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Into the Rhubarb

About Into the Rhubarb

“Into the rhubarb: headed off the road; to get into trouble; a brawl, argument, or squabble.”

In her fifth volume of poetry, Carla Coles once again brings us into her inimitable inner world. This time, along with her odes to the pleasures of coffee and cake and writing, she delves into the darker emotions of betrayal, endings, and coming through the fire with her sense of humour intact and her gift with words honed to a new level of insight.

“Whether the subject matter is painful, wonderful, chaotically confusing, or simply the inappropriating of her own kaleidoscopic inner culture, Carla’s perfectly parsed insights are never anything less than a delight. And sometimes there’s a sly lesson about how to be human in an inhuman world.” ~ Bruce Barber,author of Jetsam: New and Collected Fictions

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Forever Young

About Forever Young

FREE from 25th to 29th December 2022

Plus size heroine, childhood friends to lovers.

I’m a curvy, outgoing girl. Always have been. Just like I’ve always had a soft spot for my childhood best friend.
Callum, a boy with far too many tattoos, will start fights for me, protect me and is always there to make me smile.
Now we’re both studying marketing at the same university, he feels different and my secret crush quickly becomes full blown love.
But it’s hard when you’re friend zoned.
Oh yeah, he’s got a girlfriend… racy Stacey with her alternative style and black lipstick.
Will he leave the dark side for a big ray of sunshine and turn our friendship into something truly amazing? Or am I doomed to be forever dating losers and never the one I want?

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The Cool Kids

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Three kids from different countries start the school day at the same school.

Although they are all a little scared, they are willing to accept every change.

However, Mia, Leo, and Noah did not have the best first day at school, as the cool kids did not hesitate for a second to start bullying and harassing them all over the school.

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Let’s shop in our own closet: How to build a capsule wardrobe and find our style

About Let’s shop in our own closet: How to build a capsule wardrobe and find our style

There may be a great many reasons for the wardrobe problem, but this is what the symptoms look like:

1 The time spent by the closet irritates you. You are one of those people who want to spend their brainpower on cryptos or on planting roses, while looking first-rate.

2 You’ve become environmentally concerned. The army of planet-defenders is your best friend. You are top-rate at clearing your closet, but have no idea what to do with emptiness.

3 Torture. Every time you are invited to go out there it is. You are tormented by trying to build a look and the result is that you wear the same look over and over again. The change of seasons may be quite an agony for some people too. It’s because you have just managed and adapted to one, just barely put together a couple of looks and wham! Here comes spring. You’ve nothing against spring; you were even waiting for it. But now you have to go through the whole painful process again and come up with some new outfits. All in all, your closet is full and happy and you feel lonely.

4 Somewhere deep down, you feel that it is much more convenient not to change anything; it is easier to simply complain and leave everything as it is. So you are in denial and your brain conveniently provides a very convincing idea that “you can’t solve the wardrobe problem without $.”

5 You are shy, thinking that style is only for the slim and fit to make them even more perfect. These are in a minority. The rest of us realize that style is a friend of regular women who laugh a lot and are dappled with expression lines; who swell up in the mornings and see red streaks on their face; who have no stamina for a healthy diet, lymphatic drainage exercises or jogging.

6 You may be spontaneous. It seems you had a list when you started shopping, but, somehow or other, it just got away from you. What you’d really like is a wardrobe that is pretty and small.
Personally, I was close to problems # 3 and 6. Shopping did not produce beauty for me and I kept doing it over and over. I kept hitting the same button, so the money just kept pouring away. The best thing was – I did not give up! I kept running after yet another top, even though the result was exactly nil.

Yes, most people do just that. Chaos in the closet is the spring board to good appearance. The closet disappoints, but it also gets the person ready for the idea that you really do have to study the laws of style. It is hard, it’s almost unbearable, but it’s got to be done. There are classes. Even though, in the end, they scare you off even worse. After all, they make you rob yourself of an enormous amount of time, and not just yourself, but your family and all the things you love to do.

That is why, sometimes, you can trust someone else. Me, for example. You don’t know me; it is unclear why you should pay me, but I have studied all aspects of fighting chaos in the closet for nine years. I worked out all the ins and outs of taming an unruly wardrobe and now I inspire people to build capsules.

Going to a stylist is a good solution, but it’s like tossing a coin: you might become prettier or just poorer; will your tastes be compatible? Investing in your own knowledge, on the other hand, is forever. So, those of you who want to solve their wardrobe problem – just keep reading.

