A Short Story Olio

Literature & Fiction

Reed, Nancy L

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wooden Pants Publishing

A year after she is elected mayor of a prosperous Colorado city, Gwen Marsh's career and life are fully on track, all according to plan. So why is she in such a slump emotionally and physically? New conflicts keep boiling over in city government, and her earlier allies no longer support her. She and her boyfriend have an ideal relationship, which she finds inexplicably dissatisfying. Without telling her, he decides to take a new job that has him traveling out of state every week. Suddenly unexpected developments turn everything topsy-turvy, and Gwen is forced to re-examine her carefully-planned life. Reviews of "Best Laid Plans &amp; Other Disasters," “In Best Laid Plans &amp; Other Disasters, Amy Rivers unfolds relatable characters struggling to sort out complex issues. Relationships are never easy, and in this tightly woven tapestry of real life challenges each character must roll with the punches and redefine their goals going forward. It will suck you in, hold you tight and keep you on edge as you turn the pages to discover their hard-pressed solutions.” — Kathryn Mattingly, author of Benjamin, Journey, and Olivia’s Ghost "Witty, warm, and compulsively readable. Rivers has deftly created lovably flawed and relatable characters you don’t want to miss.” — Amy Avanzino, author of Wake-Up Call and From the Sideline "... Rivers ("Wallflower Blooming", 2016) convincingly creates a world in which the choices that women—and men—must make about career, romance, and family aren’t just theoretical. They’re personal. Chicken soup for the working woman’s soul." -- Kirkus Reviews

Best Laid Plans & Other Disasters (Cambria Trilogy)

Romance

Rivers, Amy

Contemporary

In the small east coast town of Springfield, there is a community that is more like a family. Five individuals,all on their own journeys, are forced to confront their pasts while re-examining their present values and priorities as their lives intertwine. Only then can they free themselves from the deep-rooted prejudices society has impressed on them and, finally, see that everyone's story, though complicated, is worth telling.

Swaying

Williams, Marissa

Rankins, Rachel

Walters, Alexis

Smith, Amber Anderson

Literary

Val Shakely is a list-maker. Daily routine. Check. Calm, quiet (but successful) business. Check. No drama. No excitement. Some might call it boring, but it’s precisely the way Val likes it. She loves her hometown of Cambria, nestled in the mountains of Colorado, and runs a fruitful PR firm. It's more than enough for Val. So what if she doesn’t have a social life? Then, her cousin Gwen decides to take on the local political bully, Mayor Roger Barton, in head-to-head combat for his position, and Val takes her company reluctantly, and against her better judgment, into the fray. The minute Val takes on Gwen’s campaign, the safe world she carefully constructed begins to unravel. She feels the pressure of the campaign and the personal attacks by Barton. And as if that wasn’t complicated enough, Val finds herself falling in love with local businessman John Hatfield, a man just as boring as her at first glance. Both charming and confrontational, Val is drawn to John in a way that cracks the simplicity of her life. In the end, Val’s desire to stay on the sidelines is put to the test and she’s forced to reexamine the life she’s built as she trudges toward a new and more exciting future.

Wallflower Blooming (Cambria Trilogy)

Schafer, Jennifer

Set amid the grandeur of the high Colorado Rockies and the gentle beauty of the Front Range, Morning Is Always Nigh describes a remarkable year of improbable adventures in the life of Danny Gray and his two older siblings, Mary and John. As the Gray kids come of age they save a trout named Fred, go jeeping in the mountains, explore ghost towns, hunt a cougar, fly fish for wild trout, encounter the mysterious ‘Strange Critter,’ rescue a soon-to-be mother in labor during a blizzard, and mostly live with abandon. Through their experiences – some harebrained, some harrowing, some touching, and all instructive – Danny comes to see that he has a role in the great majestic dance that is life.

