First Power

If she wants to save her job, she’s going to have to accept a punishment from the boss! When Alina makes a coding mistake that creates a lot of extra work for the team, her boss Ruth is furious. Ruth gives her an ultimatum: pack up her stuff and leave, or submit to a spanking. Alina has never been spanked before, so she figures it won’t be too bad. To her surprise, not only is the spanking much more painful than she anticipated, but it’s also turning her on! Even though she’s not a lesbian, Alina has often fantasized about doing dirty things with her beautiful female boss. When Ruth...

Unlock the Invisible Advantage That Gets You Noticed, Trusted, and Respected—Before You Say a Word What if your biggest opportunities were silently slipping away… because of things you never knew you were doing wrong? People are judging you. Right now. In meetings. On Zoom. Across social media. In line at the café. Before you speak, before you pitch, before you even blink… the world is forming an opinion. And here’s the truth: They won’t tell you what they saw. They’ll just decide—quietly—if you matter. This book is your wake-up call. In Presence: Tiny Details, Massive ...

A First Time For Everything A First Spanking Anthology Lynn Carlyle Please enjoy the stories of three women who have something in common: each had just been spanked for the first time in her life. Nancy's First Spanking Nancy Hollis is a 60-year-old woman who enjoys spending time with her 35-year-old daughter. She also enjoys admiring the gentleman next door, appreciating his friendliness and his fine physique. But the day comes when she confides to her daughter that she had heard a rumor that Elton Meadows, the man next door, spanked his ex-wife at her request. And Nancy relates to her ...

Mild-mannered Stan Morris is a loving husband and father. The catch? He’s also a superhero. But saving the world is a piece of cake compared to salvaging a marriage in turmoil and raising his six-year-old son. Stan struggles with adjusting to bachelorhood again, moving into a cramped apartment and getting relationship advice from his loyal friend and financial manager Barry. He does battle with his nemesis, Brainfart, as well as an emerging threat that call themselves the Society of Modern Maniacs. All this while desperately trying to reconcile with his wife. Stan has always excelled at ...

She thinks this is just for fun. He’s about to ruin her for anyone else. Eve My life was a list of good-girl choices—until the night I slipped through the doors of a forbidden party. I only wanted to look. I should’ve been overwhelmed by the wicked things happening all around me… but then I saw him. Derek. My older brother’s best friend. I left before I got in trouble, but fate wasn’t finished with me yet. When my car breaks down the next day, it’s his garage I end up in. And this time, I’m not scared. This time, I ask for exactly what I want: no strings, no promises—just ...

It's 1964 in the USSR, and unbeknownst even to Premier Khrushchev himself, the Soviet space program is a sham. Well, half a sham. While the program has successfully launched five capsules into space, the Chief Designer and his team have never successfully brought one back to Earth. To disguise this, they've used twins. But in a nation built on secrets and propaganda, the biggest lie of all is about to unravel. Because there are no more twins left.

Thomas was a part-time freelancer and part-time floundering streamer for the MMORPG King of Death. A super mediocre game that he mastered so much that end-game raids were solo adventures! But when the game's sassy and scintillating fox spirit Akina appears, she pulls him right into the game! It's up to Thomas to save the world from the destroyer of worlds. The ender of times. The queen of the underworld! The tall, buff, and beautiful hellhound Mira! But when she shows up on Level 1, he'll have to use his expert knowledge of the game.

This two part series is filled with mysterious twists and erotic turns, as Jane uncovers the mysterious society that has claimed her since birth. Part I: Submission Jane Durant lives a carefree life full of designer clothes, parties, and the popularity that comes with being a rich, pretty girl--oh, and she's obsessed with James Donovan. He's the handsome billionaire with an aura of intelligence and mystery that leaves Jane waking up wet and bothered. Jane just turned 18 and is coasting through her senior year, when suddenly her entire world goes topsy turvy. A choice made in her family's ...

They Lied to Us First: Reclaiming Truth Beyond the Bible and the Quran is a bold and unflinching exploration of how colonial religions reshaped African spirituality, identity, and cultural memory. In this revolutionary work, Zeamie Emanuel dismantles centuries of theological programming and reveals how Christianity and Islam were used not only to control land and labor—but to colonize the very soul. Drawing on historical context, spiritual philosophy, and cultural critique, this book exposes the roots of ideas like “eternal rest,” “fornication,” “sin,” and “salvation,” ...

A bloody revolt by a North African prince and a plot to seize control of Rome are the subjects of two short masterpieces of ancient history by the illustrious Roman chronicler, Sallust. He could not have chosen two more dramatic episodes in the long history of this city.

