First Night Ride is the second short story collection from erotica author Kellie Granier. Featuring ten tales of gay, menage, BDSM, historical western erotica, readers are treated to one M/F pairing, four with multiple partners, and five gay stories. Follow a pair of best friends as they have a wild night in Las Vegas; find out how inviting a bath can be for a pair of best friends; and enjoy a new BDSM adventure with Honey and her Lover. Honey's First Honey's Lover has a special surprise for her once she satisfies him on her review. He invites five former submissives to take her, each one of them trained like machines. But she makes short work of them, her innate power and sexuality too much for them to overcome. Silver Tequila And Vegas Lights Nick and Alex are best friends that share everything with each other. In Las Vegas, they meet a woman by the name of Annie. The three of them head up to their hotel room after a night of drinking. They are going to show Annie a good time and prove to her that two heads are better than one-in every sense of the word. No Guts No Glory Leo has a had a thing for fellow bull rider Art for as long as they'd been friends. But he's never made a move because he thought Art would never be interested. So it falls to Art to make the first move, and when he does, it's everything Leo hoped it could be and more. Guts And Glory: No Guts No Glory 2 Leo and Art are very into each other, although Art never imagined he would be with his best friend. Even the bull riding scenes are full of sexual tension, and when the two guys finally "find" each other, they find it was everything they had hoped for. A Rare Bath Cas and his partner Danny spend long weeks on the trail and don't always have the money for a decent room or a bath when they do ride into town. Cas in looking forward to a long awaited bath. Cas has noticed Danny's sexy body many times and he wants it all for himself. Bath time is the perfect time to make his long delayed move and have it all. A Rare Bed: A Rare Bath 2 The night after Cas takes his best friend and partner in the bathtub, he wonders exactly what it will mean for them. As he debates how it changes things and considers the new boundaries, he falls asleep, only to wake up with the biggest hard-on of his life and Danny smirking down at him. On Three It may have been five years since Clint saw his best friend, but he could still read Steve like an open book. Something was seriously troubling him. Nobody should look that sad in the middle of a tittie bar. He barely seemed aware of the fact that he was surrounded by mostly naked women. Had his friend really changed that much in five years? Double Birthday Pleasure Penn, a gay porn model and escort, has a well sought-after specialty. He is summoned to a casino in California for a very special birthday party. The birthday boy has always been fascinated by the idea of double penetration. Penn's perfect for the job, and he does everything he can to make the birthday dreams come true. Butterfly Wing Rhythm The mysterious man known as Eris can control a room just by walking through it. He has his own set of rules that everyone obeys. He is lusted after by men and women alike. Everybody wants him, but he only plays with a select, chosen few. The Late Night Ride The only woman in a gang of men, Sarah is nothing more than a possession to serve them. She travels with them dressed as a man, and they treat her as their servant. But when that gang shows up on Tom's ranch, he can instantly see she's worth so much more. He will do anything he can to keep her with him, even if it means fighting for her.

Two of our most beloved picture book creators team up to tell a classic story of a child, his new puppy, and a first night home. On Charley’s first night, Henry carries his new puppy in his old baby blanket all the way to his house. He shows Charley every room, saying, "This is home, Charley." He says that a lot so that Charley will know that he is home. Henry’s parents are very clear about who will be walking and feeding Charley (Henry will, and he can’t wait). They are also very clear about where Charley will be sleeping: Charley will be sleeping in the kitchen. But when the crying starts in the middle of the night, Henry knows right away that it’s Charley! And it looks like his parents’ idea about where Charley is going to sleep may have to change. With warmth, humor, and endearing simplicity, Amy Hest tells a tale familiar to everyone who has loved a puppy, while Helen Oxenbury renders each tender gesture and charming detail in a beauty of a book that children will be eager to take home.

Cassie's tips for the Perfect Christmas Fling! 1. 'Tis the season to be daring: Find the perfect Mr. Right Now (extra points for a bad-boy-turned-billionaire) and be brave about getting him—even if that means jumping straight into sexy Jace Ryan's car! 2. Enjoy the ride: Once you've chosen your man, get swept away by the moment! For once, Cassie's determined to stop worrying about the future, but she must remember one thing… 3. This fling is just for Christmas: Jace Ryan's a seasonal special. Do not start falling for him, Cassie, no matter how perfect the package or how much you've enjoyed unwrapping it.…

In the summer of 2010, brothers-in-law Marty and Jim embark on a cycling trip along the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal, a 335-mile trek from their home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jim's boyhood home in Washington, DC. Chance encounters with colorful local characters and other surprising escapades during five days on the trail make for nonstop laughs. As they travel through forests and along winding rivers, they experience the breathtaking scenery of western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, exploring early American history while learning more about each other as well as themselves. This true story is for adventurers and cyclists as well as couch potatoes looking for a lighthearted take on friendship and some hilarious fun.

The Last Thing They Expected Was First Contact It's long ago been settled that humanity is all alone in the universe. All the centuries of searches for extra-terrestrial intelligence have turned up exactly nothing at all. And when humanity's first and only colony in another star system was recently invaded it was by unwanted human interlopers from Earth -- interlopers calling themselves The Fruitful, who are sure that God himself is guiding them. The new arrivals caused trouble enough that many of the original settlers have packed up and moved elsewhere on the planet -- only to discover some very alarming signs that the first settlers aren't quite so alone as they thought. Phil Bertrand and Hazel Castagna had striven for years to reach and settle their new world, only to find themselves on different sides when the Fruitful arrived and forced hard choices on everyone. Now, without quite intending it, they have become allies again, as well as the half-unwilling leaders of a group that must find a way to protect humans from aliens -- and, perhaps, aliens from humans. But exactly who -- and what -- are the aliens?

In this moving and lyrical story of overcoming loss, a man and a woman wage the fight of their lives for a second chance at love. ""The Bridges of Madison County" with a happy ending".--"Kirkus Reviews".

A New Year's Eve missed connection and a wild twenty-four hours. She's got a family tradition to save. He's all-in to help the charming woman he's just met. Everything can change in a day...Maria, a young professional in a tenuous NYC advertising career, deals with her boss, demanding clients, and a mother who expects her home for the family's annual New Year's Day performance in the Mummer's Parade.In Philadelphia on New Year's Eve, she dashes through the train station and slams into an elegantly dressed man, Hunter, who's in town for a reunion with friends. Once at home, Maria is convinced by her life-of-the-party cousins to attend the First Night Ball. After a broken-down cab, stalled subways, a stop in a country western bar, and a cold walk through the city, they hitch a ride to the ball in a crowded church van. At the ball, Maria and Hunter awkwardly cross paths again. When an untimely accident lands Maria's father in the hospital, her mother's frantic message sends her running. She "borrows" a horse drawn carriage, pushes through traffic to her family, and promises them she'll guide the team. At the clubhouse she finds chaos and is devastated to realize that for the first time in the history of the team, they won't compete. Hunter and his friends offer to fill in for missing performers. Together this band of misfits improvise and save the day. Over the course of twenty-four hours, Maria and Hunter fall hard for each other.