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Freshly divorced and in need of a job – Kate Elliot’s life needs a rewrite. So when she unearths an old letter from her ex-talent agent, Jojo Francisco – she takes it as a sign from the universe to brush off her old acting skills and become someone else entirely. Meanwhile, Charlie Francisco is back from LA, leaving his dumpster fire of a life behind. He may be well over his head in filling the shoes of his late eccentric father but he is determined to prove he can, and he might just have the job for Kate: to pose as the author for a novel that the real writer wants nothing to do with.

Small town life in Elmwood is simple and predictable—until Beckett Hayes skates into my heart. To the public, he’s a hockey legend. To those closest to him, he’s a man with a heart as big as his hidden billion-dollar fortune, longing for something money can’t buy—family, love, and belonging. I never expected to fall for anyone. My world revolves around my son, Jake. But Beckett is a whirlwind I never saw coming. He’s kind, patient and completely irresistible. His broad shoulders, messy blonde hair and gorgeous green eyes would make any woman swoon. I promised myself that I would...

My fingers in his hair. My dress around my ankles. And my v-card completely punched. Sebastian Conrad claimed my v-card, Then ghosted me like sparks never flew. Now this arrogant jerk shows up to steal my business deal. One fake date and I can convince him to give it up. But after dinner, my heart thunders as he looks deep into my eyes. My guard crumbles when he cups my cheek, And I remember why he was my first love. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice… shame on you. My shattered heart can't take another blow, But I couldn't resist him then. And I sure can't now. Faking It features ...

In this book, Art Kleiner, a strategy expert; Jeffrey Schwartz, a research psychiatrist; and Josie Thomson, an executive coach, give a transformative explanation of how cutting-edge neuroscience can help business leaders set a course toward better management. Mapping the functions of a manager onto established patterns of mental activity, they identify crucial brain circuits and their parallels in organizational culture. Strategic leaders, they show, play the role of wise advocates: able to go beyond day-to-day transactional behavior to a longer-term, broader perspective....

On a private island, hot days and steamy nights threaten to consume nineteen-year-old Ivy and the man of the house. Every year, in the month of July they take a trip together celebrate the day Ivy came to live with him. This year, lust, love, and a taboo forbidden passion will push the boundaries of their relationship to the very limit and beyond. Content Warning: This erotic short story contains adult material, graphic language with explicit sexual situations, and descriptions of hot vigorous sex. This work is for mature audiences ages 18+ only.

Shea's my best friend's sister . . . and the only girl I've ever wanted. She's always had a boyfriend, though, so I've been able to keep my distance. Now she's single. As her friend, she asks me to help her navigate our campus dating scene. Of course, I agree. I promised her brother I'd keep her safe—and keep my hands to myself. The only problem? The more time I spend with her, the harder it is to deny how I feel. Except I'm holding my life together by a thread.

If she wants to save her job, she’s going to have to accept a punishment from the boss! When Alina makes a coding mistake that creates a lot of extra work for the team, her boss Ruth is furious. Ruth gives her an ultimatum: pack up her stuff and leave, or submit to a spanking. Alina has never been spanked before, so she figures it won’t be too bad. To her surprise, not only is the spanking much more painful than she anticipated, but it’s also turning her on! Even though she’s not a lesbian, Alina has often fantasized about doing dirty things with her beautiful female boss. When Ruth...

Do you set your New Year’s Resolutions as a bit of fun, a joke at the New Year’s Eve party, or do you mean them? And if you mean them, do you succeed? Sadly, most people don’t and by February their shiny new resolutions are long gone, history, another years failure. But if you’d like to change that pattern and actually succeed this time, this is the book for you. It’s full of advice on how to take your dreams and turn them into reality. How to succeed in your resolutions and end the year in a better place than you started it. Whether your resolution is to lose weight Improve your ...

Every desperate housewife wants an alias. Donna Stone has one - and it happens to be government-sanctioned. But Donna earned it the hard way: Her husband was killed the day she delivered their third child. To avenge her husband's murder, Donna leads a secret life as an assassin. But espionage makes for strange bedfellows, and brings new meaning to that old adage, "Honey, I'm home...."

With six years of sobriety under his belt, Caleb Rogan changed his life and married a woman whose reserved lifestyle and morals contradicted everything he knew. When the passion dies between them, Caleb is left edgy and resentful until a night of bad judgment from Scarlett turns his life upside down. In a private room of a grungy sex club, Scarlett triggers his secret passion. Caleb is a sex addict who thought he suppressed his compulsive urges and conquered his disorder years ago, but Caleb soon learns he is wrong when Scarlett awakens a fire between them that will never burn out. Content ...

