“Of the men whom the world currently terms Self-Made … our American Franklin stands highest” - Horace Greeley

Benjamin Franklin is sixty-eight years old when this second volume of his life’s story begins...

Through his incredible transformation from a runaway apprentice into one of the founding fathers of America, it is possible that Benjamin Franklin lived more in his life than any other man. And yet, his journey to becoming a founding father was not without its turmoil - it meant cutting ties with his son, leaving his country, and setting in motion the events that would unravel the French Aristocracy.

Chronicling his deterioration in health and the loss of his wife as he moved from his sixties into his seventies and eighties, this account demonstrates how Franklin nonetheless persisted in wringing every last drop out of his life. From being beloved in Versailles and a victorious peace-broker, to his position as three-time president of the Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania and crafting the American Constitution, it upholds Walter Isaacson’s view of Franklin as ‘the most accomplished American of his age’.

This second and final volume of James Parton’s Franklin biography is transcendent. A bright and compelling work that combines Franklin’s intensely personal letters to his wife and sister with quotes from some of the most famous texts in American history, The Life of Benjamin Franklin is a must read.

James Parton (1822-1891) moved with his family from England to the United States when he was five years old. After studying in New York and becoming a schoolmaster there and in Philadelphia, Parton started his writing career. He focused on the lives of the great men and women of his day, such as Thomas Jefferson, Horace Greeley, Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin. Imbuing traditional biographies with stylistic qualities borrowed from fiction, his novel approach quickly earned him a spot as the most popular biographer of his day. Harriet Beecher Stowe thanked him "for the pleasure you have given me in biographical works which you have had the faculty of making more interesting than romance—(let me trust it is not by making them in part works of imagination)."

Mady Barnard is a thirty-three year old unmarried woman, who still lives with her mother…

However, it cannot go unnoticed that “Bad luck’s been on her even since she was born” .

Ever since then, her difficulties, combined with her unfriendly temperament, have become a favourite topic of conversation in the local community…

The Women’s League, in particular, can’t stop discussing Mady’s life, with their enthusiastic gossiping over regular cups of tea making it all too-clear that traditional village life is full of secrets and rumours.

But then a trip to Bristow results in an unlikely relationship forming between Mady and a local Welshman and no one is quite sure what the future has in store for them…

And soon flooding and forest fires disrupt family harmony and despite everything, the idea of community has never felt so strong, or as necessary.

Empathy and grievance are combined as each family tells of their distressing events and before long, marriage, birth and death connect them together.

Upon Several Occasions is an emotional literary tale, full of lively characters and creates a portrait of a community bound together.

Elizabeth Berridge (December 1919 – December 2009) was a novelist and critic. Born in London, where she was partly educated here, she later moved to Geneva. Berridge won the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award, in 1964 for Across The Common.

A daddy bear only needs the right woman to make everything perfect...

Riley Sheridan has had enough. The curvy lawyer has been tossed around by her job for long enough and she needs a break. Finding solace in quiet Black Oak seems like the best of plans, but things get complicated when a tall, dark and handsome werebear happens to be at just the right place at the right time. If she's looking to make things less complicated, wouldn't a single father with a young child be the opposite of that?

Max Lewis has one goal - to make his little girl happy. With a mother who has abandoned the child, he has to be both parents. He might be ready for it, but when his ex shows up out of the blue, demanding to take his daughter away, Max knows he can't back down. The fact that he might have just found his mate in the form of a sexy, sassy lawyer doesn't make things any easier.

Farmer Bear is a paranormal romance novella with a guaranteed HEA and no cheating. The heroine is just sassy enough to keep her growly bear on edge and to make the sparks fly hotter than ever! Don't miss it!

Damsels in shining armor...riding to the rescue! Deirdre, Helena, and Miriel, three kick-arse Scots wenches known as The Warrior Maids of Rivenloch, aren’t about to become any man’s chattel, until they meet heroes who are strong enough to tame their wild ways and worthy enough to win their wayward hearts.

A YULETIDE KISS (short story)

Half-Viking shieldmaiden Kimbery of Rivenloch has until Yuletide to choose a bridegroom…or one will be chosen for her. But when the barbarian Brude the Brutal travels to claim his betrothed, he finds himself bewitched instead by a runaway bride.

