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This book was previously published as "The Reluctant Bride's First Spanking" by Reba Bale She's going to need a strong hand to get her to the altar! After five years together, Rebecca’s fiancé Jacob is getting impatient. He wants to get married, but something is holding Rebeca back: a nagging sense that something is missing from their sex life. Jacob has always been a gentle and attentive lover, but Rebecca longs for something less vanilla. She longs for passion and something a bit rougher – something to fulfil her secret spank fantasies. When she sees an ad for the Spanking Therapy ...

Three things I hate more than anything: Being a librarian Having magical powers Prince Fennion stalking me I wish he’d leave me alone. Fennion spends way too much time here at the library. He’s a royal prince AND a royal pain in the rear. I get it - we both have secrets most people wouldn’t understand. And his family is shunning him and he has nowhere to go. It’s bad enough that this enchanted library itself has a feisty mind of its own. I’ve been trying to get fired from here for months. With him here, this place is even more unbearable. Yes, he’s super hot and ridiculously ...

Phaedra Morgan is one of the best race engineers in Formula 1. She’s a math prodigy with dazzling skill, cutting wit, and no patience for matters of the heart. Of course, her job would be a lot easier if she didn’t keep butting heads with their team’s cocky and infuriatingly hot new driver. Cosmin Ardelean is intense and committed, but as famous for his off-track romantic exploits as his on-track wizardry. Yet his devil-may-care façade conceals a haunted past.

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She’s inexperienced in the ways of the world, but not for long! Marci has heard the rumors – senior staffers at her work are punishing their subordinates with good hard spankings. But it can’t really be true, can it? When the shy computer coder gets assigned to her secret crush for a high priority project, her anxiety gets in the way of her work performance, and she starts making big mistakes. Her boss Colleen offers her a choice: lose her job or allow the sexy older woman free reign to break her of her anxious thoughts. Desperate to keep her position in the company, Marci finds ...

A florist's Wishing Blooms rekindles the faded Christmas spirit of a disillusioned hometown photographer, but can her cheer, a rescued pup, and the magic of the season revive his holiday hope and love? Ivy Bennett's artistry and vision have made her flower shop the highlight of idyllic Evergreen Valley. But when a scathing article threatens her success, the spirited florist must protect all she's built. Blake Shepherd, a successful but disillusioned photographer, has built his career photographing glamorous events out West. Yet, his true passion lies in capturing the fragile beauty of our ...

This book was previously published as “Alpha in a Sweater Vest” by Reba Bale. He might look like a nerd, but when they’re alone, he’s all alpha! Katie is recently divorced and looking for someone to help her explore her wild side. She wasted too many years with a husband who refused to meet her darkest needs. Now that Katie is single, how hard can it be to find someone who will pull her over their knee and punish her the way she’s fantasized about for years? When a nondescript stranger catches her searching spanking websites in a coffee shop, he offers her the chance to work with ...

This book was previously published as “Alpha Student” by Reba Bale. She may be a MILF, but she can still go over his knee! Middle-aged Sandy has been fantasizing about her son’s best friend for a while now. She knows it’s wrong, but she just can’t get her mind off the hot young football player and his big strong body. Daniel is twenty-one now, legally an adult. He’s about to graduate from college, and this may be the last weekend he will be staying at his friend’s house – and seeing his friend’s super hot mom. He’s seen the looks Sandy gives him, so when the two are left...

This book was previously published as "Turkey & A Spanking" by Reba Bale The turkey’s not the only thing getting roasted today… When Melissa goes to her parents’ house for Thanksgiving, she is annoyed to learn that they’ve invited some boring older guy from her dad’s accounting firm to join them for dinner in a lame attempt to fix her up with someone they deem respectable. Her parents have been clear that they are disappointed in how Melissa is living her life, and she decides to get back at them for the stealthy fix-up by being as bratty as possible. Norman clearly disapproves of...

A Still Life is a story of illness and pain that rarely sees the light: illness and pain with no end or resolution; illness and pain that we must meet with courage, joy, ingenuity and hope. Against a world which values ‘feel good’ progress and productivity above all else, Josie sets out a quietly radical alternative: to value and treasure life for life itself, with all its defeats and victories, with all its great and small miracles.

This book was previously published as “Alpha Plumber” by Reba Bale. This plumber works on clearing more than just the pipes! Emma’s shower breaks and she is shocked when her landlord sends over the hottest plumber on the planet. There’s not a plumber’s crack to be found on this drool-worthy man – though he is rocking a six-pack. But when the plumber catches her brazenly watching him, he decides she needs to be punished for her bad behavior. Emma never imagined that the service call would end in her going over his knee and getting her first spanking. She may be a brat, but Emma ...

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With six years of sobriety under his belt, Caleb Rogan changed his life and married a woman whose reserved lifestyle and morals contradicted everything he knew. When the passion dies between them, Caleb is left edgy and resentful until a night of bad judgment from Scarlett turns his life upside down. In a private room of a grungy sex club, Scarlett triggers his secret passion. Caleb is a sex addict who thought he suppressed his compulsive urges and conquered his disorder years ago, but Caleb soon learns he is wrong when Scarlett awakens a fire between them that will never burn out. Content ...

Peggy Square blankets are a New Zealand institution. Knitted in individual squares, the whole is greater than the parts.These stories by Josie Laird are individual and charming, thought-provoking, and gruesome. As a collection, they seek to warm and entertain you, and maybe have you in stitches!

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Colum O’Brien, a professional ballet dancer, is still hurt from a breakup four decades earlier. All this time, his heart has gravitated toward the woman who left him behind. Sure, he’s moved on with his life, but he’s never forgotten his childhood sweetheart Keira Murphy. That is, until he meets her again. Because, his father is marrying her mother.

Un jour de neige en décembre, à travers la vitre embuée d'un bus londonien, Laurie aperçoit un homme. Leurs regards se croisent... et le bus redémarre. En cet instant suspendu et magnétique, celle qui pensait que le coup de foudre n'existait que dans les films, tombe désespérément amoureuse. Pendant une année entière, elle étudie tous les visages, sonde les foules, arpente la ville pour le retrouver. En vain... Jusqu'à ce soir de Noël, où sa meilleure amie et colocataire lui présente le nouvel homme de sa vie... Jack, l'homme du bus.

For the last few months, I've been content just watching her from afar, but one rainy night changes everything. Saving her from being roadkill wasn't something I thought about for more than a passing heartbeat. The girl I love wasn't going to die on my watch.

To trust is to risk, become vulnerable, to place the center of our universe somewhere other than ourselves. A loss of trust, particularly in public figures and institutions, is increasingly a feature of modern life. Together these essays provide deep reflections on the nature of trust in the context of public life, agreeing that it is engendered through real encounters, not in the abstract or by force. They offer guidance on how to make those encounters real, whether they be between people or between institutions and the people they serve.

Cold Coffee and Crime Cases is your new crime podcast, which will dive deeper into the lives of the victims.We go back in history and explore the famous and shameless crimes of the past centuries!We are a team of passionate crime lovers: Annabel, Gabrielle, Josie, Kaitlyn, Lora and Willow. We are here with our favourite drinks of iced coffee and interesting discussions about the world of crime!Follow this podcast for more crime content!