Short Days

Hunter had me utterly helpless and at his mercy—and it excited me beyond belief. Marcie: I'm trying to keep to my New Year's resolution to finally lose a few pounds and get into shape. Since I'm really self-conscious about working out in a gym full of people, hiring a personal trainer at my local gym to work with me one-on-one after hours seemed like a no-brainer. And things were going fine with Hunter until my big mouth didn't know when to stop teasing and flirting. Hunter: I knew from the moment Marcie approached me that there was something special about her, apart from her being a ...

Most people have endless negative chatter in their minds. And this is what blocks them from manifesting their true desires. What good is it if you spend an hour a day, say scripting, affirming, visualizing (or any LOA method), if the vast majority of the time you’re awake every day you’ve got negative self-talk going on inside you? You don’t manifest what you want. You manifest who you are and what you hold within you.

Here are only a few of the new friends you'll meet in LDS TEENS – Inspirational Short Stories for Teenage Latter-day Saints: ELISE sneaks behind her parents’ backs so she can enjoy a date with a famous tennis player at her family’s Hawaiian beach house, but then everything that could go wrong on her seaside date does! QUINT boards a cruise ship with his best friend’s family, but their ocean paradise becomes a nightmare until Quint’s true best Friend takes over the helm. COURTNEY feels like a loser, so she turns to junk food to feel better until a good friend helps her become a ...

The Vampire’s Fertile Valentine — A Paranormal Romance Short Story A deadly curse. A forbidden love. One chance to save them all. In the village of Lupercalia, Valentine's Day is more than a celebration—it's a sacred ritual for love, lust, and fertility. Each year, maidens draw the names of eligible bachelors from a ceremonial urn, forging a bond meant to bring life and prosperity to the land. But everything changes when the villagers shun a vampire's descendant from the draw—and their punishment is swift: a barren year, and a deadly curse upon their future. Now, the only way to ...

When did “parenting” become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past—the Cleavers, the Bradys, the Conners—didn’t seem to lose any sleep about their parenting methods. Today, parents are likely to be up late, doomscrolling on parenting websites. In Long Days, Short Years, Andrew Bomback—physician, writer, and father of three young children—looks at why it can be so much fun to be a parent but, at the same time, so frustrating and difficult to parent.

As soon as I turned twenty-one, I applied to wait tables at Curves, the anonymous playground that combines all the things I love—race cars, sports, beer, and poker. Who wouldn’t want to work somewhere where none of the customers know your name and you’re treated like a princess? For some of the employees, the ‘daddy’ and ‘princess’ roles are an act, but not me. I’m looking for a real-life Daddy and I have my eyes on one in particular. Since my interview, I’ve been totally smitten with Beer Daddy—the tattoo-covered bar manager and one of the owners. Last month, the guys ...

Two strangers meet in a bar on St. Patrick's Day. What begins as animosity quickly becomes comradery before it turns into love. Kiss the blarney stone, smell the clover and dive into that pot of gold on one sexy St. Patrick's Day. [Instalove, Enemies to Lovers] Green beer is sold separately

Everyday Kindness is a charity anthology of short fictional stories of kindness, edited by LJ Ross. These uplifting tales of hope and of small everyday kindnesses are intended to support wider positive mental-health goals and foster wellbeing through the act of listening to tales of goodwill inspired by others. Featuring authors across the spectrum of literature, some international best-selling and award-winning writers amongst them, this is a unique collection of words.

'Revealer of Unseen Truth' the novel was life changing for an unknown author Rafi. He's declining authorship career was turned into the aspiring one with the emergence of that novel. But he began to face pressure from a secret society to unpublished his masterpiece. As the revealers of unseen truth, he and his companions lives gradually became same like the novel's characters lives.