Loving him could destroy her…

High school teacher Cilla Stevens has always been different, especially in how she connects with animals. When she calms a stray dog during an incident at school, she’s asked to help a nearby farm with a difficult horse.

Cameron Rahl has had a very different relationship with animals since his mother died in a horse riding accident. But now he's inherited his family’s farm, he's determined to never let anyone affect him that way again.

Until he meets Cilla. He tries to stay away from the gorgeous horse whisperer with the potential to tame him, but something keeps pulling him close. And as much as Cilla tells herself she can keep it casual, she knows they're too connected to be 'just a fling.'

Will Cilla's heart win out? Or will it take history repeating itself for Cameron to realise just how much he needs her?

For the first time in history, an empire of muskets and cannons is gaining ground in the war against living, breathing gods. Entire armies have been massacred in a conflict which, at times, seems to be absurdly worth it.

Thousands of miles away, the principality of Moqara lies on the verge of being crushed by every neighbor around them. At the center of the crisis is knowing the empire has set its eyes on acquiring the oasis city at any cost, desperate that her trade lines may be the key to securing victory for the human race.

A former resident, Kes, stumbles through the Moqaran desert, barely alive, carrying a message no one wants to hear: one of the gods wants to defect to the human side. It is not known who the message is intended for, and the only person who can vouch for Kes, Lazden Dadario of the Prince's Guard, doesn't trust a word she says.

Rock star Jackson Parker can have any woman he wants. But after the death of his wife and son he is heartbroken and alone, and wants nothing to do with anyone. That is until Linda Cray stumbles unexpectedly into his world.

On a beach in Santa Barbara, Linda finds Jack alone at night and in need of help. She’s a feisty, strong, independent woman seventeen years his junior with a troubling past of her own.

What happens next neither of them expects. They will love and pull apart, only to love again, staying strong and true to their hearts as they dedicate themselves to each other and the people they love.

The journey is far from conventional.

The obstacles between them many.

Their love enduring.


MATURE CONTENT
This story contains sexually explicit material, mature subject matter, and is intended for individuals over the age of eighteen.
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Series: Yes
All Series Books Released: Yes
Standalone: No
Saga: Yes
Genre: Romance, Rock Star Romance, Erotica Humorous, Contemporary Romance, Women’s Fiction

Pain turns me on
Danger lights me up
But she sets me on fire

It’s my turn to fight the shady Organization that’s dug its goddamn claws into every business in my town. Setting up my trap while keeping my friends safe is a challenge—and my private life shouldn’t interfere with my mission.
Except it does. Because the only way to reach the center of the web is to crawl right into the spider’s lair—and that turns out to be the Cronin Scarlet Hotel. Luxury hotel with a kink, and my regular haunt.
The perfect way in. Nobody will bat an eye if I ask for my usual relief from stress in one of their stylish pain rooms with some random girl who likes to dom. It will only take a phone call.
But there’s one complication: Mia.
A very s*xy complication.
She works at the hotel as a maid, and she’s prim and proper and damn pretty. So buttoned up, her gaze so icy when she looks at me, she pushes all my buttons. I want to tie her up, I want her to tie me up, I want to try every filthy kink possible with her.
But she doesn’t want anything to do with me ever since I kissed her. One searing hot kiss and I was lost, but she pushed me away.
Why do I want a girl who’s nothing like the women I usually go for? A girl who doesn’t want me. And how the hell am I going to keep my mind on taking down the corrupt Organization when she’s around?

*Warning: this book contains graphic language, sex, and violence. Mature readers only. Not intended for young readers.*

ROOK is the third book in the bestselling Sex and Bulllets series. It is a full-length standalone New Adult Romantic Suspense novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jo Raven.
 

Originally published in 1907, Twenty Years in a Newspaper Office documents Fred W. Allsopp’s lengthy experience working in the offices of the Arkansas Gazette.

Affectionately dubbed the ‘Old Lady’, Allsopp tells how the Arkansas Gazette experienced fluctuations in size, character, prestige, and volume of business over its eighty-seven years in print, and indeed in the twenty years Allsopp worked there.

