I wasn't a jock, wasn't the pretty boy next door. My family didn't have any wealth, so I was "that guy from the wrong side of the tracks."I got into too much trouble, too many fights.I would have been classified as the bad boy, the guy your mother warned you about.And when I transferred to Silver Creek High to finish my senior year, I had one goal-keep my head down, don't let anyone piss me off enough to get into a fight, and graduate.And then she came into my life.Harlow.She was the prettiest girl I'd ever seen, with her shy glances at me, her questions that delved deep. She was the one person, aside from my own mother, who cared about what I thought and how I felt.I knew keeping her as mine probably wasn't smart, because she was far too good for the likes of me. But no one would have her but me.I felt that too strongly to ignore.I probably shouldn't have embraced my feelings for Harlow. She was better off without me. But I was too selfish.I wanted her too much.So screw it.What I felt for her was that crazy kind of love.

Everybody needs someone who gets their crazy Hank Kirby can't catch a break. He doesn't mean to screw up. It just happens. Case in point: his attempt to ask out the girl he likes literally goes up in flames when he spelled "prom" in sparklers on Amanda Carlisle's lawn...and nearly burns down her house, without ever asking her the big question. Hank just wants to pretend the incident never happened. And he might've gotten away with it—except there is a witness. Peyton Breedlove, brooding loner and budding pyromaniac, saw the whole thing, and she blackmails Hank into an unusual friendship. Sure, Hank may be headed for his biggest disaster yet, but it's only when life falls apart that you can start piecing it back together. "Funny, authentic, and, at turns, heartbreaking."—Jessi Kirby, author of Things We Know by Heart and Moonglass "I had so much fun reading this book."—Adi Alsaid, author of Never Always Sometimes and Let's Get Lost

Adam Steltzner is no ordinary engineer. His path to leadership was about as unlikely as they come. A child of beatnik parents, he barely made it through school. He blew off college in favour of work at a health food store and playing bass in a band, but after discovering an astonishing gift for maths and physics, he ended up helping a group of scientists land the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration on Mars. This is the story of the teamwork, drama and extraordinary feats of innovation at the Jet Propulsion Lab that culminated in that landing in 2012.

Opposites really do attract but so do mayhem, murder and sex. After Jamal Shield, aka Preacher (Leo Sullivan), a notorious young B-More gangster, is sentenced to life in prison for multiple crimes, including an armored Brinks truck heist for a cool 5.2 million, he is surprised when he is released from prison. All he wants to do is be with his family and start a new life but there is one problem...he is charged with protecting a beautiful whore. Lourdes Beaumont (T. Styles), a prostitute from Houston, Texas, always dreamed of having a legit life. She tried to pursue that dream by building her cosmetics business but she found that the men who could help her want her for one thing, her body. When she witnesses the murder of a teenager at a high school, by the daughter of a notorious drug dealer, she is taken to Baltimore where Jamal is charged with keeping her alive. When you are as emotional and high-strung as she is, this act is easier said than done. Jamal resents having to protect Lourdes, especially when the demons from his past and the goons from hers attempt to hunt them both down. Who would have thought that through the bloodshed and bullets that they could find true love? But it means nothing if they do not survive.

Clint Emerson, retired Navy SEAL and author of the bestselling 100 Deadly Skills, presents an explosive, darkly funny, and often twisted account of being part of an elite team of operatives whose mission was to keep America safe by whatever means necessary. Clint Emerson is the only SEAL ever inducted into the International Spy Museum. Operating from the shadows, with an instinct for running towards trouble, his unique skill set made him the perfect hybrid operator. Emerson spent his career on the bleeding edge of intelligence and operations, often specializing in missions that took advantage of subterfuge, improvisation, the best in recon and surveillance tech to combat the changing global battlefield. MacGyvering everyday objects into working spyware was routine, and fellow SEALs referred to his activities simply as “special shit.” His parameters were: find, fix, and finish—and of course, leave no trace. The Right Kind of Crazy is unlike any military memoir you’ve ever read because Emerson is upfront about the fact that what makes you a great soldier and sometimes hero doesn’t always make you the best guy—but it does make for damn good stories.

