Spiritual disciplines are often viewed primarily as a means to draw us closer to God. While these practices do deepen and enrich our "vertical" relationship with God, Kyle David Bennett argues that they were originally designed to positively impact our "horizontal" relationships--with neighbors, strangers, enemies, friends, family, animals, and even the earth. Bennett explains that this "horizontal" dimension has often been overlooked or forgotten in contemporary discussions of the spiritu...

Love in Black and White is four stories and a short novel exploring themes of interracial love. It begins with four short stories. In The Voyeur and the Busboy, a meek traveling accountant falls in love with a young African man who buses tables in a cafe and whose apartment window can be seen from the accountant's hotel room. Mario and me tells the story of a younger man who has his first gay experience with an older man he meets in the sauna at a university gym. Master Tom imagines what w...

A white American lawyer goes to a private African resort that indulges in every sexual fantasy. There he falls in love with the strong African man he "wins" in a hunt. Soon he buys the resort and moves to Africa, but discovers he must compete for his strong African lover with a woman. Big Game describes a world where willing black and white bodies satisfy your every desire. Play along with the staff and their guests as slave plantation fantasies, big game hunts with humans as willing prey,...

MagpieBy Kyle V. BennettOle Miss, an Icon of the South in Oxford Mississippi is home to a humid cultural history that not only includes blues legends and a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, but also hosts the only federally licensed Marijuana growing facility in the country.Patrick Sheridan, director of the USDA's Marijuana Project, has the soul of a gardener. He is intentional about all he seeks to nurture, and it's not just cannabis. Patrick's green thumb is all ove...

In this book, Kyle hopes to connect with everyone because everyone is going through something in life. God called him and helped him to write this to help him and also share with the world that it may help them as well. We know we do not live in a perfect world, and we ourselves are not perfect, but with God all things are possible. Whatever situation anyone is in, he hopes that it will reach them to find the Lord or become closer to the Lord. Kyle gets straight to the point about what is ...

Jack London's novel "The Road," written in the early 20th century, chronicles the adventures and struggles of a young man living as a hobo in America. It particularly emphasizes themes of survival, humanity, and social injustice. Through the protagonist's experiences, the novel delves into the plight of the disenfranchised and reveals the unvarnished truths about American society during that era.The story begins with the young hobo reflecting on his past experiences, focusing on a ...

**HUGO AWARD WINNER • WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Holmes and Watson–style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from acclaimed author Robert Jackson Bennett“Like an endearing fantasy version of Knives Out . . . A great murder mystery is hard to pull off, but Bennett structures his perfectly.”—T. J. Klune, The New York Times“Combines the best of Lovecraft and Doyle.”—Matt Dinniman, New York Times

**WINNER OF THE 2025 HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL**A peculiar crime. A brilliant investigator. A mystery of epic proportions.In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dead - killed when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even here, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it's a death at once terrifying and impossible.Called in to solve t...

First there was pain, and now there is just... nothing. No one can ever understand the losses I've suffered. A solitary existence that consists of my work and the empty house that serves as a constant reminder of all I have lost.After months of paralyzing emptiness, I turn to The Wicked Horse so I can feel something. Anything, really. Any shred of emotion that will explain why I'm still here. Any justification for why my life was spared and theirs were not.It's all in vain....

t all started with a wedding…Well, three weddings, to be exact. The one that happened, the one that went up in flames, and the one nobody saw coming.Andrew Collings has seen a lot of things living in Vegas. Hell, he’s done a lot of things. But one thing he’s never witnessed is a beautiful brunette, hitchhiking her way into the city, wearing a wedding dress. Until now, that is.Brynne Adams is running away from a broken heart. She expected a lot of t...

New York Times best-selling author Sawyer Bennett has written her most gripping and poignant tale yet. Provocatively heart-breaking, audaciously irreverent and romantically fulfilling, The Hard Truth About Sunshine exposes just how very thin the line is between a full life and an empty existence.An angry, bitter amputee.An optimist losing her eyesight.A dying kid.A suicidal thief.Four people with nothing in common but their destinat...

Letters from your favorite leading men, addressed to your deepest fantasies.This audio-only anthology features love letters from some of your favorite book boyfriends, speaking directly to you…performed by voices you already love.Sometimes the letters are sweet, sometimes they’re emotional, sometimes they’re just plain FILTHY.This sultry collection of audio-only shorts is written by bestselling contemporary romance writers and performed by audiobook...