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Unlock the Secrets of Inner Peace with The Pudda's Guide to Enlightenment! Ever wondered how cats seem to effortlessly achieve ultimate relaxation? Dive into the wisdom of The Pudda – a fluffy feline guru who’s mastered the art of napping and sunbeam worship. Discover: - The transformative power of napping (it’s a full-time job, really) - Finding joy in the humblest of cardboard boxes (who needs fancy things?) - How to manifest treats by simply staring at your human like you’ve just seen a ghost - And so much more! Perfect for: - Overworked humans seeking enlightenment and/or snacks...

This series of short, fictional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It's the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass - a powerfully vivid collection of seemingly random life moments. The figures that haunt these stories range from Kafka (talking to a fish) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves. Most of Williams' characters, however, are like the rest of us.

There is a darker side to the Intergalactic Marriage Council that no one was aware of, and this changes everything. Natalie wants a simple life and chooses to marry a man from Zeylan through the Intergalactic Marriage Council. When she arrives on the planet, nothing is as she expects, and she must mentally adjust. Can the intense pleasure she finds with her match overcome the reality of her situation? Each book in the Zeylan Bride series is stand alone and can be read in any order. If you like it, check out my Otan Bride series as well for more arranged marriage erotica set in the ...

A collection of short stories and anecdotes which prove that I survived for almost thirty years at the chalk face working as a teacher of English and Drama in the North East of England. The collection recognises some of the countless students it has been either my privilege or bad luck to teach. Some of the tales are funny, some sad and some are almost unbelievable. Everything in the book really happened, and most of it happened to me. I am still traumatised and suffer occasional nightmares as a result of accidental sexual voyeurism, abduction, and close encounters with sharp objects. A ...

Dive into a world of laughter, nostalgia, and heartfelt connections with this delightful audiobook, crafted especially for seniors. Each story is brought to life through engaging narration, offering lighthearted yet meaningful tales that entertain, inspire, and uplift.

Christmas Magic: The Complete Holiday Brides Series (Books 1 - 6) The Christmas Catch The Holiday Bride Mistletoe in Maine Beach Blanket Santa Baby, Be Mine Jingle Bell Babies THE CHRISTMAS CATCH (Holiday Brides Book 1) A struggling single mom meets a handsome bachelor in Vermont, after running him off the road during a snowstorm. A sweet, romantic tale about fate and second chances. Set in snowy Vermont! THE HOLIDAY BRIDE (Holiday Brides Book 2) A child asks for a new mommy for Christmas, and--much to her bachelor dad's surprise--Santa delivers. A sweet traditional romance and classic ...

His nickname at work, where his colleagues avoid him like a plague, is "Mr. Accident". Alongside a lonely stretch of road on his way home one evening, he earns his reputation once again. While he sits with a dying youth trapped inside an overturned and crumpled automobile, Mr. Accident tells the boy how he earned his reputation. His is a sordid tale of endless cacophony and disaster, and death follows Mr. Accident like a shadow. Today, he earns his nickname with flare. If you should cross paths with Mr. Accident, beware.

Tales of My Ancestors is like watching the History Channel broadcast via "The Twilight Zone." It will take you on a journey through time with historical figures like Bat Masterson, Queen Elizabeth, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Cochise, Saint Margaret of Scotland, and players from the last Chicago Cubs team to win a World Series. You'll be there to witness the Salem Witch Trials, the Civil War, the signing of the Magna Carta, and the first steps onto colonial American soil. You'll run into William the Conqueror and a pale horse of death, learn how Shakespeare might have been inspired to ...

This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness.

Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most enigmatic geniuses of European literature. He’s been hailed a profit and a diagnostician, and a century after his death, his unique perspective on the anxieties, injustices, and rapidly shifting belief systems of the modern world continues to speak to our contemporary moment.

The best-selling author of A Chip Off the Old Black, Black is the New Green, and many more is black for another round of gut-busting stories and essays. This time round, Arthur Black turns his critical eye and warped funny bone to the world beyond Salt Spring Island, lambasting the amateur ballplayer who sued because the sun was in his eyes, the craze for blood sports and our anachronistic fetish for suits and ties.

