From the Lambda Award–winning author of Girl Mans Up comes an empowering, sex-positive coming-of-age story about a teen exploring first love and desire as her rocky relationship with her own body and a pandemic threaten to sabotage everything. Perfect for fans of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega and Cool for the Summer. Now in paperback!Baylee has never been kissed but she wants to do way more than that. She’s had a huge crush on her gorgeous best friend and neighbor, Freddie, for years, b...

Anthology of Christmas Stories is a unique collection of Christmas tales, reflections, and poems from beloved authors across the centuries and makes the perfect gift for the reader in your life. This beautiful treasury will take you back to firesides, simple gifts, and warm family moments of Christmases past as you cherish the timeless truths and joys of the season.Contents:Charles DickensA Christmas CarolThe ChimesG.K. ChestertonA Christmas Ca...

Like Julie Anne Peters’ Keeping You a Secret, Girl Mans Up is a totally engrossing portrayal of a gay teen’s coming of age. Pen is only comfortable dressing like a boy, but it’s confusing to her friends and unacceptable to her family. And then one day she meets Blake, and little by little, it all begins to make sense.Pen Oliviera is sort of chunky, an amazing gamer and a girl. Mistaken for a boy in restaurants, bathrooms and everywhere else—all she wants is to be the kind ...

One morning in December, Teddi Reynolds wakes up to a life that isn't hers.She's married to Jaden Phillips — her brilliant, insufferable rival who has spent years making her feel invisible at work. She has a twelve-year-old stepdaughter she never saw coming. Her best friend won't return her calls. And there's a dog. A large, adoring, relentless dog. Teddi can barely keep a succulent alive.None of it makes sense. None of it is what she chose.But somewhere between the...

“A highly motivational resource.” The Midwest Book ReviewAt some point in their career, all writers experience either the pain of rejection, discouragement, disappointment, and/or other hazards of the writing life. The key is to identify the obstacles ahead and know how to overcome them.Learn the truth about failure.Discover the ultimate dream killer.Find out how to get rid of a wet blanketDiscover the one secret every full-time wri...

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.In only a few months, the small town of Hagen has lost two high school seniors, both under strange circumstances. When a third senior, the mayor’s son, drives through the plate glass window of the town’s diner and ends up in a coma, the deaths no longer seem unrelated accidents. The town is paralyzed with fear. The police can find no good explanation. Other students deny any knowledge of what’s happening, but Detective K...

From the Lambda Award–winning author of Girl Mans Up comes an empowering, sex-positive coming-of-age story about a teen exploring first love and desire as her rocky relationship with her own body and a pandemic threaten to sabotage everything. Perfect for fans of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega and Cool for the Summer. Now in paperback!Baylee has never been kissed but she wants to do way more than that. She’s had a huge crush on her go...

"Texas Rocks and Minerals: An Amateur's Guide" by Roselle M. Girard serves as an essential resource for both novice and experienced rockhounds. This guide offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse geological features found throughout Texas, highlighting the state's rich mineral deposits and unique rock formations. With detailed descriptions and vivid photographs, readers can easily identify various specimens and learn about their origins. The book also includes practical tips for coll...

“Visceral, tense, and shocking...an absolute must-read.” —Jeneva Rose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect DivorceFrom Danielle Girard, the USA TODAY bestselling author who “effortlessly ratchets up the tension” (J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author), comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a young woman whose surrogate disappears just days before the baby’s due date, leading to a frantic search t...

This chapbook is a collection of poems and sonnets on the topic of spirituality. Writer/poet Danny G shares his personal insights, and memoirs while encouraging you to create change in your life and in the world. You will be intrigued as you ponder these teachings about overcoming challenges, thriving, and seeking inner peace, which surpasses all understanding.

This forward-thinking book explores the impact of psychological trauma on the brain's sensory pathways and demonstrates the crucial role sensory-based interventions can play in recovery. Ruth A. Lanius and associates interweave neurobiological research with evocative case examples and narratives from survivors. The book shines a spotlight on the brain–body disconnect that is part of the lived experience of trauma, and traces what happens in all eight sensory systems when a...

Books make great gifts.Treat yourself this holiday season to 10 entertaining Christmas stories for every occasion.Written by master storytellers and upcoming new voices these stories span various worlds. From women’s fiction to fantasy, crime to hot romance and mystery, you will find a Christmas story for everyone to enjoy.Whether you want to shiver, laugh, cry or sigh, give yourself, or someone you know, the gift of stories this holiday season and all year through....