She goes to school, and straight back home. There's a gang war brewing in her neighborhood of Bronx, New York, and she wants no part of it.Too bad her twin sister, Rain, has a knack for trouble, and brings the war right to Sunny's door. Being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, leaves them with two choices; join the gang or die.It's a simple decision really, when you think about it.But being in one of the most vicious gangs in New York is anything but simple. And the twins have to learn how to navigate these bloody waters. They'll have to learn to stand strong, or be put down.Fortunately for them, two of the most ruthless men in the gang, are willing to help them find their way. But these men were raised in the streets, growing up on a steady diet of blood and murder, they are more accustomed to pulling triggers, and burying bodies, than matters of the heart.But as they teach Sunny and Rain a few things about the more brutal parts of life, they'll learn a few in return, and maybe one of them is how it feels to fall in love.

    This isn't the story about governments or high-level players. This is a story about everyday heroes and how they learn to survive when the world around them is crumbling. It's also a story about silver linings and hidden hope. Our heroes in and villains include:- Dottie Roth: a quiet retiree with a secret past.- Fran Markus: a mercenary for hire with a gift for disposal.- Chuck Yarling: a Vietnam vet with a penchant for survival.- Fabian Moon: a supply and logistics expert who is sucked into black market trade.- Sandy Kaplan: a high school drivers education instructor with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.See how their tales weave in and through each others, and find out about the surprising benefit gifted by this powerful pandemic.

    Their name alone holds weight and instills fear in the toughest of gangsters. For the last couple of years Thug Inc. and Boss Lady Inc. have been in retirement. They’ve been enjoying the fruits of their labor while their children run the family business. Life’s great minus the drama that’s always seems to find them. There’s a new threat with ties from their past out for vengeance. This threat has the potential to dismantle their entire existence. This time around Thug and Tahari’s marriage is on the line. Tahari has always prided herself on being the wife of the infamous Ka’Jaire “Thug” Kenneth. Being his wife and the mother of their children has been her purpose. Not to mention the reason why she kills anything moving that may be a threat to her family. It’s always been in her nature to be his ride or die. Thug is the heart and soul of the Kenneth Family. His blood, sweat , and tears is why the family is so powerful and well connected. His wife and children mean more to him than anything in this world. His relationship with Tahari is everything to him. However, it’s her alter ego Boss Lady he’s having trouble with. She’s a beast he created and now he can’t handle it. Being Boss Lady is everything to Tahari. After all she’s earned that title out right. She refuses to let him disregard the hard work she’s put in over the years. In this installment of the Thug Saga you’ll be taken on a rollercoaster ride of emotions! Deep dark secrets from the past will be revealed that may have a pro founding effect on more than just Thug and Tahari’s relationship. The relationship with their children is on the line as well . While other family members have their own issues that lead to an all out war in the streets and on the home front. Thug Inc. started this saga but Boss Lady Inc. may be the ones to finish.

    The young royals had proven that they wanted it, but sometimes it’s not always easy to get what you want, even when it’s what you deserve. The Grant brothers seem to keep ending up on the wrong side of the law, while Kaden can’t seem to shake his past. Hayven and Cole have found their way, but will his choice to protect her wellbeing by any means necessary create problems for their future? Sonna learns that sometimes you have to let things play out like they should, even when she feels like she should stand up for love. All things come full circle in the finale, and you’ll find out if this team secures a win or goes down fighting!

    Wealth. Power. Romance. Books one, two, and three of the Johnson Family series—available in a box set for a limited time! UNFORGETTABLE: She offered everything he never knew he needed… Ivy Johnson is stunned when Lucas Baylor makes an appearance at her family’s event in Seattle. She hasn’t seen him in nine years and never expected to again. Avoiding him is a must. She can’t let him uncover her secret, but Lucas won’t be denied. When her deception is revealed, it throws his life into a tailspin and forces them to face the truth of their feelings for each other—feelings they’ve both tried in vain to forget. PERFECT: Does the end justify the means? Cyrus Johnson is rich, powerful, and used to getting his way. When his estranged wife shows up at his office demanding a divorce once and for all, he not only refuses, he makes a demand of his own. Daniella Barrett-Johnson has little bargaining power where Cyrus is concerned, and he’s already used his vast financial resources to prolong their divorce and keep her tied to him. Her only hope is to give him what he wants, but if she does, how will she ever be able to leave him for good? JUST FRIENDS: Should they risk their friendship for a chance at love? Alannah Bailey is tired of being the boring best friend of Trenton Johnson and decides on a makeover. After the changes, she starts dating, but instead of being happy, Trenton acts like he wants to keep her under lock and key. Trenton is used to partying and having his pick of women. Such an advantage comes with the Johnson name, their money, and his own good looks. When he needs downtime, he depends on his best buddy, Alannah. But he doesn’t like the changes he sees in her lately, and by the time he figures out why, it might be too late.

