A Painting Called Sylvia
When Chris Weathers finds an oddly alluring artwork in a beachtown coffeehouse, he thinks he's found the answer to the visions invading his button-down life. But when he becomes the patron of its creator, a semi-homeless painter named Marcello, he unsettles the balance of his family. Being the "walking wallet" for a genius daughter and her ultra-nervous mother has its rewards, but aren't parents allowed to have lives of their own? A touching family drama from the author of the award-winning novel The Popcorn Girl.
More Than a Sex Surrogate: A Unique Memoir About Intimacy, Secrets and The Way We Love
A quick glimpse into the therapy room of a professional surrogate partner. Lilly, a woman in her late forties, lives a double life. In one of them, known to everyone, she teaches design in high school and leads an ordinary life, raising her two children. In the other one, hidden from people's eyes, she is a professional surrogate who helps men solve their sexual problems. For the first time, she shares her insights on this complicated, thorough and lengthy therapeutic process, from the first coffee she has with her patient until she has full sexual intercourse, up to the ending of this unique relationship. Through the personal story of David, one of the patients, she provides a rare glimpse into the various stages, presented through true stories straight from her intriguing therapy room. Every patient has a story, and each one of them suffers from different problems, but they all have one common denominator -- they are incapable of intimacy with a woman, and Lilly's job is to help set them free.
Star Watch
The Craing War is now over... the enemy defeated. As planetary systems around the galaxy try to bring normalcy back to their existence, one thing becomes crystal clear... without the Craing around to keep everyone in line, space has become a far more dangerous place. With tens of thousands of warships idle, along with hundreds of thousands of Allied crew personnel sitting on their hands, it's up to Admiral Perry Reynolds whether or not to send the combatants home, and mothball most of the ships. But as more and more requests for prompt Allied assistance come in from the farthest reaches of outer space (i.e. for minor incursions into sovereign territory; or others, more serious -- including barbaric planetary invasions), Admiral Reynolds is compelled to introduce a new stellar over-watch program. With his own career winding down, one of his final directives will be in the formation of a special intergalactic marshaling service... Star Watch. The admiral has the perfect ship lined up for the task -- the most advanced warship in the known galaxy: the mile-long Caldurian vessel -- the Minian. Next... he needs to outfit the ship with a captain and crew he can trust to get this far-range venture initiated properly.
25 Websites that Will Pay You to Write
The rise of the gig economy has provided more opportunities for writers to profit while working remotely. Whether you're looking to launch a writing career, supplement your income or increase your earning potential by writing for high-paying, big-name brands, this is the only resource you need. Includes: 25 websites that provide regular work for writers, Sites that pay up to $800 per article, $70 per hour and $1.75 per word, In-depth overviews providing insight into each opportunity, Links to the websites, so you can easily apply to work from home jobs that pay weekly via check, PayPal or direct deposit.
Hearts on Fire (St. Caroline Series Book 2)
Becca Trevor's life is falling apart. She's lost her job, her boyfriend's in jail, and her mother's quilt shop has just caught fire -- with her in it. To make matters worse, town golden boy Jack Wolfe has returned -- looking better than ever... but can their budding relationship survive the secret Becca's been keeping for years? Becca never intended to come back to pretty little St. Caroline, Maryland and her family's quilt shop. Growing up, she was the wild child... and the black sheep of the family... and the girl who couldn't get anything right. And she definitely never intended to see Jack Wolfe again. Those fifteen minutes she'd spent with him at a graduation party seven years ago? Unforgettable -- for a whole lot of reasons. Jack was the golden boy of St. Caroline. Smart, Ivy League-educated, law school-bound. He's home from California for a family emergency, a situation that would not be improved by the news that he's not the hotshot corporate attorney everyone thinks he is. If he can keep his real job a secret until the end of summer, he'll still be golden and no one else will be the wiser.
Fire and Rain: A Casey Jones Mystery (Casey Jones Mystery Series Book 7)
A MISSING STRIPPER, MOTORCYCLE GANGS, AND TOO MANY EX-BOYFRIENDS TO COUNT... Katy Munger's Casey Jones has her hands full avenging the death of one of her oldest friends -- while trying to keep unruly strippers and untrustworthy bikers in line. Casey Jones is back with a new adventure that takes her from four-foot strippers to forty-something bikers -- and a head-on collision with too many ex-boyfriends to count. Will regrets slow her down? Can anything stop her? So long as she has caffiene and Krispy Kremes within reach, Casey's never calling it quits. But will her stubbornness pay off? When The Tiny Dancers hit Raleigh, North Carolina, the diminutive strippers are a huge hit. Men line up and down the block to watch their rootin' and tootin' topless routine. But someone's not a fan and the vicious death threats the Tinajero sisters are receiving kick Casey into high gear. But when what should have been a routine bodyguarding case turns deadly, and Casey loses one of her oldest friends, the case turns personal in more ways than one.