Morning is Always Nigh: A Colorado Boyhood

Wickersham, John

Britt never dreamed demons existed. Then, the Angeli drafted her to fight them. When the stone effigy she finds turns into a live gargoyle and tells her she must learn magic in order to fight demons, headstrong Britt Kelly wants to run the other way. She has enough problems fitting into a new high school in the projects and coping with her parents' divorce, thank you very much. Gillen, the centuries old leader of the Gargoyle Guardians, knows he has a serious problem--teaching Britt and her teen-aged friends to control enough Grace to survive the coming battles against invading demons. Britt and Gillen soon fight over the best way to cope with the demons. Will anyone survive? "The story contains action, adventure, and an intriguing new take on the age-old theme of angels and demons."

There Be Demons

Teen & Young Adult

Theodoratus, M.K.

In Elephants Living Large, little elephants are moved to a new home and start causing trouble until a group of large elephants comes along to teach them how to be kind. Readers big and small will learn the importance of being an example to others by LIVING LARGE. Five percent of profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Pilanesberg Wildlife Trust to further their conservation work. More information at http://pilanesbergwildlifetrust.co.za. An additional 20 percent of profits will be donated to the Early Childhood Council of Larimer County for their work in helping local children and families thrive. More information at https://ecclc.org.

Elephants Living Large

Children's Books

Griffith, Heather

Animals

The Divine Abundance Portal Activations is the easiest possible way to experience the Law of Attraction at work. The Shamanic Journeys of author Patricia Vance Forbes assist you in the deconstruction of old, harmful programs. These can come from your current situation or past lifetimes. Each of the 11-day Divine Abundance Portal Activations provides numerous opportunities to heal, They activate good genes and the reconstruction of your DNA. And it's all done with EASE! When you complete The Divine Abundance Portal Activations you become reborn. You are refreshed with Phoenix Fire. Your burst from your cocoon as a beautiful, confident butterfly. Your journey into each Portal gently brakes you down to be reconstructed and recalibrated into the New, Divine, Abundant You. And, like an eagle, the New You has the opportunity to SOAR!

The Divine Abundance Portal Activations: One Year of Law of Attraction Meditations

Self-Help

Forbes, Patricia Vance

Personal Transformation

After finding the strength to start her life over again, Emily and her daughters end up navigating what she thought they had left behind. Such as an ex-husband who doesn't respect boundaries and an ex-lover who demands more than she has a right to. This leaves Emily in the middle, torn between moving on and letting go of her past. At her breaking point, Emily forcefully sets the boundaries needed to discover who she is as a single mother and woman. Still, her life never leaves things settled for long.

Waiting on the Other Side of Clarity: Broken Circles: Book Two

Thibeault, Vanessa M

Straight Talk Tools for the Desperate Husband is a collection of the most impactful articles from relationship coach Steve Horsmon. They are divided into specific themes where Steve shares powerful stories and concepts about love, life, being a good guy, and getting rid of misconceptions about marriage. You will wonder why nobody told you these things when you were 18 years old. Furthermore, you may have a few epiphanies that make you shake your head just like Steve did when he began this work. In this book you will learn how to: <ul><li>Boldly declare your masculine values and boundaries for your life and relationship.</li><li>Confidently stand up for what you want without looking like a big, fat jerk.</li><li>Understand the deeper meaning behind your woman's coldness, disrespect, and rejection.</li><li>Handle conflict and tension without getting rattled and increase her attraction and desire at the same time.</li><li>Decide whether or not your relationship is salvageable or worth saving.</li><li>Flip the switch from seeking female validation to standing strong in a new, self-reliant, masculine frame. </li></ul> In the end, Straight Talk Tools for the Desperate Husband is a collection of the most impactful articles from relationship coach Steve Horsmon. It helps convert the anxious, immature, and insecure energy of a hummingbird husband into the confident, secure, unapologetic swagger of a mountain lion.

Straight Talk Tools for the Desperate Husband: How To Become A Masculine, Confident Man Who Can Fix His Marriage Without Looking Like A Controlling A**hole

Horsmon, Steve

Parenting & Relationships

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