PETER KING

Its 2091 and times on Bruce Walkers Wairarapa (New Zealand) farmlet are tough. The sheep need upgrading, the milking robot is bored, the cars paranoid, the sheepdog is run off his paws with union work, the landlord is desperate, and the super-intelligent teenagers are up to God knows what. But when the kids come up with a cunning plan to make the family some extra cash, and two sheep are rustled, a chain of events are set in motion that bring dog terrorists, triads and bikers into bizarre conflict. No doubt about it, shes a pretty strange future for the average bloke to cope with. A comedy tale colliding genetic engineering, robotics and New Zealands farming culture and heritage.

The World Forests last stand against the Dream Emperors religion of exploitation depends on one magical child.All Atlantis thinks it knows the story of the Majis birth. But what if the traditional story of the holy ones gifts, childhood and days leading up to exile in Markland was a lie? What if there were witnesses, and their stories were rather different from the sacharine tales told every year?Here in Testaments of the Maji, Consecration, for the first time the story is told by those that were there.Here are the stories of the miracles surrounding his birth and his.idyllic childhood in the Ilfilands in the days leading up to their colonisation by Atlantis. But here too are the stories of the colonisers and the colonised, and the Ilfis horrific secret of the power of their sorcery, and the true reason for the Majis exile, so long suppressed by doctrine. Testaments of the Maji is a fantasy but also a parable and an exploration of the motifs and modes of the religious story. It is set in Atlantis but any parallels to the world you know are entirely intentional.WARNING: not suitable at all for children. Some scenes may disturb, and trigger abuse survivors.

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She was a consummate cat burglar who ran afoul of the law. Several failed attempts at escape landed her in a special facility, one that was off the books and designed to make problems disappear. Join Kara Price as she discovers that life can take you to places you never intended or wanted, but your fate cannot be denied. Imprisoned in this place her old life is stripped away and replaced by one of complete servitude to her jailors. Along the way she realizes that she was never in charge, only an illusion of it, and her new vocation was what she was meant to be. Her journey leads her to a man who will ultimately dictate every aspect of her life, and she discovers what truly fulfills her once she accepts her role in his life.

This is the story of two women, a wealthy heiress and her assistant. One incurs the wrath of a powerful organization, while the other feels the repercussions even though she is guiltless. Follow their journey from a life of entitlement into a battle for survival, as they learn how easily a comfortable life can literally, go to Hell.

Robyn Milford was a rambunctious girl, so much so that her parents sent her to a private school for the children of the wealthy that had social issues. While they kept her worst instincts in check, mostly, they did nothing to quell her rebellious nature. Truth be told, the school was glad when she graduated just after her eighteenth birthday and she went home. Since both her parents were summering in France, Robyn returned to their house with just the servants in residence.Robyn was always a cute girl, but in the last year or so, her body began maturing and she started looking more like a woman. She had curly auburn hair and bright green eyes with just a hint of freckles peppering her alabaster skin. She was five and a half feet tall and weighed just under a hundred and twenty pounds on her eighteenth birthday. Her body was becoming curvaceous too, as her hips measured thirty four inches with a twenty four inch waist. But it was her breasts that grew the most in the last year, going from nearly a meager 32B to a 36C cup.Now out of high school, and with no plans for college, Robyn planned on having a fun filled summer. But after being home just a few days Robyn noticed they had a new neighbor, an extremely handsome man. Her parents home, though very large, shared a cul-de-sac with two other spacious houses. They were separated by ample foliage and set back from the road, but they all had mailboxes at the ends of their driveways, and that was where she first saw her new neighbor.One day, Robyn had gone out to the mailbox to get the mail when she saw him across the circular court at his mailbox. He had long blonde hair and was just wearing shorts and a tee shirt, so she could see how muscular he was. When he smiled and waved at her before heading back up his driveway, Robyn returned the gesture. But her smile was fueled by a strong desire to meet him. Though she had a relationship with a boy at school, Robyn had never gone all the way. But at her age, the desire to explore her sexuality was rapidly growing. Seeing such a sexy man living across the street triggered a new desire for her summer, getting to know him!It took a few days of internet searches, but Robyn eventually discovered that his name was George Mayfield. He had created one of the most popular video games on the market, sold the rights to it, and retired in his twenties! He was not only rich; he was young and hot too! Robyn had no real ambitions to pursue further education, or heaven forbid, work for a living. Now that she knew that there was a man living just across the street that might be able to give her the kind of life she aspired to have, she decided that she had to find a way to meet him.She began watching his house to look for a way to introduce herself to him, but there was a problem. There was a parade of hot women that came and went from his house. And never the same one twice, and only for a day or two at most. She was not surprised that he was able to attract sexy looking women, but she guessed that he had no steady partner. She also followed him a few times when he went out in his Porsche, but he went to clubs that she was not old enough to patronize. Then, fate gave her an in, when she found a piece of his mail mixed in with hers. It took her a few days to screw up her courage and figure out how to approach him before she decided to deliver it. Robyn had no idea what she was about to begin, or how it would change every...

