What's a girl to do? In today's economy, with jobs hard to come by and even harder to keep, Lydia is exhausted with running from one place to another as a temporary employee-and even that isn't enough to live on. She finds the usual office culture tedious and does her best to avoid office politics, drama, and distractions. Each new place, she feels, is just like the other, a soulless dungeon, a machine filled with drones. As her current assignment comes to an end, she decides to apply for a position with Business Documents by Secretarial Mechanics.

Soon, Lydia finds that she has entered a strange, new world ruled by a complicated code of conduct unlike any she's ever encountered. Some people may complain that they feel like they work in a dungeon, but for Lydia, that is about to be her "literal" reality. Business Documents by Secretarial Mechanics, she soon learns, is the corporate, public face of the Mistresses of Pantherra, a sophisticated and professional BDSM establishment where clients come to be dominated. Lydia finds transcribing for the Mistresses of Pantherra more intriguing and financially acceptable to her checking account.

But will Lydia settle for just being the receptionist-or will her ambition inspire her to take a massive leap of faith, straight out of her comfort zone and down the proverbial rabbit hole to create her own little niche in the dungeon?

Long ago, two sisters made a vow to leave behind their dreams of finding "Mr. Right." The lovely Leigh Cavanaugh hides her body, finding comfort with a dashing older businessman she considers her closest friend. Her sexy sister, Megan Morris, hides her heart, believing a hot lover is the perfect remedy for all of life's difficulties. Quite by surprise, the two sisters find themselves on a whirlwind journey to romantic love. Leigh starts off slowly, offering coffee and cookies. Megan jumps right in with sexy leather and lace. The future is exciting, and there's magic in the air. But just when they think they've found the men of their dreams, a promise made becomes a promise kept, and true love is put to the test. Risks are taken and emotions run high... Will amazing sexual chemistry and love be enough, or will it take something more to forever link these Connected Hearts? Danice Akiyoshi's new novel is a sizzling contemporary romance, laced with real emotion-from heartache, sorrow, and longing to true joy.

What becomes of the broken-hearted? After surviving a tumultuous childhood, a toxic marriage and a torrid love affair, Charlene Brazelton finds herself trying to answer that question and many more-both for herself and her children. She's been to the depths of Hell and lived to tell about it. But as she starts to mend the pieces of her broken heart and fragmented life, love calls. Answering that call proves to be yet another life-altering experience, one that takes her on the ride of her life. Listen as Charlene recalls her story of unrequited love and deception. Rejoice with Charlene as she rediscovers her first love. Laugh with Charlene as she finds strength in her family and friends. And cheer for Charlene as she turns pain into both power and profit. Heartwarming, funny, inspiring and soul-stirring, >Living Well is the Best Revenge is the ultimate love story. It's the story of one woman who loved herself enough to save her own life.

With his second novel, THINKPEN WRITE is at his best Walk with him as he carries you weightlessly like marshmallows floating on a cloud. As he speaks, try not to let his words tantalize your mind as he spins you around and makes you dizzy in his world. His mind is his home, and he has invited you inside as his guest. Between his visions of how he sees some things through his own rose-colored glasses, there are three short stories he has penned that should delight you. "Pimping Ain't Easy," "Diary of a Small Town," and "Domesticated Battle of the Fly's" are all Thinkpenish without debate. So come INSIDE his MIND and spend time in it for a while... that is...if you dare In "PIMPING AIN'T EASY," the notorious pimp, Kicking Ca, who was known for the worst kind of treatment towards his ladies of the night, received a shocking wakeup call on discovering that his latest turnout was an alien from another planet. This figure of a woman, along with her devoted mate Boykin, has come to Earth for one reason only, and that was to assure that their species would thrive, by way of copulating with an Earthly human being. But the downside of their journey for Kicking Ca was that where the aliens come from, the men of the planet had to have sex with an Earthly man, and the pimp himself became their chosen one "DIARY OF A SMALL TOWN," finds two of its residents, Nicholas Dooley {Nickel Dooley} and his lifelong friend Preacher Simmons, in the powerful role of tiny mice, as they come up against the big rat racist Judge Parker who seems to live to make their lives a living hell The judge ruled over the town and the people in it with corruption and had already murdered on more than one occasion. However, the night the bank was robbed and the vault inside it started to spill out all its cheesy contents, would the mice finally get some cheddar, or would the rat judge get it all once again, and this time end their lives as well? "DOMESTICATED BATTLE OF THE FLY'S," finds the spirits of two souls, testing their love for one another. In one corner, you have Jesse, who needs the constant reminder of it from his new girlfriend. Jesse had just spent time in prison without parole, and after meeting Carrie, he wanted to put the bad stuff behind him and enjoy the life of a fairy-tale romance. In the other corner you have Carrie, who knew that Jesse loved her, but her past relationship with her baby's daddy Blinky had been abusive and ended up with her being beaten very seriously. Will her trust of Jesse result in the same fate as that of her previous relationship with Blinky-with blackened eyes and busted lips? Or is Jesse a real man who could be classified as a member of the "Dying Breed"?

Callum Flint has lived a life most only dream about. Growing up in a loving family with supportive parents and countless opportunities to find his niche, Callum finds himself doing what he loves as a production manager of a large construction company based in Ireland. Now confident that he can direct his own path, Callum finds himself swept away and fumbling for the super suave nature he usually permeates as he finds himself face to face with a feisty pub waitress in the heart of Ireland. Chloe Wakefield has spent all of her adult life as a loner. With all of her family gone and having moved to a foreign country right out of high school, the hard-working Montana native is determined to make a new life for herself. After years of heartbreak from which she never intended to recover from, Chloe finds herself in the unexpected grips of an emotional roller coaster with her one true soul mate. Through life's twists and turns, Chloe's life falls back and forth from the easy predictability of being alone to the frightening vulnerability that comes with giving the heart away to another. Follow along as Chloe and Callum find through life and death, victory and tragedy, and love and loss, who they are truly meant to be and the beautiful disastrous life that they are truly meant to live.