He has a secure job, an expensive house, an ideal family, and everything else he had dreamt of. He is a successful man. Or is he? A short story.Jeannie Gray and Ted Wroth were having a conversation about their upcoming marriage. Jeannie asked, "What will annoy me about you if we wed?" Ted was surprised by the questions but he did admit to faults like splashing water over the floor, making a mess while cooking, and being all thumbs in making repairs. They got on the topic of sports. What Ted said caused Jeannine to make a crucial decision. This story tells what it was. Views: 368
Most Definitely Contains Nuts. All Val wants is a quiet holiday away from her oddball family. But that just ain't gonna happen. After a close brush with a crazy cousin in St. Pete, Val and her boyfriend Tom arrive at her mom's house in Hicksville to find the annual Family Fruitcake Frenzy competition is already well underway. And there's more than a few fruits and nuts in the running....But the biggest contest is between Val and her mom. As their battle of wills heats up, unexpected ingredients get thrown into both women's batter. It may be time to call in a game warden….Who'll win? Who'll get their just desserts? And will Val's half-baked family finally prove too much for Tom to handle, or will he rise to the occasion?What Four: Family Fruitcake Frenzy is a satirical look at something we've all come to love and dread -- spending time with our nutso relatives during the holidays. It's told through the eyes of a reluctant, middle-aged woman who can't escape her redneck roots, no matter how far out on a limb she climbs. If you like deeply flawed characters and laugh-out-loud situations, you'll love What Four. It's the fourth book in Margaret Lashley's hilarious Val Fremdens Mystery Series. Give yourself the gift of laughter. Buy a copy and start reading today! Views: 368
A steamy jungle, an ancient curse, a deadly secret—one big sweaty mess!"This dig site isn't cursed. It's doomed!" Ancient History ... A small civilization in the Maya jungle suffered a mysterious, bloody ending. Recent History ... A world-renown Mesoamerican archaeologist dug too deep in the same place and wound up dead. Present Day ... Dr. Angélica García has returned to the site of her mother's death much to the displeasure of Quint Parker, the visiting photojournalist out to win her heart. While Angélica struggles to unearth the secrets behind the Maya site's dark past, Quint battles to keep the gutsy "Boss Lady" from sharing her mother's fate. Will the two manage to unravel the disturbing truth hiding amongst the dig site's bones before history repeats itself? Views: 366
Private Investigator Archie Lemons is back! While on vacation with his family, Archie witnesses a murder that nobody seems to believe actually happened. With the suspect being a famous Hollywood star and a corpse that has been dragged into the ocean, not even the local police are willing to help.Private Investigator Archie Lemons is back! While on vacation with his family, Archie witnesses a murder that nobody seems to believe actually happened. With the suspect being a famous Hollywood star and a corpse that has been dragged into the ocean, not even the local police are willing to help. Now, with his new sidekick Elise, he must figure out this mystery, starting at the end with the murderer, and ending at the beginning with a victim that no one seems to be missing. Views: 366
Why does evil exist? If God is all powerful, why doesn't He prevent it? Do the choices we make in life really matter? Shelly experiences the turmoil of these questions as war breaks out in Kenya, on her 10th wedding anniversary. She experiences death, destruction and loss. The innocent die, why? Where is God? What awaits her in the African wilderness? Come, learn what God reveals to her there.Why does evil exist in this world? If God is all powerful, why doesn't He prevent it? Or does He have a reason for staying His hand? Do the choices we make in life really matter?Shelly is about to experience the turmoil of these questions as her faith in God is challenged.She and her husband, Jim, unable to have the children they long for, travel to Africa to fulfill his lifelong dream of an African safari. Beginning the trip with a second honeymoon in Mombasa, Kenya, they are separated by war.Nightmarish days follow as Shelly tries to elude the unexpected death and dangers around her, making her way to the American Embassy in Nairobi to find help. On her journey, she rescues two recently orphaned young children, a brother and sister.Shelly’s Christian beliefs are stretched and tested, but with the children’s trust in God and evidence of His presence revealed repeatedly, she finds her answers in the African wilderness.Who will survive the horrors of war? Has her life with her best friend and husband been lost forever? What will she discover in the African wilderness about God’s love and light? Come and discover how the choices we make in this world really do matter. Views: 365
