Julia Hoop, a twenty-five-year-old counselling psych student, is working on her thesis, exploring an idea which makes her graduate supervisor squirm. She is conducting interview after interview with a group of women she affectionately calls the Molestas - women whose experience of childhood sexual abuse did not cause physical trauma. Julia is the expert, she claims, because she has the experience; her own father, Dirtbag, a furniture designer and failed poet, disappeared when she was eight leaving behind nothing but his Dylan Thomas book, and a legacy of addiction and violence. But the more Julia learns, the less certain she is of what she believes. When both her boyfriend and her graduate advisor break up with her on the same day, Julia leaves her city of Vancouver on a bicycle for a cross-Canada trip in search of her father, or so she tells people. Julia will visit the three cities from which he's contacted her over the years: Banff, Alberta; Redvers, Saskatchewan; and Kingston, Ontario. Her unexpected travel partner is Smirks, a handsome athlete who also has a complicated history, and with whom Julia is falling in love. Their travel days are marked by peaks of ecstatic physical exertion, and their nights by frustrated drinking and drugs. After an unsettling incident in rural Saskatchewan involving a trio of aggressive children, Julia wakes up in the morning to discover Smirks has disappeared. Everything, once again, falls apart. Sometimes shocking in its candour, yet charmed with enigmatic characters, PEDAL is an exploration of the potholes and pitfalls of identity. It is a close look at how we are shaped by accidents of timing: trauma and sex, brain chemistry and the landscape of our country. PEDAL challenges beliefs we hold dear about the nature of pedophilia, the essence of innocence and the idea that the past is something one runs from.

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Fast-paced, entertaining, and a mystery-lover's treat." -John Clement, co-author of the Dixie Hemingway series Book a ticket with this all-new mystery series featuring Amy and Fanny Abel, a spunky mother-and-daughter duo of travel agents who find their mystery tour becoming all too real…While Fanny takes care of the business end of Amy's Travel in New York City, Amy is traipsing around Monte Carlo, managing their first mystery-themed excursion, a road rally in which guests compete to solve a fictional murder along the way. Amy still has reservations about partnering up with her mother. But both women, having lost the men in their lives, need a fresh beginning. The trip starts off without a hitch. Clues quickly mount, the competition is lively, and just when the suspense is peaking, the writer they hired to script their made-up mystery is found murdered in his New York apartment. Suddenly, on top of running a new venture together, mother and daughter must solve a real-life case of foul play, while trying not to drive each other bonkers. But Amy and Fanny are ready, willing, and Abel to track down a clever killer with some serious emotional baggage, one who will go to any lengths to keep dark secrets from seeing the light of day…

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Simon Varwell is a man on a mission. Albeit a ridiculous one: to visit various places in the world with the word "mullet" in their name. The Return of the Mullet Hunter charts his continuing global mission, and includes his travels in England, Canada, New Zealand and the USA as he hunts down obscure backwaters linked together only by their names. It's a journey that takes him from the quiet English countryside to the Californian desert via dull suburbs and uninhabited islands. It leads Simon into the media spotlight and into the welcoming hands of people across the world keen to help this mad Scottish mullet hunter find his destinations. But more than that, The Return of the Mullet Hunter is an adventure in search of the quiet beauty that lies far off the beaten track in unassuming, rarely-visited places. And it charts the dilemmas as he faces up to the huge costs and obvious stupidity of his whimsical quest - one which, on an epic road trip through the USA, looks like it might begin to fall apart… The Return of the Mullet Hunter is Simon Varwell's second book, and the sequel to Up The Creek Without a Mullet. If you like light-hearted travel stories in the vein of Bill Bryson, Dave Gorman, Danny Wallace or Charlie Connelly, then The Return of the Mullet Hunter may be the book for you. "Simon has a highly readable, light touch which makes the stories fly by effortlessly… Reading The Return of the Mullet Hunter is a charming diversion, quite literally a journey as Simon darts from unusual place to place. As a reader, any interest in the actual mullet hairstyle is pretty much irrelevant, you just need an interest in the nooks and crannies of the world. Because that's what Simon's book is about - the uncelebrated edges of the earth." - nevworldwonders.com "From New Zealand to North America, with a few stop-offs in Inverness, the story zips along with crisp and clear travel writing that brings the diverse locations and characters to life. But there is as much

