"You know this is, by far, the worst interview I've ever done," I confess. "You're either a fucking amazing chef or just a cocky bastard who's wasting my time.""Those two aren't mutually exclusive, you know," Viktor chuckles as he places his arms against the desk, leaning towards me with a smirk. "Anyway, let me show you just what I can do."***Louis, a young restaurant owner behind on his rent, is going to lose everything if he fails to come up with the overdue payme...

My TWP Plays presents five important plays written by Jack Winter while he was resident playwright at Toronto Workshop Productions, one of the first great troupes of the experimental and alternative theatre movement. The carnivalesque style of the selected works in this anthology reflects the turbulence, contradictions, and subversion of the social revolution during which they were written and first produced, as well as the cultural politics at a time when Canadian artists were in...

Tales of the Emperor is based on the life of Qin Shi Huang (circa 260–210 BCE), the “First Emperor” – he who unified China, gave it his name, built the Great Wall, entombed an army of terra cotta soldiers, authored legalism, erased history, insinuated governance, and established paranoia as a national characteristic. His dynasty did not outlive him but his influence permeates the present and, there is ample indication, will dominate the future.The literary method of Ta...

When Mrs. Claus sneaks away from the North Pole on Christmas Eve, Santa sends out a security team to bring her home before dawn on Christmas Day. The team follows the tracking beacon in Mrs. Claus's coat to downtown New York City, finding her in the crowded streets of the human city. They hustle her into an alley and use magic to take her home to North Pole City.Merri Blevins has had a rough night. Not only was her adorable elf costume unavailable at the costume store, forcing her ...

Pumpkin is on a plane back home for Thanksgiving when the man beside her becomes the jerk nobody wants to sit beside. When a dark and handsome Russian comes to her rescue and makes the sleazy neighbor switch seats, she's forever in his debt.Miller wasn't planning on coming back to Texas this soon, but an emergency lands him on a commercial flight with a woman that he can't keep his eyes off of.Will this chance meeting change their lives forever? It's Thanksgiving…and anythi...

Warning: This book contains explicit descriptions of an older, alpha male spanking and physically dominating a much younger, submissive female. The content is strictly for adults only!It’s been two weeks since Emily last saw her boyfriend’s father, Charles. It’s been two weeks since that morning in the kitchen, and she can’t stop thinking about him. When Charles suddenly reappears, offering to bring Emily to his lavish office in the city, it’s an easy decision for ...

Joy moved across the country to take a job as the secretary to the mayor of Troping. The only problem is, the more time she spends with Mayor North, the more time she doesn't want to spend away from him. Things between them could never work and she needs to concentrate on saving money. But one night when the power goes out, a plan is hatched and she agrees to so much more.When North proposes a marriage of convenience, Joy thinks he's lost his mind. Maybe he has, but how else is he ...

Tinsel is the town sheriff in Troping and she loves her job. The only downside is her brother's best friend Jack, who also happens to be her nemesis. He does everything he can to get under her skin, but she's always got a ticket ready to pass out to annoy him right back.Jack has been in love with Tinsel since his best friend first brought him home for the holidays. The only problem is keeping his distance when all he wants to do is hold her close. For years he's kept his control, b...

Laurelin: I work with the homeless, so I dress modestly. Okay, it’s not just modest - I look like a ragamuffin with my patched jeans and torn t-shirts, not to mention the soiled backpack at my feet. But imagine my surprise when a rich, handsome man mistakes me for a homeless girl and offers to let me stay with him … for a price, that is.Tate: I’m not a charitable man, but when I saw the blonde scrounging for food, my instincts kicked into high gear. No one that beautiful s...

Tim: The bachelor auction was the worst thing that ever happened to me. We had to get on stage shirtless, our chests coated in gooey, slick oil. Even worse, there were a bunch of middle-aged ladies with too much lipstick and too much money fluttering their lashes at me. No thanks, I’ll pass. My evening was ruined - that is, until a certain sassy curvy girl steps up to bid.Lina: Tim doesn’t remember who I am. A long time ago, our parents we...

HELP.That's the only four-letter word I think of when my eyes first lap up the sight of the Navy SEAL who just offered to finish my bathroom renovation.Well, maybe one other four-letter word slips into my mind, especially when he tugs off that tight t-shirt and reveals a body that was sculpted in my dirtiest fantasies.And suddenly, HELP isn't the only thing I need from him…* Disclaimer: If a plot-to-sex ratio of 1:5 offends you, or if you're averse to bad la...

Aurora might run a successful business with her brother that offers companions for hire, but she's never used the service herself--until she needs an easy date for an important banquet in New York. She fortunately knows just the man for the job. Mike O'Dell. He's cute and smart and funny and good-hearted, and she's been into him for all the years he's worked for her company. Now's the time to make her move. What could go wrong with hiring him as her date for the weekend?An earl...