Have you ever lied? Held secrets? Betrayed someone? I have. McKenzie and I were best friends, soul sisters. We shared everything...or so she thought. To everyone I was perfect and happy. No one knew the real me. That was until I saw him. Everything changed the second we laid eyes on each other. The world stopped moving and only we existed in it. But it just added to the secrets and lies, it became too much and I couldn't tell apart what was real and what wasn't. This story is for anyone, who has ever lied and lived to regret it...There's more than one side of the story. This is Gianna's side. To know the other, continue reading Shhh... Mack's side, written by Jettie Woodruff. Both book are standalone novels, and can be read independently.
***New Title and cover for The Truth About Mack & Shhh...*** Before you judge me for my part in all of this, for the things that I did, and for a past I may or may not have had control over, ask yourself who you're really judging. Is it me? Is it Giana? Mr. Nichols? My parents? society? There's always three sides. In this case, it's mine, Gia's, and the truth. Once you have read them both, you're free to judge who you want. You can decide what the secrets are, who lied, and who told the truth. McKenzie Perry, AKA Mack. They say everything happens for a reason. They say time heals all wounds. They say...They say...They say... There's always two sides to every story and then there's the truth. Well Mack got her turn and now it's mine. This is my side. My story to tell. What happened through my eyes. When you're done reading you can make your own conclusions, pick and choose a side or take bits and pieces from each story and make your verdict. Love me or hate me... Because at the end of the day. The truth will set me free. Gianna Edwards, AKA Gia Strong language and sexual content, not intended for readers under 18. Erotic Romance
From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next sinfully sweet Cookies & Chance mystery! With her beloved grandmother on vacation in Italy, baker Sally Muccio has her hands full. Between running a business, running after her toddler daughter, and running to keep her crazy parents out of trouble, Sal can’t seem to catch a break. Adding to her overload, Sal’s ever youthful mother Maria decides to enter the local Mrs. Buffalo beauty pageant, and she elects Sal and Josie to provide sweet treats for the audience. It’s sure to be an exciting day for all involved. But when vengeful contestant Charmaine Weatherwax sabotages Maria’s gown, the beauty contest quickly turns into an ugly affair. Hours later, Charmaine is found dead in her apartment! To make matters worse, Sal’s mom is caught on a surveillance camera entering the woman’s apartment shortly before her death. Are the chaos cookies about to hit the fan for the Muccio clan? Sal will need to find the real killer before her mother’s sent up the river without her stilettos! Recipes Included! What critics are saying: "A fantastic cozy mystery!" ~ InD'Tale Magazine "I want to visit more with all of the quirky characters just to see what crazy and outrageous things they will do next!" ~ Fresh Fiction "The Cookies and Chance Mystery series is more than just a series....it's a family !! Once you read the first book, you are hooked and feel like a member of the crazy Muccio family." ~ Cozy Mystery Book Reviews
Have you ever lied? Held secrets? Betrayed someone? I have. McKenzie and I were best friends, soul sisters. We shared everything...or so she thought. To everyone I was perfect and happy. No one knew the real me. That was until I saw him. Everything changed the second we laid eyes on each other. The world stopped moving and only we existed in it. But it just added to the secrets and lies, it became too much and I couldn't tell apart what was real and what wasn't. This story is for anyone, who has ever lied and lived to regret it... Erotic Romance. Mature Audiences.
Set in modern-day Washington, D.C., Requiem for the Devil depicts the end of the Devil's ten-billion-year career. For the first time in his existence, Lucifer falls in love, and this event threatens to transform his identity and perhaps even his destiny. Gianna O'Keefe is the woman who drags him out of his ancient despair and points him toward possible salvation. Yet Lucifer's path from evil is neither straight nor smooth. Pursuing love means betraying his fellow fallen angels, the loyal friends who once followed him to damnation. Divine and infernal forces seem to conspire against his and Gianna's union. Lucifer's empire crumbles around him as he dares to defy the natural order and question his fate.
