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On the February night her husband left, Myrna Smith felt the old demons of abandonment stir her soul. In God and Other Men, she takes us on an earnest but circuitous walk toward enlightenment, from adventures at a Japanese zendo and with Indian saints, to a backwoods medium and a new lover. Eventually she glimpses the holy grail of self-acceptance, but not at all in the way she had expected.

Psychiatrist Dr. Renee Conway has taken on a new patient: Kevin Reynolds, the local hero who ran into a burning building to save a young family from certain death. When the rescue goes horrifically wrong, a boy is dead and Kevin suffers excruciating burns. Plagued with nightmares and left with a horribly disfigured face, Kevin finds celebrity its own torture.

In this modern-day Orpheus tale, one man descends into Paris’s hellish underworld to find his missing wife — and learn the dark secrets of her past. Adam Füst thought he knew his wife, Honnie. But when he begins investigating her sudden disappearance, he’s shocked to find so much of her a mystery. In order to find Honnie, Adam must enter the darkest shadows of the City of Lights. Paris’s sex shops, dark streets, and the people who inhabit them simultaneously repel Adam and draw him deeper, giving him a painfully clear look into Honnie’s past — and his own soul. Adam’s grief eventually gives way to his obsession with finding Honnie, taking his very sanity to the breaking point. Will learning the truth about Honnie push him over the edge?

After fleeing to Paris to escape communist rule, Polish émigré and piano player Jerzy Wozzeck finds it nearly impossible to support his family on his low-paying bistro gigs. So when a friend offers a fat payoff for handling a string of deliveries, Jerzy quickly finds himself in the uneasy employ of an anonymous suit and his sensual assistant. With a couple of flawless jobs under his belt, Jerzy starts living the good life - until, on one such run, he stumbles across a corpse and realizes his benefactors will go to any lengths to protect their operations.

Jasper has been searching for home all her life. After a divorce, she is doing her best to rebuild her life. Coming to Tearmann Island was an opportunity of a lifetime, her first large estate. The money she earns from this job will enable her to start the process of buying a house, giving her a long awaited home. As soon as she arrives on island, she is embraced by people she didn’t plan for. People were not a part of her plan, especially the hot, amber eyed man that is doing everything in his power to break down her iron walls. It doesn’t help that the tiny woman who is responsible for...

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Reviving Humanity is a podcast I created to spread wisdom and knowledge gained through higher self. As A.I. advances and mankind loses its humanity, it's important now more than ever to remind the world of who we are; what's truly getting in the way of our own inner peace. Reviving Humanity will discuss difficult topics such as sexuality, spirituality, religion, race, and more while shining a light on how each of these keeps us, divided!

Talento pa’ rato es un podcast donde descubrimos talentos reales con historias que inspiran. Desde los barrios hasta el mundo, aquí le damos voz a músicos, artistas, soñadores, deportistas, y gente con hambre de crecer. Conducido por J Smith, este espacio es calle, corazón y motivación en cada episodio. Si tú tienes talento o conoces a alguien que lo tenga, este es el lugar. Porque el talento no se improvisa, pero sí se comparte. 🎧 Nuevos episodios cada semana. 🔥 Clips en redes como @jsmith (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook) 📩 Escríbenos si conoces un talento que merezca ser ...

Minimalism is a lifestyle in which material possessions are not valued. Minimalism enthusiasts measure success not with what they own, but by their level of life satisfaction. They choose the lifestyle that benefits them the most.

When history professor Jill Bowman learns of her husband’s murder in a seedy motel room, she knows he had no business being there. Not the serious, sincere psychiatrist Peter Freytag — the man she’d known so intimately.

Enveloped in grief, Jill struggles to piece together seemingly impossible events, and slowly she learns Peter’s secrets. But Jill discovers dark parts of herself as well… secrets she’d never known she was keeping.

Gemma arrives on Tearmann Island broken and alone. After losing her best friend and husband, her move across the country is the last ditch effort to survive her grief. Her hope has dwindled to barely a shadow inside her and she spends her days in a cycle of habits and obligations. That is until the local hardware store owner forces her out of her pain and breathes life into her grey existence. Meeting new friends and forming lasting relationships is all she has wanted. Henry has watched those around him find their mates and nothing could make him happier. Until Gemma blows his nice quiet ...

