Presley struggles with depressed until she visits a mystical place far away from home. She encounters spirits and ghost including many that want her dead. In the world of Porha she meets Jesse, a guy who falls madly in love with her. Confused by his impulsive affection, he helps her to unlock the mysteries of her secretive past that open her mind to endless possibilities about her world.Presley is a troubled teenager who lives in the sleepy rural small Midwestern town of Lock Springs, Missouri. She has a myriad of family problems. Her father is dead and her mother is a selfish alcoholic who leaves Presley to fend for herself. With a lack of guidance and support she turns to her popular but narcissistic boyfriend, Tyler, to find love. Desperate for love and affection she struggles with his blatant unfaithfulness. Presley finds solace in writing music and playing her guitar. She uses her music as an outlet to express her complex teenage emotions as she tries to make sense of her life. Presley is confused and depressed until she visits a mystical place in another dimension far away from home. She encounters spirits and ghosts including many that want her dead. She meets spiritually advanced beings from another world and from another time. In this other world she meets Jesse, a guy that falls madly in love with her. Confused by his impulsive love, he helps her to unlock the mysteries of her secretive past that open her mind to endless possibilities about her world. This paranormal tale is full of mystic adventure along with a deep spiritual love story filled with passion that will connect with young girls and young women. Just as Presley begins to unravel her startling past she is faced with a heart wrenching decision. She could go back home to her lonesome life or she could stay in this other world with Jesse- along with the evil spirits who want her soul. It’s full of twists and turns that will keep the reader intrigued until the end.

What does a redneck private investigator from small town Alabama have in common with a retired British academic and her young event planner? The answer is -- absolutely nothing -- not even their use of the English language.A fictional vignette about a meeting between the characters in romantic comedy HAVING A BALL by Rhoda Baxter meeting up with Redneck Twila Taunton from KICK ASSITUDE by Trish Jackson.Redneck private investigator Twila Taunton is following a trail of clues that lead her to England and the fancy home of retired Oxford academic Evelyn Blackwood. Stevie Winfield is just starting out on as an event planner, and is busy planning Evelyn's charity ball. When Twila, Evelyn and Stevie sit down to have tea together, they come to realize the only thing they have in common is the English language, and even that seems to waiting to trip them up.

On a regular planet hop made many times before without incident the first blemish on a perfect record is only ever less than a second away.When the worst happens can anyone save them?We all have dreams. We pray, we hope, we buy lottery tickets and wish on falling stars. We know this isn't the most practical way to get things done, but our hearts tell us a different story. We want to believe. But suppose the world really did work like this, a world where everyone was guaranteed to have at least one of their wishes granted in their lifetime, and when it happened, their life would instantly change, but would it be for better or for worse?

Charlie the Great White Horse”Trilogy of Books ~Book One~“Charlie the Great White Horse, is a children’s Christmas story that evokes the adventure, fantasy and magical happy-endings…of a simpler time in America. This wonderful Christmas fable is about tried-and-true values, and morals that all children should take to heart.Charlie the Great White Horse and the story of the Magic Jingle Bells is a children’s Christmas novella that evokes the adventure, fantasy, and magical happy endings of a simpler time in America.Set in the early 1900’s in Centerville, Indiana. It is light, fast, and fun escapism for readers from 7-14 years of age. Parents can read this to their children as well. Adult will enjoy the book if they are young at heart. Who wants to be grown up all the time?This is the first book of the trilogy: As the story unfolds in the months before Christmas, Charlie the Horse, Louis (a red-haired boy), and Louis’s friend Chug Martin are thrown into circumstances wrought with danger and adventure. They try desperately to foil the plot of a trio of horse thieves from Saint Louis who arrive in Centerville to steal Jupiter, the Show Horse who has come to run in Centerville’s annual “Gazette Stakes”. Charlie, Louis and Chug perform daring deeds, ultimately acts of great courage and determination in ridding the town of the three “Bad Dudes”; Black Jack Tilly, Cool Joe Biggs and Rags Martin.Santa Claus sees the bravery and courage that lies within Charlie’s heart and arrives on Christmas Eve with Rudolph and Santa’s reindeer, in Mr. Beamer’s barn to possible offer Charlie a once in a lifetime opportunity to be apart of Christmas forever. This surprise twist lays the foundation for the sequel manuscripts. The first book in the series is complete as well: The Journey to Northumberland and the Rise of the Undertoads.

