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Fear has engulfed the tight-knit community of Pittman. In this cozy mystery, join the Super Sleuths as they unmask a thief, and not one, but three hitmen. Sadie, a Lebanese immigrant, arms herself to protect her adopted family in her new home. As tensions escalate, a renowned journalist delves into the depths of this quaint New England town, filming a documentary. Will tourists avoid their crime-ridden town, leaving the merchants at risk of financial ruin? Meet the members of the Geezer Book Club and discover the future plans of the characters you first met and loved in Don''t Mess with Me, #1 in The Berkshire Mystery Series.

Here is one of the few slave narratives written by a women. Slavery is a terrible thing but it is far more terrible and harrowing for women than for men. Harriet Jacobs was owned by a brutal master who beat his slaves regularly and subjected them to indignations that were far worse. Jacobs eventually escaped her master and moved to a northern state. Though she was unable to take her children with her at the time they were later reunited. Read her powerful and compelling story.

African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed their lives. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a great period of flowering in literature and the arts, influenced both by writers who came North in the Great Migration and those who were immigrants from Jamaica and other Caribbean islands. Novels and short stories William Wells Brown CLOTEL; OR, THE PRESIDENT''S DAUGHTER Frederick Douglass THE HEROIC SLAVE Harriet E. Wilson OUR NIG; OR, SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF A FREE BLACK Nella Larsen QUICKSAND PASSING THE WRONG MAN FREEDOM SANTUARY Alice Dunbar-Nelson A CARNIVAL JANGLE VIOLETS THE WOMAN TEN MINUTES MUSING TITIEE Charles W. Chesnutt THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE PO'' SANDY SIS'' BECKY''S PICKANINNY THE DOLL THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH DAVE''S NECKLISS THE PASSING OF GRANDISON A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE THE SHERIFF''S CHILDREN BAXTER''S PROCRUSTES Paul Laurence Dunbar THE SCAPEGOAT Jean Toomer BECKY Poetry Phillis Wheatley POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL Frances E. W. Harper POEMS Langston Hughes THE WEARY BLUES Countee Cullen COLOR COPPER SUN THE BALLAD OF THE BROWN GIRL Non-fiction Olaudah Equiano THE INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF OLAUDAH EQUIANO, OR GUSTAVUS VASSA, THE AFRICAN Mary Prince THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE, A WEST INDIAN SLAVE Charles Ball A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CHARLES BALL Frederick Douglass NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE Josiah Henson THE LIFE OF JOSIAH HENSON Solomon Northup TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE Harriet Ann Jacobs INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL Elizabeth Keckley BEHIND THE SCENES Louis Hughes THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE Booker T. Washington UP FROM SLAVERY William Still THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Henry Box Brown James Hambleton Christian Theophilus Collins Seth Concklin William And Ellen Craft Abram Galloway And Richard Eden Charles Gilbert Samuel Green Jamie Griffin Harry Grimes James Hamlet And Others John Henry Hill Ann Maria Jackson And Her Seven Children Jane Johnson Matilda Mahoney Mary Frances Melvin Aunt Hannah Moore Alfred S. Thornton Essays W. E. B. Du Bois THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK Charles W. Chesnutt THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO Paul Laurence Dunbar REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN NEGROES

Sheriff Houtman, who left Boston to have a more peaceful career, finds himself faced with two murders, and he is challenged by a band of amateur sleuths who doubt his competence. Will his conclusions hold, or will he have to admit defeat? Unfortunately, Sheriff Houtman is quite infatuated with Sadie, a refugee from Lebanon who escaped ISIS. Robin George narrates the story. She is a widow with a young son who moves to the Berkshires after her beloved husband died. Her bookstore, Bookworms, and Sweet Indulgences, her best friend Sadie’s restaurant, become the hubs for Robin’s amateur detective group where they plan how to solve the local crimes and exonerate Billy, the Sheriff’s main suspect. Will they prove the Sheriff wrong?

