In Ruins of the Mind, Jason Statlander examines friendship, love, family, tragedy, and American culture throughout this collection of contemporary short fiction. His poignant words touch on—and make us question—what it means to be human, the ups and downs that connect and affect us all, and how family is the rock that will get us through.Highlighted stories include:Feathers in the Wind: Jake boards an airplane for a fateful flight while traveling home to make his daughter's birthday.The Ter'roc: Fourteen-year-old Heidi seeks adventure and makes the discovery of a lifetime when she follows her curiosity through a storm drain.Surviving the Messengers: Ashley and her father Chris are dealing with the loss of her mother and need to find the strength to battle a fantastical foe.In the Shadows of a Moment: Five-year-old Frankie sets off for a birthday party on a rainy day with his father Howard, and the ensuing day leads to a shocking discovery.Downwar Views: 122
Catch up with your favorite Invertary, Benson Security and Sinclair Sisters characters in this compilation of short stories. The story titles are:Betty's BirthdayIt Wisnae MeJena and Matt's Honeymoon in VegasAndrew McInnes' Book ClubThe Breakfast ClubThe Reverend Morrison's Last Christmas in InvertaryBetty Wants GrandkidsAunty Megan Saves the DayThe Day Donna Became Housekeeper at Kintyre MansionMegan and Dimitri on the JobThe Wookiee Wants a Wife (or at the very least, a date!) Isobel And Callum Get MarriedKirsty and Lake BensonRyan's HeartHarry and MagentaA London NightInvertary's Unofficial Council Has a PlanA New Client for Benson SecurityValentine's Day at Glasgow School of ArtJack's Next StepDear AbbySome of these stories have appeared in my newsletters. But some were written just for this book, and you will only find them... Views: 122
PrincessImagine this. A guy slips a sex drug into my drink, and my new boss saves me. Now my boss is the only one around to scratch my itch, but that's a big no no. You see, my boss is an alpha werewolf that women swoon over, a handsome beast that I'll mean nothing to. Yet the drug has gotten to my head. I'm dying to feel his big werewolf dick inside of me, and I'll beg if I have to. But when I wake up the next day….I wish the ground would split open and swallow me. How could I let Nero Wolf bang me on the hood of his Porsche like that? And what the heck am I hoping for now? He can never be mine, and not only because he roams the woods as a big black beast with golden eyes at night. But because he zipped up, and won't look back.Only he does. He says there's an evil plot behind the drug in my drink, the hand of a villain, and he wants to know—who and why? He's cool and reserved as we work together, but he goes ballistic when a new guy makes a move. I can't help wondering…. If our night together was nothing to him, why is he glaring at men around me like he could rip them apart?NeroThe choice was simple – bang Princess Skye, or watch her die. I had many women before her, and she shouldn't have been special.But the moment I dipped myself inside of her, the world tilted. Now it's enough to catch a whiff of her, and I grow hard. I lurk outside her door at night, breathing in her scent and jerking off. Damn, how I want to make her mine for good, but as alpha of my pack and protector of this town I have powerful enemies. They'd hunt her down and kill her. I have to turn my back on her, but….Someone had a deadly sex drug put in her drink, and I have to protect her until we find out who and why. But the more I'm around her, the more I crave her. I might save her from the villain who manipulated her drink, but in the meanwhile I'll become an infection in her life. Soon I realize – she'll have to kill me to ever get rid of me. Views: 122
Elsie and her two best friends made a childhood vow to never marry.But when Elsie begins her first season in London, her mother presents her with an irresistible bargain: if she says yes to each and every man's invitations and still remains unattached by the end of the season, she will receive her inheritance and become a free woman.She is thrown into the spotlight by increasing attention in the newspaper gossip articles, and keeping her end of the bargain seems impossible—especially when her best friend's tyrant of a brother, Lord Cameron, begins to make advances that Elsie literally cannot refuse.The gossip grows increasingly malicious, leaving destroyed reputations and broken homes in its wake, and Elsie can't seem to escape its focus. But it's her own blossoming feelings for Lord Cameron that pose the greater threat. If she can't keep him out of her heart, she's sure to compromise the bargain, break her vow, and lose her one shot at freedom for good. Views: 122
