Originally appeared in the print anthology A Red Hot Valentine's Day. Absence makes the heart grow fonder . . . and the passion burn hotter! No one ever said long-distance love was easy, and after being apart for two years, Edie and Ty are more than ready for some time together—especially on Valentine's Day. Now counting down the hours until their passionate reunion, they're keeping each other company with steamy letters describing just how much they've missed one another . . . and not leaving out any of the scorching details. As their erotic journeys come to a scintillating conclusion, both Edie and Ty are about to discover that getting there is half the fun . . .

Their bees produce the most delectable honey in all of Wisconsin. And the three Christner girls are fondly known as The Honeybee Sisters throughout their peaceful Amish community—where their spirited sweetness is attracting any number of hopeful suitors. . . Lively, determined, and independent, Poppy Christner isn't about to let some vandal keep making mischief on her family's farm. She's been outrunning boys and standing up for picked-on children ever since she was a girl—no matter how much her prideful, arrogant schoolmate Luke Bontranger insulted her. So Poppy certainly doesn't need his interference now, especially since he's made it plain he prefers demure, ladylike companions. In fact, if Luke doesn't stop helping her find the culprit—and growing humble and remorseful—she'll be forced to notice how handsome his change-of-heart is making him. And that could mean falling in love—maybe for a lifetime... Praise for Jennifer Beckstrand and...

Enter a world of mystery and hauntings fair and foul . the best ghost stories you will read for a long time ... from the author of the bestselling Ancient Future. Featuring characters inspired by her closest friends and relations, traci delivers a series of spine-tingling stories alongside autobiographical snippets that give fascinating insights into her life and the real-life personalities who inspire the characters for her fiction (including the fiesty model for Ancient Future's tory Alexander!) Enter a world of mystery and hauntings fair and foul .

Second part of the wildly imaginative fantasy set in a New York where people can fly and the daughter of the richest man in the universe can make herself invisible...It's six months since the end of the Invisible Girl, and Gurl, AKA Georgie, is attending a posh girls school that she hates, and hardly speaking to Bug, who seems to be too busy making adverts and endorsements to see his old friend. But when a giant octopus appears in the Hudson and a giant sloth kidnaps a squealing heiress and takes her to the top of the Empire State Building, our two unlikely heroes realise that something very strange is going on. Could it have something to do with the pen that can think for itself? Where's the Professor when you need him? And who is the artist punk they call the Chaos King?

Elizabeth Miller wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

• Two of British author Henry William Herbert's tales from the 1800s are bound together in this Kindle edition: and The Warwick WoodlandsWager of Battle (1855)A tale of Saxon slavery in Sherwood ForestAbout the AuthorBritish novelist Henry William Herbert (aka Frank Forster, 1807-1858) was a journalist and historian educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He taught Latin and Greek in the United States and edited the American Monthly Magazine.

These are my last words and the last book that I will be releasing.In this prequel to SanClare Black, Karon, the first Princess of Sorrows, is pregnant, held hostage in a foreign land, and trapped in a political marriage. When her father dies, she must find a way to defeat her husband's plans to seize her throne.

Very interesting stories with a distinct writing style. A small book, quick read, makes you feel good after finishing each story.Angel witnesses her parents kidnap by fishermen and seek to rescue them. She meets Puffer and befriends a sea nymph Asia in her quest to find her parents.

British intelligence wants her spying skills, a vampiric warlock wants to steal her powers. The Master Wizards who trained her want her dead...The Nazis have unleashed occult forces throughout Europe and the Allies are forced to recruit and employ wizards to counter their attacks. Among them is battle weary spy, Isabella George, an alchemist trained by the Gray Tower.British intelligence wants her spying skills, a vampiric warlock wants to steal her powers. The Master Wizards who trained her want her dead...The Nazis have unleashed occult forces throughout Europe and the Allies are forced to recruit and employ wizards to counter their attacks. Among them is the battle weary spy, Isabella George, a Gray Tower dropout trained in Alchemy. Longing for retirement and a life of peace, she accepts one final job-extract a deadly warlock from Nazi occupied France and prevent him from unleashing an alchemical weapon that will devour the continent.But France is crawling with the Cruenti, vampiric warlocks who feed off other wizards. When things don't go according to plan, one Cruenti sets his deadly eyes on her.Betrayal is everywhere. Even some of her closest allies cannot be fully trusted. Worse still, she finds, she can't even trust herself. She becomes a woman torn between her charismatic spy lover who offers her what she desires most, and one of her closest confidants, whose soft seductive eyes hold deadly secrets about her past, and the Gray Tower itself.Plans within plans. Plots versus counter plots. Heists gone wrong, sword-wielding Catholic priests, and the greatest manipulation of history that has ever been seen, is just a taste of what Isabella George is in for, in her final mission.

Ends and Odds brings together nine short dramatic works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Waiting for Godot.

An exclusive prep school in Connecticut. Four young, rich and beautiful friends. The usual teenage hopes and hormones, plus a trendy French movie director and $15,000 worth of high-grade Ecstasy. A racy satire for young adults.When Jasper Genovese and his three best friends head back to their exclusive Connecticut boarding school for the start of sophomore year, they carry with them their individual hopes, fears, and raging hormones. But Jas is carrying something else, too: $15,000 worth of high-grade Ecstasy. While he scrambles to extricate himself from a crisis, wannabe starlet Tibby is being pursued by a famous French director, geeky Brand is obsessed with Tibby, and beautiful, troubled Mills can’t wait to get into bed with Jas.DAYS OF ST CROIX is a fast-paced, intricate Young Adult novel set in a secluded private school, where wealth, privilege, beauty and fame only get you so far. A bright satire with a warm heart, Days Of St Croix introduces four remarkable young characters, and invites readers to experience a few days in their exclusive world.

It's just one of those days... Magicians, phoenix eggs and hot chocolate with a guardian angel. Here is a collection of short stories for the everyday, twisted with fantasy and intrigue... but mind where you step, for here lie domestic dragons, hidden treasures and the dark underside of the suburbs. These short stories mirror everyone's day to day struggles, from grief to first love, from growingIt's just one of those days... Magicians, phoenix eggs and hot chocolate with a guardian angel. Here is a collection of short stories for the everyday, twisted with fantasy and intrigue... but mind where you step, for here lie domestic dragons, hidden treasures and the dark underside of the suburbs. These short stories mirror everyone's day to day struggles, from grief to first love, from growing up to growing apart. Full of heart and a dash of adventure, 'Short Lived' is a collection of tales like no other.

From bestselling author Christina Dodd comes The Listener, a story of mystery and intrigue in which misfit and computer security expert Cornelia Markum hacks into a text conversation between unidentified Virtue Falls residents ... and realizes she's stumbled into a murder plot.

A Christmas gift to my readers and colleagues here at Smashwords. May the joy of His Nativity illuminate your Christmas season and be yours throughout the coming New Year.There stood atop a desolated hilltop a funeral parlor by the name of Sunny Hills Funeral Parlor with some terrifying tales from the dead. Jeramiah Hill the owner of Sunny Hills Funeral Parlor would invite some of his closest friends in town to come and hear how people that were brought to his funeral parlor died. Sunny Hills Funeral Parlor was built in 1816 by the Hills family. Soon after construction was complete on the funeral parlor bad things started happening. One of the Hill's brothers got into a fight with the other brother over a girl and in a jealous rage Jim Hill fell out of the two story window in the funeral parlor to his death. Since there were no witnesses, Jim's death was declared an accident. Just weeks after Jim's death, his brother Daryl was found dead in one of the coffins in the funeral parlor. Daryl's father Jeramiah told the lawmen that from the look on his son's face he was frightened to death. Just as if he saw something so terrible he thought hiding in the coffin would keep him safe. After Sunny Hills Funeral Parlor changed hands because of its haunted past the name was changed to Haunted Hills Funeral Parlor and that's when more bad things started to happen that would cause the town to be haunted forever even burning the place to the ground didn't stop the all the haunting.

This is one recipe for leaving a violent relationship--what worked for one single mother of three, who escaped abuse and successfully delivered her children to adulthood.This is one recipe for leaving a violent relationship--what worked for one single mother of three, who escaped abuse and successfully delivered her children to adulthood. Despite their experiences, this displaced homemaker turned waitress is the proud mother of a nuclear engineer, a computer engineer and a psychologist. Read what she did and how she did it. This recipe can be changed and adapted. If she can do it, you can too.