The atrocious but true story of slavery in the United States until the Civil War. It is the personal history of Harriet Jacobs and her enslavement and subsequent escape to the North, after spending seven years hidden in a crawlspace. The stunned listener also gets to know of the mistreatment of the other slaves. We hear how slavery as practiced by the South was degrading to both blacks and whites. It shows the hypocrisy of many white Christians, who could sleep with their female slaves one day, and still see themselves as good Christians the next...

A verdadeira história da luta de um indivíduo pela autoidentidade, autopreservação e liberdade, este livro permanece entre as poucas narrativas de escravas escritas por uma mulher. Um relato autobiográfico, narra a notável odisseia de Harriet Ann Jacobs, cujo espírito destemido e a fé a levaram de uma vida de servidão e degradação na Carolina do Norte para a liberdade e o reencontro com os filhos no Norte dos Estados Unidos. Este foi um dos primeiros livros a tratar da luta pela liberdade das pessoas escravizadas, falando de abuso e assédio sexual, além da dificuldade de manterem seus papéis de mãe e mulheres.

Quando Kate Black è stata costretta a scegliere tra stare con il suo fidanzato testardo e prenderi cura del padre malato, ha scelto di tornare da suo padre e dalla terra in cui si sentiva più radicata. Ma salvare la terra di sui padre significa prendere la difficile decisione di affittarlaa una compagnia petrolifera e all''uomo robusto e bella che gestisce l''operazione. Quella che le fa trattenere il fiato e risveglia un bisogno sensualeche Kate non sapeva nemmeno esistesse. Jake Green ha l''olio nel sangue, insieme a un chip grande quanto un Texas sulla spalla. In seguito al tradimento della sua ex moglie, ha giurato di rinunciare alle donne e ha dedicato la sua vita a far crescere gli affari della sua famiglia. Ma quando il suo lavoro lo porta da Kate, non può negare l''attrazione ardente che brucia tra di loro e asseconda i suoi desideri, anche se combatte per proteggere il suo cuore tormentato. Mentre i due si arrendono a una passine inestinguibile e scoprono piaceri innegabili l''uno nelle braccia dell''altro, Kate deve trovare un modo per guarire il cuore di Jake - e Jake deve ammettere a se stesso che un amore come nessuno che abbia mai conosciuto sta per consumarli completamente.

This scholarly book focuses on stroke in Africa. Stroke is a leading cause of disability among adults of all ages, contributing significantly to health care costs related to long term implications, particularly if rehabilitation is sub-optimal. Given the burden of stroke in Africa, there is a need for a book that focuses on functioning African stroke survivors and the implications for rehabilitation within the African context. In addition, there is a need to progress with contextualised, person-centred, evidence-based guidance for the rehabilitation of people with stroke in Africa, thereby enabling them to lead socially and economically meaningful lives. The research incorporated in the book used a range of primary and secondary methodological approaches (scoping reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, descriptive studies, surveys, health economics, and clinical practice guideline methodology) to shed new insights into African-centred issues and strategies to optimise function post-stroke.

Poderoso e contundente relato autobiográfico sobre a vida das mulheres escravizadas nos eua. Um dos mais poderosos relatos sobre o período da escravidão norte-americana, esta é a história de uma mulher em busca de sua identidade, sua sobrevivência e sua liberdade. Como diz Jarid Arraes no posfácio desta edição: "O fim da escravidão não foi o fim do racismo. Não foi o fim da pobreza, [...] da exclusão, do pensamento supremacista. [...] E, para os que se desconfortam nas cadeiras pensando ''quantas vezes ainda temos que falar sobre isso'', minha resposta é: todas elas".

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave, published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs''s life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues." She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away.

