He's sworn off women for the wrong reasons. She doesn’t know that she’s the right reason. As tinsel hangs from Christmas trees, Chad figures it out…but will it be before he hears his star patient flatline?No, don’t even talk to me about it. I’m a heart surgeon, not some fly-by-night playboy that sleeps with every chick that I meet. In fact, I don’t even date, not that my schedule suggests it, anyway. Especially when I’m playing double-time, dressing up as Santa Cla...

Chad has a secret. They’ve been best friends for a while now, but if the hesitation in Chad’s voice is any indication, that could all be over. Trying to figure out what’s wrong may drive him crazy, but soon they will meet, and Chad’s secret will be revealed.This book also has a secret. See if you can figure out what’s unusual about the story before you get to the end.Chad is a short story about awkward friendships with some unusual twists.

"This book is not just the story of an amazing young man's life journey....it's much more than that. This is a labour of love by a proud father. A touching tribute to his son's courage, his love of family, and his commitment to his God. It is a celebration of a life well lived." - Suzanne Faull, Chaplain, Expatriate Support Ministries "Around Newcastle are many homes built and renovated by my friend Chad. When he wasn't swinging a hammer for clients, he was hard at work building a life aro...

Chad, the fifth largest country in Africa, has experienced great difficulties politically, economically, and socially. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Chad briefly held international attention because of its warring with Libya. This situation underlines Chad's potential for drawing its neighbors-Libya, Sudan, Cameroon, and Nigeria in particular-a

For the home or professional bread-maker, this is the book . It comes from a man many consider to be the best bread baker in the United States: Chad Robertson, co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco, a city that knows its bread. To Chad, bread is the foundation of a meal, the center of daily life, and each loaf tells the story of the baker who shaped it. He developed his unique bread over two decades of apprenticeship with the finest artisan bakers in France and the United States, as ...

When sexy, cynical divorce lawyer, Tobias Sheffield, is mugged, beaten, and left for dead behind a restaurant alley, it's struggling office temp, Ben Giles, who comes to his rescue. A charming, even-tempered, Midwesterner at heart, Ben seeks refuge in his new friendship with the powerful, gay attorney, despite his strict Christian upbringing.As Tobias’s desires change from one night stands to wanting a long-term relationship, he eases his own pain by helping Ben transition through ...

A wonderful, warm novel from a major American voice.‘It's left a little hole in my life the way a really good book will’ Jonathan FranzenA small American college. Five very different lives. One terrible mistake.At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for the big league until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. His error will upend the fates of five people. Henry's burgeoning self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College presi...

Virulent pockets of plague, first reported in China, break out worldwide and spread with mind-boggling speed. CIA black ops agent Chad Halverson flies to Los Angeles to visit his brother after receiving a call that his brother has been hospitalized after a car accident. Halverson's Boeing 737 crash-lands in an eerie Los Angeles shrouded with an impenetrable haze of smog. But that is only the tip of the iceberg of Halverson's nightmare. Lurking in this mist are legions of plague-infected li...

(Military Gay For You Romance)Jake Turner is straight - or so he thinks. When he meets the gorgeous William Steel at basic training, he develops a whole load of strange feelings and emotions he doesn't quite understand.From the very first roll call Jake knew William was different, there was just something about him. After a tough day of exercises the whole unit heads to the showers, and when Jake spots William showering across from him his manhood springs to life. He can't ...

In the tradition of Calvin and Hobbes, MAL AND CHAD is a funny comic-strip graphic novel that makes a perfect first chapter book!Mal is a super kid genius and Chad is a talking dog, but no one knows it. What's it like to be so extraordinary and yet so invisible? Not even Megan, Mal's secret crush, has any idea that Mal is anything more than a dork. Fortunately, Mal and Chad are best friends with a penchant for adventure . . . even if the time-traveling does get the...

America has been devastated by both plague and the nuclear weapons used to kill off the infected flesh-eating creatures that roamed across the land preying on human beings.National Clandestine Service black ops agent Chad Halverson and dress designer Victoria Brady take refuge in a blast shelter in the Nevada desert when an A-bomb is dropped on Las Vegas at the behest of the president of the United States.Halverson and Brady join up with a band of four fellow refugees, who ...

Christopher and Thomas are both newly arrived freshmen at college. Christopher had always been more attracted to guys than girls, but he was always too afraid to act on his feelings. That was until he met the gorgeous Thomas. During rush week they feel an instant connection and the more experienced Thomas shows Christopher the pleasures of being gay for the first time.However, when they are selected for different frat houses, they must make a tough decision: their relationship or t...