Naptime

      Rick Sheppard
     Naptime

A man suffering from narcolepsy is shot during his nap; now he must find a way to the hospital before he succumbs to the wound and sleeps forever.Stressed out by the recent news from his girlfriend, a man suffering from narcolepsy is sent home from work, only to be shot during his nap; now he must find a way to the hospital before he succumbs to the wound and sleeps forever.

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    Total Bull and the Buffalo

      Rick Talbot
     Total Bull and the Buffalo

Total Bull is a hard-working fellow from the big Cow City. But for all his hard work (a wife, a mortgage, a car) he feels like something is just missing from his life. So he decides to go on a journey of discovery. Along the way he meets the mythical and mysterious Buffalo civilization.Baumgartner P.McMasters III, is an executive business-man's caveat. Having a large office, a Condo and other riches, only one thing, he is a druggee. He'd sell his blood for a nickel bag. Then one day, he has to make a decision, when his drug-seller threatens to go public for not paying him on time. He decides to cut all ties, and leave it all behind. He shows up, a year-later in worn and tattered-clothes, and sits alone in a diner somewhere in AZ with a nap-sack full of his own old-mementos. Then, he reads.. What will become of him, and what if anything will save him.

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    Lucky People

      Mitch Goth
     Lucky People

A short story focused on three people, one tragedy, and one foggy night on a bridge. Lucky People is a story of great loss and overwhelming guilt.A short story in three chapters Three people stand on a bridge on a foggy night. They're all there for the same reason, and all brought there by the same event. Their stories are far different from each other's, and yet they all go through equal trauma. Lucky People is a story of guilt, survival, and three people's great hardship.

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    12 Country & Western

      Paul Whybrow
     12 Country & Western

Your heart's been hurt before,but this new love might be true. There's only one way to find out,so hold on tight and begin - they could be the missing part of your life.The Wrong Girl offers samples from books in the Still Life with Memories series. These samples give a taste not of Natasha (the girl Lenny loves) but rather of another woman, Lana, who appears time and again, in several scenes in the books. She is flirtatious enough to stir suspicion, upsetting the course of his life time and again. I hope you will find these samples not only delicious but also arousing an irresistible craving for more.So, you ask, what is this series all about?For a long time I had this idea of creating a series around the events in the life of a unique family. The characters had to have not only a compelling voice, but they had to see things in an entirely different light, which would create contrasts and conflicts, as each one of them comes from a different background and has different passions, needs, and aspirations.

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    Promise Canyon

      Robyn Carr
     Promise Canyon

After years spent on ranches around Los Angeles, Clay Tahoma is delighted to be Virgin River's new veterinary assistant. The secluded community's wild beauty tugs at his Navajo roots, and he's been welcomed with open arms by everyone in town—everyone except Lilly Yazhi. Lilly has encountered her share of strong, silent, traditional men within her own aboriginal community, and she's not interested in coming back for more. In her eyes, Clay's earthy, sexy appeal is just an act used to charm wealthy women like his ex-wife. She can't deny his gift for gentling horses, but she's not about to let him control her. There's just one small problem—she can't control her attraction to Clay. But in Virgin River, faith in new beginnings and the power of love has doors opening everywhere....

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    Naughty Little Thief

      Red Garnier
     Naughty Little Thief

He is determined to ignore the way she sets his body on fire and his teeth on edge. She is determined to forget the way she's wanted him for years. After years of crushing on her best friend's brother, Sandy Brown is determined to come home and return all of the things she may (or may not) have stolen from the hot and difficult Beckham Winters. He hates her. She wants to get over her young girl's crush. If only Beckham would stop making her toes curl and her heart beat like a drum in her chest. Kissing him wasn't part of the plan. Nor getting closer than she'd ever gotten to the guy. The plan was to return his things, make peace with the past, and move on with her life. The plan was definitely not letting him steal her heart the way she'd, for years, stolen his damn clothes... A hot romance by New York Times bestselling author Red Garnier.

