Urban Youth

I found my love in the most unexpected place. Working at the zoo, surrounded by straight coworkers, was the last place I expected to find love. But one of the bears is more than he seems, and his secret is about to change my life forever. Warning: This is a paranormal erotic gay romance and contains very naughty scenes between a hunky gay intern and his werebear alpha lover. Adult readers only.

Naughty gay guys get all hot and bothered in this dirty three book bundle. When they fall in love, they fall HARD and do it all night long. The books: 1. A Boy For My Bear 2. Gay For An "A" 3. Repunzel's Beard Warning: These fun stories are very, very naughty and filled with hot man on man action. Adult readers only.

I never meant to fall in love. I never expected it. But now I can't fight it. I was only looking for a running partner when I ran into Mark, but I couldn't help my attraction to his incredible body and dazzling smile. When he warned me of the dangers, I didn't take him seriously. But Mark was more than I realized: a billionaire with dangerous enemies and a burning desire for a man to call his own. How could I resist him? Warning: This erotic story contains very naughty gay scenes between a billionaire and his gay lover. Adult readers only.

Told in the voice 13 year old of Carter Jones, Coming Of Age takes place in the late 90’s. Carter is enamored with basketball and hiphop. His mother Lisa is expecting her first daughter, while his father William is a socially conscious man who is hard working, and owns a bar named Saint's. Things change for the Jones family when a notorious Philly gangster named Stacy Clark hosts his birthday party there.

Joseph Silver Hawk Argent is on the run. He's running from the cops and an ancient prophecy that he doesn't want anything to do with. He's seventeen, a leader of the Los Caballeros street gang and even though he's Native American, he doesn't want any part of where he came from. A Holy man has pegged Joseph or Cheetah, as his friends call him, as a warrior who lived during the days of Crazy Horse but Joseph lives in New York. He wants nothing to do with his past or a past life that he doesn't care about. Frank Belger is the cop who only cares about one thing. He's determined to catch the ...

Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, All Day recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and an actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths.

Today's youth face immense challenges, and their role within church communities is often undervalued. Don't Despise Our Youth by David A. Washington offers a powerful call to action to transform youth ministry into a platform where young people are empowered to lead, thrive, and serve alongside their church. Washington writes from his own experience, having come to faith through the work of youth ministry in inner-city Chicago. He credits this ministry with rescuing him from a life of gang involvement, crime, prison, and imminent death, providing the guidance he once lacked.

Welcome to the bustling streets, the towering skylines, and the pulsating energy of the city—a place where dreams are made, and life moves at the speed of light. But nestled within this electric maze lies a secret: pockets of tranquility, health, and longevity that defy urban expectations. These are Urban Blue Zones, and they're redefining what it means to live well in the city and suburbs.

Due to a side effect of a medication taken in an experimental drug trial to cure Vitiligo, a pigment disorder, four people with dramatically different backgrounds are thrown together. Two never live the lives they worked so hard to create. The other two return to their youth and begin new lives - backed by lifetimes of experience and unexpectedly altered values. Will the greed of others tear them apart, or will a lifetime of loneliness bring them together?