Chicagolandby Aaron Rath

Featuring awkwardly bad dates, crazy-talented friends, tongue-twisting word play, and confused, beer-soaked soul-searching, Chicagoland is part humorous and heartbreaking coming-of-age novel, part travel log, and one-hundred-percent un-put-down-able.

After eking out a physics degree from a small liberal arts college, Scott Duluoz finds himself in Chicagoland, where he tries to adjust to a grown-up, 9-to-5, earn-more-than-you-spend lifestyle. Looming college debts, bumper-to-bumper commutes, and lousy pay try to keep Scott’s dreams from becoming reality. But Scott knows there’s adventure waiting for him–if only he can figure out how to start.

Marriage and Murder (Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Book 4)by Dianne Harman

From Amazon All Star Author – Dianne Harman

After a long courtship, Kelly, the owner of Kelly’s Koffee Shop, and Mike, the county sheriff, finally get married. Their honeymoon is cut short when Jesse, the owner of the local wine store called ‘The Crush’ gets murdered. Why would anyone want to murder Jesse, a likeable and legendary wine expert?

There are a number of suspects including his ex-wife, an alcoholic who hates liquor stores, a Mafia hit man, a wealthy French woman, two winemaking brothers, and even his sister. But who did it? Join Kelly, Mike, and their dogs, Rebel and Lady, as they seek to find the killer. Along the way, you’ll find lots of good food and mouth-watering recipes.

This is the fourth book in the best-selling Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series.

To find out more about Dianne and her books visit her web site at www.DianneHarman.com

Enemy Women (P.S.)by Paulette Jiles

For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison.

But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom.

Now an escaped “enemy woman,” Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.

Ask Again Laterby Jill A. Davis

Emily has a tendency to live with one foot out the door. For her, the best thing about a family crisis is the excuse to cut and run. When her mother dramatically announces they’ve found a lump, Emily gladly takes a rain check on life to be by her mother’s side, leaving behind her career, her boyfriend, and those pesky, unanswerable questions about who she is and what she’s doing with her life.

But back in her childhood bedroom, Emily realizes that she hasn’t run fast or far enough. One evening, while her mother calls everyone in her Rolodex to brief them on her medical crisis and schedule a farewell martini, Emily opens the door, quite literally, to find her past staring her in the face. How do you forge a relationship with the father who left when you were five years old? As Emily attempts to find balance on the emotional seesaw of her life, with the help of two hopeful suitors and her Park Avenue Princess sister, she takes a no-risk job as a receptionist at her father’s law firm and slowly gets to know the man she once pretended was dead.

From the brainy, breezy writer who…

Just Evil (The Evil Secrets Trilogy Book 1)by Vickie McKeehan

The Evil Secrets Trilogy

Three friends believe they’ve escaped the evil clutches haunting them since childhood until a stranger brings revenge full circle.

Just Evil

A survivor of an abusive childhood, Kit Griffin cherishes her new life of freedom. But when her tyrannical mother is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day, the horrors of her past threaten to destroy her. When she becomes the prime suspect, when the body count continues to rise, Kit must convince the police there’s a cold-blooded killer on the loose, a killer working his way down a mysterious list of victims all connected to her mother’s evil–a killer who has Kit Griffin in his sights.

Slightly Stalky: A Romantic Comedy Walks Into a Bar… (Slightly Series Book 1)by Amy Vansant

Emily never expected to find love in a dart bar, but the moment she spots tall, sexy Sebastian, she’s determined to catch his eye.

Ex-girlfriends, perpetually shirtless rich boys, frantic best-friends and a mysterious orange handbag converge to stop her.

No one said stalking was easy, but if romance was left to the boys, the human race would die out while they logged fantasy football points and punched each other in the balls.

Everyone knows that.

Emily’s not stalking Sebastian…she’s saving the world.

Wolf’s Desire (Caedmon Wolves)by Ambrielle Kirk

After Keira’s husband is brutally murdered, she is more than just alone but vulnerable to threats and tangled in a web of greed. Her decisions lead her into a corner, and safety is jeopardized.

Aiden, a Council member of the Caedmon Pack, has never failed when it comes to fulfilling the terms of his employment contract. When he is hired to protect an heiress, he doesn’t plan on her being the only woman to bring both challenge and purpose in his life. Without hesitation, he vows to keep the grieving Keira safe—even from himself.

