Silent Predator: A Paranormal Shifter Romance (Masters of the Deep Book 1)
Author(s): Delta James, Felicity Brandon
Payback
Author(s): Morgan St. James
Join Kimberly, Cameron and Kate as they unravel the twists and turns in this clever crime caper. When Kim and Kate paid a visit to Los Angeles, she never dreamed the three of them would become involved in going undercover to help crack an ingenious drug money laundering scheme.Ever since Cameron Harsen was fired by voicemail after ten years with the Century City advertising firm of Reid/Cunningham years before, she vowed she would get even with them. Desperate for a job, she had gone to work as a marketing rep for the division of the Federal Association of Criminal Reform that manufactured furniture in Federal prisons. That’s where she met Kimberly Martin and Kate Steel. Together the three amateur sleuths brought down a huge embezzlement scam and were still best friends.Fast forward to the present. Now Cami has her own award-winning advertising firm one floor above Reid/Cunningham, and payback time was in progress. She was out for...
Starstormers
Author(s): Nicholas Fisk
Four children, Vawn, Ispex, Tsu and Makenzi live in a boarding school on Earth, while their parents are busy building a colony on the planet Epsilon Cool. It has been years since they last saw their parents - perhaps they never will. Bored and frustrated, they decide to build their own spaceship out of parts salvaged from a spacecraft junkyard. They name their ship Starstormer and blast off. Weeks later, soaring through space on route to Epsilon Cool, they come across an ancient colony ship from earth called the Conqueror. The inhabitants have developed a strange religion, worshipping the "Glorious Ones," whoever they are. Ispex is first to figure out that there is great peril here for the Starstormers. The first book in Nicholas Fisk's exciting series, first published in the 1980s and warmly remembered by fans to this day.
Mocha Mayhem
Author(s): C. A. Phipps
A seaside wedding—the perfect catering job for the Cozy Café. Except for the body! Wanting to put the café firmly on the map, Scarlett didn't imagine things could go so horribly wrong when she took the last minute job. Along with her sisters, she's once more embroiled in a case where people aren't who they say, and murder appears to be an inconvenience. Even the sheriff struggles to get people to talk, and knowing that the culprit is in their midst keeps the risk of another murder on everyone's minds. When money has too much power, families are in turmoil, and a close friend hides their true feelings, how will Scarlett untangle the web of lies and deceit to solve this crime? Meanwhile, George, the cat, is unimpressed to have a visitor in the house and wants everyone to know about it! The Cozy Café mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a family-focused...
An Incomplete Revenge
Author(s): Jacqueline Winspear
In her fifth outing, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, delves into a strange series of crimes in a small rural community With the country in the grip of economic malaise, and worried about her business, Maisie Dobbs is relieved to accept an apparently straightforward assignment from an old friend to investigate certain matters concerning a potential land purchase. Her inquiries take her to a picturesque village in Kent during the hop-picking season, but beneath its pastoral surface she finds evidence that something is amiss. Mysterious fires erupt in the village with alarming regularity, and a series of petty crimes suggests a darker criminal element at work. As Maisie discovers, the villagers are bitterly prejudiced against outsiders who flock to Kent at harvest time-even more troubling, they seem possessed by the legacy of a wartime Zeppelin raid. Maisie grows increasingly suspicious of a peculiar secrecy that shrouds the village, and ultimately she must draw on all her finely honed skills of detection to solve one of her most intriguing cases. Rich with Jacqueline Winspear's trademark period detail, this latest installment of the bestselling series is gripping, atmospheric, and utterly enthralling.
Suddenly a Murder
Author(s): Lauren Muñoz
Seven friends throw a 1920s–themed party, where it's all pretend—until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery."A can't miss for mystery fans." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The AgathasSomeone brought a knife to the party.To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her ride-or-die Kassidy and five friends on a 1920s–themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There, Izzy and her friends party in vintage dresses and expensive diamonds—until Kassidy’s boyfriend turns up dead.Murdered, investigators declare when they arrive at the scene, and now every party guest is a suspect. There’s the girlfriend, in love. The other girl, in despair. The old friend, forlorn. The new friend, distressed. The brooding enigma. And then, there’s...
Fatal, But Festive
Author(s): Maggie Shayne
A hilarious, blood-chilling, romantic holiday-mystery!Her house is no longer a crime-scene... Now that all the bodies have been removed from her basement, the crime solved, and the ghosts helped to the other side, Kiley can finally settle into her Gothic fixer-upper. But she misses her nemesis-turned-lover... Even though she stayed with Jack for the past few weeks, their relationship is too new to risk shacking up long-term. Besides, she values her space and her independence too much to give it up so soon. She has something to prove... Moving back in alone is a statement. She is reclaiming her space from the dead. Not to mention from the living, namely the little group of ghostbusters who helped clear her house. Since then, the five of them have helped a few other people with spook issues, mostly imaginary ones. But the gang seems a little too eager to make her place into their ghost-hunting...
[Maggie Sullivan 04.0] - Shamus in a Skirt
Author(s): M. Ruth Myers
When a man offers 1940s private investigator Maggie Sullivan twice her usual fee to look into a "possible" jewelry theft from his hotel safe, she’s skeptical — until a maid’s body tumbles out of a trash can and a jeweler known for high quality fakes is murdered.Does a hotel guest who vanished without a trace hold a piece of the puzzle? Or does it have to do with the Polish count and his family fleeing the start of WW2 in Europe? Could the cops be right that it’s all a trick devised by her client?More at ease in Dayton, Ohio’s, streets and alleyways than in the posh Hotel Canterbury, and chafing under the need to hide her true occupation, Maggie threads her way through an unfamiliar array of suspects: Celluloid luminaries in town for a hush-hush project; an international Lothario whose shady local past she unearths; the count’s embittered valet.Meanwhile, preparations for a visit by FDR preoccupy the city’s police. The Irish cop who long has wooed Maggie suddenly departs for Chicago. Alone and bruised, Maggie faces adversaries whose motives stun her... and a killer who will stop at nothing.A dash of humor leavens this historical mystery series with its early 20th century hard-boiled atmosphere and a flinty detective who wields her Smith & Wesson as skillfully as her emery board. Previous Maggie Sullivan mysteries are No Game for a Dame, Tough Cookie, Don’t Dare a Dame, and two short stories.
Oh, Baby! (The Townsends Book 2)
Author(s): Angie Campbell
Lisa Townsend has loved her best friend, James Sullivan, since she was in high school, but she’s always been quiet and reserved. Can she find it within herself to finally take that leap?James is afraid if he tells her how he truly feels, he’ll lose her forever, and he’s carried her engagement ring in his pocket for years. The only thing standing in his way is his own doubts.Left with an unplanned pregnancy after one night of passion, will they be able to reconcile their love and give their child the home he deserves.
The Father Tom Mysteries
Author(s): J. R. Mathis, Susan Mathis
This is a boxset of the first three books in The Father Tom Mysteries. Meet Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr, former lovers reunited after twenty years, as they solve crimes old and new—and explore the profound mysteries of the human heart. The Buried Bride (Book 4)—With the Archbishop's blessing, Helen and I are spending Lent building a relationship built on love—but without physical intimacy. And yes, it's as hard as it sounds. But this penitential season, I have other work to do. I need to rebuild my relationship with the families of St. Clare's after neglecting my duties as their shepherd. I must confess my sins to them, and ask their forgiveness. With these two tasks, I expected this Lent to be the longest of my life. But I didn't expect to be fighting to stay out of prison. The Defining Decision (Book...
The Nanny Clause (Furever Yours Book 4)
Author(s): Karen Rose Smith
Three Kids. One Pregnant Cat. And One Perfect Nanny…When Daniel Sutton's daughters rescue an abandoned calico, the hardworking attorney doesn't expect to be sharing his home with a litter of newborns! And the adorable kittens aren't his only houseguests. Animal shelter volunteer Emma Alvarez is transforming the lives of Daniel and his three girls. The first-time nanny is a natural with kids and pets. Will that extend to a single father ready to trust in love again?
Geography of the Heart
Author(s): Fenton Johnson
Poignant and affectionate, Geography of the Heart is a moving portrait of Lambda Award winner Fenton Johnson, the son of a Kentucky whiskey brewer, and his fateful lover Larry Rose, who, three years into their intense relationship, died of AIDS. Rose had been upfront about his condition from the start of his relationship with Johnson, and the knowledge left their interactions fraught with the pain of anticipated loss. Though Johnson never contracted the virus himself, Rose's physical decline haunted him. He had come to depend on Rose for his care and understanding as much as Rose, increasingly fragile as their relationship progresses, depended on him. The vivid, poignant, and wise tribute to his soulmate that Johnson has distilled into The Geography of the Heart is a memoir like no other, a startling story of compassion, perseverance, and the acute wounds that can linger in the shadow of true love.
Stone: A Love without Boundaries (The Forbidden Love Series Book 3)
Author(s): Angel Rose
A Promise of Ankles: 44 Scotland Street (14)
Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
The latest, delectably witty installment of Alexander McCall Smith's sumptuous 44 Scotland Street series.For the residents of 44 Scotland street, life in Edinburgh's intriguing New Town is a thing to be relished. After all, there are new faces to excite Domenica's anthropological imagination, precious moments with his triplets for Matthew to savor, and the prospect of a trip to the promised land of Glasgow for young Bertie. But there are mysteries that need solving too. Could Angus Lordie's dog, Cyril—the only dog in Scotland with a gold tooth—have unearthed a Neanderthal skull? Does the long-suffering Stuart have any hope of kindling a new relationship when Bruce, ever the navel gazer and consummate seducer, effortlessly steps into his pas de deux? And how will the patrons of Big Lou's cafe react to the menu's imminent culinary transformation? The stories of this wonderfully vibrant cast may take...
Long Distance Lover
Author(s): Mandy Harbin
Does it count as a long-distance relationship if you live together? Whenever Morgan Shultz contemplates marriage, she totally freaks out. Oh, she has her reasons, and they have nothing to do with love. Or sex. Seriously, rabbits would be jealous of how often she and Cooper do it. But relationships require more than the hot and heavy, and there's another important aspect that's seriously lacking in their relationship. If things don't change, she won't have to worry about their future anymore because her relationship status will change from practically-long-distance to seriously single. Cooper Youngblood is a numbers guy. His life is filled with identifying risks and probable outcomes, but on his latest business trip, he quickly learns just how badly he miscalculated everything. Something is off with his girlfriend, and the new prospective client is interested in more than his spreadsheets. Morgan turns up the heat, but Cooper is busy dodging...
Babylon 5: Red Fury
Author(s): Claudia Christian, Morgan Grant Buchanan
The Mirror Man
Author(s): Lars Kepler
IF YOU SEE HIS REFLECTIONIT'S ALREADY TOO LATE . . .Five years ago, Jenny Lind was abducted on her way home from school.Now her lifeless body is found hanging in a playground. But there is no evidence and only one witness - a man who cannot remember what he saw.With Detective Joona Linna and the police scrambling to find a lead, another girl goes missing. And as they close in on the killer, they discover that the Mirror Man's crimes are more shocking than they ever could have imagined . . .From the 15 million copy global bestseller Lars Kepler comes the darkest, most chilling crime thriller of 2022 - perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Ragnar Jonasson, and Alex North's The Whisper Man.***Available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audiobook now!***Praise for The Mirror Man:'Chilling, nerve-shredding, clever, and impossibly dark' - CHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of We Begin at...
CONSTABLE IN THE COUNTRY a perfect feel-good read from one of Britain’s best-loved authors (Constable Nick Mystery Book 31)
Author(s): NICHOLAS RHEA
How To Flirt (Bernard Frankenheimer Center Book 2)
Author(s): Troy Hunter
Death of the Naked Lady
Author(s): Marlene Chabot
Death of the Naked Lady, Vol: 2; 193 pages. This novel is part of the Mary Malone series. Four months ago, when unemployed teacher, Mary Colleen Malone, moved into her brother's apartment at the Foley in the Twin Cities with her widowed aunt, she never suspected she'd end up solving a serious crime, one in which she almost lost her life. Now a twist of fate brings her to Lake Superior's shores in Duluth and she's forced to take on yet another case. Can our heroine discover what the connection is between a jewel heist and a missing college student before she or someone else's life is snuffed out?
Say It Like You Mane It: Boys of the Bayou Gone Wild
Author(s): Erin Nicholas
Season of Joy
Author(s): Annie Rains
Fall in love with this heartfelt holiday romance between a down-on-his-luck Christmas tree farmer and a woman with plans to bring the merriment back to their town.Tis the season for love For single father Granger Fields, Christmas is his busiest — and most profitable — time of the year. But when a fire devastates the Merry Mountain Tree Farm, he fears the season won't be holly orjolly unless he can convince free spirit Joy Benson to care for his two rambunctious daughters. Yet while Granger wants to focus on saving his business, Joy seems determined to shake up his family's Christmas with her festive ideas and merry making. Joy is counting down the days until she can open her own art gallery. Babysitting Abby and Willow will help her reach her goal, and when inspiration strikes, Joy convinces Granger that her craft classes can bring even more holiday cheer to the farm. As crowds return to the farm and Joy's creative side...
The Skipper Goes West: Book Two of 'The Skipper' Series (The Skipper Series 2)
Author(s): Mark Tissington
Dead Astronauts
Author(s): Jeff VanderMeer
A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden.Jeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth—all the Earths.
Nobody
Author(s): Alice Oswald
A collage of water stories from the Odyssey, reconstructed as a mesmeric and hallucinatory book-length poem by acclaimed poet Alice Oswald.In Memorial, her unforgettable transformation of the Iliad, Alice Oswald breathed new life into myth. In Nobody, she returns to Homer, this time fixing her gaze on a minor character in the Odyssey—a poet abandoned on a stony island—and the sea that surrounds him. Familiar voices drift in and out of the poem; though there are no proper names, we recognize Helios, Icarus, Alcyone, Philoctetes, Calypso, Clytemnestra, Orpheus, Poseidon, Hermes, and the presiding spirit of Proteus, the shape-shifting sea-god.As with all of Oswald's work, this is poetry that is made for the human voice, but here the language takes on the qualities of another element: dense, muscular, and liquid. Reading Nobody is like watching the ocean; we slip our earthly moorings and follow the circling shoal of sea voices into a...
A Stirring from the Depths
Author(s): Kait Waterhouse
Iona, a Selkie, was brought forth from the ocean to protect seals from the evils of men. It's a compulsion she cannot deny, and she's lived a solitary life defined by her duty. Cian is a Kelpie, a creature that can shift between a man and a horse. Born of the river, he must seduce and drown the women he loves in order to survive as he is- an immortal master of enchanted disguise. The two are trapped in a cycle of instinct and death, villains to the outside world and strangers to themselves.Their fates become intertwined when Cian saves Iona's life after she's been shot by seal hunters. Cian vows to help find Iona's lost coat and claim vengeance upon the men who murdered her kin and gravely wounded her. The two creatures couldn't be more different from one another, but while journeying together they glimpse a different kind of life neither dared hope for themselves.When Cian falls for Iona,...
Omnibus of New Terrors
Author(s): Ramsey Campbell (ed)
Pan Books, 1985, paperback. This volume collects stories from the original two-volume "New Terrors" anthology, which was published in 1980. Introduction • essay by Ramsey Campbell The Stains • (1980) • novella by Robert Aickman City Fishing • (1980) • short story by Steve Rasnic Tem [as by Steve Rasnic] Sun City • (1980) • short story by Lisa Tuttle Yare • (1980) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman A Room with a Vie • (1980) • short story by Tanith Lee Diminishing Landscape with Indistinct Figures • (1980) • novelette by Daphne Castell Tissue • (1980) • short story by Marc Laidlaw Without Rhyme or Reason • (1980) • short story by Peter Valentine Timlett Love Me Tender • (1980) • short story by Bob Shaw Kevin Malone • (1980) • short story by Gene Wolfe Time to Laugh • (1979) • short story by Joan Aiken Chicken Soup • (1980) • short story by Kit Reed The Pursuer • (1980) • short story by James Wade Bridal Suite • (1980) • short story by Graham Masterton The Spot • (1980) • short story by Dennis Etchison and Mark Johnson The Gingerbread House • (1980) • short story by Cherry Wilder Watchers at the Strait Gate • (1980) • novelette by Russell Kirk .220 Swift • (1980) • novelette by Karl Edward Wagner The Fit • (1980) • short story by Ramsey Campbell The Miraculous Cairn • [Dream Archipelago] • (1980) • novella by Christopher Priest The Man Whose Eyes Beheld the Glory • [Mr. Secrett] • (1980) • short story by John Brunner The Rubber Room • (1980) • short story by Robert Bloch Drama in Five Acts • (1980) • short story by Giles Gordon The Initiation • (1980) • short story by Jack Sullivan Lucille Would Have Known • (1980) • short story by John Burke Teething Troubles • (1980) • short story by Rosalind Ashe The Funny Face Murders • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1980) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty Femme Fatale • (1980) • short story by Marianne Leconte (trans. of Femme fatale 1981) Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game • non-genre • (1980) • short story by Stephen King Richie by the Sea • (1980) • short story by Greg Bear Can You Still See Me? • (1980) • short story by Margaret Dickson A Song at the Party • (1980) • short story by Dorothy K. Haynes One Way Out • (1980) • short story by Felice Picano The Ice Monkey • (1980) • short story by M. John Harrison Symbiote • (1980) • short story by Andrew J. Offutt Across the Water to Skye • (1980) • short story by Charles L. Grant The Dark • (1980) • novella by Kathleen Resch
Reunited in Love (The Maverick Billionaires, Book 9)
Author(s): Bella Andre
She's the love he foolishly let go... Ava Harrington, brilliant billionaire businesswoman, has conquered the world. And yet, scarred by a love lost fifteen years ago, she's built a wall around her heart, swearing off love forever. Ransom Yates's culinary genius has taken him to the pinnacle of success as a magnetic celebrity chef. But that success came at a devastating price when he left behind the woman who held the key to his heart. Their reunion is anything but sweet when Ava must swallow her pride and seek Ransom's help, though he's the last person she ever wanted to turn to in a crisis. But the sparks flying between them are hotter than ever — and their undeniable chemistry reignites their long-buried passion with steamy kisses and sultry nights. Ransom can't help but fall for the woman he never stopped loving. But Ava's heart is still hardened with the memory of how their long-ago affair ended. Can they find a second chance at love? Or is...
