After being betrayed by a former lover, Brandt Whittaker has concentrated on his Caribbean resort and spa. He's worked hard to make it the most sought after place to stay in the islands, but he's restless and looking for something new to focus on. He never expected to find it standing in the lobby of his hotel.

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime for Erika Roberts, a chance to reconnect with her long-term boyfriend. Instead it's a getaway for one. Determined to make the most of her time on a tropical island, Erika decides a vacation affair is just what the doctor ordered.

Can two battered souls find love amongst the tropics or are they destined to only be A Vacation Affair?

Keep Writer's Block Away for Good

This collection contains ALL FIVE BOOKS in the 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts series:

• 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts
• 1,000 Character Writing Prompts
• Four Seasons of Creative Writing
• 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts for Holidays
• 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts, Volume 2

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When you finally have the opportunity to sit down and write, you want absolutely nothing to get in your way. In an ideal world, the ideas would flow from head to pen quickly and easily. You would have thousands of ideas at your fingertips. This new idea-generating book makes that dream a reality. With exactly one story, 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More is truly a cure for writer's block. These prompts help you to write from the heart so that you can relate to your audience. They work for blogs, scripts, stories, poems, essays, journaling and anything else that requires that you write with no interruptions. If you're looking to learn some writing basics, this is one of the nonfiction writing books you need for your shelf.

Get the first 3 books in the Veil Series and discover the urban fantasy story readers describe as mesmerizing and epic!

Beyond The Veil, #1
Devil May Care, #2
Darkest Before Dawn, #3

Beyond The Veil

Charlie Henderson is living a lie. Her real name is Muse and her attempt at a normal life is about to go up in smoke.
When a half-demon assassin walks into her life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake, Muse must return to the one man she hoped never to see again and ask for help. The Prince of Greed isn’t known for his charity. The price is high, and the cost could tear her apart.

Trapped between the malevolent intentions of a Prince of Hell and an assassin with ulterior motives, Muse must embrace the lure of chaos at her core; the demon inside her, in order to survive.

Devil May Care

Three dead Enforcers in three weeks, their bodies butchered. Muse has seen it before, and when she reads the metal memories in the murder weapon, she sees it all again. Her owner, Damien, is back, and he wants what is rightfully his.

Darkest Before Dawn

When Akil leaves a nine year old half-blood girl on Muse’s doorstep, it’s not long before the demons come hunting, but this time Muse isn’t the target. The Institute, Muse’s immortal brother, and the Princes of Hell, all want a piece of the little half-blood. What’s so special about Dawn, and why has Akil conveniently disappeared just as Muse needs answers?

A mysterious shadow has been cast over the Kingdom of Ortaria. A young man leaves his village to search for answers. His adventure takes him across a dangerous land of magic, monsters, wizards and warriors.

When Japanese chef Meg O'Connor's mother is killed in a car crash, she comes home to Shady Harbor to find the family business, Harbor Diner, in a bind. Her father has been trying to run it by himself while dealing with a medical condition of his own. On Meg's first day back, the man involved in her mother's car accident is brutally murdered.

As Meg and her sisters jump in to keep the diner running, the investigation into the murder continues. To her horror, all of the evidence seems to point to Meg's new beau, Hunter. Something just isn't adding up and Meg finds it tough to believe that the man she may be falling for could be involved.

When the girl who identified Hunter as the murderer turns up dead, Meg starts to question her own judgement and decides to do some digging of her own, which leads to more questions than answers.

Together with her sisters, Meg finally solves the mystery but the revelation is a shock to them all.

 

Rachel owns a little bookstore called "Beach Reads" in a little coastal town near the Outer Banks and is perfectly happy with where she is in life. She has her little sister and her sarcastic, tell-it-like- it-is best friend, Darla and she isn't looking for anything else.

When Rachel hears through the grapevine that her high school sweetheart's bff Cameron Jowblaski, aka Mr. Quarterback, Mr. Football Stud, Mr. Arrogant Jerk, is back in town, she simply can't wait to avoid him. What she finds out, though, is that he's grown up as much as she has.