Emilia The Valentine’s Festival was supposed to be my fresh start. Instead, I find myself caught in a snowstorm of danger and desire. When my booth collapses and a rogue shifter threatens my life, Dax—a gruff, brooding bear shifter—saves me. His protective nature stirs something deep within me, but his icy walls and the darkness chasing us make me wonder: can I trust him with my heart when I barely understand the magic that ties us together? Dax I’ve spent years avoiding the chaos of fated mates, burying myself in duty and solitude. But when I save Emilia, a human with a quiet ...

A widowed florist, her 10-year-old daughter, and the paramedic who delivered the girl a decade earlier.... Love's second chance on the beach! Paramedic Andrew Herrin delivered Gretchen Samuels's daughter on the side of the road when she and her husband couldn't make it to the hospital in time. When their paths cross again in small-town Hawthorn Harbor, she's a widow and the baby is 10-year-old Dixie. Dixie gets along great with Drew, and Gretchen finds herself falling in love with the man who's rescued her twice now.

What Shall We Do Today?: The Royal Quest Book Description Join Imani, Tommy, and Maya in their most exciting adventure yet! In this delightful addition to the beloved children's series "What Shall We Do Today?", three curious friends embark on an unforgettable scavenger hunt that teaches valuable lessons about friendship, trying new things, and celebrating diversity. When Maya's college brother Jamal invites the friends to a special celebration at Willow Creek Park, they discover a day filled with wonder, learning, and royal fun! Donning sparkly tiaras and following mysterious clues, the ...

The Peterkin Papers record the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: they sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they've forgotten to unhitch the horse.

Three fan-favorite Jill Shalvis novellas are together for the first time in this holiday anthology.

School Days is a collection of stories that captures the splendour of our school days. Here Ruskin Bond has weaved together some of the most adventurous and engaging school stories written by master storytellers like Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Samuel Smiles, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton and others.

You fell in love with Tristan and Nina in Crash into Me, cheered for them as they fought to stay together in Fall into Me, and watched them finally achieve their happy ending in Give in to Me. For all the fans of the Heart of Stone series who wondered if Tristan's dream at the end of Give in to Me came true, this is for you. Join Tristan and Nina one more time and see how their happily ever after turns out.

After crossing paths with fire imps in Paris, Samantha Moon and the gang continue their whirlwind European tour... Next stop: Prague. Dealing with Anthony's mind-numbing "Czech" jokes is one thing...but dealing with magic-wielding vampires is something else entirely. It begins after a few peaceful days in Prague. The sites are awe-inspiring. But the sounds not so much. Especially the banging at night. And then the screaming. Sam and Allison investigate...and come across something they're not entirely prepared to see... A monster of epic proportions, controlled by a nefarious group of old ...

Are many nostalgic accounts of the good old days examples of selective forgetfulness? Before you argue the point, read the fourteen short stories in THE GOOD OLD DAYS? They are loosely based on actual recollections of childhoods in the 1940s, 1950, and 1960s. These tales address major historical events and societal problems in the idiosyncratic way of memoirs. They are snapshots of events from one individual’s viewpoint, and the narrator for each story is different. Although the quirks of characters in these tales are amusing, one aspect of several of these vignettes—child and spousal ...

All Valentina ‘Valley’ Diallo wanted for Valentine’s Day was to celebrate with the two men in her life. Javel Marley and Nico Galley have been together with Valley for years and had never missed a day, but this year, her two men were away on business. Find out if Valley will be spending Valentine’s Day alone or if her men will find their way back to her before the day ends.

A boy on the edge of adolescence fears his mother might be a robot; a psychotically depressed woman is entrusted with taking her niece and nephew trick-or-treating; a reluctant dad brings his baby to a debaucherous party; a teenage boy tries to prevent his mother from putting his estranged father’s dogs to sleep. Ranging from a youth arts camp to an aging punk band’s reunion tour, from a dystopian future where parents no longer exist to a ferociously independent bookstore, Last Day on Earth revolves around the endlessly complex, frequently surreal system that is family.