Ripples is a collection of Christian based short stories and plays suitable for reading to children from 6 to 15 years of age. They are suitable for adaption to various denominations.A novella prequel to the edgy Heavy Influence Trilogy about young, intense and reckless love between a rising rock star and his younger muse. Follow their journey through temptation, deception & forbidden love. *Included in the purchase price, this novella comes with an original song as printed on the pages of the book. To receive your Mp3 download of "Transpose" by Bad Suns, please send your order receipt number to: heavyinfluencetrilogy AT gmail DOT com and it will be promptly sent! Thank you!

Janet Auchincloss is nervous. She's about to have dinner with her daughter's future in-laws, Joe and Rose Kennedy, and discuss arrangements for the pending nuptials. Although she's well aware of Joe Kennedy's reputation--as both a shady businessman and an unfaithful husband--nothing could prepare Janet for the tense evening ahead.Duel at Strolling Ponds is the second installment in The Tales of Katsume Shogoro, masterless samurai, and last surviving member of his family. Shogoro’s quest is to restore his clan’s lost honor, and undo the shame that burdens his soul.Picking up where A Ronin’s Honor left off, Shogoro receives a reply from his nemesis, Matsuo Kaname, regarding his challenge to a warrior’s duel. A date and time is set for the fateful meeting. The location is the Strolling Ponds Garden.Elsewhere, an army of unknown size and intent marches towards Shinano Province.

It was a nice afternoon in front of the house when Travis begins to contemplate leaving home again and becoming famous without his best friend Erin. Throughout the entire day, Erin becomes hesitant of Travis. While he becomes rather sick in his mind, Erin remains a true friend and learning more about his cousin.While Erin and Travis sit on the front steps in front of the house. Travis makes it certain to think about the future ahead particularly focusing on the people whom he saw over the years. Life itself becomes more complicated once Erin begins to ask his cousin more questions about age and death. With the end of the day approaching, Travis makes a decision to run away and become famous without him and meet the people on the other side of the table in his daydream.

Joshua is a God of Judgement whose occupation is to judge whether or not a mortal should die. He discovers he has an odd fascination with a kind, human girl; and after saving her life when it was dictated by logic that she die, his own brother tells the other Gods what he did. His punishment is to live amongst humans for a year.Joshua is a God of Judgement whose occupation is to judge whether or not a mortal should die. Sickened by the mortals excess and selfishness, he is always in fear that he may start killing them out of his own bias against them, rather than logic. He discovers he has an odd fascination with a kind, human girl; and after saving her life when it was dictated by logic that she die, his own brother tells the other Gods what he did. His punishment is to live amongst humans for a year. He meets up with the girl he saved, Heidi, and she allows him to live with her for the time being. She forces him to live the life of a regular human being, and he comes to admire her hard work, resilience, and her bright spirit. After a threat from his brother, however--who has long had an inexplicable grudge against Joshua--he leaves without telling Heidi, to confront his brother.

Every time you've been hurtingI've found myselfSo sad and yearningWishing and waitingHoping and hatingThat I have to wait longerBecause every minute I can't have youI feel I need to be strongerAnd can't quite do itDo itBut from the moment you said I love youI knew it Knew itIf you and your family love dogs you are going to love this fun children’s story. The characters are all based on real dogs and cats and, just like your pet at home, they will warm your heart. They are unique and a bit flawed but you’ll love them all the same.The story is about a secret organisation exists without detection and operates right under our very noses. Its sole purpose is to save dogs from neglect. This is the first book in the Astro Adventure’s series and it will delight and entertain your family with its fast moving plots and funny storylines.This tale of spies and mystery is full of twists and turns. The secret organisation is manned by a tunnel digging terrier who carries a diamond encrusted nail file. A large dog for which the complexities of door handles are a complete mystery and who, instead, opens everything with his head. As well as, a commando, khaki wearing Blue heeler who is armed with a hunting bone and a smell grenade. And that’s just to name a few! In this great children's book, The Great Escape, we meet Astro, possibly one of the most spoilt dogs in the world, who calls on this secret organisation to save him from what he falsely assumes is imprisonment. Commander Rocky, head of The Organisation, decides to teach Astro how lucky he is by taking him to the one place all dogs dread, The Check Out! It is a place where unwanted and rejected dogs are sent – never to be seen again! However, things don’t go to plan and Commander Rocky learns that below the shallow exterior of a grey shaggy dog is a brave, kind hearted hero. A hero called Astro.Reviews:“This is a delightful, enjoyable story for readers of all ages, from children to parents to grandparents and beyond. It is humorous, fast-paced, with well-developed characters that you will find adorable. And yes, the story has a message, a takeaway that is both inspiring and worthy of reflection after the reading is done...” – Thomas Baker“This book was a lot of fun. Author Susan Day has a unique take on animals and how we perceive them. I laughed several times and found myself absorbed by the story. I am looking forward to more books from this interesting and highly entertaining writer...” Big Apple

