Michael Delaney is a seasoned business executive and nonprofit leader, writer, and cancer advocate whose work is grounded in both professional experience and personal resilience. With more than three decades of experience in business development, sales, relationship management, and strategic leadership, he has built a career centered on connecting people, ideas, and resources in meaningful ways. His professional background has equipped him with the discipline, communication skills, and vis...

Obi the Gerbil is home alone!Obi?s owner is on vacation, and the neighbor feeding the pets has forgotten all about the gerbil tucked away in her cage. Obi loves her cozy home, but without food and water she must escape to survive. So, taking on the courage of her namesake (Star Wars Jedi knight Obi-Wan), she breaks out and meets her fellow pets?cats up to no good, a maniacal tarantula, an insecure snake, a grumpy mouse, and a crotchety dog. Obi finds danger, but also makes...

There's a new puppy at Obi the gerbil's house, and he's bigger, furrier, and more slobbery than Obi. And he's getting all the attention. But when the puppy runs away, Obi feels it's her duty to bring him back. So off she goes, on a mission filled with obstacles from a hungry owl to a giant dog to snarky cats. But with perseverance and pluck, Obi is able to bring the puppy safely home. With clever illustrations, this funny, adventurous sequel to Obi: Gerbil on the Loose! will leave...

For fans of The World According to Humphrey, Obi’s newest escapade is taking her into uncharted territory— the classroom!Obi the gerbil just has to know if she is Rachel’s favorite pet. She’ll do anything to find out—even if that means going to school as a stowaway in Rachel’s backpack. She quickly finds that there’s a lot to learn as she is thrust into a world filled with stampeding children, a secret society of class pets, and a whoopee cushion. Worst of...

Oh no! Lovable Amos is heartbroken that his tick bird Amoeba has found a new, fun friend. Even worse, Amoeba’s new friend isn’t even real! Amoeba actually prefers her imaginary friend to her real-life hippopotamus one. Ready to swim any river necessary to regain Amoeba’s affections, Amos sets off on a big adventure—a road trip to the Serengeti— just to prove he’s Mr. Fun. But like most vacations, things don’t always go as planned. Crocodile traffic jams, strange local beasts, and unmarked ...

The short stories in Dance Me to the End of Love reflect the real day-to-day life of ordinary people of different ages, genders, professions, and ethnicities with connections to a believable world of imagined events. They take place in the former Soviet Union, in the United States, and in the emigration in-between. Love, marriage, infidelity, disillusionment, intimacy and the lack of it, rootlessness are subjects that move from an improbable reality to surreal events, as the Ameri...

What's your worst day ever? Mine is getting fired and discovering my boyfriend cheating on me on the same day.At least, I thought that was as bad as it could get. It turns out I was wrong.Only someone with my kind of luck could arrive at an interview for a job I desperately need and then discover my potential new boss is the guy I drunk-kissed the other night. An unsolicited—and unwanted—kiss if the way he recoiled is any indication.I don't expect h...

Have you ever loved anyone so much that you'd give them up at the expense of your own happiness?No? Well, I did.Okay, that's not the first lie I've ever told myself. I fought tooth and nail for the only man I'll ever love, but in the end, I had to concede defeat. Even now, seven years later, the cruel words Ryker uttered the morning after he took my virginity still wield the power to shatter the remains of my heart.Yet fate has a way of shaping our ...

If I wrote an autobiography about my life right now, I'd call it Blackmailed by the Billionaire.Ruthless, callous, and self-serving are the nicest words to describe the powerful CEO who wants what's mine. He'll use any method at his disposal to emerge victorious—including coercion.Too bad. He'll soon learn I'm not like the others he's manipulated to bend to his will. Those bully tactics won't work on me. He has nothing of worth to offer.Unt...

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

Can he still be considered good, when his behavior is so bad?An affair with the second most powerful man at Johnson Enterprises was not in Diana Cambridge’s plans, but one night their smoldering attraction for each other culminates into an erotic kiss that leaves her aching for more.For years, Xavier Johnson rejected his family’s wealth and dedicated his life to helping others, earning him the nickname, “the good one.” Yet underneath the cordial exterior beats the heart of ...

Wanted: Companion for a reclusive billionaire. Apply online now.It should be so easy. A twelve-month contract with a fat bonus at the end—providing I don't quit. Except when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.Little did I know how interwoven my life is with his. Saving him might cure my own crushing guilt. Or it could break us both.The question is—am I brave enough to find out?