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    It's Fine by Me

      Per Petterson
     It's Fine by Me

Fans of Per Petterson's other books in English will be delighted by this opportunity to observe Arvid Jansen in his youth from a fresh perspective. In It's Fine By Me, Arvid befriends a boy named Audun. On Audun's first day of school he refuses to talk or take off his sunglasses; there are stories he would prefer to keep to himself. Audun lives with his mother in a working-class district of Oslo. He delivers newspapers and talks for hours about Jack London and Ernest Hemingway with Arvid. But he's not sure that school is the right path for him and feels that his life holds other possibilities. Sometimes tender, sometimes brutal, It's Fine By Me is a brilliant novel from the acclaimed author of Out Stealing Horses and I Curse the River of Time.

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    Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York

      Marge Piercy
     Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York

Post–Civil War New York City is the battleground of the American dream. In this era of free love, emerging rights of women, and brutal sexual repression, Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish immigrant, toils at different jobs to earn passage to America for her family. Learning that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city, she begins a determined search that carries her from tenement to brothel to prison—as her story interweaves with those of some of the epoch's most notorious figures: Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Susan B. Anthony; sexual freedom activist Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president; and Anthony Comstock, founder of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, whose censorship laws are still on the books. In the tradition of her bestselling World War II epic Gone to Soldiers, Marge Piercy once again re-creates a turbulent period in American history and explores changing attitudes in a land of sacrifice, suffering, promise, and reward.

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    When the Doves Disappeared: A Novel

      Sofi Oksanen
     When the Doves Disappeared: A Novel

Kirja kertoo ihmisten valinnoista, uskollisuudesta ja uskottomuudesta, sopeutumisesta tai sopeutumattomuudesta maassa, jonka kohtalona on joutua miehittäjien armoille. Romaanissa liikutaan 1930-luvulta 1960-luvulle, terrorin ja rauhan vuosina. Kun kyyhkyset katosivat on Viron lähihistoriaa ja Euroopan kahtiajakoa käsittelevään Kvartetti-sarjan kolmas osa. Edelliset osat ovat Stalinin lehmät ja Puhdistus.

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    Reindeer Games

      Jessica Clare
     Reindeer Games

When mouthy Luna is voted off of Endurance Island: Alaska first, she's a little bitter about it. The only thing that assuages her pride is knowing that Owen(the sexy-but-douchey guy that ousted her) was out next. This means, unfortunately, that they're spending a lot of time at the Loser Lodge together. But will their fiercely competitive natures bring them together for the sexiest Christmas of all? This novella originally appeared in the Snow Kissed anthology.

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    After All

      Karina Halle
     After All

A fake relationship? √ Lovers to enemies to lovers? √ A steamy one-night stand turned into a wild publicity stunt? √ A hot & cocky Hollywood actor meets his match when he falls for the sassy girl next door in AFTER ALL. Light, fun and sexy as sin, it's the PERFECT SUMMER READ. From the NYT and USA Today bestselling author of The Pact and Before I Ever Met You. Emmett Hill is the perfect gentleman. At least that's what his PR team wants the world to think. Tall, handsome, and wickedly charming, Emmett is in the midst of a career comeback, having landed the role of a villain in a popular TV show. The only problem is, Emmett has come a long way from the "nice guy" characters he used to play and his old squeaky clean image is quickly being tarnished by bar fights, womanizing and bad boy behaviour. Considering he's two years shy of forty, it's an act he needs to drop. And fast. Enter Alyssa Martin. At twenty-eight, Alyssa is tired and ready for a change. Her job as office manager has grown stagnant and unfulfilling, while she's become continuously frustrated with Vancouver's lackluster dating scene, always searching for Mr. Right in a city of Mr. Wrongs. When Emmett and Alyssa's paths cross at a mutual friend's wedding, their chemistry is off-the-charts hot, culminating in a steamy one-night stand. What neither expected was for the media catch wind of their coupling - and run with it. Now Emmett has to convince Alyssa to date him for the sake of his image. Her curvy, cute and "normal" persona is just the ticket to smoothing out his reputation, while Emmett provides Alyssa with the excitement and change her life has been lacking. The only problem is, the two fight like cats and dogs outside of the bedroom. And considering their arrangement is just for show, they shouldn't be in the bedroom with each other anyway. Right? Try telling them that.

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