Murder Undeniable (Kat and Mouse Book 1)
Katerina Rowe, a Deacon at the church in the sleepy village of Eyam, has a fulfilled life. She is happily married to Leon and her work is rewarding. But everything changes when she discovers the body of a man and a badly beaten woman, Beth, in the alleyway behind her husband's pharmacy. Drawn to the young woman she saved, Kat finds herself embroiled in a baffling mystery. When Beth's house is set on fire, Kat offers the young woman sanctuary in her home and soon the pair begin investigating the murder, with some help from Beth's feisty grandmother, Doris. But neither the police, nor Leon, nor the criminals want Kat and Beth looking into their affairs and the sleuths quickly find themselves out of their depth... Can Kat and Beth solve the mystery and walk away unscathed?
Pretty Corpse: A Lauren Starkley Mystery
When Patrol Officer Lauren Starkly finds an unconscious teenage girl posed as a corpse, she learns that the offense mirrors two other recent assaults. The startling revelation hits the news and sends a shockwave through the city. A serial rapist with a "death" fetish is at large in San Francisco. The attack is intensely personal to Lauren. Not only did she find the victim, but the girl is a close friend of her daughter, Courtney. Lauren feels compelled to do some off-duty investigation. The perpetrator is keenly intelligent and methodical, and essentially, invisible. But Lauren has uncanny skills for detection, and routinely finds evidence missed by the detectives. She earns official trouble for her effort, but the warnings from her superiors don't keep her from tugging at elusive clues. As she gets closer to the predator, he takes notice. Taunting Lauren, he demonstrates that he can get close to her, and to Courtney, without a trace.
Maroboodus: A Novel of Germania (The Goth Chronicles Book 1)
The Goths of the Svea Coast never let go of their spears. Wars with their kin, and the Svea keep the Bear and the Black Goths forever on guard. With the death of their king, a new one is elected, and to the chagrin of Maroboodus, his father Hulderic does not step forward. Instead, forced to serve his cousin, the brutish Maino, the prideful Maroboodus decides to change the family fortunes and steals away a Svea princess meant for Maino. Enlisting the help of a Saxon band, he soon finds his plans to carve a kingdom in the lands to the west is seen a threat by his kin, and Svea alike. There are shadows moving in his path, and there is treason to gain the throne by those he knows as friends.Will Maroboodus survive and conquer, or will his family fall into a ruin with the rest of his tribes?
Spite Fences: 25th Anniversary Edition
Thirteen-year-old Maggie Pugh has lived in Kinship, Georgia, all her life. In all that time almost nothing has changed. If you are poor, you live on the west side of town. If you are rich, you live on the hill in the north end and get to go boating at the country club in Troy. If you are white you use one bathroom at Byer's Drugs and if you are "colored" you use another. All that starts to change in the summer of 1960. It is the summer when Maggie's younger sister, Gardenia, triumphs in the Hayes County Little Miss Contest. It is the summer when Maggie must decide whether or not to tell anyone about the horrible thing she saw. Most of all it's the summer of Maggie's first camera, a tool that becomes a way for her to find independence and a different kind of truth.
I Am Positive: 31 Positive Self Talk Declarations to Speak Faith Over Your Life
Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24). An affirmation God's way, helps keep the fiery darts of the enemy away. Used by church groups and congregations, I Am Positive: 31 Positive Self Talk Declarations to Speak Over Your Life, contains powerful self talk affirmations that believers of all ages can meditate on to solidify their knowledge of who they are in God's purpose and plan. Get the book one reader describes this way, "Awesome book of strength! I enjoyed every affirmation of truth. This book gave me strength to move forward! I challenge everyone to read this powerful book."
All He Wants For Christmas
Hey Santa, I've been a really bad boy this year. I'm a billionaire whose only concern is the bottom line. I'm back in my hometown on business and spy Juliet working at the hotel lounge. She's fun, sassy and I want to bend her over the bar. We get caught and she loses her job. To make it up I whisk her away to a tropical paradise. But it turns out I caused her to lose her previous job when I bought the company. When she finds out my secret, she leaves me. However, I've lost my heart to Juliet. All I want for Christmas is her, wrapped up with a red ribbon and in my arms forever.
