The Invisible Immigrant: Paolo and Me - A Grandson's Tale

Biographies & Memoirs

Bellisano Jr, Pete

Community & Culture

Smashwords

Seven scorching stories...What happens when your deepest fantasy - the one you crave most - comes true?A busy lawyer longs to be disciplined by her crush. A tease acts out her ultimate fantasy with a group of guys. And spying on a sexy neighbor leads to trouble - in the best way.Boundaries are shattered between strangers at a silent retreat, while a shy girl yearns to be taught by a dominant older man. The singer in an all-girl punk band lusts after a virginal guitarist. And in a spin on the Big Bad Wolf, Christina begs her fiancé Patrick to unleash his inner beast on their wedding night.Crave is a collection of seductively steamy short stories. Perfect for a bite-sized treat before bed - or any time."The Wedding and the Wolf" features characters from the book Priceless, but can be read as a standalone.Note: this book includes light BDSM, Daddy kink/roleplay, reverse harem, bondage, erotic humiliation, and spanking, as well as steamy vanilla encounters.100% of the proceeds will be donated to Feeding America.

Crave: An Erotic Story Collection

Literature & Fiction

Silver, Miranda

Erotica

7 years ago, author Will Aylward became obsessed with finding answers to the questions: How do I become Unstuck? and Why is it some people stay stuck whilst others take charge of their lives? After much searching, overcoming his own Challenges and helping hundreds of people around the world to become unstuck too, Will has found the answers he was looking for. In ''Becoming Unstuck'' he shares it all. You will: - Discover what is really keeping you stuck and how to move forward. - Learn how you want your Life to look like instead- your inspiring personal vision! - Have a clear system for setting and achieving your goals. - Find out the 8 Principles needed to take charge of your Life. - Know the exact Exercises, Questions, Tips and Tools required to move forward, now and anytime you need them. - Feel empowered, capable and motivated. Whether you dream of breaking free from debt, doubt, over-thinking or an unfulfilling career or relationship, this book will help you to make it happen. A marvellous mix of personal stories and a simple step by step guide to taking charge of your life, expect to feel Inspired and ready to become Unstuck once and for all.

Becoming Unstuck: Your simple step by step guide to taking charge of your Life

Self-Help

Aylward, Will

Personal Transformation

Decades ago, Claire escaped her small hometown and her troubled past. 
A father who vanished. A lost love. An unplanned pregnancy. 
But when an old friend’s illness reminds her of secrets kept and debts owed, she flies home where she confronts the truth of her most unforgivable choice--face to face. 
Is she doomed to spend her life on the move? Or can she, at last, find forgiveness, and allow herself another chance at the love she lost? 
From Amazon readers: “Hate to put the book down!” “Dialogue pitch-perfect...family dynamics so well portrayed.” “Reminded me of Beaches but better!” “Great for book clubs!” 
If you enjoy stories of lifelong friendships, long-held secrets, and second chances, then you’ll love Schaefer’s poignant and satisfying debut novel. Read Us, Now and Then today!

Us, Now and Then: A Novel (Two Nevada Girls)

Schaefer, Lorie Smith

United States

Advent Calendar - 24 very short stories of Finnish Christmas. Family gatherings, office Christmas parties, rushing to buy the right gift, the stress and joys and loneliness of the holidays. All this and more, a humorous take on the Finns and Christmas in Finland.

Advent Calendar: 24 very short stories of Finnish Christmas

Mäkelä, Venla

Genre Fiction

The Master

Edmondson, Nathan

𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙖? 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠.The first time I meet the wolf’s cold eyes, we’re at a college party.𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠.I just quit the cheer squad. I’m about to dump my musician boyfriend. I’m partying harder than ever. I let money run through my fingers because I’m done reaching for standards I’ll never meet.Soon, I’m broke. And I don’t want anyone to know.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚.I'm bubbly and outgoing. He's icy and alone. I stay away. I touch myself, thinking of him.When I finally seek out Patrick Caruthers, he has a proposition.Mind games. Humiliation. Control. Schedules. Him. Me.𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚.I'm not perfect. I'm not stunning or noble. I’m not a heroine.𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨.I'm just a girl . . .𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.And he’s a cold bastardWho is paying me for sex.

Priceless

Family Secrets

Hayward, Janet

Dramas & Plays

Into the Astral Lands is a cosmic horror short story centering around one man's struggle to keep his humanity while he fights to escape the gaze of entities that seem to exist beyond the confines of time and reality. Can Adam hold onto his sanity, or will he lose his wife, child, livelihood, and sense of self to the Astral Lands?

Into the Astral Lands

Malikyte, Eric

On a late summer's day during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, the world seemingly ended for the Hebrew people of Palestine; tens of thousands died as Roman legions torched Jerusalem and demolished the Holy Temple, the very dwelling place of the Lord God Almighty of Israel. As blood-swollen gutters ran red and the smoke of hellfire blackened the sky, where was God? Was there meaning to life? To death?After nearly a century of restless churning under the oppressive Roman Empire. Zealot revolutionaries took up arms against the vaunted Roman legions; initial successes chased the Romans from Palestine but unleashed internal power struggles and bloodletting of the priestly aristocracy that was believed to be sympathetic to Rome. When the vengeful Roman legions returned, they swept through the Galilee, leaving cities and villages ablaze and the countryside littered with rotting corpses on crosses. Refugees swelled Jerusalem like goats herded to the slaughter pens.In the spring of 70 CE, the legions set upon Jerusalem and raised their siege engines and ramparts and launched their catapults. As the summer sun spiked hot, the city's defenses weakened, and before autumn arrived, the temple fell on the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av. Months after the killing and dying finally ceased, winter rains doused the smoldering ruins and washed the blood and ash from sole wall remaining from God's magnificent marble temple.The Great Roman-Jewish War was a watershed moment--no, more than that, an apocalypse in which the end of the world seemed near--not only for the Hebrew people, but also for emerging Christianity, and "Wormwood and Gall" remembers this oft-forgotten setting for an early, important chapter in the history of the church. Amid death and destruction, the dispirited remnant of the followers of Jesus, who had been awaiting the return of their crucified messiah for four decades, needed encouragement and words of hope. In response, an unknown person compiled the good news narrative that has come to be known as "the Gospel according to Mark." This first gospel served as template and principal source document used by the later compilers of the gospels of Matthew and Luke. John, the fourth canonical gospel, came later still from a different stream of tradition. Although a scholarly consensus agrees with this context and chronology for the development of the gospel tradition, not much more is known about the individuals behind the gospels."Wormwood and Gall" is a fictionalized account of the birth pangs of the early church against the background of revolution, civil war, and apocalyptic devastation. This novel's characterization of the gospel's compiler is entirely fictional as history remembers virtually nothing about the actual person behind the gospel compilation--not even his real name. The gospel document does not identify its author. The terminology "the Gospel according to Mark" dates to a 2nd century identification of an associate of Peter, but current scholarship doubts that association. However, for the sake of consistency and familiarity, the novel's principal character shall be named Markos, the Greek form of "Mark".Scholars have long looked to the "setting in life" as the starting point in analyzing ancient Biblical manuscripts. Although Wormwood and Gall fictionalizes the characters behind the compilation of this gospel, the novel attempts to accurately recreate the events, chronology, and apocalyptic milieu of the Great Roman-Jewish War as the setting that influenced the formation of the first canonical gospel, which in turn influenced the later gospels.

Wormwood and Gall: The Destruction of Jerusalem and the First Gospel

Holmen, RW

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Smashwords publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Smashwords