No one ever said being married to a rock star was going to be easy; ask Nichole LaForge, wife of Garry LaForge . . . "Yes, THE Garry LaForge--host of sold-out summer concerts, grand marshal of the crazy parade, guru of the laid-back-lifestyle, heartthrob of every dang bikini-clad, breast-job in the nation (shoot, don't get me started on that one!). Anyway, regardless of what you may have read at the checkout counter, it was not a shotgun wedding. Although, I must admit, I preferred the focus rest on my pregnancy rather than the fact that I'd been raped and held captive by the Navy's not so finest just four months prior. Speaking of horrendous psychopaths (and I hate to even mention the name) - just wait 'til you hear what Hunter Rayburn has been up to this past year . . ." It's one mishap after another as Garry and Nichole venture from the deserts of Arizona to the swamps of the Everglades and into the horrifying depths of every parent's nightmare.

JIMMY STAY SHOW PRESENTS Another Shitty Day in Paradise By: Jimmy Stay Show Jimmy Stay Show presents Another Shitty Day in Paradise compiles the outrageous experiences of a clever, fictional narrator, whose jokes flow naturally through the tales. The collection is for fans of morbid, dark humor, which many people would consider “shock value,” and emphasizes the importance of not taking life too seriously—we all die someday, right?

In this Parrothead themed novel, story teller Jimmy Buffett's music drives the protagonist (Gerry Boon, II) via a "haunted radio" in his hotrod Chevy Corvette convertible. New to the ways of the world, Boon would NEVER know that a girl liked him unless she came right up to him and planted a big old smooch on him. Even then, he might NOT still know if she liked him or not.

James Donato is a demolitions expert with an explosive temper. When he gets angry, something blows up. A misunderstanding at a bank leads to what he calls his latest “job.” He has it all planned. A quick job in the bank, then jump on a plane to Los Angeles at nearby San Francisco International Airport to leave a cold trail. Everything goes fine until Donato encounters the one thing he can’t control: the weather. Victoria Kilpatrick is the head of security at SFO. After 9/11, airport security has become more complicated. Security lines are long and every threat is taken seriously. When fog, a long-time nemesis at SFO shuts down the airport, tempers rise and the terminals fill up. James Donato is one of those who has been delayed, and he knows only one way to relieve his anger - explosively. The fog, and by extension, San Francisco International Airport has foiled his perfect bank job, and Donato decides the airport must pay. The FBI, ATF and local police are called in to form a task force to capture Donato before he can make good on his threat. A San Francisco Fire Department Captain, Mark Saxon, is assigned to the task force as a resource in case Donato is somehow successful in detonating a bomb at the airport and an emergency medical and fire response is necessary. The task force is divided over whether the attack will occur out on the field and attack the airport’s infrastructure, or occur in the terminals where injury and panic will cause chaos. Using skills he learned during an undistinguished military career, Donato plans a commando-like raid on the airport. Kilpatrick and Saxon fight the FBI and ATF over how to use resources to protect the airport. As Donato’s deadline grows closer, there is no agreement on how Donato could carry out his plan. But Donato has already launched it as the task force starts to close in on him. The race is on to prevent an on-time arrival of destruction at San Francisco International Airport.

How did Roger Lane-Smith build up the world's largest law firm within 30 years, starting from a tiny office in a Manchester side-street? This compelling autobiography will tell you. Told with candour and great humour, this is the story of one lawyer's determined quest for the biggest and the best – and shows exactly how it was done. Equally at home with Hollywood celebrities such as Aaron Spelling, David Soul and Joan Collins as with captains of industry and commerce, Roger Lane-Smith really has 'seen it all'. The story of his life is about much more than the law – he has been close to some of the key moments of the last 30 years, from the legal shenanigans of the icons of popular culture to the deals he has made at the cutting edge of high finance. Everyone with an interest in the law will find this book a treasure trove of information and gossip, and it will appeal equally to anyone keen to see how a successful business can be built through hard work and astute risk-taking.