A HEART-BREAKING, HOPEFUL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS 'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern __________ As a child, Charley Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see him disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been destroyed by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. When he discovers that he won't be invited to his only daughter's wedding he realises he has hit rock bottom. Charley makes a midnight ride to his small hometown; his final journey before he ends his life. But as he staggers into his old house, he makes an astonishing discovery. His mother - who died eight years earlier - is there to welcome Charley home. What follows is the one seemingly ordinary day so many of us yearn for: a chance to reconcile with someone lost to us, to understand family secrets and to seek forgiveness from a person we love. __________ WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT FOR ONE MORE DAY 'Superb read, Mitch Albom has a way of writing to reach the soul of the reader' 'Ground-breaking . . . The amount of impact this book has had on my life is indescribable!' 'Mitch Albom makes you think about life . . . a book you can read again and again, and keep learning' 'Another awesome read by Albom. One of the most amazing writers of our generation' 'I absolutely love Mitch Albom. His stories always reduce me to real tears and laughter'
A bedtime picture book favorite now available as an adorable board book! Something’s out there in the dark! First Possum hears it. Then Skunk. Then Wolf comes running. “What could it possibly be?” asks Bat. “Night Animals!” the animals declare. “But you are night animals,” Bat informs this not-so-smart crew. Children will love the oh-so-funny animals in this twist on a cozy bedtime book.
THE MISSING YEARS FROM THE GREATEST CRIME SAGA OF ALL TIME Thirty-five years ago, Mario Puzo’s great American tale, The Godfather, was published, and popular culture was indelibly changed. Now, in The Godfather Returns, acclaimed novelist Mark Winegardner continues the story–the years not covered in Puzo’s bestselling book or in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic films. It is 1955. Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York’s crime families. Now he wants to consolidate his power, save his marriage, and take his family into legitimate businesses. To do so, he must confront his most dangerous adversary yet, Nick Geraci, a former boxer who worked his way through law school as a Corleone street enforcer, and who is every bit as deadly and cunning as Michael. Their personal cold war will run from 1955 to 1962, exerting immense influence on the lives of America’s most powerful criminals and their loved ones, including Tom Hagen, the Corleone Family’s lawyer and consigliere, who embarks on a political career in Nevada while trying to protect his brother; Francesca Corleone, daughter of Michael’s late brother Sonny, who is suddenly learning her family’s true history and faces a difficult choice; Don Louie Russo, head of the Chicago mob, who plays dumb but has wily ambitions for muscling in on the Corleones’ territory; Peter Clemenza, the stalwart Corleone underboss, who knows more Family secrets than almost anyone; Ambassador M. Corbett Shea, a former Prohibition-era bootlegger and business ally of the Corleones’, who wants to get his son elected to the presidency–and needs some help from his old friends; Johnny Fontane, the world’s greatest saloon singer, who ascends to new heights as a recording artist, cozying up to Washington’s power elite and maintaining a precarious relationship with notorious underworld figures; Kay Adams Corleone, who finally discovers the truth about her husband, Michael–and must decide what it means for their marriage and their children and Fredo Corleone, whose death has never been fully explained until now, and whose betrayal of the Family was part of a larger and more sinister chain of events. Sweeping from New York and Washington to Las Vegas and Cuba, The Godfather Returns is the spellbinding story of America’s criminal underworld at mid-century and its intersection with the political, legal, and entertainment empires. Mark Winegardner brings an original voice and vision to Mario Puzo’s mythic characters while creating several equally unforgettable characters of his own. The Godfather Returns stands on its own as a triumph–in a tale about what we love, yearn for, and sometimes have reason to fear . . . family.
After being proven right yet again that love was not meant for her, Taryn Okata finds herself leaving her family on the next flight out of San Francisco. Rushing home to be by the side of her ex-husband, Taryn has no idea what she is walking into, nor could she expect the tragedies, surprises, and heartache to follow. As an old friend from her past emerges, she finds new strength that she never knew she would need. They lean on each other, and he guides her through the darkness that threatens to strangle her and back to a friendship that she thought had died long ago. Yet Taryn is suddenly blindsided again as secrets are suddenly brought to light, making her question everything she's known and every choice she's made over the past ten years. Thinking she's hit rock bottom and things couldn't get worse, they do as another loss rocks her to the core-a loss that seems to break her for good. Hearing this, Derek rushes to her side, breaking his silence for the first time in a feeble attempt to mend what hurt he contributed while shooting for a chance at her heart. Despite everyone who rushes to her side to support her, Taryn is caught in a whirlwind of pain and suffering that she cannot escape. Will this be the darkness that ends her? Or can she find it in her again to push through the pain that seems to be shattering her from the inside out before it's too late?
The Guardians is a compelling tale focused on love, pain and sacrifice. Gianna Botticelli is the daughter of a Los Angeles mafia boss. Although content working for her father, she struggles with her mother's death - and the life choices she made after her passing. But everything she knows changes when she meets the sexy and mysterious Caleb. Who is he? What is he? How does he know things? Soon, Gianna finds herself struggling with her feelings for him - and the sacrifices she will have to make as Caleb introduces her to a world unknown. Will she have to sacrifice herself to save everyone and everything? Sexy and entertaining, this book is for mature vampire lovers
