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Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady is Florence King's classic memoir of her upbringing in an eccentric Southern family, told with all the uproarious wit and gusto that has made her one of the most admired writers in the country. Florence may have been a disappointment to her Granny, whose dream of rearing a Perfect Southern Lady would never be quite fulfilled. But after all, as Florence reminds us, "no matter which sex I went to bed with, I never...
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From Publishers WeeklySalvage boat captain and sometime sleuth Seychelle Sullivan returns in Kling's follow-up to her well-received debut, Surface Tension, this time to aid a frightened Haitian waif named Solange. Seychelle-who's plying the South Florida waters on her tugboat, the Gorda, with her mechanic cum lover, B.J.-discovers the girl on a swamped boat and makes saving her, both from danger and from immigration officials, a personal crusade....
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A fun, fascinating exploration of female divinity throughout history to help women understand, embody and celebrate their inner goddess. Evolution of Goddess is a practical introduction to the goddess realm, digging up the histories of long-forgotten myths of goddesses of love, war, death, the sun, the moon, and more. With this clear-eyed and spirited book, you can finally become familiarized with goddesses from a wide range of cultures throughout...
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American Eve Danaher is devastated when she loses her daughter in a bitter custody battle and four-year-old Victoria is whisked to Europe out of her reach. Eve counts the days until Victoria turns eighteen, dreaming of their reunion. But years of lies have transformed the horse-mad girl Eve loved into an angry stranger. Hopes for reconciliation shattered, Eve goes to the west of Ireland in a quest to find the peace that has eluded her for so long....
5) Finding Kait
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An unlikely friendship, a road trip filled with idyllic sunsets...and a million dollars of stolen cash.Kait De Lucca is the wife of a rich and influential businessman and has everything she could ever wish for. Except true love. And freedom. Then her best friend dies and Kait is beyond devastated. She's spent her whole life living by the rules and doing as she's told.So, when she breaks those rules, it's with spectacular results.With the voice of...
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When my sister and her husband die tragically in a car accident I become an insta-father, inheriting my three-year-old niece overnight. The problem is I'm a Spanish billionaire. Business, luxury, and caviar company is all I know. What am I supposed to do with a little girl? My answer, it seems, comes in the form of one very blonde and curvaceous Australian. She's a live-in nanny with a sterling track-record and the ability to work magic with kids....
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She wasn't looking for a knight in shining armor. He wasn't looking for a beauty to rescue. But one fateful night at a Yankees game changed all that. For both of them."I met Finn the night the Yankees swept The Series. He dumped a Coke down the front of my shirt and I punched him in the nose. Not the most romantic way for two strangers to strike up a conversation, but he tried to dry me off with a napkin, and when his hand touched the front of my...
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A memoir of poems and art, Coming Out Party chronicles poet and author Rebecca Bendheim's queer coming of age journey-from first crushes and toxic homo-erotic friendships, to coming out and secret flings, to finding queer community and falling in love for the first time.
Coming Out Party is a fierce, funny, and deeply personal celebration of the strength it takes to break down the protective walls we've built-and embrace our truest selves.
10) Passion and Fire
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A flame is a beautiful thing. The way it dances in the shadows.Bringing joy to others. Glowing brightly…Flame by name. Fiery by nature.She too is on the move, from job to job.This time as a pole dancer.Aloof. Beautiful. Never staying in one place too long.Never getting attached to anyone.She is too strong willed for any man to tame her,And a certain talent she possesses has gotten her into trouble,on more than one occasion.Damien is a vampire and...
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Written by someone who cared for teen girls just like you at one of the top children's hospitals in the United States, this book explains the often confusing world of hospital care. In down-to-earth terms, it helps you to understand the doctors, nurses, and other staff who will be caring for you.* It tells you how to be a patient that everyone likes and wants to help. Win their hearts, and they'll do a bit extra to make your stay enjoyable.* It gives...
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Heather Browne's short fiction collection questions our ways of knowing. Each story's protagonist finds affinity in unexpected places: a moose in a kitchen helps old friends communicate; a skull saves a child from drowning. Browne's stories risk the intervention of the uncanny, and immersion in the elements. "…seductive, slippery, and sometimes a little shifty-eyed" – Diane Schoemperlen, author of This is Not My Life
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An unsuspecting First Lady must rely on a Secret Service agent to discover who can be trusted-and who will do anything to keep control. When a shy, country girl from Virginia marries a prominent Georgetown attorney, her life is bound to change. But when that attorney is catapulted to the office of President of the United States, she is thrust into the position of First Lady-and uncovers a world of secrets and betrayals that alters everything she once...
14) Loving You
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Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you back?Cassie is a young Irish girl, who's quickly falling for a tortured, lost, and surrealist Jason. Jason feels he can fix the world and the situations that has led upto this point in his life. Little does Cassie knows, that saving someone has never worked for anyone. You can't save anyone, but yourself. It's just a small catastrophe that's waiting to unfold.Cassie had always wanted to be loved, but...
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It's 1987. Madonna is top of the charts. 'The Lost Boys' opens in cinemas. Fingerless gloves are in. It's also the year that I ran away from home and was sent to live with my expat father and Chinese stepmother in Hong Kong. It's the year everything changed, including me. In the spirit of 'Riding in Cars with Boys', Deborah Rogers gives this remarkable account of a girl on the cusp of womanhood and a father losing himself in a downward spiral of alcoholism....
17) Frog Joy
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Frog Joy is a collection of free verse and micro poems that point to the beauty in everyday moments. Beth Gulley is making her own world without a fence. Sometimes readers join her as she stains her fingers on low hanging mulberries. Other times the readers chase her along the trail and try to escape the rising flood waters. Underneath it all, a chorus of frog calls, like fingers running along the edge of a comb, echo in the damp night. Few brief,...
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Welcome to Mystic Hills, where magic swirls through the air and mysteries abound...Belinda thought all hope of a life with Reed was gone, but when a relationship rewind spell hits Mystic Hills, she gets another chance. Thanks to the magic, Reed believes they're still together, reliving the past they once shared.As Belinda navigates this unexpected reunion, she is drawn into a new mystery. The mayor entrusts her with a vital task: finding a powerful...
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Malachy Corcoran takes a demotion in order to accept a front-line job far away from his old position. If he can just keep his head down, perhaps he'll avoid the worst of the personal and professional disasters headed his way. But once in Mission City, BC, he finds the woman he once walked away from. The woman he's never forgotten.Abigail Reardon manages the office at Healing Horses Ranch in Mission City. She...
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The Devil doesn't like John Haynes.To take his soul, Lucifer recruits E'steem a beautiful she-demon to seduce him. If she can persuade John to compromise his beliefs and values, he'll allow her to join his Elect, a cadre of powerful demons in his inner circle.To balance the playing field in E'steem's favor, Lucifer isolates John by having him fired from his job . Unemployed and emotionally vulnerable, John eagerly takes what he thinks is the job opportunity...
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