This boxed set has 4 stories, with the secret only to be revealed in book 3. They are all stand alone books but better read in order. This is a special serial for my readers who love a bit of mystery and intrigue in their books.

A Bride for Luke – A loyal, dedicated son – a sweet, kind mail order bride – Can she help Luke forget the terrible past and the secret he can never reveal?

A Bride for Adam – A reluctant groom still in love with his best friend – a broken woman trying to pick up the pieces after a shameful divorce and a mail order bride arriving any day. Can it get any worse?

A Bride for Samuel – A fearless woman determined to save her uncle – a fun-loving man going along for the ride – can these two save each other or will they both wind up behind the closed doors of the lunatic asylum?

A Groom for Nora White – Now that the secret is revealed, Nora needs time alone to take it all in. Can she find what she needs or has it been right in front of her all along?

Africa Wasn’t Ready.

Between the fall of man and the arrival of the JFK, the Horn of Africa is a battleground.

Salvation. Vengeance. Vanity.

SEVEN DAYS TO GO FROM LETHAL IMMORTAL ASSASSIN TO PRINCE CHARMING. DOES HE STAND A CHANCE?

Demigod Andrus Gray may look like every woman’s dream, but when it comes to charm, he sees no point in pretending: He has none and makes no apologies for it. Behaving nicely hasn’t made him the deadly assassin he is today. But is that really the reason he’s still single?

The Goddess Cimil–owner of Immortal Matchmakers, Inc.–thinks yes. So when she foresees a mate in Andrus’s near future, she’s determined to make the match happen. That means hiring aspiring actress Sadie Townsend to help the barbarian “act” a little more civilized.

Are you ready to explore and thrive in the art of woodworking?
In this engaging collection, the fanatical woodworker and author Miles Adkins guides you through a detailed journey to get you from scratch to crafting gorgeous wooden objects quicker than you can imagine. Keep reading…

Let’s face it! Woodwork can be a satisfying hobby if you get it off on the right foot. Woodworking is extremely relaxing and allows you to create some fascinating goods to keep for yourself or give to your loved ones, bearing in mind that DIY is always loved! The wooden handmade is also extremely successful as a product to sell, which is something to keep in mind if you’re planning to make your passion pay off…

Charlie Mason (AKA Mace) is a former detective for major crimes who is forced to retire. His former Captain offers him a job as an in game constable for the hottest virtual reality game around, Immersion Online. This down and out detective knows nothing of character creation, leveling up, or magical artifacts. He is a real noob.

He spawns in the Wilderbrook – a group of human and humanoid villages hundreds of miles from the nearest city – to learn the ins and outs of the game before he assumes his role as a constable in Grandview – one of the largest city in The Great Realm. In the Wilderbrook, he and his new companions come up against an ancient evil. Mace is low level and way out of his league. But virtual world or not, Mace still has his wits and training as a detective.

Perfect book for the birder and anti-birder alike

A humorous look at 50 common North American dumb birds: For those who have a disdain for birds or bird lovers with a sense of humor, this snarky, illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let’s face it—true.

Featuring common North American birds, such as the White-Breasted Butt Nugget and the Goddamned Canada Goose (or White-Breasted Nuthatch and Canada Goose for the layperson), Matt Kracht identifies all the idiots in your backyard and details exactly why they suck with humorous, yet angry, ink drawings. With The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America, you won’t need to wonder what all that racket is anymore!

Jack has a lot of sex–and he’s not ashamed of it. While he’s sometimes ostracized, and gossip constantly rages about his sex life, Jack always believes that “it could be worse.”

But then, the worse unexpectedly strikes: When Jack starts writing a teen sex advice column for an online site, he begins to receive creepy and threatening love letters that attempt to force Jack to curb his sexuality and personality. Now it’s up to Jack and his best friends to uncover the stalker–before their love becomes dangerous.

Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO’s mother’s. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic glamazon. She was iO’s fiercest defender and only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life. At the center of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering ma—a bond defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness.

Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did—without iPads, 70-inch flatscreen TVs, American Girl dolls, and wifi in the climate controlled minivan—that they might actually be better off? Do you feel underappreciated or ignored? Do you worry you’re raising a bunch of spoiled softies who will never know how to do anything themselves—because you do everything for them? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need Daddy, Stop Talking.

Adam rips parenthood a new one, telling it straight about what adults must do if they don’t want to have to support their kids forever. Using his own crappy childhood as a cautionary tale, and touting the pitfalls of the kind of helicopter parenting so pervasive today, Daddy, Stop Talking is the only parenting book you should ever read.

A collection of original short stories offers an intimate and dark portrait of life in the United States as they journey through California seeking answers to our changing world, dealing with such topics as jealousy, AIDS, sex, and Jim Morrison.

A new reissue of Babitz’s collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990s – decades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.

The most grueling challenge of Raine Smith’s equestrian career looms before her—the Olympic Games. Little does she realize that she’s about to face greater perils in the arms of a stranger than she’s ever found on the back of her horse.

Cord Elliot is a man trained to deflect disaster and his mission is to ensure that Raine Smith remains untouched by sudden gunfire at the Summer Games. Yet from the moment Raine Meets Cord’s ice-blue glance, she knows he’s more hazardous to her heart than a sniper’s bullet. Falling for a man who answers to the call of intrigue and holds secrets that can never be shared is to endure the broken promises, unexplained absences, and constant danger that come with his profession. But in the fiery passion of irresistible love, a summer to remember seems worth any risk.

Pregnant and abandoned, Victoria Archer’s focused on helping with her aunts’ foster outreach program—not finding love. But there’s something undeniably charming about Major Ben Adams. Certain he’s not suited for fatherhood, Ben’s searching for a loving home for his recently orphaned nephew. But could he, Victoria and her unborn baby be the little boy’s perfect family?