Rand et Lily, deux amants adolescentes déchirées il y a plusieurs années, ont été réunies par un acte insensé de violence contre son père, son contremaître de longue date dans un ranch ... L''étincelle est toujours là, mais son père envoie un nouvel avertissement de la tombe, disant qu''ils ne doivent plus être impliqués. Malheureusement, son avertissement ne comprend pas de raison. Les deux réalisent, en travaillant ensemble pour régler les affaires de son père, que leur amour était réel. Est vrai. Un vieil instantané fournit un indice - mais tant qu''ils ne dévoilent pas des secrets de famille apparemment sans lien, ils n''osent pas ignorer ses avertissements cryptiques et trouver ensemble un bonheur heureux.

"Harriet Jacobs''s 1861 autobiography was the first written narrative by a female slave in America. Using the pseudonym Linda, Jacobs recounts the horrors of her life as a slave and a mother. She documents the physical and sexual abuse she went through prior to her escape from slavery and gaining freedom for herself and two children."--Provided by publisher

How Can You Become the Boss traces the trajectory of knowledge, skills, and disposition beginning with the ones needed to lead oneself through to leading others to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to lead themselves, and ultimately, using that knowledge, those skills, and dispositions for leading an organization to transformation. The goals is being able to lead a party of one before assuming that one can lead others. Leading an organization means transformation into more of what the organization was intended to be by its vision and mission. Leaders develop a personal vision and mission, use the 168 hours a week that everyone has to produce a result, hold a problem-solving frame of mind, cultivate a desire to learn, and productively use self-talk. Ultimately these leaders foster a team approach through a culture of participantship. They regard leadership as an action rather than a position. They see the future of leadership as collective, lateral, and integral and work with others from an abundance mentality. These leaders move forward in learning, using neuroscience findings to promote actions grounded in brain research and assuming responsibility as a way of being for the organization.

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the book for its author, Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs used the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book documents Jacobs'' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for herself and for her children. Jacobs contributed to the genre of slave narrative by using the techniques of sentimental novels "to address race and gender issues."[1] She explores the struggles and sexual abuse that female slaves faced on plantations as well as their efforts to practice motherhood and protect their children when their children might be sold away. Jacob''s book is addressed to white women in the North who do not fully comprehend the evils of slavery. She makes direct appeals to their humanity to expand their knowledge and influence their thoughts about slavery as an institution.Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl after her escape to New York, while living and working at Idlewild, the Hudson River home of writer and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis.[2] Portions of her journals were published in serial form in the New-York Tribune, owned and edited by Horace Greeley. Jacobs'' reports of sexual abuse were deemed too shocking for the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative. Boston publishing house Phillips and Samson agreed to print the work in book form if Jacobs could convince Willis or abolitionist author Harriet Beecher Stowe to provide a preface. She refused to ask Willis for help and Stowe never responded to her request. The Phillips and Samson company closed.[3] Jacobs eventually signed an agreement with the Thayer & Eldridge publishing house, and they requested a preface by abolitionist Lydia Maria Child, who agreed. Child also edited the book, and the company introduced her to Jacobs. The two women remained in contact for much of their remaining lives. Thayer & Eldridge, however, declared bankruptcy before the narrative could be published. Lydia Maria Francis Child (born Lydia Maria Francis) (February 11, 1802 - October 20, 1880), was an American abolitionist, women''s rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Despite these challenges, Child may be most remembered for her poem "Over the River and Through the Wood." Her grandparents'' house, which she wrote about visiting, was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts.

A single father who needs a wife to keep custody of his son and a woman he’s never thought of as anything but his best friend. Maybe she’s the solution he’s looking for. Or maybe that very special favor will change everything. Forever.

Harriet Ann Jacobs (February 11, 1813 - March 7, 1897) was an American writer, who escaped from the horrors of slavery and became an abolitionist speaker and reformer. Jacobs'' single work, ''Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'', published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, was one of the first autobiographical narratives about the struggle for freedom by female slaves and an account of the sexual harassment and abuse they endured. This important primary source includes a new introduction by Emmy award winning writer and historian Bob Carruthers.

