When Kelly J. Baker finished her Ph.D. in religion, she imagined that she would end up in the tenure-track job for which she trained. She had done everything right: written a provocative and well-researched book, given presentations at national conferences, published articles, and created and taught a number of popular classes.

Doing everything right, however, doesn’t guarantee anything if the career you trained for is no longer sustainable. The economic depression in 2008 gutted the job market for tenure-track jobs in the humanities, so she couldn’t find her dream job. Instead, she worked for years as an underpaid non-tenure-track instructor. But after five years of job rejections and a new baby on the way, she took a year off to figure out if the career she trained for was actually the life she wanted: a grace period.

Baker documents her transition out of academia and the emotional turmoil of rebuilding a life beyond what she had dreamed of. Baker resists telling an easy story about her exit from the academy into a post-academic career; she does not smooth over the hard reality of transitions. She describes the importance of patience and the realization that the lives we imagine for ourselves are tenuous at best and often are impossible to achieve. In the end, she lets go of the dream, building a life with her family and a new career. Along the way, she provides a ray of hope for all who desire a new path in life.

“As much as Grace Period is a memoir,…it is a book about dreams: what they give us, what they take from us, how they break us, and how they re-make us.” -The Tallahassee Democrat

“In a series of vivid and beautiful essays, Baker uses her changing relationship to academia to reflect on ‘grace periods,’ those moments (or strings of moments) when you leave one possible future behind without quite knowing what’s next.” -Derek Attig, Ph.D., Book Riot

Packed full of gorgeous alpha males and plenty of heat to keep the reading pleasure going all night long.

Book 1 – Dirty Ella
Inspired by Cinderella. Ella’s been living in hell with her stepmother, but things are about to change when her evil twin stepbrothers come home. Will they play nice with her?

Book 2 – Two Dirty Bosses
Victoria is a mess and everyone in her life, including her family, hates her. Except her two new bosses, who seem to have taken a shine to her for less than professional reasons.

Book 3 – Dirty Doc Next Door
Abby isn’t as nice as she seems. She had planned all along to steal from her new doctor neighbor. But after meeting him, she has a new plan in mind—one that involves less of his things and much more of his body.

Book 4 – Kidnapped By 2 Men
Taking Lily wasn’t part of their plan and it was definitely a mistake. They lose all control when they’re around her—all they want is to give her pleasure.

Book 5 – Dirty Cops Next Door
They’re in her dreams, every single night—perhaps the two hottest cops on Earth! But what happens when naughty dreams alone are not enough?

Book 6 – Mountain Lumberjack
When things quickly spin out of control and rumors start to circulate the resort, she knew she shouldn’t have come to the mountain. Luckily for Lilian, a handsome lumberjack is coming to the rescue.

Book 7 – F Buddy
Scarlett needs an F buddy for the night, so he does her the honor. The only problem is she’s his dream woman and she’s not normally one for one night stands. No-strings is never as easy as it sounds.

Book 8 – Jocked Up
Years ago he left town, to run away from her. Now Drake’s back and wanting more. But Bethany’s not going to give him another chance to hurt her again. She can not afford to make another mistake like that. Not now that she has him—her son, her only joy.

Book 9 – Boxer Next Door
There’s no one since her husband left. There isn’t space for anyone in her heart except her child. Then Ken from next door came knocking and everything changed. But there’s no way it could work, surely he’s too young for her, isn’t he?

Book 10 – Hot New Neighbor
Ellie writes about men with hard bodies, chiseled jaws and incredible charm in her novels. But never did she imagine that such a man actually existed. Then a gorgeous actor moves across the hall—maybe dreams really can come true.

Author’s Note: The stories in this anthology contain mature language and adult scenes that will make you blush! Intended for adults only.

The humans of Earth planned for a long intergalactic journey. What they didn’t plan on was running into the neighbors.

In 2096 Captain Christopher Perry led the starship Expedition on a centuries-long search for a suitable world to colonize. Assisted by Mosis, a sentient AI, the unsuspecting crew is awakened by an alien transmission, leading them to the remains of the Vingah race, preserved in stasis.

With a rescue mission in full swing, the allies are challenged by an aggressive species, bent on acquiring the Vingah’s secrets. The confrontation’s outcome will change the destinies of three disparate races, and allow the victors to spread their influence throughout the galaxy.

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Think of this book as Podcast for dummies, not as an offensive word, but more like a book for people with no prior knowledge about podcasting. With Amazon making podcasts free with Amazon prime, podcasts on kindle has become a reality as well. The book goes over podcast production, podcast marketing, podcast equipment etc.

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The no. 1 British action-suspense series

File no. 1, Moneyman, also known as Codename: Moneyman, is the action-suspense thriller of one man who must uncover international espionage or die in the attempt.

British Intelligence selects him for an assignment in Tenerife. He leaves unaware of his real purpose. He’s one part of a secret plot to uncover a spy deep within the London political establishment.

The assignment rapidly turns deadly.

He quickly discovers the world of international espionage has placed him in a desperate situation and presented him with a seemingly impossible task. His only help comes from a single London contact, but can he trust her?

Are his tenacity and endurance enough to see him complete the mission and discover the truth, or will time run out?