Lucas Gallagher is the geek who bought the land Michaela "Mike" Marconi wanted for her dream house. She thinks he's infuriating, annoying and totally rude. Yet, he gets to her more than any other man ever has. But though Lucas may be a scientist, he's the rock star of scientists. His inventions have made him millions, his research is reshaping the study of medicine and he holds patents for numerous technological marvels. But now, when it means everything, he's failed. His younger brother, the family's 'golden child' is dying of cancer and Lucas, despite his brilliance, can't help him. In Chandler, he tries to hide from the world he knows. Mike tried running away from her problems when she was a kid. When her mother lay dying, Mike ran. When her world crumbled, Mike hid. And she's learned that the only way to win is to stand your ground and keep trying. She doesn't understand what Lucas is talking about half the time, but she knows exactly what he's feeling. And while criticizing his complete lack of architectural ability, and remaking the house he's trying to build, Mike finds herself slipping into Lucas Gallagher's life. She wakes him up and he shakes her up: the two of them are complete opposites, and nothing can keep them apart. Until Lucas's brother Justin comes home to die.

My Kind of Crazy was chosen as Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 17th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards in the Inspirational category.I am an expert on being crazy. My kind of crazy is known as bipolar disorder. Although my case is more severe than most, I am not alone. I am one in four (approximately 61.5 million) adult Americans who suffer from a mental illness in a given year. This is a staggering statistic, and yet the stigma attached to mental illness persists. Those diagnosed with a mental illness suffer in silence due to the shame associated with it. There are many books that approach the subject from a clinical and/or psychoanalytical perspective. My book, however, focuses on the human experience of living with a mental illness. Being bipolar brings with it the very highs and lows of emotion, and my story is written in the same way. The journey on which I take the reader is not a depressing one. There is much humor to be found and many lessons to be learned after one is diagnosed as crazy. I bring the reader with me on the emotional rollercoaster that is my life. With my story, I hope to dismantle the shame and isolation that one with a similar illness might experience. In fact, I believe one must embrace his or her inner-craziness in order to heal, evolve, and move forward to help change the societal perception of mental illness. Not unlike diabetes, mental illness should be understood on a biochemical level, not be viewed as a character flaw. When the brain gets sick, it exhibits symptoms that need to be addressed and managed just like any other illness.

Pia Wade isn't out of her mind. That much has been proven.But she is now in a driving-me-crazy kind of limbo not knowing what the last four years of her life was all about. How does she move on? How in the hell does she forget? In the second edition of The Ferret Books, Pia Wade again learns far more than she would ever imagine possible. The big WHY. And, her fate.

Fall in love with the characters of Majken Selinder Nilsson's debut novel, A Good Kind of Crazy, and discover the inspiration for her second release Western Skies... Kat, the epitome of a middle-aged Southern housewife, had been feeling as though she had lost herself even before her husband's infidelity comes to light. Needing to make a change she simply drives away to visit her childhood friend, Jen, the owner of a successful Hollywood catering firm. When a last-minute family emergency keeps Jen from traveling to her next job on the shoot of a TV show in Canada, she convinces Kat to go in her place. There, Kat is blindsided when she meets the younger, handsome Irish star of the show, Ian Gregory, who is standoffish at first, but later takes Kat into his confidence. Then things get complicated. Can Kat and Ian cook up a successful romance or will her trepidation mixed with his indecision ruin the recipe?

Let's remember who God is and be reminded together what that means for us. There's a journey ahead of unlocking the masterpiece within us that so desperately wants to be set free. Let's walk through each chapter like we've met at your favorite coffee spot and remind ourselves of our worth, our value, and why it makes sense that we were always meant to live in the light.