Loving Control Hot sexy kisses that wet dreams are made of... That''s how surgeon Eli Calhoun thinks of resident Maggie Berman. And nothing, not even kinky sex with the submissives at the Club Rio Brava, can get his mind off locking lips with his workmate again. There''s just one problem. Eli''s a sexual Dominant looking for a submissive, and Maggie''s the most "in control" woman he''s ever met. Until the night he takes her home and shatters that control-in the bedroom, at least. Maggie''s running scared. She''s learned some hard lessons from her ex-Master. When the hunky surgeon makes a move on her, offering to make her wildest dreams come true, it''s not just about the sex. Eli wants it all-and that includes her precious control. Switching Control Dr. Tom Latimer is into major kink. A respected member of San Antonio society, he needs a mate who can not only satisfy his Dominant sexual needs but also act as a life partner, submissive lover, companion and friend. He''s about to throw up his hands in defeat and admit no such woman exists for him when his eye is caught by Selina Harrison at Club Rio Brava. Selina is a big, beautiful wannabe Domme with a pedigree as long as his own, a history of spousal abuse that killed her trust in men-and a secret taste for the sort of loving dominance Tom wants to give. But as Tom discovers, things are not always what they seem. The sexy doctor''s pulling out all the stops to convince the Domme with the luscious curves and baby-soft skin that switching sides and submitting to him are worth risking her heart-and her trust. Unexpected Control Pediatric surgeon Elle Drake may be conventional in her professional life, but she likes her sex kinky and hot-hot enough that she can shed her inhibitions and let go. Though she enjoys playing with the Doms at Club Rio Brava, she''s beginning to wish for a Dom of her own. Not a masked partner at the club, but someone she can count on for hot sex as well as friendship. She''s fairly sure no such man exists for her. Rancher Trace Williams is everything she''s ever wanted in a man, except his lovemaking''s almost pure vanilla. A word from his sister sets him on the path to Dominance-and the key to Elle''s heart. resultant tiredness were sure doing a number on his libido. Forced to face the direction his life is taking, and realizing he might lose Lynn, Mark decides to take control back-especially in the bedroom. Learning Control Opportunity knocks when a chance conversation about a local BDSM club reminds Mark of all the times he and Lynn had gotten off on kinky sex early in their marriage. A visit to Club Rio Brava re-awakens the Dom in Mark, giving him the perfect way to get back to the uninhibited lifestyle he and his deliciously submissive wife enjoyed before work and kids got in the way.

Naked Bootleg When Bobby Anthony, rookie quarterback, signs a multi-million dollar contract with the Memphis Maulers, hot passes aren''t the only thing on his immediate horizon. In a world where women-young and old-are looking to score, easy sex fills the lives of the superstar ball players. Bobby''s not interested, because for him, one woman stands out from the rest. Marly Ragusa has never been a football groupie until she meets Bobby, and falls hard. To quench their sexual attraction, they spend long, hot nights in Bobby''s bed, learning each other''s bodies...each other''s hearts. When an ex-girlfriend comes to town, Marly''s trust issues come to the surface-until Bobby proves how much he wants her. Forward Pass All-Pro quarterback Keith Connors has never been one for the groupies or casual sex after a big game. And the last thing he''s looking for is a woman to replace his dead wife. Until gentle Tina Black walks into his life and captivates his baby son''s heart. Still feeling the pain and shame of a past she''d love to forget, Tina is looking for a fresh start. When Keith offers a job as a nanny, it''s a sanctuary, a place to heal that she can''t resist. From a tremulous relationship founded first on friendship, Keith grows to love the innocent, softly sexy woman inside Tina who turns him on like no other, while Tina sees behind the handsome quarterback facade to the loving family man, and together they decide to take a second chance on life-and love.

