Pope Francis and the Parish begins by reviewing the influences that shaped Jorge Bergoglio’s ecclesial vision that were later implemented in The Joy of the Gospel. Based on the experience of a cathedral parish in Rochester, New York, it details the enfolding of missionary discipleship in the parish as it transitions from blue-collar bastion to a home of stark poverty, of new peripheries with dramatic new needs, including a burgeoning refugee population. Reference is made to the “Field Hosp...

Seven days, seven challenges. Twelve strangers. Eight thousand cameras. Only one winner.Welcome to The Ant Farm, a social study in the wilds of interior Alaska, documenting the dynamics between a dozen competitors as they take part in a series of physical and psychological face-offs. With five hundred grand up for grabs at the end of the battle royal, the stakes are high and the tension blazing.Could the seemingly mild-mannered nice guy win it all? The cutthroat alpha femal...

If life is but a dream, to what do we awake?The central premise of Dreamstate: A Conspiracy Theory, is the admittedly ridiculous but incontrovertibly true assertion that the universe does not exist.This is something you can understand conceptually, like watching a documentary about Antarctica, or experientially, like moving to Antarctica.There’s also a related phenomenon where you fall asleep watching the documentary and wake up in the frozen wasteland.That’...

Ex-SEAL Cal Sinclaire is going to marry Sky Lambert, and everything seems to be a dream come true for them until a shocking event occurs. Sky disappears on the day before her wedding. Anguished, Cal calls on his old SEAL team friends, together with a Master Chief at the SEAL units, to try to find Sky. No one has any idea who did it or why. They have no evidence to go on to locate her. She could be anywhere in the world, and his SEAL team dives into finding microscopic clues to her possible...

Ukrainian combat medic, Alex Kazak joined Shield Security. One operator, ex-Marine Corps sniper, Lauren Parker, will have nothing to do with him. Thrown together on a mission to Peru, Alex’s old stomping grounds when he ran with a Russian team fighting Latin drug lords for turf and territory, Lauren tries to ignore his gentle and thoughtful charm.Lauren’s tragic childhood comes back to haunt her as never before. Alex has fallen in love with the dynamic and courageous Lauren, and ca...

The first in a new series from the “wicked-hot”* author of Hard Time and Give It All explores the fantasies of a daring married couple—and those of a stranger invited to play along in their scandalous little games…When he’s working, Mike Heyer is all business—every inch the alpha male, with the hard, capable body to back up his persona. But at home he can be a different man entirely, harboring appetites only his wife gets to glimpse...When...

*50-PAGE FREE PREVIEW* Erin always wanted to be a skilled healer like her mother, but she never seemed to develop the same gift. Only when she meets Dain Phillips, who has less than a year to live due to a brain tumor, does her hidden gift surface. Dain was hoping to have Erin’s mother treat him, but it seems Erin is his only hope. Even though she can’t do much for his tumor, Dain hopes she can still comfort him in other ways. Are his actions just the products of base urges, or is there a ...

Sometimes to reach light we must brave shadows.Shomoro’s alliance has plucked Mose from the Project’s grasp, but her work is just beginning. Now she must find a way to free him from the nano that keeps him chained—and keep him out of the hands of Council factions who want to experiment on him once they discover his true nature.Mose wants nothing more than to help her. He sees the glimmer of a new life beyond the horizon of freedom. But even if Shomoro succe...

Lesbian Erotic Histories are short stories of hidden lesbian activity throughout history.Warning: this story is for adults over the age of 18. It contains graphic sex scenes, lesbian sex, reluctant sex, voyeuristic sex, anal sex, BDSM, forced sex fantasy and storylines that may offend. All characters are over 18.Minnie and Lady Hazel go to London where she meets Lady Hazel’s fresh, young parlor maid. Lady Hazel is about to show her newest student a dark lesson, that will sh...

How much money is enough? How powerful do you want to be? And what price will it extract from you? An intriguing, powerful and hard-hitting novel set in the world of big money and big deals, written by a leading business insider.Charles lives in the testosterone-driven, high-powered, brutal world of investment banking. It is a world dominated by deals, bonuses, bravado and savagery. Charles is a master of this world. Each day he shrugs on a metaphorical suit of arm...

Love finds a way in this fan-favorite Jackson Hole, Wyoming tale from New York Times bestseller author Lindsay McKennaA fresh start—that's all Devorah McGuire wants. As a former Marine and current Ranger with the US Forest Service, she's grown accustomed to keeping others safe. But when the unthinkable happens, she can only hope that a transfer will allow her to put the past behind her.Dev's mentor is fellow canine handler and horseman Sloan Rankin...

Unforgiven is a reprint from the Warriors for the Light Series, first published in September 2006.Plucked from the depths of hell, former military sniper Reno Manchahi was hired by the government to kill a thief, but he had a mission of his own. Descended from a family of shape-shifters, Reno vowed to get the revenge he'd thirsted for all these years. But his assignment went awry when his target turned out to be a powerful seductress, a woman who risked everything to fight a potent...