Keira trusts Aiden unconditionally and finds joy whenever they are together, but can love transcend a tragedy? Aiden’s urge to protect her is just as great as his desire to claim her. Once the passion is unleashed and fueled by the need to have all of her, the wolf will accept nothing less than his mate.

City of the Reptiliansby Xaiver Morden

Steven Cross, a man from a small town in Colorado goes climbing to the nearby mountains. As a result of a sudden and strong earthquake, several rifts open in the ground. From one of these, a mysterious artificial light drifts toward the surface. Giving in for his curiosity, the young man descends into the narrow hole. What he finds down there changes his life forever. A hidden, underground alien civilization opens up in front of him and holds him captive. During his adventures secrets are revealed like how humankind was created, and a danger which could wipe the human civilization from the face of the earth.

Who Stole My Spandex?: Midlife Musings from a Middle-Aged MILFby Marcia Kester Doyle

Take a ride on the wild side in the nuthouse that Marcia Kester Doyle calls home. From couples’ colonoscopies to nightmare holidays to disappearing spandex, no topic–no matter how crazy or unimaginable–is off-limits. Who Stole My Spandex? Midlife Musings from a Middle-Aged MILF is a witty selection of stories from the author’s madcap world of menopausal pitfalls, wardrobe malfunctions, and a family full of pranksters. This clever compilation includes laugh-out-loud pieces like “Queen of Klutz,” “One Size Fits None,” and “Hands off my Egg Roll!” With a heavy dose of self-deprecating humor, and just a dash of sentiment, this marvelous collection of anecdotes will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt the call of nature at exactly the wrong time. This is rogue humor at its finest!

Cut from the Same Cloth: A Humorous Traditional Regency Romance (My Notorious Aunt Book 3)by Kathleen Baldwin

Praise for Cut from the Same Cloth:

“…believable characters with realistic traits, humor, and a bit of danger to create a wondrous painting that will linger in your mind’s eye long after you finish the story. Terrific!” – HUNTRESS REVIEWS, Detra Fitch, 5 stars

“I love these “Aunt Honore” books … wonderful characters.” – CleanRomanceReviews.com

“…a charming book, with the lightness and freshness of a sunny day in the park.” – Yvonne Choi, Rakehell Reviews

“a humorous and enchanting tale with intrigue and danger” – Romantic Times, 4 Stars

Cut from the Same Cloth, A Humorous Traditional Regency, Book Three – My Notorious Aunt

Aunt Honore is up to her old tricks, only now she’s meddling in her mysterious nephew’s life…

Why does the powerfully built, golden-haired, Lord St. Evert dress like an overdone Dandy? His outlandish wardrobe belies the hard unyielding lines of his face. Whoever he is, he’s ruining Elizabeth Hampton’s desperate scheme to secure a rich husband. Terribly vexing, to arrive at the most fashionable Breakfast Party of the Season wearing a perfectly stunning Chinese silk gown, only to discover Lord St. Evert is clad in unmentionables cut from identical cloth.

Humiliating. And insufferable! Why,…

Raspberries and Vinegar (A Farm Fresh Romance Book 1)by Valerie Comer

Farm Living at its Fictional Best!

Christian Contemporary Romance with a Farm Lit Flair

Sweet like Raspberries. Tart like Vinegar.

Josephine Shaw: complex, yet singleminded. A tiny woman with big ideas and, some would say, a mouth to match. But what does she really know about sustainable living as it relates to the real world? After all, she and her two friends are new to farming.

Zachary Nemesek is back only until his dad recovers enough to work his own land again. When Zach discovers three helpless females have taken up residence at the old farm next door, he expects trouble. But a mouse invasion proves Jo has everything under control. Is there anything she can’t handle? And surely there’s something sweet beneath all that tart.

WINNER: The Word Award for Best Contemporary Romance of 2013!

