An artistic free spirit must grapple with her sense of identity as the music she inspires her boyfriend to make propels him to stardom at the turn of the twenty-first century.It's the summer of 1999 in rural Minnesota, and eighteen-year-old Marcy Lewis is at a crossroads. Having graduated high school without committing to college, she wonders about the meaning of her life and what she is meant to achieve. On a trip with her sister to New York City, she meets up-and...

"I bite my lip and feel my blush deepen. Because right now I know one thing for certain. I'm going to fuck the abominable snow monster. And I'm going to like it." - Angela Montoya, Dashing Through MeSlip beneath the mistletoe and into something a little more sinful with Jingle These Bells, a sizzling holiday anthology where desire crackles like a Yule log fire. Fifteen naughty and nice authors-some freshly unwrapped and others well-establi...

As a field of study, legal history has an unsteady place in Australian law schools yet academic research and writing in the field of legal history and at the intersections of the disciplines of 'law' and 'history' is undergoing something of a renaissance, with rich and vibrant new works regularly appearing in specialist journals and scholarly monographs. This collection seeks to reinvigorate the study of history within the law school curriculum, by showcasing what students of the law can a...

"This is the story of everything that happened after my friend Kit had a meltdown at school.”Best friends Mila and Kit spend their days doing fun things: they go to the skate park, play Truth or Dare, and pet the neighborhood cats. Mila’s favorite thing to do is draw her Shy Cat comics. But Kit’s is probably eating afternoon snacks. The first time Kit went to Mila’s house, he ate three bananas in a row without asking! Mila thinks rude is rude, but her mom says that...

It is common knowledge that the ways of dragons are their own. Everyone knows this. But even so, when the citadel of Messhlun, the kingdom north of Dar, is overrun by dragons it isn't clear why or what exactly it is they want.What's even less clear is why the dragons won't negotiate with the local wizards.What's even less clear than that is why they've asked for Hol the Fortunetelling Wizard by name.But, since it is equally common knowledge that the ways of wizards ...

A magical apprentice and coming of age fantasy with high personal stakes, magical animal friends, and a low body count.If twenty-year-old, magic-filled Sha-li could make it back home, she'd cast a curse on the wizard who banished her. But, if she leaves the company of the witch she's been apprenticed to, she'll lose the chance to learn what power she has and what she can do with it.Best-case scenario, once she's been trained, she'll actually be able to cast...

When you work for a serial killer, death is at your door every day.Britney Cage is a college graduate, entrepreneur, and serial killer. She owns the top temp agency in Tampa, growing rather influential in the community.When Alex Charles walks through her door looking for a job, his life is forever changed in ways he never imagined. He only wants stability in his life and knows that's what he'll have if he can get something permanent.What Alex doesn'...

In this honest discussion of mental health, the founder of Therapy for Women explores our reasons for drinking alcohol—and the benefits of taking a break.When “retired party girl” and popular therapist Amanda White admitted she was an alcoholic, it wasn’t because she’d done something outrageous while under the influence, like land herself in jail or get married in Vegas. It was because she realized three things: 1. Alcohol was making her life worse. 2. Moderation w...

Today's Christian culture is confusing to say the least. With so much noise, it's hard to know what is true and what is not. How can a woman who loves Jesus discern the truth when surrounded by so many differing voices?Sister, Walk in Truth helps you identify the lies that permeate today's pop-culture Christianity and apply God's Word to your life in a relevant and easy-to-implement way. Sister, you will walk away more equipped than ever to take God's Word and apply it to ...

Emotions are a terrible thing for serial killers to have.Britney Cage’s emotions are getting in the way—of her friendships, of her relationship with the sexy cop she’s dating, of her plans to track and kill her next victim.Florida’s most dangerous serial killer might have outsmarted the authorities for years, but she can’t escape the nagging desire to live something more closely resembling a normal life.Unfortunately, that life will never come unless she can confess...

What is the responsibility, or the task of the arts as we face environmental crisis?Ecologies in Practice is an edited collection of dynamic and multi-formatted contributions that explore the ways in which cultural production informs perceptions, communications, and knowledge of environmental distress in a Canadian context, pointing to the significance of the arts in the creation and sharing of crucial counter narratives and alternative possibilities. ...

Commentators on the media in Southeast Asia either emphasise with optimism the prospect for new media to provide possibilities for greater democratic discourse, or else, less optimistically, focus on the continuing ability of governments to exercise tight and sophisticated control of the media. This book explores these issues with reference to Malaysia and Singapore. It analyses how journalists monitor governments and cover elections, discussing what difference journalism makes; it examine...