Christmas is a joyous time of year, full of festivities and storytelling, and what better time is there to tell a good fable than Christmas? That’s right, none! So find your favorite chair, gather the kiddies on the floor, and download “The Fountain of Truth” today. It has three stories in one! These fables cover themes about truth, wisdom, and purpose. In a fun way, not a “fun” way.In celebration of Christmas, the following three short stories are here to not only entertain private readers and reading groups alike, but to provide a moral for those who are paying attention. But not in a lame way. In a fun way.“The Fountain of Truth”: On Christmas Eve, at the Kingdom Affair restaurant, something miraculous has happened. Families who are normally secretive with each other are spilling their guts out at the dinner table, to everyone’s surprise, and these diners are waking up to a shocking truth that their lives aren’t perfect. What are they sharing? How are they reacting? And who’s responsible for this mess?“Christmas Log”: A radio station sponsors a million-dollar contest on Christmas Day and chooses four distinctly different individuals to participate. No details are given until the day of the contest, but each contestant must abide by the same rules, and each contestant must commit to the contest until they are able to complete the task they are given. Even though they are blind to the specifics, they go in willingly, as a million dollars are on the line. Then, once they are in place, they are given the shocking truth of what they must do to win their prize, and they must figure out the best way to handle their new reality without going insane.“St. Nick’s Gym”: The “true” origin story of Santa Claus, and how he became the figure we all know and love today. You may never look at Santa the same way again…unless this is exactly the story you’ve always believed in. But it’s probably not, so time for an education! Views: 239
Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California's best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir left his legacy on the landscape and on paper. But the celebrity of John Muir does not tell the whole story. In Essential Muir, for the first time, Muir's selected writings include those that show his ecological vision without ignoring his racism, providing a more complete portrait of the man. Taking the best of John Muir's writings on nature and placing them alongside his musings on religion, society, and his fellow humans, Essential Muir asks the reader to consider how these connect, and what that means for Muir's legacy in environmentalism today. Fred D. White's selections from Muir's writings, and his illuminating commentary in his revised introduction, reveal the complex man and writer behind the iconic name. In the new foreword, Jolie Varela (Tule River Yokut and Paiute) of... Views: 238
A new adult romance from Entangled's Embrace imprint...
To gain a chance at heaven, they'll need to embrace hell…
Descended from Cain, the world's first murderer, Jax Flynn is destined to spend his life making others suffer. To shield the world from horrific chaos, he was forced to sacrifice the one and only thing he loved. Samantha Merrick.
Sam is special. She doesn't know how--or why--and she hasn't had any luck finding out. But there's a bright side to her life. She finally has Jax back. Sort of. They're living life on a strict look but don't touch policy, but with the explosive chemistry between them, keeping their hands to themselves is getting harder every day.
Unfortunately, keeping their libidos in check isn't Jax and Sam's biggest problem. When an enemy from the past resurfaces with an ultimatum--complete a simple task or Sam dies--they're backed into a corner. The goal? Kill a demon called Malphi. The problem? Jax's demon, Azirak, has no intention of letting that happen… Views: 238
271 pagesJonna Fox has her sights set on one man — her brother’s biggest rival.Mack King is the undisputed Carolina King. Racers respect him, emulators hate him and women can’t resist him. After
one incredibly hot night, Jonna learns that underneath the heavy weight
of his crown there is so much more to Mack than the bad boy reputation
that follows him. There was a dangerous edge to Mack that only
fueled Jonna’s attraction. Her feelings toward him were more than
casual. Mack is faced with leaving the life that has defined him or the
girl who brings light to his darkness. King is a smoldering love story equal to the heat and friction of a burnout. **This book was originally published July 21, 2015 titled Carolina King (Drive Me Wild #2). I don't know when the title change and new cover were done. GR shows May 2018. **
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Husband and wife Isaiah David Paul and Allyson M. Deese team up to bring a street-themed Christian romance to life.Amirah Dalton has accepted her calling to be in outreach ministry at her local church. The only problem is that she's the only unwed female in leadership, and she feels the pressure to find a husband--fast. After serving time in prison for larceny and mail fraud, Mateo Valdez joins the newly formed Street Disciples Ministry in Asheville, North Carolina in an effort to atone for his sins and spread the word of Christ. Amirah and Mateo both join His-Love.com in an effort to meet someone of the opposite sex willing to give them a chance. Will they listen to God and connect, or will they let Satan allow their perceptions of one another get in the way? Views: 238
Modiano's debut novel is a sardonic, often grotesque satire of France during the Nazi occupation. We are immediately plunged into the hallucinatory imagination of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a young Jewish man, torn between self-aggrandisement and self-loathing, who may be the heir to a Venezuelan fortune, may have lived during the Nazi Occupation, may have rubbed shoulders with the most notorious collaborators and anti-Semites of the time, may even have been the lover of Eva Braun . . . or he may have been none of these things. But at the centre of this vortex is 'La Place de l'Étoile'—the Place of the Star—which is both the geographical and moral centre of Paris, and that place next the heart where French Jews were compelled to wear the yellow star, the symbol of their persecution. Views: 238
Join Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson as she races to find a deadly assassin who's seemingly blended in with the blizzard. Metro Nashville Homicide Lieutenant Taylor Jackson has reluctantly agreed to take the place of her fiancé, FBI profiler John Baldwin, as a presenter at the annual Freedom Conference, a foreign intelligence initiative attended by the best in the business of "clandestine services." Then a blizzard effectively isolates their hotel on Chesapeake Bay: no power, no generators, and no possibility of outside help. When two guests go missing, and one of them is found dead in his room, Taylor discovers an assassin amongst the spies—one with a deadly score to settle. "Whiteout" was previously published in the three-part novella STORM SEASON with Erica Spindler and Alex Kava. Views: 238
Ashleigh Walker is in love. You know the feeling - that intense, heart-racing, all-consuming emotion that can only come with first love. It's enough to stop her worrying about bad grades at college. Enough to distract her from her parents' marriage troubles. There's just one thing bothering her . . .
