True Humor

Tristan Briggs is the reason Santa has a naughty list. He’s also my only hope for surviving the holidays. All I want for Christmas is to stay alive. Alone and on the run, I thought I was safe. Until my new life goes up in flames. Literally. Now old secrets are back to haunt me, and there’s no place left to hide. Tall, dark, and deadly, Tristan is everything I’m running from. He’s a hitman on the hunt for revenge. And I’m about to beg him to stuff my stocking. Can Tristan put the ghosts of my past to rest? Or am I doomed to an awful Christmas present?

The Fairest of Them All Particularly if we're talking about cold, hard justice. I am the law, at least I am until I'm framed for murder by those who resent my competence at cutting through red tape and the underbellies of corrupt mages. Some call me cruel. All right, everyone calls me cruel, but when you need someone without scruples to go undercover and reveal the impossible, I'm the go-to witch. Apparently, because I'm also being forced to work with the mage I'd like best to rip apart. Convenient that he's so hard to kill, or I just couldn't resist the temptation. He's the golden ...

When lowly civil servant Ben Anscomb’s luck deserts him, he opts for a walk on the lawless side of life. Jobless and wifeless, he draws up his very own Theft Chart and sets about earning his living through a series of systematically planned felonies. Confident in his ability to avoid the cock-ups of the commonplace crook, he proves to be a singular thief. "A short but punchy read about one man's mission to set himself up financially for life - by turning to crime. Down on his luck - with no job, a failed marriage and the threat of repossession looming - Ben feels he has no alternative. ...

Nothing gets past Erik Nordstrom. But he’s never faced off against me before. Erik Nordstrom is the best goalie in the league, and the hottest player on ice. Determined, focused, and built like a brick wall— he guards that net with his life. But lately, something is throwing Erik’s game off. And it’s my job to find out what’s going on. I’m determined to break right through that facade once and for all. He’s determined to be a giant pain in my butt. Too bad there’s no protective gear for love. Now we’re locked in competition, with both our careers and hearts on the line. No...

*All three books in the series are now available in an omnibus edition under the title THREE MEN IN SPAIN* THREE MEN IN A VAN is a humorous and informative account which explores both Spain and the ups and downs of our middle-aged trio’s singular road trip. When the fifty-something friends from Lancashire decide to take some time out together, little do they know that they will end up traversing Spain from north to south in an old and somewhat unsightly mini-campervan. Garrulous Geoff, hefty Harry and the relatively rational Jeremy, unused to spending longer than an evening in each ...

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BOUGHT is a light-hearted, informative account of a Scotsman’s relocation to the Spanish hinterland. When Jack Waldie and his wife Nicola buy a house in rural Spain they intend to start a new life there, away from the hustle and bustle of Glasgow, but when things go awry between them Jack chooses to keep the spacious old place and moves there to write his crime novels in peace. In the small village in an area known as Spanish Lapland, due to its ever decreasing population, Jack befriends key local people who refuse to allow their birthplace to die. When he’s ...

A voice is calling across the land, "Bombardier Milligan." "Bombadier Milligan is dead," I replied in a disguised voice. The voice replied, "Then he's going to miss his breakfast." The fourth volume of Spike Milligan's legendary account of his time in the army during World War Two begins as he and his regiment land in sunny Italy in 1943 ("The ship touched the beach very gently, so gently I suspect it's not insured").

A wacky novelette by a Marine veteran of Viet Nam who says he finds it easier to laugh about the war than to assault the Pentagon with a back hoe, which would be his preference except that he doesn't have a back hoe. Follow the adventures of Major Egglesby, the worst fighter pilot in the Air Force, and Sergeant Anesthesia Remingham, a black Marine from Alabama who invents the Torpedo Rat and nearly brings the war to a halt, and the concert with the rock band Klok Mortuary and the Gadarene Swine and...and....

