Your calendar is overloaded with meetings. Your inbox is filled with unread email. You hear the ringing of buzzwords and corporate jargon in your head. In other words, it’s a typical workday.

Your job might be rewarding, and you might even enjoy your day, if not for these annoyances.

Isn’t this just 'normal’ for a corporate job? Does it have to be this way?

No. There is a better approach.

Live and Let Work is a new mindset for the corporate employee. It looks at all of the little things that we take for granted in the work environment - email, meetings, presentations, jargon, goals, and more - and frames them with a new perspective. A perspective that says we can gain control and even enjoy these things. A perspective that says we don't have to waste our lives being bored and overworked.

Live and Let Work begins by covering the following aspects of the corporate workday:

• Email

• Meetings

• Presentations

• Motivation and Efficiency

The book then covers a set of soft skills that are critical in the corporate job / work environment:

• Word Choice

• Jargon

• Setting Expectations

• Setting Goals

• Be Yourself

This book is a call to action: Remove the obstacles from the corporate environment and replace them with the things that allow you to gain control and be effective. Make room to be yourself and enjoy your day. Learn to Live and Let Work!

Cameron loves nothing more than Halloween.

To Cameron, Halloween is the best time of the year, from the candy and decorations to dressing up and scaring visitors in a haunted maze. When an investor is about to end Halloween Fest forever by buying the farm that hosts it, Cameron will fight to the end. He's not sure why someone who's never seen a horror movie in his life wants to be his ally-and-a-whole-lot-more, but he's not going to turn down a hot, dedicated guy like Parker, even if they have nothing in common.

Parker loves nothing more than his job.

Dragon shifter Parker Blackburn doesn't have time to spend his evening in a haunted maze with his friends. There's a district of shifters depending on him to find a solution to their problems and arguments, and Parker is wholly dedicated to his job. But when he meets his fated mate -- still gorgeous even dressed as a zombie and trying to scare him -- Parker has to learn a new set of skills. How to talk to a massive horror movie geek who doesn't know anything about shifters, for one.

When Parker reveals the truth about himself, what little common ground Cameron thought they had is turned upside down. With Parker flying high and Cameron feeling low, they'll have to find their way back to each other in order to save the farm -- and maybe their relationship too.

Halloween Dragon is a m/m paranormal dragon shifter/human romance with a HEA and no cliffhangers. It is the second book in the Lewiston Dragons series, following Protector Dragon and followed by Wedding Dragon. All books can be read separately.

Question: what is high-powered banker, Wes Cartwright, to do when someone dumps the animals from a petting zoo on his family’s abandoned ranch in Montana? Answer: Head home to Apple Pie Creek, Montana.

Question: what is Florida native and Christmas card artist, Felicity Perez, supposed to do when her new boss insists on sending her somewhere cold and snowy to inspire new designs? Answer: visit her cousin in some place called Apple Pie Creek, Montana, of course.

Join Wes and Felicity for a love and laughter filled adventure neither of them will ever forget…in this clean and wholesome story of second chances and coming home, can they restore the Cartwright homestead in time to save it from being sold off? Can they convince Wes’s siblings to forgive the past, come back to their small-town roots, and repair their broken family? And can Wes and Felicity find the one true love that has eluded them both?

Cynthia Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 romances. Join her in Apple Pie Creek, Montana where clean and wholesome romance is alive and well. There will be love, laughter, and shenanigans aplenty in this sweet and whimsical series about six single siblings coming back home to save the family ranch, heal old wounds, and just maybe, find true love.

"A delightfully light and refreshing read....Ms. Dees never lets me down...What fun. Five stars! Highly recommend..."

Hope for Hurting Parents

You remember the dreams you had when your child was born. The innocence and possibilities. But lately, things have taken a troubling turn. Sure, you do your best to keep up appearances in public. But you live in constant worry about what’s happening behind your teenager’s closed bedroom door.

Now it’s time to turn the tide with The E.M.B.R.A.C.E. Parenting Method:

✓ Escape the endless cycle of “fight or flight” conflict.

✓ Use simple strategies designed to quickly diffuse tension.

