My Elusive Mychele


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Motivated by multiple jobs, extensive commitments, and huge ambitions, Ken Strong had little time for anything else. But when by chance he met a beautiful stranger, she was soon all he could think about. She was unlike any girl hed ever met with eyes that radiated her inner beauty as much as her outer beauty. His first love soon blossomed into something beyond his wildest dreams. But the busyness of life caught up and reality struck. Could his first love withstand the test of time and distance? Could this love be his forever love? My Elusive Mychele is an emotionally driven tale of first love that asks the question, "If it is true love and if that person is your soul-mate, then is it possible to move on and to find that kind of love ever again?" It is a powerful and sometimes painfully honest memoir that delves deep into that feeling of first love and just how elusive it can be.




My Elusive Mychele


Book Description

Motivated by multiple jobs, extensive commitments, and huge ambitions, Ken Strong had little time for anything else. But when by chance he met a beautiful stranger, she was soon all he could think about. She was unlike any girl he'd ever met with eyes that radiated her inner beauty as much as her outer beauty. His first love soon blossomed into something beyond his wildest dreams. But the busyness of life caught up and reality struck. Could his first love withstand the test of time and distance? Could this love be his forever love? "My Elusive Mychele" is an emotionally driven tale of first love that asks the question, "If it is 'true' love and if that person is your 'soul-mate', then is it possible to move on and to find that kind of love ever again?" It is a powerful and sometimes painfully honest memoir that delves deep into that feeling of first love and just how elusive it can be.




The Sweetest Thing


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Journalist and amateur boxer Mischa Merz fulfills a long-held ambition to travel across the United States and compete in a series of amateur boxing tournaments. On this wild and fascinating journey she meets her idols, including Lucia Rijker of Million Dollar Baby fame, and some other truly extraordinary characters. Merz discovers the horrors and delights of the world of women's boxing and gains insights into this eccentric subculture's place in American life. She also meets some of the pioneers and trailblazers of the contemporary rise in women's boxing as well as some of the younger stars now hoping to make it onto the first women’s boxing team in the 2012 Olympic Games. Written in a compelling and highly entertaining narrative style, Mischa Merz takes us right into the ring and reports, with a rare insider’s view, on a sport that has for centuries defined our ideas about masculinity.




Beneath the Layers


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For years she has hidden behind a façade. Then she meets a man who loves to peel back layers to find the treasure beneath. A mask, a façade, whatever it takes to hide from the rest of the world... That's how Midge Ellis has lived for the past three years. When how one looks brings unwanted attention, hiding those looks is the best protection. Few know the woman behind the frumpy-looking Marine Corps court reporter. There are also rules to go with the mask, and one of those is &‘no workplace relationships'. Then she meets NCIS Special Agent Kurt Davidson. Her birthday is the catalyst that launches her back into the world—in disguise, of course. Who knew she'd get lucky so quickly? Kurt Davidson loves to discover what's beneath a person's layers, and no one intrigues him more than Staff Sergeant Michelle Ellis. But when she ignores his flirting, he knows she's not interested. That doesn't stop him from fantasizing about her every night—and even when he's undercover searching for a blackmailing female. It doesn't take Midge and Kurt much time to realize each other's real identities or for a killer to up the game—a killer who is slowly tightening the noose around Midge's neck, implicating her in all the criminal activity Kurt is investigating. Is it someone from her past or someone closer? Whoever it is, they've messed with the wrong woman. Old Midge has returned, and she's determined to find who's trying to frame her, with or without Kurt's help. Reader advisory: This book contains scenes involving stalking, harassment, drugs, an emotionally abusive parent, nonsexual voyeurism and violence. There are references to sexual harassment and date rape drugs. There are also scenes of abduction, physically violent sexual assault, murder, attempted rape and one non-graphic scene of on-page rape of secondary character witnessed by POV character. Publisher's Note: This book was originally published elsewhere under the title Judging Ellie. It has undergone extensive plot and character changes and has been reedited for release with Totally Bound Publishing.




Sessions with Genny and Michelle


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Dmitri Raskolnikov is going to visit his mistress, Michelle, in Las Vegas. Dmitri made his fortune smuggling weapons. He likes to bury the competition. Literally. On the other side of the world Tony Erickson attends a Las Vegas electronics show where he meets Genny. After chatting Tony leaves for a session. When Tony returns to Genny's booth she's gone. He's told she works for an escort agency. Tony calls the agency. By mistake they send him Genny's older sister, Dmitri's Michelle. Tony and Michelle share a torrid sexual session. Next day Tony phones Genny for lunch. They end up at a motel where they too enjoy a torrid session. Tony is torn between two sisters. Genny and Tony's sexual romps increase in intensity. Tony soldiers on but in the end he's whipped both literally and figuratively. Meanwhile Tony and Michelle develop a genuine fondness for each other that turns to love. When she finds out, Genny erupts in a jealous rage and plots to dispose of Michelle and Tony permanently.




