Kimberly Cooper Griffin

Nic Gallagher has it all: a great job, supportive family and friends, and a sweet dog. Everything changes after an unexpected reorganization at work makes Lee Stone her supervisor. Lee is beautiful, outstanding at her job, and has quickly catapulted to head of sales. According to the rumor mill, she's also a bit of an ice queen who's left a line of broken men in her rise to the top. Nic and Lee got on well in new hire training and haven't been able to stand each other since. Nic seethes silently as Lee gets promoted while she's stuck at manager. That is, until she's downsized in a strategic layoff, and her simmering anger finally burns openly. They have good reasons for keeping their distance. So why does their growing attraction seem more like a love-hate relationship?

Alice Johns and Bridget Moore were young nuns when a forbidden spark lit between them. After being discovered, they were released from their convent and lost touch. But they never forgot their intense connection. Twenty-five years later, they meet again, and the old spark is just as strong. Outside the convent, they couldn't be more different from one another. Alice lives a quiet life, is active in her church, and doesn't talk about her past as a nun. Aside from the longing she has for her first and only love, her chosen family in Oceana is everything she needs to be happy. Bridge, an outgoing sales executive whose life has expanded in the years since they were together, has come to know that life is more than her job. She has also sworn off religion. When they reunite, their passion runs deep. But when they think about the future, they worry about how different they've become. For their love to survive, they must find a way to reconcile the most important passions in their lives--devotion to the church and each other.

Sweet Spot--the place on the face of a wave where a surfer can catch the greatest speed. Standing up on the wave is hard enough, but finding the sweet spot is almost impossible when you're battling riptides. Shia Turning has been battling riptides her entire life and she knows she's close to finding the sweet spot. Having spent most of her life in the foster system, she's worked hard to make something of herself in the pro-surfing world. And living at Oceana has given her the community and support she needs to take her there. But when the mother she never expected to hear from again shows up, everything she's worked for is threatened. As the property manager for Oceana, her grandfather's mobile home park, Rose Monroe is anxious to make him proud even at the expense of her own dreams. When Shia and Rose meet, their attraction threatens to distract them from their goals--something neither of them is willing to risk. What they don't seem to know is that riptides often create the perfect waves. Will they be willing to take a chance of a lifetime to find the sweet spot that can take them to a happily ever after?

Life changes like the ocean tides, and Mikayla Pierce is discovering that the hard way. Recently divorced and learning more about her bisexuality, she struggles to find her way on her own. Living in a borrowed home in Oceana Mobile Home Park, Mikayla knows one thing for sure. She's done trying to be the person other people think she should be. Gem Helmstaad, the property manager of Oceana, has resigned herself to the life she's lived since she was a kid, helping her dad take care of his business. She thought she'd broken free of her family obligations, but with her father's poor health and her siblings having lives of their own, she's back in Oceana and it's up to her to keep the business going. Falling in love is the last thing on either of their minds, but when Mikayla and Gem meet, sparks of possibility begin to shine, revealing a new path that just might lead them to a future neither expected.

Ang Kennedy used to love riding a bike, but now spends all her time chasing paychecks and lofty titles. When her latest ambition to move into the big corner office unexpectedly falls through, she realizes she was chasing someone else's dream and quits her job. Unsure what she really wants in life, Ang returns to the one thing that used to make her happy: her bike. Krista lafsd ttir dreamed of owning her own bicycle shop since she first started to shadow her uncle at his store. There's nothing like the freedom of riding. Her uncle retires and the bike shop became hers, but she finds that running a business is a lot more complicated than she expects. An encounter in a park brings Ang and Krista together, but when Ang's attempts to help Krista go spectacularly wrong, their passion for each other might not be enough to see them to the finish line.

In this book, Inkslinger 2-Plan Your Amazing Book, we take the planning topics we summarized in Inkslinger-99-Day Guided Writing Experience and expand on them. We dive deeper into the plotting and preparation required to craft a truly excellent book. We try not to put you to sleep with history or the boring details you get in classes; we provide practical knowledge to give you the confidence to write the book you've been wanting to write. We teach youhow to plan your book so that when you sit down to write it, you know exactly what you need to do to craft your story.

Sophia McGovern can't seem to settle down. Memories of all her bad decisions refuse to leave her alone. So, she moves from town to town, from one dead-end job to another, keeping to herself, which serves her well--until she arrives in Ft. Devlin, Colorado. From the first day, Ft. Devlin was different. Maybe that's why she says yes to teaching a car maintenance class at the local high school. High school literacy teacher Pru Glynn is happy with her life just as it is. She has a great job, close friends, and a loving family. She'd like to find a wonderful woman to share it with, but she isn't about to settle for just anyone. When beautiful Sophia McGovern swings into town, Pru can't deny an attraction, but Sophia's itinerant lifestyle doesn't fit in with her deep-set roots and strong ties to family and friends. Sophia and Pru have no intention of falling in love, but sometimes love happens when and where you least expect it.

Daria Fleming's in a rut, and on a whim, she decides to visit a psychic. There has to be more to life than work, home, repeat ad nauseam. The cards tell her she's right, and lo and behold, Daria meets Phaedra Jean-Julien, a vibrant street performer who represents everything Daria knows is missing in her life. Unfortunately, Daria has responsibilities which include taking care of her autistic kid sister, and Phaedra has sworn off relationships due to reasons she doesn't want to go into. But fighting their attraction only drives the passion higher. Can Daria find a way to bring love into her life without disturbing the careful routine she thinks her sister needs to thrive? Can Phaedra overcome her struggles before they destroy the promise of new love? Maybe the advice of the mysterious tarot card reader is what they need to guide them along their path to one another.

Izzy Treadway has a reputation as a love guru. She knows exactly what ignites the spark for others, but she has no desire to find love herself. You see, Izzy's bipolar and not only fears being seen as damaged goods but is terrified that if anything goes wrong, it might just send her back to the hospital. Nevertheless, her best friend decides Izzy's the perfect person to write The Idiot's Guide to Love. While researching and writing the book, Izzy finds herself falling for Jane Mendoza, the new intern at work. Everything's perfect until Izzy tells her she's bipolar and Jane leaves her, claiming the dreaded "It's not you, it's me." Izzy's devastated, but heartbreak teaches her she's stronger than she gives herself credit for. As Izzy and Jane learn their pasts don't define their future, they'll need to get out of their own way to discover love can overcome any obstacle.

It's a summer of transition for Fiona MacGregor and Meg Jordan. Having just passed the New York state bar exam, Fiona is excited about her emerging career, but something she never anticipated threatens to upend all of her carefully laid plans. Meg is spending the summer in New York City after finishing veterinary school, and before she moves back to Seattle to join her aunt's veterinary clinic. A hot summer day at a Morningside Heights coffee shop brings them together when they hear the cries of motherless kittens. Fiona and Meg are forced to figure out if love can overcome much more than just geographical distance.

Surviving senior year is hard enough. Saving a friend might be impossible. When longtime friends Raine and Amelia meet new student Mel, a shameless flirt and open lesbian, it casts their feelings for each other in a different light. Soon the affection between the three girls grows into an attraction they're eager to explore. But even as new love blooms, a secret Amelia's been hiding for years demands their attention. Amelia has an eating disorder, and even if she's in denial, the disease is threatening her health—and her life. She'll need the support of her friends to recover as the relationship faces its first test… one they must pass before it's too late for Amelia.