Kill or Be Killed. Cliché? Yes. True? Even more so. Matthew was a 20-year-old fisherman. Now he's a soldier that is about to get thrown into the meat grinder of war. If that isn’t bad enough, he’s stuck on the frontlines while the rest of the Coalition’s army awaits a “master plan” that has yet to emerge. Even after over a month of aimless fighting. Will Matthew survive his first day on the front, despite his obvious lack of training? For years the Coalition figured that the only possible alien invasion would come from the Alexandrian Republic, not somewhere far beyond the ...

He was dangerous. From the moment I laid eyes on Liam, I knew he was trouble. He looked like danger, all packaged in worn leather with the motorcycle to match. And worst of all, he looked like pure sex, with a tattooed, muscular body meant for sin. My parents would never approve. I was a good girl. I knew that I should resist temptation. But what fun would that be? For a limited time, I've included Ruined, which is Mary's friend Grace's story for FREE.

Scott is an up-and-coming hot shot account manager at Lane Financial Investments. He's been making all the right moves, and he even got a big promotion. He's been so successful that he's made an enemy of the boss's son Travis Lane. Travis is a cocky, former frat boy. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Travis thinks that he deserved Scott's promotion. Not one to let things go, Travis is about to make life hell for Scott in the office. When their boss demands that they both stay late at the office to finish a project, Scott will learn exactly how entitled Travis really is! Scott does all ...

Moonchild Irene Slade has nothing left to lose — not family, not home, not even the solace of blame. Alpha Centauri is far from no one she loves. When a disenfranchised pilot, kept at the margins of the mission’s briefings, has an encounter with an intelligent alien species, the result is catastrophic. Lives are lost. Truth is buried. And guilt becomes Irene's legacy. Among the dead was a friend... A sister... An aunt... So Irene bends protocol and invokes her override—bringing two young women into a mission strained by silence. Their presence is a quiet act of atonement… and a ...

You know you’ve got what it takes to lead. But are you going to get a shot at the job you deserve? When it comes to women getting to the top, experience and qualifications simply aren’t enough. Without ‘executive presence’ – a perception that demonstrates you’re in charge or deserve to be – your career path will eventually be blocked. So if you’re aiming for the head of the table, not just any seat, managing your executive presence is the ‘It’ factor that puts you in the running. Being perceived as a leader makes the difference between successfully advancing through the ...

Marcus and Willis are brothers of a young black genius starting his own startup. They uprooted their lives to support him, moving to Austin, becoming Vice Presidents of the startup and doing the best they can to help grow the little company. Along with them are 4 other black men who all moved to Austin. Marcus and Willis have planned a long weekend vacation with their staff, letting their youngest brother and CEO, Dwayne, have some time on his own to get ready for a big presentation for a well known investor. Their first stop is to visit the lovely friendly city of Dallas, Texas! They have ...

Are you a new business owner trying to get to your first SIX FIGURES? You know everything about the CLEANING PROCESS but are STRUGGLING to GET TRACTION? It seems like everything out there is either geared towards a complete NEWBIE or someone who can spend THOUSANDS of dollars a month for coaching...and you feel stuck in between. We were there not too long ago... After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the blood, sweat and tears of business we have learned a LOT and have packaged that into an easy to follow 22 STEP FORMULA. WHAT IF YOU COULD COPY THE EXACT FORMULA USED TO GROW AND...

When Emily’s husband dies in a terrible accident, she’s not the only wife he leaves behind. Before their whirlwind romance and Emily’s discovery she was pregnant, Pete had been married to Caroline for more than 20 years. A devastating tragedy had torn them apart. But there was a part of Pete that had never fully left his first wife and a secret that would bind them together, forever. Finding herself lonely, heartbroken, and forced to face life and motherhood alone, Emily knows she needs someone she can trust and rely on. Even if it’s the woman her husband loved before her.

He composed her ruin to make her his masterpiece. Aria Voss is a music composition major with her future perfectly mapped out. Her world shatters when her cocky, cruel stepbrother, Dante Reed, moves into their shared campus condo. He's everything she's not: a chaotic guitarist who despises her disciplined world. Dante sees Aria as a challenge, a pristine thing to corrupt. For his own twisted amusement, he sabotages her career defining recital, leaving her humiliated and her reputation in tatters. Backed into a corner, Aria is offered a lifeline from the very man who destroyed her. Dante ...

Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change. Leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding—and unsolicited—authority being heaped upon science. As science increasingly competes with politics, a defined plan of cooperation is urgently needed.