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Gloria Mendes is 36, single and obsessed with her boss, Carl. For him, she is the 'world's best secretary'. For her, he is her future husband and the man she thinks about every waking hour. So when Carl disappears and is later found murdered while on a mysterious trip to a small town in Mexico, Gloria's world falls apart. Distraught and restless, she travels to Mexico in an attempt to make some sense of his death. But what she discovers about the man she was in love with shocks her to the core. Nothing about him was as it seemed - from his business interests, to his family background, to his very identity. And the more she discovers about Carl, the closer Gloria comes to the dark forces which claimed her boss's life - and now threaten her own. A page-turning, highly accomplished thriller, SUNSTROKE marks the emergence of one of the most distinctive new voices in the genre.

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Sometimes to get the measure of your life you just need a break from being yourself. Enter the world of an unnamed family man struggling in his pursuit of a work/life balance. Too much travel at the whims of his tyrannical boss, known variously as Stalin and 'the Anti-Christ', has left him failing at work and at home, but after his wife prophetically warns that his next trip will be different, he is suddenly a world apart from his usual self. Confident, capable and unafraid of his manager, opportunities abound as he embraces his altered state away from home. What begins as a quest to reclaim his career and satisfy his ego soon descends into the pursuit for revenge on his boss. With nothing but success in his wake and seemingly limitless potential at his disposal, it's only fitting when he is coerced to work with his nemesis in a remote corner of the world. It's more than just a chance to get even after years of abuse, more than the opportunity for a confrontation; a final solution to what he sees as the bane of his life is on offer. What could possibly go wrong when he's in his prime? Succeed or fail, either way this trip will be the making of him or the end of him. Sometimes to get the measure of your life you just need a break from being yourself. because nothing lasts forever.

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The crater held a circle of stars above them as if they were closed up in a snow globe, a private cosmos. He thought of Darwin sleeping out on the pampas during his Beagle trip, a middle-class white kid traveling the world, the first of the backpackers. It was only afterwards, really, that he had made any sense of what he had seen. Alex wondered what, in the fullness of time, he himself would make sense of, what small, crucial detail might be lodging itself in his brain that would shake his life to its foundations. (p 286)Montreal during the turbulent mid-1980's: Chernobyl has set geiger counters thrumming across the globe, HIV/AIDS is cutting a deadly swath through the gay population worldwide, and locally, tempers are flaring over the language laws of Bill 101. Hiding out in a seedy apartment near the Concordia campus is Alex Fratarcangeli ("Don't worry… I can't even pronounce it myself"), a somewhat oafish 30-something grad student. Though tender and generous at heart, Alex leads a life devoid of healthy relationships, ashamed in particular of the damage he has done to the women with whom he has been romantically entangled. Plagued by the sensation that his entire life is a fraud, Alex attends daily sessions with a lackluster psychoanalyst in an attempt to shake off the demon of depression (and the cigarette-tinged voice of Peter Gzowski in his ear). Scarred by a distant father and a dangerous relationship with his ex Liz, and consumed by a floundering dissertation linking Darwin's theory of evolution with the history of human narrative, Alex has come to view love and other human emotions as "evolutionary surplus, haphazard neural responses that nature had latched onto for its own insidious purposes." Then a convergence of brave souls enter Alex's life, forcing him to recognize the possibility of meaningful connections. There is his neighbour Esther, whose multiple sclerosis is progressing rapidly, yet who gamely attacks every day she has left. There is the elega

