A boy who planned to be the next school shooter. A patient with OCD whose loved ones really did suffer every time he missed a ritual. A choir boy who claimed he was being molested -- not by a priest -- but by God Himself. A patient with PTSD who gave me nightmares. A husband and wife who accused each other of abuse, and only one of them was telling the truth.And how could I ever forget, Patient #220.The problem is, my patients have a habit of dying. Sometimes I wonder if I'm the common denominator. Or maybe that's just the cost of taking on exceptionally broken clients.Either way, I'll never stop trying to help.

    Now Keira’s battling heartache, seclusion, and a bad case of writer’s block, and even her best friend and agent thinks it’s time to move on. When a gorgeous newcomer comes to buy the only other house on the cove, Keira wonders whether fate is trying to jumpstart her life again. To Daisy, the cove seems like the perfect oasis for a development, and she’s ready to employ all her powers of persuasion. Owning the cove could make her family millions, and Keira Maitland is the only thing standing in her way. But when Keira gives her a taste of heaven on Earth, Daisy must decide what’s more important, love or money.

    Young Kyle struggles to make it through the school day without being noticed, but others intend to make him the center of attention.

    Lenese Stringfield Puts the "Sex" in Sex Therapy as she takes the profession by storm with her new and innovative techniques. Her seductive nature and sexy demeanor has her clients eating out of the palm of her hand; amongst other things. Lenese has loved once and lost. So, if she can't be with the one she loves; she will love the one she's with. But, amazing sex doesn't come without a price tag. Too bad life has a lesson to teach this freaky therapist! She will soon learn that Karma is the "one bitch" that has everyone's address. Fooling around with another woman's husband is dangerous, but falling in love with one can be deadly.

    But this time, someone new is waiting for her at the Stewarts' cabin in Aspen: sweet, innocent Shanna. Will Ashlyn overcome her jealousy as Shanna is initiated into the Stewarts' wicked secret?

    It's time for Charlotte to honor her beloved's last wish and have a baby. All she needs is a surrogate. On paper, Katrina is perfect. She's healthy, smart, and most importantly, is willing to follow Charlotte's unusual demands.Then Charlotte brings the younger woman into her home and everything changes. Katrina awakens a dark desire within Charlotte that she has suppressed for years...one that she hid even from her deceased wife. Taking what Katrina freely offers isn't an option. Falling in love will only lead to ruin. Especially when Katrina is keeping secrets that could destroy both of them.50,000 words

    Even though she believes true love will never find her, Jenna vows to help other women find their own true loves by opening a dating service. If she can’t find love for herself, she’s determined to find love for her hopelessly inept clients. Through messy mash-ups and zany adventures, Jenna and her best friend and business partner, Dale, help a Turret’s juggler lose her balls, an Elizabeth Taylor impersonator drop her White Diamonds, and a woman with multiple personalities find a girlfriend that adores all of her. Along the way, Jenna discovers that just because she’s given up on love, that doesn’t mean love has given up on her.

     Friends with benefits is fine for some but what happens when a threesome turns into a bizarre love triangle? Twenty-one year old Sadie Cooper has been too scared to step outside her comfort zone for most of her life. Having lived quietly with her now deceased mother, Sadie finds new experiences difficult. She likes being a homebody, even if it's little predictable at times. She likes boring because boring is safe. It's easy to plan for boring. Nicholas Lawson has other ideas for Sadie, however. From the moment they meet on the beach, the chemistry between them is evident and Sadie finds herself feeling things she’s only ever read about in books. Nicholas only has to say how high and Sadie is willing to jump. And fall. Nicholas can coax Sadie into doing things she's never dreamed of... like having a threesome with him and best mate Joel. Sure, Sadie’s attracted to Joel. Insanely so. She might even love him a little if he wasn’t so damn annoying. Joel's cute and funny, not to mention rather charismatic. But Joel openly admits he's into 'bedding not wedding'. He’s not the relationship kind. And Sadie most definitely is. A harmless bit of fun can get very sticky when love enters the room.

