In the mid-20th century, the Heldmans were tennis royalty. Julie was a volatile and gutsy tennis star, twice ranked number 5 in the world. Her mother Gladys was broadly admired for her unique magazine, World Tennis, and for engineering the women’s tennis revolution. No one guessed that Gladys’s hidden emotional abuse was the source of Julie’s powerful drive.

Driven is a highly readable insider’s account of a pivotal time in women’s tennis history; an in-depth look at Gladys’s complex character; and the revealing story of Julie’s interior journey, both on and off the court.

One playboy CEO. One curvy, determined administrative assistant. One hidden camera. What could go wrong? Lydia Charles is determined to show her boss that getting caught reading Fifty Shades of Grey in the parking lot can help the company bottom line. Preparing for the biggest work project of her life, a romance book marketing campaign, she never expected that an actual romance would interfere with the business of romance. Tough and cynical, her last office relationship exploded in her face. No man was worth it. Until Matt Jones, a boss she didn’t know she had – a boss who took the Director of Social Media job she was gunning for – swept her out of a promotion and into her heart. Lydia didn’t want to respect him, much less like him – but her body had a mind of its own, turning traitor in chance encounters. After a steamy elevator encounter that left her missing her panties – and most of her resolve – she decided that maybe it was time to let him get inside her – in more ways than one.

***Woodland Creek Series.30 Authors. 30 Shifter Stories.http://woodlandcreekseries.com*** Strange changes are happening to Cassie Walker. She’s losing track of time, seeing shadows, and developing…horns? Fearful, she returns to her childhood home to solve the mystery of what she’s becoming. There, she meets up with childhood friend, Josh Tucker, who convinces her to enter the annual Demon Run in Woodland Creek. But things aren’t always what they seem in Woodland Creek, and people aren’t who they appear to be. Soon, Cassie finds not only herself in danger, but Josh as well. Can she save them both? Or has her lineage tainted her forever?

Eons has shrouded the giant dragon in legend. Ancient myths soon become terrifyingly real… Aea is an outsider. At age six the clan executed her father and when her mother and sister disappeared, Aea’s life spiraled into chaos. Suddenly staggering out of the woods, broken by the deadly disease the Field Blight, her mother lays a desperate choice on Aea. To leave the protective forest realm and save her sister from mortal danger. In a race against time, Aea puts the noose of the Field Blight around not only her own neck, but also that of her unborn child. Before long, Aea discovers that the world of Erisdün is nothing like she imagined. Surviving the Field Blight might be the least of her concerns, as the great dragon dispatches his army to retrieve the Keystone Bone. The bone of a God is the only component that will prevent the Arch Demon from breaking free. Powers as old as time itself are about to set the world on fire.

Reality doesn’t always meet our expectation, but, using its skill, its wisdom, and its cheeky character, Monkey makes the best of it whatever it is. There is a most beautiful tree with most yummy-looking fruit. To eat its fruit, the animals have to call its name and say ‘Please’. But nobody knows its name for it is too long. Monkey is determined to have a taste of the fruit. So he thinks of an idea to remember its long name. But is the fruit as tasty as it looks?

When puberty brings on her first Shift, Missy goes into the mountains for two years until finally learning to Change back. She can Change from fully human in one instant to a mountain lion in the next. Everyone assumes her two year disappearance was because she’d been kidnapped by a sexual predator that she managed to kill. She keeps her werecat nature a secret. There is no pack, no pride of other werecats and no alpha. She’s a girl with fantastic abilities growing up and learning to do great things in today’s world, amongst humans. She only has her instincts to guide her and those drive her to train herself to extremes. She must control those instincts; dampening the wild predator is often necessary. Her raging hormones and enhanced senses require very strong controls; she explores what happens when those controls are relaxed.

Will a city girl and a small town boy find love in this David vs. Goliath story with a side of grits? An engaging small town romance novel that will appeal to fans of Candis Terry’s Sweet, Texas; Jill Shalvis’ Lucky Harbor; and Ava Miles’ Dare Valley. Just a city girl, living in a lonely world. Displaced Steel Magnolia Norah Burke doesn’t know the meaning of failure. But when she threatens to blow the whistle on some shady business practices at her Chicago marketing firm, she gets fired fast as all get out. Licking her wounds, she heads back below the Mason-Dixon for a little home-grown Southern comfort. Just a small town boy. With his iron-clad Mississippi roots, Councilman Cam Crawford is a man who values tradition, preservation, and the love of a good dog. When a big box warehouse store tries to capitalize on his hometown’s economic downturn, it seriously burns his biscuit. He’s not about to let anyone’s ambition destroy what he holds dear.

A young warrior stands at the precipice of war… To succeed he must find his courage and survive a treacherous journey across the sea. Arken Freeth has always wanted to prove himself worthy of his king’s appointment by becoming an officer in the Lantish Sea Service. Now the only thing standing in his way is his apprenticeship SeaJourney. But a peaceful training mission soon turns into a deadly struggle for survival as Arken’s fleet must come to the aid of a princess fleeing capture by Tookan pirates. SeaJourney kicks off an epic and fantastical adventure that is a great read for all ages.