Life gets complicated for Steven and Rikki. The story begins with their almost fairy-tale wedding. It’s a great celebration with family and friends and appears to be the beginning of a beautiful life together for them. It does, however, bring with it some unforeseen problems. Steven’s dominant attitude and Rikki’s stubbornness make for some serious head butting and misunderstandings. Daniel (DJ) an old friend of the family arrives for the wedding and immediately catches the eye of Rikki’s ...

The Marking is a standalone book in a series of stories taken from the Case Files of International Investigations and Protection Services Inc. The IIPIS office receives a mysterious and anonymous phone call concerning a young girl, unconscious and badly abused lying in an abandoned warehouse. The agency partners, Rob Henderson and Heath Barton investigate and decide to take the girl back to their premises, so they can find out what happened, before they bring the police into the situation....

This book addresses topics related to the impact of invasive species including biosecurity, demographics, species diversity and food security. It is meant for researchers, upper-level students, and policy makers and provides a factual basis for the underlying science and a discussion of that information with respect to current and future impacts and possible solutions. This book explores the nexus of climate change and biological invasions, resulting impacts (biological and economic) and a...

Do you put 110% effort into your training sessions and still see no improvement? Are you looking for a simple guide that summarizes the best habits used by today's top athletes?The truth is… some of us train our hearts out and see little improvement. And some of us are just getting started, and don't know where to begin.This book is for athletes from ALL LEVELS of experience—from your first few steps to your last stroke in an Olympic swim.You might be looking for mo...

She’s the girl next door. One of our best friends. We all want her, but none of us can have her.I’ve spent the past sixteen years looking out for her, protecting her from all the dangers of the world. A shoulder to cry on when her friends were mean. Fists when people threatened her.But somewhere along the way, feelings changed, intensified.Now she’s who I dream of when I close my eyes. She’s the yardstick I use to measure all other women and men. Sh...

In this masterpiece of intellectual fiction, Nobel Prize-winning author Thomas Mann takes you to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps-a community devoted to sickness that becomes a microcosm for Europe's prewar society.Young Hans Castorp planned a three-week visit to his tubercular cousin, only to find himself mysteriously drawn to the isolated mountain retreat. As his stay stretches from months to years, Hans falls under the influence of the remarkable residents: the humanist Settembrin...

The Posers is a series of two separate stories about love at first sight and playing roles.In 'Jackie', Jackson agrees to help his best friend get through a family holiday by posing as his girlfriend, and then meets the man on his dreams.In "Mercy" a former porn star agrees to help someone make their ex jealous by posing as someone's boyfriend and finds he's the odd man out.Both Jackie, and Mercy discover that true love accepts nothing less than the truth, and honesty begins with oneself.

She was my darkest dream and now she lived next door. There was nothing to stop us from being together except…For years, she took care of us, picking up for the loss of Mom Evans. Cooking and cleaning for my friends while sending me care packages. Most of all, she offered a shoulder for us to lean on. It wasn’t required or demanded of her. She did it out of her own sense compassion and care.I never told her how much it meant to me. The routine, the order th...

He wakes up battered and bruised, only to discover that he is the hostage of the gang’s leader, the infamous, brutally handsome Ice. At first, Brian doesn’t understand why he is still alive. It turns out that the man who murdered Ice’s family is the same one who left Brian for dead... and Ice intends on trading Brian’s life to get him as soon as Brian is strong enough. In the meantime, while Ice waits for Brian to heal, a raging sexual heat between them begins to fuel.

Finally learn the secrets behind casting strong crystal magic spells and making them work faster and more effectively than ever before!Do you feel like your spellcasting is not as strong as it could be?Well the solution has arrived and is in this book!Wicca Crystal magic is about tapping into the magical properties which all crystals have.Crystal magic is very effective, because positive energy combined with a strong intent on your side, and...

Zach Freeman is a cop with a single obsession. Lee Hastings is a free wheeling, high class prostitute who thinks his life is just fine until Zachary comes along and threatens to turn it upside down.Zach doesn't care about Lee's life or anything else for that matter. He wants to nail the guy who was involved in the death of a little girl, a guy who is one of Lee Hastings' clients.Lee Hastings is about to be given a choice…help Zach put his client away, or face the consequences. Lee realises...

Darcy has always been in control. He had to be. He had assumed responsibility for his younger brother Martin when their parents died. Now Martin was getting married and he insisted that Darcy have a date for his wedding. Without Darcy’s knowledge Martin goes looking for a date for his big brother in the personals. But he slips up and punches in the wrong number. Darcy reluctantly agrees to meet with the person who answers his brother’s ad, figuring he’ll ask the girl to the wedding and tha...