If you like your detectives soft-boiled and your noir with a bit of froth on top, try this whimsical short mystery set in 1930's Italy, with the jazz-age sleuth, Edmund Mottley.Edmund Mottley, self-styled Specialist in Discreet Enquiries, just wants to enjoy a musical evening. Instead, he finds an international intrigue of dastardly deeds and derring-do. If you like your detectives soft-boiled and your noir with a bit of froth on top, try this Vintage Venetian adventure with the jazz-age sleuth, Edmund Mottley.This whimsical short mystery set in 1930's Italy is a prequel to the novella "Mister Mottley Gets His Man." Views: 365
It’s not easy being a Vampire Angel
No one knows that better than Trond Sigurdsson. In the centuries since he last went out drinking and wenching with his Viking buds, Trond has been a gladiator, a cowboy, a ditch digger...even a sheik. But now he’s the baddest of them all: a kick-butt Navy SEAL kicking butts of terrorist immortals with the help of his hotter-than-Hades female partner, police officer-turned-Special Forces operative Nicole Tasso—whom Trond dearly hopes to “partner” with very shortly in a whole different way.
It’s not easy being a Vangel’s lover
The “cop” part of Nicole tells her there’s something bizarre about her gorgeous godlike teammate. But her “all-woman” side can’t help wondering how great it would be to have a virile Viking in her bed. Trond has secrets galore, but Nicole feels certain she can dig them out—and really get to the heart of this powerful, unnerving stranger whom she may be risking her soul to love. Views: 364
Gwenny June's husband is out of town for a couple of months, and she gets bored. So what does she do but steal the most famous painting in Charleston, and hang it in her livingroom. The insurance company sends their best investigator, and soon he is on her trail. Just like in the famous movie, they fall for each other, Tommy Crown alternately courting her and trying to throw her in jail.Gwenny June's husband is out of town for a couple of months, and she gets bored. So what does she do but steal the most famous painting in Charleston, and hang it in her living room. The insurance company sends their best investigator, and soon he is on her trail. Just like in the famous movie, they fall for each other, Tommy Crown alternately courting her and trying to throw her in jail. Add to that the strange phenomenon of the woman in the painting, Gwenny's ancestor Gwendolyn, coming to two dimensional life and talking from out of the painting, and you have a fun story. Views: 363
In the second part of the wildly popular Princess Etheria Chronicles, Etheria is just beginning to puzzle out the challenge of separating the entwined buck deer. Her first efforts have failed, so she takes a moment to reflect on one of her father's many life lessons. It's a difficult memory for Etheria, as it involves the revelation of a secret that will change her world forever.This book is Part 2 of 5 in The Princess Etheria Chronicles.Taken together, the Chronicles form a philosophical fairy tale that takes the wonder of magic from "Harry Potter", mixes it with the law of attraction from "The Secret", and places it in an enchanted forest that is right out of Disney or Narnia.Aimed at an adult audience both young and old, the fairy tale engages the reader's imagination by promising them that, since this particular enchanted forest exists in a world of our collective dreams, it is actually accessible to each and every one of us. In fact, in the introduction the narrator even goes so far as to tell the reader that this forest is different from all other fantasy realms, because it's the only one "...that you've actually visited yourself".In the story, Princess Etheria is confronted with a challenge, that of separating two buck deer whose antlers have become hopelessly entwined by a bitter argument that has spanned centuries.As she works on figuring out how to disentangle the combatants, the Princess must reflect on the lessons that her father, the King, has taught her over the years, and, in so doing, unlock her own true magical potential.In the process, she discovers such things as: - the true nature of magic in the Universe - why we limit ourselves - the reason behind helping others - overcoming guilt - why bad things happen to us - the nature of perfection in a paradoxical UniverseHer solution to the conflict is wholly original. The magic words that she ultimately finds are sure to transform your own life, and change your world as well, just like magic. Views: 363
An adventure from The Saga of Shadows: The Dark Between the StarsAt the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 362