Historical Fantasy set in 18th century Ireland, when a mad magician plunges the world into eternal Night, to win the hand of his beloved. But she has her powers too.An Irishman enamored, is a dangerous thing. Above all when he consorts with the Gentle People.Aengus loves Lady Agatha, but he is poor, and she is bedmate to a very wealthy man. Therefore Aengus kills the Sun and plunges the world into eternal Night, and a world where the wealthy man and all his ilk, sleep without end. And Aengus gains the body, if not the heart, of his ladylove.And then Lady Agatha learns magic in her turn...

The first day at a new job can be hard. It’s much harder when that job is in Shady Hollow.(Story continued from Part 2 of the series)You had just completed finding the first two objects that were needed to open the rock door that has you trapped in the room. You couldn't help but wonder what the other objects were that you needed to find.You headed back to the ancient book to find out the next step. You sort of lost track of time. You had been so focused on getting out of this place that you couldn't remember how long you had been underground.Sitting down, you opened the book again and flipped to the last page. "Let's get this over with so I can get out of this place," you said out loud. As you were sitting there looking at the book, you realized that the room was lit but you had no idea where the light was coming from. You just assumed that there was a source of light and that's all you cared about. But now you began to wonder where the light was coming from. It seemed to come from all over. There wasn't a single source of light. It was almost like the ceiling was glowing.You got up from where you were sitting and started to walk around the room trying to figure out where the light was coming from. But there was no source of light to be found anywhere in the room. "Oh well," you said to yourself. “It's not important to find the source of the light. It's more important to get out of here.” You wandered back to the place where the book was, sat down, and picked up the book again. Flipping pages again to get to where you had left off, you noticed there was a page missing. You hadn't noticed it before. Where could it have gone? You had to have that page or you would never be able to get out of here. You began to freak out. Beads of sweat formed on your forehead. "I don't want to be stuck in here forever," you thought to yourself. "That's it. I'm toast. I'm history. I might as well lay down right here in the middle of this room and wait to die.""But that page has to be here somewhere," you said as you began to search for it. You crawled along the floor on your hands and neez looking everywhere for that sneaky little page. After crawling around for a while, you stopped and sat back down. "Okay," you said to yourself, "think.. . if I were a ripped and torn page, where would I be?"

Lighthearted (but violent) fantasy action featuring one butt-kicking heroine.After meeting goth metal singer and ultimate bar brawler Freya in the drunken battle of a lifetime, retired boxer Lincoln gets a surprise invitation to join her crew. But when evil seeks to claim a band member's soul along with her gift of foresight, the modern warriors must confront the devil's scholar... the Dark Man.THIS SERIES IS MEANT TO BE UNREALISTIC FUN. If complete believability is a must, it might not be for you... but if you like the sound of an awesome female brawler standing toe to toe with huge men and monsters in brutal fistfights on sheer toughness and badassery, maybe it is.Retired boxer Lincoln never imagined he would fight a girl, let alone be pushed to his limits by one. After meeting goth metal singer and ultimate bar brawler Freya in the drunken battle of a lifetime, he gets a surprise invitation to join her crew. He and the band develop a strong friendship as he shares his sports and life knowledge with them and they help him recapture his youth. But when evil seeks to claim a band member's soul along with her gift of foresight, the modern day warriors must confront the devil's own scholar... the Dark Man.A novelette. First chronologically in the Gothic Warrior series.