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Sometimes to get the measure of your life you just need a break from being yourself. Enter the world of an unnamed family man struggling in his pursuit of a work/life balance. Too much travel at the whims of his tyrannical boss, known variously as Stalin and 'the Anti-Christ', has left him failing at work and at home, but after his wife prophetically warns that his next trip will be different, he is suddenly a world apart from his usual self. Confident, capable and unafraid of his manager, opportunities abound as he embraces his altered state away from home. What begins as a quest to reclaim his career and satisfy his ego soon descends into the pursuit for revenge on his boss. With nothing but success in his wake and seemingly limitless potential at his disposal, it's only fitting when he is coerced to work with his nemesis in a remote corner of the world. It's more than just a chance to get even after years of abuse, more than the opportunity for a confrontation; a final solution to what he sees as the bane of his life is on offer. What could possibly go wrong when he's in his prime? Succeed or fail, either way this trip will be the making of him or the end of him. Sometimes to get the measure of your life you just need a break from being yourself. because nothing lasts forever.

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Author Ken McAlpine stands in his front yard one night in Ventura, California, trying to see the stars. His view is diminished by light pollution, making it hard to see much of anything in the sky. Our fast-paced, technologically advanced society, he concludes, is not conducive to stargazing or soul-searching. Taking a page from Thoreau's "Walden," he decides to get away from the clamor of everyday life, journeying alone through California's Channel Islands National Park. There, he imagines, he might be able to "breathe slowly and think clearly, to examine how we live and what we live for." In between his week-long solo trips through these pristine islands, McAlpine reaches out to try to better understand his fellow man: he eats lunch with the homeless in Beverly Hills, sits in the desert with a 98-year-old Benedictine monk, and befriends a sidewalk celebrity impersonator in Hollywood. What he discovers about himself and the world we live in will inspire anyone who wishes they had the time to slow down and notice the wonders of nature and humanity.

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A GUIDE TO CUBA AND THE CUBANS by CONSUELO HERMER AND MARJORIE MAY. Contents include: FOREWORD XI CHAPTER i One, If by Land. 3 Getting to Havana; expenses involved. Going through Customs. Hotels, pensions, furnished apartments, fur nished houses. Intelligence service, CHAPTER n Three Bags Full 33 A Cuban clothes guide for men and women. CHAPTER ni So Near and Yet So Foreign 46 What to see and what to do in Havana. Holiday time in Cuba. Routine points of in terest. CHAPTER iv The Pause for Refreshment 1 04 Eating your way through Havana. Cuban specialties and where to find them. Rec ommended restaurants. Viii CONTENTS CHAPTER v Dawn s Early Light 132 Night life in Havana. Music and dancing. Bars and night clubs. Recommended places. CHAPTER vi To Market, to Market 159 Shopping in Havana. What to bring back. Recom mended stores. CHAPTER vn Country Cousins 188 Fifteen trips into the in terior of the Island. CHAPTER viii What Makes the Wheels Go Round 224 Taking apart the Cubans to see how they tick, CHAPTER ix How to Win Friends Ha vana Style 245 Do's and DonYs for a pleas ant visit. APPENDIX 260 GLOSSARY 271 TRAVEL RATES 280 INDEX 283 ILLUSTRATIONS Aerial View of Havana, Showing the Capitol 20 The Cuban Capitol, Havana 21 The Prado, and the Sevilla-Biltmore Hotel 36 Shrine Commemorating the First Mass Held in the Western World 37 Children's Hospital in Havana 37 The Gomez Monument on Malecon 68 Remnant of Original Wall Which Sur rounded Havana 69 Colon Catedral, Havana 84 A Cross-Eyed Angel Leads a Procession During Holy Week 85 Main Entrance to the University of Havana 85 Eighteenth-Century Patio, Now the En trance to a Bar 116 Lottery Ticket Peddler 117 An Open-Air Market in the Residential Section of Havana 132 La Fuerza, Fortress Built hy De Soto 133 ILLUSTRATIONS An Air View of Mono Castle, Havana Harbor 1 64 Primitive Transport of Sugar Cane 165 Barrels of Rum 165 A Pineapple Field 1 80 A Seventeenth-Century Patio 181 Itinerant Coffee Vendors 2 1 2 A

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In Notes from Paris: A Tale of Two Friends in the City of Light, Winnie Sullivan immediately sets her book apart fro other travelogues by illuminating the joy of travel as a shard experience between two friends. What began as a journal on her first trip to Paris also includes notes about the history and culture of this beautiful city along with lush illustrations and personal mementos.