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Raspberries and Vinegar is the first novel in the Farm Fresh Romance series. These inspirational romance tales follow the adventures, romantic and otherwise, of a group…

The Cavanaugh Houseby Elizabeth Meyette

When Jesse Graham unlocks the door to the deserted house she inherited from her Aunt Helen, she doesn’t realize she’s unlocking secrets that had lain dormant for years. Reeling from a broken engagement to acclaimed musician Robert Cronmiller, Jesse wants to leave the city where her name is linked to his in all the society pages. Her best friend Maggie, aka Sister Angelina, convinces her to take a job at a private girls school in the pastoral Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Anticipating a quiet, revitalizing life in her aunt’s deserted house, Jesse is instead thrown into a maze of danger. Questions about her aunt’s death lead Jesse to investigate events surrounding it and the people involved, but she uncovers a web of deceit that reaches far beyond the occurrences of over two decades earlier. Still dejected from her broken engagement, Jesse finds it difficult to trust anyone, even her self-absorbed mother. Joe Riley is irresistible, but secrets obstruct involvement with him until Jesse can solve the secrets of the Cavanaugh House. Someone doesn’t want those secrets unearthed and will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep them hidden.

Essential Yoga: An Illustrated Guide to over 100 Yoga Poses and Meditationby Olivia H. Miller

From the author of the best-selling Yoga Deck comes Essential Yoga—the only hatha yoga book to offer this many poses (over 100), this many illustrations (over 180), and this many suggested sequences (over 50). Practical and interactive, it focuses on the poses themselves, providing clear, concise instructions and detailed illustrations for each, all in a lay-flat format that’s easy to refer to during yoga practice. It also includes six classic moving meditations (such as Sun Salutation and Camel Vinyasa), 10 beginner-to-advanced sessions, and 48 mini-sequences designed to build strength for specific activities or alleviate health problems. Essential Yoga combines physical poses (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayamas), and meditations (dhyanas) into a simple and complete reference guide for yoga practitioners of all levels. Along the way, author Olivia Miller provides guidance on proper technique and alignment; modifications for beginners or those with knee, neck, or back pain; suggestions for preventing injury; and ways to keep a regular practice interesting and active. For beginners as muchas experts looking for one complete book that has it all, Essential Yoga is it.

The Unbalancing Actby Kristen Lynn

Mommy’s in the psych ward.

Vada Bower, mini-van princess and stay-at-home mother of three, appears to have it all together. No one would ever suspect this always smiling “supermom” to be ridden with anxiety, on antidepressants, or to have an internal dialogue that makes the f-bomb sound like a nursery rhyme.

Vada not only lives with obsessive-compulsive disorder, but suffers from one of the most common dilemmas of motherhood: putting everyone else’s needs before her own. Overwhelmed and pushed to her limit, Vada finds herself in a mental institution. It is in the “nuthouse” where she joins an interesting group of women, all with their own unique stories, including a roommate who she swears has to be “bath salts crazy.” After learning more and more about these women, Vada realizes that her maternal instincts do not have an off-switch. She once again puts herself on the back burner to star in her forever role as the caregiver. Only this time, things do not necessarily work out according to her plan. Vada is in way over her head, and finds that her own mental issues will backfire on her in a way that she never could have imagined.

3 LIES: A Masters Thriller (The Masters CIA Thriller Series Book 1)by Helen Hanson

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The 3 LIES story continues with Book 2 of The Masters CIA Thriller Series — THE MASTERS’ KEY.

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Terrorists? Or someone more sinister . . .

On hiatus from the corporate treadmill, Clint finds love to last a lifetime in Beth. While she recovers from kidney failure through dialysis, Beth is kidnapped from her home. But Clint’s the only one who suspects foul play in her disappearance. In spite of the evidence, her family refuses to admit she’s in danger. And without routine dialysis, Beth won’t survive.

Five hundred miles south, the case attracts the attention of spy trackers at the CIA. Can Clint find Beth before her kidneys fail or her abductors unload a bullet in his head?

An espionage and suspense thriller with a techno bent, 3 LIES is set along the Massachusetts coast.

How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dyingby Lyla Blake Ward

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Mastering the CPLP: How to Successfully Prepare for-and Pass!-the CPLP Knowledge Exam (Owl’s Ledge CPLP Mastery Series Book 1)by Trish Uhl

Achieve CPLP Knowledge Exam success faster, easier, and your first time through!

Are you preparing for the CPLP Knowledge Exam? Are you looking for ways to make the study process more manageable?

Outlining a systematic, step-by-step study process, “Mastering the CPLP” assists CPLP candidates in decreasing their study time and improving their exam scores by helping them to get organized and to focus on the exam content that matters most.

This book is an ideal resource for delegates who seek to validate their skills and knowledge against a globally recognized professional standard, as this book helps those professionals prepare a personalized, individual study plan for achieving success on the CPLP Knowledge Exam – the first phase of the CPLP certification process.

