Join the author as he recounts his fascinating life. A risk taker, entrepreneur, steadfast banker, blackjack dealer and a solid government bureaucrat. The careers zig and zag. As a young man, he works with his father as a true American cowboy in Texas. In fact, on a trip to Los Angeles to visit family, he is repeatedly mistaken for a famous actor and asked for his autograph. As a Las Vegas blackjack dealer, we find him meeting one celebrity after another. Most are seeking to maintain anony...

This is the first book I have ever written. This is a fiction based on a true story of a manipulative wicked stepfather who captures the heart of a beautiful, innocent married woman with three childrenone boy and two girlsfrom a different class background. The stepfather is hell-bent on jealousy of the younger siblings, especially the boy. The stepfather disregards his own family, leaving behind his wife and his only son, with no regard to contacting them in the future. An expression from ...

A tale of the place of death where soul departed from the land of the living go to restA tale of a rebel prince who seeks freedom from his father the king and ruler of allA tale of the end where all things a destined to reachA tale of the forest of dreams but be warned, do not venture out to the lands where nightmares come trueA tale of the god killer, the only man who dares to defy the godsA tale of the evil, ignorant, and indifferent gods, gods who care...

In the heart of a gentrifying Pacific Northwest city, Bernard—a jaded playwright and operator of a dilapidated café and bookstore—finds himself at a crossroads. Enter Billi, a vibrant, non-binary free spirit in search of acceptance and a place to revel in their identity. When an act of hate ignites their unlikely connection, these two generations of misfits embark on a journey of self-discovery and defiance. Bernard and Billi's exchanges are hilarious and fiercely revealing expressions of ...

It is 1939. War threatens Europe. Troops are stationed near Tilling and rationing leads to queues in the High Street and a distinct shortage of goods at Twemlow's. But it must be admitted that the hostilities that occupy the attention of Lucia and Georgie are with Elizabeth Mapp-Flint, rather than with the enemy across the Channel. Faced with Elizabeth's elevation to the head of Tilling Red Cross (complete with uniform) and Major Benjy's leadership of the Home Guard, it seems that Lucia's ...

While Malcolm Hyde may look like your very own personal Jesus, he’s anything but a saint. Covered in tattoos and leather, he’s a smoking hot biker and nothing but trouble.As the president of the Dirty Aces MC, Malcolm is known for being cold and calculating. One bad decision – getting into business with the wrong person – is all it takes to bring down the entire MC. It’s happened before to his predecessor, which is why Malcolm refuses to let it happen again on his watch. He doesn’t...

In an age where we see water as a commodity to be bought and sold, and we attempt to control it in the hope that it will serve our immediate needs, West Marrin invites us to reexamine our relationship to this substance, which the ancients viewed as a sentient being.

A heart-stirring novel of unrequited love and second chances by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Probst.Young widow Bella Sunshine-Caldwell is focused only on raising her daughter and running the family business, Sunshine Bridal. There’s no time for romance—especially with her fellow wedding planner, Gabe, whom she’s growing increasingly attracted to. He’s too enterprising to stay in Cape May for long, anyway. And too tall, dark, and handsome to ...

A lost cipher. A race against time to decode it.Marine archaeologists Kate Wetherall and Lou Bates are diving off Howland Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when a torpedo-shaped object hurtles through the water towards them; the fuselage of Amelia Earhart's lost plane. In the cockpit, they find a corroded metal cylinder the size of a baton.Landing back on US soil, Kate and Lou are arrested and interrogated by special forces, and the cylinder confiscated. Behind the ...

Hello, Here is the Sequel to Stepfather's Manipulation. 1st time the children have witnessed their father after, his long year away. Their father moved into Africa As a specialist in his field. Dangers, Explosive, Secretive, Rewarding, Career. The children have the fortune to explore Africa 3 times a year in their school holidays. These are the reports about their dangerous exciting adventures away from home. As their adventure unfolds developing their experience of global life education a...

This is the sequel of Into Africa. It is based on firsthand actual life experiences. It expresses how a parent nurtures and develops a personality of their child in a story, with authors inserts to express the more difficult situation to bring them into clarity. The incidents and actions continue standing out with heroic justice but are connected with a complete series of a narration of true events of a recently separated family on an intercontinental business trip, including a pleasurable...

TOM WEST, the author of "The Most Interesting Man You Have Never Met now takes you along on his adventures, and yes often times challenges, of driving an over- the-road big truck. This entertaining story covers his travels and that of his sometime sidekick, Le Roy, as they cover 46 of the 48 lower states from the East coast to the West coast and places in between, and navigate through all of the big cities, and some of the wildest backroads in the country.Starting out his truck dri...