Dead Heat: A Kenzie Gilmore Thriller
Author(s): Biba Pearce, Without Warrant
Longing for a Cowboy Christmas
Author(s): Leigh Greenwood
Find your very own cowboy to keep warm these long, wintry nights as you cozy up with six sweeping, epic tales of heroism, passion, family and celebration from bestselling authors Leigh Greenwood, Rosanne Bittner, Linda Broday, Margaret Brownley, Anna Schmidt, and Amy Sandas.Fall in Love with ChristmasWhether it's a widower finding an unexpected new start, a former outlaw and his new wife welcoming their very own Christmas miracle, a long-lost lover returning just in time for a special holiday celebration, a second chance at love between two warring hearts given peace at last, an unlikely pair working together to bring joy to a small Texas town, or a cowboy and his dark-eyed beauty snowed in one unforgettable wintry eve...every Christmas with a cowboy is filled with light, laughter, and a forever kind of love.What People Are Saying:"Greenwood is a master at westerns." —RT Book Reviews for Leigh Greenwood"An emotional...
The Borgia Confessions
Author(s): Alyssa Palombo
'Under Palombo's skillful hand, the entangled world of the Borgias comes vividly to life, exposing the dark facets of class structure and the all-consuming greed that comes with ambition—and love." - Heather Webb, internationally bestselling author of Last Christmas in Paris and Meet Me in Monaco During the sweltering Roman summer of 1492, Rodrigo Borgia has risen to power as pope. Rodrigo's eldest son Cesare, forced to follow his father into the church and newly made the Archbishop of Valencia, chafes at his ecclesiastical role and fumes with jealousy and resentment at the way that his foolish brother has been chosen for the military greatness he desired.Maddalena Moretti comes from the countryside, where she has seen how the whims of powerful men wreak havoc on the lives of ordinary people. But now, employed as a servant in the Vatican Palace, she cannot help but be entranced by Cesare Borgia's handsome face and manner and finds her...
Manic (Raiders of Valhalla MC: New Blood Book 1)
Author(s): Elizabeth Knox
His Forever Princess (Cowboy Fairytales Book 14)
Author(s): Lacy Williams
Adam Steele 36
Author(s): George G. Gilman
Adam Steele was doing the shopping. The girl, blonde and bright, checked off the rest of his list and started packing it all away in a gunny sack. The old man, her grandfather, looked proudly down at her as he rummaged around on a high shelf at the back of the little general store. Then brought out the special offer that might tempt the stranger who'd just ridden into the small town of Barclay, Texas.One 9mm Belgian Lefaucheux revolver, finely engraved ... His sales pitch was interrupted.Three new customers who burst in and weren't about to wait their turn to be served. Who weren't armed with shopping lists but with guns. Who wanted not provisions but money and didn't aim to pay but to kill.Three masked men who didn't know that Steele was not a man to interrupt when he was going about his domestic chores.
Occult Assassin: The Complete Series (Books 1-6)
Author(s): William Massa
Hatch
Author(s): Kenneth Oppel
Fans left desperate for more at the end of Bloom will dive into this second book of the Overthrow trilogy—where the danger mounts and alien creatures begin to hatch.First the rain brought seeds. Seeds that grew into alien plants that burrowed and strangled and fed. Seth, Anaya, and Petra are strangely immune to the plants' toxins and found a way to combat them. But just as they have their first success, the rain begins again. This rain brings eggs. That hatch into insects. Not small insects. Bird-sized mosquitos that carry disease. Borer worms that can eat through the foundation of a house. Boat-sized water striders that carry away their prey. But our heroes aren't able to help this time—they've been locked away in a government lab with other kids who are also immune. What is their secret? Could they be...part alien themselves? Whose side are they on?Kenneth Oppel expertly escalates the threats and...
Christmas, Alabama
Author(s): Susan Sands
Photographer Rachel Prudhomme has finally settled in Ministry, Alabama. Sure, the pace is slower, and she's had her heart blessed more times than she can count, but putting down her roots where her family is feels right, if only the town's new doctor and now neighbor weren't so hot and constantly igniting her dreams. How can she keep her vow to steer clear of men when he keeps sauntering across her path? For Dr. Nicholas Sullivan to get his dream job in Atlanta, he must fill in at Ministry General, where they're short staffed for the holidays. He never expects to fall for his beautiful next door neighbor, Rachel. Soon, Nick and Rachael make a deal. They'll pretend to date so Rachael can avoid the scrutiny from her family to "find a good man" and Nick can avoid the single lovelies in town who take his short stay as a challenge. Amidst the carolers, Christmas lights, and an unlikely Alabama snowstorm, Nick and Rachel can't help but notice the powerful emotional and physical...
The Postmistress
Author(s): Alison Stuart
A stunning historical tale of loss, desire and courage that is full of the terror and the beauty of the Australian bush, for readers of The Thorn Birds, The Naturalist's Daughter and The Widow of Ballarat. To forge a new life she must first deal with her past...1871. Adelaide Greaves and her young son have found sanctuary in the Australian town of Maiden's Creek, where she works as a postmistress. The rough Victorian goldmining settlement is a hard place for a woman - especially as the other women in town don't know what to make of her - but through force of will and sheer necessity, Adelaide carves out a role. But her past is coming to find her, and the embittered and scarred Confederate soldier Caleb Hunt, in town in search of gold and not without a dark past of his own, might be the only one who can help. Can Adelaide trust him? Can she trust anyone?When death and danger threaten - some from her past, some borne of the Australian bush - she must swallow...
Christmas After Dark: A Holiday Paranormal Romance Anthology
Author(s): Abigail Owen, Alyssa Day, Nina Croft, Lisa Kessler, Sheryl Nantus, Juliette Cross
A Forbidden Love
Author(s): Alexandra Benedict
Sinfully decadent Anthony Kennington, Viscount Hastings, lives for pleasure—and he rues the day when he must wed and produce an heir. But he is not a man who runs from danger, and when he chances upon an enchanting gypsy maiden in the woods hounded by bandits, he leaps to her defense. Now, surely, there is but one place for the injured and unconscious lovely to properly recuperate: in his bed.Sabrina is shocked when she awakens in an opulent bedchamber, nursed in every way by a dashing gentleman. She knows she must leave the haven of Anthony's home at once, even though her life is still in grave danger—though a different kind of peril awaits her in the viscount's arms. If Sabrina surrenders to this handsome rogue, she will be an outcast. Yet does she dare ignore the future that's written on his palm—the promise of a shared lifetime of love and ecstasy?
Frozen
Author(s): J E Taylor
Will the ice queen keep her royal station, or will the fight for the throne end in a bloody battle?Elsa must marry before midnight of her twenty-fifth year or lose her kingdom. The only problem is that no man in Bryggen can be near her without getting frostbite.Kyle Bryggen, the founder of the kingdom Elsa rules, has been in hibernation for two hundred years, and now he is awake and wants his kingdom back.They could be a match carved in ice, except every time they meet, they want to kill each other.When a diabolical senator manipulates the law to his own purpose, Elsa must choose between the lesser of two nightmares.One will lead to the ruin of her kingdom, and the other will lead to her death.
My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 4
Author(s): Tamamaru
Where There's Hope
Author(s): Elizabeth A. Smart
Elizabeth Smart follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, My Story—about being held in captivity as a teenager, and how she managed to survive—with a powerful and inspiring book about what it takes to overcome trauma, find the strength to move on, and reclaim one's life.Author. Activist. Victim—no more.In her fearless memoir, My Story—the basis of the Lifetime Original movie I Am Elizabeth Smart—Elizabeth detailed, for the first time, the horror behind the headlines of her abduction by religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. Since then, she's married, become a mother, and travelled the world as the president of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation, sharing her story with the intent of helping others along the way.Over and over, Elizabeth is asked the same question: How do you find the hope to go on? In this book, Elizabeth returns to the horrific experiences she...
Within Six Months (A Wild Roses Novel Book 1)
Author(s): Cleo Scornavacca
Not a Mermaid
Author(s): Madeline Kirby
It's July in Houston, and when heat waves and storm warnings finally give way to flooding rains, Jake Hillebrand's strange dreams take a sinister turn. When the flood waters recede, the body of a young woman is found on the banks of Buffalo Bayou - a young woman whose life overlaps with that of Detective Victoria Perez.With Perez on the sidelines, maybe she and Jake can finally come to an understanding. Or not.Petreski's working with a new partner, Jake's declared a major, Jennifer Katz is moving on with her life, and Don has no idea that the new cat hanging around his apartment is not what she appears.Contains even more carbs than "Not a Werewolf", plus all you can eat shrimp!
Naughty Neighbor: Falling for a Libra (Falling for the Stars)
Author(s): Lauren Runow, Jeannine Colette
Wyvern Academy: Path of Ascension IV
Author(s): Atlas Kane, Grayson Sinclair
House Within a House
Author(s): Nicholas Dawson
A meditation on the wiles of depression, illuminated by queer and diasporic experience. "We, nosotros, nosotras: somos sobrevivientes." Weaving prose poetry, essay, autobiography and photography in mutual contamination, Nicholas Dawson relates his own deep depression, a state never fully gone, always cohabitant. Amidst this persistence, "the body and the pen bring a plural syntax of alternative knowledges into being, one which allows us to know the world better, to know ourselves better, to better love daybreak and this sun obstinately piercing the curtain with its brazen rays." House Within a House, in a luminous translation by David Bradford, tells the story of what walls the depressed person in, what keeps them wandering inside, and what finally gets them, somehow, out of the house. The original book, Désormais, ma demeure, received the 2021 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal.
The Nightmare of You and Death in the Room
Author(s): Adam Christopher
Justice Comes Due (Birth Of Heavy Metal Book 7)
Author(s): Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
The Colours of Birds
Author(s): Higgins, Rebecca
Rebecca Higgins's characters do weird things in their attempts to negotiate the world. They steal books and hide in bathrooms and treat grocery receipts like tarot cards. They may want solitude, even escape, but they don't want to be invisible. They move between isolation and connection—on the internet, at uncomfortable parties, in a tent after Hurricane Katrina. These stories are about friendship and loneliness and the awkward, fumbling ways we try to love each other. We lie and leave things out, so often torn between hiding ourselves and needing to be seen.
Star Force: Crusade (SF93) (Star Force Origin Series)
Author(s): Aer-ki Jyr
Devil's Island
Author(s): Mark Lukens
Devil's Island ... an abandoned island in the Caribbean Sea with a dark and bloody past ... an island with a terrible secret ... Nick Gorman, billionaire movie producer, assembles a team of ghost hunters and scientists to investigate the Thornhill Manor on Devil's Island - the most haunted place in the world that no one's ever heard of. He's there to find proof of ghosts, evidence of an afterlife ... but he's also there to uncover the secret that is hidden on the island ... to possess it. The ghost hunting team is led by Shane Edwards who lost his TV show in a scandal and now is a disgrace in the ghost hunting world; this is his chance to redeem himself and revive his career. But as soon as he steps foot on Devil's Island, he realizes that his fears from the Cranston House, a house he and his friend entered on a dare when they were twelve years old, fears he thought he had overcome, are all coming back. And everyone on the team is facing their darkest fears, the island somehow bringing them to life. As Nick gets closer to unearthing the secret on the island, Shane begins to wonder if any of them will survive their two night stay on Devil's Island. Contains: some strong language, slight violence and gore.** **
Century Rain
Author(s): Alastair Reynolds
"Century Rain fuses time-travel, hard SF, alternate history, interstellar adventure and noir romance to create a novel of blistering powers and style."-SF RevuPart SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime, Century Rain is as astonishing international bestseller from Alastair Reynolds.Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in invaluable.Using a back door into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else...
Ivy Lost and Found
Author(s): Cynthia Lord
A lonely doll helps a child adjust to a blended family in the first of a charming series about library toys and the children who borrow them, written by Newbery Honoree Cynthia Lord.Ivy was Anne the librarian's doll when she was a young girl. But now she has moved to Anne's library to be its newest Book Buddy—a toy that can be checked out just like a book. Ivy isn't sure she wants to be borrowed, though. She'd rather go back to just being Anne's favorite toy. Fern, a child who visits the library with her stepfamily, also wishes things could go back to the way they were, when Fern had her dad all to herself. When Fern takes Ivy home, an unexpected outdoor adventure helps both of them find confidence and belonging in their changing worlds. This heartwarming story by Cynthia Lord, with a classic feel and gentle illustrations by Stephanie Graegin, is the first in a chapter-book series that pairs friendly toys with child characters who need them.
Ding Dong!! Is She Dead?
Author(s): Alathia Morgan
Sent into Witness Protection, Allie goes to deliver her friend’s beauty products only to find her door hanging on its hinges and a trail of blood leading to a body. Is she dead?
The Terminal Experiment
Author(s): Robert J. Sawyer
Dr. Peter Hobson has created a monster. Three of them, in fact. In order to test his theories of immortality and life after death, he has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. The first Hobson has all memory of physical existence edited out. It will simulate life after death. The second Hobson is without knowledge of aging or death. It will simulate immortality. The third Hobson is unmodified. A control. But now all three of them have escaped from Hobson's computer into the web.Amazon.com ReviewThe Terminal Experiment has propelled Robert J. Sawyer into the limelight as one of science fiction's hot new writers, earning him the prestigious Nebula Award in the process. In this fast-paced thriller, Dr. Peter Hobson's investigations into death and afterlife lead him to create three separate electronic versions of himself: one has no memory of physical existence and represents life after death; one has no knowledge of death or aging and represents immortality; and the third is left unaltered as a control. But all three have escaped into the worldwide matrix... and one of them is a killer.
Shiver Her Timbers: The Plundered Chronicles
Author(s): Alex Westmore
The Widower's Bride: A Golden Valley Story (The Brides of Birch Creek Book 3)
Author(s): Laura D. Bastian
Grace comes to Birch Creek for a new start, Jed isn't sure he's ready to let go of the past. Grace has loved caring for her brother's children, but when her brother remarries, Grace knows it's time to move on. With the invitation from a good friend to move out west and start a new life there, Grace knows it might be the only chance she would have to find a place where she'd fit in. She won't let her childhood injury keep her from fighting for what she wants, a home of her own. Jed is a widowed father of three young children with a growing farm and he knows he can't take care of it all on his own. When he meets Grace, he's reluctant to follow through with the suggestion from a friend to marry the girl. But if he doesn't do something, he'll either lose his farm or his children. When the two marry, they know it will be mutually beneficial, but when tragedy strikes, can the two of them pull together as a team and see that there is more to life than just survival?
Machiavellian: Gangsters of New York, Book 1
Author(s): Di Corte, Bella
When I Close My Eyes
Author(s): Elizabeth Musser
Famous author Josephine Bourdillon is in a coma, jumping across memory as her body fights to survive. But those around her are fighting their own battles: Henry Hughes, who agreed to kill her for hire out of desperation, is uncertain how to finish the job now, and her teenage daughter Paige is overwhelmed by fear. Can grace bring them all into the light?
Ring of Troth (A King's Watch Story Book 3)
Author(s): Mark Hayden
A King’s Watch Story
Always Isn't Forever
Author(s): J. C. Cervantes
From New York Times bestselling author J.C. Cervantes comes a sparkling, unforgettable YA romance, perfect for fans of You’ve Reached Sam.Best friends and soul mates since they were kids, Hart Augusto and Ruby Armenta were poised to take on senior year together when Hart tragically drowns in a boating accident. Absolutely shattered, Ruby struggles to move on from the person she knows was her forever love.Hart can’t let go of Ruby either…. Due to some divine intervention, he’s offered a second chance. Only it won’t be as simple as bringing him back to life—instead, Hart’s soul is transferred to the body of local bad boy.When Hart returns to town as Jameson, he realizes that winning Ruby back will be more challenging than he’d imagined. For one, he’s forbidden from telling Ruby the truth. And with each day he spends as Jameson, memories of his life as Hart begin to fade away.Though Ruby still...
Eight Weeks in Paris
Author(s): S.R. Lane
BREAKING: Lost novel of Bell Epoque Paris, The Throne, comes to the silver screen with an A-list cast. But will on-set drama doom the filming of this gay love story before it starts?Nicholas Madden is one of the best actors of his generation. His personal life is consistently a shambles, but he'll always have his art—and The Throne is going to be his legacy.Then his costar walks off the runway and into rehearsal. The role of a lifetime is about to be sunk by a total amateur.Chris Lavalle is out, gorgeous and totally green. He has thousands of Instagram followers, a string of gorgeous exes and more ad campaigns to his name than one can count. But he's more than just a pretty face, and The Throne is his chance to prove it.If only Nicholas wasn't a belligerent jerk with a chip on his shoulder and a face carved by the gods.Eight weeks of filming, eight weeks of 24/7 togetherness bring Nicholas and Chris closer than the producers had...
Year of the Beast
Author(s): Steven Carroll
'He is one of the best we've ever had' Geraldine BrooksOne of Australia's finest and most critically acclaimed writers returns with a powerful novel that brings his sweeping Glenroy series to a magnificent close. Melbourne, 1917: the times are tumultuous, the city is in the grip of a kind of madness. The Great War is raging, and it is the time of the hotly contested second conscription referendum. Fights are raging on the streets, rallies for 'YES' and 'NO' facing off against each other on opposing corners. Men, women and children, jostling, brawling, fighting and spitting. Through these streets walks Maryanne, forty years old, unmarried and seven months pregnant. These are uncertain, dangerous times for a woman in her position. And she is facing a difficult choice - a choice which gets more urgent by the day - whether to give her child up for adoption as the Church insists she does, or to keep her child and face an uncertain future.An extraordinary...