Enchanting Rosie is born post-World War 1—1920—but into what? Those few (male) breadwinners who returned from the bloody combat, would find the East End of London Docklands, ravaged, with little hope of regular work—if they could work, with life-changing injuries and psychological trauma. The women remained strong, but in quiet despair. Families and communities supported each other, with their futures in question. Mothers reigned supreme, but alcohol and the public houses exerted their influence.

Marine algae are the supreme eco-engineers of life: they oxygenate the waters, create habitat for countless other organisms, and form the base of a food chain that keeps our planet unique in the universe as we know it. In this audiobook Josie Iselin explores both the artistic and the biological presence of 16 seaweeds and kelps that live in the thin region where the Pacific Ocean converges with the North American continent - a place of incomparable richness.

This book was previously published as "Divorce Recovery Team" by Reba Bale She's getting over a painful divorce with another kind of pain — the kind that will make it hard to sit! Reeling from the break-up of her twenty year marriage, middle aged divorcee Amy Johnson is ready for a fresh start. Unsure how to move on, she enlists the Divorce Recovery Team, a group of strong, dominant men with unusual methods for helping people move on. Soon Amy is giving herself over to creative punishments. But will spanking and humiliation really help her become the woman she longs to be? This collection...

I didn’t know love was going to plant a seed in my heart today, especially not for a hockey grump hiding from the world. A scandal-ridden, billionaire hockey star appears at the door, unannounced, to share my brother’s cabin. Is this my brother’s idea of a joke? NOT gonna happen. I’m laser-focused on my motivational speaking business, so love hasn’t exactly been a priority. But when Daniel Pierce shows up, everything changes. The town busybody sees us sharing the cabin, no matter that it’s platonic. So now I’m his fake fiancée to avoid public scandal. At first, it’s just ...

From a comic mastermind comes this brilliant collection of stories. Three teenagers believe they are witches. A woman defaces a local billboard. A bored landlord tries to influence his son's best friend. A cul-de-sac WhatsApp group discusses eggs at length. A heavily pregnant woman finds a way to time travel and a girl discovers joy on a stolen bicycle. Each tale paints a life in miniature and offers an escape chute from the catastrophes of modern life.

When the new owners of Maplemead Castle need their ghostly inhabitants gone, they call Melody Bittersweet and her Ghostbusting Agency. Melody quickly identifies the main troublemaker: Britannia Lovell, a stunning trapeze artist who plunged to her death a century ago. But was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister? To solve the mystery, Melody must team up with her charming yet roguish ex, Leo Dark, and the infuriating yet irresistible reporter, Fletcher Gunn.

This book was previously published as “Alpha Yogi” by Reba Bale. Her yoga teacher is going to teach her to relax – even if she needs a spanking to make it happen! Mariah is trying to be healthier by taking yoga, but she’s having a hard time turning off her mind during class. Instead of focusing on the movements and obeying the teacher, she’s rushing in late, reading texts on her watch, and judging her own curvy body. Arjun doesn’t tolerate bad behavior in his yoga classes. The stern teacher suggests that Mariah take a private class with him to improve her practice. However, ...

Beauty and the Bruiser is a full-length, sexy hockey romance with a happily ever after. Single dad Duke York needs a caretaker for his seven-year-old daughter during the hockey season, bonus if that person can help her with her school work. His team is rebuilding, and he plans to retire at the end of the year. This is his last chance to make a run at the cup.

Gavin Wilkes is rugby’s biggest star and my older brother’s best friend. He’s tall, dark, handsome… and a notorious player—not just in the sportsball way. For years he’s teased me—flirted with me as a joke—and I’m tired of it. So the night of my parents’ annual Christmas party, I call his bluff, never expecting him to take me up on it.

This book was previously published as “Spanking Justice” by Reba Bale. The best way to get over a bad marriage is to get over someone’s knee! When Amy tells her divorce lawyer Mark that she's feeling guilty about the demise of her marriage, he offers an unconventional solution: divorce discipline. Mark and his associates offer a special service to help women move past relationship guilt and learn to live on their own. And if the newly single women need a little correction along the way, these stern masters are quick to teach them a lesson. Soon Amy finds herself receiving her first ...