From the bestselling authors of "What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know" comes the powerful fiction debut ("Booklist") about a young couple struggling to balance career and love.

An international hip-hop star presents a first installment in a new series about a talented young musical performer who struggles for survival in some of southern California's most disadvantaged neighborhoods, an effort that is complicated by his drug entanglements.

Enjoy this steamy curvy girl, fling romance.... Isabella Andrews has lived a life specifically based on having structure. Her job gives her pleasure without disappointment—unlike men and romantic relationships, some wanted you for you, but others just wanted you for what you can do for them. Knowing Jax Stevens as a close friend to her brother in law and the fact that he works in the same building as she does. Isabella wasn’t expecting her sister to play matchmaker. Jax Stevens has been harboring feelings that he’s made known to Isabella for quite some time. The back and forth flirting was a normal routine he enjoyed. His spontaneous, live for the moment attitude was slowly breaking down her walls, or so he thought. He agreed to go on a trip with friends hoping to navigate a new path in his relationship with an old friend he’s had a crush on. As Isabella and Jax embark on a little R&R trip, they never expected her birthday(and night!) to turn into more than they bargained for. Will these two co-workers find more than lust on a couples trip? Keywords: african american women'sfiction,contemporaryromance,workplace, black romance, holidayromance,steamyromance.africanamericanromance,africanamericandrama,africanamericanwomen'sfiction,contemporaryromance,secondchanceromance,black romance,steamyromance.steamyromance,second chance romance, sassy, strong heroine, captivating romance, hot, hot romance, forbidden love, sparks, short stories loyalty, claiming,kissing books, office romance black romance, black Authors, african american books, contemporary romance books, romance stories, fiction books, romance novels steamy, romance novel, books romance, romance, adult romance novels, romance books hot, alpha male, marriage, divorce, romantic fiction, romance books, steamy romance books, books romance hot, romance novels to read, love story books, workplace, vacation romance, own voices romance, fling romance. Other readers of Brenda Jackson:Mia Black,DelaneyDiamond,LolaLace,NanaMalone,Penelope Ward,Lauren Blakely,Kendall Ryan,Leigh James,Talia Hibbert,Farrah Rochon,Vi Keeland,Mia Sosa,Jasmine Guillory,Zuri Day, Tessa Bailey,Ember Casey, LexiRyan, Love Belvin, Christina, C. Jones, DL White, Kennedy Ryan, Colleen Hoover, Brenda Jenkins, M. Malone.

"Very positive and in tune with our needs today." LEO BUSCAGLIA Alan Cohen's story is an inspiration. From his roots as an Orthodox Jew, he took a mind-expanding tour of the teachings of Jesus, Ram Dass, Zen, Jung, the Esalen Institute, and Einstein, to name a few. In this extraordinary collection of lyrical, challenging essays, Cohen synthesizes what he has learned from these masters, and shares his journey with all of us. He discusses overcoming limitations, creating fulfilling relationships, tuning into the flow of life, transformation, finding a personal path, and the greatest gift of all, love. Read it straight through, or essay by essay, for daily meditations on the mysteries of God, love, and the spiritual path.

Charlotte's life is changed forever when her parents' marriage breaks up, and Charlotte has to leave her beloved house and her old life behind. Then two very different boys cross her path, and a new emotion creeps into her sadness and anger -- an emotion that is both confusing and sweet. Charlotte falls in love with Carlo, tries to stay friends with tough-guy Sulzer and faces the jealousy of the cool-girl clique at school. As she watches her parents cope, sometimes haplessly, with changes in their own personal lives, and as she deals with a new baby brother, a potential stepfather and unexpected house moves, she realizes that love is a messy and risky business. If grownups can make such a hash of it, how on earth can a fifteen-year-old cope? But Charlotte does cope, magnificently, as she tries to figure out how to be a big sister, a daughter, a friend, a good person. And in the end she finds the courage to take responsibility for her own actions, and sets off to be with the boy she loves. Set in a small town on the Austrian Danube, this is a familiar story that will touch a chord with every teenager, yet it is told with refreshing emotional honesty. Devoid of the judgment, sentimentality, sitcom snark or sexual precociousness that define so many North American young adult novels about first love, this story shows a strong, open, curious girl stumbling and prevailing as she figures out how to turn away from the noise of other people's expectations, and listen to her own heart.

"A painfully funny series of autobiographical essays, centered around the relationship between comedian Dave Hill and his dad, in the wake of his mother's death, as father and son redefine their relationship--and Dave, finally, becomes a man"--

A nationally prominent first-amendment advocate and authority on the religious right tells of his break with fundamentalism and the growth of intellectual and moral freedom. Skipp Porteous was "saved" at the age of eleven by people who thought they were doing him - and God - a favor. Their actions sent him on a long, arduous inner journey. Porteous embraced fundamentalism because it provides simplistic solutions - the Bible purportedly contains answers for everything - and, like millions of others, he needed to believe that he had found the one true religion. A leave of absence became his first step in walking away. Removed from the extreme fundamentalist viewpoint, with its narrow world view, his mind cleared. Reason and logic emerged, and for the first time in his life he was free and happy. In Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Porteous explains how he was deceived into becoming a born-again Christian; what he endured for so many years; how he got out; and finally, why he fights so hard against the movement today. Using the knowledge he has obtained in monitoring the religious right, he also outlines in detail what we can expect from the movement in the next decade.

A book about divorce told from a child's point of view.

I used to think I didn't fit in, but now I realise I do. We all have our place; some just never find it. When awkward teenager Charlie Hudson is beaten up during a family holiday at the beach, beautiful Tess Bailey rescues him – and sets the unusual course for his life. In this startling debut novel, Matt Nable follows the fortunes of Charlie, Tess and their families and neighbours. Their lives intertwine, unravel, straighten, and become tangles again. A father tries to relive his football career through his son; a mother deserts her children in an attempt to find herself; a daughter purges to take control of her life. This is a portrait of plans gone wrong, a lament for what could have been, a salute to the power of redemptive love, and a brave examination of contemporary society.