Primordial Earth: The Prequel (The Extinction Series - A Prehistoric, Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi Thriller)
Author(s): Baileigh Higgins
Torrent
Author(s): Paul J Bennett
A kingdom in turmoil, a family seeking revenge! Carlingen is a beacon of hope, promising fame and fortune but delivering neither. Athgar and Natalia, hoping to make their stay in the city short, arrive to find a nation on the brink of chaos. The king's court is rife with treachery and deceit, while the streets are infested with resentment and turmoil. Into this mix comes word the family is plotting to re-establish their dominance over the Continent. Seeking to leverage Carlingen's instability, Ostrova demands land and is willing to do anything to acquire it. The spectre of war looms large, threatening to cut off Athgar and Natalia from the very home they seek to return to in Torrent, the seventh installment of Paul J Bennett's series, The Frozen Flame. Pre-order Torrent now and get ready for the approaching storm! New to the series? Get to know Athgar and Natalia in their origin stories, Into the Fire & The...
The Towers of Knoll
Author(s): E.S. Barrison
Towers graze the landscape... The Order has grown in power...And the mist is burning with retribution.After losing Ningursu's head to the Pool and escaping the Library of Mist Keepers, Brent and Bria arrive back in their home country of Rosada. Yet things have changed since they left. Guard towers move across the landscape. Children are being taken from their home. All the while, the Mist Keepers seek vengeance.Brent and Bria set out on a journey to protect their homeland. Yet, staying together amid a growing war is difficult. Between a magical carnival disrupting their travels, ruthless Guards stripping people of their humanity, and uprisings in the nation's Pits, every move they make might impact the future of magic, Order, and the Effluvium.All the while, the Order of the Effluviums's strength grows. With a newfound weapon in the form of a young woman and a ruthless series of experimentations upon Magii, the Order believes they have found a cure for the dying...
Boundary
Author(s): Heather Terrell
In this exhilarating sequel, Eva is a beacon of hope and vengeance in a dark new world, from the author of Relic. After becoming the first female Archon in Aerie’s history, Eva finds herself in the halls of power and betrothed to Jasper, one of her competitors from the Testing. But she is further than ever from Lukas, the Boundary man who helped her train, and taught her the truth about the relics from the old world. In the eyes of his people, who are outcasts from Aerie, Eva is the chosen one . . . Caught between two worlds and two men, Eva is sent on her first excavation as an Archon. Underneath the ice of the Frozen Shores lies the Genesis, the vessel of the Founders. And in its mysterious chambers, Eva will discover forbidden fictions cloaked as truth that could lead her to her twin brother’s killer—and bring society crashing down around her . . . <BR...
The 9/11 Machine
Author(s): Greg Enslen
Doctor Donald Ellis lost his family on 9/11. But while others grieved, or plotted revenge, Dr. Ellis threw himself into a long-dormant research project. He traded his lab at the University of New York for an ugly riverfront warehouse in Brooklyn. What is he working on? And why does he spend every free moment at the warehouse staring across the river at Ground Zero? Because Dr. Ellis has a plan. He’s going to make 9/11 “unhappen.”
Broken Dreams: A Dark Romantic Thriller (Beautiful Nightmare Book 2)
Author(s): Abbie Roads
Voices from Punjab
Author(s): Anita Goyal
Fifteen women. Fifteen inspirational stories. From highly influential individuals in politics, to award-winning leaders and inspirational philanthropists, to ordinary women who have embraced British life, a range of Punjabi women all share personal stories of racism, gender inequality and the partition of India and Pakistan. Together and alone they overcame adversity and dealt with the complexities of embracing dual identities and balancing a career with family life. Some even share their experiences of the partition of India in 1947 as well as the Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre, 1919. The first in a series of books, Voices from Punjab will resonate with readers as they accompany the women on their unique journeys. Different in many ways, ultimately each woman has a common background – coming from Punjab to celebrate their triumphs over cultural differences and gender stereotypes in the UK.
Craving Love (Secret Love #1)
Author(s): Kat T. Masen
I’m done playing by my father’s rules. Lex Edwards may rule the business world, but he no longer controls me. We did, however, come to one agreement—I’m allowed to take a gap year before college to travel through Europe. But, one year to the day, I must return home. On my travels, I met April. She’s like me, escaping her troubled life back home. April offers me a place to stay. And seeing as I’m broke and in dire need of a job, I’ll take anything over going back home to my controlling father. That’s when I'm offered an opportunity I can’t possibly refuse. April’s stepfather needs a personal assistant. Hunter Cash is a difficult boss. Demanding, arrogant, challenging, but also devastatingly handsome. And—he’s my father’s rival. I’ve broken all the rules already. So, what if I break another and sleep with the enemy? What’s the worst that can happen…
Prince of Darkness
Author(s): Barbara Michaels
A stranger has come to Middleburg, Maryland, a visitor from abroad with a mysterious purpose. But this quaint, affluent community has dark secrets of its own. And when the interloper, Peter Stewart, becomes involved with the bewitching, seductive ward of noted local author Kate More, the townfolk fear the chilling past they are hiding will no longer be safe. For Middleburg has a colonial history of malevolent sorceries and obscene sacrifice. And when the terrible pot is stirred, murder may be the least of the evils to emerge from the unholy brew.
The Legend of a Rogue
Author(s): Darcy Burke
Two years ago, storyteller Elspeth Marshall spent a magical afternoon with a handsome stranger. Roy enthralled her with the legend of a mystical sword—almost as much as with his kiss. When she encounters him at a Highland inn, she hears the sword may be real...and that his name isn't Roy. She determines to find the blade as well as the truth about the enigmatic man she hasn't been able to forget. Wounded at Culloden, Tavish Crawford lost his family legacy, a centuries-old sword on the battlefield. Now many people would like to find it, including a villainous secret society and the captivating woman who has remained in his memory. When nefarious forces overtake the inn, he'll do whatever it takes to protect the sword and the woman who has stolen his heart.
Friend or UFO
Author(s): Julie Buxbaum
Sky and her friends tackle their biggest mystery yet—the discovery of Area 52!—in the third installment of this laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated middle grade series by New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu.Sky’s life in Area 51 is full of surprises. Like the fact that aliens are real—and now one is her best friend! But the biggest surprise yet comes when Sky learns that her grandmother has been kidnapped and is stuck in Area 52, the only other alien portal on Earth. Even more bananas? Her grandma has been an undercover FBAI agent for YEARS. Like Sky’s whole entire life. How could Sky not have known her grandma had a secret identity?Uncle Anish says to leave this whole mess to him. For reals this time. The kids just have to hang tight. Spoiler alert: The kids do not, and will never, hang tight.There’s just one problem: No one knows the location of Area 52. In order to solve this...
Christmas on the Ranch--A Clean Romance
Author(s): Julianna Morris
Can the warmth of Christmas...Melt his frozen heart?Alaina Wright is finally following her dream of becoming a wildlife photographer. And Gideon Carmichael's Montana ranch on the edge of Yellowstone is the perfect home base. After losing the love of her life two years earlier, Alaina isn't looking for romance. But there's something about the gruff, wounded rancher that makes her wonder...could they both get a second chance at happily-ever-after this Christmas?Hearts of Big SkyBook 1: Twins for the Rodeo StarBook 2: Christmas on the Ranch
Widows
Author(s): Ed McBain
SUMMARY: The beautiful blonde in the penthouse apartment was dead, her face and body laced with slashes from a paring knife -- grisly evidence of the terrible things the city can do to pretty young women. What sordid web of money, sex, and greed had ensnared Susan Brauer? The stack of unsigned erotic letters in her possession was the first clue. Then the murder of Susan's lover, a married lawyer in his sixties, leads the cops of the 87th to the women left behind: the lawyer's wife, his ex, his daughters. And for Detective Carella, his own father's senseless death in a bakery holdup sears through the intense summer heat -- and sends him on a fevered hunt for the one who made his mother a widow and shrouded his family in grief.
City of Never (City of Never Series Book 1)
Author(s): Rachel Higginson
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 14
Author(s): Fuse and Mitz Vah
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree
Author(s): Alli Parker
A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nation forever. Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history.When Gordon arrives in Japan, he expects ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he finds Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and all the odds, they fall in love. But when Gordon discovers the White Australia Policy prevents Cherry coming home with him as his war bride, he does what any 20-year-old soldier would do. He vows to fight. Leaving Cherry alone and pregnant in post-war Japan, Gordon has to convince his family to accept...
Falling Sky: the brand new 2022 historical thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller
Author(s): Harry Sidebottom
The thrilling new historical adventure in the Warrior of Rome series from Sunday Times bestseller Harry Sidebottom.*** 'What Bernard Cornwell is to the Napoleonic Wars, Harry Sidebottom is to Roman legions: unassailable' - THE TIMES ***_________________________________AD 265, Gaul - The Roman Empire is on the brink.Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Postumus.War has come.Ballista and his cavalry are on the frontline, battling in the most brutal of conditions. But if he is to survive the campaign and finally retire to his beloved Sicily, it's not just the battlefield he needs to navigate.As he and Praetorian Prefect Volusianus lay siege to Postumus' armies, it becomes clear the greatest threat to Ballista's life might just come from within his ranks. After all, Volusianus has shown he will go to any distance for his own ends. Is Ballista just another pawn in...
Tales of Mantica:Steps to Deliverance v042219
Author(s): Mark Barber
The first novel based in the Kings of War universe Over a decade after violating his ruthless orders from his superiors in the Basilean military, ex-legion captain Dionne emerges from hiding in the Mountains of Tarkis, leading a force of rebels against the dark forces of the Abyss. Desperate to clamp down on the popular rebel leader, the Basilean Duma dispatches a force to bring the former legion officer to justice. Leading the paladins of this force is Tancred, freshly promoted and harboring political ambitions of his own. Under the brutal leadership of Hugh, the commander of the force, Tancred must struggle to find the balance between obeying orders, following the path of righteousness, and advancing his own ambitions. Assisting Tancred is Orion, a violent and dangerous paladin carrying a personal vendetta with Dionne; Constance, a tough and determined mercenary sharing a dark history with Hugh; Aestelle, a lone adventurer whose unique skills betray a mysterious past, and Valletto, a veteran legion mage thrown into the front line against his will. Tancred and Orion must fight the rebels and their sympathizers whilst battling against the politics threatening to tear their force apart from within. They must do battle from the open plains of northern Basilea to the ancient caves below the Mountains of Tarkis, fighting all who cross their path as they give chase to a deadly and determined rebel. And all the while, the dark and deadly influence of the demonic forces of the Abyss continues to play its hand, manipulating events and people alike from afar…
The Slipping Place
Author(s): Joanna Baker
A stunningly compulsive, darkly suspenseful Australian crime novel that asks how far we would go to protect someone we love. Veronica Cruickshank's youngest child Roland is her idealistic one – a fighter of lost causes, and the one that always needs protecting, particularly from himself. So when she hears he is back in Hobart helping an old school friend, Treen McShane, Veronica tries to track him down – but all she finds are second hand reports, whispers of horrific abuse, stories of a small child being hurt. Then Roland sends Veronica a text message, asking her to go to the Slipping Place, high on Mount Wellington, a picnic spot known only to their family. Here she discovers Treen's frozen body. Knowing Roland will be suspected of leaving Treen to die, Veronica resolves to find out what really happened. But as long-buried truths slowly surface, she uncovers a secret that brings the violence closer to home than she could have...
Into the Great Heart: Legends and Adventures of Guru Angad, The Second Sikh Guru
Author(s): Kamla Kapur
From the author of The Singing Guru and Rumi: Tales to Live By comes the second book in the Sikh Founder series about Bhai Lehna's journey from being Guru Nanak's constant disciple to becoming Guru Angad, the second Sikh Guru. Into the Great Heart carries forward and concludes the stories of Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana, his favorite minstrel, from the first volume of the Sikh Founder Series, The Singing Guru. History, legend, and fiction merge to populate this book with fascinating personalities from Sikh history. Pivotal to this narrative are forgotten female luminaries such as Guru Nanak's wife, Mata Sulakhni, his sister, Bebe Nanaki, Bhai Lehna's wife, Khivi, and daughter, Amro. Brought to the foreground, their wisdom and insights as they overcome obstacles to spiritual growth embody the basic tenets of Sikhism in everyday living. They enhance Guru Nanak and Bhai Lehna's tale with their diverse approach to life....
Aaliyah And The Billionaire's Lamp (Once Upon A Billionaire Book 6)
Author(s): Catelyn Meadows
Her father's wish is her command... Aaliyah's marriage has been arranged.When her billionaire fiance heads out of town on business, she's left to plan their wedding with his assistant, River, instead. Soon, Aaliyah's feelings take a nose-dive. She barely knows her fiance. But with all this time in his company, she's getting to know River.In fact, she's crashing for him. Hard.Aaliyah has always done what's expected of her, but it might be time to make some wishes of her own. Wishes for a future with River instead of his boss. If only her father wasn't so controlling. If only wishes came true. You'll love this Aladdin retelling because everyone is intrigued by the forbidden. Especially when it's romance.
Instinct: A Novel
Author(s): Jason M. Hough
Twin Peaks meets Blake Crouch as an overwhelmed police officer struggles to save her small, isolated mountain town after a series of seemingly unrelated violent incidents and senseless deaths in this twisting, atmospheric thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dire Earth Cycle. Welcome to Silvertown. Population: 602 (for now). Officer Mary Whittaker has yet to be fully welcomed by the residents of this tiny, quirky mountain town which seems to be home to more conspiracy theories than any other place in America. But with the chief of police on leave, she is left alone to confront a series of abnormal incidents—strange even by Silvertown standards. A teenager dies tragically after eating obviously poisonous mushrooms from his lawn. A hiker found dead on a trail, smiling serenely after being mauled by a bear. A normally doting mother leaving her toddler twins behind without...
Love Lessons
Author(s): Gloria Garner Haynes
Love Lessons A Romance Book by Gloria Garner Haynes
The USS Flier
Author(s): Michael Sturma
The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines—and the remarkable sailors who survived.The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in the water, eight remaining survivors swam to a remote island controlled by the Japanese. Deep behind enemy lines and without food or drinking water, the crewmen realized that their struggle for survival had just begun.Those eight sailors became the first Americans of the Pacific war to escape from a sunken submarine and return safely to the United States. Their story of persistence and survival has all the elements of a classic World War II tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, and a...
Black Ribbon: A Hard-driving Florida Urban Fantasy Thriller (Discarded Arcana Book 2)
Author(s): Martin Shannon
Turning Points in American Church History
Author(s): Elesha J. Coffman
American history has profoundly shaped, and been shaped by, Christianity. This book provides a brisk and lively yet deeply researched survey of these intertwined forces from the colonial period to the present.
The Joyce Girl
Author(s): Annabel Abbs
James Joyce was her father. Samuel Beckett was her lover. This is her story. A mesmerising fictionalisation of Lucia Joyce's life told for the first time. Paris, 1928. Avant-garde Paris is buzzing with the latest ideas in art, music and literature from artists such as Ford Madox Ford and Zelda Fitzgerald. Lucia, the talented and ambitious daughter of controversial genius James Joyce, is making her name as a dancer. But when Lucia falls passionately in love with budding writer (and fellow Irish expat) Samuel Beckett he is banned from the Joyce family home. 1934. Her life in tatters, Lucia is sent to pioneering psychoanalyst Carl Jung. For years she has kept quiet. Now she decides to speak. Profoundly moving and stunningly written, The Joyce Girl brings to light the untold tale of Lucia Joyce. It will entrance and educate you. You will fall in love with this compelling woman, but she will break your heart too.
The Destroyer 105 - Scorched Earth
Author(s): Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir
SUMMARY: As the White House and Pentagon cover up with reflective tinfoil to ward off deadly superheated rays from an invisible object in space that vaporized biobubble habitat scientists, Remo and Chiun are sent to Russia to stop the attacks before World War III breaks out. Original.
The Captains and the Kings
Author(s): Jennifer Johnston
Winner of the Author's Club First Novel Award: Alone with melancholic memories of his past, a widower finds new life after striking up a friendship with a village boy In County Wicklow, south of Dublin, Mr. Prendergast lives alone in the Big House of his village. A remnant of the long-gone days of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, Prendergast's mansion has been witness to many of the most important years of his life, including his childhood, marked by his mother's open preference for his older brother, Alexander. Following Alexander's death in the First World War, Prendergast traveled the world, returning home decades later to a greatly changed place. Now in the 1970s, his wife and daughter are both gone, leaving the house an empty monument to his isolation and melancholy. But when the young, redheaded Diarmid arrives on Prendergast's doorstep, the boy's thrill at the house's history sparks an unlikely friendship—one that revives in Prendergast a sense of vitality and...
River of Souls
Author(s): Beth Bernobich
Driven by his dreams, Asa will stop at nothing to find Tanja Duhr again: he will leave home, disappoint his parents, cross the wastelands, and, somewhere, find the courage to tell her who he is, and how she loved him, once.
The Thief: alien dragon shifter romance (Mate Hunt Book 3)
Author(s): Riley Onyx
J R
Author(s): William Gaddis
A National Book Award-winning satire about the unchecked power of American capitalism, written more than three decades before the 2008 financial crisis.At the center of J R is J R Vansant, a very average sixth grader from Long Island with torn sneakers, a runny nose, and a juvenile fascination with junk mail get-rich-quick offers. Responding to one, he sees a small return; soon, he is a running a massive Ponzi scheme out a phone booth in the school hallway. Everyone from the school staff to the municipal government to the squabbling heirs of a player piano company to the titans of Wall Street and the politicians in Washington will be caught up in the J R Company, an endlessly ballooning bubble that encompasses shaky mineral claims and gas leases, defense contracts, a string of nursing homes cum funeral parlors, matchbooks, marijuana, prostheses, publishing, and even a formula for frozen music.First published in 1975, J R is an appallingly funny and...
