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It’s the summer of 1982 and fourteen-year-old Swanna Swain is the only one left at camp. The place is a ghost town by the time her mother Val finally shows up six hours late—stoned and radiant—in a Ford pickup driven by Borislav, her new young Russian lover. Assuming she is headed home to her air-conditioned Upper West Side apartment, Swanna and her lovable younger brother Madding are instead dragged to Vermont—to an artist colony where kids are not welcome and they are forced to sleep in the back of the truck, while Val is cozy inside the house with the Russian.

Meditation for Manifesting Your Dream Life provides you with the tools and insights to transform your life from within. Whether you are seeking abundance, wealth, change, or freedom, this guide empowers you to manifest your desires and create the life you truly want.

In the hyper-realistic player versus player MMORPG Fantasy Realms Online, Kromgorn the Barbarian remains trapped alongside his friends by the evil schemes of the Lich-Lord. But despite finding a temporary way to fight back against their enemies in the Secret Order, he's still stuck in the avatar of a simpering Courtesan named Lacey - a female character that was designed exclusively to get down and dirty with the in-game pleasure system. When the Lich-Lord's lackeys use a dirty trick to capture his best friends and guildmates, Kromgorn is forced to learn some dirty tricks of her own.

I’ve fallen for my Doctor, a man who killed me 12 years ago. I left Chicago and returned to Braven Bay, Wisconsin, my hometown. I was the black sheep of a well-established family that owned half the town. And now, I return a jobless widow with a baby—the true reflection of a successful Sinclair. After nearly dying in an accident, I see the gorgeous ocean-green eyes of a doctor who saved my life. It just happens to be the same man who left me after ripping my heart out. Dr. Sebastian Hastings is a 6’3” gorgeous former military grump. He is also my brother’s childhood best friend ...

Drew Crossfield is a fashion designer with a secret desire that he's never dared to explore, no matter how badly he might want to. When famous style icon naTasha notices him, there's no turning back. She knows a closeted sissy when she sees one, and she’s determined, from the start, to change this drab dresser into the feminized glam girl of his dreams.

YOUR LAST MEAL is a James Beard Award finalist for best podcast hosted by National Edward R. Murrow award-winning reporter, cookbook author and Cascade PBS TV host Rachel Belle. Each episode Rachel asks a celebrity (Greta Gerwig, Jonathon Van Ness, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Margaret Cho, Alton Brown, Isaac Mizrahi, Ani DiFranco, Iron & Wine, etc) what they would choose to eat for their last meal. Then she uncovers the history, science and culture of these dishes with everyone from the designer who created Lady Gaga's meat dress to the ice cream scientists at Ben & Jerry's.

Lukas and his best friend, Mal, are Greek adventurers and warriors. Lukas knows that despite his humble beginnings, he has the potential to become a legend of mythic proportions. But no one else believes in him, and so he sets out to prove them all wrong by undertaking a most Herculean task: climbing Mount Olympus and stealing Zeus’ golden crown. Zeus, however, is not amused, and Lukas’ theft is quickly punished with his swift and painful death - or so Zeus believes. But Aphrodite has other plans for such a bold and handsome hero....

Getting rescued by a grumpy firefighter while in the bath wasn’t how I planned my return to this small town. Worse, that firefighter is Frank—my brother’s best friend and the man I’ve been clashing with for years. Frank pulled me from the flames, but now I’m the one tending to his wounds and sharing my home with him. His gruff voice, smoldering looks, and hot body make him impossible to resist. Every accidental touch and heated glare tighten the tension between us, threatening to explode. But there’s more than just heat in the air—an arsonist is setting the town ablaze, and ...

When Belle Boggs' "The Art of Waiting" was published in Orion in 2012, it went viral, leading to republication in Harper's Magazine and an interview on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show. In that heartbreaking essay, Boggs eloquently recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her - the emergence of 13-year cicadas, the birth of eaglets near her rural home, and an unusual gorilla pregnancy at a local zoo - for signs that she is not alone.

Viktor Nikulin was only 12-years-old when he first met the no-nonsense mob princess of his dreams. From the very moment, she threw a rock between his eyes, effectively bringing him to his knees, his heart belonged to her and only her. No other woman would ever compete with Nas, and that scared the living hell out of him.

