Using the often chaotic quality of modern relationships as a foundation, My Three Bitches: The Personal Diary of a Fool presents Kevin McDonalds perspective on a trio of encounters as each contributed in meaningful ways to his personal development. Several years his junior, Dorna becomes McDonalds first wife and celebrates with him at a lavish reception, only to request a divorce on their first wedding anniversary. After a period of soul searching and career dedication, McDonald meets Michelle, a Frenchwoman visiting Chicago for her twenty-first birthday, but their romance subsequently ends in a dramatic scene atop the Eiffel Tower. A second marriage to a longtime friend and sometimes girlfriend, Samantha, also culminates in divorce, despite McDonalds efforts to exhibit patience and understanding when he learns the true aspects of her personality. As he recounts details of passion and disillusionment, McDonald analyzes the motivations and assumptions directing each event while working to comprehend the specific ingredients whose combination might yield a more positive result for his future. In its candid and satirical approach to loves ups and downs, My Three Bitches portrays the layers of emotion underscoring a quest of companionship, offering insight for the male or female reader who may have had similar experiences with heartbreak.

A RITA® award finalist for best contemporary romance Have yourself a steamy little Christmas… After three years in prison, freight train engineer Lacey Gallagher doesn't expect this Christmas to be very merry and bright. At least chopping down trees for her brother's Christmas tree farm will help her save money to get her life back on track. All her plans derail, though, when her new job puts her in territory patrolled by the man who haunts her dreams—the forest ranger who sent her to prison. Austin Wilder isn't thrilled about Lacey working in his forest—but he soon realizes he needs her help. His family is depending on him to restore an old steam train for a spectacular Christmas event, and train expert Lacey is his only hope of finishing in time. Working together challenges every assumption Lacey and Austin have about each other, and they discover a desire hot enough to melt even the deepest Montana snow. But will the season of second chances be enough to mend the most hardened broken heart? This steamy Christmas romance novel features a Christmas romance lodge, lots of Christmas trees, and some Christmas humor to bring you good cheer! Please note: This book was originally published in 2015 but has been re-published with no changes to the story.

This book describes the horrors of our family which started during World War II in Germany, and continued for years thereafter because our father abandoned us. After twenty court processes, involving two dozen lawyers and judges, our family lost everything. My little brother, Siggi, and I suffered severe illnesses, starvation and homelessness. When we were about five and seven, our mother forced us to scavenge pig's innards from a manure pile. With the ever-present wire whip that she usually kept pinned to her skirt, she enticed us to eat them. A judge evicted us from our home. On Christmas Eve Day. For one year we squatted in a stranger's attic without water, sewer, heat, power or hope. When we were fourteen and sixteen, our relatives invited us to America. We now thought that our lives would improve: Cowboys and Indians! But when we later arrived on their dairy farms, they enslaved us. I was not allowed to bathe but once a year. At the age of twenty-one, I still lived without water, heat, power, or outhouse. After we finally escaped, Siggi and I worked our way through college, became American citizens and world travelers.

Bruce Gareth was a boy with determination. He managed to emerge from a poor family background to become one of todays leading aesthetic injectors, a real rags-to-riches story. He points out that, with a little knowledge, life can become so much easier and more fruitful, especially when one incorporates a sense of humour in lifes challenges. Also, meeting interesting characters adds extra flavour to an exciting life. Savoury incidents he couldnt believe, to enjoying and watching revenge being served cold This book exposes Gareths adventures in all aspects of life, and even provides insight into how men think about sex and women. He touches on the world of plastic surgery and explains the art of injectables. He exposes some of the practices of Harley Street and its surgeons. And he explains how life can come crashing in on you, when only you know the terrible secrets why. Anything written by the author is subject to scrutiny of the Royal Courts of Justice of the United Kingdom.

Blackeyed is a collection of plays and monologues. The topics covered in the book include housing and foreclosure, suicide, assault, mental health, the Black male experience, and more. The book intersects with critical race theory because the majority of this work positions race at the center of the experiences of the fictional or fictionalized characters. Embedded in these chapters are the interweaving of personal and ancestral stories, news reports, informal conversations, observations, interviews, and online research expressed in language unapologetically Black, critical, reflexive, and proud. Blackeyed can be used as a class text in theatre, education, creative writing, communication, women’s studies, sociology, and African American studies undergraduate and graduate courses. It can also be used by theatre practitioners, including actors and directors, working in community, regional and national theatre settings. Individuals including qualitative researchers interested in exploring more affective possibilities or arts-based researchers can also read this collection as an example of methodological exemplar. Finally, anyone interested in the Black experience as well as the specific topics covered in this book can read this collection of plays as one might read a collection of short stories.

Keisha had just received a call from one of her warehouse employees informing her that two large crates had arrived and were awaiting inspection by her. Keisha replied, Im on my way, and hung up the phone. Keisha got out of her limo and her people led her to tha two large crates. And as soon as she saw them she said, Open em up. And as soon as they did Keisha saw Loco and his family inside of the crates, and didnt even flinch as she stared at their headless bodies and their heads. Keisha said to one of her guards. Hand me that bloody letter. And as soon as she had the letter she read it, balled it up, and threw it back inside tha crate. Keisha left the warehouse and got into her limo and called her Army base. On the third ring a male voice answered, Commander Hopkins. Keisha said, Commander Hopkins, this is Mrs. Washington. I need you to get some airstrike teams and some ground teams together for a mission that I need handled immediately. Keishas plans were to send two Steath bombers, four Harrier jets, and five thousand ground team soldiers to New Delhi and to wreck complete havoc on the ones responsible for the death of Loco and his family. Keishas final instructions to Commander Hopkins were, As as soon as tha Stealth bombers have dropped tha last of their bombs send in tha Harrier jets to assist tha ground team. And Commander, call me on my cell two minutes before they make it to their target. Keisha was sitting in her gazebo holding her daughter when her cell started ringing. And as soon as she answered it Commander Hopkins said, Our people are two minutes away from the target. And Keisha said, Good, and ended the call. Keisha scrolled through her list of numbers on her cell until she found the one she was looking for. Then with a smile that would scare Satan himself, she pressed the send button and waited for someone to answer...