Calista Blackstone has no problem playing her position as the supportive, dutiful wife of Barringer Blackstone. All she wants is a family, but after five years, she's given up hope of actually becoming a mother - at least to Barringer's children.Barringer (Barry) Blackstone is too busy making money to make babies. CEO of Blackstone Financial Services Group, he's actively working on taking his father's company to the next level and avoids the subject of children. He's no longer certain that he wants the added stress of trying to raise a family while growing the business. But the workaholic will learn the hard way that money should never precede family.* * **The Blackstone Family novels are all standalone books. You do not have to read them in any particular order:Book 1 - Evenings With BrysonBook 2 - Leaving Barringer Views: 412
Elizabeth Bennet is finalizing her master's degree in psychology, volunteering, and planning her wedding to the charming and sophisticated Mr. William Darcy. Granville Ackerman, handsome banker and past rival of her fiancé, instantly takes to Elizabeth and reveals a secret about Darcy that leaves Elizabeth questioning the foundation of their relationship. Will Darcy's rival win Elizabeth over before they get to the altar? A Rival for Mr. Darcy is a contemporary variation and the first book in this genre for Jayne Matthews (pen name for Lia Fairchild, Bestselling Author) Views: 412
Wade was a lonely grocery store clerk in a small town, a young man stuck in a world of numbered aisles and checkout lanes, parking lot wastelands and movies repeating in a theater below his apartment. Then, a stranger appeared in the cereal aisle, his eyes the color of the night sky, changing everything.“Turn around,” he said. “Please.” When I turned to look at him, his eyes were the color of the night sky again and full of constellations. “I have come back for you.”“I live here, now,” I told him.He smiled, his eyes deepening into black holes in his face, an inescapable force. I felt myself pulled toward him, stumbling forward.“No one lives here,” he whispered, “Come here,” and I took a step toward him, and then another, until finally I was pressed against him, our body heat combining, a single radioactive mass. Somewhere, in the theater, credits were beginning to roll. His breath was warm against my neck, and my eyes spilled over, wet and hot and lonely. Somewhere inside me, something dark and cold thawed and beat again for the first time in years, a single, burning thump inside my chest. I remembered every star, every constellation inside him, because they were our constellations. Views: 411
Eryx is just trying to do his job when something happens that will change his life forever. The Dark is an elusive and tempting choice. This story is under 5000 words.In developed countries, social cohesion has been sacrificed on the altar of individual gratification. Individuals wanted more and better. Inventors and entrepreneurs rallied to serve our desires. We progressed – pulled along by our hunger for improvement. This strategy worked well for centuries. Survival rates benefitted more from technological advances than from recognising individual social contributions. But the paths of ‘what we want in the short term’ and ‘what is good for us in the long term’ diverged. As we moved forwards, we increasingly abandoned non-commercial activities – regardless of their contribution to social wellbeing.We’ve now reached point where the benefits of technological advances are becoming outweighed by the disadvantages. New consumer inventions make us less active. Improved food production is turning us fat. Social media is stopping us socialising. Even medical advances will become less important to the majority – focusing, quite rightly, on a shrinking minority of ill people or providing more years of relative infirmity for the very old.The wellbeing of the majority during the majority of their lives can now be improved more by positive social interaction than by technological advances. To do this, we need to amend our reward system. We need to provide additional motivation for carrying out beneficial social activity. Although many already help others altruistically, there’s no moral reason why they shouldn’t receive further tangible rewards. And tangible rewards might encourage even more people to help one another. This would deliver additional social benefits – thereby improving general wellbeing. Views: 411
A transforming piece of literature offering a rare view of a clash of two individuals with different paths and the reconciliation of their differences. This psychological crime story covers the resolution of two extreme wrongs in two individuals' lives. One was harmed by medicine and has to continue to live with the consequences. The other was unknown till a stumbling realization one day.Not much needs to be said about different perspectives on the world. Can, however, an individual truly see things in the light of different suns? There is richness in diversity, and the most wealthy people of all are those who have seen the world as it is shone upon by the many suns. These five poems explore the theme. 470 words. Views: 411
Nori Prinz loves her job as a nurse at the San Antonio Medical Center. She loves her parents, flawed as they are. And she loves her rich, handsome boyfriend, Tanner. Then a soldier is brought into the ER with massive injuries and everything in her life starts to shift.
Xavier Hammond loves being a soldier. It's all he has. He's survived a horrible childhood and several tours overseas. When he hears a child trapped in a burning warehouse, he doesn't hesitate. What he doesn't realize is that his decision is going to change the course of his life forever.
Brought together through tragic circumstances, these two lives will never be the same.
Don't miss the newest sizzling series from best-selling author M.S. Parker. Views: 411
A short (22k words), sweet summer treat with all of the sugar and none of the guilt! Desperate to escape her controlling mother, Evie becomes engaged to the first suitable man who will have her. The Earl of Reinhold may be boring as lint, but he is wealthy and titled. By high society’s standards – and Evie’s – that is all that matters. Or is it? Aiden Donovan is neither wealthy nor titled. But from the first moment he and Evie accidentally bump into one another on a crowded street she finds herself utterly captivated by his dark charm. Rough and common, Aiden is the complete opposite of Evie’s fiancé. She shouldn’t be attracted to him…and she certainly shouldn’t be sneaking out to kiss him in the moonlight! As the day to her wedding draws closer, Evie is faced with an impossible decision. Will she listen to her head? Or for the first time in her life will she follow her... Views: 411
Solpadol is a story about self-destruction, drug dependency and unrequieted love. Taking place over the course of a single day, Solpadol is another semi-confessional, semi-fictional piece of work that blurs the lines between fiction and reality. This time, love is the overwhelming theme of the narrative, with much of the day revolving around a single conversation.Solpadol is a story about self-destruction, drug dependency and unrequieted love. Taking place over the course of a single day, Carey returns to his Broken Polemic series with another semi-confessional, semi-fictional piece of work that works to blur the lines between fiction and reality. This time, love is the overwhelming theme of the narrative, with much of the day revolving around a single conversation between the unnamed protagonist and the woman he used to love. Solpadol is a real look at the aftermath of unrequieted love, and the damage it can leave on a person's soul. Views: 410