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The Kennedy Space Center is always a pleasant visit for the lovers of aviation and spaceflights. We jumped into our 1998 car; that is to say, 'younger' than the Explorer-1 (or Alpha Satellite 1958), which was the first artificial satellite placed in orbit by the then burgeoning American nation. The portable GPS (navigation system) led us to the Space Center's door, and as almost always, we instructed it to take us by the shortest ways. It means driving into local streets and roads apart from highways or expressways. For the driver of this trip it is a recreational enjoyment, because we must drive while crossing in small cities and towns, watching the customs of each region, household gardens, colors, types of neighborhoods, and so. At the time of return it is different because we have to add fatigue and then it is feasible to use the freeways and avoid so many traffic lights and stops; keeping in mind that our Japanese 'Rocinante' (Toyota Camry) has a manual transmission. There in the K.S.Center we sat in the spacecraft simulator and felt all the same vibrations, special moments and tension strains to which astronauts are subjected during the start, rocket takeoff, releasing of the boosters and finally the fuel tank.A very exciting experience! It includes pictures. [This story you can obtain here independently is also part of the book entitled: "Tours and Tales"]

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Running for her life after being attacked in an alley by two men, Camille finds herself caught fast in the arms of former confederate soldier Jake Garrett. After protecting her from her pursuing attackers, Jake agrees to travel with Camille as her bodyguard on an upcoming trip. He couldn't know that soon he would owe his own life to her. Brought together by chance, they became bound to one another by duty, or at least that's what they told themselves. It wasn't until they began to make a life with one another that the world came rushing in to tear them apart.

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A colorful, conversational diary of two trips to France, a year apart, which Mrs. Gaskell, clearly a Francophile, took toward the end of her life. Originally a series for Fraser's Magazine, these essays feature all of the delightful observation Gaskell is known for. She details everything from French dress to meals to customs to architecture, usually with enough comparison to their English equivalents that modern-day Americans can understand the difference. Gaskell also delves into French history, recounting, for example, her talks with people who describe their childhoods during the Reign of Terror, and her researches into sometimes obscure past events of the places she visits. Anyone with an interest in France or history should enjoy this travelogue.

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience the golden sands, epic surf and picturesque sunsets along the coast; absorb beautiful art, awe-inspiring architecture, and gorgeous views at iconic the Getty; or meet your favorite cartoon character in Disneyland; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California Travel Guide: *Color maps and images throughout *Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests *Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots *Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices *Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss *Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, politics, arts, music, lifestyle, television, film, architecture, cuisine, outdoors, beaches, religion, sport *Free, convenient pull-out Los Angeles map (included in print version), plus over 15 color maps *Covers Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Disneyland, Orange County, Laguna Beach, San Diego, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California, our most comprehensive guide to Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less traveled. * Looking for just the highlights of Los Angeles? Check out Pocket Los Angeles, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. * Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's California guide for a comprehensive look at all the state has to offer, or Lonely Planet's Discover California, a photo-rich series guides, which focus on the state's most popular attractions. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Sara Benson, Andrew Bender, and Adam Skolnick. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveler community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travelers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.

