"A charming portrait of the Smokies, their people, and a wonderful way of life." --Deborah Smith, New York Times bestselling authorIn a heartwarming novel set amid the lush splendor of the Great Smoky Mountains, Lin Stepp reunites two kindred spirits in a charming story of first love and surprising second chances. . . See ya later--and love you forever, Rhea Dean. Those are the words Rhea's childhood sweetheart, Carter Layman, used to say whenever they parted. Not that she places much stock in words anymore. After all, Carter drove off to college in California, promising to make a fortune to help save their families' vacation resort. Instead he stayed there and married someone else. It fell to Rhea to keep Laurel Springs going and she's done just that, working long hours on the camp grounds, buoyed by the beauty of her Smokies home. Now a widower with a young son, Carter has achieved huge success as a games developer. But he always planned to... Views: 18
From USA Today Bestselling romance author S. E. Lund comes Book 4 in the Unrestrained series, Unbreakable, which follows Drake and Kate during their first year of marriage as they face new challenges to their bond and are tested to their limits. The Unrestrained Series: Kate McDermott is a good girl who has done everything she can to please her very powerful and domineering father -- a Justice on New York's Supreme Court with hopes for political office. When she decides to write an article about BDSM in popular culture, she tells herself it's just research and nothing personal for she can't afford to become the target of gossip or scandal. She hopes that the carefully worded agreement she writes up will keep her relationship with the Dominant she will interview strictly professional. Then 'Master D' - Drake Morgan - walks into the interview and Kate is mortified for not only is he gorgeous, he's the son of her father's best and oldest friend… Drake Morgan, MD, bass player, philanthropist – Dominant. Known as Master 'D' in Manhattan's BDSM Community, Drake must keep the kinky side of his life secret to protect his very successful career as a neurosurgeon. After a heartbreaking divorce, Drake doesn't do girlfriends, he doesn’t do sleepovers, and he certainly doesn't do breakfast in bed the morning after. He keeps everything in his well-ordered life separate and under his firm control. Then Kate McDermott crosses his path and screws everything up. Now, nothing is neat and tidy anymore, and no longer under control for Drake is smitten and things are going to get messy… 18+ only for mature content.** Views: 18
Issue #174 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Yoon Ha Lee and Kay Chronister. Views: 18
Free To DesireNo longer trapped in an abusive relationship, Crystal Shaw is ready to commit her body to the pursuit of sex. When her best friend invites her to an alternative club called Kinks, it's the perfect opportunity to realize her long dormant desires. . .Committed To PleasureInside the hot, throbbing club, Crystal finds herself drawn into the orbit of two of the sexiest men she's ever laid eyes on. It turns out Trent and Mac are co-owners of Kinks, and Crystal quickly discovers business isn't the only thing the two share. The feelings are indescribable as she gives every inch of her insatiable body to their experience and imagination. And she knows that once and for all, she is completely alive. . . Views: 18
20-year-old Erica and her boyfriend Blake have been doing it like rabbits while her boss and landlord Bill is at work. Little did Erica know, her boss was secretly filming them. When she catches him with a video tape, she's surprised by how turned on she is and how much she wants to have sex with Bill too. This is story #1 of the Anything for My Boss series. Length: Short Story, 3100 words. Views: 18
British-occupied Cairo, 1928: Several young children have disappeared and were then found, horribly mutilated, in the tombs just outside the city. Panic is spreading among the locals after a cloaked giant is sighted. Has a ghoul from One Thousand and One Nights been brought to life? British inspector Jeremy Matheson follows the trail of the monster, which takes him into the depths of underground Cairo, as well as deep into his own tortured past. Mont-Saint-Michel, 2005: Marion has taken refuge in the wind-swept and remote monastery located on a spit of land on the west coast of France. In the wake of a scandal, caused by her own revelations, that is now reverberating through the French capital, she has been spirited away from Paris and brought here by the French Secret Service for her own protection. When she finds a diary dating from 1928 in the monastery library, penned by Jeremy Matheson and hidden inside the jacket of an Edgar Allan Poe book, she is... Views: 18
"Mapmaker expertly brings the paranoid thriller into the age of surveillance, and the result is both moving and chilling."--D.B. Weiss, co-creator, writer, and producer of Game of ThronesWhen Tanya Barrett takes an internship at MapOut, she expects emotional landmines. Her father cofounded the digital mapping company, and he died for it--on a cartographic expedition he didn't even need to take. Her father's business partner and his son, Connor, welcome her to the job with open arms. And being with Connor, an old childhood friend, turns out to be the only thing that makes Tanya feel normal again. Soon she's spending every moment she can with Connor. But when they sneak into her father's old office late one night, they stumble across a deadly secret. The next day Connor disappears.Tanya isn't just bereft; she's terrified. It's clear that people at MapOut are willing to kill for what she and Connor discovered. Alone again--and on the... Views: 18
