The last time she saw Jack, it was as she ran away from him in the rain. Scarlett still doesn't know what to think of the secret he shared with her. Could she ever face him again? The question plagues her just as Matt makes another appearance, but this time it ends with a family member going to the hospital. To add to the stress, people at work are claiming that Scarlett only got the job because she slept with Jack.Just when it seems like everything is falling apart around her, will Scarlett be able to rediscover her inner spirit, the one that pushed her to carve out a better life for herself after her sister's death? And there's still more to learn from Jack Keyes, but does she dare to face the truth? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.

Fulfill your guilty pleasures with this naughty, standalone Taboo Romance about a BBW who meets her sexy Doctor Stepbrother for the first time.Chris had been dreading this “get-acquainted” weekend with her mom’s fiancé and his family, and things get off to a rough start as she hurts her ankle on the first day. But when she meets her hot doctor of a stepbrother in the emergency room, things change. The attraction between them was electric, and even though they both know it wouldn’t be right, they couldn’t help but act on her desires. Will they be able to keep their passion a secret from their family?Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers.

From beloved writing teacher and author of the best-selling Writing Down the Bones: a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys—inner and outer—zigzagging around the world and home again.Here, Natalie Goldberg, "a writer both energized and enlightened" (Julia Cameron), shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan's birthplace and to Larry McMurtry's dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sits zazen in a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside. Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants: the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward: Where does this...

In How to Avoid Making Art, the bestselling author of The Artist's Way delivers a (tongue-in-cheek!) guide to doing anything and everything you possibly can to avoid making art. Anyone who is engaged in a creative pursuit will no doubt identify with these wonderful cartoons by award-winning artist Elizabeth Cameron of creative wannabes doing everything except actually getting down to work.   "For most people creativity is a serious business," says Julia Cameron. "They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play." Ultimately, the characters in this book show us how we can turn our procrastination into play and our play into great work. With this delightful volume, Julia Cameron once again hits the nail on the head on the subject of creativity. From BooklistElizabeth Cameron's delightful line drawings of dogs in human attire serve as illustrations for creativity guru Julia Cameron's aphorisms about the things we do for the love of art. Cameron homes in on how our fear of creating art is rooted in the contrast between our pleasure in the process and dread of failure. And talk about creativity: Julia reminds us how creative we can be at finding reasons not to create. "Get your main sense of self-worth helping others instead of facing the blank page." "Tell yourself you can't afford art supplies, and buy five expensive cappuccinos while you discuss this with friends." And that all-time favorite: "Talk about it so you don't have to do it." Humor make points that would be less palatable if approached in a serious tone, and humor is the perfect vehicle for the no-nonsense stance of the writer best known for her groundbreaking The Artist's Way (1992). These captioned cartoons may become the next Far Side calendar for the artistic crowd. Whitney ScottCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorAward-winning writer Julia Cameron is the author of twenty-two books, fiction and nonfiction, including The Artist's Way, The Vein of Gold, Walking in This World, The Right to Write, and The Sound of Paper. A novelist, playwright, songwriter, and poet, she has extensive credits in theater, film, and television.

Borrowed Hearts traces the development of Rick DeMarinis's incantatory voice, including newer work as well as stories selected from his three previous, highly acclaimed collections: Under Wheat (1986), the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for short fiction; The Coming of the Free World, a New York Times Notable Book (1988); and The Voice of America (1991). The title story was included in 1991's The Best Stories of the South, and "Your Story" was played on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts.

The Ransomes had been burgled. "Robbed," Mrs. Ransome said. "Burgled," Mr. Ransome corrected. Premises were burgled; persons were robbed. Mr. Ransome was a solicitor by profession and thought words mattered. Though "burgled" was the wrong word too. Burglars select; they pick; they remove one item and ignore others. There is a limit to what burglars can take: they seldom take easy chairs, for example, and even more seldom settees. These burglars did. They took everything.This swift-moving comic fable will surprise you with its concealed depths. When the sedate Ransomes return from the opera to find their Notting Hill flat stripped absolutely bare--down to the toilet paper off the roll (a hard-to-find shade of forget-me-not blue)--they face a dilemma: Who are they without the things they've spent a lifetime accumulating? Suddenly the world is full of unlimited and frightening possibility. But just as they begin adjusting to this giddy freedom, a newfound interest in sex, and...

"Alana Massey's prose is to brutal honesty what a mandolin is to a butter knife: she's sharper; she slices thinner; she shows the cross-section of a truth so deftly—so powerfully and cannily—it's hard to look away, and hard not to feel that something has shifted in you for having read her."—Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy ExamsFrom columnist and critic Alana Massey, a collection of essays examining the intersection of the personal with pop culture through the lives of pivotal female figures—from Sylvia Plath to Britney Spears—in the spirit of Chuck Klosterman, with the heart of a true fan. Mixing Didion's affected cool with moments of giddy celebrity worship, Massey examines the lives of the women who reflect our greatest aspirations and darkest fears back onto us. These essays are personal without being confessional and clever in a way that invites readers into the...

The inimitable Alan Bennett selects and comments upon six favorite poets and the pleasures of their worksIn this candid, thoroughly engaging book, Alan Bennett creates a unique anthology of works by six well-loved poets. Freely admitting his own youthful bafflement with poetry, Bennett reassures us that the poets and poems in this volume are not only accessible but also highly enjoyable. He then proceeds to prove irresistibly that this is so.Bennett selects more than seventy poems by Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, and Philip Larkin. He peppers his discussion of these writers and their verse with anecdotes, shrewd appraisal, and telling biographical detail: Hardy lyrically recalls his first wife, Emma, in his poetry, although he treated her shabbily in real life. The fabled Auden was a formidable and off-putting figure at the lectern. Larkin, hoping to subvert snooping biographers, ordered personal papers shredded upon his...

Get down and naughty with this HOT standalone Older Man Younger Woman Taboo Romance between a sweet BBW and an exotic, older doctor from Italy.Emma has been saving up for her high school graduation trip since forever. When the time finally comes, she can’t wait to escape her overbearing parents and do some soul-searching in Europe. Unfortunately, soon after she arrives at her first stop in Italy, she becomes sick from food poisoning. But just as things seem to go downhill, she meets Dr. Silvio, the sexy doctor at the Italian clinic. The two of them share an instant, magnetic connection despite the language barrier and age difference. As Emma embraces her womanhood and newfound freedom in a foreign country, she has one of the most memorable and exhilarating nights of her life. Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers.

Get your Taboo Romance fix NOW with this naughty standalone Older Man Younger Woman Romance between a rebellious BBW and her Dad's Sexy Best Friend.Alissa grew up in a family that did not pay attention to her and for that reason she rebelled at an early age. The summer after she graduated high school her parents decided that they wanted to spend time with her and her father’s best friend Mitch invited them to his cabin for the summer.Mitch was a doctor and had known Alissa’s parents as long as he could remember. He loved spending time with them as well as their daughter but never expected what Alissa had planned for him. Alissa has decided that she is not going to allow her parents to enjoy their final summer with her. They all knew that once she left for college she was not going to come back but they had no idea just how much she resented them. Alissa plotted to tease the doctor and cause tension between him and her father but what happens is not what she was planning. Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers.