Real Women

Halloween has arrived in Olmeda, and someone's celebrating by leaving bloody pentagrams all over the city. As the resident official witch, it's my job to figure out what the pentagrams mean and if they're more of a threat than a prank. Extra points if I find out who did it before they ruin the best holiday of the year, one I plan on spending with Ian. But finding the culprit is harder than expected—nobody saw anything and there's no shortage of suspicious paranormals. In the words of my new personal motto: everyone is a suspect.

My new dance teacher had a rhythm that was impossible to resist. I thought I'd explored the depths of my desires with Jenny, Sophia, Claire, and Lisa, but my education in passion was about to take a mesmerizing turn. When Jenny introduced me to her friend Marisa, a captivating dance teacher, I was drawn into a world of movement and seduction. Marisa offered me a free private class, and with the encouragement of Jenny, Sophia, Claire, and Lisa, I stepped onto the dance floor. What I found was far more than just a lesson in dance. Marisa's graceful movements and intense gaze taught me the art...

An island escape with no rules and endless heat. I thought I understood pleasure. I thought I understood love. But our trip to the private island proved that there were still depths I hadn’t touched—desires I hadn’t dared to voice. It began as a vacation. A break. A chance for all of us to unwind and reconnect. But then we met Becca—the island’s enigmatic caretaker with a wild past and eyes that saw right through me. Her invitation into her world was playful at first, a sensual scavenger hunt beneath palm trees and stars. But the real game was what she wanted most: to stop running...

Are you ready to release your control of needing to be everything for everyone? In Choosing Real, author Bekah Pogue walks with us into life’s unplanned circumstances - specifically frantic schedules, pain, transition, feelings of unworthiness, loneliness, and tension - and reminds us it is in these very moments where God invites us to notice, respond, and even celebrate an authentic relationship with Him through every little detail despite our own efforts or work. The result? A connection between real life and faith so that they are one and the same.

Discover a feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight the Regency women who succeeded on their own terms and were largely lost to history - until now.

From an orphaned Jewish girl to the queen of Persia, Esther's story is one of bravery, determination, and resilience. When an evil plot threatens God's people, Esther must find the courage to speak up, risking her life to save them.

Julia Swann, mother of two young boys, is on the phone with her husband, Michael, when the call abruptly cuts out. It isn't until later in the evening when she discovers that something terrible has happened at Penn Station, where Michael was waiting for a train home. Julia races to New York City to look for Michael, her panicked searching interwoven with memories of meeting and falling in love with the husband she's now desperate to find.

Lyndsey is not your everyday registered nurse. She has secrets that could destroy everything. Through a series of chronological entries, deeply personal and insightful, she shares her innermost feelings and thoughts. Struggling to keep her head above water while unknowingly conjuring the ingredients for addiction, will she discover the road to redemption or be damned to a life of disillusionment?

What if you could interview top Christian women leaders and ask their advice on how to be successful (eternally significant) and glorify God with your work? Threads of Wisdom documents the journeys and best advice of 10 women that lead marketplace and non-profit organizations, in their own words.

TWO GIRLS IN HIGH RAFTERS is a rough and tumble fiction account of a woman's life, 1900-1966, concerning how her life was affected by a nude photo that her and a best friend's fathers' produced just before WWI. The making of a "pornographic" cabinet card product designed to earn the dirt farmers a living in the depressed Sandhills region of Nebraska is where the story begins. The photograph gave chase to Mildred Conner's life, somehow pulled her into prostitution (for survival, some might say...), while her Black friend Sissy did equally less well (an early pregnancy–the death of her ...

Three former friends, now age 57, rally one another through changes and challenges when they get together again for their 40th high school reunion in Port Mariette, a blue-collar town near Pittsburgh in this “coming of age” tale.

The channel swells and deflates as if a large object displaces its volume. I lay down on the tree limb and watch the effect of this object passing. A monster movie comes to mind. Jaws, the shark, attacks. Or so it appears. A huge bull moose with trophy antlers breaches up out of the deep. His spines jam the entanglement of branches supporting my lair. The beast curls his lips and bellows in ecstasy. The attractant worked. Only problem?No female moose. The moose’s pikes entwine my clothes, and my body snares on top of the bull’s head. Unbelievable.

Journey into a World of Intense Passion I thought I knew what I wanted—until I met Sophia. She walked into my life like a force of nature, all mystery and raw magnetism, showing me a world I never knew existed. When she laid out her proposition, my pulse raced: she wanted to help me explore my deepest desires, push past every boundary I'd built, and unlock parts of myself I'd kept buried. But as I dove deeper into this new dynamic, I found myself caught between two forces: my intense attraction to Sophia and my connection with Claire, who'd first opened my eyes to this intoxicating realm....

When Jessica Marlowe meets a handsome older gentleman at her new home, she thinks nothing of it. He is just a kind old man. She was deceived. After putting up with a neglectful husband, Jessica wants to find pleasure in other places. She decides this old man is willing to take her into his arms and protect her from her loneliness. His handsome physique, she can't resist. Together they kindle a love that her husband Tom will have to face. His rage will not be quenched until he finds her secret lover.

In the second Heal to Lead collection of stories, inspirational leaders share their personal journeys about how they overcame difficult situations to lead others. Stories include abuse, career changes, grief, parenting, generational trauma, cancer, and divorce. Once their healing journey began, they were able to transform into a group of coaches, speakers, and advocates in their communities. Through their pain, these authors reveal the importance of inner work to show others what is possible. Consisting of twenty short stories, Heal to Lead: Stories to Turn Your Wounds Into Wisdom, Volume ...

Deep and meaningful interpersonal connections at work are critical to your career—and to your well-being. Bonds built on trust allow women to help one another, exchange information, and be more productive. But high-quality professional relationships are only possible with emotional openness—and not all women feel they can be vulnerable enough in the office to develop these kinds of ties. Making Real Connections explores the many ways that our working relationships with other women are usually amazing—and sometimes messy.

As someone who has a foot in both the Western and Arabic worlds, Amal set out to explore the lives of Arab women both in Australia and the Middle East, travelling to the region and interviewing more than 60 women about feminism, intimacy, love, sex and shame, trauma, war, religion and culture. Beyond Veiled Cliches explores the similarities and differences experienced by these women in their daily lives - work, relationships, home and family life, friendships, the communities they live in and more.

Follow Ruth, a young widow from Moab, as she travels with her mother-in-law, Naomi, and joins herself with God's people. This inspiring story shows Ruth's kindness, loyalty, and hard work, leading her to Boaz and connecting her to the lineage of Jesus Christ.

Get Wet, Get Wild. I thought I had found my balance, juggling the passionate worlds of Claire, Sophia, and Jenny. But my education took a new turn when Claire introduced me to her old college roommate, Lisa, a longtime professional swimmer with a competitive streak and a challenge that made my pulse race. Lisa insisted I needed to stop reading so much and join her in the pool. Something about her drew me in - maybe it was the confidence in her stance or the way her eyes sparkled with challenge. Whatever it was, I found myself accepting her dare, diving headfirst into a rigorous training ...

Camilla Thurlow came second on Love Island in 2017. More recently, she has impressed viewers in the latest series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. But that's not the most interesting part.... Camilla can do something that none of her fellow contestants, and not even the ex-Special Forces directing staff on Celebrity SAS can do: find, neutralise and destroy the landmines that threaten the lives and livelihoods of so many people in the world's former war zones and make their land unworkable.