Dragon Storm (Heritage of Power Book 1)
Born with a secret power he must hide... Telryn "Trip" Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he's struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother's execution. Her crime? Witchcraft. Understandably, Trip wants nothing to do with the power that lurks within him, always threatening to reveal itself. Instead, he dedicates himself to serving as an officer in the king's army, to battling pirates and imperial conquerors. He longs to become a soldier as respected and renowned as the legendary General Zirkander. But his country is in need of more than a soldier. After disappearing for over a thousand years, dragons have returned to the world. A few of them are willing to be allies to mankind, as they were millennia before, but far more want to destroy or enslave humans and claim the world for themselves.
Unexpected Love For A Stubborn Bride
At some point, a woman has to stand on her own two feet. Hope Dixon was just a young girl when she moved to Hazelridge, Texas with her parents. Their lives have been ideal until the discovery of silver in the nearby hills three years ago. After that the town has grown increasingly lawless with the huge influx of new settlers and prospectors hoping to make their fortunes and a bought sheriff with seemingly no interest in maintaining law and order. She feels a heavy weight of responsibility knowing that with her father's steadily failing health, it won't be long before her mother and younger sister's future well being will soon rest squarely on her shoulders. Luke Riggs was a Civil War hero. When he returned home, his former fiancée who'd promised to wait for him had run off and married another man. Deeply heartbroken and betrayed, he promised himself he would never open himself up to the possibility of finding love again.
Remembering Christmas
Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard and answers to no one. So when his mother calls on Thanks-giving weekend begging him to come home after his stepfather has a stroke, Rick is reluctant. He's never liked Art, despite the fact his own father abandoned them when Rick was twelve. Rick's attitude sours even more when a couple of days helping at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and running off the homeless man who keeps hanging about. Slowly but surely, the little bookstore and its quirky patrons -- as well as the lovely young woman who works at his side each day -- work their magic on him, revealing to Rick the truth about his family, his own life, and the true meaning of Christmas.
Black: A Romantic Revenge Thriller (Colors of Crime Book 2)
A Second Chance For Love And Revenge... When Byron Black returns to London for his sister's wedding, he bumps into a gorgeous redhead determined to steal a dance. Holly Summers was just the skinny little girl from across the hall, but now she's London's hottest political advisor, in more ways than one. Black and Holly swear they're just friends, but friends don't usually tear one another's clothes off. They've got to keep it professional, because Holly's campaign is being targeted by a mad bomber, and Black sees frightening similarities to an old case that blew up in his face. It's the worst possible time to fall in love. Black's feelings for Holly will make her the next target of this old enemy back from the dead, and bent on revenge.
Dead Meat: Day 1
The dead have awakened. Driven by insatiable hunger. In eternal search of fresh meat. The infection spreads like the plague. Nothing stands between the undead and humanity. Is it too late to save the world from disaster? The end of the world one day at a time. In this new apocalyptic zombie series from the author of They Come at Night and Human Flesh, we follow events day for day as the world slowly but surely decends into mayhem as the zombies take over. Don't miss the thrilling ride!
Coldiron (The Nations Book 10)
Is COLDIRON Ken Farmer's best? I'm sure it's a matter of opinion, but it is his latest. Number 10 in the award-winning, best-selling series... The Nations.
Marshal Fiona Mae Miller, Sheriff Mason Flynn and Marshal Brushy Bill Roberts track down a serial killer and encounter a supernatural being. Does Mankiller come back? Who or what is the Demon Horseman and what does he guard? Does romance find Marshal Fiona Miller? Find out these answers and others in the exciting new novel... COLDIRON.
The Norman Conquest
If you want to discover the captivating history of the Norman Conquest, then keep reading... The year 1066 CE is one of the largest turning points in British history, with most people today having heard of the Battle of Hastings. The year had begun with the death of Edward the Confessor, a man who would be one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings. In the end, the course of the kingdom's history would shift as William the Bastard became William the Conqueror. In The Norman Conquest: A Captivating Guide to the Normans and the Invasion of England by William the Conqueror, Including Events Such as the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings, you will discover topics such as • England before the Death of a Pious King and the Norman Invasion • Edward the Confessor and the Question of Succession • The Norwegian King Harald Hardrada • William, Duke of Normandy • Harold II of England • And much, much more!
Feed It to the Worms
Feed It to the Worms. If you ever get scared, or mean, and you wonder if maybe you're not such a good or brave kid after all... I'll tell you what you do: Take those feelings and feed 'em to the wormies. "Did you say wormies?" "Yes, I did." Did you know, no matter where you are, underneath you, there's a world of wormies? Even if you're on the top of a skyscraper or on an airplane- way down under the ground, the wormies are there. And they're hungry. And you know what they like to eat best? All your bad feelings. Tastes just like pizza to them. Yup. Even the ones that make you want to bite your mom, or make you wanna throw your toys, or make you wake up crying in the middle of the night. Just gather them all up and toss 'em all down. The wormies'll thank you. They thank me all the time!