• Features proven strategies and planning techniques for study preparation

• Provides access to bonus materials, including a link to sample practice questions, flashcards, and ancillary materials

This book is must-have preparation for those looking to take the CPLP Knowledge Exam in order to strengthen their resume.

PRAISE FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS:

- “Trish Uhl is the last word in CPLP prep, taking it far from its American roots to far-flung corners…

Guitar Adventures: A Fun, Informative, and Step-By-Step 60-Lesson Guide to Chords, Beginner & Intermediate Levels, with Companion Lesson and Play-Along Videos (Steeplechase Guitar Instruction)by Damon Ferrante

This interactive book and video course is all that you will need to get started learning to play the guitar!

Guitar Instructor and Music Professor, Damon Ferrante guides you through step-by-step, easy-to-follow lessons (from beginner to intermediate levels) and 30 streaming video lessons that will will greatly improve your guitar technique, song repertoire, creativity, and understanding of music.

This guitar method, used by thousands of guitar students, is designed to be interactive, engaging and fun!

Whether you are teaching yourself guitar or learning with a music instructor, this book and video course will take your guitar playing to a whole new level!

No Music Experience or Music Reading is Required!

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Guitar Adventures covers:

* How to Play Rock, Blues, Gospel, Pop and Jazz Songs
* Parts of the Guitar
* Strumming Techniques
* Beginner Guitar Techniques
* Rock, Reggae, Rockabilly, and Funk Guitar Techniques
* Guitar Licks and Riffs
* Basic Music Theory
* Major Chords
* Minor Chords
* Power Chords
* Barre Chords
* Dominant 7th Chords
* Minor 7th Chords
* Major 7th Chords
* How to Play Open Chords…

For Love or Legacy (Book 2) (Legacy Collection)by Ruth Cardello

New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author!

Book 2: For Love or Legacy

Nicole Corisi will lose her inheritance if she doesn’t find a way around the terms of her father’s will, but she will have to partner up with her estranged brother’s rival to do it. As pretense becomes painfully real, Nicole will have to choose between Stephan and the family he is driven to destroy.

Stephan Andrade has been planning his revenge ever since Dominic Corisi unscrupulously took over his father’s company. With Corisi Enterprises gambling its reputation on the success of a new software network for China, Stephan finally has his chance to take back his legacy. Dominic’s younger sister, Nicole, asks Stephan for his help and provides him with an opportunity to exact his revenge on a personal level.

It all goes smoothly until he falls in love.

**This is the second book in the series. Make sure you read Dominic & Abby’s story “Maid for the Billionaire”. Available now for free.

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The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much Moreby Bruce Feiler

In The Secrets of Happy Families, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler has drawn up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by cutting-edge techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.

The result is a funny and thought-provoking playbook for contemporary families, with more than 200 useful strategies, including: the right way to have family dinner, what your mother never told you about sex (but should have), and why you should always have two women present in difficult conversations…

Timely, compassionate, and filled with practical tips and wise advice, Bruce Feiler’s The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More should be required reading for all parents.

Sad Desk Saladby Jessica Grose

As a former editor for popular websites, including Slate and Jezebel, Jessica Grose intimately understands the realities of life in the blogosphere–and she employs this knowledge to hilarious effect in her edgy and timely debut novel, Sad Desk Salad. Grose’s story of a savvy blogger who stumbles upon an irresistible scoop–one that could cause irreparable damage to a young woman’s life and reputation–and must reconcile her true values with the ruthless demands of a gossip- and reality-obsessed culture is a stinging and wildly funny indictment of America’s obsession with celebrity dirt. This fictional behind-the-scenes look at a booming online industry is smart and sharp contemporary women’s fiction, a The Devil Wears Prada for the twenty-teens.

Shift: Using Business Simulations and Serious Games: A Straightforward Guide for Corporate Training and Developmentby William Hall

Why should organizations learn more about business simulations and serious games?

The answer is simple: they are engaging, applicable, contemporary, exciting, and best of all, they change behavior faster and more naturally. Simulations are not as complex to implement as they were even a few years ago. Creating a custom solution is not only far more effective but also now within reach of most companies. Shift: Using Business Simulations and Serious Games walks you through the process of deciding whether or not to use a business simulation or serious game, how to build them or find an experienced provider, how to implement them, and how to create a sustainable program.

