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In this deliciously devious beach read, chick lit meets Fatal Attraction as Jules Asner weaves together a tale of relationships, betrayal, and very modern revenge.

This collection of one hundred poems is charming and introspective with vivid and recognizable impressions, originality of diction and variations in tone. The author's devotion to craftsmanship lends immediacy and expressiveness to a wide variety of poetic images. The subject matter of What Will Suffice is diverse and varied. Each poem has a life of its own. The theme is that common thread of humanity that speaks to the heart through many forms, melodious language and personal emotions.

There's nothing like a couple's counselor hearing her new fiancee might be her half-brother to ruin their engagement party. And now our counselor has to find out if the hereditary allegations are true....

Peggy Winter and Louise Mae Chapman always knew there was something not quite right with their friend Rachel Rose. Although self-assured, beautiful and successful for a woman growing up in the '40s, Rachel was elusive and distant at times. Their suspicions were confirmed and Rachel's sanity questioned when she asked them to return to a mysterious mansion and help her achieve an impossible dream. Three girls are brought together by their lot in Southern society: Peggy, a blooming Southern belle; ... more info>>

Life is frustrating for a self-willed teenager, especially when her parents are Maria and Walter from the Maria Series. The early years of the 1950's finds Alma fighting against her parent's old fashioned ideas and rules. But Alma still manages to fit many exploits into her life while working at Aunt Maggie's riding stable. She and boyfriend Adrian discover a stranger living at an old plantation house and Adrian is determined to discover his identity. Even though forbidden by her mother to join ... more info>>

Once a struggling community of Irish immigrants, Lake Erie's Whiskey Island has a past as colorful as the patrons who frequent the Whiskey Island Saloon. A local gathering place for generations, the saloon is now run by the Donaghue sisters, whose lives and hearts have been shaped by family tragedy and a haunting mystery. When an act of violence sets the wheels of fate in motion, Megan Donaghue, a woman unwilling to trust in love, and Niccolo Andreani, a man unwilling to trust in himself, are de... more info>>

Desire and torment swept through Joyce's trembling young body at the gentle touch of Edith's cool hand upon her face. She had never felt like this before. It frightened her ... and filled her with a terrible excitement! Joyce is a young woman off to her first year at college at prestigious all-girl school. She gets along well with her roommate, Mary Jean, who is somewhat boy-crazy. Joyce begins to think there's something wrong with her? that perhaps she is frigid? because she has no interest... more info>>

During the French and Indian War, Willow Who Weeps' village is destroyed by a band of hostile braves led by Rene Du Barri. Joined by an English friend, Jonathan Reed, Willow Who Weeps searches for the Frenchman. Vengeance will be hers for not only has he destroyed her home but he drove her sister to kill herself. Instead of slaying Du Barri, Willow Who Weeps is killed but she vows to follow Du Barri to the spirit world and beyond. Jonathan is left to raise their two children alone and sett... more info>>

Let ME tell you a story about a girl on Long Island, who always tried to play life by "the rules"--as outlined in the Secret Handbook of Long Island Rules... That girl, uh, woman, is me, Teddi Gallo. I'm the mother of three kids under the age of eleven, best friend to Bobbie (who denies there's any such thing as a secret handbook, but who knows all the moves by heart) and the daughter of June (who has inside info on the rules, but has a reserved room at South Winds Psychiatric Hospital, as well)... more info>>

This long awaited sequel is equally as exciting, intriguing & humorous as Rocky's first best-selling book, "Wild Men, Wild Alaska." It'll thrill, chill, & challenge you & make you laugh out loud. Scores told Rocky "Wild Men, Wild Alaska" was best book ever read & begged for more. It's all here, plane crashes, grizzly charges, blizzards, fathers, sons, young men & women coming of age & competing in their quest to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. Includes a grizzly hunt with Evangelist Franklin ... more info>>

In the small town of Dilthon, Wyoming, high-school football is religion and the local football coach, Brad Porter, is god. But Coach Porter is a cruel and unforgiving deity, so fiercely determined to win that it frightens an aging uncle and aunt who were once his surrogate parents. After the death of his aunt snaps the last restraints, Coach Porter drives his vulnerable place kicker, Alasdair Pittman, to suicide. Yet when his recklessness costs his own son his life, Coach Porter plunges into tur... more info>>

Weary of battle, a Civil War soldier trudges homeward. But refuge isn't the only thing he finds in a partially destroyed plantation house. An unusual ghost story from the Derringer Award-winning author of Malicious Intent.

When an Afghani village becomes paralyzed by the Soviet's new warfare and a thick nerve gas suffocates innocent people, rumors of a deadly weapon find their way to the Pentagon--and into the hands of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Schad. Along with his three-man team, Lieutenant Colonel Schad will lead one of the riskiest covert operations known to the U.S. Department of Defense in order to find one unexploded cylinder of YELLOW RAIN. But are these men up against something much greater than U.S. Intell... more info>>

"It only takes one." "There are a lot of other fish in the sea." "Every pot has a cover." "When it's your time, it will just happen." Ugh! Karrie Kline had heard it all. But her search for the perfect man had never been all that pressing until her laugh lines became more noticeable, she attended one too many bridal showers and woke up next to far too many never-gonna-commit men. Suddenly, she realized that finding someone to love (and who actually loved her back) was important. Karrie wanted mor... more info>>