Dildo-Gate

Andrea’s cell phone has been chirping incessantly for weeks. A precarious request to search for women’s toys of pleasure co-mingles lustful desires juxtaposed in a patriarchal world. She completes her indulgent primping routine and is ready to board her plane. Her immoral cargo is discreetly packed when she is detained by US border agents at the gate.

Waiting for her toy drop on the other side of the world is the local patron who detours from the agreed delivery plan. The pressure builds on meeting Irena, a local cosmetic manager who is making regular midnight rendezvous from a high mountain village. On Andrea’s arrival, he insists they meet. Unsatisfied with the turn of events, Andrea senses things are amiss and laments over their first passionate encounters years earlier, retaliates to fill all her erotic needs by combatting norms.

The Patron’s confidant and beautiful business partner Nina undermines her patron, raising increasing havoc. She is a youthful entrepreneur in a patriarchal world also seeking pleasure, power and wants control over the toy cargo and partners with Andrea to get rid of Irena.

Dildo-Gate II

The Jenga puzzle continues. The story of our traveler, Andrea, her deep sense of place intertwined with thematic adventures and political tensions set in the backdrop of Eastern Europe.

Her cell phone begins to chime as soon as she returns to the mainland, and she texts back.

She agrees to a new trip. Nina wants her return and close friends Misty and Lori will join. Resuming her primping routine, she readies her look. Her and Nina plan out all the trip details.

Emboldened from her last visit, she packs new gifts. And Ahmed has softened his anger; she places her claddagh ring back on her hand.

Her plans go sideways as she is pressed for money, jealousies collide and the unwelcome Irina returns.

Diligently Screaming: Light's Last Hope

As the pinnacle of evil ascends, hearts tremble and hope dwindles in the face of impending darkness. Our hero, Luminous, finds himself captive in the enemy’s lair, the coveted fragments of the Legacy Stone within nefarious reach. As darkness encroaches upon his heart, the ancient knowledge of the dwarves to reforge the stone seems but a fleeting dream amidst the fall of Winterfall.Despite valiant efforts, the sinister tide of Malignant’s forces swells, casting a pall of terror across the land, tightening the noose of his wicked reign. With Dragonhold under siege by a formidable army, and no clear path to vanquish the malevolent mage, the flicker of hope dims.Embark on a perilous journey with a valiant company as they traverse enemy-laden lands to thwart annihilation, striving against odds to reclaim Luminous from the abyss and confront the dark lord – the most fearsome mage ever known. Facing wild beasts, sinister mages, and the looming shadow of ultimate evil, can they prevail against the encroaching darkness, or will they succumb to the dread tide sweeping the realm?Diligently Screaming: Light’s Last Hope unveils a tale spun with love, loss, and valor, where every page holds the breath of an epic saga drawing to its riveting finale. Amidst the clash of light and shadow, venture into a world where the last hope gleams through the veil of despair, in a valiant quest to restore hope to a land besieged by shadows.

Director's Cut

David Lowry, the retired forensic scientist of the Sheriff’s Office in Scottsdale and now the most sought after private forensic investigator in the country, is invited by an old colleague to join the investigation of a murder in West Virginia that copies exactly a scene in a famous movie called Night of the Hunter. He is joined by Rebecca Wise, senior special agent of the FBI, and together they discover that the current murder is only one of many dating back several years and taking place all over the country and all of them copies of scenes from famous films. Together, they join forces to find the killer. As they search for the killer, new murders take place, each increasingly more provocative, as if the murderer knows they are looking for him and is daring them to catch him.

Disasters at Sea

In October 1851, the bustling harbors of Gloucester, Massachusetts marked the onset of a promising venture as the American fishing fleet set sail towards the bountiful mackerel run in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. However, as they neared the waters off Prince Edward Island, Canada, an unanticipated hurricane engulfed them in a tempest of terror and despair, obliterating over 200 schooners and vessels. The calamity claimed the lives of over 100 seamen, a tragic toll that resonated across the waves.

Disasters at Sea unveils the poignant yet inspiring chronicle of the Prince Edward Island residents, who, propelled by compassion, rallied to extend a lifeline to the beleaguered seamen. Their unwavering aid echoed the noble deeds of the Newfoundland residents during the 9/11 crisis. With hearts brimming with empathy, they embarked on a mission of rescue, recovery, and honor for the fallen, manifesting an enduring maritime bond.

This narrative reflects on the ethos of neighborly duty prevalent in the 19th-century Maritime Canada, highlighting a stark contrast against the seemingly indifferent response of the vessel owners in the aftermath, who appeared to evade accountability for the lost souls and shattered vessels. Disasters at Sea navigates through the haunting whys of fate’s discernment amidst the storm, unearthing the profound human spirit that surges even amidst the darkest squalls, painting a timeless tableau of maritime valor and human resilience.