    Despite his promises to find another job in another hospital so they could move, Simon is still working long hours in the same place, leaving Jamie to do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to raising their daughter. As if that weren't hard enough, their relationship has become somewhat long distance, and Jamie spends time driving back and forth between the house in their hometown and Simon’s apartment in the city with their screaming baby girl in tow after spending time with her sick mother every week. They both find themselves tired and irritable, more often than not, and their lack of communication just makes misunderstandings and fights happen more often than either of them have the time or energy to deal with properly. When Jamie finds out that none of Simon's friends know anything about her or their baby despite how long it’s been, she has to ask herself once again if trying to make something work with Simon is the right thing to do or if she’d be better off following in her mother’s footsteps and going it alone.

    John Colter ( 1774 – 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, Colter is best remembered for explorations he made during the winter of 1807–1808, when he became the first known person of European descent to enter the region now known as Yellowstone National Park, and to see the Teton Mountain Range. Colter spent months alone in the wilderness, and is widely considered to be the first mountain man. Contents of this book: •THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ENTER WYOMING—•A MEMBER OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION—•REMAINS IN THE VICINITY OF THE YELLOWSTONE FROM 1806-10•HE TRAPS ALONG THE BIG HORN, BIG WIND RIVER, AND CROSSES THE RANGE TO THE PACIFIC SLOPE IN 1807—•RETURNS BY WAY OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, OF WHICH HE WAS THE DISCOVERER — •His ADVENTURE WITH THE BLACKFEET—•A RACE FOR LIFE—•RELATES HIS STORY TO CAPT. CLARK, BRADBURY AND OTHERS. This book originally published in 1899 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.

    Reeling from the pain of lies and betrayal, she flees the country to soothe her battered soul. However, she can't hide for long, and when she returns home, she comes face to face with her worst fear. After narrowly escaping death, Delasia and Vibe try to get their budding romance back on track. Unfortunately, an unexpected visitor arrives on Vibe's doorstep with an explosive secret that threatens to end things between Vibe and Delasia before they really begin. Priest and Vibe are trying their best to be good men to the sisters who have captured their hearts, but ghosts of their playboy pasts just won't let them be great. Business is better than ever, but while they are winning in the streets, they are losing at love. Will the two best friends be able to turn things around and have it all with Princess and Delasia, or will forever prove to be just a word?

    Does your dream man fight fires or catch bad guys as a cop or undercover? Maybe he's a doctor saving lives? Perhaps he's a military man, who's put his life on the line as a wounded warrior or working security? You'll find each of these stories simply...IRRESISTIBLE. Two Hearts Unlikely Heroes: Tamara Ferguson, USA Today Bestselling author: When wounded warrior Captain Samantha Caldwell is targeted by terrorists after killing their leader in Iraq, can AFOSI Agent Captain Ben Nash keep her safe? Simply Love: Natalie Ann, USA Today Bestselling author:Being strong doesn't make you a hero, but doing what is right does. She's Having A Baby: Suzanne Jenkins, USA Today Bestselling author:During the worst fire season in California history, a wildland fire changes life for Mike and Aisling Saint and their best friend. Johnny's Girl: Cynthia Cooke, USA Today Bestselling author:Will he choose the mission or the girl? Fire Me Up: Alicia Street, USA Today Bestselling author:After an FDNY fireman loses his fiancée to a rich Wall Streeter, he seeks a new start in a sleepy village on Long Island's North Fork, only to fall for a shy schoolteacher who shakes up his world like never. SEAL of Refuge: Alyssa Bailey, USA Today Bestselling author:Becoming vulnerable for a chance at true happiness takes a special kind of courage. Never Gone: Stephanie Queen, USA Today Bestselling author:Joe is a regular guy from Boston--except when he's called on by the Zero Go Team. So when he's sent to protect a sexy Hollywood costume designer, the last thing he expects is a crazy attraction that's anything but regular. Handle With Care: Patrice Wilton, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author:An ER doctor and a wounded veteran find each other, but can their love survive?

