It's the early 1970's in Woodstock - four years after the famous Music and Arts Festival of 1969. Jill and Gary, a suburbanite couple, are seeking to invigorate a marriage filled with disillusionment. Enticed by a Village Voice newspaper ad that promises them an 'extraordinary' experience, they visit the Del Prado hotel in Woodstock. The hotel is known for its alternative philosophy and lifestyle, providing a supportive space for experimentation with new lifestyles and practices - in a setting that affords privacy from the outside world. This experimentation includes open sex and drugs as part of the search for self-actualization and fulfillment. As Jill and Gary begin their journey of exploration the tension in their marriage surfaces. Gary is threatened by Jill's new openness while at the same time becoming seduced himself by the sex and drugs. Now unsure of himself, he becomes involved in a shady drug deal with someone he has just met at the hotel. He heads to New York City with this virtual stranger, leaving Jill to fend for herself in this new environment.

we all have a story to tell or a poem inside of us that is dying to come out, but for some unknown reason we keep it buried deep inside of us...whether the story or poem is fictional or non-fictional and how badly we would like to tell it to someone, we just don't...LYFE IS a poetry book that talks about what a lot of people may think, but never verbalize to anyone...it covers an array of human feelings and emotions from sin to sanctification, which we all often times struggle with...this is a poetry book where you can just let your mind run free to wander while having an enjoyable time reading it....it may even make you think about some things that has never crossed your mind or enhance a relationship with someone...it could even open up a conversation by just reading the front cover...after all, LYFE consist of many feelings which are contained in this poetry book. so, please relax and enjoy and let your imagination loose on some poems, while others could provoke deep thought and reflection...just put yourself in the place of the poet as if you wrote most or all the poems contain therein...also, you might ask yourself, are these poems based on a true story or a story that exist only in the mind...if you feel the need to laugh or cry or simply say oh my, don't suppress it...that's part of LYFE...

A villainous heroine finds herself plunged into a seductive world of power, politics and murder in the court of the vampire king in this bloodthirsty debut from an unmissable new voice in fantasy romance.

The daughter of a powerful but disgraced Blood Worker, Shan LeClaire has spent her entire life perfecting her blood magic, building her network of spies, and gathering every scrap of power she could. Now, to protect her brother, she assassinates their father and takes her place at the head of the family. And that is only the start of her revenge.

Samuel Hutchinson is a bastard with a terrible gift. When he stumbles upon the first victim of a magical serial killer, he's drawn into the world of magic and intrigue he's worked so hard to avoid - and is pulled deeply into the ravenous and bloodthirsty court of the vampire king.

Tasked by the Eternal King to discover the identity of the killer cutting a bloody swath through the city, Samuel, Shan and mysterious Royal Blood Worker Isaac find themselves growing ever closer to each other. But Shan's plans are treacherous, and as she lures Samuel into her complicated web of desire, treason and vengeance, he must decide if the good of their nation is worth the cost of his soul.

Dakota Wilson - Fell in love with a smooth talking fine chocolate brother, who was about his money. After being with him Dakota realized that her smooth talking chocolate man was a drug addict. Dakota finds herself doing things for this man that she would not normally do. Karol Downey - Got married to her first love, first relationship, first everything, Karol loved her husband and stood by his side. They have two children a boy and a girl, they look like the picture prefect family but her husband is beating her on a daily basis and Karol has gotten to the point that she can't take it anymore. Sheka Jackson - She is an albino and very tall, all her life Sheka has had it hard. The kids would talk about her and the adults were just as bad, then Sheka met a beautiful man inside and out. He was fine a knock out and he wanted Sheka; she couldn't believe it until they started dating. Then as usual something went wrong and Sheka was left alone. Neecy Parker - Everybody calls her Kool-Aid, she is cool with everyone in the little part of Hawthorne she live in. Kool-Aid like what she like, when she likes it. Sometimes she like women and sometime she like men. Kool-Aid has a serious decision to make, she thinks she is in love with one person but then another person comes into her life. She does not know how to handle this Mind Blowin Decision.