Author William Hall, an award-winning Apple executive, writes with both humor and wisdom to distill years of experience in technology, gaming, and education into an easy-to-read guide for busy executives and managers. Simulations are a fun yet serious, challenging, and practical way to develop employees. Outcomes can include strategic alignment, strategic change, business acumen, leadership development, succession planning, and collaboration. You can change up a person’s work environment and enable them to practice professional skills in real time with real people and actual scenarios.

Shift:…

Coyote Creekby Tabitha Freeman

Molly McGraw was enjoying her life in Savannah, Georgia as a nurse and longtime girlfriend to her college sweetheart–until that normality is unpleasantly interrupted by the death of a grandmother she barely knew. Now, Molly must pack up everything and head out west to pick up where her grandmother left off–in cleaning up the mess that is her older sister, Rainie.

Chayton Lacroix was tolerating his life in Coyote Creek, Idaho as a hospital janitor and lifetime caretaker to his chronically sick mother–until everything is interrupted by the arrival of a new neighbor across the street. Southern, sassy, and full of questions that no one ever dare ask, Molly McGraw turns Chayton’s world–and heart–upside down.

Together, Chayton and Molly will both learn the value of family, the darkness of prejudice, and that no matter what their circumstances were before, they are meant to make the ultimate stand in this quiet little town that has been asleep for far too long.

Every Soulby LK Collins

#1 Bestseller in Erotic Suspense

***This book will leave you breathlessly saying, “What the fuck.” You’ve been warned…enjoy.***

When you lose the one person who grounds your existence, your whole world changes.

In life, it is said that everything happens for a reason. If that’s true, how can you explain death? Especially when it happens to someone so young, so beautiful, and so innocent? My name is Bain Adams, and I struggle with these thoughts every day. I’ve been through hell and back, somehow surviving the unimaginable. My sister took her life six months ago, and now, what’s left is a shell of the man I once was, a shadow of the person I used to be. Do I miss that life? Absolutely. But I miss her more, every day. I pray time will ease the pain and help my suffering while I search for the answers…but so far, nothing.

Happiness is something I knew so long ago, and now it’s nothing but a faint, distant recollection of the life I once had. My name is Arion LaSalle, and seven months ago my life was shredded to pieces when my fiancé disappeared while deployed. He never…

Flukeby Christopher Moore

Just why do humpback whales sing? That’s the question that has marine behavioral biologist Nate Quinn and his crew poking, charting, recording, and photographing very big, wet, gray marine mammals. Until the extraordinary day when a whale lifts its tail into the air to display a cryptic message spelled out in foot-high letters: Bite me.

Trouble is, Nate’s beginning to wonder if he hasn’t spent just a little too much time in the sun. ‘Cause no one else on his team saw a thing — not his longtime partner, Clay Demodocus; not their saucy young research assistant; not even the spliff-puffing white-boy Rastaman Kona (né Preston Applebaum). But later, when a roll of film returns from the lab missing the crucial tail shot — and his research facility is trashed — Nate realizes something very fishy indeed is going on.

By turns witty, irreverent, fascinating, puzzling, and surprising, Fluke is Christopher Moore at his outrageous best.

Welcome to the Funny Farm: The All-True Misadventures of a Woman on the Edgeby Karen Scalf Linamen

What can a woman do for an encore after she backs over her husband’s new laptop with her car?

How long does it take to defrost a turkey with a hair dryer?

What do you say to a house guest who, before going to the bathroom, has to fish two wooden blocks and a set of car keys from your commode?

There is no end to the sources of frustration, challenge, disaster–and humor!–in a woman’s life, and there is no one more skilled at finding the merriment and wisdom in the everyday foibles we all share than Karen Linamen.
Welcome to the Funny Farm guides you on a side-splitting, hopeful, and entertaining tour of the challenges women face–and in true, tongue-in-cheek Linamen style, no topic is off limits! These fifty readings, originally published on the Women of Faith web site (www.women-of-faith.com), cover everything from baby showers to cell phones, holiday frenzy to Hamburger Helper, dumb blonde jokes to well-woman exams.
Karen’s collection of observations will inspire and entertain you (though not necessarily in that order) and ultimately shed light on principles of spiritual wellness and Christian living that will enrich your life as much as her rib-tickling stories will delight your heart.