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Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime - though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when the cops wrongly accuse him of stealing a priceless collection of baseball cards, Bernie's stuck with a worthless alibi since he was busy burgling a different apartment at the time. one that happened to contain a dead body locked inside a bathroom. So Bernie has a dilemma. He can trade a burglary charge for a murder rap. Or he can shuffle all the cards himself and try to find the joker in the deck - someone, perhaps, who believes that homicide is the real Great American Pastime. "Lawrence Block clearly has a great deal of fun writing his Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries, and the sense of whimsy is infectious." -Richmond Times-Dispatch "Once again, Block has produced a funny and eminently readable mystery with clever plotting and amusing twists." -Roanoke Times "Engaging. Have you read Block's [Rhodenbarr} mysteries? You should. They are a real kick. Bernie Rhodenbarr is one of the most charming and witty characters in the burglar business." -Rocky Mountain News "One of the mystery genre's favorite characters. Delightful. Good fun." -San Antonio Express-News "Bernie Rhodenbarr, lighthearted and light-fingered, is a most ingratiating sleuth. Delightful…good, clean fun…thank goodness for Lawrence Block." -San Diego Union-Tribune "Bernie Rhodenbarr is such an outrageous and witty character, you wish he were real." -San Francisco Examiner "Block's Burglar series is one of crime fiction's best." -South Bend Tribune "It's the mark if an innovative storyteller to turn a normally reprehensible character into a hero-of sorts. Author Lawrence Block's Bernie the burglar series aren't just goo

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Good reading skills are essential not only for fourth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they'll have lots of fun doing it Some of the great features you'll find inside are: READ BETWEEN THE LINES Do-it-yourself essays on games, camping trips, and more teach kids how to grasp inferences within a story. COMPARE & CONTRAST Diagrams show how to figure out what similar subjects such as "comets or asteroids?" have in common and how to tell them apart. FACT & OPINION Interesting articles help kids back up opinions with facts from the text on topics such as "Should kids have cell phones?" QUESTION BUSTERS "Right There "and "Think-and-Search "questions explain how to find the answers to straightforward and not-so-straightforward questions about a story. STORY PLAN Fill-in-the-blank sections aid in building story structure, including setting, main characters, problems, and solutions. Plus CHECK IT STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child's grades and confidence a boost with "4th Grade Reading Comprehension Success." Why Sylvan Learning Products Work Sylvan Learning Workbooks won a Honors Award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) as a top book series for children in the elementary-aged category. The NAPPA is the nation' s most comprehensive awards program for children's products and parenting resources, and has been critically reviewing products since 1990. The Award recognizes Sylvan Learning Workbooks as some of the most innovative and useful products geared to parents. Sylvan's proven system inspires kids to learn and has helped children nationwide catch up, keep up, and get ahead in school. Sylvan has been a trusted partner for parents for thirty years, and has based their supplemental education success on programs dev

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'New York Times' bestselling author James Reese has been praised for his lush and evocative prose, his bold exploration of illicit sexuality, his deft handling of historical settings, and his extraordinary rendering of the supernatural. His novels are sumptuous trips back in time to an era filled with unforgettable characters, human strife, and emotions that transcend time. Now, in his most imaginative book to date, Reese takes the witch Herculine on a voyage that will test her in every way, elevating her from the depths of despair to triumph. In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Herculine is summoned from self-imposed exile by her teacher, the witch Sebastiana d'Azur, and told to sail from the Florida territory to Havana. There she is to search out one Queverdo Bru-a cruel and demonic man whose house holds terrible secrets-to learn of a certain 'surprise.' But lies and truths conspire to separate Herculine from those she loves, and she finds herself alone with Bru, who sees in her something he has long sought, and now seeks to use, harshly, as he practices that most ancient of arts: alchemy. Escaping Bru, Herculine sails from Havana, knowing Sebastiana is near. In the Florida Keys, she reunites with her and meets her 'surprise'-the shocking product of a forbidden encounter ten years prior. Surviving an Indian attack on a sparsely settled key, Herculine and family decamp to Key West. There they set out to make their fortune-by means magical or otherwise-as Herculine is tested at every turn by the harsh landscape and haunted by thoughts of her own demise. With 'The Witchery,' James Reese brings to a close a remarkable trilogy-a story told by a characterwho 'invades our consciousness' ('Tampa Tribune') and set in 'the heady atmosphere of a bygone era brought deftly to life' (Eric Van Lustbader). Spanning decades ravaged by war, disease, and ideals that tore a nation apart, Herculine's ultimately triumphant struggle is both a universal one-marked.

