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This book by Michael Olpin, a top-notch stress expert, and Sam Bracken, a no-longer-stressed-out writer, stands out from other books on stress management in one significant way: its "whole-person" approach. Unwind! is about optimizing your body, heart, mind, and soul, recognizing that any and all of these dimensions of your life affect your anxiety level. It helps you get clear about who you are as well as your priorities and goals. The authors show you how to take charge of your life and how to make better choices that will prevent stress in the first place.

This book by Michael Olpin, a top-notch stress expert, and Sam Bracken, a no-longer-stressed-out writer, stands out from other books on stress management in one significant way: its "whole person" approach. Unwind Before You Unravel is about optimizing your body, heart, mind, and soul, recognizing that any and all of these dimensions of your life affect your anxiety level.

A collection of five erotic stories with bisexual and menage themes. Join Al and Marge, Alice and Michelle, Kitty and Kamal, and Brian and Marina in their exploration of their secret (and not-so-secret) desires. Includes: A Fantasy Threesome by Eva Hore, Secrets by Michael Bracken, Taking Stock by Lynn Lake, Mystery Girl by Alcamia Payne, and Bitch for Life by Giselle Renarde. Produced by Xcite Books, winner of the ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010 & 2011 and Jade Erotic Awards : Best Erotic Publisher 2010 & 2011.

"Cortisol Can Be Your Friend...Or Enemy" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.

Constance plans to spend the entire Christmas break alone in her small mountain cabin with only her vibrator for company. But when a heavy storm sees a hiker seek refuge in the only shelter for miles around, things get a little more steamy....

When Danny and Rose take their minivan on a camping trip, they have no idea that Rose’s map-reading skills will lead to their transport breaking down deep in the wilderness. But when one of the occupants of the cabin from which they seek help meets them while stark naked, they realise that this will be a very different trip from what they had initially planned. This erotic audiobook contains extremely graphic depictions of sexual acts and is therefore suitable only for mature, open-minded adult listeners.

Amy is becoming worried that men just don’t seem interested in her. One day while working delivering flowers, she hands a bouquet to a handsome, shirtless man named Sammy; the flowers are from his ex, and he’s clearly not interested. After an accident leaves Amy needing a replacement blouse, Sammy is able to help - and thereafter Amy’s fantasies seem to focus around him. But when she returns his shirt, will he feel the same way? This adult-themed erotic short story is extremely explicit and is intended only for a mature, open-minded audience.

Lovemaking isn’t the same after Kelly’s husband Alan returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. During an early morning lovemaking session, they reminisce about the time they had wild sex in the women’s restroom at the Officer’s Club during his CO’s retirement party. Kelly had planned to seduce her husband when they returned home that evening, but neither one could wait that long. Although such memories are bittersweet, are they the key to overcome the physical and mental challenges Alan has had to face since his return?

Tired of dating younger women, Steve finally takes the bait from a real estate agent his own age. She’s been flirting with him for some time now, and it doesn’t take the two long to figure out the benefits of having the keys to vacant properties. But they definitely are all vacant, aren’t they? This erotic short story from critically acclaimed genre author Michael Bracken contains graphic depictions of sexual acts and is strictly intended for a mature, adult audience only!

Following a snowstorm, Brenda learns that her neighbour’s son Eric has returned home after working offshore for nearly two years. Before he went away there had been some harmless flirtation between them, but that was all - after all Brenda was a married woman. But in the last two years a lot has changed; Brenda has divorced her husband for starters. The question is, will the flirtation start again? And this time might it lead to something more?

After a buxom brunette feels him up in a crowded elevator, a middle manager can’t keep his thoughts on the Cavendish proposal that has been demanding his attention. Over the next few days, he sees the brunette around the building but can never quite connect with her. Then, one night, working late to finish his report on the proposal, the mysterious woman pays him a visit. This short story from Michael Bracken contains explicit and descriptive scenes of a highly sexual nature and is strictly for adults only.

Amanda, long divorced, encounters her ex-husband, Mark, for the first time in several years when they attend their daughter’s wedding rehearsal. Their divorce had been amicable, and during the event, they begin to realise how much they miss one another. When Amanda accepts her ex-husband’s offer to take her home, she feels a rekindling of the smouldering embers of the desire they once shared. But will it be reciprocated? This short story from Michael Bracken contains graphic and explicit language of a sexual nature and is strictly for adults only.

In the near future, clones are raised for the purpose of providing body parts to the ill and ailing. Tom, an administrator, and Sandra, a harvester, become lovers while working in a jungle facility, and the heat they generate in the bedroom takes their minds off their jobs. When Sandra learns she’s about to be laid off, Tom finds out the real reason she’s working there...but can he find a way to help? This erotic short story is masterfully narrated by best-selling voice actor Richard Dickins.

While visiting New Orleans during Mardi Gras, a young photographer takes pictures of every exposed breast - no matter how big or how small, no matter how young or how old - to add to his ever-growing collection of breast photography. Late one night he stumbles into a dark alley and finds himself facing a mysterious door that opens into a voodoo shop - and not the kind filled with trinkets for tourists. The store’s voodoo queen offers him a night of pleasure he’ll never forget...but will he be able to deal with the consequences?

A salesman makes a three a.m. stop at a diner and leaves with something off-menu, a Gothic waif named Amy who needs something only he can provide. After serving his meal, she disappears. He finds Amy later, standing beside a car that won’t start. She accepts his offer of a ride to her place, but instead they wind up at his, where she demonstrates her appreciation. They part ways the next day, and the salesman thinks that’s the end of it. However, she appears on his doorstep in the middle of the night, and he knows there’s so much more to come....

After his fiancée dumps him for a shyster who advertises on late-night television, the poor guy just wants to cry in his beer. So, he stops for a drink at Dreamers, a hole-in-the-wall bar he’d never before noticed. A buxom blonde waitress serves him until he passes out, and he awakes later to find the waitress sitting in the booth across from him. As if in a dream, she soon helps him forget his suddenly single status. But does she?

When his new neighbour wants to borrow batteries for her pink vibrator, the apartment building’s newest resident offers a more personal touch and winds up spending the weekend giving her a very warm welcome....

While working a case that turns out to be accidental death, a female homicide detective realizes her male partner is turned on by the riding crop found at the scene and tagged as evidence. Will she pluck up the courage to invite him home and reveal her secret identity as Mistress Samantha? And will this make them closer partners at work? If you're looking for a bit of light BDSM, this short story is the perfect choice.

When American secret agent Milo Stanich is found dead, agent Jack Wilson is sent to determine who killed him and to finish the job Stanich had been assigned: to keep a Pakistani scientist from selling fissile material to America’s enemies. In a wild, erotic tale of cross and double-cross that has Wilson working undercover to turn the Pakistani before the Russians can, Wilson beds the scientist, identifies Stanich’s killer and brings his assignment - and the Pakistani scientist - to a satisfying climax!

"Choosing Your Own Response to Stress!" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.