Deadly Choice


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Kate investigates after a chance meeting with an school friend, who confides she is convinced her fiance's Cornwell house, where his deceased wife killed herself and their childen, is haunted.




Trifecta - Box Set - 3 Novels


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TRIFECTA - Box Set Midnight Reflections, The Living Image, The Necromancer MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS - Romantic Suspense Julia's Midnight Reflections actually happened at about four in the morning. She was watching a handsome man sleeping in her bed. She rescued him while Robin was playing a dangerous undercover role to help her solve a murder. She herself is playing her own undercover role, working for the man she suspects of several contract kills. Together they discover information so deadly and inflammatory they are forced to flee a murderous politician.  THE LIVING IMAGE - Thriller What would you do if you found your own double? Sabrina discovers that hers is part human and part something else. Things become harrowing when the CIA, The Russians, and a Japanese business man will do anything to possess the woman she calls Eve. The CIA wants to study it. The KGB wants to abduct it for the technology. The Japanese don't care if they have to tear the woman to pieces--they want to know how she was made. THE NECROMANCER - Paranormal Michelle was brutally attacked in her locked hotel room. The police didn't believe her and thought she had invited a man to her room for a little sexual encounter, which went dangerously out of control. She decides an affair with the devilishly handsome man who moved into her building might cure her of the panic attacks. How can she know she picked the wrong man.




Rhode Island Weddings


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Sometimes love seems to be impossible...especially when life takes unexpected turns...




The Real Cost of Fracking


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A pharmacologist and a veterinarian pull back the curtain on the human and animal health effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” Across the country, fracking—the extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing—is being touted as the nation’s answer to energy independence and a fix for a flagging economy. Drilling companies assure us that the process is safe, politicians push through drilling legislation without a serious public-health debate, and those who speak out are marginalized, their silence purchased by gas companies and their warnings about the dangers of fracking stifled. The Real Cost of Fracking pulls back the curtain on how this toxic process endangers the environment and harms people, pets, and livestock. Michelle Bamberger, a veterinarian, and Robert Oswald, a pharmacologist, combine their expertise to show how contamination at drilling sites translates into ill health and heartbreak for families and their animals. By giving voice to the people at ground zero of the fracking debate, the authors vividly illustrate the consequences of fracking and issue an urgent warning to all of us: fracking poses a dire threat to the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even our food supply. Bamberger and Oswald reveal the harrowing experiences of small farmers who have lost their animals, their livelihoods, and their peace of mind, and of rural families whose property values have plummeted as their towns have been invaded by drillers. At the same time, these stories give us hope, as people band together to help one another and courageously fight to reclaim their communities. The debate over fracking speaks to a core dilemma of contemporary life: we require energy to live with modern conveniences, but what degree of environmental degradation, health risks, and threats to our food supply are we willing to accept to obtain that energy? As these stories demonstrate, the stakes couldn’t be higher, and this is an issue that none of us can afford to ignore.




Kiss Me Like A Stranger


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In this personal book from the star of many beloved and classic film comedies -- from The Producers to Young Frankenstein, Blazing saddles to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- Gene Wilder writes about a side of his life the public hasn't seen on the screen. Kiss Me Like a Stranger is not an autobiography in the usual sense of the word, and it's certainly not another celebrity "tell-all." Instead, Wilder has chosen to write about resonant moments in his life, events that led him to an understanding of the art of acting, and -- more important -- to an understanding of how to give love to and receive love from a woman. Wilder writes compellingly about the creative process on stage and screen, and divulges moments from life on the sets of some of the most iconic movies of our time. In this book, he talks about everything from his experiences in psychoanalysis to why he got into acting and later comedy (his first goal was to be a Shakespearean actor), and how a Midwestern childhood with a sick mother changed him. Wilder explains why he became an actor and writer, and about the funny, wonderful movies he made with Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, and Harrison Ford, among many others. He candidly reveals his failures in love, and writes about the overwhelming experience of marrying comedienne Gilda Radner, as well as what finally had to happen for him to make a true and lasting commitment to another woman. A thoughtful, revealing, and winsome book about life, love, and the creative process, the New York Times bestseller Kiss Me Like A Stranger is one actor's life in his own words.




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