Laurie: 1609 books

SECURITY DOORS: Burra’s daughter Julia is having security doors fitted in her house, but her conversing with innuendos deeply concerns the company employee fitting the doors who demands security for himself... AUTO DIVING: Burra is talked into going to the hotel by his boys to watch a darts...

burra’s blood pressure is constantly on the upper side of being dangerously close to him becoming a medical disaster because each member of his family has got themselves into considerable debt through misuse of facilities and being just plain neglectful. the family’s inconsideration is highlighted...

DRIP FED: A city cousin and his wife arrive on the Creek’s doorstep and from past experiences the cousin is classed as little more than a ‘drip’ that is gullible as they come. Situation after situation proves the Creek family right, but of course the comfort zone and letting down their guard...

What does it take to love your life more fully, to feel more focused and productive, and to have deeper, more satisfying relationships with everyone in your life? All it takes is being more mindful and more attuned to your life and what is happening in the moment, whether youre sipping your morning...

Blessed with anxiety, depression, and OCD, Janie Weiss has seen her fair share of therapists throughout her life. So many, she doesn’t even refer to them by name, only by number. Some have helped her, some have not. But she has learned from all of them. Years after her last therapist, #6...

Kelly´s life has turned out differently that she thought it would. She finds herself restless, frustrated, and lonely. Mike knows that all is not well in his house. He feels the distance between himself and Kelly, but he isn´t sure how to build a bridge. Andrew is a success in the ad game, and Kelly's colleague. He is a man of character, and he always makes the honorable choice. Always.

Jessica Hargreaves knows a thing or two about being a strong woman. But as a deadly epidemic sweeps across the world, she is put to the test as the flesh eaters rise from the dead and begin to consume the living flesh of the people they encounter. Can Jessica and her small band of survivors escape...

Hervidor Tellis is intent on the revenge and humiliation of the Gulons, one in particular; Abram. For centuries the Gulons have patrolled and ruled the lands around his home, taking the lives and the food from the vampire race and leaving them without choice.Nessy aka Marinette, Abram’s daughter...

Patty is a low level worker for The Agency, an organisation of witches that controls the world of the supernatural. Patty grew up an orphan with normal human parents, but when her powers as a witch emerged she was drawn to, and joined, The Agency.When her friend and mentor, the high witch Matace,...

Serena finds herself thrown into the dark world of the dead, her maker leaving her unconscious and unaware of the immortal world around her. The relic he left beside her being the only pathway through to the truth of her existence. Cold, confused and out on a vengeance that existed in her mortal life,...

Nessy awakes from her unconscious state, with no memory of who she is or her purpose in life. Charles struggles as he tries to provide her with as much information as he can about herself. Saddened and concerned, he eventually tells her about her former life, and true immortal state. Dismayed, a still unconvinced Hera takes Nessy back to the past in the form of the Gulon.

A PAGE-TURNING GLIMPSE INTO FIVE MARRIAGES AND THE FIGHT TO SAVE THEM For more than a year, journalist Laurie Abraham sat in with five troubled couples as they underwent the searing process of group marriage therapy. Published as The New York Times Magazine’s cover story "Can This Marriage...

Savor the Flavors of Seattle The Seattle food scene is a way of life. Foragers find mushrooms in the forests, nettles by the creeks, and sea beans by the ocean. Fish mongers and farmers take pride in their ingredients, and artisan cheese makers, butchers, chefs, chocolatiers, baristas, and roasters...

As the orangutans whoop and the champagne is sipped, no one knows that murder is in the air at the Zoo-To-Do, the swank affair of the New Orleans spring social season. Then shots are fired and events quickly escalate. Ryley Worthington, an amateur sleuth, rushes into the fray to investigate. The victim...