Short Game

The entire Office Games fantasy series now in one complete bundle. Office Games 1: If there were no limits and you could play out any fantasy without restrictions, how would it go? She bats those long lashes at me, grinning like a child that's up to no good. "Haven't you learned anything yet?" she asks with a wink. "From now on you make your own luck. The sky is the limit for you, Rick Anderson. And before morning comes, you're going to need to learn one more lesson." Now it's me who's smiling as she sinks to her knees. "Payback is a bitch!" Office Games 2: For a fleeting moment, the world ...

This bundle includes all five books of the #LoveWins series. Full of shenanigans, mischief, pets, and romance, these stories are guaranteed to make you laugh. Also included are the two short stories "Love to Hate You" and "Dog Days of Summer".

The victims are the most popular girls in school, each murdered and arranged in a grim fairy-tale tableau. To find the killer, rookie detective Callum Pederson has gone undercover where the Princes hold court. He’s found enough secrets among the bros to bring them in for questioning - but he could very well get lost in the games the Princes play.

Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a groundbreaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way.

F. X. Toole knew boxing. Between bouts, he wrote, and two years before his death he published this collection of stories, giving listeners an unprecedented look at the gritty life around the ring. He tells of a cutman with a sweet tooth, young fighters with dreams of celebrity, and a talented boxer who goes to Atlantic City for his biggest bout, only to be humiliated by the prejudices of a callous promoter. In "Million $$$ Baby", the inspiration for the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film, an aged trainer takes on a female fighter, guiding her through disappointment, pain, and tragedy.

The battle for the promotion at TG Times Chicago heats up in more ways than one! Ashley is a twenty-one year old reporter trying to do what she can to survive. Steve is a forty-two year old page designer with more than work on his mind. When these two come together, sparks fly. Can they stop the back-stabbing Aubrey and help Kayla get the big promotion? Or will all the fun and games in the TG Newsroom come to an abrupt and unsettling end? Find out in this next exciting installment of TG Newsroom Chicago. You're in for quite a surprise if you make it all the way to the end of this hot ...

Glowing praise for Alice Crowley's writing: "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "Alice Crowley is one of our best living authors!" ~ G. Taylor In this harrowing, sensual sexual narrative journey, a young woman is introduced to the art and craft of heavy petting as she quests to save her tribe! Lena is a hot and hungry Amazon woman who is chosen by her elders to journey to a faraway kingdom in order to become swollen with the offspring of a royal ruler. On her way, she meets a randy and amorous knight named Sir Long Lance, with ...

“I’m going to go back to the kitchen and finish dinner, and when I come back you’re going to show me what else you can do.” “Why?” “Because I want you to,” she said, her eyebrow raising at the challenge as she looked back at me over her shoulder. “Do you always get what you want?” I stayed where I was; it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I wanted to get up and put that perky little a-- of hers on the piano and lick every inch of her smooth, pale skin. I wanted her to forget about dinner and erase those two small steps, then take two more and sit down on my lap. Wrap her ...

These women all want to hook up an alien, and what better way to find one than on a TV show? Too bad the show isn't all that it seems. These high-heat short stories include women who are just looking to hook up with aliens and didn't plan to become fated to one. The Bolan men are dominant in the bedroom and know exactly how to thrill their human mates. Contains all four stories in the Mated to the Bolan series, as well as Halloween Mating, which is a related story. Alien Love Games: The Arena Ava's tired of her life and is obsessed with aliens. When she's handed the opportunity to go on the...

She only wanted to find her brother. Finding a true mate definitely wasn't part of the plan! Ruby didn‘t care. She cared about nothing. Her brother was gone. Just like her parents were gone. And she definitely didn't need a man, let alone an alpha bear shifter. But Ruby felt the strangest feeling rise up within her. It was like she was filling and emptying at the exact same moment. Half of her, the half that had spent the last year almost entirely alone, wanted Ansel Keto.

Stella spends her days in the snowboard slopes practicing tricks and dreaming of one day competing in the X-games. Such a shame that she has to share the slope with the new kid who makes her wipe out. Every. Single. Day.

Clinton couldn't believe his luck when he married Mary. The curvy blonde hottie is way out of the scrawny nerd's league. To make things even better, she's the spitting image of his favorite female video game character, Tammy from Back Alley Brawler. Mary is his walking wet dream, and not just for him. He recognizes the looks his wife gets. Hungry, lecherous, and filled with lust with no regard to her husband. Where other husbands are jealous, Clinton is aroused that so many men find her so attractive. No matter how hard they look, Mary is his and they're not allowed to touch. Until, they go...

Picture this: You’re scrolling through your usual books, but tonight, something’s different. You’re not just looking for the same-old vanilla story—you want raw heat, heart-pounding encounters, and scenes that make your skin tingle. You want the kind of forbidden, electrifying tales that could only exist in the darkest corners of your imagination. Well, lucky for you, you’re holding the ultimate collection of sinfully seductive stories, each more tantalizing than the last.

Roll the dice, pick a card, tell a lie, hide the truth. Whatever the move, it's all just part of the game. Follow the lives of four very different characters who are all trapped in an insidious game. Each story delves into the intricate web of misaligned motives and obscured half-truths. Stories include "In This Business", "The Joker", "Dolly", and "Escaping Avila Chase".

This is the audiobook for Sly Flourish's Fantastic Adventure, a book of 10 short adventures for the fifth edition of the world's most popular roleplaying game. This audiobook helps the listener bring these adventures into their head and is intended to be used along with the print copy of the book for use at the actual gaming table. Listening to these adventures helps prime your DM mind with the material you need to run the game at the table.

SCP means secure contain and protect. I have compiled one of the top tales from the foundation, which is SCP. I put it together as a book to bring more presence to the website. In this book, we are following the story of the subject 231 or SCP-231. Please, sit tight and enjoy the stories as it goes through the SCP universe. Tales range from mystery to horror stories. If you are looking for inspiration or creative ideas, the original website the SCP Foundation has, has tons of authors and ideas to look through.

Vincent St. James fell in love, or maybe lust, with Nora when he saw her dressed as a dominatrix at a college Halloween party. He never approached, told her about his love for her, how he wanted to worship the ground she walked on until he created the most potent gaming AI ever. Then, rich and powerful, he approached Nora but never told him his true desires for her. Vinnie played the macho guy for Nora. To relieve his sissy cuckold tendencies, he created a secret game just for him. But as Virtual Nora took control of Vinnie, it became harder to hide his true nature. When Nora discovers ...

When a scientific expedition is launched to study a mysterious alien race, the only ship available is the Nightflyer, a fully autonomous vessel manned by a single human. But Captain Royd Eris remains locked away, interacting with his passengers only as a disembodied voice - or a projected hologram no more substantial than a ghost. Yet that’s not the only reason the ship seems haunted. The team’s telepath, Thale Lasamer, senses another presence aboard the Nightflyer - something dangerous, volatile, and alien.

Florence Scovel Shinn was a gifted teacher who shaped the fields of spiritual growth and New Thought. Her practical, straightforward style empowered countless people to trust their inner knowing and overcome their challenges. With an Introduction by self-help luminary Louise Hay, who credits Florence as one of her early inspirations, this simple yet poignant book—which contains original, previously unpublished text—can help you positively transform your life. Powerful affirmations will show you how to cultivate your intuition and release any resistance, fear, and doubt.

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....