Why has Mark Fenton been abducted by Special Security in the depths of the night? It is the start of a dangerous journey across space to a secret destination where he will face a personal history he thought was buried and endure a terrifying ordeal. Fenton will have to fight for his life but how can he escape a fate that has already happened?Why is the Special Security Division suddenly so interested in Mark Fenton?For Fenton is a man of supreme irrelevance. A man who has turned his back on his friends and career, a man skulking on the edge of events, the edge of the universe, lamenting his lost love, a disillusioned malcontent uselessly railing against a system that has never even noticed he exists.So why have they come for him now in the depths of the night? It is the start of a dangerous journey across space to a secret destination, a perilous place where he will confront a personal history he thought was buried and endure a terrifying ordeal. He is going to have to fight for his life but how can he escape a fate that has already happened? Fenton will have to face the daemons from his past if there is to be a future, for anyone.

Cocaine. It’s already cost Dan Marlowe his family and his business. Now Dan’s doing his damnedest to stay away from the stuff, but when a boat with two dead bodies is found wrecked on the jetty at Hampton Beach, he’s forced into the search for its missing cargo: 200 pounds of cocaine. Will the drug that stole everything short of Dan’s life be the one thing that can give it all back?Cocaine. Dan Marlowe is doing his damnedest to stay away from the stuff. It’s already cost him his family and his business, The High Tide Restaurant & Saloon. Now a bartender at the Tide, Dan’s life is slowly stabilizing. That is until a boat with two dead bodies on board is found wrecked on the jetty at Hampton Beach. The hunt for its missing cargo, 200 pounds of cocaine, is on. Dan is forced into the search and realizes that the drug that stole everything short of his life might be the one thing that can give it all back.He’s not the only one seeking the fortune in white powder. Others, on both sides of the law, are after it too, including a Boston mob boss and his right-hand man; a New Hampshire seacoast drug dealer/informer, his smokin’ hot girlfriend, and his dim-witted muscle; a crooked D.E.A. agent and his junkie sidekick; two New Hampshire State policemen; and an Irish handyman. It’s a violent, back-stabbing race to the end of the rainbow. May the best man win.

Why did this billionaire tell neighbor ladies her youthful sexual experiences? That's all I'll tell you. Click the blue below to see why. Here it suffices to say that the story is short and free. Why read a summary when with little more effort you can read the whole thing? If you can't spare a moment more, you shouldn't be wasting time reading fiction anyway. Go back to work!"One can not judge a book by its cover." So we are told. But a cover is usually the only thing a reader has to base a judgment on. Smashwords tries to aid readers by providing summaries, one short, one long, for each book it distributes. For non-fiction this works well. But this, it seems to me, defeats the whole purpose of fiction. After all, one reads a story to find out what will happen. It’s the uncommon twists and turns that make a story interesting. But if a summary has told all this beforehand, what fun is to be had in the reading? Therefore, no summary of the present short story is given. It's short and it’s free! So read the whole thing and see if you like it. I ask you to do this because I think it is the best book judging method. To find fiction you like you must first read around enough to learn something of the style and stories of different authors. Then you can judge books, not by their cover, but by the your opinion of the writer. I'd like to help you do this. The present short story is one of several which I will make available free at Smashwords. Read a few (or all of them) and decide if you like them. It won't cost you a dime. If you like them, you can then purchase some of my not free (but still inexpensive) longer stories. All these stories are of one particular kind. To reflect this similarity all have the same cover picture, the Kitty & Rose shown above. So after you’ve read a few, you can, in fact, judge them by their cover. The common theme of the Kitty & Rose stories is human sexuality. This is not unusual. Most fiction concerns sex in one way or another; ranging from romances so sedate and demure an extraterrestrial could never know sex is at the root of everything described, to erotica so unrestricted even an extraterrestrial might blush. Kitty & Rose stories are in the middle of this range. All deal with human sexuality, but none do so explicitly. Rather, they are seemly. The dictionary gives three meanings for seemly: Attractive or agreeably fashioned; Decorous or conventionally proper; and Appropriate or suited to its purpose. With respect to appropriateness, seemly sex stories range from the humorous to the inspirational, but all concern human sexuality. So they are clearly appropriate. These stories are also seemly in the decorous and conventionally proper sense. For, while they treat sex candidly, they do not do so graphically. There is nothing pornographic nor erotic in any seemly sex story. Of course, different persons’ opinions about this may differ. A few consider frank pornography decorous. At the opposite extreme are those like the abbot of the monastery where the great biologist Gregor Mendel did his epochal research. This abbot thought Mendel’s studies were decidedly indecorous because they involved the sex of pea plants! Finally, there is the principal sense of seemly, attractive and agreeably fashioned. Like every author I exert my every effort and ability trying to make these stories seemly in this regard. But like every author, I must await your determination of the degree of my success. Since both of us will be pleased if you find them attractively seemly, I very much hope you do.Happy reading!BobbyBP.S. This is Kitty & Rose short story # 7, uploaded 2-22-2017.

