Alek CarverMy life is defined by plans. I know what I'll be doing next week, next month, and next year. My career is central to those plans, so an unexpected reassignment to work with the owner of a winery and restaurant may mean all my carefully laid plans are in jeopardy.Nathan Singer is struggling to keep his family's business afloat. He is a passionate vintner and restaurateur but it seems he's bitten off more than he can chew. He needs my help.He's also stunning, ...

Cal Miller & Scott Wylde don't make sense together at all. They are from different worlds, moving in different directions, and each has sworn off ever being in a relationship for very different reasons.But when they are brought together, neither can deny the magnetic attraction they feel towards one another. Can they overcome their own fears in time to form a real connection and help each other grow past their weaknesses and shortcomings?Wylde & Free is a 58k word steamy ga...

Vance CorreaI've spent my entire adult life avoiding romantic entanglement. I've seen them go south for so many people, I decided that they aren't worth the risk. My best friend Alek moved from Seattle to a small town after he met the love of his life there. It's high time I visit and see the magic of Sorrel Falls for myself.Timothy Redfern is a long-time resident of Sorrel Falls and owner of the local bakery Le Panier. There's a vulnerability about...

Bennett MontroseI've lived in Sorrel Falls for a couple of years now. I landed here after leaving my old life, and all the bigots in it, behind. I'm starting to feel stuck and I'm not sure what I need to get me moving again.Hal Eastwood is new to town. He's devastatingly attractive, single, and seems to be sending me all the right signals. Except any time I get close to him, he bolts.Just my luck to fall for the one gay guy in Sorrel Falls t...

Late-night texts. Mixed signals. Dead-end relationships.This doesn’t have to be your love life.Welcome to dating in the digital world—where phone conversations followed by dinner and a movie have been replaced by last-minute texts, ambiguous relationships, and vague group hangouts.While technology makes it faster and easier to connect than ever before, it has also created confusion . . . And heartbreak.Ruthie and Michael Dean...

The great eighteenth century portraitist comes to life in this "gritty, bawdy and funny" rags to riches novel told in the voice of the artist himself ( The New York Times).William Hogarth was London's artist par excellence, and his work—especially his satirical series of "modern moral subjects"—supplies the most enduring vision of the ebullience, enjoyments, and social iniquities of the eighteenth century.And in I, Hogarth, he tells a ripp...

Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn’t. He’s a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears . . . The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In eac...

(Piano Solo Songbook). Even Lady Whistledown would put down the pen to hit the keys with this songbook featuring piano solo arrangements of music featured in both seasons of the blockbuster Netflix series. It includes seven themes from the score by Kris Bowersand Michael Dean Parsons plus eleven classical pop covers of songs by Shawn Mendes, Rihanna, Alanis Morissette, Ariane Grande, Miley Cyrus, and more! Songs include: Bridgerton Main Title * Diamonds * How Deep Is Your Love * In My Bloo...

It is the year 2030, and an e-mail message arrives at New York Café. ‘I want to help people and make them happy!’ But not everybody is happy about the e-mail, and soon the police and the President are very interested in the New York Café.

. . . what we must strive for at the present moment is that every electric power station we build shall actually become a stronghold of enlightenment and that it should be devoted, so to speak, to the electrical education of the masses. . . .. . . it must be realized and remembered that we cannot institute electrification when we have illiterates. Our commission will endeavour to put an end to illiteracy—but that is not enough. It has done a good deal compared with what existed befo...

When teachers experiment, students benefit. When students gain confidence to pursue their own literary experiments, creative writing can become a life-changing experience.With chapters written by experienced teachers and classroom innovators, Creative Writing Innovations builds on these principles to uncover the true potential of the creative writing classroom. Rooted in classroom experience, this book takes teaching beyond the traditional workshop model to explore topics ...

That's the thing about hearts - like waves, they break too. Grief.I've never battled with the raw, debilitating pain that comes with it. Then a twist of fate hits me out of nowhere, and I can barely keep from drowning. It's like weights tied to my ankles in the middle of a raging ocean. I'm helpless, with no way to swim back to the surface. But fate is crueler still, bringing my stepbrother back for the first time in years.Cannon never wanted this family. E...