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Cole Fourth of July weekend at the lake. It’s bound to be hot. You know it’s going to get explosive. I arrive at my home away from home ready to relax for the long weekend. The last thing I’m expecting is to find a curvy, innocent blonde bombshell in trouble I know immediately that she’s meant to be mine forever The only problem? She’s my best friend’s daughter Looks like it’s going to be a scorcher No matter how many lines we cross I’ll protect her heart. Let Freedom Ring! Who’s ready for some fireworks?! Cole hasn’t seen his best friend’s daughter since she was an ...

15 short stories and 1 novella.

For more than four decades, Thomas McGuane has been heralded as an unrivaled master of the short story. Now the arc of that achievement appears in one definitive volume. Set in the seedy corners of Key West, the remote shore towns of the Bahamas, and McGuane's hallmark Big Sky country, with its vast and unforgiving landscape, these are stories of people on the fringes of society, whose twisted pasts meddle with their chances for companionship.

I Never Dreamed There was a Rugged, Handsome Mountain Man In My Future… But in the Mountains of Montana, I get my Second Chance at love... and so does he. Rylie Mills’ life is about to change forever: A vacation fling becomes insta-love in the nth degree? I never dreamed this could happen to me. Ever. It was the last thing I ever expected, especially since I came on this mini-vacation telling myself over and over that I wasn’t here for any reason other than to relax and recharge I can’t shake the feeling that I belong in the city, not out here in the Montana mountains, and I have a ...

The first volume of Wodehouse's brilliant complete and unabridged short stories. Originally a semi-novel, this version contains self-contained stories which are nonetheless linked, often by Bingo Little, an endearingly hopeless chap and a serial romancer.

What is it that’s so bad about a man’s marriage that he is driven to commit the perfect murder? Why is a gambler’s fate sealed when messages from the future give him the names of winning horses? Will a psychic be able to help the desperate parents of a kidnapped child? These are just a few of the stories in this collection of bite-sized tales which include ghostly goings-on, out-of-this-world visitations, murder, the paranormal, fantasy, nostalgia and much, much more. Author Anthony Talmage escorts us through a rollickingly enjoyable collection of stories for grown-ups

In No Laughing Matter, will principled psychologist Dr. Greg Chambers succeed any better at counseling those unusual patients who continue to come his way? Or will the in-your-face advice of his down-home assistant Carol Cramer prove to be superior? In ten new short-stories laugh along as Greg and Carol grapple with newlywed angst, tortured technology, busting a local crime-ring, career day at an elementary school, the world’s smartest new baby, and much more.

Eighteen of the very best American short stories, each a classic in its own right. Stories include "The Little Frenchman and his Water Lots", by George Pope Morris; "The Angel of the Odd", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Schoolmasters’s Progress", by Caroline M.S. Kirkland; "The Watkinson Evening", by Eliza Leslie; "Titbottom’s Spectacles", by George William Curtis; "My Double and "How He Undid Me", by Edward Everett Hale; "A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters", by Oliver Wendell; and more.

Award-winning comedian Andrew Heaton brings wit and warmth to his vision of humanity, the supernatural, and bureaucrats in his debut short story collection. Learn the pitfalls of settling resurrected Neanderthals in Detroit. Explore the work-life balance of a professional who assumes other people’s hangovers. Or the travails of a State Department diplomat posted to a planet with relentless boredom and allergies. Discover the challenges time-travel regulators face when everyone tries to kill Hitler.

Good old fashioned SPACE OPERA by Norman E. Morrison. A fast paced comedy romp. The action takes place on Europa and RYO Corporation's Ice Mining division which supplies gases and water to the other planets for terraforming and such. Life on the mega conglomerate ice mining colony on Europa is cool for beloved yard boss Muttonhead Rex until he is given the job of downsizing the staff. Permanently! The order comes from the top...down. The problem is that the next shuttle is months away! So, just exactly how does one go about enticing more than 700 slackers to walk out an airlock without so ...

Selling firecrackers by the side of the road, floating in space with no hope of rescue, reflecting on goldfish philosophy, the sunsets at San Nada, and the trees at Appomattox, I Awoke One Morning to Find Three Psychoanalysts in the Closet is a collection of short stories, prose poems, and other short writing. The topics, and the words used to fill them in are often silly, occasionally poignant, but always aiming to entertain.

Here you have found a book so foul, so repulsive, so horrifying...that you will undoubtedly find yourself running to the nearest bathroom in an effort to both relieve your bowels and scrub your hands clean of its putrid filth. They have finally released this humorous collection of terrifying tales, despite the bitter public outcry which demanded these pages never see the light of day...and perhaps for good reason.

Someone Has Been Watching Me… But who? And why? And what does this stranger - or strangers - want? Be the First to Read Lakelyn’s First Expanded Standalone Story: Excerpt: I needed to tell someone... "Lizzie, sometimes I think someone's out there, you know, watching me whenever I go out, when I leave home, even on my way to the grocery or work. I just feel like someone is looking at me, maybe even following me!" "Really?" I could see the disbelief in her narrowed eyes. "Have you told your dad?" My dad is a police officer. After my mom died, it was just the two of us. He finally let me ...

I was sent to kill her. I fell in love with her instead. There’s only one rule in my line of work: kill or be killed. I was raised to be the best. A cold-blooded assassin. Until tonight. Until Dahlia. She’s looking for vengeance. I came for blood. One kiss might just kill us both.

Captain Quasar is out of time. Pursued by vengeful Goobalob toll collectors, savage Arachnoid bounty hunters, and formidable Amazonians, Captain Bartholomew Quasar must do whatever he can to keep the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude out of harm's way. All in a day's work - except time is not on his side. Torn from the present to relive his past, he vows to keep mistakes from occurring the second time around. But is he doomed to repeat history? Or can he erase his regrets?

Jason Mckinney never expected to find a zombie on the downstairs toilet, but apparently, everything eventually runs out of toilet paper at the worst possible time. Enter the *Federated Alliance of Rare Things, specifically created for those embarrassing bathroom moments, and the McKinney family, recruited as the latest Saviour of the Bog Roll. The paycheque is out of this world. Jason has kids, a house that needs some desperate upkeep, and a chupacabra falling in love with him. Life as a saviour is interesting, sometimes terrifying, and frequently lavender scented.

Can old friends reuniting be the start of something new? Lily and Jasmine decide that it's time to get together with Anna Halwell, the attorney handling the vestiges of Sam's divorce paperwork. They were good friends in college but have lost touch since then. A night out reminds the three of them how much fun they used to have, and gets Anna thinking about how much more fun could be waiting. But she's a lawyer, and Sam's her client, and she can't do anything...unethical. Lily and Jasmine want Anna to be part of their relationship, but it's not going to be easy to pull off. The only way to ...

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

Charlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator. It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they're not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time....

A thrilling collection of the first eight Samantha Moon short stories, including: Teeth - What happens when a child is born with a rare throwback gene, a gene that produces two exceptionally long teeth? Vampire Nights - Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secrets and has all the answers. Vampire Blues - Samantha Moon discovers that even a routine case can offer a few surprises―and that not all men are created equal. Vampire Dreams - Samantha Moon sets out to find the answer to a mysterious, haunting dream...a dream in ...