With Bated Breath asks questions about memory—how and why it plays such a prominent role in our lives: how time affects it, how it fractures, how we often reinvent it depending on the situation—and why it is that certain things stay with us with a blistering clarity, while the shadows of other people and events simply slip away, only to reveal themselves again later in our lives when we least expect them.This is the provocative tale of Willy, a troubled but charismatic gay...

Welcome to the small town of Tartan Cross, Nova Scotia, where skeletons rattle in closets and past histories are so intertwined that the lives of four fortysomething, eccentric characters have become so complicated that something needs to change. In the comedy, Odd Ducks, award-winning playwright Bryden MacDonald positions his four characters at the brink of existential angst – and the action unfolds from there.At the centre of the drama is Ambrose, an irredeemable reproba...

Ryder Stone hasn’t been living; he’s merely existed.For the past six years, his honor has kept him alone, until Dahlia Roberts steps foot into his bar.Dahlia vowed never to repeat her mother’s mistakes.She prefers to be alone, and always keeps men at a distance. However, Ryder manages to sneak under her skin and into her heart.But when Ryder’s life starts falling apart, he has life altering choices to make.The question is will he honor the decision h...

In this fast-paced, sophisticated and hilarious play, a man contemplating suicide on a seventh-storey building ledge confronts the stories of the people who live inside the building. These “seven stories” lead to a charming and surprising ending.Cast of 2 women and 3 men

**From the author of the New York Times bestselling Bad Boys novels comes the second book in a dark, sexy contemporary trilogy.He’s a fighter who never loses, but is he tough enough to win her heart?**There was a time when I had everything–a wonderful family, a bright future. Love. But all that was taken away in a single night, torn from me like flesh from bone. Since then, I’ve hidden away in my second-choice job as a makeup artist. But I prefer it that way, actua...

Giving his characters life in a whirlwind of words, Daniel MacIvor showcases his talents as a writer and performer in two of his most celebrated solo shows. Published here for the first time in their newly revised scripts, House and Here Lies Henry seethe with anger and soothe with comedy.In House, Victor drags his audience through his life, his fantasies, his desires, and his recent push to the edge. Here Lies Henry is a story about a man alone on a roo...

The Weekend begins Rhyannon Byrd's sexy new serial, London Affair, where a dangerous web of passion, deception and intrigue unfolds into an explosive love story... Perfect for fans of Sylvia Day, J. Kenner and Jodi Ellen Malpas.American art-history graduate Emmy Reed is in London, hoping to land her dream job by getting an exclusive scoop on a famous reclusive artist. When a dangerous encounter throws her into the path of millionaire playboy Jase ...

While panhandling outside a coffee shop, Johnny, a Cree woman who lives on the streets, is shocked to recognize a face from her childhood, which was spent in a First Nations residential school. Desperate to hear the man acknowledge the terrible abuse he inflicted on her and other children at the school, Johnny follows Anglican bishop George King to his office to confront him. Inside King’s office, Johnny’s memories are fluid, shifting, and her voice cracks with raw emotion. Is the bishop a...

Wanted: nanny. Needed: wife.Laurent Fletcher has to admit his life would be a whole heap better if there was woman in it. His kids are running wild, and his dog is acting crazy; he’s been finding it tough to juggle everything since his wife died, and run his successful custom-built furniture business. But maybe there is a solution that won’t demand any emotional input from him: hire a female to whip his turbulent household back into shape.Emma Peabody is a British nanny, lo...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL)Level 1 - A1/A2 Starter (1)Word count: 4,714Learn useful travel English phrases through a story!David Wang is from Shanghai. He is twenty. He is a university student. He studies English at university.It is August. David is travelling to the UK. He wants to visit many places and he wants to use English in the UK.He also wants to make many new friends. He is very excited. It is his first time to leave ...

Framed for a crime he didn't commit, 18 year old Ash Brandon finds himself being whisked away to what he thought was jail. Until he wakes up the next morning feeling really strange. But what's more strange are the people he meets.When Ash discovers he is going through a frightening new metamorphosis, he has no choice but to trust these people.Until he meets their beautiful young daughter, Eva, his whole outlook on life changes and she helps him accept who he was destined to b...

Elusive charmer Cash Walker is a tough-as-nails cowboy, except when it comes to the shy woman who shows up with a pretty smile, a wounded spirit, and a goat riding shotgun in her passenger seat.Recently escaped from a marriage that had been every kind of bad, Emma Frank has come home to Broken Falls, Montana. Lost, alone, and unable to escape the bullying tactics of her ex-brothers-in-law, she finds solace and friendship at the Tucked Away farm and with the handsome cowboy who beli...