Robyn has just finished spending a little over a week with her neighbor George. He had sparked a set of feelings that were buried deep inside her, ones she never knew she had. It started out with her noticing her handsome new neighbor and her determination to meet him. She had just turned eighteen and was out of school with no plans for her future. She had lived a privileged life, but was also rebellious, and that got her into all sorts of trouble. When she discovered that her parents? new neighbor was probably wealthier than her family, she saw it as an opportunity to find a rich man to keep her from having to actually work for a living.Though Robyn thought she found a way to meet him that seemed innocuous, she had no idea that he was aware of her interest in him. She had been spying on him for weeks before she found a way to meet him, and he knew she was doing it. But she still acted as if she was just met him by happenstance, and after an initial encounter he made a dinner date with her. It was an informative night for George, as he charmed a lot of information out of her. And even though she was very young, the way she looked at him was clearly with an adult desire.On the way home from the restaurant, sensing her strong attraction to him, he confronted her with his knowledge that he knew she was spying on him. Robyn had always relied on talking her way out of trouble, often with bad results. This time she felt an odd compulsion to fess up and admit she was interested in him. That was when he threw her a curve ball she never saw coming. He said that she deserved a spanking for what she did, and though at first she recoiled, he made a case for it that titillated her in unexpected ways.He told her that he might be interested in pursuing more with her, but only if she paid a penance for trying to deceive him. He also made it clear that the spanking was only a prelude, and that he preferred submissive women. If she chose to follow him, he would make all the decisions and rules, and she would have to follow them. Robyn had always been headstrong and independent minded, and this man was asking her to do a complete turnabout. Oddly, the way he spoke to her with such stern authority aroused her libido.When the time came for her to decide, George made it very easy by telling her that if she did not want to go any farther after the punishment, she could call it quits and go home. If she wanted to go farther, it would be up to her. Robyn agreed and soon found herself bent across his knee, where she received a firm palm paddling. But George also teased the moist valley between her thighs, and by the time he stopped, she was definitely ready for more.That night, he introduced her to bondage before taking her on an orgasmic journey that knocked her out cold. The next day Robyn awoke to another choice, becoming his submissive trainee. For the next week she spent her days in naked servitude and her nights back at home sleeping in a chastity belt. That first night of ecstasy was the carrot she followed, while he applied the stick to determine if she was a true submissive.He gave her a good taste of what serving him would require, and despite the stringent way he handled her, Robyn found that with him she felt like she had no limitations. At the end of the week, she chose to go all the way, as his live in slave girl for a month. To initiate her he took her virginity in a night of wild passion. This pa...

In the not too distant future democracy has faltered and pseudo-fascist regimes dominate the world. In this story a young woman is convicted of a crime, and her sentence is sold to a wealthy family where she will serve her term as their servant.But her arrival at their estate coincides with the discovery of a way to amplify certain aspects of her mind and body. As she becomes the first guinea-pig in an evolving experiment, she finds that they are releasing the beast within her. Her journey leads her into a world of strange and unusual reactions to the ways they were changing her, and the deeper she went, the more she found herself wanting it.

Two young ladies accept positions as live in servants for a man at his private mountain retreat. But once they arrive, they find that those positions are nothing like they imagined. They are trained and conditioned to serve as the living playthings of a man and his best friend. In the remote confines of his mountain home, everything they knew or believed is challenged until they become exactly what the men want, their devout and insatiable slave girls.

Marcy Sims knew what she was, a slave. The trouble was that she could find no man or woman able to satisfy her perverse desires. Sure, she had served many so-called Masters and Mistresses, but none of them had the strength of will to take her to the depths of her submission. It wasnt a game for her; she needed absolute domination, not play dates.At twenty-five she was built for sex with a 36DD-24-34 body, long blonde hair and bright green eyes, but she was losing hope. Through the web she had met with dozens of prospective owners, but none could take her to the level she needed. She was nearly ready to give up, until one day she read an alluring ad on a personals site.Then she meets an intriguing Dom, and is put through all manner of painful and humiliating trials to earn her place at his feet.Strong stuff, but completely consensual...