✓ Reconnect with your inner teen to find common ground and uncover root issues.

✓ Break through the defensive wall your teen has built up by accessing vulnerable parts of each other’s hearts.

✓Create new patterns of relating that will build genuine friendship that lasts a lifetime.

Get ready to discover a biblical, graced-based approach to parenting teens that offers hope and healing for your entire family.

Tales of Ghosts, Crimes, and the Paranormal: The Ghostly Visitation

A Sycamore Grove Ghostly Cozy Mystery

“Excuse me. Can we help you?” I wonder if she forgot to tell me someone else was helping us. The man looks up at me, shocked, while Maddie looks at me like I have three heads.

“Who are you talking to?” Her head whips around, clearly not seeing what I’m seeing.

Great. It’s official. I’m losing my mind. “Please tell me you can see him.” I point in the man’s direction at the man who’s still staring at me.

“You see me?” he asks, standing.

“Stay right there. Don’t move a muscle!”

“Eden, you’re kind of freaking me out. I don’t see anyone. We’re the only two back here.”

When Eden Kyle, an artist and tarot reader, moves to Sycamore Grove to help her niece develop a new store as a business, she starts seeing and hearing ghosts in the building where she is visiting. She soon has an encounter with the spirit of a recently murdered man who had been staying at the local B and B.

Eden gets pulled into figuring out who killed him.

Will she be able to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding his death?

Miranda Rose Barker brilliantly combines engaging storytelling and nail-biting intrigue into a fascinating story. Fans of ghost cozy mystery fiction novels and amateur women sleuths will love The Ghostly Visitation, the first book in this exciting cozy mystery series that will captivate readers from the very first page.

And fans of the author's Tansy & Hank Pet Psychic Cozy Mystery Series will be delighted to visit again with some old friends from those books - and make some new friends - in this current series.

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We all know that picking mushrooms in the wild and eating them is risky.

But what if you had the knowledge and information you need to forage efficiently, safely, and effectively?

Perhaps you were not aware that there were edible mushrooms within the Pacific Northwest, or maybe you did know, but you aren’t confident enough to forage for mushrooms.

All that is about to change.

Foraging Mushrooms Identification Field Guide of the Pacific Northwest is the only guidebook that you need to start foraging for mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest.

This book will teach you about different parts of the mushroom, different mushroom species, and the right seasons to look for them.

It will guide you through every single step, from foraging in the first to serving on your dining table.

The best part? It is published in color, so you can truly understand each mushroom.

Inside Foraging Mushrooms Identification Field Guide of the Pacific Northwest, discover:

• everything you need to know about the Pacific Northwest

• how to harvest mushrooms in the wild

• recipes for cooking your harvested mushrooms

• what mushrooms are edible

Grab a copy of Foraging Mushrooms Identification Field Guide of the Pacific Northwest today!

Most people could never kill without regret.

I don't have that luxury. I'm an artificial creation who exists solely to follow the orders of a tyrannical maniac. Death is the only constant I know.

I want more, so I'm running.

What lies beyond the realm of my former master, presents a whole new set of problems, including a mistake that lands me at death's door. I accept that. Welcome it, really. For a relic of war, death is my inevitable release.

But fate is a fickle creature.

When a dragon saves me—a creature said to be long extinct—then offers me a chance at revenge, I don't know what to believe. Trust gets people killed, but something is different about this creature.

Will he give me the freedom I desire, or is my fate sealed when I agree to his terms?

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EXPERIMENTAL HEART (Complete Series)
Destiny (#1)
Pieces (#2)
Secrets (#3)
Exposed (#4)
Surrendered (#5)
Reborn (#6)

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Note: Like all of Shannon Pemrick's work, the Experimental Heart series contains strong language, violence, substance use, love scenes, and difficult situations.

It’s November in Chicago. Still healing from an encounter with the Corn Flakes Killer, Lieutenant Michelle “Mickey” Rooney and her partner, Sam Tanner, head out into the snowy night to investigate four seemingly unrelated drug killings. They appear to be run-of-the-mill drug deals gone bad…until witnesses at one of the crime scenes report that they saw the shooting. And they have overheard the name of the killer: Esteban Fernandez.

