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I Love To Hear My Daddy Sing is a joyful tale of four young African-American girls and their exciting experiences growing up. The readers will find themselves swept away on a journey beginning in the character's living room then whisking their way down their father's musical timeline. The girls start, off with a big job ahead of them, and that is to clean up the mess they made. To get it done they commence to singing, dancing, and playing with their...

In gritty, penetrating prose, the short stories in THE WINDOW IS A MIRROR deftly mine both working-class and privileged sensibility to extract common elements. Characters of varying social strata are subjected to merciless scrutiny as they pursue prizes of dubious value, heedless of cost. Whether or not they get what they want is the least of their problems. In the end their disparate futilities mix them into a single tribe that looks like us.

The wonderful little acorn nuts are a happy lot. They are nested in little houses of the mighty oak in a very warm forest. At the edge of the forest is a very nice park where they run and play on the swings, the sandbox, and leaves. They get very nervous when they start to hear noises but find that they will make some new friends and see a new view of the park. After a long and much needed rest, the little acorns wake up feeling warm, happy, and ready...

The full english text for the opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini. A romantic tragedy about the love between a poet, Rodolfo, and a seamstress, Mimì.

A last-minute Guild delivery, a cursed treasure, and a nefarious revenge scheme sets Rory on a collision course with one of Arcane's most wanted mages. When the Arcane Guild requests a last-minute delivery run from Transporter, Rory Costas, she figures earning some extra cash is better than spending her evening binging another DIY show or dodging the pesky Chipmunk Mafia. After handing off a unique engagement present to a happy, well-connected Arcane...

Bill Caldwell's life sucks. When he goes home from work early one day and finds his wife having sex with his best friend, Bill heads to the local bar and pours out his heart to his friend, the bar's owner. His friend tells him that there is no door number two, meaning that there is no magic door that leads to the perfect life. He says that if your life suck then change it, so Bill sells his used car lot in a dreary little desert town in Southern California...

Two problems, one retreat Carmen's problem: Her pack's about to be destroyed by a rogue pack intent on claiming all their females. Their only recourse? To attend a retreat where alphas meet their forever mate. They're hoping to find an alpha who would protect them from danger. Shawn's problem: After three years, he still hadn't found his fated mate. When a friend suggested a Wolf Retreat, it piqued his interest enough to attend. Hopefully, one female...

A Dark War is coming. A war that will pit supernatural against human. And witch, hunter, and traitor Kali Richards is the key to stopping it. But she isn't what one might call skillful at spellcasting. And her latest bounty is a vampire-witch hybrid with a taste for Kali's blood, which doesn't help the situation any. After an attack, Kali is on the brink of death when Wyatt-the man who shattered her heart eight years ago-finds her. Eight years apart...

This Navy SEAL is ready to wave his white flag of surrender and accept his fate when it comes to his curvy girl.Beckett "Slate" JenningsMy first mission as a SEAL was almost my last.Saving Dr. Jane Nayler in Yemen almost destroyed me.Somehow, I survived and buried that pain deep.Imagine my surprise when Jane's daughter shows up on my doorstep.After three years, my neatly ordered world collapses around me.Constance is everything I never knew I needed-beautiful,...

Juliette's life is work-she's ruthless, determined, and has built a reputation for helping difficult CEOs achieve their maximum potential. When she's scouted by the royal Azhar family to assist the head of their tech division, Sheikh Basri Azhar, she's eager for the challenge. The company is at a critical juncture, and it will be up to Juliette to keep the brash, young CEO on track. Shouldn't be a problem-until Juliette meets Basri. He's handsome,...