A recently retired professional athlete moves into a gated community and finds three local cougars that want to jump his bones. Of course he accommodates them, but tires of the juggling act. Knowing they all had a good reason to keep their affairs quiet, he decides on a bold game that will bring them all together. Once the ploy begins he decides to bring in a couple of friends to help him handle his MILFs, and the week they spend together ends up changing all of them.

Trinity always hated her name, being named after a character in a stupid movie was so gross. She was a royal pain in the ass for her parents, who did their best to curb her bad instincts. She did poorly at school, ran with the wrong crowd, and she was usually in trouble in one form or another. When she turned eighteen, just after flunking out of high school, she packed a bag and told them she was leaving home. They tried to convince her it was a mistake, but Trinity had made up her mind and left anyway. Once she was gone, they came to realize she was just like her real mom, the girl they had adopted her from when she was a baby.Trinity actually had a plan, having looked for a way out for the last six months. She was cute, but not extremely attractive. She still had not fleshed out and had narrow hips and a meager 34B chest. She was nicely distributed at five-foot six and a hundred and twenty pounds, but she still felt she had a boyish body. Her face was pretty, bright blue eyes and natural blonde hair framed a very attractive face with high cheek bones and a cute dimple in her chin.She had initially considered looking for a sugar daddy, but the ads she saw from women looking for the same thing discouraged that notion. She figured she would have to actually work, so she started looking for personal assistant jobs. She found that some were 24/7 live in situations, and that really appealed to her. She figured that if she could work for some busy executive, maybe it could become more than that. She never considered herself very smart, and always figured she would have to use her looks and personality to hook a rich husband.She was just eighteen and had a restless spirit. That combination of naivete and reckless disregard for what the real world actually was would lead her onto a path she did not anticipate. It was not like she was equipped to handle what she was getting into, but she had made arrangements and fully intended to see them through.A couple of weeks earlier she found an odd ad on Craigs List looking for a live in servant, and that was how it was written, servant. The job description was even stranger, just stating that they sought a young attractive woman to serve the Masters needs as his live in servant for a contracted period of one year. If, at the end of that time, either party wishes, it will terminate. If, on the other hand, both parties choose to continue, future arrangements can be made. It had an email address listed for those interested.The way the ad used the terms servant and Master intrigued Trinity, and since she was what they called a girl of loose morals, she responded with interest. The next day she received another email, with two questionnaires that she was asked to complete and return. As she filled them out, they went from standard, to very personal, and then to a bit outrageous. But she still answered every question and returned them.The next day she received a request for a video interview, and she agreed, talking to a man called Mr. Clark. He did most of the talking, telling her that if she chose to work for him it would be a demanding position. She was so eager to get the job that she ignored common sense, and found that she agreed to take the position on her eighteenth birthday, when she could legally leave home. Mr. Clark agreed, and made arrangements for her to take a train to him. When she left her parents that day, Trinity was embarking on a journe...

Peter Kings book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies. One of the worlds leading alto saxophonists, he tells his story with searing honesty, revealing the obsessions and motivations that have driven him and the dilemmas of surviving as a top creative musician in an often inhospitable world. With unsparing self-analysis he describes the traumas that accompanied his brilliant career for many years.Internationally recognised as a jazz star, Peter King has performed and recorded with a galaxy of musical legends, many of them his close friends. Among those vividly recalled in this book are Bud Powell, Milt Jackson, Ray Charles, Anita ODay, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Hampton Hawes, Al Haig, Philly Joe Jones, Zoot Sims, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dakota Staton, Red Rodney, Jon Hendricks, Tony Bennett and Marlene Dietrich. But while the story here centres on Peter Kings life in jazz it shows other important sides of him too: his ambitions and achievements in classical composing, his interests outside music (he is a leading figure and writer in the aero-modelling world) and, above all, the treasured personal relationships that have sustained him through a turbulent life. Flying High tells of an exhilarating high altitude journey, in the jazz world and beyond."A highly personal but hugely readable chronicle of a quietly spoken genius, this is a no-punch-unpulled diary of a young man who found himself at the UK core of a vital new music which rattled the mainstream and shook the floors of jazz clubs from New York to London in the fifties. Kings vividly remembered and often brutally detailed story makes a book whose appeal far exceeds the jazz cognescenti and is by turns funny, touching and, dare I say it, unputdownable! A wonderful and historically fascinating self-portrait of an artist whose restless mind embraces far more than the achingly beautiful music he continues to produce." Ian Shaw"Peter King paints a unique portrait of the London jazz scene over the past fifty years. Beautifully observed portraits of jazz legends (both American and British) are enhanced by fascinating anecdotes that give a rare insight into the art form that is jazz. The book could only have been written by a maestro of Peter Kings stature and for me it was a complete page turner. I couldnt put it down and read it in two sessions. I already have a place on the bookshelf for it, alongside Music is my Mistress (Duke Ellington), Really the Blues (Mezz Mezzrow), Straight Life (Art Pepper) and Beneath the Underdog (Charles Mingus)." Mike Figgis"Peter King has written an account of himself which is not only compelling, but touching in its honesty and openness. In much the same way as he plays a solo he gives you everything, in detail... This book is filled with the wisdom of a true master, and should be an obligatory read on the curriculum of all music schools and colleges. It is full of insights into the stuff that cannot be taught in a conservatoire. It describes the dedication and devotion needed to attain the level of playing that few manage to get to. It is a must for anyone seriously engaged with improvised music, whether it be jazz or any other musical category... He has captured himself on paper and the book really feels as though it is him sitting there talking to you. Peter King has a great story to tell, it is the story of a survivor. Its a real slice of life, his life, and a big one at that." Stephen Keogh, LondonJazz