Mickey and the Chicago PD notify the Federal authorities, thanks to a new Federal APB on Fernandez. Fernandez has been declared a threat to National Security, and all movements are to be reported.

Justice Security has been given a government contract: find Esteban Fernandez and stop him. Bring him in for trial if possible, but stop him. When word reaches them that Fernandez is in Chicago, Joey Justice, his partners, and their FBI liaison, Marcus Moore, move quickly to the Windy City, and they take over the investigation.

They also take over Mickey Rooney and Sam Tanner, and draft them into the biggest crime case in Chicago’s history…a crime case that Mickey will never be allowed to talk about.

Action, humor, and a two-night-romance for Mickey and Marcus…find out what happens when Justice Security takes on insane Mexican drug cartel leader, Esteban Fernandez, in the Windy City! Read T. M. Bilderback’s novel, inspired by the classic song performed by Paper Lace, The Night Chicago Died!

This is a republished story that has been completely rewritten and re-edited. It also has new content and added chapters. It is the start of a nine-book series.

Being a single dad isn’t easy, especially when tragedy strikes. Going back home is his best option. The last thing he expects to find is love...

Jaron McAllister thought nothing would ever change in the small town where he grew up. The same bullies would harass him for being gay, and no one would really care. Still, Pickleville holds less danger for his six-year-old son than his rundown neighborhood in the city.

Despite his low expectations, he finds Pickleville isn’t the same old tired farming town, although two things remain the same. The same bully wants to drag him down. And Travis Heath is still the hottest guy in town. And somehow Jaron has gained both of their attention. One offers nothing but pain. The other offers a love he’s not sure he should trust.

From the author of the Rainbow Awards honorably mentioned, The Journey of Jimini Renn and the Saint Lakes Series comes the first book in the Pickleville series. The book features a single father trying to do what’s best for his child and a sexy farmer who has looked for love in all the wrong places until he meets Jaron McAllister.

Welcome to Banford, where townsfolk are family, tea is hot, and murder is inevitable.

Cassie Bridgestone’s life is simple. Along with running her country décor shop, she loves to cuddle her cat, sip tea, attend church, and watch birds.

But then, things go awry.

First, the handsome but mysterious Daniel opens a bookstore in her building and challenges her to face long-buried feelings about her previous relationship.

Then, a friendly fishing tournament turns deadly and her friend is accused of murder, throwing Cassie’s world into a tailspin she might never recover from.

Unless she finds the real killer.

But the folks in Banford have secrets. Secrets they’ll do anything to protect, including bringing Cassie’s life to a quick and surreptitious end.

Fishers of Menace is the first book in the Faith and Foils Cozy Mystery Series

RECOMMENDED by the US Review of Books
2022 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite

There are those who are born into loving families and then there are the less fortunate who must forge their own families through strong friendships.

At a local small library in New York City, one such family was born. And just like so many capricious happenstances in life, this family unit embraced newcomers and grew exponentially. But this clan was also charged with far more than spreading love and joy and a sense of belonging. This clan was formed by divine Providence to help save the planet.

Gabrielle Bernstein, the MC of Like a Lily Among the Thorns, is a woman in her twenties and has started her career as a librarian at a NYC public library. Abandoned by her father as a young girl and now orphaned by her deranged mother, Gabby longs for a family connection. Coincidentally, she finds this connection at the same time she inherits a B&B in Vermont from her estranged and now deceased father. This enchanted inn is under the watchful eye of goddesses of myth and legend who have been tasked to save mankind from destroying itself and this planet. These goddesses will use their powers to try and stall the onslaught of the effects of droughts, floods, and rising temperatures. But as a safety net they have collected human saviors all over the planet to erect safe havens at high altitudes away from flood waters and blistering temperatures.

Woven through this tale is Gabrielle’s inherent understanding that she must be grateful, mindful, and present in this journey called life.

A dying wish brought her home. Can the promise of happily ever after keep her there?

When the grief-stricken Andi Calloway loses her mother, she leaves her with one final wish: Stay in her hometown Bayshore Beach and pursue her dream of becoming a published author.