Toward the end of his time there, the Gazette reached such a lucrative pinnacle as to afford to print a colour comic section – the marker of highest journalistic success at the time.

Unlike standard, chronological memoirs, Allsopp writes with humour, wit, and with a great sense of fun to create ‘a sort of melange or hodgepodge of things seen, heard, experienced, or imagined’, often pulling together what he calls ‘random sketches of things’ at the Arkansas Gazette. These vivid sketches are interspersed throughout the memoir with articulate and clever poems penned by the author (as well as some published in the paper by its own readers).

Twenty Years in a Newspaper Office is a wonderful insight into journalistic life at the turn of the twentieth century, and makes for a truly vivacious and heart-warming read.

Frederick William Allsopp (1867 – 1946) was an author, newspaperman, book collector, and bookstore owner. Born in Wolverhampton, he moved with his family to Nevada County at the age of 12. After selling newspapers during his youth, he applied for a job at the Arkansas Gazette age just 17, and became the business manager by 1899.

*** Semi-Finalist in the 2017 Faulkner - Wisdom Competition ***

The nation of Lebabolis with its seven sectors stands as a last hope for a ravaged Earth. But Lebabolis demands absolute loyalty from its citizen "Products", who face chemical alteration if they can't or won't follow the law.

Twenty-three-year-old Ana Crucinal is ready to leave Lebabolis and their empty promises behind when she and her sick brother escape with the Action, the Resistance against everything Lebabolis. Ana's no stranger to surviving things like losing her parents, and she's learned to fight for what she wants, because someone has to.

When the Action is put in jeopardy traveling across time for a man who predicted their very world, Ana must decide just how far she'll go for family and survival.

Delicious Crockpot Recipes: A Full Color Crockpot Cookbook for your Slow Cooker

Delicious Crockpot Recipes

A Full Colour Crockpot Cookbook for your Slow Cooker

Do you love delicious, mouth-watering professionally designed crockpot recipes?

Would you like seeing the recipes you are about to cooked in full colour?

Then…

You are probably tired of books with hundred of recipes, difficult to follow, with no pictures at all or low quality images?

Annoyed by the poor quality of the recipes some of the recent slow cooker books are offering?

Are you after something genially new, something that make you wish you would be in your kitchen to start cooking right away?

>>Delicious crockpot recipes is offering what almost no other books in the market are displaying<<

• A full page colour 8.5x11 picture for every recipe.


• Perfectly cooked recipes purposely made to get the highest quality picture result to help you achieve the most beautifully made dishes.


• Completely new recipes, designed form scratch by full-time experienced chefs.


• Full description of numbers of serves per recipe, amount of calories per serve and difficulty.


• An introduction for every recipe that will make you long for the day you finally cook it.


• A step by step, detailed and as long as required description (not just cut and dump style)


• The best cooking tips at the end of each recipe to allow you find the best tricks to finalize it successfully.

Welcome to a wonderfully presented variety of Crockpot Recipes:

• Beef Crockpot Recipes


• Chicken Slow Cooker Recipes


• Fish and Seafood Crock pot Recipes


• Pork Slow Cooker Cookbook


• Soup Slow Cooker Best Sellers


• Stews Crockpot Recipes


• Turkey Slow Cooker Recipes


• Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes


• Chili Crock Pot Recipes


• Desserts Crockpot Cookbook

How Slow Cooking and Crockpot Recipes will improve your Cooking Life

A Christmas fairy tale for all ages!

The Journey of Joseph Winter is a heartwarming holiday story in the tradition of It’s a Wonderful Life and A Miracle on 34th Street.

Joseph Winter is a good and gentle man, but he carries with him the pain and regret of a childhood mistake.

When a package mysteriously arrives on his doorstep, he is invited on a trek that defies logic.

Traveling far from his quaint home in St. Paul into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic, the journey takes him in search of the one man who may be able to help him find peace—Santa Claus.

She’s the love of my life. And now her life is at risk. Because of me.