    One problem—she's dead herself. But nothing stops a Sinful Lady, even one who's now among the formerly living.Meanwhile, the Swamp Team 3 has their own mission—locate a nude painting of Carter's visiting Aunt Jolene, a "person of interest" in the dead artist's murder.Will Marge find Cootie's killer and help Cootie move from the "neither here nor there" world and into the light?Will the Swamp Team 3 locate the painting, even if it means getting close, really close, to Celia?A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR: Soul Man (book two in the Sinful Spirits series) was first published on October 20, 2017 as part of the Miss Fortune Kindle Worlds program (which ended in July of 2018). It is now part of the Miss Fortune World published by J&R Fan Fiction.  With regard to Fortune and Carter's relationship, as well as Fortune's threat from Middle East arms dealer, Ahmad, this story follows the storyline after the events of Hook, Line and Blinker, book 10 of Jana DeLeon's Miss Fortune series. I wish to thank Jana DeLeon for graciously allowing other writers to explore their own writing in a most Sinful way.

    Sure, she may not have wanted Emma when she and her husband adopted her years ago, but she loves her now, and that’s what matters, right?But when Emma is missing and Marianne fears she might be dead, she turns on the other person who never wanted to adopt her in the first place — her older daughter, Mia. In her mind, Mia hurting Emma is the only thing that makes sense, but then why can’t the police find proof?Everything seems clear to Marianne.Mia once lost Emma at the mall.She turned her back on her little sister in the woods.It’s obvious to Marianne that Mia’s the reason Emma is missing now.As the police search for Emma and Marianne draws closer to her best friend and away from her daughter, she becomes more and more suspicious of what could really have happened. Mia uncovers secret after secret about her family, but it isn’t until she learns the whole truth that she’ll be able to put all the pieces together.You can only push a person so far before the monster in them comes out.

    This time however, their father Kelley is seriously ill. Bart survives Afghanistan but has PTSD and is depressed. Hi mother Mitzi tries to cheer him up but she is trying to cope with Kelley’s illness. Meanwhile, the other Quinn children have their own adult problems and challenges. Their mother Margaret is retiring and hopes to recover the time spent away from her children. Bittersweet and explosive feelings come to the fore as each of the Quinns have emotional encounters with each other.Winter Solstice, the fourth book in the Winter series by New York Times bestseller Elin Hilderbrand, is much anticipated.A Brief Look Inside:EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive, and the characters and its world still live on. Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to bring us beneath the surface of the page and invite us into the world that lives on.These questions can be used to...Create Hours of Conversation:• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups• Foster a deeper understanding of the book• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen beforeDisclaimer: This book you are about to enjoy is an independent resource meant to supplement the original book. If you have not yet read the original book, we encourage doing before purchasing this unofficial Conversation Starters.

    Whether or not it was intentional, only they know. With the police and Katie’s family desperately demanding answers, Hannah’s world is torn apart as she has to decide what to do next and whether that involves doing the right thing. Hannah’s choice is made more difficult due to her new closeness with Katie’s older brother, Josh. Katie’s traumatic death unearths secrets best left untold, but to leave them untold would put another life at risk of abuse. Longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Writing Competition.Please note this book addresses sensitive content such as childhood abuse.

    The total package. The only problem is that her heart led her to the wrong man. Never one to force what isn’t meant to be, Lawrynn has no problem walking away from a relationship that just wasn’t in the cards. Pain is the man on the street with women at his disposal. Even though Pain can have his pick of the litter when it comes to women, he still decides to bite the forbidden fruit by crossing the line with Lawrynn’s cousin Nikki. Maurice “Murder” Jackson is a boss in his own right and carried himself as such. Never speaking unless a point had to be made, everything he said and did had a rhyme and reason behind it. Murder had warned Pain about his philandering ways in the streets and the risk of losing his girl to a real man, but what happens when that real man is none other than Murder himself? What happens when lines of The G Code are crossed? One thing is for sure, the same thing that makes you laugh will definitely make you cry. The ladies will find out that no matter how hard you try, you Can’t Stop The Love Of A Boss.

    Literally. He talks to animals to see clues other people would overlook. Like when the proud owner of a pair of Scotties goes missing, Griff knows foul play has to be involved, because the dogs tell him there’s no way she’d leave her pampered pooches alone in the winter. But when he shows too much interest in what the Scotties have to say, an attractive police detective takes the wrong kind of interest in him. Viewing him as a possible suspect, she digs up secrets about Griff he would have preferred left buried. And that’s not even his biggest problem—taking the dogs into his home has made him a target of the victim’s abductor. This makes him scurry to solve the case, because as an expert on animal behavior, there’s one thing Griff knows to be true: the most dangerous animal is the human animal.