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Ben Tannen was the undisputed leader of his high school band known as the Deck. He was the Ace. Heidi Malone was the Joker and the only female among the five. All four men were half in love with her - Ben maybe more than half. Still, there had always been a certain tension between the Golden Boy and Heidi-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks. And his offer of money for her college tuition didn't go over so well. She lashed out with her pride - and a bicycle chain. Fifteen years later, Heidi still owes Ben an apology, and he still holds her IOU.

Elizabeth's company made the best weight management drugs on the market. During a visit to her lab, she learns of an odd side effect with her newest products - they can cause growing and shrinking. After an accident, the lab is locked down and the drugs are accidentally rushed through the ventilation system. Now, this all-girl lab is starting to change.

This is the story of Charlton, an enslaved boy on a South Carolina plantation in the mid-1800s, who is in love with Belle, the master's daughter. She promises to marry him if he writes out a handful of words from the Declaration of Independence in the trackway leading to the big house to convince the master that Charlton has rights. These events set him on an irrevocable course to understanding the vicious and unjust world of the American South, where innocent childhood dreams lead to unthinkable cruelty.

Dr. Nathan Avant and Jacqueline Dior were torn apart by an ambitious time travel project in 2008, and it took them many lifetimes to find each other again. Now a rift in the fabric of time threatens to do the same. It is 2016 and the international community at last is united on a single project to benefit mankind. Yet even in the ethereal realm, the effects of human interventions on the planet are being felt. Conflicts among immortal beings are increasing, and otherworldly feelings toward humanity may cause a cosmic conflict that threatens to annihilate humankind.

A Cinnabar Moth Publishing anthology, A Cold Christmas and the Darkest of Winters is a collection of short stories with themes that range from sad to dark to horrifying. Each story is set during Christmas or in Winter. Many talented authors worked to create these short stories, and we are proud to present them to you in this anthology.

Book one: “Why have love and pain when you can just have great sex”? (Natalie Jane Lorin). Some say, once a good girl goes bad, she’s gone forever. However, reality says once a good girl gets laid the right way, she’s a brand-new freak, right? Natalie’s passionless marriage is slowly dying; one day her husband up and leaves without an explanation. Joyclyn, from the best-selling series, The Ultimate No-No, takes a liking to Natalie and seductively brings Natalie into her world of sex, lust, and the game of who can get it.

Faith. She’d managed to keep her namesake while in captivity, but now that she was free? The daunting task of rejoining society was in front of her, and it seemed that Marlin had to keep it for her. Marlin couldn’t help how he felt about Faith; she was remarkably easy to like. The only thing he could do for her was be there, and keep his damn hands to himself, which was the real challenge. Neither one of them knew if she would make it out of the darkness intact; only time would tell that. During trying times, all you can do is hold on and have a little faith…

Tuesday and Zed Furst are perfectly normal children with perfectly strange parents. Their father won’t discuss his job, their mother never leaves the house without her guard dog, and the topic of the family tree is off limits. When a last minute “business trip” gets the adults out of the way, Zed and Tuesday decide to get to the bottom of things once and for all. Too bad some thugs with shape-shifting weapons have other ideas.

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. These are the five natural stages of the grieving process and something London Greene knows all too well. She’d thought she’d buried them long ago, but then a mysterious young man moves in upstairs, one with captivating green eyes and some serious emotional wounds...and she quickly figures out that he is working through each stage on his own. London can’t let that happen, and so she tries to be there for him. It’s the right thing to do, after all. But this stranger carries a secret.

At 21, Ginny Kurva is already legendary on 42nd Street. To the pimp for whom she works, she's the perfect weapon - a martial artist capable of taking down men twice her size. To the girls in her stable, she's mother, teacher, and protector. To the little sister she cares for, she's a hero. Yet Ginny's bravado and icy confidence hide a mind at the breaking point, her sanity slowly slipping away as both her addictions and the sins of her past catch up with her....

Grace Morgan has been on the music scene long enough to know the life of sex, drugs, and rock & roll is just a dream. But after a messy divorce, Grace wants to give her dream of being a music journalist one last shot. She moves to LA with her 21-year-old foster son, Zeus. They live in a motel on cup noodles and hope, until Grace finally gets a break: a story about Inez Carter, hot-mess frontwoman of the popular band Karma Korn.

What can we do to improve our health and immune response so that our bodies are less prone to viral or bacterial infections? How can we enable our body for a speedy recovery in case of getting such infections? The answer lies in lifestyle changes that include better hygiene practices, exercise, sleep, and a better diet to keep our body in optimum health. This book is focused on understanding the body’s immune system, factors that improve the body’s immune response, and some natural remedies and recipes.

Folks know 14-year-old Clare isn't normal, even for a tomboy. She runs too much, talks too little, carries a gun too often, and holds a grudge forever. Only her papa's job at the bank keeps gossip quiet. It's unwise to risk the cold anger of the man who knows everyone's secrets. Clare can read the signs everyone else is determined to ignore. A murder was only the beginning. Esther needs protection, whether she wants it or not, and Clare won't abandon her friend just because things are hard. Maybe one day she'll be forgiven for doing what's needed.

There's a science behind affirmations. It's a well established psychological theory that using positive affirmations helps program the mind to achieve the desired results and goals that are set. For writers, using these affirmations will help you take action, decrease stress, improve self-esteem, and stop procrastinating. This audiobook edition contains a guided hypnotic meditation and hypnotic affirmations both with meditative music for programming successful writing while relaxing or falling asleep.

At what point does coincidence turn into something else? Annika and Brody, two strangers online in a cancer support message group, are about to find out. When so many things line up, when the very stars seem to align in the sky, it can’t be anything else but synchronicity.

I just graduated from college and started my first real job at Walker International, but being at the beck and call of the hugely successful CEO is not something I think I'm ready for. With new opportunities come new experiences, and my job's surprising added responsibility does not disappoint.

A romantic holiday tale of identity, lust, love, and the desire of acceptance against all odds. My name is Samantha Dodd, and the last thing I want to do is spend the holidays hiding who I really am from my family and everyone back home, but thanks to an early Christmas present in the form of a layoff from my job, that's precisely what I get to do. Not long after arriving back in my hometown, I find myself quickly and passionately falling into the arms of my long lost best friend, Brooke, whom I've been in love with since I was 13.

Maeve is tired of being plain, old Maeve. She longs to be something more than that...something like a moon! And she has a plan to become just that. In Maeve the Moon, Maeve sails through the night with the moon. Maeve is a moon, and a moon she shall stay. But for how long? When her journey takes an unexpected turn, Maeve must find her way home through the darkest night.

Psychic Selene Johansen is an excellent police investigator, able to determine guilt from the first handshake. While her talent for fact-finding keeps her busy, her personal life is lonely. After all, who wants to date a girl who can read minds? Selene's consuming solitude dissolves when she learns longtime friend Brandon Price knows about her psychic gift - and her secret love for him. As their relationship heats up, Selene lets her guard down. What she doesn't realize is that a ruthless stalker is determined to put an end to the couple's passion...and their lives.

Not long from now, an intelligent android will be invented that is completely indistinguishable from human. The brand name for this type of robot will be "Nymph", and their purpose will be to provide their owners with sexual pleasure. Suzanne is one of the first of this exciting new species. She doesn’t simulate love for her owner Alex or feign sexual pleasure when she’s with him - her emotions are very real, and her love for her owner will never die until the day he does.