Jaxson Hartfield has very specific desires, and they involve muscular men. Problem is, he hasn't been able to make any of his relationships last. Thus he's forty-one and single, but not for lack of trying. So Jaxson buries himself in work and late nights and admires Carter Daniels, the very buff eye-candy at his gym, without any hope for more.Carter Daniels is a weightlifter whose biceps and triceps distract Jaxson to the point of tripping over his own feet. And it doesn't get any ...

A missing girl. A cop they want gone. A case nobody wants solved.“So gripping, I almost didn’t make it to work!” - Jane C.Everyone is determined to call missing 11-year-old Cassie Edwards a runaway.Everyone except her mother.Detective Sergeant Jon Roth, the most investigated cop on the Force, exiled to a suburban cop shop basement until he retires or Internal Affairs boots him out of the job, is dragged into the case.Roth so...

During the Cold War, the primary objective of the U.S. military's conventional deterrence was to prevent a Soviet invasion of Western Europe and most of the literature on conventional deterrence focused on Europe. Since then, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the expansion of the NATO alliance to include many post-Soviet states have dramatically lowered the threat of a conventional invasion of Western Europe. While there remains a risk of fait accompli actions and other malign behavior,...

About the BookThe Book of Daniel: Adopt and Die starts in 1989 with a three year old boy who is severely abused and neglected by his heroin-using parents. He is punished for not cleaning the apartment every morning, including the used syringes left by users who have slept on mattresses the previous night. When a social worker sees him being used as a mule to pick up the drugs his parents sell, she calls DSS, but not before he has been infected with HIV. Before the cops arrive, the b...

The universe hates Mel Stokes. He quit his job, lost his boyfriend, and missed the last train, all in one night. And then, some guy tries to rob him after he walked miles to get home. In shoes that pinched his toes. Nope. Last straw. When a stranger witnesses his lowest life moment and gives him an offer he can't ignore, what does Mel have to lose?Working with Good Samaritan Lenny Mitchen is the best and worst thing Mel has ever done. Because Lenny is kind and honorable, and there'...

The temperature isn't the only thing HOT in these short stories by multi-published M/M author J.D. Walker! Collected together in this box set are 5 hot and heavy summer tales sure to set your pulse racing! Contains the stories:Drowning in Neptune's Pool: Jimmy Fassett really likes his new friend, fiddle player Landry Flannery. They jam together in the evenings -- banjo and fiddle -- and it's just perfect. But while Jimmy wants to take things a little deeper, Landry...

So today, your 3 year old decides that they don't want to eat the beautiful breakfast you made, he wants peanut butter and hotdogs, and that means, smear the hotdogs in peanut butter. Your 7 year old has decided that today is the day she wants to cry for absolutely no reason at all regardless of how much begging, bribing and reasoning you do and every time she cries it gets louder and more shrill. Oh, and your 14 year old has dyed her hair pink and made wings on her eyes and thinks she is ...

God did say he is taking all things back to the beginning. Those who are dead inside see it as the great reset and those who have everlasting life see it as rapture. If imm/unity is from God as the God cell is the crown/corona what you were born with and if it is the unity of all as one truth starts eternal life, then the truth is I am im/mortal. I did not except the anti christ way by allowing them to kill my God cell, I did not allow them to convince me to deny my God. By the truth of yo...

An examination of Robert E. Lee's strategy at Gettysburg that would have achieved a Confederate victory, but resulted in the disaster of Pickett's Charge.Civil War historians have long been puzzled by Pickett's seemingly suicidal frontal attack on the Union center at Gettysburg.Here, for the first time, Paul D. Walker reveals Robert E. Lee's true plan for victory at Gettysburg: a simultaneous strike against the Union center from the front and rear—Major Gen...

30 inspirational quotes & stories to help you on your life’s journey. Self Improvement on your way to finding your ideal self. Insightful daily quotes to overcome the obstacles and challenges in your life. To inspire and empower you to create the life that you want. To get over your fears and stop blaming others. Identify your path. Realize the power of synergy of teamwork. Take advantage of the positive influences in your life. Create your own spiritual connection. Embrace your individual...

Almost as soon as recent divorcee Amy Morrison begins her dream job as librarian aboard the world's most expensive luxury cruise liner, she nearly sinks it. She's tasked with hosting the debut of a painting celebrated but hidden for nearly sixty years. But the artist claims the painting isn't hers. And then, the artist goes missing. With the help of a retired academic couple lecturing aboard the ship, a dashing IT manager, and a housekeeping staff with a love of literature, Amy tries to so...

A broken window and a fire that threatens her best friend. A brutal video game and a student who doesn't belong. And an elite professor who delights in putting her down.Can she solve the mystery of the arson before her career goes up in flames?Lynne Throckmorton just wants to teach her last computer science class of the week at the elite Dallas college where's she's a well loved lecturer. She's got enough to worry about, after all. Her daug...