Being a billionaire isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Especially if you’re a man with my past.
It kills me that I can’t tell Rebecca the truth about the demons that haunt me.
And now it happens.
My enemies go after her.
After the woman I love more than my heart can take.
And our unborn child.
But I won’t let this happen.
Screw them - I’ll protect our family no matter what!

*** This is a full length novel with a happily ever after, no cliffhanger, no cheating, and plenty of steam - grab your copy today! ***

A Luxury Cruise. A Handsome Guitarist. A near perfect holiday!

“Hello”

A simple word that changed my life.

He’s standing in front of me. 

My heart beats faster….my mouth runs dry with lust and desire. 

I’m pretty sure I’m falling for HIM!

His hot muscular body sets a fire in the pit of my stomach…

A burning that races all the way down to my center. 

I can feel that intense heat and the need to have him.

One touch and I experience the most intense electrical sensation in the world.

And when life seems so perfect, he decides to leave!

“I walk through the midnight valley, thinking only of you…

you’re the love of my life and losing you makes me blue…”

I decide to pick up the pieces of my life, but seems like it has a different plan altogether.

A full length standalone holiday romance with bonus content.
Grab your copy today!

A world shrouded in darkness…

For the first time in ebook, here is Andrew J Offutt’s iteration of Robert E. Howard’s character Cormac mac Art, the headstrong Irish Viking who roved and adventured during the time of King Arthur.

Having travelled far and wide, Cormac mac Art and Wulfhere Hausakluifr have finally imprisoned the undying sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. The two heroes suspend him from the mast the ship, finding it is the only way in which he cannot use his magic; but still, he lives.

Bas the Druid soon unveils a prophecy that may change that. They must find a crowned woman and place in her hands the skull of the undying wizard, if the mysterious curse is to be lifted.

All seems well as they set out to find this prophesied woman. But disaster strikes as the evil wizard, unable to escape his fate, vanishes into another dimension – taking the ship and his captors with him…

Cormac and Wulfhere, along with their companions, must find the way to the only person who can destroy Thulsa Doom.

But will they ever find their way home?

Encountering far off lands, hidden places, and captured queens, The Sign of Moonbow follows the journey of two heroes trying to conquer evil once and for all. It is a gripping fantasy adventure featuring Robert E. Howard’s hero Cormac mac Art.

After landing a job as assistant to a handsome CEO, Victoria Westernly feels like her life is finally on the right track. But when she discovers her new boss is the city's most powerful vampire, she'll have to decide whether her attraction to him is worth the risk…

The Kindling Flames Series is a paranormal romance saga with over 2,300 five-star reviews on Goodreads. Dive into a series filled with sexy vampires, werewolves, shifters, Fae folk, and more. Science fiction and urban fantasy romance lovers unite because this series has seven exciting books that readers have compared to other popular vampire romance novels such as: A Shade of Vampire Series by Bella Forest, the Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley Cole, The Sookie Steakhouse Novels (True Blood) by Charlaine Harris, The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead, and The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by J.R. Ward.

Disclosure: This book does end in a cliffhanger like most books in a series do. However, there are six novels already published in this series that can be binge read immediately after.

Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. The Cynfell brothers are the very embodiment of a sinful existence. But could the right woman change that?

Wrath

Locked behind the walls of Lockwood Manor, Julian Cynfell, the Marquess of Lockwood whiles away his days writing angry letters, drinking and sleeping. He never expects his solitude to be interrupted by a brazen American heiress.

An American heiress who is expecting a wedding.

Viola Thompson can’t believe her luck when the English lord she has been corresponding with for the better part of a year asks her to visit him. This has to mean an offer of marriage surely? Finally, Viola will prove to her family and friends that she is more than a ruined woman with no prospects. Not to mention she knows they will be a love match. No one could write such beautiful letters without being the perfect man.

But when she arrives in cold, dreary England to be faced by a foul-tempered, grizzled—albeit in a handsome way—marquess, her dreams of marriage are quickly dashed. Can she draw the lord out of his melancholy ways? And does she even want to remain in England while rumours of three dead wives circulate around Lockwood?

One thing is for certain, this American heiress has never been one to back down from a challenge—especially when not even the Atlantic Ocean could dampen the patent desire running between them.