Dive into this heart-wrenching young adult/adult novel that delves deep into the lives of five children struggling to rise above the hardships of their single-parent upbringing. Making Waves Against All the Odds follows their journey from primary school, where they form a self-preservation group, through the turbulent years into adulthood. At the centre of the story is Stuart, who, burdened with the responsibilities of being the man of the house from a very young age, grapples with his own challenges, including failed romances, while also managing his younger sisters troubles. When tragedy strikes, Stuart faces an agonizing decision: become the legal guardian of a daughter from their close-knit group or marry the girl of his dreams. The emotional twists and turns of Stuarts journey will keep you captivated until the very end.

The book is an adult fictional novel, based on a young mans struggle with sadness, tragedy, complicated romances and family life. He attempts to bring up twin girls and an older stepdaughter as a single parent through their middle school years. He encounters all sorts of problems that readers could relate to in their own personal life, involving mixed emotions and hardship, including his own complicated and failed romances on his journey through this stage of parenthood. He has to deal with embarrassment and overcome all sorts of new experiences as he tries to understand the problems and needs that young girls have to face as they grow up. The girls teenage years present him with a completely different set of problems, but he does at least have better success with romance, resulting in a wife, new daughter and stepdaughter finally completing his family.

The book is a childrens fairy tale about toys with magic powers. A toy shop hidden in an old village deep in the countryside is rumoured to have magic powers. Every toy that enters the toy shop, either to be mended or sold is given the power to move and talk to other toys. But the magic power only happens when children and adults are not around. The children that live in the village somehow know that that is true, without having any real proof. All the parents are convinced that it is the children spreading the rumours, until they experience strange happens with their childrens toys. Many of the toys have their own story to tell, including dolls, robots and unicorns, as well as the children who own them and Nancy and Tom, the shop owners Michaels dad is determined the find out the truth about these magic powers and secretly sets up a video camera in his sons play room during the night, with the story ending with a surprising twist.

Lose yourself in this heart-wrenching young adult/adult novel that delves into early difficult family life from the perspective of a brother and younger twin sisters having to grow up before their time. At the centre of the story is James, who craves the attention of his father but has to look to his granddad for affection and support. He has to deal with his sisters making home life unbearable for him as their father favours them above him. A chance meeting with Hailey while on holiday turns his young life upside down. Their friendship quickly develops into something deeper, but a potential life-threatening health condition stands in the way of their relationship going any further. Facing this turmoil, they make a magic wish, which gives them some confidence that whatever is thrown their way, they will always be together. The reader will easily feel some sympathy towards James with his feelings and emotions stretched to the limit, while also seeing his parents marriage fall apart and experiencing personal tragedy. The emotional twists and turns will keep you captivated until the end, perhaps touching on personal experience.

A Brothers Promise is an emotional adult novel that explores the enduring bonds of brotherhood and loyalty. Despite leading vastly different lives, two brothers make a pledge to always support one another through lifes ups and downs. When tragedy strikes, successful bachelor Michael is suddenly saddled with this forgotten promise - gaining custody of his brothers two recently orphaned and deeply mistrustful adopted children. Facing a broken engagement and crumbling dreams of an easy future, Michael must confront his own shortcomings to gain the trust of these hurting kids. Through perseverance and unconditional love, Michael begins to connect with the children. But just when they start to become a family, Michael suffers another unthinkable loss. Battling loneliness and depression, he makes the life-altering decision to care for baby Ella, who also desperately needs a home. Though the road to healing is long, Michael discovers that the richest rewards come from keeping promises. A Brothers Promise is an uplifting tale of personal growth, the power of commitment in tough times, and learning to love without limitations.