"I had wrapped the tire iron carefully in towels, good towels, so it wouldn't mark him in any way or draw blood. I picked it up off the floor now with my right hand and swung, like a tennis serve, really, and caught him at the back of his pewter hair. Perfect, a perfect hit. He went over into the front seat, and all I had to do was pull him in, turn him--not so easy; he was heavy--and shut the door behind him. I looked carefully; he was still clutching the attache--I knew he'd be awfully angry if we'd lost it--and gunned the car away from the curb. I don't think I even wondered if anyone noticed, and I guess nobody did. This was New York. ___________________________________ We were going to my house; I didn't think much beyond that. He would be so happy, so relieved to be there. "I want to be with you," he had said so many times. "But you know I can't." And he had always smiled as he said this: "Steal me." I had only done what he wanted me to do."

On a whim, San Franciscan Kara Billingsley accepted an invitation from an ex-boyfriend to visit Kona, Hawaii, in 1976. She didn't expect to fall in love-with the island. In Island Woman, Billingsley uses a combination of prose and poetry to describe her experiences of living in Hawaii. This memoir captures the eroticism of the island-the elemental, untamed energy of feminine nature. With humor, she tells stories of her interesting arrival on the island, of searching for Kona gold, of how Rabbit Hill got its name, and the mystery of her mother's secret. Through her poetry selections, Billingsley pays tribute to the nature, beauty, and the sensual side of Kona, Hawaii-an island that became her home.

The second installment of The Mafia Academy Series—a forbidden romance set at a boarding school for the sons and daughters of the most powerful mafia lords...now with exclusive bonus content!

Sofia Moretti
For years, I’ve harbored a secret love for my best friend’s older brother. Yet, he’s never shown any sign of sharing my feelings. My fantasies will remain just that—fantasies. For two reasons. First, he’s arranged to marry the cunning and cold-hearted Aurora Salucci. Second, Antonio always does what his duty demands, and if his father wants him married to Aurora, he’ll marry her. Forced to watch her parade him all over Sicuro Academy, I do my best to push Antonio from my mind and hope I can move on from someone who will never be mine…

Antonio La Rosa
My life has been a series of duties—to the mafia, to my father, but never to myself. Aurora and I are a good match as far as mafia politics go, but she’s nothing I’ve ever wanted in a wife with her hard edges and being about as malleable as granite. Then there’s Sofia Moretti, my little sister’s best friend. I never looked at her with anything other than sisterly affection, until recently. Now she consumes my every thought. My every desire. Her innocence beckons me, and I yearn to be the one who taints it. But I have a duty. And right now, the family needs me to uncover the traitor plotting against us… and that traitor may be closer than I ever imagined.

In the 300 years since its initial publication, Li Yu's book has been widely read in China, where it is recognized as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic.

You are in here, going beyond the boundaries of ecstasy.

Jenny's green glass pin is stolen. Even the police detective investigating the break-in wonders how it ties in with other home thefts in the area.

The thief thinks he is being careful and is enjoying his newfound wealth. But is that enough?

When an estate lawyer's wife goes to a Bible study, her husband becomes irate. Why?

How do parents deal with runaway teens, and how long must they wait to see their prayers answered?

Try to solve the mystery surrounding the break-ins. Find that a chance meeting might lead to something more and how answers to prayer come in unexpected ways. See how one person can influence several individuals.

"Love it I hear the mama's heart in Kathleen, and the joy in Jenny's discovery of independence. I so see the thread of grace running all through it ... the story of the Lord's desire to see His kids, meet them where they are, and be joined with them. A great book "

-Rev. Carol Sargent Miller, Life Group leader, Bible teacher, and speaker

The bringing together of thoughts from love, about love . the good and the bad. in stormy weather and in the sun. the ups and downs, the lust of our deepest secrets to the purest of charity's fury.

In Chapter 1 I was lonely and depressed, so I found myself on a dating website. Once again looking for something that I never thought I would see. While I was growing up, I did not have any romantic relationship with anyone. I was a virgin until I was twenty-two years old. When I lost my virginity to a one-night stand that I also met on a dating website a couple of months beforehand. However, I found myself looking through my messages on the website, and I found one that called out to me. I looked at Ezekiel's profile to see his name was Ezekiel Austin. He was thirty-one years old and lived in Suffolk Virginia. His longest relationship lasted ten years, and he divorced his ex-wife. I re-read the message he sent me a couple of times. Then I got off the laptop to think about what I wanted.

Born in a time when ignorance and superstition permeated their culture, Moon Flower was doomed within her isolated "Tribe with no name." Her affliction was misunderstood, casting her into the shadows where she was forced to live until brutal events practiced by a rogue 'man of the cloth' set her on a trail that did not exist, and eventually to a conditional freedom. At her side rode the handsome Comanche warrior whose life she had saved, her young son and the elusive wolf that became a part of her life. Across the burning wasteland they loved as they traveled in search of the warrior's tribe. Accepted with open arms, again she saved the life of the "God-man with pieces of the sky for eyes." With his life hanging in the balance her spirit wraps around him to give him strength to live beyond the torture that befell him. Safely within the Comanche arms, Flower finally 'became', and traveled beside her husband on the war trail as well as into captivity. Becoming a trusted confidant of the war chief, she enjoyed a rare position from which she could influence the decisions made on behalf of the entire tribe, even to the point of saving them when her belly was swollen with her husband's seed and 'death appeared riding on a black horse'. Having been forced to cross the border into the hostile land of 'the home of the Redman', later to become Oklahoma, she discovers that her greatest challenge was as yet still before her. Flower's greatest loss becomes her greatest find when she is blessed four-fold. Out of the clay banks of Red River she taught the Comanche women to build houses and homes when there were no more buffalo to feed and house them and the long promised government supplies were evenlonger in arriving to feed the hungry and naked Native Americans. With unbelievable strength and perseverance the bravery of this small woman set the standard that the pioneer woman became known for, even as the women of today stand to