to sentence her to the only acceptable punishment for sorcerers: death.