Get down and naughty with this HOT standalone Older Man Younger Woman Taboo Romance between a BBW and her Dad's Sexy Best Friend.Zoe goes back home for the weekend, angry and hurt after walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her. She is pleasantly surprised when she finds her dad’s sexy best friend staying at the house. Zoe has had a crush on Evan since her teenage years, and what starts out as an innocent comfort turns into so much more…Evan couldn’t have been more surprised when Zoe comes home out of the blue. He’s dog sitting for her dad, but finds himself thrilled to get her alone. He knows she’s hurting but he’s ready to show her what it’s like to be with a real man.What will happen when they two of them, yearning for more than just a family friendship, are left alone while Zoe’s dad is out of town? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 71
Autumn brings cooler temperatures to the Smoky Mountains. The weather may be cooling down in tiny Park County, Tennessee, but crime is heating up. Weevil Beasley, the county's loan shark, dies and the body count begins. Sheriff Tony Abernathy is soon up to the top of his bald head in murder and mayhem.Tony's wife, Theo, is in the thick of it. Not even the members of her quilting group are immune when she leads them on a thread-filled retreat up at The Lodge. Arriving early for one of the upcoming weddings, a member of their group is murdered. While dealing with cranky quilters, distraught hotel keepers and unfinished projects, Theo has to keep track of gossip for her husband and barely has time to hand out the pattern for her new mystery quilt. Views: 69
The Ransomes had been burgled. "Robbed," Mrs. Ransome said. "Burgled," Mr. Ransome corrected. Premises were burgled; persons were robbed. Mr. Ransome was a solicitor by profession and thought words mattered. Though "burgled" was the wrong word too. Burglars select; they pick; they remove one item and ignore others. There is a limit to what burglars can take: they seldom take easy chairs, for example, and even more seldom settees. These burglars did. They took everything.This swift-moving comic fable will surprise you with its concealed depths. When the sedate Ransomes return from the opera to find their Notting Hill flat stripped absolutely bare--down to the toilet paper off the roll (a hard-to-find shade of forget-me-not blue)--they face a dilemma: Who are they without the things they've spent a lifetime accumulating? Suddenly the world is full of unlimited and frightening possibility. But just as they begin adjusting to this giddy freedom, a newfound interest in sex, and... Views: 69
As Henry finishes fifth grade, his biggest concern is facing a summer with nothing to do. With his best friend, Max, away at summer camp, it's looking so bad he can feel himself "being pulled by the gravitational force of nothingness." But then Henry does something irresponsible, something with real consequences. And suddenly he'd give anything to go back to the nothingness. Has Henry turned into the dingus Max told him not to be? A classic coming-of-age story told with humor and heart. Views: 67
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world--a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons. Steven Pressfield has gained a passionate worldwide following for his magnificent novels of ancient Greece, Gates of Fire and Tides of War. In Last of the Amazons, Pressfield has surpassed himself, re-creating a vanished world in a brilliant novel that will delight his loyal readers and bring legions more to his singular and powerful restoration of the past. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, King of Athens (an actual historical figure), set sail on a journey that brought him into the land of tal Kyrte, the "free people," a... Views: 67
Susannah Misselthwaite was gazing up at the brightness of the blue sky when the deer leapt in front of the car. She never knew what happened. Her husband Guy, Professor of Botany, hides from his grief in his greenhouse - without Susannah, everything is lost. Meanwhile, little Felix pores over photographs of his mother who is slipping from his memory more each day. Happiest sitting in the branches of a tree in the university's botanical garden, away from the emptiness of home, he presides over the dreams and dramas of those who pass beneath him. Teachers and students, young and old, happy, sad, or filled with longing, all find sanctuary and space for contemplation in this few square feet of soil. Views: 66
This new collection by award-winning author Reginald Gibbons explores human experience and memory in ordinary settings—city apartments, rural roads, soap operas, and juvenile court—as way to understand the depths of thought and feeling in our everyday encounters. These narrative meditations explode with imagery, looking and listening deeply into our everyday experience—the extraordinary within the ordinary, the impossible within the possible.Reginald Gibbons is the author of numerous collections of poetry and fiction. His book Creatures of a Day was a poetry finalist for the National Book Award. He lives in Evanston, IL, where he teaches at Northwestern University. Views: 66
Indulge yourself in this naughty, steamy standalone Taboo Forbidden Romance between a BBW and her sexy Stepbrother.Brenna is home for a long weekend, and after Gabriel saves her from her violent ex-boyfriend, she finally admits her feelings for him. Even though their parents are married, she had always fantasized about having him as more than just a stepbrother.Gabe’s been in love with Brenna since he met her. She’s the perfect woman for him—if only she’d realize how beautiful he finds her. Finally, he is able to get her in the same room as him for more than five minutes. That’s long enough to tell her just how much she means to him… and show her just how much he’s been craving her all these years. Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 65