Ella Quinn was excited to be a nurse on a space station in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. She planned to complete her service obligation and return home to Earth in one year. Little did she know that her destiny was entwined with two male warriors who had no intention of letting her leave them. Join Ella as she navigates her new world with two powerful mated warriors searching for a female to mate. Be warned: This book contains steam scenes including MM, MFM, and human/aliens. I that isn't your cup of tea, this isn't the book for you. If you like a fun read, click "buy".

Two weeks before graduation, Henry "Babe" Simmons is resurrected by his best friend (and secret crush) Eugene "Dude" Marsh. Consequences include freaking out a town who just buried you, an overwhelming hunger for human flesh, and a monster who will step in if you ignore that hunger too long. Thankfully they have Kate Higgins on their side, a whiskey-drinking lesbian police chief who is all too eager to get rid of the town riff-raff.

All I wanted was to go to a good college and finally get my life started. Maybe meet someone, get my degree, and do something I'm passionate about. I just wish someone had told me that my physics professor could feed on my emotions and desires, the guy who sits next to me in astrology club would be hiding his fangs, and my first friend would have a secret of his own. An incubus and a vampire should have been manageable—up until their bloodlines were mixed with an unpredictable race of Zodiac Shifters.

Five years ago, he vanished from my life. Now, he’s back as a billionaire heir and has no memory of who I am. Once planning a life together, a tragic accident stole Ethan from my grasp, leaving behind a wounded heart, shattered dreams, and a silent secret. His return, however, is devoid of memory, erasing our shared history and love. The man before me is a stranger with my beloved's face, a painful reminder of irretrievable moments. Despite the heartache, I reluctantly accept his acquisition offer to save my cherished restaurant. As we work together, sparks ignite, and Ethan's tender ...

James Stewart is a chrono-cop who has trained his whole life for a mission of incredible importance: He needs to travel back through time to the Old West of 1845 and prevent a tragedy which killed hundreds of people and sparked centuries of mistrust between a group of settlers and a local Comanche tribe. To do this, he’ll make a one-way jump into the body of his nearest living relative at that time: frontier Marshall Edwin Stewart, who made the fatal error that originally sparked the conflict.

Whether in the Old West or the Australian outback, New England or the Great Plains, the lesbian cowboys in these stories work hard, ride hard, and play hard in the saddle and in bed. Contributors Radclyffe and Jove Belle depict the rough and tumble world of female rodeo riders, while Cheyenne Blue describes a charged encounter between a renegade cattle driver and national park ranger, and Delilah Devlin writes about a hired hand who may be a woman, but is more than a match for any man. Lesbian Cowboys is sexy, steamy, and crackling with erotic energy.

Mike just can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble! After a close call at home, he’s more dependent than ever on his friends, Amy and Kyla, to get him out of trouble, but he can’t tell even them his biggest secret of all: that Christy Parker is blackmailing him to get back at her ex-boyfriend, Chuck. With Christy smearing Mikala’s name to the whole school and threatening to reveal Mike’s identity if he says a word to anyone, Mike is stuck between a rock and a hard place (a whole series of hard places). His only hope is to try to find some way to stop Christy before she ruins his life.

Honey and Sadie have a plan: get back home and take senior year by storm. Out and proud girlfriends, secret vampires. They can rock this new undead life if they stick together. Right? But the past doesn't die easily. A revealing video from a true crime YouTuber forces the girls to come up with a new plan: say they were home all summer and avoid each other in the hallways until everything blows over.

Mike is enjoying being a girl so much that he can’t keep straight whether he’s Mike or Mikala anymore, and now that he’s blurring the lines between Virtnet and reality with his boyfriend, Chuck, he needs to learn a few things about femininity. Good thing for him that his mistress, Amy, is happy to teach, starting with a very personal lesson on proper lingerie selection! But Amy isn’t the only one paying attention to the new girl in town: Christy Parker, Chuck’s ex-girlfriend, has begun poking around where she doesn’t belong and asking some uncomfortable questions.

Ready to handle difficult conversations with confidence and ease? Do you dread tough discussions, fearing they’ll spiral out of control? Struggle to express your needs without sounding aggressive or making others defensive? You’re not alone. Many adults face these challenges, but the good news is that effective communication is a skill you can master. Difficult Conversations Made Easy equips you with proven strategies to navigate tough talks, manage conflict, and build stronger connections. Master the art of starting difficult conversations without triggering defensiveness.