Pick up this comfortably sized collection of comic strips to take a walk down Smith Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota where you'll find the small world of Big Time Animation Studio. You'll encounter an intelligent, witty world of dilligent worker-artist pigs, dreamer artiste cats, grumpily practical business owning ducks, a jazz-playing frog and various dark phantoms. They all seek escape from the dull darkness of repetition through their art, love, and general orneriness. Serious, silly, and existential (whatever that means ), this just might be the thing you're looking for. Ok, it probably will...

Pepper is a bitch-and proud of it. She has a great family, the best two friends a girl could ask for, and the career she's always wanted. But the buck stops there. Aside from the people closest to her, she completely lacks in the social department. Because of her snarky, bitchy, full on attitude, she's unapproachable, at best. Pepper learned in high school that you have to protect yourself-a handsome devil taught her that the hard way. And she does that by pushing away suitors. Most of them are lame, completely lacking in the brains department. Dating isn't something she wants or needs-or is...

A novella... Jackson and Andi have been through a lot. Against all odds, two broken people found each other and somehow became whole. Life should be perfect for them. But it's not. In fact, life is really hard. All Andi wants is to grow her family, but failure after failure sends her hurtling into a deep depression. Jackson only wants Andi to be happy. So when their dream of having children starts to become a reality, things begin to look up for them. Unfortunately, life throws them another curveball and they begin to drift apart. Andi hits an all-time low, and the strength of their marriage...

Caroline Harrison has had enough. After eight long years in an unhappy marriage, she's ready to throw in the towel. Her workaholic husband, Bentley, is done too-choosing his career over his wife. They've met with their lawyers and only need to get through the holidays until their divorce is finalized. Bentley isn't ready to tell his family about the divorce, so he asks Caroline to spend one more Christmas at his mom's under the ruse they are still happily married. Together, they set out on a seven hour car ride in the middle of the Canadian Caribou to put on one last happy show. What could be...

My life had a plan. Until he invaded it and stole it all away. My captor took me and I became a pawn. His strategy changed and he sent me away to WAR, because money is everything in this world. In my WAR, though, I found peace. I couldn't help but find love where I least expected it, with a man who lived a battle every day of his life ...all inside his head. But then my captor came back for me. Yet, this time, battle lines had been drawn and I was protected. So we thought. Even though my WAR was raging, my captor would fight to the death. The good guys always win, right? Not always. All's...

Nadia Jayne's world is full of villains. Kasper thinks he hates her. Donovan thinks he loves her. Logan thinks he owns her. Sweet Jayne is a complicated girl... She needs Kasper. She hides from Donovan. She has a plan for Logan. But maybe complicated Jayne isn't so sweet after all... In fact, she might just be the biggest villain of them all. WARNING: Story contains dark taboo themes and violence both sexual and physical which could trigger emotional distress in reader.

He can't love her. It simply won't work. Besides, he's already bound to the prison he created. A life that owns him. She craves to help him. She'll make it work. His secrets test the limits of her sanity and morals. Yet he owns her. The chains will break free. The demon will be released. And he'll be hungry for...her. Will their untimely love overcome the past and create a living, breathing future? Perhaps. Or, they might just go crazy... ***This book is a contemporary romance standalone.***

Benny loves his pretty little dolls. As long as they do exactly as they're told. He keeps them perfect by brushing their hair and gives them pretty dresses to wear. He likes to toy with them late at night. One so timid but the other likes to fight. When his favorite doll runs away... despite the other doll promising to stay, his heart becomes broken, and he can't help but cry. He wants her back home, or his pretty little doll must die. Have you ever had to make a decision that haunts you every single day for the rest of your life...the life you stole back? I have. I ran for my survival,...