Eric McKade's world crashed the night he broke Stacy's heart when her sister announced she was pregnant with his child. Now, thirteen years later, he must hide his daughter from the faceless stranger who wants to trade her life in for payment of his dead ex-wife's debt. What he didn't expect was to come face to face with Stacy since the night he broke her heart. Somehow, he must learn to accept that Stacy will never forgive him for his night of betrayal, nor can he forget the passion that still remains between them every time he comes near her.

When Stacy first saw Eric, she wanted to kill him? She never forgave him for his night of betrayal nor could she ignore her niece who hated everything about her thanks to the lies told by her sister. She couldn't allow herself to forget what he had done, nor could she forget how her heart melted when he held her in his arms, and how good it felt to be kissed by him. Could she stay tough, even when she learned the truth of what really happened the night that destroyed everything Stacy ever wanted.

Even though two years have passed since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dan Jagger is still fraught with grief over the loss of his wife who was killed in the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Dan buries himself in work, family, and gardening while facing the harsh reality that he may never again experience another love like Alia.

One day Dan receives a phone call from Darlene, his high school sweetheart, whom he hasn't heard from since she broke his heart and sent him into the arms of Alia. Against his better judgment, Dan agrees to meet his former lover for dinner and soon learns that Darlene has lived a sordid life-twice married to a drug dealer and incarcerated herself. Despite all he has learned, Dan becomes involved with Darlene once again, setting in motion a course of events that leaves him vulnerable to danger. As he is unwillingly drawn into life-threatening scenarios executed by Darlene's former husband, an ex-convict focused on revenge, Dan receives the shocking news that his only son, an Army Reservist, has gone missing in Iraq.

As fear, unease, and peril surround Dan, he must act decisively before he loses everything he has ever loved.

Love Notes is a wonderful journal of passion conveyed in texts and emails sent by two lovers crazy about each other. One, a free spirit. The other, soon to be divorced after a miserable 20-year marriage. The two, hungry for each other and the fresh yet rekindled love of their past.

"The Love Is Gone." In this tell-all, our bored, apathetic and greedy narrator embarks on a mission to demolish his world by revealing the ins and outs of his former job as: Hollywood's Most Wanted Prostitute. Does he feel superior? Does he feel remorse? Does he feel anything?

'Bear,' she cried. 'I love you. Pull my head off.'

Lou is a librarian at the local Heritage Institute who lives a mole-like existence, buried among maps and manuscripts in her dusty basement office.

The chance to escape the monotony of her city life comes when she is summoned to a remote island to inventory the late Colonel Jocelyn Cary's estate. Hoping for an industrious summer of cataloguing, Lou heads north.

Colonel Cary left behind many possessions, but no one warned her about the bear. After a tentative start, Lou soon begins to anticipate the animal's needs for food and company. And, as summer blooms across the island, she discovers that the bear might satisfy some needs of her own.

How does one survive personal loss--divorce, life-threatening illness, separation from a child, and ultimately, the death of those we love? In "Tides and Tears," the creative and well-educated Shane deals with all of these life issues while struggling to complete a new novel in which his main character suffers physical pain and humiliation at the hands of an abusive woman.

In many ways, Shane is defined by the women who occupy his life: Delilah, his selfish ex-wife; Catherine, his adorable young daughter; Ruth, his well-meaning younger sister; and Neena, his new love. With Neena, Shane begins to make sense of his life.

Stunned by his wife's rebuff, Michael abruptly withdrew his extended arms and his huge smile diminished to a sheepish grin, accompanied by a twisting knot that had begun to form in the pit of his stomach. Clearly, but not yet obvious to Michael, was the look in Suzy's eyes that strongly said, 'This is the moment of reckoning.' Beautiful Suzy Cowan has loved her husband Michael since high school. Yet the passions of bygone school days are not enough for a maturing young woman in need of more. Seeking to discover and enrich herself, she is involuntarily captivated by the lure of another man's arms. Experiencing facets of intimacy she never knew existed, Suzy is torn between emotional starvation and a moral consciousness unwilling and unable to live a life of deception. Determined to explore the full spectrum of what lies ahead, she is convinced there is but one choice: divorce the only man she has ever loved. 50/50 Split offers a realistic portrait of a married couple's struggle to live beyond broken promises. grace of forgiveness, and the depths of two lovers' hearts, desperate to live beyond shattered dreams.