A story that I wrote a few years ago but decided that I should let others have a chance to read it.

He rides for a motorcycle club. I kill for a living.We were never supposed to cross paths let alone end up chasing the same target across state lines. But from the second the sexy, tattooed biker looked at me like he wanted to drag me into sin, walking away stopped being an option.Now we're sharing motel rooms, secrets, and enough tension to start a war. He thinks I'm dangerous and if he knew the truth about me? He'd be right.Too bad I'm already addicted to the way ...

She wanted a pair of roller skates. What she found was the strength to keep going.As a child, Samantha Lewis worked tirelessly for the roller skates she hoped to receive at Christmas. They never came, leaving a disappointment that stayed with her long after childhood.In I Want My Darn Skates, Lewis shares her journey from poverty in Birmingham, Alabama, to motherhood, education, and service in the United States Air Force. But achievement cannot shield her f...

Orla O’Brien has spent her entire life searching for where she belongs. Raised in the foster care system until she is emancipated by the state of California, Orla leaves behind a lonely life in San Diego with nothing but questions about her past. As a final gift, she receives an ancestry DNA kit that changes everything.Months later, Orla meets her mysterious grand-uncle, Conor O’Brien, who reveals the truth about her family. Her parents were Irish, and Orla is the last heir to the p...

Twenty-two was just a lucky number.Until it wasn’t.Ella Rose Holt believes in magic. Not always the fairy-tale kind, but the quiet kind that shows up when you least expect it. On the brink of her golden birthday, chasing acting dreams in Los Angeles, Ella’s life feels full of possibility…and just a little unfinished.Christian Lucas has built his world on discipline, dedication, and the game he loves. As a professional baseball playe...

Libraries and archives are liminal spaces between what once was and what might be remembered.This edited collection explores this dynamic through international case studies, theoretical discussions and practical guidance, considering how these spaces activate moments of grief through preservation and documentation. Drawing on cultural, personal and literary perspectives, this volume examines grief across temporalities and the ephemerality of digital and material memory spaces....

Calen and her allies have been forced into a war they weren't prepared for.For so long, she suffered at the hands of her former partner, Stokely, whose death should have brought her pace. Instead, she finds herself unsure how to harness her growing power while thrust into a position of authority. Meanwhile, True Eternal continues to consolidate power.If Calen can't find the confidence to become the leader the New Colonies need, not only will she lose her chance at a life of...

A choice shaped by war. A life in its shadow. One last chance to make peace with the past.Eva Marlowe has never asked her husband if he regrets his decision – she isn’t sure she wants to know the answer. But when news arrives that his estranged son has died, she feels the foundations of their marriage begin to shift beneath her. Then the funeral draws them back to Silverwood Hall where it all began, and she can no longer avoid the question....

A history of the battles over regulation of hate speech in the United States.The United States has no hate speech laws; hate speech is generally considered to be free speech under the First Amendment. In this crisp guided history, acclaimed legal historian Samantha Barbas chronicles the country’s legal and cultural battles over the regulation of hate speech in the last hundred years. Charting the historical context for current debates, she ultimately argues that, h...

Ellie Davis has lost. She's lost friends. She's lost her storm. She's lost her trust. What's worse, she's stuck in an eternal blizzard. Nyx, the name of a nightmare and daughter of Mother Nature, has stolen something dear. The great storms are coming, and the world will not survive the impending disaster.But hope is not completely lost. The words of several long-dead Mother Natures exist in the books of Levrianne. Mysterious secrets are carefully enfolded in an ancient language few...

As someone who made a living writing happily-ever-afters, I officially gave up on finding my own.After countless disastrous dates and almost settling for the wrong person, I knew something had to change. It wasn't that I didn't want love, but it seemed like love didn't want me.With nothing left to lose, I packed my bags and escaped to a secluded small town, determined to focus entirely on myself. To stay on track, I put two strict rules in place:Rule #1: Do not fall...

Miki is used to sliding headfirst on a sled at a hundred miles an hour, but this might just be the craziest thing she's ever done...When World Champion skeleton athlete Miki King fails a doping test after taking the wrong flu medication, she's exiled to Australia, to run her aunt's cafe in a small beachside resort town until all the media attention blows over back home in America.Expecting a break from her hectic life, Miki never expects to find a body on h...