You know what they say about those creative types... Playful, rebellious, sensitive and passionate, nobody loves like an artist. These sixteen stories set the stage for racy encounters with bad boy rock stars, sensual actors, and artists seeking their muse. Inside this collection you'll find: * A drummer aching to satisfy the one woman who doesn't recognize that he's a rock star * A writer unaware that his fans and former assistant find him undeniably...

Treachery can lie in the heart of any man, from our worst enemy to our most beloved friend. Some choose to ignore it, while others work on defeating it no matter the cost—and the cost is always high. However, the Righteous Man believes he can alter the course of his life to one of redemption and justice instead of servitude and pain by using deceit and sedition. But, he would be wrong. For Honora, it’s something she’s seen in her previous life...

Like most kids who grew up in the small town of Silver Falls, Toby Hoffman heard all the scary stories about monsters living in the neighboring woods of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Now a teenager, he knows the tales are made up to keep the town’s children from wandering where they aren’t wanted. Then his best friend, Nate, wakes up covered in blood in the reservation woods, with no recollection of whose blood it is or where it came from....

Michael Callahan, a Depression-era, alcoholic husband and father wrestles with a tormented past and its impact on his family. His young son, David, fears he is losing his father's love and is responsible for this rage; his wife, Lily, emotionally and physically exhausted by her husband's anger, must decide how she'll respond as Michael tries to address the source of his pain: that unimaginable event from years past in Ireland, locked up in his heart...

It has been 75 years since vampire Eric Collins killed the last woman he loved. Determined not to make the same mistake again, he swore off humans and threw himself into work as a detective. His plans for a solitary eternity are disrupted the night he saves Kate Turner, a fellow Chicago cop, from being murdered along with her partner. But Eric has bigger problems than the dormant feelings Kate stirs up. Tiberius, the oldest vampire Eric has ever encountered...

From a childhood of parental loss, religious repression, and sexual shaming, Katie Thompson suffers deep wounds and persistent self-doubt. Her desire to find meaning through education and a career is threatened by those who push her to conform to a more traditional path. In her desperate search for love, Katie makes disastrous choices about men, leading her to the brink of self-destruction. Her journey through Katie, Bar the Door is the universal...

One night in 1943, nearly ten percent of the world's population over age forty abruptly manifested inexplicable and catastrophic superpowers. Like clockwork ever year since then, a small but significant percentage of older adults have continued to develop strange new talents or undergo striking physical transformations. A third of the population carries the potential to "roll into power" between the ages of thirty-five and sixty, but no one can predict...

"Gary Whitney has created a graphic novel that is both fun to read and worthy of study. Song of the Avatar holds profound statements on the purpose and meaning of life mingled with wry bits of humor, bringing simultaneous laughter and inspiration to the reader. A must-read for any student of yoga or Indian literature." -Swami Pranananda, Mahaswami