The patient's body is stuck in a hospital fighting a lung infection, but his mind remains free to contemplate the things around him: a bouquet of flowers, spaghetti, and a wooden rhinoceros—because it's the small things that make the difference. Softly defying sterile hospital monotony, the patient connects deeply with other people, affecting them with his positive attitude. The patient isn't just any chronically ill person, though. The patient is a child.

In a world still scarred by the remnants of a devastating war, four unlikely friends stumble upon a long-buried relic: a towering, battle-worn machine named Rust. Designed for destruction but reprogrammed for protection, Rust defied its purpose during the war to save lives, earning it a mysterious and tragic past.Quinn, a determined leader searching for meaning, sees Rust as a chance to uncover the truth about humanity's fractured history. Milo, a curious tinkerer, views it as the ...

Bartender Tony Gemetti has it all: a rich, hot boyfriend, a McMansion in the ’burbs and unlimited sex in an expectation-free zone. He thought that was all he ever wanted out of any relationship—until Jack begins making excuses for frequent disappearances. Realizing he has more than his libido and enough drawers for his T-shirt collection riding on this relationship, Tony figures it’s time to find out what’s going on. Jack Noble has spent his life hiding his real self behind a carefully cre...

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

They took everything from her. Now, she's their biggest threat.Krista Fitzpatrick's eighteenth birthday was supposed to be a celebration. Instead, it ended in bloodshed. Her parents, highly trained government assassins, were executed, and now the killers are hunting her. Targeted for a microchip she knows nothing about, Krista is plunged into a world of espionage, deception, and deadly alliances.Krista must rely on the one person she's not sure she can trus...

In the first Ethan & Wyatt novel from bestselling gay romance author K.A. Mitchell, a first-year college student pursues the man of his dreams.Ethan enrolled in the same college as his high school sweetheart believing it would strengthen their relationship—only to get dumped his very first day on campus. Instead of sinking into despair, he embraces his newfound freedom and college experiences. New friends, his photography projects, and sex-only hookups give him a li...

Falling in love is easy. Staying there is the trick in this third book in bestselling author K.A. Mitchell's male/male Ethan & Wyatt trilogy.Life doesn't come with a syllabus.Ethan knows firsthand that long distance is hard on love. If Wyatt is spending his summer at an internship in Pittsburgh, that's where Ethan will be. Even if it means inventing his own career goal just to find a reason to stay with his boyfriend. He didn't expect they'd...

When two guys find chemistry at college, they begin to wonder if they can turn their secret hookups into a lasting relationship in this gay romance.Physically, it's easy for Ethan and Wyatt to be together—well, if "easy" means stolen moments when Ethan's roommate is away, or sneaking away to a hidden nook in the library. Privacy is hard to come by in a dorm, but finding ways to connect is half the fun.Emotionally, though, that's a different story. Wyatt isn't...

It's Christmas in Epiphany, Pennsylvania-the busiest time of year for Mel Halner. But running the family Christmas tree farm has worn down his love for the happiest season of all, and lately Mel's been wondering what if he'd said yes to a ticket out of town with millionaire Bryce Campion three years ago.Bryce isn't used to people saying no to him, and he can't forget Mel or their brief but sizzling affair. He might not have been offering forever, but Bryce can't understand a guy as...

Have a holly, very jolly Christmas…Lucas doesn't usually do the anonymous holiday gift exchange. But when his office crush, Zane, extends an invite, how could he say no? A little holiday cheer might be nice for a change.What he doesn't expect are the bonus presents accompanying the bulge in his Christmas stocking—increasingly kinky gifts that have him wishing he'd torn into them in the privacy of his bedroom....

Clay Men is a fresh, authentic approach on what it takes to create real change in one's life. As a practicing psychologist, the author blends his writing with personal memoirs, self-help instructions, and inspiration to facilitate the pursuit of living an alternative life, other than the predetermined life you may be living. Using his own life script that he created as an example, he explains how one might go about finding direction, and what is required if we truly want free will: a life ...

Blindfolds. Handcuffs. Submission.There's so much Jonah Kendrick hasn't tried, and so much he wants to explore. But just before Christmas he finds a ring box in his boyfriend's desk. Jonah panics. He loves Evan and their sex is hot, but how can Jonah be ready for forever, when there are so many items on his Naughty Bucket List? Desires that might drive Evan away.Evan's noticed Jonah has been distant. His usually talkative and cheerful boyfriend is preoccupied. The se...