You're Breathing. You're Lucky. is a powerful reminder that life itself is the ultimate opportunity. In a world full of distractions and doubt, this book urges you to stop waiting for the “right time” and start becoming who you were meant to be—right now. It's a wake-up call to take action, live with intention, and make your mark while you still have the breath to do it.

Bookish & Unbalanced is a podcast all about mental health in the book world. We dive deep into conversations and discussions with authors, readers, reviewers, editors, publishers, and more to talk about mental health. From our own personal mental health, to the characters in books, to the community as a whole.

With her husband dead and a broken foot, Wendy Haskins will be plunged deep into the ultimate test of survival. Aided by a transgender girl named Gail, they will have to traverse through one nightmare scenario after another in a desperate attempt to reach town before it is too late.

Julie is a shapely hot blonde of thirty-two years. Bisexual? Lesbian. She’s not quite sure. She masturbates thinking of male movie idols and hot rock stars. But it’s Ms. Shaffer, her art class college professor who first seduces her – much to Julie’s delight. Even though Julie goes back and forth from women to men, depending on her mood, she’s always felt she more lesbian than bisexual. Her girlfriends introduce her to swinging, pussy and butthole parties, and a variety of naughty sex toys. She even learns a bit about BDSM from her good friend Sandy, whose fascination for kinky ...

This collection 45 erotic short stories really turns up the heat! You’ll find stories written especially for this book, while others are excerpts from J.A’s many PF novels. The action is centered on naughty, everyday girls looking for fun, adventure, maybe a little kink and certainly a roll in the hay. These tales are not about relationships, but sexy one-night stands with hot guys, and other naughty girls. And maybe, just maybe, one of these hot-tango nights will lead to something more. Expect chapters on masturbation, anal sex, girl on girl, threesomes and more, BDSM, black leather, ...

Wendy is a pretty, twenty-something with an eye-catching figure. Her Air Force dad has raised her to be tough and take care of herself. She dabbles in naughty sexual adventures and is more than excited when her bisexual girlfriend, Debbie, seduces her, teaching her about sex toys and how to pleasure a woman. When she meets Scott at her favorite western bar, she thinks he could be more than just a Friday night lay. The two date for the next three years, but not exclusively. He takes her to a nudist resort, where Wendy sees more cock in thirty-seconds than she had seen in the previous twenty-...

Kelly was the girl no one noticed in school. But in five short years, things have changed. At her five-year reunion, no one knows she is, but heads quickly turn when she walks in the room. She’s gone from little miss nobody to the fox of the party. Relying on her wild imagination to furnish her with naughty ideas, she becomes quite the sexual adventuress. She explores her lesbian side with a coworker. Wears short skirts and no panties when she tries on shoes, getting the reaction she hopes for when sexy young salesclerks stare into her wide open crotch. Then, enlisting the assistance of ...

Band 5 der packenden Vampirtagebücher! Elena hat es geschafft, der Schattenwelt zu entkommen! Doch sie hat sich dennoch verwandelt. Anfangs kann sie sich kaum an kaum etwas erinnern und ist mehr Engelswesen als Mensch, sie kann sich nur mit Stephano über telepathische Bilder verständigen. Doch dafür besitzt sie eine große, gute Macht – die allerdings schwindet, je menschlicher sie wird. Doch ob sie stark genug ist, um es mit der bösen Macht aufzunehmen, die in Fell’s Church lauert? Denn dieses Mal wird die Stadt von etwas heimgesucht, das böser ist als alles zuvor.

Verliebt in einen Vampir. Stefano bleibt verschwunden und Elena setzt alles daran, ihre große Liebe wiederzufinden. Sie sucht die Konfrontation mit Damon. Obwohl sie Stefano bedingungslos liebt, spürt sie die dunkle Faszination, die von seinem schönen Vampirbruder ausgeht. Elena ist versucht, Damon das zu geben, was er verlangt - ihr Blut!