Model Behavior: a forbidden roommate romance (Wrecked Roommates)
Author(s): Kelsie Rae
The Economics of Prophecy, Volume 1
Author(s): Norafukurou
The Oracle Princess Alfina suddenly announces an ominous prophecy to the people of the Kingdom of Crownheight. However, shunned as she is for being a descendant of rebel blood, her words are heeded by no one.On the other hand, Ricardo, the adopted heir of a peddler, who also happens to be an economics department graduate reincarnated into this world, attends the Royal Academy to study as a merchant.During an argument with a much more affluent merchant, the one to stick up for him is none other than Alfina.As the distance between them rapidly closes, Ricardo makes full use of his modern knowledge of science, mathematics and economics to stand against the unknown disaster of prophecy!
Double Trouble Luv
Author(s): LM Preston
Sorina's life has gone downhill. Helping her family regain all they'd lost weighed heavy on her mind. However, when her mother sacrificed their rent money for a ticket to an Amusement Park, Sorina felt things were changing . And it only got better. That day she'd met Tristan, who'd asked her for one small favor, one that would change her life forever.Double Trouble Luv is a stand alone novella, book 3 in the Summer Luv Series that include: Thundering Luv and Flutter Of Luv.
The Valentine Gift: Seven Grooms for Seven Sisters - the Prequel (A Caversham Chronicles Novella Book 0)
Author(s): Sandy Raven
Lady Caroline and her husband have been trying to conceive a child since the day they married. Raised an only child, she always wanted to one day have a large family. Trey agreed to give her as many children as she desired, knowing it might be impossible. Captain Reginald "Trey" Wilson had a devastating secret he has been keeping from his wife. He married her knowing he is unlikely to ever sire children because of his injury in the war. When his good friend, Viscount Huddleston, comes to him with the name of a doctor, and researcher, with a new piece of equipment that allows the man to see living cells, Trey knew he had to see that physician immediately. In Edinburgh to visit this man, Trey learns that it is unlikely he would ever sire a child. Later that night he comes upon a fellow officer, Corporal Graham, from his time in the army. They spoke of old times renewing their friendship, and after a few drinks Trey confides the profound sadness he will be forced to bring to his wife. Graham said his sister was the administrator of an orphanage, and upon Graham’s invitation, Trey agrees to meet with the woman. That one meeting changes Trey and Caroline's lives forever as they adopt seven abandoned sisters. **
The Fist of the Ghost: An Urban Fantasy Prequel Novella in the Path of the Ghost Fantasy Novel Series
Author(s): Nayak, Hemant
Things Invisible (A Nebraska Mystery Book 4)
Author(s): William J. Reynolds
Fužine Blues
Author(s): Andrej Skubic
Fužine Blues is a novel about the life and people of contemporary Ljubljana and about what happens behind apartment walls. Most of all, the novel addresses the lack of dialogue that allows ordinary things such as football, beer, and women to be discussed. Fužine Blues takes place on June 13, 2000, the day of the football match between Slovenia and Yugoslavia in the qualifications for the European Cup that ended with a breathtaking tied result of 3:3. The setting is the housing development of Fužine, known for its ethnically mixed population. The novel presents the parallel stories of four protagonists living on the tenth floor of the same high-rise apartment building in Fužine: Peter Sokič – Pero – a former heavy metal enthusiast in his early thirties; Igor Ščinkavec, a forty-something real estate agent; Janina Pašković, a sixteen-year-old high school student, and; Vera Erjavec, a retired Slovenian professor. Each of the four speaks in their own respective “language” about their jobs, friends, the neighborhood, love, random acquaintances, and coworkers. On the day of the football match, an important occasion, they each strive to do something that will somehow alter their position in life. The protagonists are searching both for their place in the community and for meaning in life, but are too weak to engage with their own destiny because they cling to the past and are unable to face the present. The novel was dramatized by Ana Lasić and staged by the Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana in the 2005/06 season.
Chasing The Boss: Lesbian/Sapphic Romance (The Boss Series Book 4)
Author(s): Grace Parkes
Chimes at Midnight
Author(s): Seanan McGuire
Things are starting to look up for October "Toby" Daye. She's training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down...at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit.Toby's efforts to take the problem to the Queen of the Mists are met with harsh reprisals, leaving her under sentence of exile from her home and everyone she loves. Now Toby must find a way to reverse the Queens decree, get the goblin fruit off the streets—and, oh, yes, save her own life, since more than a few of her problems have once again followed her home. And then there's the question of the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne....To find the answers, October and her friends will have to travel from the legendary Library of Stars into the hidden depths of the Kingdom...
Ended Earth - A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller
Author(s): Kellee L. Greene
SURVIVOR (Atlantia Series Book 1)
Author(s): Dean Crawford
A civilisation destroyed. A species doomed to wander the cosmos. A lone survivor feared by all, her voice silenced and her face veiled behind a metal mask. The Atlantia is all that remains of humanity, a former fleet frigate turned prison-ship now hunted by a terrifying force and haunted by escaped convicts threatening the survival of her beleaguered crew and civilians. Trapped in orbit around a foreign world, damaged and low on supplies, the crew of the Atlantia are forced to make a deal with the devil to forge an alliance of murderous convicts, exhausted soldiers and terrified civilians in a last-ditch attempt to confront the technological horror that has consumed mankind. Humanity’s last stand begins here, and only one woman stands between annihilation and our future…
A Long Way 'Til November (The Royal Wizard of Yurt Book 9)
Author(s): C. Dale Brittain
Slow Down
Author(s): Lee Matthew Goldberg
How far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick Bambach's new avant-garde film isn't enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah's dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost. And this obsession may soon become a reality once Dominick's spurned wife Isadora reveals her femme fatale nature with a seductive plot to get rid of her husband for good. Slow Down, a cross between the noir styling of James M. Cain and the dark satire of Bret Easton Ellis, is a thrilling page-turner that holds a mirror up to a media-saturated society that is constantly searching for the fastest way to get ahead, regardless of consequences. Praise for SLOW DOWN: "Slow Down is a frenetic first novel...full of unedifying characters scrambling for the elusive, perhaps imaginary,...
immechanica
Author(s): E. F. Coleman
2054, Los Angeles. An age of total surveillance, corruption, and untrammeled corporate power, where most citizens keep their heads down, or risk losing them. Yet there are those determined to resist. When impulsive, naive party girl Nadine falls in love with the wrong person, she tumbles into an abyss whose inhabitants are hunted as terrorists, feared for their hacking skills, and loathed by the rich and powerful. Soon she is on the run in a treacherous underworld she is not prepared for: a place of high-tech DNA-tuned poisons, brain hacking, autonomous killer drones, and systematic government corruption. Trust and betrayal lurk around every corner, and each step down the rabbithole risks pieces of herself she cannot afford to lose. How long before there's nothing left? Debut author E.F. Coleman offers a searing glimpse into a dystopia that is at once bleak and all too plausible. As the prophet said, when it's you against the world, back the world.
Played By The Bishop (The Murdoch Mafia Series Book 1)
Author(s): Samantha Barrett
Polarian-Denebian War 5: Our Ancestors From the Future
Author(s): Jimmy Guieu
Henri-René "Jimmy" Guieu (1926-2000) was one of the leading French SF authors of the 1950s and 60s, before he turned to the exploration of UFOs and parapsychological phenomena. In this classic six-volume saga (presented in English in two volumes), written in 1954 through 1956, Guieu introduced his signature hero, French paleoanthropologist Jean Kariven, and imagined that Earth was secretly caught in a vast space-time war pitting the benevolent Polarians against the aggressive Denebians. Guieu sprinkled the books with some of his favorite themes, such as UFOs, alien encounters and ancient astronauts, while delivering fast-paced SF adventure.
Another Goal
Author(s): Alexa Padgett
In the high-stakes world of professional hockey, sparks fly both on and off the ice....especially when unexpected consequences ensnare me after one incredible night with the NHL's charming winger, Luka Stol... Luka is a formidable force on the ice but has never faced a challenge quite like me. He is determined to be there for me and our unborn child when he learns about my pregnancy. But my reluctance to share my motive for fleeing Houston in the first place leaves him in the dark about the dangers lurking in the shadows. Luka and I experience a rollercoaster of emotions and unpredictable twists as we deal with love, secrets, and hockey. Amidst the laughter and camaraderie of the locker room, we must confront our fears and fight for our love against all odds. Join Millie and Luka on a passionate journey that will make your heart race and leave you cheering for their happily ever after in this steamy hockey rom-com....
Girl Out of Water
Author(s): Winifred Burton
Awkward know-it-all Tabitha Slate was born and raised in Seattle. Her life consists of Friday night fights with her family for the remote control, her crappy minimum wage job, and convincing her sisters that collecting action figures doesn't disqualify her from being Black or a girl. Then Tabitha blunders into the Wardein, those sworn to police the supernatural hybrids and legendary creatures of the city. She reluctantly abandons her dreams of being the popular girl on her new campus, to adopt a position of power in a hidden world with a dangerous learning curve. When a physicist that uses Seattle's population for monstrous experiments wants Tabitha as the next subject, Tabitha has to accept the darkness she's capable of, or lose everything.
Peter the Great's African
Author(s): Alexander Pushkin
Newly translated, unfinished works about power, class conflict, and artistic inspiration by Russia's greatest poet.Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s foundational writer, was constantly experimenting with new genres, and this fresh selection ushers readers into his creative laboratory. Politics and history weighed heavily on Pushkin’s imagination, and in “Peter the Great’s African” he depicts the Tsar through the eyes of one of his closest confidantes, Ibrahim, a former slave, modeled on Pushkin’s maternal great-grandfather. At once outsider and insider, Ibrahim offers a sympathetic yet questioning view of Peter’s attempt to integrate his vast, archaic empire into Europe. In the witty “History of the Village of Goriukhino” Pushkin employs parody and self-parody to explore problems of writing history, while “Dubrovsky” is both a gripping adventure story and a vivid picture of provincial Russia in the late...
Who All Die
Author(s): Alex Gough
A devastating disease threatens the might of Rome...Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, later Spymaster to Emperor Caracalla, was once but a mere soldier, fighting for the Empire against the Parthians.Upon their journey back home, the men slowly but surely begin to weaken, hounded by some strange and deathly sickness.As the Parthians close in, and Oclatinius' legion gets weaker and weaker by the day, he must show the cunning and strength that would define his later years, in order to escape alive.A scintillating novella in the Imperial Assassin series, ideal for fans of Simon Scarrow, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.Also includes the first six chapters of Emperor's Sword, the first book in the Imperial Assassin series.
Take Me Home
Author(s): Karly Lane
'I loved this read! The main characters were so engaging, their back stories poignant and heartbreaking...their everyday lives relatable with an appeal that connects to the reader...' Reading Writing and Riesling on Something Like ThisIt was a straightforward request. Take her gran home to her beloved Scotland.In the space of a few days, Elle loses her job and her home and faces moving back in with her parents-where she knows she'll hear a lot about how she is wasting her life, unlike her three siblings . . .Then Gran's will is read and everything changes. It seems simple: a road trip across Scotland, a country Gran loved, to locate the family castle; meet some long lost cousins; oh, and work out what she wants to do with the rest of her life before returning home. Not a problem. That is unless the family castle is a ruin that has pretty much been lost in time; the family Elle has never met seem to be hiding a mysterious secret; her over-achieving parents are...
Method Acting
Author(s): Adele Buck
All the world's a stage until your heart is on the line. All Alicia Johnson has ever wanted is to be able to slip into someone else's life, clothing, and makeup to become a murderess, a socialite, a mother, or a nurse for an episode or a season. And she's good at it.Being an actress comes with a healthy dose of financial insecurity and a willingness to live out of two jammed suitcases, ready to go wherever the next director wants her. Up until now, it's been worth it for the creative escape and the thrill of applause.All Colin St. Cyr has ever wanted is to win, going all-in to get Congress to see things his clients' way. Despite being a Brit in Washington, D.C., he is well off, well connected...and well on his way to becoming a boring bachelor forevermore after a heinous breakup.Especially as he's just made an arse of himself with the first woman who has knocked him sideways in years. It won't matter how much...
He Was Deceived
Author(s): P.D. Workman
A MYSTERY FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, P.D. WORKMAN THAT WILL KEEP YOU TURNING THE PAGES! When a grieving widower uncovers clues that suggest his wife's death ten years earlier was no accident, he turns to private investigator Zachary Goldman for help in unraveling the truth. One Man Seeks the Truth Martin Dwayne's world had been shattered when his wife was tragically killed in an accidental shooting. But his life was occupied with raising his children, so suddenly deprived of their mother's loving attention. Ten years later, a series of phone calls prompts him to delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding her death and he begins to suspect foul play. With the police dismissing his concerns, Martin seeks out Zachary Goldman, a seasoned PI known for his dogged persistence in cracking tough cases. As Zachary seeks out the truth, he uncovers layers of secrets that test his resolve and...
Where I Am
Author(s): Michelle Dare
Astoria He was the man of my dreams, or so I thought. I wasn't sure how I'd react when I saw him again. I planned on avoiding him, but our small hometown made that impossible. The years apart melted away when I saw him. Time hadn't changed my feelings, after all. Jealousy flared anew. My heart, which I thought had healed, was back to being in a million pieces. Now I'm right where I don't want to be—in front of him with tears in my eyes. Parker Everything isn't always as it seems. One moment could cause a ripple effect with unexpected consequences that last for years. Not a day had gone by that I didn't think of her. When our paths crossed again, I knew I had to tell her the truth. Arguing was inevitable, but I'd rather fight for her than face another day without her. My heart always belonged to her. Where I am is standing in front of her—asking for another chance.
Alpha Physics! Book 4 - Albury: A Post Apocalypse Progression Fantasy
Author(s): Alex Kozlowski
Cast a Cold Eye
Author(s): Robbie Morrison
Cast a Cold Eye by Robbie Morrison is a dark historical crime novel and the sequel to Edge of the Grave, winner of Bloody Scotland's Scottish Crime Debut of the Year.Glasgow, 1933Murder is nothing new in the Depression-era city, especially to war veterans Inspector Jimmy Dreghorn and his partner 'Bonnie' Archie McDaid. But the dead man found in a narrowboat on the Forth and Clyde Canal, executed with a single shot to the back of the head, is no ordinary killing.Violence usually erupts in the heat of the moment – the razor-gangs that stalk the streets settle scores with knives and fists. Firearms suggest something more sinister, especially when the killer strikes again. Meanwhile, other forces are stirring within the city. A suspected IRA cell is at large, embedded within the criminal gangs and attracting the ruthless attention of Special Branch agents from London.With political and sectarian tensions rising, and the body count...
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 10 - Not Quite Dead Enough
Author(s): Rex Stout
Called upon to investigate a sinister "accident" involving national security, Nero Wolfe must set the traps that will catch the pair of wily killers responsible.
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition
Author(s): Charles Petzold
Computers are everywhere --- most obviously in our laptops and smartphones, but also our cars, televisions, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, robot vacuum cleaners, and other smart appliances. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside these devices to make our lives easier but occasionally more infuriating?For more than 20 years, readers have delighted in Charles Petzolds illuminating story of the secret inner life of computers, and now he has revised it for this new age of computing. Cleverly illustrated and easy to understand, this is the book that cracks the mystery. Youll discover what fl ashlights, black cats, seesaws, and the ride of Paul Revere can teach you about computing --- and how human ingenuity and our compulsion to communicate have shaped every electronic device we use.This new expanded edition explores more deeply the bit-by-bit, gate-by-gate construction of the heart of every smart device the central processing unit that combines the simplest of basic operations to perform the most complex of feats. Along with new chapters, Petzold has created a new website, CodeHiddenLanguage.com, that uses animated interactive graphics to make computers even easier to comprehend.From the simple ticking of clocks to the worldwide hum of the internet, Code reveals the essence of the digital revolution.
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 5
Author(s): Hiro Ainana
One Night of Scandal
Author(s): Darcy Burke
Jack Barrett is an ambitious member of parliament with no time or desire for a wife. When he catches the Duke of Eastleigh's sister sneaking inside one of London's private gentlemen's clubs, he's shocked—and dangerously charmed—and assumes the role of protector, only to discover she has the means to destroy him. Social pariah Lady Viola Fairfax masquerades as a man to pen a column in a popular women's magazine. When she stumbles upon a brewing scandal that implicates a prominent MP, she seizes the chance to establish herself as a real journalist. However, the infuriating and intoxicating man may not be the radical he's purported to be, and the more time they spend together, the more she risks the one thing she's sworn never to do: fall in love. Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be...
Murder on the Metro
Author(s): Margaret Truman
In Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro, Jon Land's first thrilling addition to the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series, Robert Brixton uncovers a sinister plot threatening millions of American lives!"A roller coaster of a novel." —David Baldacci, New York Times bestselling authorIsrael: A drone-based terrorist attack kills dozens on a sun-splashed beach in Caesarea.Washington: America awakens to the shattering news that Vice President Stephanie Davenport has died of an apparent heart attack.That same morning, a chance encounter on the Washington Metro results in international private investigator Robert Brixton thwarting an attempted terrorist bombing. Brixton has no reason to suspect that the three incidents have anything in common, until he's contacted by Kendra Rendine, the Secret Service agent who headed up the vice president's security detail. Rendine is convinced the vice president was murdered and needs...
Two's Company, Three's a Coven
Author(s): Constance Barker
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The Phantom Portrait
Author(s): Sarah Todd Taylor
Max is ready to solve another case! The entire theatre company have travelled to Lord Fawley's castle to put on a show for his daughter's Halloween birthday ball! Rehearsals start well, but soon some ghostly goings-on and talk of a family curse have the actors in a panic. Never fear - Max the detective cat is on the case, and his whiskers are prickling with suspicion that these strange events have more to do with jewels than ghouls... Have you read Max's other adventure? Max the Detective Cat: The Disappearing Diva
The Secret Mistress Arrangement
Author(s): Kimberly Lang
Time is money to drop-dead-gorgeous tycoon Matt Jacobs. But when he meets beautiful Ella Mackenzie at his best friend's wedding, he decides to break his rule and make the most of his week off work--by spending it in bed with her!Strong-willed Ella doesn't do sleepovers--but Matt's incredible lovemaking has got her hooked! So when their secret week between the sheets comes to an end, Ella finds herself accepting the sort of indecent proposal she never thought she'd consider....