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS. Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was born into slavery in North Carolina, but escaped to the north to flee her owner''s sexual advances. This autobiography was published under a pseudonym in 1861 to protect her family. She became involved with the Anti-Slavery Society, speaking at meetings in support of abolition. The book was aimed at middle-class white women, and stresses the impact of slavery on women''s chastity, as slaves were frequently sexually exploited. She is highly critical of the nominal Christianity of the culture of the southern States. Much of the narrative deals with her efforts to regain her children, who had remained her master''s property. Jacobs'' first-hand account was an early publication of its type, and many found the abuse she suffered shocking and unbelievable. Jacobs became a role model for freed slaves, in taking control of her life, and helping others to adapt through education.

San Diego Bay: A Call for Conservation" is the fourth book in a series that details the beauty and history of San Diego Bay, written by the talented students of High Tech High. It delves into the delicate balance between humans and nature in an urbanized ecosystem, demonstrating the importance of environmental awareness and action, and the role individuals can play to benefit their city and planet. It examines San Diego Bay''s current state, outlines the reasons behind its decline, and offers solutions for its recovery. With a preface by Jane Goodall, a wealth of photographs, plus interviews with local experts on indigenous species and environmental concerns, this is a compelling and insightful work.

"A Gift of Gold : It''s Christmas at Summerfield Castle and the deVere twins, Gavin and William, have always shared everything. Their women are no exception. Now the younger twin, Gavin, is pledged to marry Lady Evelyn fitzSimmons to provide him with estates. He fears the wealthy widow may dampen his lusty pleasures...but she has other plans."--Publisher.

Book 2 in the d''Argent Honor series. d''Argent Honor...fine-tuned over a millennium to fight evil, its hunters are focused now on stopping an evil vampire in his mad quest for revenge on the d''Argent queen who refused his suit. In self-imposed seclusion for centuries, Stefan d''Argent emerges to join the hunt. His assignment: to seduce the Fox''s next intended victim in order to protect her. When Stefan sees Julie Quill, touches her, makes love to her, he realizes he puts his own heart at risk. Vampire compulsion or lust at first sight-Julie doesn''t understand the immediate, irresistible desire Stefan generates in her, but that doesn''t matter. She loves him, believes his incredible story...and wants to join him in his shadow world. One erotic bite...one slip into vampiric ecstasy could make it happen. But Stefan fears repeating the experience that sent him into seclusion centuries earlier, of killing the woman he loved while trying to convert her. A near-death experience tips the balance, giving him the courage to make her...eternally his. Note: Eternally His is a heavily revised, expanded version of a book previously published elsewhere as Eternity of Darkness.

LUNA TEN CHRONICLES Luna Ten: Cassiopeia, Shedir, Nebula Star of the East Obsidion: Diamond in the Rough, Garnet''s Fantasy, Pearl of Passion Seven stories of Duty, Honor, and forbidden pleasures among the stars Luna Ten: an Eden-like planet, a refuge where Humans can escape the repressive rules of Earth''s Federation and revel in pleasures of the flesh. Three Star Commanders think to sample forbidden pleasures. Instead three Earthling sisters find their Masters, their lovers. their loves. Star of The East: She is his secret -- his obsession. Will she be the instrument of Giles'' destruction... or the path to his salvation? Obsidion: Eli, Obsidion''s jeweler to kings, must find suitable husbands for his three gorgeous daughters -- Emerald, Garnet, and Pearl. Not an easy task, even on Obsidion, a pleasure planet where everything''s for sale -- for the right price.

By the American abolitionist and writer who was born to slaves in North Carolina. Her autobiographical accounts started being published in serial form in the New York Tribune. However, her reports of sexual abuse were considered too shocking to the average newspaper reader of the day, and publication ceased before the completion of the narrative. In 1861, she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, under the pseudonym Linda Brent. Much of the book is devoted to her struggle to free her two children. She changed the names of all characters, including her own, in order to conceal true identities. Jacobs argued that the cruelty of slavery destroyed the virtue of an entire society, and "is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks."