WHEN WIZARDS WAR Deep in the woods lives a wizard called the Professor. In the depths of the Depression, the residents of Fester, Pennsylvania call on “powwowers” such as the Professor to heal ailments, tell fortunes . . . and exact revenge. When an upstart powwower threatens to horn in on the Professor’s business, he starts making plans for his own revenge. The sinister forces he sets in motion spiral out of control, and soon threaten to consume the leading citizens of the town.

Part thriller, part self-help manual, and part drinking companion, Corkscrew is a coruscating critique of neoliberal capitalism, religious intolerance, and the perils of blind tasting.

Princess Xithanese has a problem in the shape of her father. Long before she was born, her father made a pact with a dragon in order to gain the throne. Her father was crowned king in return for handing over the first husband of his then unborn daughter. The price at the time seemed such a low one to pay that one could hardly blame him for paying it. Unless you were Xithanese! Since it is not he, but Xithanese, that is paying this price. Xithanese has lived with this curse on her head her whole life. Though her mother has prepared her for marriage, what eligible prince would marry her ...

Elliot Evelyn Reid isn’t just the one that got away. She was my one and only. Once upon a time, Evie and I had plans to leave this place and never look back. Then the Army gave me the hardest mission of my life: living without her. Four years ago I broke her heart. Then she hightailed it right out of our tiny town in a cloud of broken dreams. She took my happy ending with her. Now she’s back. Not just in Texas, either. She’s in my house, my head, and— whether I like it or not— my heart. I let her go to keep her safe. Neither one of us ever expected to come home. But there’s no ...

If 'Na and Ambrose could have things their way, their wedding would be small, simple, and reserved just for their closest friends. However, the wedding of the daughter of the lord and lady of the enchanted castle threatens to be an important event of world-shaking proportions. And Circe-Beth, 'Na's nemesis from her school days, is determined to not just take center stage, but get some revenge on anybody who doesn't do things her way.

Barwell Hollings presents a series of stories taken from his many years of training and competition as an age group athlete competing in running, triathlon and race walking. You will find words of inspiration and a lot of humor within the pages of this book. The stories are all real and presented from the point of view of an ordinary age group athlete.

A satire of small-town southern mores featuring Paul Tatum (Ray's cousin), introduced in Blue Ridge. Ebook formatting by R.L. Parker for the best possible electronic reading experience.

When the Rossi household wakes to a world radically changed, Vanessa is the only member of her family who realizes something is wrong. The timeline has shifted—and it quickly becomes obvious that it’s up to her young daughters, Maddie and Becca, to fix it. Philip is from the future, but he’s also to blame for setting the timeline askew. Which makes Maddie and Becca view him with distrust and loathing. They will never forgive him for causing the death of their beloved father. Never! But they will work with him. It’s the only way things can be set right again. Together, the time ...

Queue up these hilarious real-life stories from the video clerking trenches. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll wash your hands. No rewinding required!

It’s a tale as old as time. Mobster meets stripper. Stripper doesn’t take her clothes off. Mobster kidnaps stripper. Sin City is no place for amateurs. When it comes to dancing, I know exactly what I’m doing. But dealing with a deadly and gorgeous mafia don? Now I’m just making the steps up as I go along. One thing’s for certain. It’s going to take two hands to hold on to this pole. Her Last Dance is a short and steamy instalove story about an alpha mafia boss and the innocent dancer that captures his heart.

THE MAN IN THE TENT is Tony Beardsall’s lively, informative account of his life since moving under canvas at the age of fifty-one. This volume contains parts one to four at a reduced price. Please click on the author’s name to see the description for each part.

Given how hard life can be, who couldn't use a dollop of humor? This collection of stories -- inspired by actual events -- provides more than a dollop. Several bushel fulls of humor are contained in its pages. And the stories are all the more amusing because they are slices of actual events -- or nearly so. "The Dip Takes a Plunge" relates just how badly a weekend visit can go... and just how deadly a bowl of avocado dip can be. "My Life of Crime" tells the sordid (but very funny) tale of four normally God-fearing, obedient boys who decide to exact revenge on their own when one of their ...