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*Their love cannot be governed by rules and regulations, but the consequences can.* When Tyler Chambers first lays eyes on Darcy there is an instant attraction. There is also an instant violation of Navy policy if they have anything other than a professional relationship. Tyler must confine any lust he has for his lady boss to the corners of his mind. Darcy Novak is an ambitious, cultured woman trying to make it in a man's world. She's determined to prove she can cut it as an officer in charge of repairing nuclear submarines, despite some colleagues' negative attitudes and wanting her to ...

VOTED FUNNIEST SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 2014 by the Hastings Book Club **** Going to sea is an escape from reality, unless reality comes with you **** Exotic ports, alluring women, and experiencing adventures on the other side of the world sounds ideal. After a drunken bet goes wrong, Tyler Chambers boards his US Navy frigate and looks forward to leaving the pressures of the real world behind and slip into a cocoon of escapism. In and out of port in a few days is the perfect way to avoid responsibility. He is happy to live his life as a stereotypical sailor and look for a girl in every port with ...

Tyler Chambers finds that his luck has run out…almost. After several brushes with the law, he avoids jail by enlisting in the Navy. When Tyler gets stationed in Pearl Harbor all his troubles look to be behind him. Life keeps getting better when smooth-talking Tyler lands a date with the base's hottest chick, Holly Knight, but things sour quickly when he discovers how controlling and annoying she is. As he is about to dump her, a revelation from his past comes back to haunt him and Holly is the only person who can save his Navy career and keep him out of prison. But what does she want in ...

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. —Mark Twain After selling their Minnesota home, Travis and Wendy plan an elaborate departure from the United States before repatriating themselves to the UK. Buying a second-hand RV, visiting states unknown, and selling the campervan after reaching Florida seems like the perfect exit. So they pack their lives and blind Shih Tzu into a once-luxurious thirty-one-foot RV and hit the open road. As they roll through the Midwest, heading for the Deep South, they soon discover “RV” doesn't mean “Reliable Vehicle...

2024 INCIPERE AWARDS presented by Entrada Publishing *****NO HALO REQUIRED 1st PLACE Winner in Literary Fiction*****This Award-Winning novel delves into the world of an icon of the community who is not who he appears to be. Who will win? The sinner or the saint? Isaiah Hightower has everything a forty-nine-year-old man could want: respect as a high school principal; admiration as a leader in the black community; and a wife who would do anything for him.Despite his shining public image, Isaiah's life is plagued with indiscretions. When these threaten to unravel his world, he silences the ...

Yvette Tyson is making a run for the governor’s office. Her goal is clear. Win. She has the backing of her boyfriend, Cory Logan. He is kind, gentle, and determined— and offers the kind of support an unmarried black woman needs to get into office. Their relationship has grown over the past year, and she had been seen arm-in-arm with him in public numerous times. She is proud to show him off, and him, her—so there is no color issue—or is that exactly what it is? Does Cory need a black governor to get a sports center named after him? Does Yvette need a white boyfriend to win that ...

Twenty-seven years after Tyler left his troubles behind in his trilogy, he has a son, Oscar, who is proving to be a chip off the old block. As Kentucky's most eligible bachelor, he has everything--including a gambling problem. After getting on the wrong side of a notorious loan shark, Louie Gomez, Oscar Novak-Chambers must use his family's good standing with the governor's office to obtain a monumental favor to clear his debt. He targets the governor's daughter, Stacey Davenport. Sweet she is not. Ruthless she is--and she's looking to bring down Kentucky's criminal hierarchy--and Louie ...

Tyler Chambers doesn't have to look for trouble, it finds him. He is not happy when his assignment is switched from living a carefree life sailing around the South Pacific to working in a stressful environment in the cold, wet climate of Scotland. Darcy Novak is an ambitious, cultured woman trying to make it in a man's world. She's determined to prove she can cut it as an officer in charge of repairing nuclear submarines, despite some colleagues' negative attitudes and wanting her to fail. What she needs is an ally. Tyler's efforts to fly under the radar catch Darcy's attention and he ...

A family crisis brings Travis Casey back to the land he used to call home after living in England for the past two decades. His parents need him – not as a carer as he expected, but as someone to drive them from Florida back to their home in Minnesota. Just as well; he’s not a caring person, but he is a damn good driver. But the country is not how he left it… Casey uses his own brand of humor to explore what has changed in America since he lived there – that’s when he’s not recounting the chaos that occurs as he attempts to reestablish himself as an American. He discovers that ...

There’s only one thing to do when people around you are having heart attacks, being threatened with deportation, suffering manic attacks of epic proportions, breaking promises, or missing Greyhound buses… Simply go with the flow and write a book about it. Leaving England and moving to America, novelist Travis Casey and his British wife move in with his parents to help them with life in general during their advancing years. Having developed a greater understanding of his former country, Casey continues his observations of what has changed over the past two decades and tells of the drama ...

Isaiah Hightower tiene todo lo que un hombre de cuarenta y nueve años puede desear: respeto como director de un instituto; admiración como líder de la comunidad negra; y una esposa que haría cualquier cosa por él. A pesar de su brillante imagen pública, la vida de Isaiah está plagada de indiscreciones. Cuando éstas amenazan con desentrañar su mundo, silencia la amenaza por todos los medios. Cuando su mujer, Yvette, es testigo del mayor pecado de su marido, su vida está a punto de cambiar para siempre. Pero no tiene por qué. Una mentira protegerá su estilo de vida y salvará la ...