So when Andi discovers a want-ad for an assistant to the famous novelist Ford Delaney, it’s the break she’s been waiting for.

However, he has deep wounds in his past; he’s as moody and sullen as he is handsome.

Ford senses Andi might be the one to redeem him. But falling for him just might ruin her dreams and break her mother’s final wish in the process.

The year is 1944…

Seventeen-year-old Phee Swensson, a gifted pianist who lives in Algona, Iowa, is stressing about her senior year of high school while caring for her family after her mother’s death. When her pastor father takes her to visit the nearby prisoner of war camp, the last thing she expects to find is friendship with a German POW who shares her passion for music.

After she is recruited as the accompanist for the POW choir, Phee begins to spend more time with her new friend who she initially considers “the enemy.” But their friendship strengthens, and inevitably, they fall in love, a forbidden love. But Phee is a pastor’s daughter, and her conflicting feelings torment her. Can she set aside her conditioned beliefs and follow her heart? And if she does, what will be the result?

Their love deepens, but as the moment draws near for the POWs to leave Camp Algona after the war ends, Phee has a life-altering decision to make.

Read now for a moving historical fiction story set in small-town America during World War II. Young readers and adults alike will fall for this first-love story featuring age-gap angst, thrilling suspenseful nights, and impossible life decisions. My Mother’s Friend contains both a past storyline and a more contemporary one to tell its timeless story.

Determined to rescue her parents, she sets out to recruit a team! When she met the handsome general that didn't blink twice at her true form, her traitorous heart forgot he is her enemy.

On a prison planet for banished elementals stripped of their magic... Astra discovers she is not just any simple elemental. Her parents have kept her true identity hidden from the rest of the world until... they have gone missing right after they are accused of leading an insurgency in their dystopian elemental society on the alien planet.

Determined to find and rescue her parents, Astra assembles a team of young elementals like herself and plots a course across the treacherous Shadow Island to reach the portal to Earth.

Along the way, it wasn't just the mutant aliens she had to go up against, but the group must also face the wrath of the Elements.

When the journey unearths the secrets that had been buried since before her birth, Astra can only hope not to crumble under the massive weight of the expectations of those who think she is the key to leading the elementals out of their banishment.

Read now for an exciting young adult fantasy story. Featuring a dystopian alien planet, a slow build teen romance, and lots of epic magic action and adventure with the girl on a mission and crazy twists along with a volcano or two!

Glory or Family?

Calin has a bright future as the top Alchemy student in the entire Academy, and the clans are lining up to woo him.
But when tragedy hits his family, Calin must make a choice. Stay at the academy and continue his rise as a powerful cultivator or leave and risk everything to help his little sister.

An exciting Western Cultivation fantasy with progression, monsters and no harem.

It’s been less than a year since Silvia Amichi found out the things that go bump in the night are real. On her way home from the main faction of vampires, she’s abducted by a vampire clan that rarely listens to the main faction. She find out that certain vampires that she put her trust in was misplaced and they rolled her. Does she want to use the “Get out of this whole vampire mess free card” and leave this whole vampire world behind? Otherwise, she’ll be thrown into gladiatorial-like fights and if she wants to try to make it home by this route, it’s going to take more than her fighting prowess to win. Will Silvia find a way to overcome her odds; will she be stuck in the sexist compound for the rest of her human life or will she chose to be free of this immortal plan?

Join Silvia's adventure as she fights her way through this action packed urban fantasy!

NOTE: This book is set up to be stand alone or read in a series. It’s full of action-packed fights, swordplay, amusing banter mild gory scenes and an emotional hit or two.

Is it love or addiction?

Seventeen-year-old Gertrude Morgan, the only child of one of the wealthiest couples in America, is shipped away from her home in New York City to the American school in Athens against her will. But the city of Athens has secrets.