First, let me tell you a truth. Solving the wardrobe problem requires some minimal strategy at the very beginning. It’s not hard; it’s actually fun. You have to decide, right now, to become stylish.

Your first investment is a few dollars you paid for this book. That’s all, for now. You key tools in conquering the world are YOU and your closet. We’ll analyze your wardrobe to the fullest extent, so that every element works to give you beauty and good vibes.

Now, it’s time to be surprised. The first stage in preparing to be stylish is over.

My dear ladies, this is where the fun begins!

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Leadership With A Purpose: Motivating Your Engineers

About Leadership With A Purpose: Motivating Your Engineers

Effectively motivating, inspiring and leading engineering professionals is about putting people first. Here’s how you do it.

In today’s world, effectively motivating and managing highly intelligent technology professionals is challenging. Around the world, people are more educated, informed and highly social about their careers and employers, making retention and employee happiness a full-time job. In fact, companies are beginning to recognize these impacts and have begun employing more “PeopleOps” type human resources professionals to tackle this head-on.

The reality is that most engineers don’t leave jobs, they leave managers. While having a swanky and modern human resources strategy helps keep the company on the cutting edge of benefits and overall happiness, it does not solve the root problem – having good managers that motivate engineering teams.

In the remote and global workforce that we all participate in, establishing a healthy work culture with safe boundaries is an ongoing task that cannot be forced. Add in the complexities of global cultural differences and political phenomena; it’s every leader’s nightmare to manage well.

This book will cover what makes an engineering culture, how to cultivate it, and how to build trust with your teams.
After reading this book, you can effectively motivate, inspire and lead engineering professionals of all levels that are happy and loyal to you.

With years of experience within the software engineering and technology sectors, Robert Murphy has become an expert in building healthy company cultures and motivating engineering professionals.

Once deemed “The King of Culture” by a previous employer, he is passionate about helping other technology leaders on their mission to build highly effective teams. In this debut book, Robert describes his proven methods and provides a roadmap to successful leadership with a purpose!

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Seriously, God? WTF!?!: Your Life Has Hit the Proverbial Brick, Now What? Let Me Teach You How to Reclaim Your Power and Life Balance! by Wanda Huntington

Seriously, God? WTF!?!: Your Life Has Hit the Proverbial Brick, Now What? Let Me Teach You How to Reclaim Your Power and Life Balance! by Wanda Huntington

Seriously, God? WTF!?! is an openhearted book for people who have come up against real obstacles in life and need some structure, fortitude, and reassurance to move on in a positive way. We are all vulnerable and subject to feeling shot down in life as part of the human condition. Whether from a diagnosis out of the blue or from the loss of a loved one through death or divorce or from a job loss that can have not only a financial impact but can deliver a blow to our identity, we all have the need at times to take stock and reassess.

From her own experiences, Wanda Huntington is helping others take back their agency by focusing on conducting their own self-inventory and putting in the hard work that will lead to positive outcomes. It is easy to just get stuck after a major blow.

Huntington’s book seeks to help readers in finding the insight and power to make meaningful changes from the inside out.

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A Christmas Kiss by Pat Adeff

A Christmas Kiss by Pat Adeff

Dan is a wounded warrior looking for a place to call home.
Jen has been trying to navigate a life that is far different than how she was raised.
Can the shining spark that ignites between these two be enough to bring them back together after outside influences tear them apart?
A Christmas Kiss is a sweet contemporary romance, including some swoon-worthy kisses.
Add in a couple of K9 Service Dogs and things get complicated.
If you love heart warming stories with believable characters, a pinch of humor, and a great happily-ever-after, you will enjoy A Christmas Kiss by Pat Adeff.
This sweet treat of a story will leave you with a warm fuzzy holiday feeling.

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Do No Harm by James Cohoon

Do No Harm by James Cohoon

Torrey and Matthew meet and fall in love while attending Stanford Medical School. She wants to save lives; he wants to become a prison doctor for the sole purpose of gaining access to San Quentin where his father’s murderer is serving a life sentence. Matthew wants to exact the ultimate revenge.

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One for the Money

About One for the Money

Finn Hughes knows about secrets. His family is as wealthy as the Rockefellers and as powerful as the Kennedys. And they have a billion-dollar secret.