Jordan Winston and her friend Sandra are small business owners from Ohio who are in Mexico for a much-needed vacation when a shrink-wrapped bale of what appears to be marijuana washes up at their feet on a private beach. The two women, thinking no one is watching, take it--and set off a wave of events and consequences that they could never have imagined. Now Mexican drug runners are after them--even if they are accident-prone, bumbling, underachieving wannabes. Jordan and Sandra hire a sailboat and a captain to take them--and their package--from Mexico to Key West, the drug runners attempt to kill them and sink the boat. After they are saved by their handsome captain, Tom-- who also happens to be a rogue DEA agent--he takes them to hide out in his secluded cabin. But when a drug cartel informant becomes a crocodile's lunch and Jordan's cat is murdered back home, their sleuthing group suddenly grows as an Indian medicine man and a couple of senior citizens join up to help them battle the drug runners. Amid gun battles, jail breaks, and chicken attacks, love blooms. In this zany adventure, only time will tell if this strange group can triumph. One thing is certain, though: they won't go down without a fight.

There seemed to be a huge gaping hole inside of me. I wanted some answers but didn't know where to look. I felt like there was a huge worldwide conspiracy afoot to keep me in a state of utter confusion, making me so numb that I had no choice but to give up and let the experts get on with it. What a wonderful thing democracy is. You can say what you want as long as you do as you're told. It all seemed so superficial, so inadequate. Where would it all lead? Lying in some hospital bed in thirty years' time, dying of some 'disease of civilization'; up to my neck in debt, alcoholism, depression, loneliness and insanity. There had to be more to life than this.I am talking about liberation here. Freedom from the bondage of self. Freedom from our blinkered, prejudiced, opinionated thoughts. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got. The more stoned I got, the more abstract yet somehow meaningful it all became. We were one and the same. I was he. He was me. That bald little Chinese monk on TV was beckoning me to follow the path, the way of the warrior, the way of the Grasshopper. The monk was right; change was the natural way of the universe. Things were not always as they appeared to be. A young Scottish boxer breaks away from the shackles of his environment, only to find himself mixed up with heroin smuggling in Asia. A story of violence, prison, fear and desperation, which leads to inner reflection and finally redemption.

45 Days are Missing By: Jerry L. Melton A serial killer is loose on society, protected by people at the highest levels of the American government. Three young men trained as spies of a foreign power have reached positions of power and influence, while the one man who knows about them languishes in a prison in Panama. An elite military unit vows revenge for a murdered commanding officer. A Russian Orthodox priest is called upon to enter into the murky world of counter espionage. In 45 Days Are Missing, Jerry L. Melton introduces us to an unlikely group of misfits, police officers and mercenaries, who are forced to band together to fight a thirty-year war against forces dedicated to the destruction of the American Republic from within. This is a story of uncontrolled lust, abuse of power, and greed. It is also the story of brotherhood, loyalty, and honor as comrades in arms face betrayal and almost certain death.

Mitchard's 'Still Summer' plunges into terror By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget. Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when TheDeep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written six other novels, but none matches the suspenseful pitch of Still Summer. It's a tale of terror on the high seas, but this is no Pirates of the Caribbean wannabe. Readers know something terrible is going to happen, but Mitchard ratchets up the suspense by allowing her story to unfold at a leisurely pace. She painstakingly fleshes out her characters, because as readers will discover, their temperaments and personalities are as crucial to the story as the mounting disasters. Tracy Kyle, Holly Solvig and Olivia Montefalco, lifelong friends in their early 40s, charter a yacht and two-man crew for a sailing vacation that will take them from St. Thomas to Grenada. The trip starts out as an innocent adventure in paradise until two accidents in quick succession strand the women without their crew. What else can go wrong? In a word, everything. The engine conks out, the sails are torn, lack of electricity spoils their food and limits their drinking water - and then there's the injury to Holly's leg. Nature's fury, murderous drug dealers and, possibly most deadly of all, their own frailties and secrets are added to the list. Readers will wring their hands with frustration, weep with sadness and second-guess the choices these women make. But since characters must do the bidding of the authors who create them, we can only sit back - or sit on the edge of our seats - and let Mitchard's terror-filled tale wash over us.

Kelley Price is out-of-work and out of ideas in New Jersey when learns of an inheritance from his uncle, a long forgotten Vietnam Vet. The estate turns out to be worth millions with properties and businesses all over Hawaii. But where did the money come from? Kelley goes to collect and discovers the uncles extensive ventures might include human trafficking and drug smuggling. As he digs deeper, it gets more bizarre, as he discovers the tale of hijacked Vietnamese gold that funds a criminal empire. Even more important, he meets the uncles beautiful but mysterious step daughter.