Never Stop Learning

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by Lisa A. Adams

First, let me say that I've searched the databases and there isn't one particular person credited for this wonderful phrase. When I sit back and think about it, I'm sure that this phrase could be traced back to some ancient civilization like Greece or Egypt. Parents and adults have probably been telling the younger generation this for centuries.

However, it's not just for the younger generation anymore. Statistically speaking, there are more adults returning back to a higher education than ever before. Job demands, a leg up on the competition with a different certification, changing careers, and the list goes on as to why they are all returning. But, it's not just higher education that you can learn from.

Local seminars, continuing education classes, webinars, and online classes can all be taken to broaden your minds and not for a purpose of certification, but just for the knowledge. From detailed topics to a wide range of everything in between, the quest for knowledge has never been easier with this highly advanced technological society. I think my youngest daughter, age 9, said it best when she came out her room the other day and told me she was going to make a doll house. I promptly asked her how she would do it. She of course explained the process and then smiled adding, "You can learn anything on YouTube, mom."

My story, The Harvest Queen's Tutor, is a story of a young woman going off to college and learning a few things along the way. Most importantly, she learns that love doesn't always care if you have time or not. The main characters are both in college. Sophie is pre-med at Duke University, and Mick is attending a local community college taking credits and readying himself for transfer to a university.

Here's your challenge for the day: Explore the Internet. If you are interested in a particular hobby, maybe now is the time to find out more about it. Whether your interest is in writing, sewing, quilting, dancing, bird classification, or whatever, I'm sure that you can find something out there so that you too can never stop learning.

Required Reading is Done! Pleasure Reading has Begun!

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By Lisa A. Adams

With the close of another semester in the collegiate world, students everywhere are cramming for their finals. Accounting, World History, Psychology, and the like, mark the exit of first year college students.

But first, we must get through the "Required Reading." Forcing our bodies to digest huge amounts of data to regurgitate on the finals, we know undoubtedly that we will forget over sixty percent of the information by fall.  And if it is a required course that has nothing to do with our major, over ninety percent will be gone within a year. But… such is the life of the average collegiate student.

With the finale of the spring semester, the hopes and dreams of college students everywhere are to simply put down the books and party. Summer is near and three months of downtime for the average college student is a promise that waits in the wings.

Unfortunately, within a few weeks of dismissal, our brains are left thirsty and craving nourishment. We find ourselves trolling the check-out lines at local stores, looking for anything that will quench our thirst.  We look for something cheap. Magazines, used books, and free books are on the top of the list.

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However, there is another option. Today's eBook market has allowed people from all over the country to enjoy countless books for minimal prices. Ranging from free to just a few dollars, thousands of new places can be explored. New characters are waiting to tell their stories, and maybe you'll find the escape you're looking for in that book you just downloaded for $2.99.

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Why suffer through the summer hauling around paperback copies that make your luggage and carry-on bags heavy? Pick up your eReader, download some great new stories from countries all over the world, and finally begin your "Pleasure Reading."  You deserve it!

Why not start right here at Decadent Publishing. Romance is our specialty. If you're looking for something more, try Bono Books.  From steampunk to shifters, historical to contemporary, preppers to fantasy, we are positive that you will find something to quench your "Pleasure" reading thirst. Check it out!

Lisa A. Adams

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The Seduction of the Massage

By Lisa A. Adams

I have to admit, when I started writing The Harvest Queen's Tutor, I really wasn't sure which way the story would go. The prompt I was working off of was simply to tell a story based around coming home for Thanksgiving and making a discovery. Not much to base a story on, but sometimes those are the best. I had a time frame and a mission. What more do you need?

I spent a couple hours last summer at my sister's pool with our children, and there she and I found my plot and my characters. With a rough paragraph in hand, I came home and set it aside. I knew my characters were younger, 1^st year college students, and I knew that Michael "Mick" Shover was someone that everyone could fall in love with. But, how was I going to pull off a love scene without crossing some imaginary moral line because of his young age?

Introducing… the MASSAGE! Sensual and Provocative, when I wrote this scene, I was dreaming of being nineteen again and getting to feel that power of touch at such a young age. Let's face it, many of us in our youth were all about getting to the business of sex. It was new. It was fun. And foreplay wasn't even an afterthought.  But as we grow older, the magic of "sensual touch" can be a million times more powerful than the act of having sex. (And if you don't agree, then I'm sure you will agree with the fact that it will definitely lead to some very powerful sex.)

Massages have been employed throughout the world and dating back to the oldest written histories. Wherever there is mention of erotic sex or even pictures before written history, there is more often than not, a description or image of some form of massage.

Today, we are often forced to squeeze sexual acts between our chaotic lifestyles, leaving us little time for true romantic experiences. That being said, I believe that now is the time when things like sensual massages are needed most. To experience the closeness and oneness of a massage with our mates, not only gives us the opportunity to slow down and escape from the chaos, but it gives us time to appreciate the real love and passion that brought us together in the first place.

Sophie Carmichael is a small town beauty queen who won multiple scholarships in high school, including the title "Harvest Queen." She's returned home from her pre-med studies at Duke to ride in the Thanksgiving parade alongside the new Harvest Queen. But since Sophie is close to failing some of her college classes, she's in a panic to find someone to help her.

When Sophie Carmichael busts into the local library looking for tutoring help, Michael “Mick” Shover suspects an intruder. But he finds that Sophie needs exactly what he can give her—access to the library and all its resources. Michael agrees to help Sophie but can't seem to keep his mind on the books. How could he have ever guessed that studying Anatomy could be so interesting?

I hope you enjoy The Harvest Queen'sTutor and the sensual massage that Mick and Sophie share as much as I did.

Lisa A. Adams