It takes a lot of effort for Jimmy Crocker to become Piccadilly Jim – nights on the town roistering, headlines in the gossip columns, a string of broken hearts and breaches of promise. Eventually he becomes rather good at it and manages to go to pieces with his eyes open. But no sooner has Jimmy cut a wild swathe through fashionable London than his terrifying Aunt Nesta decides he must mend his ways. He then falls in love with the girl he has hurt most of all, and after that things get complicated. In a dizzying plot, impersonations pile on impersonations....

A mysterious nun. A missing jewel. Maybe tax returns weren’t so bad after all… Mary Catherine Mahoney, MC for short, never saw the nuns coming. When Sister Hildegard rolls into MC’s tax office, the former covert IRS agent never expected to hear about a secret society and a long-lost jewel with special powers. It’s too bad the nuns aren’t the only ones after the treasure… The hunt is on, and it makes MC occasionally yearn for her days filled with IRS paperwork. When a pair of jewel-hungry brothers looking to claim both the US Presidency and the Papacy clash with MC, she enlists ...

The nuns are watching me again. I run my hands over my chest and down my taut abs until they slip below the seam of my swimsuit, pushing it down until it pools at my feet. The nuns want to touch me, taste me, take me. I can smell their lust thick in the air. I can hear their little pants of delight as they watch me and pray to their saint of chastity. But I’m going to teach them the virtue of sexual immorality, show them the meaning of carnal desire, and drag them through the quagmire of infernal lust. I’m Ben Dover, and this is my story.

Romance blossoms between a man and woman as he provides her with an unconventional path to success and support in pursuit of her dream of becoming a champion bodybuilder. Discriminated against in female competitions because she's too muscular, he tells her…compete as a man. Love & Muscles explores a lot of the realities of a love affair. If we're seeing a "normal" person is it anyone else's issue but ours? How do we relate to the differences of the people we love? Do we have a right to define what we perceive as their differences as differences? Should we hold ourselves back from being ...

It’s a tale as old as time. Mobster meets stripper. Stripper doesn’t take her clothes off. Mobster kidnaps stripper. Sin City is no place for amateurs. When it comes to dancing, I know exactly what I’m doing. But dealing with a deadly and gorgeous mafia don? Now I’m just making the steps up as I go along. One thing’s for certain. It’s going to take two hands to hold on to this pole. Her Last Dance is a short and steamy instalove story about an alpha mafia boss and the innocent dancer that captures his heart.

Gus somehow won the church raffle. It was a miraculous feat given that he’d never entered it-the church or the raffle. He suddenly finds himself with two tickets to paradise and one of them premade out for Father Xavier. Paradise in this case being the Caribbean Island of Saint Hubbins. They’re joined at the hotel by two couples that appear to be engaged in a tangled web of extra-marital affairs with each other. Gus isn’t too interested in the affairs of others until one of them ends up dead. Another person is arrested by the local police for the crime. It’s not that Gus feels he ...

Andy and Danny boldly go where sensible people fear to tread. Just how stupid can two human beings be? Just Stupid! provides the answer to this vexing and important question. Winner of AudioFile's Earphones Award - 2005.

Ethan has been having an incredible time seeing Grace. But now her friend Kayla is making a move on him. It's finally time for the grand re-opening of Quill's End, the bookstore where Ethan has taken ownership. Between his relationship with Grace and the start of his new career, Ethan has a lot going on—and it's about to get even more complicated. Kayla, Quill's End employee and best friend to Grace, corners him for a private meeting in the store. And now Ethan has a new situation to juggle, weaving between sex, propriety, and the two women's fascination with sharing him between each ...

A cozy mystery short story. Honorable mention in NYC Competition. In, The Missing Butler, Inspector Nigel Brown faces his first case as Chief Inspector with determination and a fresh batch of brownies. When the plump and cheerful Miss Abigail Rochelle proclaims her butler robbed her before meeting an untimely demise, Inspector Brown dives headfirst into the mystery. The case seems insurmountable, given Miss Rochelle’s eccentricities and the lack of tangible evidence. Yet, as Inspector Brown meticulously unravels the threads of Miss Rochelle’s life, from her lonely existence to her ...