After a three-year long engagement, Clarissa Mark's is getting married. She promised her fiancé that she'd sell her company Lariat Games, the 80-hour workweeks would cease, and she would settle down and become a devoted wife and mother.Julian Ross swooped down to add Lariat Games to his vast holdings. Upon meeting Clarissa, he decided that he wants her, as well. With remarkably little effort, he breaks up her engagement by exposing her fiancé's affairs and entices her with an offer...

Here is a comprehensive introduction to Zen Buddhism for those who don't know how or where to begin, nor what to expect once they have started practicing. It includes the fundamentals of meditation practice (posture, technique, clothing), descriptions of the basic teachings and major texts, the teacher-student relationship, and what you will find when you visit a zendo, plus a history of Zen from the founding of Buddhism to its major schools in the West. In addition to answering the most f...

“Writing a ‘nuts and bolts’ guide that is genuinely wise, charmingly conversational, and a pleasure to read requires a particular talent, and Jean Smith has proved once again that she has it.”—Sylvia Boorstein, author of Don’t Just Do Something, Sit ThereThe third of Jean Smith’s Beginner’s Guides focuses on the Buddha’s Eightfold Path—the concepts central to practicing the Buddha’s teachings in daily life. The eight steps on the path are: right understanding, thou...

. How can I tell when someone is flirting with me?. How can I be a more confident flirt?. How do I avoid rejection?. Where are all the good men and women hiding?Flirtology is THE dating guide for the 21st century. In an age of swiping left and right, and hiding behind online profiles, this book shows you how to replace connectivity with connection.Flirtology debunks the myths that surround flirting in order to help you find love. It he...

Loretta Brown is mad at herself for not telling her best friend Xavier Johnson about the feelings she has for him; she's been led to believe that he's engaged. With the help of her friend Cookie, she'll prove to Xavier that she's the woman for him.Xavier has been trying to break out of the "friend zone" with Loretta, for every step she takes toward him, she takes two steps back. He understands that she was in an abusive marriage and careful with her feelings, but he's determined to...

Jenna Tierney faces several changes in her life after the murder of her sister Laura. She is disgusted with herself for being attracted to the detective investigating her sister's murder. In the end, she will have to trust him in order to save her life.Detective Michael Johnson is more than a little attracted to Jenna Tierney. At first he fights his feelings for Jenna and tries to focus on Laura Tierney's murder case. It doesn't help that his partner Mack is constantly ribbing him ...

Samantha Graham (introduced in 'Shelter During the Storm') faces the challenges of starting a new consulting business with her partner Jenna Johnson. A recent breakup from her cheating boyfriend confirms her beliefs that men cannot be trusted. That is until she meets a dark eyed stranger at a disaster conference in Chicago. Samantha allows herself one night with a man who makes her forget everything except the sexual energy between them. After an intense night of hot sex, Samantha disappea...

Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith combine clear explanations of the Buddha's teachings on freedom and happiness with their personal stories highlighting some of the challenges and insights of practice. The Beginner's Guide to Insight Meditation offers advice about going on retreat and help in choosing a teacher and a sangha (practice community), as well as suggestions for further reading and information on various Insight Meditation or Vipassana centers and resources. Here is ...

Growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, Pete, Howard and Ann Bradbury do what they can to please a father who is unrelenting in seeking to have them submit to his strict demands on them. No matter how harsh their father is, their mother does what she can to provide a good home for them. In spite of their father’s callousness, they often share their individual expectations in life. As they mature, they yearn for independence while maintaining the closeness to friends and family.While Pet...

Is it true that we are food?Who's eating us?Is it us? Is it them?Rumors of Ouroboros is the narratives, stories, and a mix of different poetic forms to express the figurative "eating away" of the Black human experience. It is a treatise of the sad soul, the brave soul, and the creative soul of a people hurting with joy and a lack thereof. Some verses are provocative, while others are whimsical and sexy.Like ouroboros, we are in perpetual, eternal renewal and...

Constantina Jacobs (introduced in Shelter During the Storm), couldn't understand her attraction to her nemesis, the egotistical councilman Thomas Galvin. He seemed to make it his obligation to block any moves she made to expand the group homes of the Cabbage Patch Foundation to the more affluent parts of town. What did it matter that he was sexy as hell and had the most amazing green eyes?Thomas Greywolf Galvin was known for getting everything he wanted; this time he wanted Constan...

Teach Baby to Talk ... and Make Reading Fun, The Importance of Speech and Language in Learning to Read begins by recounting author Sandra Jean Smiths experience as a teacher of illiterate adults, and also examines the possible causes for the ever growing number of children starting school with speech problems unseen in previous generations. Smiths research on this topic, interspersed with her personal stories make for impressive reading. She uses humour and anecdotes to entertain and infor...