Things start to heat up until Cameron's ex, Ms. High School Cheerleader, comes back into the picture. Rachel has to decide if it's time to close this particular book or read it through to the end.

Warning: This book contains snark, sarcasm and quick wit that will make you laugh out loud!

Erica is devastated by the brutal murder of her beloved husband, Tomas. Months pass and Erica cannot get passed it. The police have no answers, and now she feels like someone is following her.

When Erica is attacked she turns to Brad, Tomas's old business partner, who tells her she is not crazy and is in danger! Brad tells her the truth about Tomas's death, that he was murdered by vampires! Brad then takes Erica to the one place he thinks Erica will be safe.

The one place even vampires will be afraid to go.

On May 22, 2018, every person on Earth sneezes. Simultaneously.

Hours later, an alien spacecraft appears over New York City and broadcasts a dire message of impending doom. The future of the human race will depend on the whims of a solitary extraterrestrial who appears in the form of Walter Cronkite. Yes, that's right, Walter Cronkite, the deceased news anchor!

Ex-FBI troubleshooter Jake Corby has faked his death and dropped out of sight, living like a hermit in a small town. But the president is convinced Corby's still alive. He wants Jake, with his unique problem-solving skills, added to the team that will try to defeat the strange but powerful alien. Jake needs to overcome his introvert tendencies if he's going to help save the planet.

The alien has some nasty surprises for the residents of Earth, and the race is on to figure out his true motives and the meaning of the sneeze event--before it's too late.

★★★★★ This book is a great read and just plain fun from start to finish. -- Five-Star Review from Joseph Schade

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BACK…FOR GOOD? 

Once, rodeo star Rylan Duggan had called Crooked Valley Ranch home. But after an incredible, romantic night with neighboring rancher—beautiful, strong, smart Kailey Brandt—he'd bolted. He didn't look back, telling himself he preferred life on the circuit with no commitments and no ties. 

Until now. With Rylan back for a few short weeks, Kailey can't deny their attraction is as strong as ever. She thought she'd learned her lesson the first time he'd hurt her—and the handsome cowboy is still adamant he will not be sticking around. While helping him build Crooked Valley's business, Kailey sees a different, more grounded side of him. Has Rylan finally found his home…in Kailey's heart?

Two people haunted by their past…
The collision of two damaged hearts…
Meet Elizabeth Williams. She is at the airport on an important work assignment. If everything goes smoothly, after three years of hard work, she’ll get a promotion and a much-needed raise. Elizabeth is putting her life back on track after it was ripped out from under her feet four years ago when she lost her parents along with all her dreams. Standing here, she believes her life is going to change for the better any moment now. Nothing can go wrong, right?
Meet Ryan Price. He came to Moscow on business. Right now, Ryan is standing at the airport looking at a ‘present’ from his brother, judging by the sign a beautiful young woman is holding. Damn his brother for not cancelling this arrangement as Ryan asked.
Miscommunications and misunderstandings and a love story begins.
There will be a scary flight, lovely breakfasts, long evening conversations, sharing a secret or two, discovering one another, a lot of laughter, tender moments and some tears, a fight and, of course, the I-am-ready-for-the-end-of-the-world kiss.
Somewhere along the way, they won’t be able to fight their feelings any longer.
For the first time in his life, Ryan will experience a different shade of lust. And for the first time in her life, Elizabeth will have to trust despite all of the times she has been hurt.
Will these two wounded lost souls find love, peace and comfort in each other or will they just break each other more? Is it a train wreck of a love story or a happily ever after?