When the high school’s float explodes five days before the National Farmer’s Day parade, Principal Calvin Finkenbinder sees his chance at the promotion to Superintendent disintegrate. Unless he enlists the help of Ellie Bright, the most annoying, disorganized and kissable woman he knows.

Standing in Principal Fink’s office, again, for driving her daughter to school late, again, Ellie is given two odious choices. Either her straight A daughter receives detention for another tardy that’s not her fault, or Ellie uses her artistic skills and helps the uptight, stringent principal build a new float.

As they scramble to construct the float in time, Ellie’s chaotic life collides with Fink’s methodical plans. A tangle of arguments and decorations leads to a stolen kiss. Underneath their long established animosity is an unexpected passion that threatens to ruin more than just a school float.

When the government enacts Project ELE to preserve the human race after a devastating epidemic, survivors like Willow must adapt to new lives in shelters. But soon, Willow and her friends acquire unusual abilities that have far-reaching consequences. The ELE Series is a now complete Young Adult Science Fiction Romance series with more than 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

In an effort to save the human race, the government has implemented Project ELE. Now, the only chance for survival is to seek refuge in underground shelters controlled by the government.

Willow Mosby is among the select few allowed to enter the underground bunker to wait out the end of the world. Forced to pick up the broken pieces of her life after being separated from her family, she throws herself into a new life of work and school. When she meets Alec, her young and attractive boss, Willow finds herself falling for the one guy who should be off limits.

Alec makes her feel like this crazy new world may just be worth living. But when an afternoon date results in a shocking discovery, she's forced to face an unspeakable truth that puts the lives of her and her friends in jeopardy.

The ELE Series will appeal to fans of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Gender Game by Bella Forrest, Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.

Are you tired of boring novels? Looking for something you can’t put down?

Look no further.

It's time for your operation.

Christian Windsor is a certified genius.

He’s also autistic. Social situations? Not for him. Friends? No thanks.

At 23 years old, with two PhDs, Christian joins the FBI’s most dangerous division. The Exceptional Crimes Unit.

His first assignment? A serial killer on a rampage. Nicknamed The Surgeon, he’s cutting the eyeballs out of women.

That’s not the only psychopath lurking in the shadows, though. There’s another, and Christian can’t see him: his partner. The world renowned psychiatrist, Luke Titan.

Bodies are showing up with dark holes instead of eyes, and Christian is racing against time to understand The Surgeon’s identity before more die.


Can he stop The Surgeon, though, before his own partner kills him?
 

If you like Stephen King or The Silence of the Lambs, you’ll love this taught psychological thriller. Get this book today because you won’t be able to put it down!

Partial Author Interview from Thriller Fiction Monthly

Question: Let’s get the obvious one out of the way. What are you trying to do when you write a book?

David Beers: I think all of us are looking for an escape from reality. We find it at the movies, in alcohol or drugs, and even books. For me, when the story is flowing, my purpose is to sweep the reader away. Not forever. They’ve got to go back to their family at some point, but, while they have my book open, I want them lost in it. I want them desperate to see what’s on the next page.

Question: Do you think you succeed?

David Beers: From my perspective, any writer worth his salt writes with some self doubt. I have a core group of fans who are very loyal, and very honest with me, and I truly value their feedback. So, if I asked them, I think they would say I succeed almost all the time. That’s why they love my work. The good thing, though, is that if you don’t like it, you can return it within 7 days and get a full refund. So you might be trying out a new author, but there’s really no risk.

Question: Talk about pricing a bit. You’ve got these major publishers charging $13.99 and $14.99 for an e-book, and here you are charging under 5 bucks. What makes you do it?

David Beers: That’s a great question. To me, it’s an incredible advantage to price so much less. I would put my novels up against any of theirs all day long, but I’m giving customers a tremendous value. For less than a McDonald’s meal, you’re going to get a lot of entertainment. For many people, I’m a new author, and so taking a chance on me with their hard earned dollars isn’t the easiest choice. My pricing makes it easy. You can get my books for under $5. Try that with any other major publishing houses. So, customers are getting a much better deal when they buy my books. It’s a win-win.