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The Big Trip Up Yonder: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was known for blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, and that is exactly what he does in this story. It was written in 1954 and first appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction. In the chronology of his works, it came between Player Piano and The Sirens of Titan. The story takes place in a future in which the population has grown so huge, due to an anti-aging product, that generations are forced to live together in crowded apartments. The family in this story is ruled by a dictatorial grandfather, the owner of the apartment and oldest of the clan. 2BR02B: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was known for blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, and that is exactly what he does in this little gem of of a story from 1962. In the chronology of his works, it came between Mother Night and Cat's Cradle. The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B" and references the famous phrase, "To be or not to be" in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The story takes place in a future when diseases and aging have been eliminated and, as a result, the government has taken measures to insure population control.

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Nineteen-year-old Emma Bell has always wanted to travel the world before settling down, and as a result she has spurned every suitor her father has presented. He is desperate to find a suitable match for his beloved daughter-one who will treat her well, but who is well-off enough to afford the upkeep of the family estate in the English countryside. In exasperation, he decides to take her with him on a trip to America in hopes of satisfying her desire to travel and finding her a good husband at the same time. All seems to be going perfectly after they meet Percival Woodhampton and the rich young American becomes interested in Emma. Unfortunately, Emma's father passes away before her wedding, and Percival soon shows himself to be anything but a gentleman. After a desperate escape from his home, she sets out on a train to see the American West as she has dreamed of doing for years. After her train is robbed by outlaws, however, Emma eventually finds her way into the care of the firm handed Bob Booker, the sheriff of Great Bend, Kansas. Although neither of them expects it initially, their relationship grows with time until the sheriff is much more than just a strict guardian for Emma. Will they both admit their feelings for one another in time, or will Bob's firm hand and Emma's willful nature split them apart. Publisher's Note: The Lady and the Sheriff contains non-consensual spankings of an adult woman, including domestic discipline in a historical setting. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

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In Honeymoon At Home II Sean and Ava find themselves separated by thousands of miles and the emotions left by their first fight due to Sean traveling with his ex-girlfriend for work. Will Ava's anger fester and grow with her doubts, or can the two newlyweds manage to find ways to keep their honeymoon on track despite the temptation of the past and the thousands of miles keeping them apart? ~ COMING SOON! Look for more stories in The Honeymoon Diaries series: VIRGIN HONEYMOON HONEYMOON AT HOME HONEYMOON AT HOME II HONEYMOON ROAD TRIP HONEYMOON HOLIDAYS HONEYMOON FANTASIES

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Gabby McGrath has spent her life traveling the country with her family and their Renaissance festival troop, and she has found happiness and a sense of belonging among the other performers. At twenty-eight, however, the one thing she has not found is a man to call her own… until she takes a short-term job at Cooper Harris' ranch and her world is turned upside down. From the moment Gabby sets foot on his property, Cooper can tell there is something special about this feisty, beautiful girl. He's sure he'll have his work cut out for him keeping her in line… and keeping his hands off of her. His instincts are proven correct on her first night at the ranch, when disobedience earns her a trip over his knee for a good, hard, bare-bottom spanking. Gabby doesn't know what to make of Cooper. He is unlike any man she has ever met, and though her embarrassing chastisement leaves her furious, it also arouses her like nothing ever has before. Can she tolerate his dominant personality, his strict rules, and his firm discipline long enough to prove to him that she is not a silly, helpless girl? Even if she does, how will this brash cowboy fit in with her unusual family? Will the unlikely couple be torn apart by personality and circumstance, or can Gabby and Cooper make their story a tale worthy of a ballad. Publisher's Note: Her Cowboy Knight is an erotic novel that includes spankings, anal play, graphic sexual scenes, and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

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