A fake relationship is the answer to his problems.
It will keep the swarming society mothers from throwing their daughters at him.
Then the fake relationship starts to feel real.

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A Space Adventure Boxed Set – Books 1-3

About A Space Adventure Boxed Set – Books 1-3

The year on the human home world calendar is 2220.

Life is a bit like the sci-fi shows of the 20th Century in some ways.

In others? Not so much.

I’m on a League of Civilizations star ship. Yep. Star Ship. In space.

Currently trying to physically, and emotionally, recover from a crash where I lost my partner. All would be going fine except we also have to survive an encounter with the deadliest lifeform in the universe.

A lifeform we were starting to think was just legend.

No big deal.

If it were just about the lives on board that would be one thing. But it’s not. What we do next will impact everyone, in all the League civilizations. That’s hundreds of billions of sentients. They could all be wiped out.

I’m running out of options.

And time.

Oh yeah, and as if dealing with trying to save everyone in the universe wasn’t enough, I also have to contend with a crush on the ship’s first officer who also happens to be… yes, you guessed it, a synthetic life form.

Fuck my life.

Surviving either of these things intact is going to be a challenge.

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Knowing What You Think About Is Where You Will Go by Jairo Hernandez

About Knowing What You Think About Is Where You Will Go by Jairo Hernandez

Do you ever wonder why you immediately give up on something when a plan does not unfold exactly as you wanted it to?

Perhaps you see other people achieve their goals quickly and easily, leaving you frustrated and wondering why you can’t achieve yours.

You may be starting to wonder whether there is a better, easier, more effective, and more fulfilling way to achieve them.

If this sounds like you, then this book is for you, revealing compelling tools and strategies to help you live an extraordinary life.

You will understand how the power of thoughts within a belief system can directly affect your decision-making process. Assist you in identifying your limiting beliefs in order to remove the negative mindset from your approach to goal setting and achievement. Discover scientific studies proving that you can transform your thoughts to work for you rather than against you.

Gain the knowledge that will open your mind, moving from a negative to a positive thought, helping you design a roadmap to achieve your goals much faster.

This is not just about goal setting. It is about Knowing What You Think About is Where You Will Go to discover:
● The impact of our belief system can affect goal attainment.
● How to transform limiting beliefs into unlimited potentialities.
● How to make a plan that you can stick with.
● The value of creating a morning plan.
● Your very own 7-way action plan to achieve your success.

Isn’t it time you started to take control of your success in life?

When you grab a copy of this book, you will get free access to your downloadable Master Plan for Life Journal. The journal is an in-depth, step-by-step guide with tools and strategies to help put your goals, dreams, and aspirations in motion faster, so you do not have to start from scratch. Perfect for journaling that goes along with the book chapters to track your progress.

Currently, the book is at a very discounted price until January 31, 2023, available in paperback, ebook, and hardcover.

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Winning the Alpha’s Heart

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Born of Alpha bloodline, Twilight is destined to succeed her father in ruling the Sliver Dragon Pack. The young, free-spirited alpha female is the strongest warrior in the pack, surpassing even her own father, and never cared about whether or not she would find her mate. Until the day she found him, the young Alpha-to-be of a neighbouring pack. Only to have him reject her for his bed buddy.

Enraged and broken-hearted, she ran away and got severely injured along the way. Suddenly, she woke up in an unfamiliar place, only to find that her second-chance mate, Takumi, saved her. But her now cold-hearted self refuses to accept another mate but he won’t give up that easily. Can Takumi win the Alpha’s heart?

Here’s a little sneak peek:
“Imagine the one person who was literally made for you, supposed to be your other half and complete you in a way that no one else can and yet wants nothing to do with you. I’m over it, but I still feel like a monster for how I reacted to it. I know it happened a long time ago, but I still hate myself for it. His dad said it was ok, but I think he only said it to make me feel less guilty and deep down he hates me. And I’m pretty sure everyone else feels the same way.”
It was then that she felt a little wetness on her face; she didn’t realize that tears were streaming down her cheeks the whole time. That’s when she broke down into more tears. Takumi pulled her into a hug.
“I’m sure no one hates you.”
“You don’t hate me?” She asked between sobs.
“How can I hate the girl I love? Especially when she’s like this.”
“You love me?”
“Wasn’t it obvious?”
“Not really. I mean, you flirt and then joke about it. You make suggestive and sexual moves on me and then act as if they don’t mean anything and you always use the terms ‘friends’ and ‘roommates’ whenever you refer to our relationship, so I went with it. If anything, you’ve been sending me mixed messages and it’s very confusing.”
“Sorry if I’ve been confusing and I’ll make it clear this time. I love you.”

