The ten short stories each star a woman, and each faces a heartrending situation. In one, a mother of three, married to the stepfather of her first two, knows she must break up the family because her husband's cruelty to the children not his is escalating, as is favoritism for his own. In another, a single mother of three with no child support, no help from family, no earning power, and with her eldest child turning punkish, must struggle to survive the overwhelming. This is followed by th...

AN AMAZON US TOP 2 EROTICA, AMAZON US TOP 30 ROMANCE, BOOKSTRAND TOP 75 AND ALL ROMANCE EBOOK BESTSELLER. In the AMAZON TOP 100 EROTICA FOR 8 MONTHS!Shy freshman Gina Wesley wants desperately to get into the greatest club her college has ever known. Standing in her way is the gorgeous Max Devlin.But Max has an interesting 'initiation' method . . . involving metal clamps, a hard shaft, some mysterious nozzles, and the most creative double penetration Gina will ever scream to...

READER REVIEWS"Very well written. The author seems to have a good grasp of how to write about this subject."Linda Erwin, Smashwords"(Rating:) OUTSTANDING . . . a fast paced sexy story."Sarki at Bookstrand" . . . this book is . . . one of those ones which you can go back and back again. . . it was highly erotic"Cindy, Goodreads"This was a skillfully written, extremely filthy . . . made me wince in more than a few places. It's p...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, St. Louis' Greek-American community has been a vibrant part of the city's fabric. Through a series of vivid personal accounts of growing up in two worlds during the post-WWII era, Growing Up Greek in St. Louis explores the challenges faced by Greek-Americans as they sought to preserve a rich cultural heritage while assimilating to American ways.From a detailed account of her Grandmothers' struggles during the occupation of Greece during WWII...

An FBI agent’s affair with his informant ends in murder in this true crime account of the notorious case by the New York Times bestselling author.At twenty-seven years old, Susan Daniels Smith was a dirt poor, divorced mother of two living in rural Kentucky. She prayed for a Prince Charming to come to her rescue, and when good-looking FBI agent Mark Putnam entered her life, she thought those prayers had been answered. She was dead wrong.Their relat...

THE AMAZON US TOP 80 EROTICA AND ALL ROMANCE EBOOKS NO. 2 EROTICA BESTSELLER!Pretty Gina Wesley is locked in the passionate embrace of her boyfriend's brother, when their father suddenly returns. Terrified of this mysterious billionaire, Gina scuttles to dress up for him.But when Russell Devlin, the patriarch of the house, offers her a contract for her sexual servitude, Gina must decide if she will sell her body to her new 'Daddy' - who can be a very stern and demanding mas...

Are you a plant-based woman eager to unlock deeper health and vitality? 'The Plant-Powered Fast' is your essential guide to integrating intermittent fasting safely and effectively into your vegan or vegetarian lifestyle.Moving beyond generic advice, this book delves into the unique physiological needs of women, showing you how to optimize fasting protocols to support hormonal balance, enhance gut health, and boost energy without compromising your plant-based principles....

The law of the sea imposes a long-established duty to rescue persons in distress, which connotes one of the most important tools in safeguarding safety of life at sea. Other rules of international law, namely, international human rights and refugee law also come into play in drawing the legal parameters for the conduct of rescue operations.Amid the thousands of people undertaking perilous sea journeys in search of safety, European legal responses have primarily focused on the secur...

There's something horrifically dark and biblical about the murders, occurring house by house and involving first-born sons. Only the Sheltons dare remain in the village of Zebulon, Virginia, on the night of Passover, with only the county's small sheriff's department to protect them from a baffling evil stirred up by the holocaust of another era. Proceeded by a re-emergence of the biblical plagues that beset Egypt, a tormented and pain-wracked ghost storms the bloodied windows and doors of ...

THE SEXY 'OPEN YOUR LEGS' SERIES CONTINUES!How do such things happen to me?First, I get invited to this sensual party in which my p**** is the main attraction. Then Shell, megastar and gorgeous music legend who is so famous that he goes only by one name, makes me a proposition I can't refuse."Be mine for two weeks, and do everything I ask you to. For this, I will pay you one million dollars."One million dollars!There's a catch. I have no safe word, a...

This book is a work of love. Love for a cat named Aphrodite. We adopted her the minute we saw her come out of the hiding place where her feral mom and dad were temporarily staying…under our neighbor’s back porch. It was love at first sight. We adopted the whole family and they stayed with us until her mom and dad (Hera and Zeus) crossed over that Rainbow Bridge. I hope you enjoy her story (as told to you by Aphrodite).

Culture in Clinical Care: Strategies for Competence explores theory and practice to define and describe the multidimensional nature of culture and its interaction with an individual’s experience in the development of beliefs, values, and behavior. The newly updated Second Edition examines cultural beliefs related to health and wellness and how these beliefs and their associated actions affect intervention strategies.Based on ethno...