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From Dani Shapiro, best-selling author of Devotion and Slow Motion, comes a witty, heartfelt, and practical look at the exhilarating and challenging process of storytelling. At once a memoir, a meditation on the artistic process, and advice on craft, Still Writing is an intimate companion to living a creative life. Writers - and anyone with an artistic temperament - will find inspiration and comfort here.

Division Street is full of secrets. An impulsive lie begets a secret—one which will forever haunt the Wilf family. And the Shenkmans, who move into the neighborhood many years later, bring secrets of their own.. Spanning fifty kaleidoscopic years, on a street—and in a galaxy—where stars collapse and stories collide, these two families become bound in ways they never could have imagined. Urgent and compassionate, Signal Fires is a magical story for our times, a literary tour de force by a masterful storyteller at the height of her powers.

In this eloquent challenge to the reigning wisdom on globalization, Dani Rodrik reminds us of the importance of the nation-state, arguing forcefully that when the social arrangements of democracies inevitably clash with the international demands of globalization, national priorities should take precedence. Combining history with insight, humor with good-natured critique, Rodrik’s case for a customizable globalization supported by a light frame of international rules shows the way to a balanced prosperity as we confront today’s global challenges in trade, finance, and labor markets.

Brian’s life was headed nowhere fast – a dead end job, no girlfriend, and a new city full of strangers. The only thing he’s got going for him is his sweet apartment, thanks to his travel writer roommate Ellie. When Ellie comes home heartbroken on Halloween and suggests they dress up as Catholic school sluts and go clubbing, it’s up to Brian to cheer her up. A night of wild clubbing as Briana leaves him wondering about his sexuality, finding he enjoys male attention more than he expected. After getting locked out in the back alley of the seedy club in the bad part of town Briana gets...

A closet sissy fighting with his feelings for his best friend sets off on a beach camping trip to clear his mind. A sudden summer storm drives him into the tent of a burly new friend Ben, who insists he change out of his wet clothes while they wait for the rain to pass. Only the suitcase Ben hands him is doesn’t have any guy’s stuff. It’s full of expensive women’s clothing, high heels, and makeup. How far is he willing to take things with this handsome stranger, whose like-minded friends will be arriving soon? Explore a world of sexual exploration, crossdressing, and first times in ...

Kidnapped on his wedding day in the 12th century and forced into a thousand years of servitude by a cold-hearted faery princess, rugged blacksmith Aidan dreams of nothing but revenge on his captor. Then the spell of a beautiful witch awakens him to the present day - and a passionate desire. But to build a future, he must first confront his past.… Modern witch and magic-shop owner Brooke doesn’t think her life is missing anything, until a wayward enchantment lands a brooding medieval blacksmith in her spell room - and in her arms.

Brilliant 21st-century tycoon Justin Cord was brought from cryogenic storage into a 24th-century society where people own stock in one another, safeguarding each other's welfare only out of economic self-interest. This is anathema to the defiantly individualistic Cord, who leads the outer edges of the solar system to form a new government and revolt against the core world of Earth and Mars.

Best selling erotica author Dani Phoenix proudly presents her wildly popular MY SISSY series for the first time in a sizzling bundle that will leave you breathless and begging for more! BOOKS 1 - 5 in MY SISSY SERIES BOOK 1 - My Sissy Awakening BOOK 2 - My Sissy Transformation BOOK 3 - My Stepdaughter's Sissy BOOK 4 - My Sissy Destiny BOOK 5 - My Sissy Unveiling

Hourglass is an inquiry into how marriage is transformed by time—abraded, strengthened, shaped in miraculous and sometimes terrifying ways by accident and experience. With courage and relentless honesty, Dani Shapiro opens the door to her house, her marriage, and her heart, and invites us to witness her own marital reckoning--a reckoning in which she confronts both the life she dreamed of and the life she made, and struggles to reconcile the girl she was with the woman she has become.

Austin Glass seems to have it all: a loving fiancée, a future with the FBI, and a healthy-sized trust fund. At least on the surface. He also has a grin and a wisecrack for every situation. But the smile he presents to the world hides a painful past he’s buried too deeply to remember, and his quips mask bitterness and insecurity. Austin has himself and most of the whole world fooled - until he meets a redhead in a pair of bunny slippers.