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Jeff the Incubus

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Jeff Nichols is a train wreck. He drinks too much, but that is to escape his life’s pain. He is an insurance adjuster and fraud investigator in the industrial wasteland of Schottsville, Pennsylvania, a steel town capable of grinding down the hardiest of individuals. His health issues promise him a young death in his mid-40s, and heavy drinking numbs the torment of his existence. His sole prized possessions in life, a rusty 1981 AMC Gremlin, and Chivas Regal are the two things he finds joy in. His estranged sons, William (Vato) and Fred (Loco) Nichols are in prison after being caught running an NFT scam and are imprisoned in the federal incarceration system. They engineer a daring, deadly breakout with the help of their four wives and commit an equally daring bank robbery to fund their flight to their safe house in Florida, where they plan to change their identities and flee the country.
Meanwhile, Jeff ends his work week with a “Dear John” letter from his wife, who leaves him when their sons’ escape and robbery hit the news cycle. Turning on his television, he decides that he must be back at his office on Friday night to drink and work on his cases, the one thing that justifies his existence. He’ll be able to get drunk there since the office will be empty and work on his claims. But after consuming the entire bottle, he stumbles, fractures his skull on the floor, and dies.
Jeff then finds himself in Limbo, with Lucifer welcoming him back home, and learns that he was an incubus who was punished for showing mercy to the souls entering Hell by living the mortal existence he found himself in while alive. Jeff Nichols is Xaopza, the son of a succubus named Elysia who seduced a priest who became a Nephilim named Braulin upon dying. Upon learning of his true nature and why his life was the way it was, he is imbued with the undeniable desire to return through the portal which brought him to Limbo with his newfound abilities and save his sons, who did what they did in their lives unknowingly because they were part demonic. With the help of his mother, who is killed by his father and then regenerated for forgiveness by the Creator when Braulin takes Elysia to Heaven, Xaopza escapes Limbo and returns to his mortal form.
He finds himself back on the floor of the office lobby, where he died, but he’s healed, and there is no sign that anything wrong happened. He feels better than he has since he can remember, by contrast. His energy level is high, and his mood is optimistic now that he knows what he is and that he has escaped his fate. Lula Vasquez shows up at the door early for an interview. He lets her in, and she is seduced by his inexplicable charisma, even though he is still physically like he was. After a raucous lovemaking session in the office during pre-work hours, they leave Schottsville together. Jeff remembers that his sons are on the run and feels obligated to save them from an inevitable fate in the realm he escaped. Roping in nonagenarian cowboy Shem Rosenberg, a man he was investigating for fraud who kicked his ass at the liquor store before Jeff died, the three set out to find new lives in the process of possibly saving the Nichols brothers by telling them of their true immortal roots.
Braulin and a reborn Elysia have the same in mind for their son, who they want to have the happiness they were denied while living by the cruel hand of Lucifer in the mortal realm. They also realize that they were meant to be together as a couple and want to thwart Lucifer, who wants his incubus and succubus back.
Lucifer unleashes his army, the Dybbuks, in the mortal realm to chase his incubus Xaopza, now a new-and-improved Jeff with a Gremlin condition that improves with his, and to bring him back to Limbo. Jeff has no intention of going and will fight the hordes of Hell to reunite with his sons, who are on the run from the same forces without knowing it.

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New Year’s Affair

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New Year? New you. Nope… screw resolutions.
I’ve got too much of the past to make up for to look toward the future.
This New Year’s Eve is all about proving myself.
But I won’t be able to do it alone.
I need her.
The sexy, hardcore musician who knows everyone.
This beauty has the power to bring in the crowds to make my event a hit.
I’m not using her. Not exactly.
She’s a punk temptress on stage, but offstage?
She might be the kind of girl you take home to Mom and Dad.
But not my parents.
Some say my greatest ancestors invented the wheel.
Try living up to that.
But this New Year’s Eve my event will rival the ball drop in the Big Apple.
My family legacy won’t end with me.
And the pretty musician who has me wanting to rip off her neon fishnets?
She’s in for a wild ride.
It’s time for a New Year’s Affair.

