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Flagler Beach, Florida is quite the small town, eclectic and quirky...and filled with many unique characters. Bahama Mama's sells not only to the tourists, but to the quirky locals as well! The seventh and final book in the Flagler Beach Fiction series.

The linked stories in Mama Said are set in Louisville, Kentucky, a city with a rich history steeped in tobacco, bourbon, and gambling, indulgences that can quickly become gripping and destructive vices. Set amid the tail end of the crack epidemic and the rise of the opioid crisis, Mama Said evokes Black family life in all its complexity, following JayLynn, along with her cousins Zaria and Angel, as they come of age struggling against their mothers' drug addictions.

Estamos en Macondo y su región una vez más, entre personajes y episodios reconocibles, pero ahora caen pájaros muertos sobre el poblado, rompiendo mosquiteros y alambradas, un cura ve al diablo o afirma haber encontrado al judío errante, y visitar la tumba de un ser querido supone un riesgo impredecible. Y hay que enterrar a la Mamá Grande, soberana absoluta de este mundo, que falleció en olor de santidad a los noventa y dos años, tras haber conservado la virginidad durante toda su vida, y a cuyos funerales acude el presidente de la República y hasta el Sumo Pontífice en su góndola papal.

Die Mama. Sie war wunderbar schön und ganz schlank wie eine Gazelle. Und eines Abends sagte man zu ihr: »Ein reicher Mann wünscht deine jüngere Schwester zu heiraten. Aber vorerst müssen wir die ältere anbringen – –.« Und man brachte sie an.

On his 13th birthday, Buddy gets shipped up north by his religious mother, who can't cope with his sister's teenage pregnancy. Just as he resigns himself to spending the entire summer at Gram's farm caring for kittens and cows, his bitter sister Brinda arrives, ending his peace and solitude. When her boyfriend Jackie shows up and turns his attentions to Buddy from his bride-to-be, Buddy must do what Mama said - or take matters into his own hands.

We’re all grown up, right? Or, are we? Do things in the night still make you wanna cry to Mama? Well, you can’t anymore, she’s not around. Time to face your demons, man or woman. Mama ain’t here, but all she ever wanted was to hear your laughter and to know you’re safe.

After her mother dies, a teenage girl witnesses her father’s dangerous descent into madness.

Deserted by her husband, Audrey was forced to raise her sons, Erick and Robert, alone. When Erick continued a downward path with the wrong crowd, despite Audrey's intervention, his luck ran out after he repeatedly disobeyed the law and was sent to jail. Preoccupied with how she could have saved Erick from a life of crime, Audrey stuck by her son, visiting him every week and prayed that he would see the light and clean up his life.

After going through pregnancy at her side, listening to all the mumbo-jumbo jargon strangers in white coats spewed at me, just to have my woman do the exact opposite the minute we left their office - I decided to help my fellow man. In a language we actually speak. If you've got a Baby Mama, pick up this short, simple guide and thank me later.

Will Gnà Peppina give her customers what they need, even if it’s more than food? What pleasures can a man indulge in after his wife has put him on a draconian diet? Who will be able to cook dinner for the family with five euros? Five humorous short stories ablaze with the Sicilian sunshine, vibrating with the singsongs of the street sellers, fragrant with the scent of the sea. Written by Stefania Hartley, The Sicilian Mama.

Will Melina regret faking to be sick to avoid her chores? Can Don Pericle organise a wedding for a groom who doesn’t know? Who has stolen the marble pisces from the cathedral's floor? Twelve humorous short stories dripping with the Sicilian sunshine, ringing with not-so-well-kept secrets, fragrant with freshly fried arancine rice balls, ideal for your coffee break or as a bedtime read.

How far should Viviana’s family go to avoid being thirteen at the table? Should Melina and Tanino attend a New Year’s party hosted by Melina’s old flame? Why do Don Pericle’s clients want a Christmas wedding at all costs? Ten humorous and heart-warming short stories shining with the Sicilian sunshine, fragrant with red wine and ringing with Christmas bells, perfect for the festive season.

Following the termination of the affair, my life with my fiancé goes on largely as normal for some time, and I think I'm in the clear. That is until one day my ex suddenly shows up in my living room along with my fiancé, and I find myself in a most unexpected situation....

To him, I'm almost certain I'm just another girl, another pretty face. He's a billionaire, after all, able to have any woman he wants. And for my part, I'm not that hard up for romance either - I'm a model, capable of snaring nearly any straight male I have my sights set on. But whether he likes it or not, the two of us now share a very significant connection, in the form of the baby the two of us made during a weekend long affair of passion at a resort.

By all accounts, I should be about the happiest girl on Earth right about now. I've established a successful modeling career, I'm going to have a baby in a few months, and I'm engaged to the billionaire mogul who happens to be the child's father. Craig is an amazing man, not to mention an immaculate lover, and there's really nothing in my life with which I'm dissatisfied. The only real fly in the ointment is my wandering eye, an old habit that I can't quite seem to shake.

Este paquete de erotismo duro y tórrido está aquí para darte exactamente lo que quieres, ¡y todo lo que creías que no necesitabas también!

My husband is seeing someone behind my back, deceiving me, and I fear that I risk losing him if I can't do something to turn things around. I briefly consider proposing a threesome with him and his new female companion, but I'm certain I don't have anywhere near the confidence necessary for something like that.