     Investigative reporter Claire Weatherly assigned to write the in-depth article on Elise and Forest Ridge faces her own challenges. Her mother, a resident at Forest Ridge, is about to participate in a new clinical trial. As the interview gets underway, Claire’s partner, Detective Megan Wolfe, is injured in the line of duty. Elise rushes Claire to the hospital where she finds another woman has already arrived at Megan’s bedside. As Elise and Claire navigate the professional and personal challenges in their lives will they be able to forget the painful memories of their failed relationships and move forward to find love again?

    Names like Bundy, Gacy, and Gein come to mind, alongside the many other murderous people out there who've gained notoriety because of their evil. When you're envisioning the unthinkable and heinous acts that are carried out in this world, it's unlikely you imagine a youngster as being a perpetrator of evil.Killer children, although rare, do exist. The thought alone is terrifying; we see children as being vulnerable and pure, which makes it harder to comprehend them wanting to inflict pain and suffering on another being. The correlation of a child and unthinkable acts of murder is undeniably tricky to compute.The children in this book carried out acts of savage murder - even just typing that sentence feels wrong. Some of these murders are sexually motivated; some are carried out for revenge; others are part of an occult ritual. Regardless of the motivation for these children to commit unspeakable acts of cruelty, they are all disturbing.This book was written to give you some food for thought, to allow you to digest some of the heinous crimes committed by youngsters and consider why they'd carry out such horrific acts. This book will open up a world of questions, many of which I've likely pondered upon myself. While I do offer up my own opinion throughout this book, I do need to (as much as possible) stick to the facts to let you make your own mind up.With that in mind, let's delve into some of the despicably horrific murders that were carried out by children.

    How could a common courtesan be the progeny of a goddess?Beneath the ballrooms of the Silver Rose palace sleeps an ancient labyrinth. Constructed by a vicious sorcerer, its twisted halls and shadowy guardians once challenged the world’s mightiest champions. When Shadyia is commanded by her madam to seduce a wealthy and mysterious scholar, she becomes ensnared in an ancient conflict between gods, villains, heroes and magicians. The scholar, Aaron of Featherquill, searches for an enchanted treasure, a key that will show the way to a forgotten city of wonders.As Demos Azari, the adviser to a vicious order of crusading knights, schemes to ensnare Shadyia into his devious plot, she must descend into the labyrinth and solve its deadly traps. Accompanied by Aaron and her mischievous lover, Deresi, Shadyia finds the strength to defy Demos and strives to prevent a brutal demigod of chaos from returning to consume the world.Beneath the Silver Rose begins Shadyia’s ascension into the heroine she was meant to become. 5 Stars!I could very easily waffle on for ages here, but I won't. I'll just tell you that I read this, was captivated within the first few pages, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

    He's set to wrestle and study creative writing at Columbia University in New York. These poems are a look into his early experiences with love and loss, an introspective coming of age tale told in verse.

    This time, though--what he wanted was more than I was ready to give.I thought it would be a harmless night of cards and drinking. It turned out I was very wrong. While our parents slept down the hall, Adrian and Jack showed me that sometimes nothing feels more right than doing something so wrong.Stepbrother's Rules is a forbidden erotic short story that can be read as a standalone. Intended for readers 18 & over. 7,500 words.

    Lily has a small apartment, a family who kicked her out, and a son she loves, but with no support her life seems to be crumbling around her. When the two of them meet, sparks fly—but will that be enough? Lily is adamant she can do everything alone and Kat seems unwilling to talk about her life? When Lily’s relative tries to contact her and Kat’s homophobic sister wants to be back in her life, how will Lily and Kat find time for each other? Please Note: This book contains adult language & steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approx. 35,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger." Themes include: Urban, Single Parent, Single Mother, Middle-School Teacher, Young Adult, Neighbor Romance, Newborn.

     Beck doesn’t know one night of passion with his stepsister produced a son, but he comes back home after selling his company for a cool billion, and he finds Millie visiting with a baby that she says is hers and some other man’s His first thought is rage that another man has touched her. He wasn’t the one that ran away from their taboo relationship after one hot night ... she was. But now when he looks at her baby boy, something doesn’t feel right. Millie thought she’d never come back home, and she was alright with that if it meant protecting her son. But she heard her mom and stepdad broke up, and she started thinking it might be safe to return. She wouldn’t have come home, if she’d known her stepbrother was there. But then she was caught, and she was horrible at pretending. Until she fell into back into bed with her stepbrother again ... unprotected. *New Cover