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Flirting With Death’s Grace

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Asher Jacob’s life is almost perfect—at least from the outside. He has divorced parents who buy his love, a party-happy best friend, and plenty of girls to feed his ego. But what Asher wants most is his ex-girlfriend and childhood love, Grace King, a straight-laced preacher’s daughter who refuses to compromise her morals.

Unable to have her, he clings to his vices until the Angel of Death comes knocking—in the form of a teenaged girl named Kali. Through her, Asher is given a glimpse of his fatal future. But far more devastating is the revelation that Grace also has a date with death, a date only he can interrupt—if he lives long enough to prevent it.

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Hitchhiking to Mars by Candi Dix

Hitchhiking to Mars by Candi Dix

It wasn’t the first time Kyrie had walked in on her husband having an affair with another new arrival to the station. But something in her snapped, and she realized that she was just another hostage to his ego and abuse of power as station administrator. The only thing Kyrie could think to do was to head home to Mars, where her family lived since she was little. A mining colony with not a lot of prospects and even fewer resources, it was something, though. It was safe. It was home.

Not having enough money to get there on a direct route, she hitched a ride with a very friendly ship captain and quickly became intimately acquainted with the entire crew. With new friends and growing confidence in herself, Kyrie felt optimistic about her life for the first time ever. But how quickly things go awry… Dropped off at an outpost to find a new ship headed towards home, Kyrie becomes the unsuspecting target of a serial killer yet somehow manages to escape, saving not only herself but a young man with soulful eyes who had been another intended victim.

With the deaths of the murder and his latest victim’s pointing to Kyrie and her new friend, the two had little choice but to steal the crime scene space ship and hastily depart from the outpost, becoming unwitting terrorist in the process. Now, if they can only hold the decrepit space ship together long enough to get them the rest of the way to Mars…

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Dante’s Demons by K.L. Barstow

Dante’s Demons by K.L. Barstow

Dante
As President of the Demon Dawgs, I don’t always keep my hands clean. After all, dogs love to dig in the dirt. While my MC brothers and I may work on both sides of the law, we draw the line at hurting women. So when we find a young woman, broken and dumped outside our clubhouse, we swear to find her attacker and stop him. Permanently.

Tally
As a trauma doctor, I think I’ve seen it all and I believe I’m prepared to face all the horrors man inflicts on their fellow man. However, I find my world turned upside down when a motorcycle club kidnaps me to care for a woman they found beaten, raped, and left for dead. When I discover the victim is my sister, I’m torn between my oath as a doctor and my desire to see her attacker punished. When Dante opens the door to his world, I can either walk through or slam it shut.

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Defying Gravity by Tony B. Richard

Defying Gravity by Tony B. Richard

In 1947, there’s an alien invasion looming and humankind’s best hope is Mary.

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Tattooed Sweetness by Katlyn S. Coen

Tattooed Sweetness by Katlyn S. Coen

People say: opposites attract. But are diametrically charged poles strong enough to overcome the scars of the past?

While hastily looking for her tardy client, young conservative business consultant Celine slams into an outrageously adorable hunk, spilling his coffee all over him.

As she lends him a replacement for his soaked turtleneck, the heavily inked man, who hardly fits into the image of a small Southern German town, turns out to be her appointment: tattoo artist Philipp.

Philipp: „I know very well how people like you tend to look down on me. Do you think I’m f*cking stupid? Shortly shaven hair, almost fully tattooed, always a curse on my lips. You look at me and you see an outlaw. Why else would someone ink every square inch of his skin?
You could’nt be more wrong about me. But, what if jail was actually the better option? You say nothing about that. Being occupied with running my business and practicing my art, I am turning my dream into a reality. And just as I am doing this, a sweetness who is looking as innocent as she is pure-skinned crosses my way.“

Celine: Graduated from College–check. Started my first job–check. Now all I need to do is to get to terms with my first client. Then, I can tackle what I want most: my own family. A husband, a house of our own, and children–just to close the black hole of my past. But suddenly, my client turns out to be not only excessively tattoed and overly self-confident, but also oozes confusing charisma: exotic, masculine, and dangerous. I should keep him at a distance and my well-ordered strategy in focus, right? Oh my God. I don’t think I will be able to do so, because I just can’t get this man out of my head.“

Note to the readers: all of the characters are flawed and struggle with their own issues and insecurities. Tattooed Sweetness is about love, loss, and experiencing life in all its facets. It deals with sensitive topics that may be triggering for some readers.

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