In the office Brandt and Meredith were a team, running his successful computer company. From nine to five they remained strictly professional, despite their powerful mutual attraction. But outside of work each pursued demanding, all-consuming solo interests, Meredith as a jazz singer, Brandt a champion cyclist, that left no room for romance. Would there ever be time for them just to be together? Contemporary Romance by Lynda Ward; originally published be Harlequin Temptation

She's perfectly content leading a quiet life in her small hometown. He's an adventurer with unquenchable wanderlust. The two couldn't be any more opposite if they tried. But a tandem bicycle and a 500-mile road trip just might change all that. After a failed engagement and her mother's battle with cancer, Charlotte Carter's life is finally turning around now that she's landed a dream job teaching music. What she didn't see coming was the imminent closure of the school's music program. She's determined to save it, even if it means getting creative. There's no way she's chalking this up as just another failure in her book of recent embarrassments. Zach Bryant is back in town just long enough to see his brother Ben get married and then he's off traveling the world again. He never imagined he'd run into Charlotte Carter, his brother's ex-fiancé, or that everyone would believe he and Charlotte are an item. He certainly didn't dream he'd end up riding a tandem bicycle hundreds of miles with her in an attempt to raise funds for a defunct music program, but how can he say no when the prize money would help him out of his financial predicament too? Charlotte is sure she can set aside her differences with Zach long enough to cross the finish line and win the giant cash prize . . . can't she? A few hundred miles in, she's questioning her deeply held assumptions about Zach and wondering if maybe tandem biking is only the start of their biggest adventure yet. Fake dating romantic comedy by Becca Kinzer Timeless opposites attract theme Clean romance Discussion questions for book clubs

Kyle Kingston-Moore has a reputation. Adrenaline seeker. Commitment-phobe. Gigolo of the skies. He’s worked tirelessly to make a success out of Sensational Skydives, on occasion providing extra services to deliver the ultimate jump experience. The adrenaline helps him forget the loneliness and the gaping hole left in his heart. When the rush wears off, he’s on the hunt again—a vicious circle of avoidance. Kalani Hart knows all about avoidance. Wide-open spaces. Social situations. Uncontrolled environments. For years, fear has crippled Kalani’s attempts to lead a normal life after a random attack that tore her family apart. Finally, Kalani is on her way to recovery. She knows she needs to face her nightmares, but taking the plunge is easier said than done. When her therapist challenges her to take on skydiving, item number one on her bucket list, Kalani has to decide if she’s truly ready to take charge of her life. Will one tandem jump with Kyle be the key to Kalani getting her life back, or will they both find themselves stranded in a place where their hearts decide what happens next? When the adrenaline is this high, anything can happen.

Mike Kovacs is an economics professor who's trying to get over a bitter divorce. He’s barely on speaking terms with his only child. And he’s just killed two bicyclists in an inebriated hit-and-run at a deserted Michigan beach. (In his defense, he hadn’t meant to get that drunk. And what’s the use of getting caught and going to jail if it means you can no longer make positive contributions to society? Sunk costs, and all.) Claire Boland’s daughter is one of the victims. She’s racked with guilt over what she might have done differently as a parent. Her marriage is buckling under the weight of the tragedy. And yet there’s one person who seems to understand the magnitude of her grief—her neighbor, Mike Kovacs. Tandem is a gripping dark comedy about two lives that intersect in the most awful way possible. Andy Mozina’s exquisite novel details the absurd lengths we go to in order to avoid uncomfortable truths. (And to cover up murder—although that’s such a strong word, isn’t it?) It’s a mesmerizing book about the weight of guilt and the longing for justice—and the crazy things we do for love. One of Electric Literature's 15 Must-Read Small Press Books for Fall 2023! A NewPages Editor's Choice!

A personal selection of a great variety of Short Stories and Poems on many different topics with which the reader will readily be able to identify. Some are fiction, other non-fiction, the latter being auto-biographical. All writen separately by Peter and Lili Hart over the last two decades.

Dominant views about sex have in most churches been distorted by centuries of negative accretions and become travesties of what we find in the Bible. - Dr. Reidulf Molvaer In this book Dr. Reidulf Molvaer attempts to recapture the joyful, cheerful abandon in legitimate sexual relationships that we see in the Bible-yes, the Bible From the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament to Saint Paul's advice on intimacy in the New Testament, you are presented with the real meanings of these ancient texts and learn why the Church has interpreted the Song as an allegory rather than as a description of the joyous sexual experience it truly is. Could there be any greater glorification of sex than to let ideal love between man and woman illustrate the union between the devout and the divine? Dr. Molvaer demystifies fairytale images of the Virgin Mary, compares biblical sexual ethics to various cultures and discusses tales of eccentrics who have been elevated to sainthood. This book rediscovers what has been misrepresented for generations and encourages Christians and others to think afresh about one of the greatest and most disputed acts of devotion found in the Holy Bible. Dr. Reidulf Molvaer attended university in Oslo, Norway, and received his Ph.D. from London University, England. He spent 20 years in development work for churches and the U.N. in Africa and was a senior researcher in Oslo until his retirement. Publisher's website: http: //www.eloquentbooks.com/TwoMakingOne.htm

The plan was simple. Pose as her fake fiancé on Valentine’s Day to put an end to her boss’s unwanted advances. She needed a hero, and I was happy to oblige. There’s just one problem. I’m already falling for her. Moving to Paris to start a cycling business has always been the end game, and I’m one phone call away from my dream becoming a reality. But my ambitions hit a hairpin turn when I come face-to-face with Nora Turner, my new dental hygienist and the woman I’ve secretly been pining for. She doesn’t remember me from last summer, but that doesn’t stop her from accepting my offer to pose as her fake fiancé when her boss gets a little too handsy. And when he invites her to a Valentine’s Day happy hour, it’s my job to accompany her and convince her colleagues that my feelings for her are anything but fake. Shouldn’t be too hard considering I haven’t been able to get her out of my head. To her, this engagement might be a ruse, but to me, it’s an audition for the real deal. And when by some twist of fate we find ourselves traveling to Paris together, I have a lot more planned than just seeing the Eiffel Tower. I’ve got one weekend to show Nora how much I want her, and if Cupid’s on my side, turn this fake engagement into a real one.

THE TANDEM RIDE is a book that follows the poet, teacher and translator Robert Bagg on various outdoor, deskbound, and romantic adventures, from boyhood through adolescence and maturity into old age. The poems are often composed in narrative blank verse or traditional forms, including Spenserian stanzas and sonnet sequences. Bagg's comfort zone has remained since his college days within the heady precincts of Greek myth, while writing about contemporary subjects in colloquial American speech.

The hilarious adventures of Paul and Annie Roebuck as they cycle for charity from Land's End to John O' Groats.