Previously the Sacred Spaces Podcast With Casey and Jess, a new chapter has begun. As nomads living on the road, they will have ALL of the conversations about life, culture, politics, religion, and nomadic life...candid and raw. A new destination with each episode as they record in their traveling "podcast studio" and share their "Road Stories". Subscribe today and follow as they build their new Nomadic Overlanding home. Follow our journey on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getlosttogetfound

Il n'est pas étonnant que la vérité soit plus étrange que la fiction. La fiction doit avoir un sens. -Mark Twain Après avoir vendu leur maison du Minnesota, Travis et Wendy planifient un départ élaboré des États-Unis avant de se rapatrier au Royaume-Uni. L'achat d'un camping-car d'occasion, la visite d'États inconnus et la vente du camping-car après avoir atteint la Floride semblent être la solution idéale. Ils embarquent donc leur vie et leur Shih Tzu aveugle dans un camping-car de trente et un pieds, autrefois luxueux, et prennent la route. Alors qu'ils traversent le Midwest ...

Prendre la mer, c'est s'évader de la réalité, à moins que la réalité ne vous accompagne. Ports exotiques, femmes séduisantes et aventures à l'autre bout du monde, tout cela semble idéal. Après un pari d'ivrogne qui tourne mal, Tyler Chambers embarque sur sa frégate de l'US Navy et se réjouit de laisser derrière lui les pressions du monde réel pour se glisser dans un cocon d'évasion. Entrer et sortir du port en quelques jours est le meilleur moyen d'éviter les responsabilités. Il est heureux de vivre sa vie de marin stéréotypé et de chercher une fille dans chaque port, ...

Une crise familiale ramène Travis Casey sur sa terre d'origine, après avoir vécu en Angleterre pendant vingt ans. Ses parents ont besoin de lui, non pas pour s'occuper d'eux comme il s'y attendait, mais pour les conduire de la Floride à leur maison du Minnesota. Cela tombe bien, il n'est pas très attentionné, mais c'est un sacré bon conducteur. Mais le pays n'est pas comme il l'a laissé... Casey utilise sa propre marque d'humour pour explorer ce qui a changé en Amérique depuis qu'il y a vécu - quand il ne raconte pas le chaos qui survient lorsqu'il tente de se réinsérer en tant...

Tyler Chambers constate que la chance a tourné... presque. Après plusieurs démêlés avec la justice, il évite la prison en s'engageant dans la marine. Lorsque Tyler est stationné à Pearl Harbor, tous ses problèmes semblent être derrière lui. La vie continue de s'améliorer lorsque le beau parleur Tyler obtient un rendez-vous avec la fille la plus sexy de la base, Holly Knight, mais les choses tournent vite au vinaigre lorsqu'il découvre à quel point elle est contrôlante et ennuyeuse. Alors qu'il est sur le point de la larguer, une révélation de son passé revient le hanter et...

Isaiah Hightower hat alles, was ein neunundvierzigjähriger Mann sich wünschen kann: Respekt als Highschool-Direktor, Bewunderung als Führungspersönlichkeit in der schwarzen Gemeinde und eine Frau, die alles für ihn tun würde. Trotz seines glänzenden öffentlichen Images ist Isaiahs Leben von Indiskretionen geplagt. Als diese seine Welt aus den Fugen zu bringen drohen, versucht er mit allen Mitteln, die Bedrohung zum Schweigen zu bringen. Als seine Frau Yvette Zeuge der größten Sünde ihres Mannes wird, wird sich ihr Leben für immer verändern. Aber das muss es nicht. Eine einzige ...

Vingt-sept ans après que Tyler ait laissé ses problèmes derrière lui dans sa trilogie, il a un fils, Oscar, qui s'avère être un morceau de l'ancien bloc. En tant que célibataire le plus en vue du Kentucky, il a tout, y compris un problème de jeu. Après s'être attiré les foudres de Louie Gomez, un usurier notoire, Oscar Novak-Chambers doit utiliser les bonnes relations de sa famille avec le bureau du gouverneur pour obtenir une faveur monumentale afin d'effacer sa dette. Il vise la fille du gouverneur, Stacey Davenport. Elle n'est pas douce. Elle est impitoyable et cherche à ...

Tyler Chambers n'a pas besoin de chercher les ennuis, ils le trouvent. Il n'est pas heureux lorsque son affectation passe d'une vie insouciante à naviguer dans le Pacifique Sud à un travail dans un environnement stressant dans le climat froid et humide de l'Écosse. Darcy Novak est une femme ambitieuse et cultivée qui essaie de s'imposer dans un monde d'hommes. Elle est déterminée à prouver qu'elle est à la hauteur en tant qu'officier chargé de réparer les sous-marins nucléaires, malgré l'attitude négative de certains collègues qui veulent la voir échouer. Ce dont elle a ...

Il n'y a qu'une seule chose à faire lorsque les gens autour de vous font des crises cardiaques, sont menacés d'expulsion, souffrent de crises maniaques aux proportions épiques, ne tiennent pas leurs promesses ou manquent les bus Greyhound... Il suffit de suivre le courant et d'écrire un livre sur le sujet. Quittant l'Angleterre pour l'Amérique, le romancier Travis Casey et sa femme britannique s'installent chez ses parents pour les aider à vivre leur vie en général. Ayant acquis une meilleure compréhension de son ancien pays, Casey poursuit ses observations sur ce qui a changé au ...