Deidre is bringing her side of the story rounding out the circle of this troublesome trio. And hers is a steamy one as she finds herself engulfed in a hot interoffice romance with a man she can't quite claim as her own. He's yet to be married, but that doesn't mean that he does not belong to someone else because he is engaged to be married. After a lust filled ride with Deidre seemingly takes a turn towards love, will he make to the alter? Bird left part one dizzy and she remains dizzy as ever as she continues to ping pong herself between two men. Will she ever settle and decide on who it is that she wants, or will her back and forth between the two of them cost her everything and leave her with nothing? Kenya's life is turned up side down after a suprise visitor shows up at her home. Is her rendezvous a thing of the past or will it come back and bite her in the ass?

    

    That is, until Alma Lee is confronted with a life-threatening illness, forcing them from the refuge of the hollow to confront the unknown perils of the modern world.

    Now they’d better run and hide…Allie Grecco is still living a double life. Thoughtful friend, office drone, and girly college student by day, she becomes New York’s deadliest hunter by night, tracking down scumbags too slippery for the law.Even a lone wolf needs a pack, and for the first time in a long while, loner Allie has finally found a pack that appreciates her for who she is. Her new ex-military comrades—especially her boss at Soldiers for Hire—know she’s a born hunter. And she’s hungry for her next prey.Missing students from all over town are resurfacing beaten down, broken, or dead. The only one who shows the slightest interest is a college mental health counselor—until she’s murdered outside her home. When it’s clear the cops aren’t going to find the shooter, Allie’s instructed to look into the case from the shadows of the back-end operation.A university’s perfect façade begins to crumble as the search for truth unearths more questions than answers. Allie fights through the web of lies and deception… only to discover there’s a target on her back, too.One thing is clear: If she doesn’t get to the bottom of it, another girl will die.Fighting Through the Pain is book two of Katy Pierce’s Allie Grecco series. A blood-tingling story of one woman's mission to serve justice—vigilante-style.

    

    Peter Sykes lifts the lid on the good, the bad and the ugly in the NHS, based on real-life situations from his 40 years experience at the sharp end of medical practice.Some of these stories will make you laugh, a few will make you cry and others have a surprising twist in the tail.They feature patients, doctors and nurses, blood, sweat and toil, life and death, heartache and joy.

    But the shops and restaurants are filled with seasonal residents and tourists who are in town to escape even worse temperatures in the desert cities of Tucson and Phoenix.Locals and tourists alike are thrilled when the Rim Country Renegades came to town for the annual Pioneer Days celebration, recalling the days of the Wild West with cowboy poetry and putting on their trick roping and fast-draw shooting demonstrations. But when something goes terribly wrong during a staged shootout between the town’s handsome sheriff and vengeful outlaw Billy McKinney, and someone is left lying dead on Main Street, the entire Big Lake Sheriff’s Department scrambles to figure out what happened.Was it a tragic accident in spite of all of the safety precautions put in place to prevent something like that from happening? Or was it something more sinister? Were rumors of an illicit affair between the dead man’s wife and the outlaw really true? Was the sheriff betrayed by a man he considered his best friend?Spurned lovers, secret jealousies, and long-held resentments come to light in the search for the truth. A truth that will leave many wondering just how well they really know the people around them.Meanwhile, an unlikely hero emerges to save another woman from certain death. A hero who once again will have the people of Big Lake asking the same question, do we ever really know someone and what they are capable of?One reviewer has referred to the Big Lake mystery series as “Mayberry Meets Twin Peaks.” It’s a combination of humor and intrigue that launched New York Times bestselling author Nick Russell’s first Big Lake book into Amazon’s Top 100 Paid Kindle books for over 78 days, and Big Lake Shootout, the twentieth book in this popular series, is sure to be a hit, too!

     Submissions included within this volume are officer accounts of horrific crime scenes, strange sexual injuries, odd drug-induced behavior, shocking deaths, and warnings from RNs and M.D.s regarding publicity stunts and wacky ideas. Just when you think you've seen and heard it all, you'll turn the page and stand corrected.

    

    He was sad and alone. Then one day Jessica and Samson befriend him and ask him to help them build a bedrock wall. Although he had reason to distrust them because Villagers and Explorers before had only tried to harm him, these two seemed nice, so he let them in, slowly at first.Samson and Jessica were in need of help. They had taken on the task of helping secure the Desert Village from intruding mobs and dangerous hordes, but needed someone with the skills to build a mob-proof wall, so naturally, they sought out Herobrine.This encounter formed a friendship, but will that friendship last beyond the task at hand? Herobrine has a scary past that he’s trying to remember. Can his new friends help him like he’s helping them?Author’s Note: This short story is for your reading pleasure. The characters in this "Minecraft Adventure Series" such as Steve, Endermen or Herobrine...etc are based on the Minecraft Game coming from Minecraft ®/TM & © 2009-2013 Mojang / Notch

    

    For others, it is the perfect time to spend time with their children after a busy day, and for some, it is something they should do but are not entirely sure why. Discover these benefits of bedtime stories for kids.Sharpen their brainsResearch shows that one of the greatest benefit of interacting with children, including reading to them stories, is that children learn a great deal of things- from improved logic skills to lowering their stress levels. Bedtime stories rewire the brain of a child and quicken their mastery of language. Their vocabulary repertoire is expanded and their listening and oral communication skills enhanced.Enhance creativity and Stimulate imaginationIf you are a good storyteller, then you should teleport your kid to a different realm- from reality to fantasy for the child to learn the difference between these two. This will enhance and stimulate his imagination.Emotion developmentThe kid will learn to experience different emotions while empathizing with the characters of the story. The common emotions of sadness, happiness and anger may be encountered and he will learn to control these in real life.

     Read Diary of a Female GPto immerse yourself in the world of UK General Practice before COVID-19. The author describes a typical in the week of a female GP as she goes about her normal life at home and at work. Encounter grateful and pleasant patients, abusive and angry patients, emotional encounters with people at the End of their Life on earth. Read how she struggles to balance childcare, housework and the duties of a GP. (approximately 480 pages) Other books by the author: Books the Friends, family and love series: Captive Love Freed Love 18+ / Freed Love censored Hidden Love Lost Love Holiday Love Some of the author's favourite authors are: Karen Rose, Karin Slaughter, Kathy Reichs, Lee Child, J.K. Rowling, but her work is all her own.