Take Me to the Zoo is an imaginative picture book about a little girl who wants nothing more than to spend the day at the zoo with her grandfather.Stuck at home on a rainy afternoon, everyday moments become a playful adventure filled with imagination. And beneath the surface of her request lies a simpler-and much more important truth: she wants to spend more time with the person she loves.Written with warmth, repetition, and plenty of opportunities for imaginative ...

When the moon rises, desire follows.Some lovers are chosen.Some are destined.And some are the kind you should run from, but where would be the fun in that?Lunar Seductions brings together ten steamy tales of supernatural desire, dangerous attraction, and romance that refuses to play by mortal rules.Lose yourself among shifters, monsters, psychics, goddesses, and other creatures of the night. Meet lovers bound by fate, trappe...

Troubleshooting your fictional characters? Inventing a new person for your novel? This on-the-go checklist will help you hit the ground running. More than 100 tips from an expert editor, fiction ghostwriter and writing coach whose sales exceed 4 million copies.'Nail Your Novel is like a personal session with a writing mentor.'What makes a reader fall in love with your book? Whether you write a story-based genre or literary fiction, it’s the characters. So how do yo...

NOT YOUR GRANDMA'S FAIRY TALES, is an anthology containing two dozen new fairy tales by some of the finest speculative fiction writers in the world. Our contributors come from Australia, Canada, Europe, Africa, and the United States. Remember, these aren't your Grandma's fairy tales, so hold on tightly, it's going to be a bumpy ride.Our contributors are: CAROL MCCONNELL, LAWRENCE DAGSTINE, DAVID L. MORRIS, CAMPBELL BLAINE, ROBERT ALLEN LUPTON, E. V. EMMONS, RICHARD J. MELDRUM, SHEB...

After a devastating loss leaves Hannah Gibson questioning everything she once believed, the last place she expects to find hope is stranded in a Kentucky snowstorm. Rescued by a quiet, reclusive stranger, John Douglas, Hannah finds shelter in his remote cabin tucked deep in the winter woods. As the storm rages outside, long conversations and small acts of kindness begin to thaw wounds neither of them can fully hide. What starts as a chance encounter slowly becomes something far more life-c...

Jasmine and the 8th Fire is a story of hope and reconciliation, inspired by themes of Indigenous prophecy and the enduring search for healing. Beginning in 1955, the novel follows Jasmine, a young Indigenous girl whose life is irrevocably changed when she is taken from her home and placed in residential school. What unfolds is a deeply human journey through loss, survival, and the quiet strength required to hold onto identity in the face of systemic harm. Set against the backdrop of the An...

Pete Morris chronicles a soldier’s brutal journey from training to liberation across Europe, revealing maturity forged through companionship and horror.Pete Morris was twenty years of age when he enlisted in the Royal Signals in 1939. He was, he says, pitchforked into adulthood without the luxury of being allowed a mistake or two. And yet he had a very good war. Promoted to Lance Corporal almost immediately because of his previously gained expertise in Morse, Pete ...

The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. HolderThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, which nearly a century before had granted Black Americans the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act was the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, which had battled for years against v...

She’d forgotten what it was like…Dana Jenkin’s job as author of erotic romance has her penning hot stories for the pleasure of others. But the forty-nine-year-old’s ugly divorce and busy life as the mother of teenagers means her real life isn’t anywhere near as steamy as the stories she writes. In a wine-fueled pity party, she sets up an online dating profile, never expecting the breath-stealing response from a hunky-but-much-younger man.He always had a thing for the babysi...

Meet Jack. He’s an attorney during working hours, but before and after? Jack is a very fun boy. He’s into some light bondage and, oh yeah, a threesome. Debra’s never done anything like that before, but when Jack brings an old buddy of his, all wrapped up in a bow tie and nothing else, to their bed, she’s more than willing to accept this gift.Oh, and Jack isn’t all about work and no play during office hours. After all, that would make Jack a dull boy, and he’s defi...

Grant is annoyed. Someone has left a pale green-blue (or is it blue-green?) folded up sticky note in the book he checked out from the library. It is a minor annoyance, soon forgotten. Except new bookmarks keep coming into Grant's life in increasingly strange ways. Are they related to his stalled out literary carer or indicators of the secrets of the wealthy donors the organization he works for solicits? Or are they just random marks with no meaning at all?A gentle satire of several...

From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story.Against all odds, three Slovakian sisters have survived years of imprisonment in the most notorious death camp in Nazi Germany: Auschwitz. Livia, Magda, and Cibi have clung together, nearly died from starvation and overwork, and ...