Discover the Matrix

The most dangerous move in business is the failure to see the space between. What's the greatest crisis among Leaders today? According to Harvard Business Review (Apr 2020), leaders are living in crisis with no modern-day precedent. Governments, corporations, hospitals, schools, and other organizations need now, more than ever, are "real leaders" people who "help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own."

Like most, real leaders are not born; having the ability to help others see the space between is not written into their genetic code. Many leaders are forged in crisis. Prime Minister Winston Churchill encouraged his people to keep the faith: "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

This book provides today's leaders with the tools to get the job done; the skills to see the space between. Challenging conventional wisdom, self-imposed limitations, and abstract obstacles, global business coach and leading keynote speaker Angela Cusack dares you to Discover the Matrix.

Do It Again William

Oh no! It appears that William, who is now a LOT older than the usual kindergartner, did NOT learn all he was SUPPOSED to learn in Kindergarten, so his mother decides he had better repeat it.

This book tells the story of poor William’s hilarious trials and triumphs, as he ‘Does it again!’

Do No Harm

Doctor Gideon Teague is ready to call it quits as he nears the end of his medical training. Years of continuous hard work and the specter of tragedy following him from his time as a Marine have taken a heavy toll and his physical and emotional reserves are spent. In the nick of time, an opportunity for a mission trip to Honduras seems like just the ticket to rekindle a long dead spark of passion and adventure; and to escape the day-to-day drudgery of his life as a resident physician.  While there, he and a pragmatic service missionary named Eliza are violently sucked into the vast criminal underworld infecting the region. To save themselves from being trafficked, Gideon will have to embrace the military experience he’d forsaken and confront the ghosts that drove him away. Will it be enough, or will he lose what little of his self-identity remains?

Do You Dream of Trains?

When you’re in love, you often dream of the thing you love, even if it’s a train. You dream of “trains speeding through the desert night, thousands of stars shining bright.” And you wonder, will others see the beauty you see, the freedom you feel, or the excitement of winning a race, when you are on a train?

Domestic Beasts

In the mid-2010s, Detroit experienced an urban flight the likes of which the United States had never seen before. At its worst, in some neighborhoods, over eighty percent of the buildings lay vacant, the only inhabitants being thousands upon thousands of stray dogs. Without humans, these abandoned house pets were left to fight and scrape and hunt and fend for themselves in the apocalyptic urban hellscape that is post-blight Detroit.

Scout, a loyal and loving pet dog, is abandoned when his family flees foreclosure. For the first time in his life finding himself unable to rely on humans, Scout is forced to venture into the wilds. He quickly learns that self-reliance is far more challenging, freeing, terrifying, and dangerous than he ever could have imagined. Exposure, uninviting humans, rival dog packs, and wild animals make every day a battle to shed his domesticity and find the will to survive.

Don Harris Oben: In Search of a Future

This book chronicles the captivating journey of Don, who as a young boy used to listen with rapt attention to the fascinating stories his father told about his travels in colonial Nigeria. These tales invoke in little Don a burning desire to one day undertake his own voyage of discovery, to broaden his horizons beyond the familiar.

So Don sets out into the unknown at the tender age of 14, quickly realizing that expanding one’s worldview is no one-time event. Rather, it is a lifelong process full of twists, turns, and unexpected revelations about places, peoples, and even himself. As Don navigates a complex and often bewildering world, we walk alongside him through monumental challenges, missed opportunities and connections made.

With a wife and five third-culture kids in tow, Don’s pursuit to continually push boundaries and search for a brighter future proves as epic and demanding as that of history’s great exploratory figures. His tireless voyage makes us reflect on what it means to have an inquisitive mind, confront hardship, and leave behind footprints that point others to higher horizons long after we are gone.

Don't Look Back

Trouble isn’t something the art ladies set out looking for, but sometimes it finds them anyway. Life happens and this merry band of artists from the small town of Calhoun, including Stubby who is the former governor of Texas, face problems and misfortunes head-on.

The daughter-in-law of one of the women deserts her family for reasons unknown in the beginning. This leaves art lady Shannon and the others in the group to pick up the pieces and help her eight-year-old twin grandchildren get on with life. The women are so committed to restoring happiness to these broken hearts that they participate in a mother-child softball game. Competing against mothers half their age, along with trying to corral a mischievous group of third graders, involves heart-warming and hilarious situations all at the same time. While this is going on, find out what Stubby, owner of the two-cow ranch, does to upset the apple cart by surprising the women and others in the community with a totally new endeavor that comes completely out of left field. Meanwhile, the missing daughter-in-law spins her own web of confusion and mystery that ties together the insecurities and formerly dead-end life of Lila, the homeless young mother introduced in It’s a New Day.

The attitudes of forgiveness, understanding, humor, and second chances are all brought to life in Don’t Look Back. Members of the art group make choices on how to live life as they embark on the vacation of a lifetime and the issues they leave behind. These women will make you laugh, cry, and, more than anything, cause you to search yourself for what values you deem most important.