A Black Women's History of the United States
Author(s): Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross
The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist)—the perfect companion to An Indigenous People’s History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States. An empowering and intersectional history that centers the stories of African American women across 400+ years, showing how they are—and have always been—instrumental in shaping our country.In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to show their allies that Black women’s unique ability to make their own communities while combatting centuries of oppression is an essential component in our continued resistance to systemic racism and sexism. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross offer...
Zo and the Invisible Island
Author(s): Alake Pilgrim
The epic conclusion to the fantasy adventure that started with Zo and the Forest of Secrets. After the mysterious Council tried to wipe Zo's memory, she's been hiding her powers from them. With her friend Adri gone, she must set out to find the truth... and save who she can along the way. On a mind-bending journey that leads her to old friends and new foes, Z finds herself at a secret school for children with powers just like her. Does the Invisible Island hold the answers she needs?
LION (Shifter Kings Nashville Book 1)
Author(s): Holly Gunn, T. Birmingham
Murder Most Actual
Author(s): Alexis Hall
From the author of Boyfriend Material and Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake comes a cozy mystery that revisits the Golden Age of detective fiction, starring a heroine who's more podcaster than private eye and topped with a lethal dose of parody—perfect for fans of Clue, Knives Out, and Only Murders in the Building!When up-and-coming true crime podcaster Liza and her corporate financier wife Hanna head to a luxurious hotel in the Scottish Highlands, they're hoping for a chance to rekindle their marriage—not to find themselves trapped in the middle of an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery with no way home. But who better to take on the case than someone whose entire profession relies on an obsession with all things mysterious and macabre? Though some of her fellow guests may consider her an interfering new media hack, Liza knows a thing or two about crime and—despite Hanna's preference for waiting out the chaos behind a...
The Life We Almost Had
Author(s): Amelia Henley
This is not a typical love story, but it's our love story. Anna wasn't looking for love when Adam swept her off her feet but there was no denying their connection, and she believed they would be together forever. Years later, cracks have appeared in their relationship. Anna is questioning whether their love can really be eternal when a cruel twist of fate delivers a crushing blow, and Anna and Adam are completely lost to one another. Now, Anna needs Adam more than ever, but the way back to him has life-changing consequences. Is a second chance at first love really worth the sacrifice? Anna needs to decide and time is running out... A beautiful and emotional love story that asks, how far would you go for a second chance at first love? Perfect for fans of The Man Who Didn't Call and Miss You.
Space Marine
Author(s): Ian Watson
Three young Imperial Fists, newly recruited to the Chapter, go from their formative years in the underhive gangs of Necromunda, through their trials and being chosen by the Chapter, to fighting as part of the renowned First Company on a mission into the depths of a tyranids hive ship.
The Golden Cage: A novel
Author(s): Camilla Läckberg
A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of 2020"Läckberg outdoes herself with this delectable tale of revenge... Sexy... exquisite... scorching." —Publishers Weekly, starredAn exhilarating new novel from a global superstar—a sexy, over-the-top psychological thriller that tells the story of the scorned wife of a billionaire and her delicious plot to get her revenge and bring him to his knees.Faye has loved Jack since they were students at business school. Jack, the perpetual golden boy, grew up wealthy, unlike Faye, who has worked hard to bury a dark past. When Jack needs help launching a new company, Faye leaves school to support him, waitressing by day and working as his strategist by night. With the business soaring, Faye and Jack have a baby, and Faye finds herself at home, caring for their daughter, wealthier than she ever imagined, but more and more removed from the...
Beauty In Death
Author(s): D E Dennis
Beauty Cadal wasn't kind or funny or generous, but what she lacked in personality, she more than made up for in well… beauty.During her twenty-first birthday party, the lovely Beauty takes a tumble down the stairs and falls into a coma. Foul play is suspected, but what could be a better alibi than dancing in plain view of a party full of people?Michael and Monica are tasked with finding this crafty suspect and figuring out how they managed to be in two places at once. Somewhere among a Spindle, ditzy servants, and old grudges: will Michael discover the key to who put Beauty into a long sleep?
What Abigail Did That Summer
Author(s): Ben Aaronovitch
The brand new novella in the much-loved and #1 bestselling Rivers of London series! Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker.It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake. While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks chasing unicorns, Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged, the teens return home - unharmed but vague about where they've been.Aided only by her new friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real, and a posse of talking foxes that think they're spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and more importantly - why?
Bended Love
Author(s): Kat Caldwell
Can love mend what life has broken? In small town Kentucky, Scarlett has spent the last five years caring for her nephew, Ben, while trying to grow her baking business. Life has never been easy for Scarlett, but it takes a complicated turn when she loses her biggest client and gets behind on her rent. And to make things worse, Scarlett's sister goes missing at the same time Ben's estranged father suddenly demands custody, leaving Scarlett to find a way to keep Ben. As she tries to keep her life from falling apart, Scarlett crosses paths with Tristen, a musician struggling to revive his career while embroiled in a paternity suit with a girlfriend he hasn't seen in years. Sparks fly immediately, but Tristen is planning to leave town and needs to focus on his career. It wouldn't be fair to get involved with Scarlett. And yet, he can't stop thinking about her... Will love be the key ingredient to overcoming their obstacles, or will the...
Holy Sister
Author(s): Mark Lawrence
The searing conclusion of the thrilling epic fantasy trilogy that saw a young girl trained by an arcane order of nuns grow into the fiercest of warriors...They came against her as a child. Now they face the woman. The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl in the east and the Durns in the west. Everywhere, the emperor's armies are in retreat. Nona Grey faces the final challenges that must be overcome if she is to become a full sister in the order of her choice. But it seems unlikely that she and her friends will have time to earn a nun's habit before war is on their doorstep. Even a warrior like Nona cannot hope to turn the tide of war.The shiphearts offer strength that she might use to protect those she loves, but it's a power that corrupts. A final battle is coming in which she will be torn between friends, unable to save them all. A battle in which her own demons will try to unmake her. A...
Game Changer
Author(s): Abbi Glines
The sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Field Party series—a Southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks—from USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines.Ezmita Ramos has always had big plans for her future, ones that would take her far outside the Lawton city limits. But with overprotective parents who control every part of her life, she's worried that these dreams will never become reality. There's nothing Asa Griffith wants more than to leave Lawton. It's his senior year and he's all set to attend Ole Miss in the fall, but a part of him also worries about what will happen if he leaves his mom living alone with his abusive father. After a huge fight with his father that escalates to violence, Asa is forced out of the house in the middle of the night with nowhere to go. When Asa and Ezmita cross paths that night, neither of them is in the mood to socialize. But they also feel this undeniable...
Sherlock Sam and the Fiendish Heist in London
Author(s): A.J. Low
In a sudden turn of events, the Fiendish Mastermind calls the Supper Club to London to solve the mystery of a new criminal genius who is even more fiendish than he ever was! Sherlock Sam, Watson and the Supper Club have to race against the clock to discover the brains behind the crimes that have left the London police baffled. The thrills and restaurants of London will have to take a backseat as Sherlock Sam and gang come head-to-head with their most devious adversary yet!
Time to Go
Author(s): Unknown
One last case, and the stakes have never been higher...Caelan Small is leading a quiet life, lying low and off the force until her old boss calls. A woman is in trouble, threatened with kidnap or worse. Back in the Met, she goes undercover with the vicious dealer Mulligan, entering a dark underworld of drugs, scammers and thieves. Nobody can be trusted. As Caelan gets drawn into the investigation, she starts to uncover a shocking trade in human flesh. Tensions reach boiling point and the search becomes increasingly desperate. But something is wrong. Information, their most priceless asset, is leaking. If Caelan isn't careful, she won't survive.Searingly intense and utterly gripping, Time to Go is a triumph, perfect for fans of Line of Duty, Angela Marsons and Robert Bryndza.
Complete Short Fiction
Author(s): Paul J. McAuley
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Priestess Itfut
Author(s): Vadim Zeland
Everyone's watching Tufti. Everyone's reading Tufti. Everyone's talking about Tufti. Some shout, "We can't stand Tufti!" Others shout, "We want Tufti!" So who is she Priestess Itfut, who goes by the second name Tufti? Tufti is not a made up character. She used to exist and in some sense she still does. This book describes the amazing adventures of the priestess and her friends in metareality. What happens there is not entirely fi ction. Truth be told, it is not fi ction at all. The reader will have to decide for themselves how much of it they wish to believe. This book does not promise a magic wand and you will not absorb the superpowers of its fabulous characters by reading it, but you can take Tufti's techniques away with you, as many others have done already. Author web: https: //zelands.com
The Straw Hat Murders
Author(s): Harry Stephen Keeler
It's tough being being Chief of Homicide when there have been four murders of piano students—all in the same studio apartment! So Huntoon Cambourne knows his job is on the line as he tries to prevent a fifth murder. He's not lacking for clues because there is a cheap straw hat found at the scene of all four murders. And then there's the matter of the killer leaving a $20 gold piece in the alms bucket of a deaf and blind mendicant down on the street near the apartment house. But how does the murderer get into the death room when the only opening is a trapdoor that's only reachable by a dangerous 7-foot leap?
Smarty Pants
Author(s): Eve Morton
Katerine "Kit" Tanner has survived a year without her mother. With her sister, Rae's help, she tries to move on with her life. She goes back to school; she moves into a new apartment building; and she meets a fantastic woman named Hailee Quinn who is part of a queer improv group on campus. When Hailee invites Kit along for some fast laughs, it should be an easy decision to change her life and open her heart again.The problem? Hailee is a bit too much for Kit. Tall, loud, and smart as a whip, Hailee Quinn has is a smarty pants extraordinaire — but she comes by it honestly. A childhood stutter, plus her bisexuality, means she spends a lot of time feeling erased. Now she's determined to not let that happen ever again.Can both of these strong, hard-headed women put their past behind them and fall in love? Or will they only be able to share jokes — and bad ones, at that — while their friends' lives bloom around them?
The Marsh House
Author(s): Zoe Somerville
The haunting second novel from the author of The Night of the Flood. Two women, separated by decades, are drawn together by one, mysterious house on the North Norfolk coast.'Part ghost story, part thriller, I loved it' Louise Hare, author of This Lovely CityDecember, 1962. Desperate to create a happy Christmas for her young daughter, Franny, after a disastrous year, Malorie rents a remote house on the Norfolk coast. But once there, the strained silence between them feels louder than ever. As Malorie digs for decorations in the attic, she comes across the notebooks of the teenaged Rosemary, who lived in the house thirty years before. Trapped inside by a blizzard, and with long days and nights ahead of her, Malorie begins to read. Though she knows she needs to focus on the present, she finds herself inexorably drawn into the past...July, 1931. Rosemary lives in the Marsh House with her austere father, surrounded by unspoken truths and rumours. So when the glamorous Lafferty family...
Dear Greta
Author(s): Yvette Poshoglian
This was meant to be Alice's year to shine, but things are already going wrong...At school, she's given young environmental activist Greta Thunberg as her pen pal for a fictional writing assignment. Why couldn't Alice get someone easy to write to, like a pop star?Then she's put in charge of taking the Harmony Day Food Fair online, which seems impossible, especially when she is teamed up with the most annoying boy in her school.As if she didn't have enough on her plate, Alice gets kicked out of her bedroom by her grandmother coming to stay. And no matter what Alice does, she'll never be able to live up to her infuriating big sister's achievements, right?Through her letters to Greta, Alice finds herself opening up about her life. And as Alice approaches the hard questions by wondering, 'What would Greta do?', she starts to believe that she can make a difference - a big one.
Plan for the Worst
Author(s): Jodi Taylor
The eleventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series. If you love Jasper Fforde, Ben Aaronovitch or Doctor Who, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.I would have trusted this man with my life. Until a couple of days ago, anyway.You know what they say - hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Max is quite accustomed to everything going wrong. She's St Mary's, after all - disaster is her default state. Not. A. Problem.And then, after one fateful night at the Tower of London in 1483, everything she thought she knew for sure comes crashing down around her. Too late for plans. The worst has happened. And who can Max trust now? Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me''A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of...
Everything is Worth Killing: A LitRPG Series (Second Edition)
Author(s): Alex Oakchest
All the Dirty Secrets
Author(s): Marian Lanouette
It's a shocking blast from the past when homicide detective Jake Carrington finds himself investigating the last woman he'd suspect of murder . . . Recovering from a stab wound to the gut, and dealing with the news that his sister's killer might beat the system, Lieutenant Jake Carrington needs some downtime. But that's cut short by a very sensitive case: the murder of the police commisioner's wife. The crime scene—a dive hotel, complete with provocative, incriminating photos—suggests the victim was having an affair. But Jake finds that hard to believe—as hard to believe as the #1 suspect . . . Jake hasn't seen his highschool sweetheart, Melinda Mastrianni, since the day his sister, Eva, died. He'd turned down Eva's request for a ride so he could go see Melinda, and the guilt has never left him. Now Melinda's a local photographer, mostly shooting weddings and graduations. Definitely not the kind of pics that led him to her...
Weddings in Orchard Valley
Author(s): Debbie Macomber
When their father suffers a heart attack, the Bloomfield sisters rush home to Orchard Valley, Oregon. But surprises are waiting for them there!Valerie The last thing Valerie expects at a time like this is to fall in love—and with a man like Colby Winston. As a city businesswoman, she wants a different life than the small-town surgeon does, and she feels like his complete opposite. So Valerie can't understand why she's so attracted to him—or why her father keeps insisting that she and Colby make a perfect couple. Does her father know something she doesn't?Stephanie Fortunately, by the time Steffie arrives in Orchard Valley, her father has already begun to recover. But Steffie has other worries, too. She fled her small hometown years earlier because of a humiliating rejection by the man she loved, local journalist Charles Tomaselli. She knows she can't avoid seeing him again, and it's not long before Steffie and Charles...
The Golden Fleece
Author(s): Robert Graves
In order to reclaim his father's kingdom, Jason has been sent on an impossible mission - to take the golden ram's fleece that lies far away, guarded by a dragon. Jason, who is so attractive that women fall instantly in love with him, sets sail in the Argo, along with the greatest heroes of ancient Greece, including the surly (and often drunk) Hercules, the enchanting musician Orpheus and the battling twins Castor and Pollux. As they battle clashing rocks, monsters and seductresses, watched over by pitiless gods, they will learn that victory comes at a price. In The Golden Fleece Robert Graves transforms Greek myth into a thrilling and richly imagined story, bringing the ancient world vividly alive.
The Best American Poetry 2023
Author(s): David Lehman, Elaine Equi
Award-winning poet Elaine Equi selects the poems for the 2023 edition of The Best American Poetry, "a 'best' anthology that really lives up to its title" (Chicago Tribune).Since its debut in 1988, The Best American Poetry series has been "one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world" (Academy of American Poets). Each volume presents some of the year's most striking and innovative poems, with comments from the poets themselves offering insight into their work. For The Best American Poetry 2023 guest editor Elaine Equi, whose own work is "deft, delicate [and] subversive" (August Kleinzahler), has made astute choices representing contemporary poetry at its most dynamic. The result is an exceptionally coherent vision of American poetry today. Including valuable introductory essays contributed by the series and guest editors, the 2023 volume is sure to capture the attention of both Best American Poetry...
News from Nowhere
Author(s): William Morris
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. In this society there is no private property, no big cities, no authority, no monetary system, no divorce, no courts, no prisons, and no class systems. This agrarian society functions simply because the people find pleasure in nature, and therefore they find pleasure in their work. The book explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people.
The Carpathian Interlude
Author(s): Adam Alexander Haviaras
3 gripping historical horror novellas that will throw you head-first into battle on the edge of the Roman Empire.**From Bestselling Historical Fantasy Author, Adam Alexander Haviaras**With this special box set you also get a glossary of Latin words, and a new, alternate ending, not available anywhere else!Only when fear is at its most intense can true heroism come into the light...For ages, an ancient evil has been harboured in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, an enemy of the god Mithras, Lord of Light.In A.D. 9, when three of the Emperor Augustus' legions are slaughtered in the forests of Germania, it becomes evident to a small group of experienced veterans that something more sinister than the rebellious German tribes is responsible for the massacre.It falls to Gaius Justus Vitalis and a few warriors favoured by Mithras to hunt down and destroy the forces of undead spurred on by this...
A Clash of Lions
Author(s): A.J. MacKenzie
A war on two fronts. A deadly threat from within. The new gripping medieval historical thriller from expert historians and authors A.J. Mackenzie1346: Sent back to England in the wake of the tremendous victory at Crécy, Simon Merrivale is at once caught up in a new emergency as a powerful Scottish army sweeps into northern England.Joining up with the Bishop of Durham, Lord Percy and their army mustering in the north, Merrivale discovers a new hotbed of treason, as merchants, landowners and soldiers on both sides of the border play off one side against the other.Uncovering foreign agents in the English camp, he realises the gravity of what is about to unfold. As the Scottish army continues its relentless march, Simon will have to use all his wit and guile to uncover a spy operation so powerful that no throne in Europe is safe...Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, S.J. Parris and Matthew Harffy, this is an exceptional...
The Secret of Lillian Velvet
Author(s): Jaclyn Moriarty
Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognize). And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around all. Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what is her secret?Only Jaclyn Moriarty has the ability to make readers laugh, even while they grip the sides of their chairs in suspense. In THE SECRET OF LILLIAN VELVET she is at the height of her storytelling powers, spinning, spinning, spinning seemingly disparate elements until all is revealed as one delicious, tantalizing whole.