Her host family calls them "tramps." In Greek, they are called vrykolakas, or "vryks," which sometimes gets translated to "freaks." They are the vampires of Athens, created centuries ago by the Maenads. They live in caves beneath the acropolis without economic resources and according to rules imposed on them by the Olympians. First and foremost, they are forbidden from turning humans into vampires. The human will not turn unless all of the blood is drained, so a vampire is allowed to drink up to one pint per month from a willing mortal. Some mortals are willing because a vampire bite will infect the body for six hours, and during that time, the mortal has the powers of the vampire: flight, invisibility, strength, speed, x-ray vision, and mind control. Such great power can become irresistible, though dangerous and addicting to mortals...

As seventeen-year-old Gertie, studying abroad from New York, uncovers the unfathomable secrets of this ancient city, she becomes involved with a handsome vampire. Is it love that attracts her, or the temporary powers from his bite? She's more confused when her heart is drawn to the vampire's enemy--a demigod sworn to protect the city--and she becomes an unwitting catalyst to war.

This series shares the word of The Underworld Saga.

PG 13: Contains violence, mild language, and no sex.

"Loved it! I like how Eva intertwined Greek mythology with the legend of vampires."--Rebecca Bryant, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

"As a reader of vampire novels I can say I thoroughly enjoyed this book."--Flhawe, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

"Fantastic book with more substance and vividness than most books in this genre. The portraying of the characters is Multi faceted as every real person is, complete with pro and cons and this is exceptionally well done. . . .These characters becomes living and very vivid, In the readers mind. Adding to an already outstanding read is the enchanting location in modern day Athens. This book is definitely addictive and alluring, and makes me as the reader crave the next book as well. A great and sincere thanks to the author for creating this amazing tale."--Sinsational, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

"Terrific read! What a wonderful book! A different vampire book that looks at them from another direction. This book was a fantastic read and was extremely hard to put down!"--Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

"I decided to read a little before going to sleep. I started reading and at 5:00 a.m I finished the book. It was that good! Totally worth no sleep, and that's saying a lot since I have 3 children at home. . . .Page by page I couldn't wait to see how the story would unfold. I am hooked and will be reading all 3 in this trilogy."--Erika the book lover, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

"This is my first time reading her & I read this straight thru. It was absolutely amazing and I loved that I was able to remember so much of the Greek mythology. As soon as I am able I plan on buying book 2/3. Bravo!"--Sue Harding, Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

Grab your copy to begin the exciting adventure today!

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Deadly radiation from a passing comet is about to destroy life on Earth.

In desperation, the U.S. Government constructs a series of underground shelters to protect as many people as possible. They are expected to be underground for 20 years before returning back to the surface.

But can they survive their time within the confines of the underground shelter... and what will they find when they finally emerge?

A parallel story to 'The Ark', 'The Anvil' is a riveting story of survival and courage in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting.

A green lieutenant. A ruthless enemy. A heart-rending choice that will haunt him the rest of his life. If he lives.

Korea 1950. Jonas Stuyvesant's silver spoon upbringing has not prepared him for the horrors of war. When Communist North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Jonas finds himself leading his platoon against a well-trained, battle-hardened army. Soviet-made tanks break through the American lines. These are not the pitchfork-wielding peasants he expected. What should have been an easy victory turns into a devastating rout. Jonas and his men begin their retreat down the Peninsula, fighting a rear-guard action.

Backed against an unforgiving sea with no hope of relief, his shell-shocked troops hunker down for a suicidal last stand. Grasping for any way to save the remnants of his platoon, Jonas strikes a surprise blow against the North Koreans. When the enemy hurls a massive counterattack at him, Jonas is caught in the vise: be overrun or make an unthinkable sacrifice.

Forgotten Valor: A Novel of the Korean War is a visceral work of historical fiction covering the first three months of America's forgotten war. If you live for gritty details seen through a soldier's eyes, you'll love Richard Thomas Lane's story of courage under fire. Buy it Now!

Calin has found a way to help his sister, but the life of a wandering cultivator is proving to be dangerous and yet exciting.

With the help of his new sidekick Song, Calin is working to find cures for other aspiring cultivators, while growing stronger and finding his way in the world.

But when a dark secret from Song's past comes to light this dynamic duo is put in danger and Calin doesn't know if he can trust her or if she is going to be the death of him!

An exciting progression cultivation fantasy for fans of series like Cradle, Thousand Li and He Who Fights With Monsters