Written by a passionate vegetarian, "Revenge of the Vegetarian" is an amusing, irreverent, and often hilarious book that covers a range of topics about vegetarianism and the meat-eating culture. The author has his tongue firmly planted in cheek, while taking humorous jabs at a variety of easy targets. Get a silly lesson on how to deal with meat eaters in social situations. Read surprisingly funny interviews with famous dead vegetarians such as Gandhi, Socrates, and Ben Franklin. You'll even get a comical look at how the English language would change if an overly zealous vegetarian politician got his way. The book also poses a lot of "what ifs." What if there was a "Vegetarian Olympics"? What if vegetarians ruled the country? And what would a vegetarian horoscope tell you about your future? Also you'll learn some laughable techniques meat eaters can use to more easily quit their carnivorous habit. "Revenge" pokes fun at vegetarians, vegans, liberals and conservatives. But it pokes the most fun at meat eaters. This short entertaining book is ideal for any vegetarian or vegetarian wannabe with a sense of humor. Some adult language. Since not everyone has the same sense of humor, we recommend you read a few pages of the "Look Inside" preview before ordering.

Peel back our comfortable outer layer and we're all the same: raw and vulnerable.

All the Lawrence brothers wanted was to find a quiet, peaceful place to mourn the death of their father over the Christmas holiday. But when a blizzard downs a local power line in rural Askergan County, it quickly becomes apparent that their holiday is going to be anything but relaxing. Tensions rise as the temperature plummets, and their buried secrets come bubbling to the surface: addiction, remorse, and depression.

Though trapped and isolated, the Lawrences soon realize they're not alone in the white. Something is out there. Something that calls to them, summons them, something that wants their skin…

Skin, book one in the Insatiable Series, is a psychological exploration of how guilt and remorse shape our decisions in the face of unspeakable horror.

Summer. Montana, 1985. When seven-year-old Ryan Novak suddenly disappears from his home in a small rural town, Detective Newton picks up the case. Convinced that the boy’s grandfather - school janitor and former woodsman Bill O’Donnell - knows what happened to the boy, Newton’s growing obsession with his only suspect begins to take its toll.

Winter. Montana, 2010. Twenty-five years later and, in the final days of Newton’s tarnished career, Bill O’Donnell is found murdered. Newton’s successor, a city-toughened young Texan detective named Ward, is the lead investigator. As Newton readies himself for retirement, Ward draws him back into the mystery he couldn’t solve. Can they find the old man’s killer and finally uncover the truth about what really happened to Ryan?

The silence is about to be shattered.

When good girl Mackenzie Shaffer's high school sweetheart prematurely evacuates their relationship, she returns to Throckmorton University for her sophomore year with a fool proof strategy: don't get into another relationship. Embracing her new found freedom, she trades Sprite for exotic shots at a bar, ditches the 3D animation computer lab for fun Rho Sigma parties, and dives headfirst into a no strings attached fling with allergic-to-commitment Corey Taft. Soon their wild tryst spins through campus Bonnie and Clyde-style, leaving a tornado of casualties in its wake that jeopardizes her sorority's standing and evicts him from his housing.

But Corey shoulders the blame for their mistakes, branding him as Public Enemy #1 on campus and rocketing him to the top of the Academic Probation list. To save him from expulsion, Mackenzie must find a way to right her wrongs, earn the forgiveness of her friends, and restore Corey's reputation. All while trying not to fall for him.

"It's Like Harry Potter Meets Star Wars!"

Jack Finnegan only has to worry about dealing with school bullies, suffering through detention with his homeroom teacher, and getting noticed by the girl of his dreams... at least until an army of evil aliens invade Earth. Suddenly, this teenage slacker finds himself at the center of a galaxy-spanning conflict - where the lives of everyone on the planet are in jeopardy, soldiers use Quantum Physics to become superheroes, and the enemy uses some mysterious form of magic to make themselves practically unstoppable.

The secret to ending the conflict and saving the universe may lie in a powerful ancient spaceship, which it seems can only be flown by Earthmen. Now, Jack and a rag-tag group of allies must overcome impossible odds, defeat an unkillable enemy, rescue the princess of the galaxy, and save the universe from a threat more terrifying than any it has ever faced.