Shouldn't it be her boyfriend, Dylan, who makes her feel this way - not Miss Murray, her English teacher?
A thought-provoking coming out story from a highly skilled author. Views: 238
Evangeline Morrissey remembers the last time she saw her husband: it was during their honeymoon, right before he stole her grandmother’s earrings and abandoned her. Now, five years later, the enigmatic man who’d broken her heart and destroyed her trust is back. But she’s not the same naive young woman who fell for him so easily.
Marrying Evangeline and letting her think he was nothing but a common thief had been James Bishop’s plan all along. As an assassin for the Committee, a covert agency dedicated to stamping out international crime, he had no business even thinking about marriage. But it was the only way to protect Evangeline after she’d unwittingly wandered into his operation against a group of human traffickers, placing herself in grave danger. And now that James’s vigilant watch over Evangeline’s life has revealed to his enemies that she’s his one true weakness, he must set out to have, to hold, and—above all—to protect his bride. Views: 238
You know what you want,right ? So sing out - there's someone cute watching you. If you don't do it,you'll lose them. They might want you too.."One thing about living in New Orleans I never could stomach...all the damn zombies." That seems to be the popular sentiment as the wild decadence and splendor of the Crescent City is underlined with the very real threat of a zombie apocalypse. In OCCUPATION, two best friends struggle to survive in a post-Katrina New Orleans in which several of the city’s residents have turned into mindless, ravenous zombies. Largely ignored by many in the city/state legislature, the city’s residents are forced to defend themselves against a mysterious epidemic that has many baffled as to the true nature of its origin.Now on the heels of a city swept in the madness and hysteria of both Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl, two friends race against time in a last ditch effort to discover the truth behind the cause of the virus before it is too late. OCCUPATION is a funny, insightful and haunting story bringing a new twist on zombie folklore. Views: 237
Three Private Investigators are a Team!Beryl Trevar, Rachel Rosen, and Summer Wade are always on duty when it comes to an intriguing murder case. The Sapphic trio is an amazing blend of savvy, intelligence, sensuality, daring, and heart.The detective Team knows how to use each attribute, and they also know how to use their Berettas.They live in Palm Beach, Florida aboard a yacht. Each woman has an exciting, intricate, and entangled backstory. Each has her own reason for wanting to capture the badasses of the world.The Team has another commonality. They all have an enormous appreciation of women. They're all tough, edgy, tender, gorgeous, and resilient. What more can main characters hope to be?Their yacht is named The Radclyffe-Hull. Hmmmm. Well, then! Was the word romantic used in the Team's description? If not, it should have been.They are a Team of brave and clever romantics! Views: 237
Employees of a waste management company in the States are on strike. Across the globe, young dump scavengers find vital military technology. Bill Gardner hired to track down the missing technology. He is in touch with the US intelligence services. He is pulled into the world of secure waste and crime, and the dangers of stolen technology. A delicate matter and very dangerous mission.Employees of a waste management company in the States are on strike. Across the globe, young dump scavengers in Somalia find vital military technology that should have been destroyed securely. Bill Gardner is a lawyer and ex-marine, hired to help track down the missing technology on behalf of the waste company, so that they can save face. But he is also in touch with the US intelligence services.He is pulled into the world of secure waste, corruption and crime, and the dangers of stolen technology. A delicate, yet simple matter is about to become very dangerous mission. In the midst of these events and a world with different goals rustle political issues and dangerous transactions to global security. Views: 237
When you see them...
It is already too late...
You are already infected...
In the morning, they Hatched...
Now the town of Hammond is under quarantine...
The inhabitants are fighting to survive.
They face something they can't see and no one, not even the military has answers.
They just know they must escape before it's too late.
They must stop themselves from being Caught in the Web…
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Review
"Davis has successfully taken a common phobia and turned it into an apocalyptic tsunami of pain, suffering and death" -Ursula K. Raphael "Nightmares realized on paper..." - Patty Rea Views: 237