A rising star, Dani Pettrey has received critical acclaim and popular accolades for her suspenseful fiction. In this exciting follow-up to Submerged, Piper McKenna is shocked when her brother, Reef, shows up covered in blood. A fellow snowboarder is dead - but despite the evidence, Reef swears he’s innocent. Deputy Landon Grainger, a close friend of the McKennas, is determined to get the facts - even though he has deep reservations about what he must do to get them.

Christian O’Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country’s foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past.

Running from a mobster who won't take no for an answer? Not the romance novel plot I signed up for. But the triple-sized man lurking in the forest at the end of my desperate bus escape might just be the salvation I never knew I needed. After one wild, rutting encounter against an oak tree on the outskirts of Paint Forest Camp, I can't stop fantasizing about those massive hands and even bigger...hard wood. My city-girl brain says "run," but my body screams "MORE." We're complete opposites—oil and water—but when this wilderness beast gets his first taste of my curves, he becomes ...

Three charming whodunits. One cozy vineyard. Endless secrets worth uncorking. Welcome to Los Robles, a sun-soaked wine country town where the grapes are ripe, the gossip is flowing, and murder is never off the menu. Recently widowed Avery Parker returns to her family’s vineyard hoping for peace—but instead, she finds herself pulled into a trio of small-town mysteries. With her golden retriever Sprinkles by her side and a tight-knit circle of wine-loving friends behind her, Avery uncovers secrets that don’t stay bottled for long. Murder at the Festival The Winter Wine Festival is in ...

When Coast Guard Investigative Service Special Agent Logan Perry's beloved grandfather is murdered, Logan races to his hometown of Cauldron Creek, New Mexico, to investigate the murder. His teammate and friend, Emmy Thorton, insists on joining him. Not a good idea—not when he loves her, but carries a secret that he knows will tear them apart. Emmy knows Logan will pursue the investigation no matter the cost, and she won't let the man she loves plunge into a dangerous situation alone. She needs to be at his side, even if he believes friendship is her only reason for joining him.

She wasn't meant to fall in love with me. And she certainly wasn't meant to see the monster I hide. My emotions were firmly locked away, never to be found, but as much as I control most things in life, I couldn't control my heart. She exposed my darkest desires, and begged for them and I unleashed hell on her body, while I shattered her heart. I made her kneel, but in that moment I broke the only jewel I ever owned. What will she do when she learns the truth I hide?

Tom always felt different than the rest of the kids he grew up with. That’s why the minute he turned eighteen he hit the road, hitchhiking out to the West Coast in search of adventure. A rainy afternoon in Oregon forces him to ride out the storm with his burly new trucker friend Dave, playing games in the RV to pass the time. How far is he willing to go on a dare? First he put on panties, then lipstick… what’s Dave have in mind next? Explore a world of sexual exploration, crossdressing, and first times in TRUTH OR DARE from erotica author Dani Phoenix.

Dani Phoenix proudly presents FIVE hardcore tales of sexy sissies living out their wildest fantasies with multiple hot lovers at the same time and loving it! Each taboo tale brims with hot transgender romance and graphic details sure to satisfy the most jaded erotica reader. This white-hot bundle promises to satisfy all your naughty desires and more! BOOK 1 Secret Sissy Sex Party BOOK 2 TRANSFORMED INTO A SISSY CUM SLUT BOOK 3 Pulling a Train BOOK 4 Giving It Up BOOK 5 Giving All My Sissy Love Additional materials include excerpts from other Dani Phoenix books!

Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those he left behind, their help becomes his only hope of stopping his target's latest threat of an attack that would shake America to its core. Private investigator Kate Maxwell never stopped loving or looking for Luke after he disappeared. But she also never imagined he left her or his life by choice. Now he's back, and together they must unravel a thread of secrets, lies, and betrayal, all while on the brink of a biological disaster.

Carrick knows love is merely a shattered memory. Until Peyton stumbles into his arms and he steals a kiss. One taste isn't enough. One touch would never satiate him. And he does what he's become accustomed to, he indulges in her. A man hell bent on not falling in love, he pushes. But Peyton's not giving up. Can they have forever while Carrick is haunted by a ghost from his past?