Can this underachiever rise to the occasion and become the hero Earth needs? The fate of all life in the galaxy may rest in his hands.

"Stand Aside Percy Jackson, Here Comes Earthman Jack!"

Despite her shaky beginning at Despaign Academy, a school built on the property of Connecticut’s last convicted witch, Evelynn Marston finds friends and hopes to score a reporter position on the school’s newspaper. But in a place founded on a bedrock of magic and mystery, Evie discovers there are some willing to summon great evil to gain power. When a friend’s life hangs in the balance, Evie gathers her wits and a heaping dose of her own brand of magic to right a terrible wrong, never suspecting the life she saves might be her own.

From the Back Cover:

Bridget Donahue's heart stopped. And, in that moment, a torrent of guilt and regret swelled up consuming her. Before her, under a mound of fallen leaves, a piece of faded red cloth protruded. Could her search for her sister end here? Bridget, only 13, carried the burden of knowing she was somehow responsible for her missing sister. The years of searching for Meg were to continue until she married Peter. When he tragically dies, Bridget and her three daughters set sail to join here wealthy brother in America. They traveled across the Atlantic full of dreams for a new life. But they were ill prepared for the life they found in 1927 Brooklyn. It is there that her daughter, Elizabeth, becomes an alcoholic and goes into exile. It is only when Bridget's granddaughter, Mabel, who was abandoned and betrayed grows up that the pieces of the family are put back together and they find out what happened back in Ireland to Meg.

It's been said that the Irish experience is mute. That there is no one to write for the Irish, no one to speak for them. "Look Not Upon Our Sins" does just that. The backdrop covers everything from the Great famine and the heart wrenching crossing over the Atlantic Ocean on coffin ships as Irish ancestors died trying desperately to reach for a new life in North America, the early days of Brooklyn and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the hay day of the 1920's to the 1950's.

SPEND A WILD NIGHT WITH SOME VERY WICKED ALPHAS...

Find your next red-hot read in this sizzling collection of paranormal romance scenes, featuring werewolves, dragons, vampires, witches, psychics, angels, goblins, aliens, a succubus, and sexy cowboy shifters. Your favorite authors (including New York Times and USA Today best-sellers as well as rising stars) share the steamiest scenes from their latest works!

A ruthless outlaw kidnapped me while on the run for murder charges...

Paige
He is going to kill me if I try to run. Now he owns my ass until he decides otherwise. The problem is, I don't know if I love it or hate it. I wasn't supposed to end up in this room, but fate had other plans in store for me.

Danger has a funny way of betraying your better judgment. I have to keep my shit together if I want to stay alive. He's hellbent on making sure I keep his secret, but I don't know how long I can hash it out with this rugged tattooed badass.

If I play along, he might actually let me walk out of here alive. Why in the hell can't I stop thinking about leaving here with him?

Beast
She wasn't supposed to be here, but I can't risk her telling the authorities about me. Let her go? Hell no! I won't let her leave until I know I'm in the clear.

I tried like hell to scare her, but I can't shake how she makes me feel. No chick has ever put my mind at ease the way she does, and if I keep listening to her, I'm going to end up in more trouble than I'm already in. I can't get soft now or we'll both wind up dead.

Who the hell knows, maybe fate did bring us together. I can't ignore the animalistic urges coursing through my blood as I hold her captive. If I have my way, my foul-mouthed lips will be crashing down on hers and she'll be mine before the end of the week.

Loretta Bishop thinks she's immune to love and the secrets of her past, until the night, Bobby Kramer, a shy handsome college student, seventeen years her junior slams into her life, changing it forever. You see, Bobby's beautiful wife of 16 months left him for her boss and a friend thinks Loretta is just the person to restore and build his confidence.

At first Bobby seems like a fun boy toy, but when Loretta realizes she loves him and he asks to marry her, Loretta panics and runs away.  Now, it's up to Bobby to put the methods Loretta has taught him to practical use. Will he succeed and parlay his new talents into love, wealth and power?