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When Sam’s wife first tells him about Vitek, a twenty-first-century fertility lab, he sees it as the natural next step in trying to help their future child get a “leg up” in a competitive world. But the more Sam considers the lives that his child could lead, the more he begins to question his own relationships and the choices he has made in his life.

Diane Williams, an American master of the short story who will "rewire your brain" (NPR), is back with a collection in which she once again expands the possibilities of fiction. These stories depict ordinary moments - a visit to the doctor's office or a married couple's hundredth dance together - but within the quotidian, Williams delivers a lifetime of insecurities, lusts, rejections, and revelations, making her work equally discomfiting and amusing.

In ancient Egypt, Atticus agrees to raid a secret chamber underneath the library of Alexandria, dodging deadly traps, only to learn that on-site security includes two members of the Egyptian pantheon.

Her husband lost a bet – but her boss gets the prize! After fifteen years of marriage, my husband and I are always looking for ways to keep things interesting. So when I suggest a risky bet for the biggest football game of the year, my hubby is all in. Fortunately for me, my team wins, which means I get a ‘hall pass’ to have one night of passion with my silver fox boss. I’m worried about how my husband will react to the idea of sharing me with another man, but it turns out, he’s into it. Totally into it. And after one incredible, scorching hot night with my billionaire boss, my ...

Leer este título de forma gratuita con tu suscripción ilimitado Kindle. * * * * * * * * “Uno” se despertó sintiéndose triste un día, Sabía que no era especial y que nada valía. Sus amigos, los números grandes, tenían trabajo, Menos “Cero” porque él estaba aún más abajo.

A short and steamy instalove romance. Grace I need a place to lay low, get my head together, and sort out what the hell I’m doing with my life. Gran’s old cottage is the perfect hideaway. Until Jesse the builder turns up to renovate the place. He’s destroying my peace, and not just with the constant noise. His chiseled chest and bulging biceps are a distraction. But maybe he’s just the distraction I need. Jesse I’ve got the perfect plot of land, and I’ve got plans for my own place. The only thing I’m missing is someone to share it with. When I get knocked off my ladder and ...

Two years after my mother died, my father fell in love with a glamorous blonde Ukrainian divorcee. He was 84 and she was 36. She exploded into our lives like a fluffy pink grenade, churning up the murky water, bringing to the surface sludge of sloughed-off memories, giving the family ghosts a kick up the backside. Sisters Vera and Nadezhda must put aside a lifetime of feuding to save their émigré engineer father from voluptuous gold-digger Valentina.

When the author was born, his mother did the unthinkable. She gave him a girl’s name—Stacey. But Stacey’s name was just the first hurdle he’d face in his uphill climb from birth to manhood. He also had to deal with an entitled older brother, the hodgepodge of different men his mother was involved with, and the nomadic lifestyle he was forced to endure for five years. And to top it all off, his mother couldn’t cook a decent meal to save her life. Trailer Trash, With a Girl’s Name is Stacey Roberts’ lighthearted, often hilarious account of growing up in an unstable household ...

What fun can a four-person harem get up to? Quite a lot. With Anna joining the harem, they've discussed what the most important thing to do is, and come to a simple conclusion: spend time together. Around town, dates, even at work. And if things get a little naughty along the way, that just adds to the fun. Sam is having the best time of his life, loving these three women he's been lucky enough to cross paths with. But Ashbury was meant to be a temporary stay, a reset before going back to his old life. Is he ready for a change of plans? ------ His Writer's Harem is a polyamorous erotic ...

The last place I expect to find myself on Halloween - in a Cinderella costume no less - is the scene of a crime. A wall at a construction site fell and accidentally killed one of the workers. Naturally, the gray-haired knitters are convinced the wall didn't fall all on its lonesome. No, they claim, murder is afoot! They're just looking for an excuse to start another murder investigation. When the police discover the wall didn't crumble like a cookie, the knitters are determined to discover who used the wall to cover up a murder. It doesn't matter that absolutely no one - including the ...

Bestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours! Love is blind...and apparently pretty hairy Love robbed me of everything. The public scandal stole my pride, my joy, and my self-worth. Grotto offers me a fresh start. An underground city full of Sasquatches? Why not? Then, along comes Olwydd—an 8 foot tall, growly beast who is completely smitten by me. Or so he says. But after my past, men who come on too strong make me nervous and trust is dirty word. I wish he’d back off and leave me alone. I think. ...

(The books in this series are complete standalones and do not need to be read in any particular order.) Her science. His nature. Their undeniable destiny. When veterinarian Dr. Olivia Manning treats an injured wolf, she never expects to be swept into the orbit of Derek Blackwood—a man whose intensity both captivates and unsettles her. Each touch between them ignites a primal connection that defies explanation, making her question everything she believes about the natural world. Derek has spent his life guarding his pack's secret. As alpha-in-waiting, pursuing a human mate could divide his...

Patrick McManus, author of How I Got This Way and one of America's favorite humorists, is an impish commentator on the obvious and not so obvious absurdities of modern life. His national best seller, The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw, is a collection of hilarious short pieces about fishing, its exotic equipment, and activities like "gunkholing". You will learn, for example, that the best way to learn to fish is to build an addition to your house first.

The Young, the Rich, and the Scandalous… When Josh moved in next door, the only thing hotter than our chemistry was the gossip. The whispers started before we even finished our first flirty conversation by the pool. ✔ Wealthy widow? Check. ✔ Hot, younger neighbor? Check. ✔ Scandal? Oh, absolutely. Palm Beach loves a juicy story, and this one writes itself. They think I’m a gold digger, but I’d trade every dime of my late husband’s fortune for just one more night with him. Still, that didn’t stop the rumors back then, and it sure won’t stop them now—especially when Josh ...

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 ...

Four children's Great books, all rolled into one. best for bedtime stories beginner / early reader poetry for kids. best animals stories, value tales

Edith and Ashley have been best friends for over forty-two years. They’ve shared the mundane and the momentous together: trick or treating and binge drinking; Gilligan’s Island reruns and REM concerts; hickeys and heartbreak; surprise Scottish wakes; marriages, infertility, and children. As Ash says, “Edi’s memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.”

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk is a novel made up of stories: 23 of them, to be precise. Twenty-three of the most horrifying, hilarious, mind-blowing, stomach-churning tales you'll ever encounter, sometimes all at once. They are told by people who have answered an ad headlined "Writers' Retreat: Abandon Your Life for Three Months", and who are led to believe that here they will leave behind all the distractions of "real life" that are keeping them from creating the masterpiece that is in them.

A collection of humorous boyhood stories from the 1950s and 1960s in pre-independent Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Because of the era about which the book has been written, the author has stayed with the historical names of the towns in the country's eastern border region, where he grew up. Growing up in a farming community afforded ample opportunity for mischief and naughtiness, and it is served up on the pages of this hysterically funny book in large amounts. The book starts off with a story about how at age seven, the author and his indomitable friend 'Carshy' stalked the farm's stud dairy ...

David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favorites as the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to the French ("Jesus Shaves"); and what to do when you've been locked out in a snowstorm ("Let It Snow").