2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - HQ LOVE THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of technology in an ever-changing society. Step into the high-stakes game played by today's technology innovators, who push the envelope and risk it all. Get ready, this thrilling book gives you a taste of what startups are really like. _____________________________________________________ David Alexander, a young programmer in Portland, Oregon, loathed his job. Computer programming had always come naturally, but being an employee never suited him. So he tried entrepreneurship instead. After making a series of embarrassing blunders, David finally hit on a startup idea that stuck: encrypted chat. Sure there were alternatives, but as Edward Snowden has shown us, most of them (willingly or unwillingly) have backdoors for spies and bad guys. A new approach made David's app one of the most secure options out there, which caught the attention of many people, including Shawn Douglas from the Secret Service. Shawn Douglas worked with eight different presidents, preventing twenty assassination attempts, forty-three terrorist plots and two bullets. When he was promoted to a desk job overseeing and organizing travel, he picked up on a cryptic email thread that hinted at a threat to the President's life. In a race to unravel the conspiracy, Shawn and David both have to make some difficult decisions. Will Shawn stop the terrorists in time? Will David be able to navigate his startup out of a crisis and keep his entrepreneurial dream alive? Or will fate deal them both a crushing hand? Read the book to find out.

College is just like her old life . . . bleak. Surviving it won't be easy, especially when the girlfriend of the guy she's loved her entire life would rather see her dead. So much for that clean slate. Instead she's constantly looking over her shoulder, watching, waiting and worrying. Lucky for Emma she met The Senator's Son. Zach Walker is the typical rich kid . . . or is he? He's all heart, not like all those other guys. She isn't supposed to fall for him. She doesn't even know if she can trust him. He is completely tempting and totally out of her league. Please note - there is profanity and sexual situations. All rights reserved. I hold copyright so my work cannot be copied in any form whether in print or electronically, or any other form for that matter. So please, don't plagiarize. It's not nice.

(Read 'The Year of the Wolf' first.) It had been a year since Martha had found out that she was the Almair and the True One, and she had turned 16. However, there was a slight problem. Slight meaning that she hadn't started on her training as to become the next part of her journey. Has she tried to talking to her Alpha about it? Yep. And what does he have to say about it. Well, none other than 'she is not ready'. However, time was running thin for this Almair, because the Dark Forces were gathering their forces and they were about to attack again. There was another problem that Martha had to deal with, and that came in the form of a wolf, who thought that she was better than the Almair. That was not the worst of it. The worst of it was being blamed by this female into doing something that she hadn't done. Which in turn, lead to Martha's banishment of the pack and the leaving of her family. However, there was a good thing about leaving the pack, because she would find love as her prophecy had stated. But, will he love her or will he reject her. Can Martha become a Horse and live up to the expectations of the Almair? Will she find out if she is truly ready to be the Almair, or would she show everyone that she was just a phony? Find out in the second book of the Almair Series, 'The Year of the Horse'. _______________________________________ NOTE: IF YOU READ THIS BOOK ON ANY OTHER APP BESIDES WATTPAD THEN IT IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. I GAVE NO ONE PERMISSION TO USE MY BOOK AND HAVE NOT POSTED IT ANYWHERE ELSE, SO... YA. REPORT THAT BOOK. Thanks. ~Rissa

Soooo I cannot reply on my message board for some reason and its pissing me the heck off. Visit me, stop by and have a conversation. Or my all time favorite Roleplaying!!! Rules: > No cursing > No fighting Thank You!!!!

Never in my life has my mom ever said something so horrible, so disgusting. Never in my sixteen years of living, have I heard something so awful and cruel. When Mom said those five words, I felt like my world was ending, and that my life was over. "You're going to high school." Now, I know what you're thinking. What's so bad about high school? Well, nothing if you're a normal, responsible human. But, that's just the thing. I'm not human. I'm a vampire. And, I've watched a hundred human movies to know that high school is horrible. My life has officially ended.

Singing, playing the violin, studying like crazy and lastly enjoying the little free time she has with her friends- this is all she needed and all she wanted- a normal life. Kala, an honor student, living in Vienna with her oh- so- happy-family, is always under pressure to be the best, and to preserve the family name. Her past has been filled with gruesome memories, she tries to hide and forget- but there are scars unable to heal on her heart and mind. One night she becomes witness and victim to a murder, and almost loses her life, which was saved by Aaron,- who now owns it.

A guide to Role Play. You may be thinking "How can this a-hole tell me how to and how not to role play?" and that is quite alright if you are. But, without rules, things are chaos. And this is what I was taught that seems to be one of the most effective ways to do Role Play. Please, new role players or old, take a look. You might be surprised at what you find.