The War for Rynn's World - Steve Parker & Mike Lee
Author(s): Warhammer 40k
This is the dramatic story of the defining moment in the story of the Crimson Fists Chapter: orks versus Space Marines action at its brutal best. When the ork hordes of the warlord Snagrod, Arch Arsonist of Charadon, lay waste to the planet of Badlanding and devastate the Crimson Fists force sent to stop them, Chapter Master Kantor is forced into a desperate defence of the Fists home planet, Rynn's World. But tragedy strikes. An errant missile destroys the Space Marines' fortress-monastery, killing most of their number outright. With a handful of battered survivors in tow, Kantor must cross a continent to reunite with his Second Company if he is to have any hope of defeating Snagrod's orks and preventing his Chapter's total annihilation. This hardback contains Rynn's World by Steve Parker and Traitor's Gorge by Mike Lee. The book also includes the short stories Culling the Horde and Pedro Kantor: The Vengeful Fist by Steve Parker and The Few by Mike Lee, as well as a colour section featuring maps and artwork.
Falls Ende - Quintus
Author(s): Paul W. Feenstra
Book 5 in the Falls Ende series
The Sword of Knowledge
Author(s): C. J. Cherryh; Mercedes Lackey; Nancy Asire; Leslie Fish
Silent Kill
Author(s): Jane Casey
From award-winning author Jane Casey comes a gripping new detective novella set in the world of Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent. A murder in broad daylight...A teenage girl is killed on a London bus. The case should be simple. The bus was full of witnesses, and there are cameras everywhere. A hunt for a killer...But the more DC Georgia Shaw and her colleagues Maeve Kerrigan and Josh Derwent delve into the crime, the more elusive the answers become. A case that spirals out of control...It seems impossible that no one saw anything, but soon the leads run cold. Will they uncover what really happened, or will the killer get away with murder? For fans of the Maeve Kerrigan series, this is a story with a difference. Told from Georgia's point of view, we see Maeve and Josh from the outside...like you've never seen them before.
Submitting to the Rancher: Cowboy Doms - Book One
Author(s): Wane, BJ
Brokken Redeemed
Author(s): Abagail Eldan
Old habits never die—not without a fight.Chance Hale, a sharpshooter in the Civil War, vows to never us a rifle again. But if a man won't fight for what's right, how honorable is he?Deborah Brokken fears their love will die.Will their dreams withstand a trial by fire?
The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan: Volume 17
Author(s): Izushiro
A Dragon From the Desert
Author(s): William King
"The King of High Adventure," Starlog."Immediately convincing, classically brooding," Steve Tompkins, The Cimmerian.The biggest problem in fifteen year old Raif's life used to be finding lost goats. Now, apprenticed to a terrifying war wizard he is caught in the web of intrigue and assassination surrounding the heir to his home kingdom. And if that was not enough he becomes foster parent to an orphaned dragon. He must do his best to make sure he and his new friend survive the dangers of the deadly world in which they find themselves.ABOUT THE AUTHORWilliam King lives in Prague, Czech Republic with his lovely wife Radka and his sons Dan and William Karel. He has been a professional author and games developer for over a quarter of a century. He is the creator of Gotrek and Felix for Black Library. He is also the author of the World of Warcraft novel Illidan. Over a million of his books are in print in English.He has been...
Texas Men
Author(s): Delilah Devlin
Welcome to Honkeytonk, the hottest town in Texas--thanks to its adventurous women, irresistible men, and sizzling sex. . . Bound and Determined Bar owner Tara Toomey is in the mood to serve bad boy Cody Westhofen more than a drink. What better way to capture his attention--and more--than to kidnap him for a wanton weekend? Tied to Tara's bed, Cody is more than willing to cooperate. . . Breezy Ridin' When Joe Chavez and a sheriff's deputy pull over a speeding motorcycle, it's no surprise the county judge's naughty daughter Sarah Michelson is behind the wheel--naked. And when she bribes them with a threesome, all laws are suspended as the men prepare for the ride of their lives. . . Night Watch Schoolteacher Amy Keating never planned to be a voyeur, but one innocent glance into deputy Logan Ross's bedroom window has her hooked. Now she's into a world of sexual play she never knew...
Lost Souls
Author(s): Hwang Sunwon
These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War. Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's Kawabata Yasunari. Modernist narratives set in the metropolises of Tokyo and Pyongyang alternate with starkly realistic portraits of rural life. Surrealist tales suggest the unsettling sensation of colonial domination, while stories of the outcast embody the thrill and terror of independence and survival in a land dominated by tradition and devastated by war. Written during the chaos of 1945, "Booze" recounts a fight between Koreans for control of a former Japanese-owned distillery. "Toad" relates the suffering created by hundreds of thousands of returning refugees, and stories from the 1950s confront the catastrophes of the Korean War and the problematic desire for autonomy. Visceral and versatile, Lost Souls is a classic work on the possibilities of transition that showcases the innovation and craftsmanship of a consummate—and widely celebrated—storyteller. **
Hardwiring Happiness
Author(s): Rick Hanson, PhD
With New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day. Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, irritated, and stressed, instead of confident, secure, and happy. But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Rick Hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism. Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love,...
Emma's Quest
Author(s): Heidi Harris
This week is my birthday. I will finally be 17-years-old. That doesn't mean a lot to most people, but for the first time in my life, I will finally be able to date. Little does Emma know that she is about to meet her soulmate, develop story powers, and so much more. Come join Emma on the adventure of a lifetime.
Died Blonde
Author(s): Nancy J. Cohen
There's no love lost between Marla and Carolyn Sutton. Carolyn has never forgiven Marla for leaving Hairstyle Heaven to open her own place, especially since Marla's clientele grew as Carolyn's faded away. Carolyn retaliated by relocating near Marla, but couldn't put the highlights back in the balance sheet. Still, it's a nasty shock when Marla enters the meter room behind the shopping center that houses both salons and tumbles over her rival's body. Carolyn's neck is broken and a hank of her hair is missing. Marla's powerful curiosity would have been enough to send her snooping for clues, but when Detective Dalton Vail, her very significant other, actually asks her for help, nothing can hold her back. Her quest becomes even more personal when Wilda Cleaver, Carolyn's trusted psychic and new owner of her salon, insists that Carolyn's spirit is begging Marla to solve her murder. Adding a dose of blackmail, Wilda warns that someone Marla loves is in great danger but won't give details until Marla cracks the case. Marla's got her work cut out for her-poor Carolyn was far from popular...and maybe even farther from honest. There's Carolyn's snubbed sister, Linda, who only inherited an unspecified, "valuable" collection that appears to be missing, the chiropractor whose shady dealings Carolyn had uncovered, and the immigration lawyer who apparently had been issuing suspicious visas for Hairstyle Heaven's French-born staff. Add to all this some surprising news from Detective Vail and a blossoming romance for Marla's mother, and Marla's well-coiffed head is soon spinning. It will take all her skill to untangle the snarl of suspects, trim the list down to unmask the murderer-and learn what's behind Wilda's eerie premonitions before someone Marla loves is next.ReviewNancy Cohen has penned another follicle-raising frolic with a wry twist of romance. -- P.J. Parrish, New York Times bestselling author of Dead of Winter and Island of Bones.This is a story that you won't want to put down...Highly recommended as a fun read. -- Mary Emmons, ReaderToReader.comFrom the Inside FlapNancy J. Cohen's Bad Hair Day mysteries shimmer with style and humor in the glow of the Florida sun. In her sixth hair-curling adventure, she lands stylist Marla Shore in the midst of a murder with shadowed motives and the very darkest of roots... There's no love lost between Marla and Carolyn Sutton. Carolyn has never forgiven Marla for leaving Hairstyle Heaven to open her own place, especially since Marla's clientele grew as Carolyn's faded away. Carolyn retaliated by relocating near Marla, but couldn't put the highlights back in her balance sheet. Still, it's a nasty shock when Marla enters the meter room behind the shopping center that houses both salons and stumbles over her rival's body. Carolyn's neck is broken, and a hank of her hair is missing. Marla's powerful curiosity would have been enough to send her snooping for clues, but when Detective Dalton Vail, her very significant other, actually asks for her help, nothing can hold her back. Her quest becomes even more personal when Wilda Cleaver, Carolyn's trusted psychic and new owner of her salon, insists that Carolyn's spirit is begging Marla to solve her murder. Adding a dose of blackmail, Wilda warns that someone Marla loves is in great danger, but she won't give details until Marla cracks the case. Marla's got her work cut out for her--poor Carolyn was far from popular...and maybe even farther from honest. There's Carolyn's snubbed sister, Linda, who only inherited an unspecified, valuable "collection" that appears to be missing, the chiropractor whose shady dealings Carolyn had uncovered, and the immigration lawyer who apparently had been issuing suspicious visas for Hairstyle Heaven's French-born staff. Add to all this some surprising news from Detective Vail and a blossoming romance for Marla's mother, and Marla's well-coiffed head is soon spinning. It will take all her skill to untangle the snarl of suspects, trim the list down to unmask the murderer--and learn what's behind Wilda's eerie premonitions before someone Marla loves is next.
Fins
Author(s): Randy Wayne White
From the bestselling author of the Doc Ford series for adults, comes a high-stakes, masterfully plotted story of courage, friendship... and sharks!The world's shark population is in trouble for a sad, simple reason: shark fin soup. And although it's illegal, poachers have been targeting Florida's biannual migration of blacktip sharks. Marine biologist Doc Ford needs some assistance protecting the sharks and enlists the help of three kids—Luke, Marta and Sabina. Luke is brand-new to Florida from the Midwest; sisters Marta and Sabina have only recently arrived from Cuba—and all three feel like fish out of water. It's going to take some convincing for them to work as a team and to recognize in themselves the courage, wisdom and tenacity that Doc sees in them.Together they form Sharks, Inc. and are given an important assignment: to set out each day on their small fishing boat in hopes of tagging sharks for Doc's research—and to stay...
Savage Prince: A Dark Shifter Romance (Lost Moon University Book 3)
Author(s): Bella Jacobs
Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!
Author(s): Patrick F. McManus
Bestsellers by America's favorite humorist:A Fine And Pleasant MiseryThey Shoot Canoes, Don't They?Never Sniff A Gift FishThe Grasshopper TrapRubber Legs And White Tail-hairsThe Night The Bear Ate GoombawWhatchagot Stew (with Patricia "The Troll" McManus Gass)Real Ponies Don't Go Oink!The Good Samaritan Strikes AgainHow I Got This WayThese titles are available from Henry Holt and Company.
Notes from Home
Author(s): Dirk Greyson
While deployed on a covert mercenary assignment, Johnny doesn’t have much in the way of holiday cheer. But the mysterious notes from Dex that somehow appear in his bunk—reminding him of the gifts, cookies, celebrations, and most of all, love, waiting for him back in Wisconsin—help him get through the long, hot days. Will they be enough to keep his spirits up when the rest of his unit goes home to their families and he’s left alone?
D&D - Forgotten Realms - Erevis Cale 00.SS
Author(s): Another Name for Dawn # Paul S. Kemp
Shifting Truths (Sanmere Shifters Book 4)
Author(s): Lola Gabriel
Rachel wants nothing more than to hide her baby away from Bastian. However, Bastian might be the only one who can save them.When Rachel is captured and turned into a bear against her will, she believes all bears are evil and vows to have nothing to do with them. She has no interest in exploring her bear side, and she tries to live a normal human life. She writes off love—for how can she have a relationship when she has such a terrible secret?When she meets Bastian and learns he is from out of town, she allows herself to have a one-night stand with him. Months later, pregnant and terrified, Rachel discovers that Bastian is the alpha bear who was behind her original capture and she flees.Bastian learns he might have a child, a child who would be the heir to his pack, and he vows to find Rachel and his baby. He is prepared to fight for what is his. What he isn’t prepared for is the rush of love he feels when he sees the baby and Rachel.Can Bastian convince Rachel that not all bears are evil? Will Rachel ever learn to trust Bastian?
A Catered St. Patrick's Day
Author(s): Isis Crawford
Gastronomical dream team Bernie and Libby Simmons wade into a Celtic knot of malice and mayhem when a St. Patrick's celebration goes terribly wrong. . .To most of the people of little Longely, New York, St. Paddy's Day means good food, great music, and plenty of Guinness. But when the lifeless body of Mike Sweeney floats to the top of a vat of green beer, it looks like the luck o' the Irish has just run out. Unfortunately for the Simmons sisters, the number one suspect is related to one of their very best catering customers, the pampered and powerful Bree Nottingham. When Bree visits A Little Taste of Heaven to beseech them to clear her nephew's name, they just can't say no. But the more information Bernie and Libby stir up, the more Duncan Nottingham looks like a killer. Known for his hot temper and love of the drink, Duncan and the deceased were both part of the Corned Beef and Cabbage Club, a group with more buried history than the Emerald Isle. And each member--especially Duncan--had a motive to sing Sweeney his last Irish lullaby. A motive they don't want anyone revealing. For Bernie and Libby, the situation is deadly and in danger of boiling over. And they can't count on good old Saint Pat to drive out the snake in their midst. . .they'll have to do it themselves, before a murderer strikes again. Includes Original Recipes for You to Try!
Timecaster
Author(s): Joe Kimball
Chicago, 2064: Talon Avalon is a timecaster-one of a select few peace officers who can operate a TEV, the Tachyon Emission Visualizer, which records events (most specifically, crimes) that have already happened. With crime at an all-time low, Talon has little to do except give lectures to school kids and obsess on his wife's profession as a licensed sex partner. Until one of her clients asks Talon to investigate a possible murder. When Talon uses the TEV to view the crime, the identity of the killer is unmistakable-it's him, Talon Avalon.
In the Valley of the Shadow
Author(s): In the Valley of the Shadow (pdf)
Everything I Have Is Yours
Author(s): Eleanor Henderson
A turbulent romance meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author's twenty-year marriage defined by her husband's chronic illness—and a testament to the endurance of love. Eleanor met Aaron when she was just a teenager and he was working at a local record store—older, cool, experienced, and with an electric personality. Escaping the clichés of fleeting young love, their summer romance bloomed into a relationship that survived college and culminated in a marriage and two children. From the outside looking in, their life had all the trappings of what most would consider a success story. But, as in any marriage, things weren't always as they seemed. On top of the typical stresses of parenting, money, and work, there were Aaron's untended wounds of depression, addiction, and family trauma. Then, when burning lesions appeared on his body overnight, Eleanor was as baffled as his doctors. There seemed to be no obvious diagnosis, let alone a...
Jeeves in the Springtime
Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
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Author(s): Fiona Murphy
Any minute I'm going to wake up from this nightmare. Being tied up and thrown in the trunk of a car doesn't happen in real life. Except the silk tie around my wrists feels very real. And my father, Johnny Conti, the head of the Outfit, is telling me to be a good girl—that I'm to be the wife of the man who tied me up and has me over his wide shoulder. Some women might swoon over gorgeous Dominic Sabatini with his blue eyes, dimples, and muscled body in a silk suit. Not me. Those are just distractions from who, what he really is: a ruthless killer with blood on his hands and ice in his veins.There is no way Dominic could actually want to marry me. A virgin, curvy, buried in an all-girls Catholic boarding school for most of my life and seventeen years younger than him. He's marrying so far beneath him it's absurd. No to all of it. Tomorrow I'm going to marry the man of my dreams, a nice, kind accountant. I'm going to have the safe, boring...
The Highlander's Defiant Captive
Author(s): Anna Campbell
Peace in the glens means war in the bedchamber!Scotland. 1699. In a time of heroes, the greatest hero of all is Callum Mackinnon, Laird of Achnasheen. Brave, reckless, canny, and handsome enough to turn any lassie weak at the knees, Callum is a legend in the wild corner of the Highlands where he rules. Now the young laird is determined to choose a new path for his clan and end the violent feud with the Drummonds, a conflict that has painted the glens red with blood for centuries. This means taking Bonny Mhairi Drummond, the Rose of Bruard, as his wife. When negotiations with her pig-headed father break down, Callum seizes matters into his own hands and kidnaps the fairest maiden in Scotland, swearing to make her his own.Bonny Mhairi is the adored only child of Clan Drummond's doughty chieftain and she's inherited all her father's courage and stubbornness. Not to mention his undying hatred for anyone called Mackinnon. When the Mackinnon chieftain steals her away from...
Rising Up: A YA Dystopian Sci-Fi Series (Tranquility Series Book 1)
Author(s): Tanya Ross
Incubus Blues: A Paranormal Rockstar Romance (The Raven Shakes Novels Book 1)
Author(s): Rekelle Lexington
Vibes & Feels: Falling for your enemy never felt so good. (Unlikely Pairings Book 2)
Author(s): Sarah Skye, Sarah Smith, Skye McDonald
Milford Coal & Ice (Gwendolyn Strong Small Town Cozy Mystery Series Book 2)
Author(s): J A Hoda
Killer Kung Pao
Author(s): Vivien Chien
Vivien Chen's Lana Lee returns for Killer Kung Pao, another delectable cozy set in a Chinese restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio!Lana Lee is feeling stressed. Between updating her family's Chinese restaurant, the Ho-Lee Noodle House, orchestrating a weekend long sidewalk sale for her restaurant and the other businesses in the Asia Village, and lending a sympathetic ear to just about everyone in her orbit, she's beat. Unfortunately, things are about to get even crazier for poor, overworked Lana.June Yi, co-owner of Yi's Tea and Bakery, has never been known for having a good-natured disposition, and those that deal with her tend never to cross her. But she meets her match when she rear-ends mahjong player Mildred Mao in the parking lot of Asia Village. Mildred is not only as nasty as June, but she also happens to be a little sue-crazy. When June refuses to pay up just the way Meredith demands, she threatens her with a lawsuit that could end up jeopardizing...