Sometimes Moms know best, even if they are ghosts. Two meddlesome mamas scheme to get their much-loved but imperfect children together, and a chance meeting sends a wake-up call to the libidos of the dedicated doctor and the ex-almost Olympic swimmer. Two parts ghostly intervention, two parts strong wills, serve it up with a generous portion of steaming sex: a love arranged in heaven that really turns up the Dallas Heat. Publisher''s Note: Dallas Heat is a major rewrite of Arranged in Heaven, written by Ann Jacobs as Sara Jarrod, originally released by Berkley Publishing Group. Review quotes for Dallas Heat by Ann Jacobs Ms. Jacobs skillfully weaves a heartwarming story between these two injured souls. Michelle Nauman, Just Erotic Romance Reviews Newsletter

Four exceptional authors, four enticing stories. Wrap yourself up in the heat of the best in erotic romance from Changeling Press. Angela Knight -- Blood Service Ann Jacobs -- Branded Dakota Cassidy -- Slave School Dropout Kate Hill -- Tainted Kisses The hunter and the hunted. Best selling author Angela Knight brings you vampire bounty hunters that sizzle. Adiva Mayhew is a spy -- and a damn good one. But now she''s running for her life from a deadly bounty hunter -- who''s also a vampire. General Borian Tang has offered a high reward for her capture, and the man known only as Vigilante apparently means to collect. When Vigilante catches up to her, she soon finds all he wants to do is take her -- over and over again. And as she yields to his seductive domination, Adiva finds she wouldn''t have it any other way. Trouble is, Tang is still determined to capture her, and there are other bounty hunters eager to claim the reward. A distant planet -- a man on a path of discovery and a tortured woman. Author Ann Jacobs explores sexual healing. Cole Callender, an entrepreneur with an eye to the future, branded a sexual deviant under Earth laws, adopts Obsidion as his future. Cole will build more than just a safe haven for Doms and subs practicing BDSM -- Cole thinks in terms of community, and the future of Obsidion as a world. Amber -- a sub with a death wish. She''s barely escaped a cruel Dom with her life. The scars she''s left with, both inside and out, may be permanent. Now she wants nothing more than to be Cole''s loving slave. Cole sees beyond her scars, but is his love enough to help Amber learn to live again? Two shapeshifting cats plus one kinky cupboard equals author Dakota Cassidy''shumorous slant on BDSM. Nyla is a cat. So is Lucas. Nyla is an Egyptian Mau, descendant of the Goddess Bast. Lucas. isn''t. In fact, he''s a tomcat. Unlikely lifemates at best. Lucas is also a sexual Dominant who enjoys just a smidge of rocky road with his bedroom pleasures. But Nyla''s never considered herself submissive. No one is the boss of her. Oh, and it never hurts to mention that Nyla''s family is a snobbish, upper crust bunch of shifters who will probably want nothing more than to see to it that Lucas and Nyla''s newly acquired lifemate status is revoked by the lifemate council! A primeval vampire, a woman intent in saving her village at all costs and a bargain. Author Kate Hill journeys into the ultimate surrender. Dancing with the devil. Pure Evil. Stolen from his mother''s womb by the very creature responsible for her death, Etlu was raised to destroy without mercy and sate his lust like an animal. Yet, peering through villagers'' windows in the dark of night, he sees men and women sharing unfamiliar pleasures and longs to understand. Meets pure good. Niabi uses her powers in defense of the weak. When Etlu''s army of Viking warriors devastates a village she''s sworn to protect, Niabi''s only choice is to strike a bargain with Etlu -- the humans'' lives in exchange for her complete surrender to his desires. Can she find anything in him worth saving?

Two good friends, two thorny problems. Kurt needs a wife to convince a judge he can provide a stable home for his son. Shelly wants a baby to love. She''s had a crush on him for years. He''s never thought of her as anything more than his best buddy. So when she offers him a solution to both their problems, he''s not sure. But knowing she wants him changes everything, and pretty soon he can''t keep his mind or his hands off her...