This Book which has 50 differently titled Poems , is actually volume 6 of the Book titled – Life = Death – Poems on Life , Death ( 1200 pages ) .This enigmatic collection of poems explores and equates the boundless possibilities of life and death and delves into each intricate inexplicability of survival. Parekh's roving philosophical eye brings the unconquerable richness of life to the fore and yet at the same time explicitly highlights the veracity of 'death' as the absolute certainty of every existence. The poet joyously celebrates the occasions of both life and death with equal panache in each poetic stanza sewn with the uncanny mysteries of this Universe. The poems within immortalize both life and death as the ultimate victories and the two most contrastingly amazing and divine sides of creation. Catapulting the reader to the threshold of ultimate ecstasy; they bring about an impromptu twist with the closure of breath and what lies beyond. This charismatically woven collection of poetic verse would equally enamor the narcissist as well as the simple humanitarian to the core.This book is a humble attempt to enlighten the readers with the equality of life and death-and to live in both of them to the most unparalleled fullest. Embracing only the religion of humanity, as the Lord has commanded every living being on earth. You cant die in life and cant live in death-each of these components are irrefutably equal in every respect and should be worshipped with due obeisance.

Hosting a family reunion of sorts, Lucas confronts his abusive Uncle Dimka and Aunt Rosa. Lucas, his priest brother, Alex, and Dimka and Rosa's son, Danilo, join in the fracas. The proceedings go off track when Danilo pulls a gun and orders Lucas and Alex to leave.This book is a collection of poetry that has been made by myself and kept for years, the earliest being 2009. I have waited so long to build a large enough collection and be able to distribute in a format that it deserves. The inspiration for these poems is life in general at times of great emotion or at night I would wake up and write or sometimes one line of a poem would run around in my head until I put it down on paper or until I wrote the rest of the lines to finish it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Race car mechanic Andressa "Andi" Amaro has one rule—no dating drivers. With a good reason behind the rule, she has no plans on breaking it. Carrick Ryan is the bad boy of Formula One. With a face and body that melts panties on sight, and an Irish lilt that leaves women on their knees, begging for more. He races hard and parties harder. The youngest driver to ever sign with F1, he’s still at the top of his game five years later, breaking hearts on and off the tracks. When Andi is offered her dream job working in the glamorous world of F1, she leaves her home in Brazil, positive she can handle working for Carrick. But she’s not prepared for the off-the-chart sparks that fly the moment they meet. Now, Andi has a crush on the one man she can’t have, and her resolve is about to be put to the test, because Carrick has decided he wants Andi, and he plans on testing her to the very limit…

Orphaned Anthea Cross-Thornley has been shuttled between family members her whole life. When she receives a letter from a long-lost uncle, she dares to dream that she will finally find a home. Upon her arrival she is shocked to learn that her uncle secretly breeds horses--animals that have been forbidden in their kingdom for centuries. More alarming is Anthea's strange ability to sense the horses' thoughts and feelings, an ancient gift called The Way. Confused and terrified, Anthea is desperate to leave, but when dangers arise that put her family and her kingdom at risk, she has no choice but to embrace The Way and the exciting future adventures it will bring her.

A Novella from USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M. ROBINSON Ten couples. Twenty characters. Ten chapters. A collection of ten hot scenes from all ten of my standalone books. Each couple will have a chapter dedicated to them. New and never read before. Sebastian and Ysabelle- The VIP Trilogy Mika and The Madam- The VIP Trilogy Devon and Brooke- Tempting Bad James and Gianna- Two Sides Gianna Lucas and Alex- Complicate Me (The Good Ol’ Boys) Jacob and Lily- Forbid Me (The Good Ol’ Boys) Dylan and Aubrey- Undo Me (The Good Ol’ Boys) Austin and Briggs- Crave Me (The Good Ol’ Boys) Martinez and Lexi- El Diablo Creed and Mia- Road to Nowhere & Ends Here