Dangerously Broken (Aegis Group Lepta Team Book 4)
Author(s): Sidney Bristol
Stay tuned for an all-new Aegis Group Lepta Team book!Aegis Group Lepta Team: an Aegis Group spin-offDangerously TakenDangerously InvolvedDangerously DeceivedDangerously BrokenDangerously Entwined (2019)
The Dangerous Dozen
Author(s): S. Hussain Zaidi
Munna Jhingada, Farid Tanasha, Baba Reddy... hitmen and executioners all. Each with haunting tales to tell. The executioner has no remorse. He is the man who strikes the fear of his boss in everybody's heart. While he has no criminal empire of his own, his barbaric bio-sketch could fill several police case diaries. Those who live by the bullet die by the bullet – almost every last one of them. But in their short reign of terror, they leave a trail of devastation in their wake. In this no-holds-barred book, India's No. 1 crime writer, S. Hussain Zaidi, backed by years of behind-the-scenes work, provides an insight into the lives of twelve of the most vicious and fearless hitmen of Mumbai, giving readers a first-hand insight into what fuels the men behind some of the bloodiest battles and showdowns in the city.
I Know You Lied: An absolutely addictive and shocking psychological thriller
Author(s): Lesley Sanderson
Salamandastron
Author(s): Brian Jacques
As Redwall slumbers in the summer sun, it is unaware that the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron lies besieged by the weasel army of Ferahgo the Assassin, and that the deadly Dryditch fever is creeping towards the Abbey. But the sword of Martin the Warrior sends Samkin and Arula from Redwall over forest, swamp and great waters to try and save Salamandastron from being turned into a centre of evil power. . . . .
The Caxton Manor Murders : Book 1 Alexander Wolfe Series (The Alexander Wolfe Series)
Author(s): Swift, Matilda, Baugh MENUHIN, Karen
Unforgivable
Author(s): Mike Thomas
A dark slice of Cardiff crime for fans of TONY PARSONS, JAMES OSWALD and LUCA VESTE. There isn't always a welcome in the valleys . . .Bombs detonate in a busy souk, causing massive devastation. An explosion rips apart a mosque, killing and injuring those inside. But this isn't the Middle East - this is Cardiff . . . In a city where tensions are already running high, DC Will MacReady and his colleagues begin the desperate hunt for the attacker. If they knew the 'why', then surely they can find the 'who'? But that isn't so easy, and time is fast running out . . . MacReady is still trying to prove himself after the horrific events of the previous year, which left his sergeant injured and his job in jeopardy, so he feels sidelined when he's asked to investigate a vicious knife attack on a young woman. But all is not as it seems with his new case, and soon MacReady must put everything...
An Agent for Anna (The Pinkerton Matchmaker Book 13)
Author(s): Amelia C. Adams
Survival Lessons
Author(s): Alice Hoffman
The New York Times–bestselling author and cancer survivor tells how to hold on to joy in times of sorrow in this "absolutely beautiful book" (Sue Monk Kidd). The prize-winning author of such modern literary classics as Practical Magic, The World That We Knew, and The Marriage of Opposites, Alice Hoffman is also a cancer survivor. In Survival Lessons, she shares her transformative journey, showing us how to re-envision our own lives and relationships with our friends and family, and the significance of the everyday choices we make. Sorrow and joy are both part of the human experience, and the beauty of the world is easy to overlook during periods of crisis, illness, or loss. Here, Hoffman offers wit, wisdom, and comfort in "an optimistic instruction manual [for] anyone struggling with self-care in a time of trouble" (Story Circle Book Reviews). "In this gem of a book, Alice Hoffman...
The Skull of Sidon
Author(s): Brendan Carroll
The Grand Master of the Red Cross of Gold fails miserably in his attempt to 'set things right' by indulging in a bit of time travel. He is saved from a terrible fate by his beloved Meredith, but her magick awakens an even greater power in the Abyss that would have been better left sleeping. The Chevalier du Morte returns home defeated, but his troubles increase disproportionately when he returns with 'baggage'. Things begin to fall apart between Mark and Meredith just when things should have been looking up and the Knight of the Golden Eagle finds himself again thrown into the mix when Meredith pushes both Simon of Grenoble and Mark Ramsay out of her life perhaps forever.
The Other Side of Luck
Author(s): Ginger Johnson
Perfect for fans of Adam Gidwitz's The Inquisitor's Tale, this lyrical middle-grade fantasy follows two children from opposite circumstances as their fates cross and change both their lives forever.Ever since her mother's death, Princess Una has suffered through years of loneliness in the royal palace, where girls are treated as an afterthought. She yearns for a different life but is unsure how to make anyone notice her. Then her father announces a special contest: Whoever finds the rare Silva Flower can present it to Una for her twelfth birthday and receive a reward. Frustrated by her father's grand but empty gesture, Una decides to take her fate into her own hands.Julien, a young pauper, has tried his whole life to make something of nothing, alongside his hardworking Baba. When Baba is arrested by terrifying debt collectors, Julien's only hope to save his father is to win the palace contest—to find the elusive Silva Flower. Little does he know that...
The Darkest Note: Dark High School Bully Romance
Author(s): Nelia Alarcon
The Brotherhood of Dwarves: Book 01 - The Brotherhood of Dwarves
Author(s): D.A. Adams
The Bloodstone Rebellion
Author(s): Thomas K. Carpenter
A Tournament of Champions has brought the realms' greatest warriors to the city of sorcery. The prizes include ultra-rare faez crystals which could turn an average combatant into an exemplar of physical prowess. For Pandora, the tournament is a chance to get close to her grandfather and end his hold on the Undercity. Disguised as the Lady Saha, a minor noble from the maetrie realm, she joins the tournament with her bodyservant, Kuma. They must defeat countless warriors in an ever-changing arena while formulating a plan that can take down Dominion Thule. Their task takes on new urgency when they learn Dominion came to the Undercity, not just for the faez crystals and control over the clans, but for ancient artifacts that threaten the safety of the realms. If Pandora can't stop her grandfather, then more than Undercity will fall under Dominion's control.
The Captain and the Baker
Author(s): Catherine Curzon
FROM ROMANTIC NOVELIST AWARD FINALISTS, CATHERINE CURZON AND ELEANOR HARKSTEADBook seven in the Captivating Captains seriesWhen a hot-tempered TV chef and a mild-mannered baker meet on the rugged Cornish coast, they've got the perfect ingredients for a red-hot snack.Sweary and stressed celebrity chef Jake Brantham is the captain of several floating restaurants. When he's sent to the idyllic village of Porthavel to turn a pirate ship into the next gastronomic sensation, it's the last place on earth he wants to be.Locryn Trevorrow is the bakery king of Cornwall. From the humble pasty to a wedding cake fit for a mermaid queen, there's nothing he doesn't know about the art of baking. He lives in a cosy world of gingham and ganache, but at night he goes home to his smugglers' cottage alone.When he's adopted by a lost kitten, Jake soon discovers that there's more to Portavel than cream teas, lobster pots, and the annoyingly...
The Fox Assassin: League of Supernatural Assassins
Author(s): A.R. Summers
The Alien's Snack: A SciFi Alien Romance (Alien Snack Searcher Book 2)
Author(s): Alina Riley
The Den
Author(s): Keith Gray
Marshall feels the need to escape because things are so tough at home. Rory is just happy it's the first day of the summer holidays. While out on their bikes they stumble across a long-forgotten underground bunker at the edge of the woods. This is the den, and going down inside will stretch their friendship to its limits. There will be rivalry and betrayal, but can wrecked relationships be saved before the summer has even begun?
Sipping Wine & Fishing for Bodies: An Abigail Stone Cozy Mystery
Author(s): Peyton Stone
Keep Calm and Carry On, Children
Author(s): Sharon K Mayhew
Eleven-year-old Joyce and her little sister hide in their bomb shelter during the German Blitz on London, during World War II. After nights of bombing, it’s decided that they’ll join the over 800,000 children who’ve already been evacuated during Operation Pied Piper. They board a train not knowing where they’re going or who will take them in. The long, crowded train ride is less than pleasant. Thankfully they make two allies, Sam and Molly. Upon arriving in Leek, the evacuees are herded off the train and paraded down the street like sheep. Joyce and her sister are terrified they won’t be chosen. Eventually, a family welcomes them. As they adjust to all the changes, they find the people of Leek aren’t so accepting to all the evacuees. Sam’s host is dark and abusive. As the girls help plan his escape, they discover this sleepy little community holds a dark secret...
Kingdom of Keys and Curses
Author(s): Tayla Jean Grossberg
THE ETERNITY THRONE TRILOGY (#1) Manipulative. Deceptive. Predatory. The Fata are all these things. Zoey should have known better than to wander into their magical world. After being cursed, Zoey is forced to stay in the Everwhite Kingdom, among the Fata, in peril. In a desperate attempt to earn their respect, and have one wish granted, she volunteers to complete the three Worthy Trials. But is Zoey in over her head? Even under the protection of Prince Caynin, she fears his best friend, Rane, will kill her. Despite Prince Dagan's charm, she doesn't trust him, and Ruler Tarragon scares her. And then there is the history of the Fata, which will chill even the most fearless hearts... In a kingdom where everyone is keeping secrets and has ulterior motives, the only person Zoey can trust is herself. But will that be enough to survive?
You’re Broom or Mine?: Magic and Mayhem Book 8
Author(s): Robyn Peterman
Secrets of Scarlett Hall Box Set: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Collection
Author(s): Jennifer Monroe
Wicked as Lies
Author(s): Shayla Black
He wants her...and he doesn't care that she's the enemy. Chase "Zyron" Garrett left a bloody stint with Uncle Sam for the personal security business. His employment agreement forbids hookups with co-workers, which isn't a problem—until Tessa Lawrence, the office secretary and single mom, is harassed by her vengeful ex-boyfriend. Zy is assigned to protect her, but the moment he meets the gorgeous blonde, those contractual restrictions tighten around him like a noose. Tessa Lawrence is alone in the world...except for her newborn baby, and she's determined to survive without a man. Then Zy walks through her door. Fiercely protective yet tender, he's everything she wants in a man, lover, and father for her daughter. But he's totally off-limits. If she falls, she'll be fired. When a teammate is captured and the enemy predicts their every move, it's clear they've got a mole. The bosses task Zy with discovering their traitor, and all clues...
Harbinger (Nova Online #3) - A LitRPG Series
Author(s): Alex Knight, Portal Books
The Fractured Void
Author(s): Tim Pratt
A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, in this epic space opera from the best-selling strategic boardgame, Twilight ImperiumCaptain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attacked, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who's developing revolutionary technology to create new wormholes. He just needs a few things to make it fully operational... and now, ordered to aid the scientist, the Temerarious is targeted by two rival black-ops teams intent on reacquiring Thales. Can Felix trust Thales? Or is this a conspiracy to tip the balance of power in the galaxy forever?
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jimbo, by Algernon Blackwood.
Author(s): Jimbo (html)
Heart Strike
Author(s): M. L. Buchman
Need to infiltrate a drug smuggler's operation, call Delta Force."Top 10 Romance of the Year!" – BooklistRichie—a genius about everything except women—takes point on the team's most dangerous mission yet.At his side, Melissa—who can spot everyone's motives but her own—must prove far more than her abilities as a woman who can fight with the best.And once they've gone undercover, the challenge will be to come out alive. Only together can they survive the lethal mission and the intense heat that fires between them."Buchman's most ambitiously fast‐paced, action‐packed story to date." – RT Book Reviews"With one of the best endings found in Buchman's books, two of the most engaging characters, and a dramatic aerial assault, this high-action romance has everything, and it's a one-sitting read for sure." – Booklist[Can be read stand-alone or in series. A complete...
Sequel to Murder: The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries
Author(s): Anthony Gilbert
Anthony Gilbert, the pseudonym of Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973), is remembered for the creation of Arthur Crook, who unlike aristocratic sleuths such as Lord Peter Wimsey and Albert Campion is earthy and occasionally (as editor John Cooper says) outrageously cheeky,with a sensitivity for the down-and-outers who are caught up in crime. Beginning in 1936, Gilbert wrote more than 50 novels featuring Arthur Crook, a London lawyer who spends as much time in pubs as in his office, and who goes to outlandish, and not always legal, lengths to clear his clients. Sequel to Murder includes all the Arthur Crook short cases, as well as a selection of Gilbert's other mystery stories. This is the thirty-ninth volume in Crippen & Landru's Lost Clasaic series -- previously uncollected detective and mystery stories by great writers of the past. **
Monster Orc Mate: A Paranormal Monster Romance (Orc Raiders Book 1)
Author(s): C. Y. Croc
Monstrous alien romance. Romantic suspense. Action and adventure…and a giggle.Wrath! Wrath! Wrath! I could say his name all day long. It just slips so easily off my tongue.I wonder what else of his will slip off my tongue—wink, wink!Okay, I admit it! I joined a space exchange dating app.Please don't judge me. At least not until you see the male dregs left here on Earth.I've read his profile, and he sounds goooorgeous!So I accepted it as soon as it came through, even though the photo still hasn't uploaded properly.Anyway, I just know he's going to be the equivalent of an alien Adonis.Oh...hang on a sec....it's just loading now.....Oh...my...God....Nooooooooo!Can I get out of this?What are the terms and conditions of the app?My heart thunders in my chest as I read them.There is only one way to get out of this permanent union, but it goes against all my morals.Why didn't I read the damn small print?What should I do?
Overdue
Author(s): Elizabeth Spann Craig
Carmen King is a busy woman. Not only does she sit on the library board and dabble in the Friends of the Library, but she juggles quite a few relationships at once. Apparently, this doesn't go over well with at least one of her boyfriends—Carmen is found dead at the bottom of the library staircase.Librarian Ann Beckett not only finds Carmen's body, but finds herself entangled in Carmen's mysterious death as she sets out to learn why Carmen's death, from the killer's perspective, was overdue.
Michael Drayton - Delphi Poets Series.doc
Author(s): Michael Drayton
www.delphiclassics.com
Shift
Author(s): Kathy Reichs
Tory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute. As a renowned forensic anthropologist, Tempe is obviously qualified to figure out whodunit, but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own. Yet the crime is puzzling. Who could have accessed the labs at LIRI, and how could they have gotten the equipment off the island?It's Brennan vs. Brennan in this short story that gives readers a brand new insight into the world of the Virals.
[Lorien Legacies 04.5] Sarah's Journal
Author(s): Pittacus Lore
Sarah's thoughts ...
The Proud Robot (ss)
Author(s): Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore
Gallegher, the mad—or at least pie-eyed—scientist had produced a remarkable robot. But seemingly useless. It spent its time admiring its unquestionably remarkable. if not beautiful, self. But Gallegher had to find out—but quick!—why he’d made the infernal thing.
Don't Count the Stars: A Short Story of Life on the Edge of the Universe
Author(s): Jacob Heim
I Shall Wear Midnight
Author(s): Terry Pratchett
As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone – or something – is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the source of unrest and defeat the evil at its root. Aided by the tiny-but-tough Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a dire challenge, for if she falls, the whole Chalk falls with her . . .THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE TIFFANY ACHING SEQUENCE
Karen E. Olson
Author(s): Driven to Ink
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The latest in the cleverly designed tattoo shop mystery series. ** Brett Kavanaugh is a tattoo artist and owner of Vegas's hottest tattoo shop, The Painted Lady. And in her spare time, she does some sleuthing. After discovering the corpse of a Dean Martin impersonator-sporting a spider web tattoo and a clip cord from a tattoo machine wrapped around his neck-Brett infiltrates That's Amore, a drive-through wedding chapel, as a bride-to-be looking for the mark of a murderer...
Andalon Awakens
Author(s): T B Phillips
The people of Andalon awaken with frightening powers that threaten to destabilize the Esterling Dynasty. Members of the Pirate’s Guild unite against a ruthless tyrant with deep pockets and dark desires. Braen Braston leads an unlikely alliance as latent elemental magic awakens, turning himself and others into god-like mortals. He must accept his fate or continue living as a quiet outcast from the northern kingdom of Fjorik. Eusari, captain of the dread pirate vessel She Wolf, is stripped of everything she holds dear, forcing her to place trust a man she barely knows. Robert Esterling fights to come of age as he prepares to wrestle rule from the Queen Regent. Struggling with his own physical limitations and personal loss, he is forced to lead a civil war against his usurper brother. Meanwhile, the Astian continent continues to dominate the people of Andalon as centuries of control unravel under the watchful eye of the dreaded Falconers, a secretive sect of magic wielding administrators sent to control population and prevent the awakening of latents.
Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship
Author(s): James Branch Cabell
The tale of to what extent a woman’s love is worth pursuing.
Soul Mates Box Set 2
Author(s): Diana Persaud
Soul Mates Box Set Stubborn Mate (4) Abandoned Mate (5) Reluctant Mate (6)
The Weaver's Daughter
Author(s): Sarah E. Ladd
Kate's loyalties bind her to the past. Henry's compel him to strive for a better future. In a landscape torn between tradition and vision, can two souls find the strength to overcome their preconceptions?Loyalty has been at the heart of the Dearborne family for as long as Kate can remember, but a war is brewing in their small village, one that has the power to rip families asunder–including her own. As misguided actions are brought to light, she learns how deep her father's pride and bitterness run, and she begins to wonder if her loyalty is well-placed.Henry Stockton, heir to the Stockton fortune, returns home from three years at war seeking refuge from his haunting memories. Determined to bury the past, he embraces his grandfather's plans to modernize the family's wool mill, ignoring the grumblings from local weavers. When tragedy strikes shortly after his arrival, Henry must sort truth from suspicion if he is to protect his family's...
The Hocus Pocus Magic Shop
Author(s): Abigail Drake
When chemist Grace O'Leary finds a book of magic spells hidden in her Aunt Lucy's run-down magic shop, the scientist in her itches to try them out. She mixes up a batch of love potions as a joke, and has to face the consequences when they actually seem to work.Her dream of becoming a professor is in peril, and time is running out to finish research for her dissertation. She can't handle any more distractions, but the magic shop is on the verge of closing, her aunt has become forgetful and confused, and a handsome reporter named Dario Fontana keeps sniffing around for a story. The last thing she needs is for him to find out about the love potions and expose her as fraud, but she begins to trust him, and the sizzling chemistry between them is soon too powerful to deny.With her personal and professional life in chaos, and her budding relationship with Dario in jeopardy, Grace is faced with a difficult choice. Fixing what is broken means going against every logical bone in...
