After his first major bestseller, the young author is unable to build on his previous successes. Together with his girlfriend, Jessica, a college student, he faces increasingly serious financial challenges that eventually nearly drive them to ruin.After lengthy discussions, Jessica gets her way with her proposal to temporarily earn money by working as a street hooker. Even his first night on the street turns into a veritable emotional roller coaster, during which he writes down his...

Sarah, a young, ambitious journalist, senses a big story in the online drug trade.She discovers a product that, much like male penis enlargement pills, promises to transform an ordinary woman into a bimbo—a process known as "bimbofication"—in just 14 days.Sarah is certain that this is a massive scam, so she decides to investigate and tries the medication herself.In doing so, she biasedly documents the medication's ineffectiveness. She ignores the changes it actually...

Riccarda, Jasmin, and Leonie, three recent high school graduates, move into a shared apartment in the college town where they'll be attending university. Full of curiosity, they relish their newfound freedom and, emboldened by the anonymity of the big city, try things they would never have dared to do back home.So, for the first time in their lives, they visit a sex shop, where they have their first encounter with a bimbo. Filled with a mix of curiosity and excitement, they step in...

Having just graduated from high school, Hanna, a soon-to-be college student, is enjoying her newfound freedom in the university town, far away from her parents and her small-town hometown.Even before the semester begins, Hanna explores city life, finds an exciting part-time job, and finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into a vortex of desire and longing.She senses that the old-fashioned moral values she has been taught throughout her life are nothing more than obstacles t...

Svenja had married her husband—a successful self-made businessman—far too early and far too young.When she then loses her own job as well, she becomes desperate in the loneliness of her large house, where she has nothing to do since her husband is once again away on a business trip for weeks on end.After a few glasses of wine, boredom drives her into a chat room, where she meets Peter, who fascinates her from the very first moment.Peter invites her to play a game, a...

As the wife of an internationally successful businessman, Sandra begins to feel increasingly bored and wonders whether what she currently calls her life is really all there is to it.When her husband is away on business yet again, Sandra decides not to spend the evening at home as usual, but to go out and have a little fun. The evening turns out to be more exciting than she had imagined.Sandra finds herself increasingly caught up in a whirlpool of lust and debauchery; she be...

Despite scientific studies and years of research, mental illness still carries a heavy stigma. People dont like to talk about it or acknowledge mental illness as a real disease that requires treatment. Author Susan Cane has suffered from mental illness most of her life. She is no stranger to the judgments of others, but she believes it is time for things to change.In From One Encounter to the Next, she presents a collection of poetry and short stories exploring the day-to-day strug...

The last two decades have witnessed a substantial change in the media environment, growing polarization of the two dominant parties, and increasing inequality of wealth and income. These profound changes necessitate updating our understanding of political accountability. Accountability Reconsidered examines how political accountability functions in the US today given the dramatic changes in voting behavior, media, congressional dynamics, and relations between branches. With particular atte...

Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift**.**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY...

Will leave you smiling long after you’ve closed the last page.”—Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author of The First Love Cookie ClubSmall towns, rugged cowboy heroes, and passion are a perfect combination when it comes to contemporary romance—just ask the many fans of Susan Wiggs, Robyn Carr, Lori Wilde, and Linda Lael Miller. Now newcomer Emma Cane joins their ranks, transporting readers to fictional Valentine, Colorado. In the first book in Cane’s ...

Welcome back to Fairfield Orchard, where apples and romance are ripe for the picking...Actor Tyler Fairfield is Spencer Hollows only home-grown celebrity. To Brianna MacDougall, hes a friend who became a lover over the course of one wild night in New York City. They both agreed it was a mistake-so why cant Bri forget? Maybe because Tyler makes her feel like the only person in a crowded room. Or because his kisses melt her like warm caramel over ice cream. Tyler back in ...

“Delight in the warm, toe-tingling romances of Emma Cane.” Maggie Shayne, New York Times Bestselling AuthorWelcome back to Valentine Valley, where love can overcome danger and secrets... Daniel Sweet thought he’d found the woman of his dreams—until she suddenly left Valentine Valley without a word of explanation. A year and a half later, Kristin Butler is back, on the run from a killer, under Witness Protection, and soon hiding out in a cabin with Daniel. She’s kept him in the dark...