Savior: A Dark Irish Mafia Romance Duet (Violent Delights Book 1)
Author(s): Kaya Darke
Mining for Love (Mountain Men of Montana Book 2)
Author(s): Dana Alden
Hotwife Divorce: A Wife Watching Multiple Partner Wife Sharing Hotwife Romance Novel
Author(s): Karly Violet
Imagine videos of your ex-wife romping with strangers flooding your social media pages
Devilish Mate: Claimed By Lucifer Book Two
Author(s): Briggs, Elizabeth
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes--Sherlock Holmes and the Crusader's Curse
Author(s): Stuart Douglas
A new novel from the author of acclaimed Sherlock Holmes patisches The Albino's Treasure, The Counterfeit Detective and The Improbable Prisoner The last Lord Thorpe, reclusive owner of Thorpe Manor, has died. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are invited to the auction at which the estate will be sold off, in hopes Holmes can uncover the whereabouts of the missing De Trop Diamond, a jewel-encrusted gemstone brought back from the Crusades by an earlier member of the Thorpe dynasty - and the source of a legendary curse. from TI 9781789091588 TR.
Sweets And Secrets Cozy Mysteries 03 - Cakes and Mistakes
Author(s): A.R. Winters
The Geometry of Holding Hands: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel (13)
Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
One of the author's most beloved characters is back—and once again she will have to call upon her powers of deduction and her unflappable moral code to unravel a new philosophical mystery.In Edinburgh, rumors and gossip abound. But Isabel well knows that such things can't be taken at face value. Still, the latest whispers hint at mysterious goings-on, and who but Isabel can be trusted to get to the bottom of them? At the same time, she must deal with the demands of her two small children, her husband, and her rather tempestuous niece, Cat, whose latest romantic entanglement comes—to no one's surprise—with complications. Still, even with so much going on, Isabel, through the application of good sense, logic, and ethics, will, as ever, triumph.
The Bear of Byzantium
Author(s): S.J.A. Turney
The wolves of Odin sail to the centre of the world: Constantinople.AD 1041. After successfully avenging the death of his father, Halfdan and the crew of the Sea Wolf seek adventure in strange new lands, far from their Scandinavian home.They join the fleet of Harald Hardrada, the legendary Viking commander, sailing back to Constantinople from the battlefields of Georgia. There they join the Varangians, the personal bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors populated almost exclusively by Viking warriors. But Constantinople has changed during Hardrada's long absence.The Emperor, Michael IV, is ailing visibly, and powerful factions in his court are setting their plans in motion ahead of his inevitable demise. While courtiers scheme, elements even within the Varangian Guard are picking sides.Gunnhild, the seer among the Sea Wolf crew, has struck out on her own in the big city. Unable to join the all-male Guard alongside her friends, she establishes herself in...
Devious Web
Author(s): Shelley Grandy
Gone Girl's twists, The Social Network's scheming, and Agatha Christie's detective sleuthing coalesce in this suspenseful mystery fiction novel set in Toronto in a mid-pandemic business environment.When Tom Oliver, a successful Canadian entrepreneur, is offered millions from a Silicon Valley company for his data analytics business, he believes his only challenges as he considers the offer will be deciding on next steps for his company and reconciling with his aloof wife. What could possibly go wrong? Things escalate quickly when Tom is targeted by an unknown perpetrator and his inner circle of family and colleagues comes under scrutiny. Tom's friend, homicide detective Jason Liu, strives to keep Tom safe while he investigates to find the truth. Who would want to murder a well-liked tech CEO at the top of his game, and why? A progression of intriguing plot twists takes this bingeworthy thriller through business, politics, social media, interpersonal...
Desperado
Author(s): B.J. Daniels
USA Today bestselling author B.J. Daniels offers three short stories set in her beloved state of Montana.Rio Wells knew he was in trouble the moment he saw Deputy Delaney MacTavish riding toward him. On the trail of a band of cattle rustlers, Delaney knows an outlaw when she sees one in Desperado.In Her Sister's Man, there's something about that cocky cowboy that makes Cheyanne's heart do somersaults. The only problem is, it's her older sister that he wants.In A Halloween Surprise, Abbie, whose husband left her two years ago, has seen many a potential suitor scared away by her two kids. So when her own daughter tries to fix her up on Halloween, she knows there'll be trouble.
Seven Pets for Seven Witches: A Collection of Paranormal Cozy Shorts
Author(s): Annabel Chase, Gina LaManna, Amy Boyles, H.Y. Hanna, Morgana Best, M.Z. Andrews, Molly Milligan
The Old Man & the End of the World | Book 1 | Things Fall Apart
Author(s): Harrison, William Hale
Down the Rabbit Hole
Author(s): Shaeden Berry
Alice Montgomery goes missing in 2015. Seven years later, her best friend Hannah is bouncing from job to job, city to city, forever feeling the need to outrun something, but unsure what. With the niggling need to move nipping at her heels, Hannah decides to return home - a small coastal town in Western Australia - for the first time since she left, to help her mum after surgery and confront their fractured relationship.When Hannah hears that Marnie Montgomery, Alice's mum, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, she is seized by terror that she will never know the truth of her friend's disappearance; whether she ran away, or met a different, darker fate. Hannah begins to ask questions, starting with Marnie, an addict and recluse, who has long been dogged by rumours that she was in some way responsible.Insisting she had nothing to do with it, Marnie instead points the finger at a local teacher, Rachel Olney, haunted by broken dreams and the consequences of a single bad...
Temple Folk
Author(s): Aaliyah Bilal
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America.In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse narratives about Black life by intimately portraying the experiences of a community that resists the mainstream culture to which they are expected to accept and aspire to while functioning within the country in which they are born. In "Due North," an obedient daughter struggles to understand why she's haunted by the spirit of her recently deceased father. In "Who's Down?" a father, after a brief affair with vegetarianism, conspires with his daughter to order him a double cheeseburger. In "Candy for Hanif" a mother's routine trip to the store for her disabled son takes an unlikely turn when she reflects on a near-death...
Other Names for Love
Author(s): Taymour Soomro
A charged, hypnotic debut novel about a boy's life-changing summer in rural Pakistan: a story of fathers, sons, and the consequences of desire.At age sixteen, Fahad hopes to spend the summer with his mother in London. His father, Rafik, has other plans: hauling his son to Abad, the family's feudal estate in upcountry, Pakistan. Rafik wants to toughen up his sensitive boy, to teach him about power, duty, family—to make him a man. He enlists Ali, a local teenager, in this project, hoping his presence will prove instructive.Instead, over the course of one hot, indolent season, attraction blooms between the two boys, and Fahad finds himself seduced by the wildness of the land and its inhabitants: the people, who revere and revile his father in turn; cousin Mousey, who lives alone with a man he calls his manager; and most of all, Ali, who threatens to unearth all that is hidden.Decades later, Fahad is living abroad when he receives a call from his mother...
Full Texas Throttle
Author(s): Katherine Garbera
Full Texas Throttle: A Dangerous Delaney Romance
The Butcher Game: A Dr. Wren Muller Novel
Author(s): Alaina Urquhart
From the New York Times bestselling author and cohost of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling book two in her national bestselling series, told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice.Destruction follows the ruthless serial killer, Jeremy Rose, the Bayou Butcher, as he heads north to evade capture for his horrific crimes. As he seeks safe harbor with a former friend, he remains focused on unfinished business with forensic pathologist Dr. Wren Muller, the only target who's ever escaped him—twice. But not this time. He's determined to make Wren suffer, and he's promised to make her play by his own twisted rules.Still in shock over the harrowing encounter with her old nemesis, Wren is on forced medical leave in New Orleans, attempting to mend the deep scars of her traumatic past. But with growing evidence that Jeremy is...
CeeCee’s Cowboys: A Big Sky Short Story
Author(s): Love, Frankie, Club, Flirt
Halloween For Six: A Lots of Friends To Lovers Romance
Author(s): Finley, Kelly
To Heal a Heart
Author(s): Anthea Lawson
From USA Today bestselling, RITA nominated author Anthea Lawson, discover this romance filled with "danger, desire, and a deliciously different Victorian setting." - Booklist Injured while on the Isle of Crete, Miss Caroline Huntington is taken to the island's darkly enigmatic British doctor, Alex Trentham. At first put off by his gruff manner, she soon realizes there is far more to this handsome, wounded man than meets the eye. Dr. Alex Trentham fled England, vowing not to return, but he never bargained for the beautiful and vivacious Caroline to enter his life. As she recovers, the carefully constructed walls around his heart start to crumble under the force of emotions he cannot allow himself to feel. When danger threatens, Caroline must return to England, leaving Alex behind. But the distance cannot withstand the force of their longing, and Alex is drawn back to the woman he loves—and the tragedy in his past that could cost him everything....
The Twins' Incestuous Love
Author(s): Reed James
Two hot twins revel in their incestuous love for each other! You have to read this kinky, mind-control erotica to find out how taboo it gets! The Twins' Incestuous Love is an 8100 word mind control, incest, twincest, brother/sister, supernatural, demon, tentacles, oral, anal, DP, domination, submission, spanking erotica that is not for the faint of heart!
Heavy Weather
Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on an obsession. It's Heavy Weather for Lord Emsworth and the Empress, especially with the appalling Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe snooping around with designs on the prize pig.
Wait for Our Turn - A Prequel to The Past Life Series
Author(s): Kelly Utt
The Height of the Storm
Author(s): Christopher Hampton
André and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch of flowers arrive, but who sent them? A woman from the past turns up, but who is she? And why does André feel like he isn't there at all?Christopher Hampton's translation of Florian Zeller's The Height of the Storm was first performed at Richmond Theatre, London, and opened in the West End at Wyndham's Theatre in October 2018.
Sienna
Author(s): Mel Teshco
He's a bounty hunter sent to Earth to capture her. She'll fight tooth and nail for her freedom. Sienna Moore is a revered rare—a Strazan native with unique powers—who escaped to Earth with six other Strazanian rares from their vicious, Dronian enemy. Survival is now her only plan. After she shifts into human form, she uses mind control to conceal her true identity. Except, nothing can stop the Dronians from closing in on her, or the bounty hunter from yet another planet who is now also on her trail. Gray Bastine has only one goal: track down Sienna and capture her before the Dronians find and kill her. With his own planet in danger of becoming the Dronians next world to conquer and destroy, he'll use force if necessary to get Sienna to tell him everything there is to know about their common enemy. A pity she isn't so easy to acquire. The longer it takes to claim her, the more he realizes her safety is no less important than those of his...
Embraced in Ink
Author(s): Carrie Ann Ryan
The Montgomery Ink saga continues with an unforgettable romance where two best friends make a bet that could change their lives forever. Bristol Montgomery and Marcus Stearn have been best friends for so long, they sometimes forget when they weren't as close as they are now. While friends and family think there's something beneath the surface of their friendship, the two have always been steadfast in their stance on no heated looks or deeper feelings. The problem? Years ago, they promised each other that if neither of them was married by the time Bristol turned thirty, they'd marry each other. Even though both have long since decided never to force the other into an arranged marriage, circumstances and sheer stubbornness force them to refuse to back out of their deal. Now, they're determined to get married—even as dangerous exes and feelings they deny, block their path.
Anything for the Devil
Author(s): Aurora Graves
Second chances come at a price... One night, one mistake made my entire world crash and burn. My band, my family's rock music festival, my high school sweetheart — I left it all behind because of the Ramos twins. Now, New Year's Ball isn't the only thing that has called me back to San Antonio. Timeless is falling apart, and all I can think about is righting my wrongs... But every move I make is the wrong one. Adrian has me in a chokehold, eager to pick up where we left off and pushing me back toward the band. Sacrifices are being made at Devil's Bridge and watched over by an owl who could be the man-eating owl-witch of local legend, la lechuza — and Zak keeps flirting with danger, hanging out at the bridge while drunk because of me. The devil is in San Antonio, and he's coming for Timeless. We were told these were just folktales, but they're coming to life —...
The Three Godfathers
Author(s): Peter B. Kyne
'The Three Godfathers' by Peter B. Kyne is a novel about three bank robbers who become godfathers to a newborn child after encountering a woman in labor in the wilderness. Their journey to get the baby back to civilization is fraught with danger, as they battle thirst and coyotes. The story has been adapted into several movies and a Japanese animation film, showcasing its timeless appeal. A heartwarming tale of redemption and sacrifice, 'The Three Godfathers' is a must-read for fans of western fiction and action adventure literature.
On Deadly Tides
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Duncan
A Welsh amateur sleuth spends her summer vacation investigating a deadly fall in award-winning author Elizabeth J. Duncan's eleventh Penny Brannigan mystery.Penny Brannigan is the owner/operator of a Welsh seaside spa, a talented watercolor artist—and an amateur detective. But mayhem is far from her mind as Penny commences a painting holiday on the idyllic island of Anglesey, off the coast of North Wales. Penny takes a deep breath of island air and sets out her brushes to capture the stunning scenery—a charming black-and-white lighthouse, wide pebble beaches, stunning sea and mountain views. Soon, she's painting the island red with a ruggedly handsome wildlife photographer who adds a dab of romance to her palette. But the sunlit scene turns dark when Penny, peering down from a high cliff, spies the body of a popular hotel manager on the secluded beach below. The receding tide threatens to pull him out to sea, never to be found. Fortunately, with...
The Excursion
Author(s): T. O. Paine
ESCAPE WAS NEVER AN OPTIONCharly Highsmith is a survivor. Abandoned by her parents, she spent her teens looking after her autistic brother on the bitter streets of Denver, Colorado, with nothing but a jacket and a backpack.But things are better now. Charly and Jacob live in a two-bedroom apartment near a mall, and with the passing of their long-lost father, they've inherited a cabin high in the Rocky Mountains. Charly's eager to go there. Relive the good times she had as a child, running through the forest with Jacob and her cousins.Amanda the Overachiever. Cam the Recluse.But when they arrive, the cabin isn't empty.Barry the Millionaire. Kennedy the Social Media Magnet. Randall the Hunter.Standing by the fireplace, Charly sees that look in her neurodivergent brother's eyes. There are too many people. He's going to run. He's going to burst into the unforgiving snowstorm, sprint around the frozen lake, and hide in the...
Permission to Resign
Author(s): Ann Bridge
Anne Bridge, much beloved author of many works of fiction, focuses here on a point in her life that very nearly ruined her husband, and the prospects of her entire family. Whilst away with her ailing son in Switzerland, Bridge learns that her husband is not only to lose his position with the Diplomatic Service, but will also be leaving with his good name in tatters. This blow is all the more troubling because it was completely unexpected – the result of what Anne thought a minor transgression perpetrated four years previously – and she must rally herself in order to deal with the practical implications of such a change of fortune. But Anne Bridge is not a woman to sit by and meekly accept such an injustice. Within two weeks she is back in London, fighting tooth and nail to clear her husband's name. This fascinating retelling of true events through letters, telegrams and her own account written in 1928, the year of the debacle, offers a glimpse into the normally...
Mortarion: The Pale King
Author(s): David Annandale
Once, the Galaspar System suffered under the cruel regime of the Order. Billions of people toiled endlessly to enrich their masters, enduring short lives of poverty, squalor and fear. But Galaspar's sins did not go unnoticed by the Imperium, and so Death itself sentenced the Order to annihilation.Mortarion, newly uplifted to commander of the Death Guard, descended upon the world, and with him came a slaughter of untold proportions. The sheer brutality of Mortarion's campaign left the Imperium appalled. Seeking to understand its horrors, two noble primarchs have come to Galaspar, summoning their brother to account for his actions. But the Pale King brooks no challenge to his methods, for when the scythe falls, it reaps a gruesome toll.Written By David Annandale
Of Tangible Ghosts
Author(s): L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Johan Eschbach, Professor of Environmental Science and semi-retired secret agent, and his lovely wife the world-renowned singer Llysette, return for another adventure, this time in Russia, during the long 'white nights' of summer. Their world is an intriguing alternate present in which many things are changed. What we know as the eastern U.S. is the nation of Columbia, and Russia is still ruled by the Czars. Llysette is being sent by the Columbian government on a cultural exchange mission to St. Petersburg. Johan will, of course, accompany her, allowing him to work behind the scenes on the oil concession in Russian Alaska that Columbia so desperately needs. But even the oil shortage will fade to insignificance when Johan discovers what new weapons technology the Russians are developing, a threat even more fearsome than the atomic bombs of Austro-Hungary. This is the concluding novel of the of alternate history adventure trilogy that Modesitt began with Of Tangible...
Railers Volume 2 (Harrisburg Railers Box Set)
Author(s): RJ Scott, V.L. Locey
The Kitten Stars
Author(s): Darcy Pattison
THE KITTENS, THE KITTYTUBERS, Book 2Underdog Cat saves the day! Again.Angel Persian throws herself into the role of Underdog Cat to the delight of the Kittytube audience. Her views soar.But Angel also longs to try other things. Can a cat's body do acrobatics? Standing at a height, can she jump and do a double-flip before landing?As the kittens grow, they must learn to adapt to their changing bodies and find acting roles that will keep them earning views on KittyTube. Will Angel find a role that makes her happy and finds an audience? She has to because by the end of the month, only twenty kittens will move on to the next phase of their education. Will Angel Persian become a KittyTuber star?
Nikoli
Author(s): Lexi Buchanan
A spinoff from the Boston Bay Vikings Series. Set in the minor leagues, Nikoli Southern's dream was to make it to the major league team, but now he's not so sure. Willow Carter believed that her job in an assisted living facility for the elderly would keep her safe from harm. She had no idea how deadly that could be.
Boss Undercover: Part 3 (Boss Undercover Series)
Author(s): J.S. Badham
At Random
Author(s): Bennett Cerf
"I've got the name for our publishing operation. We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random. Let's call it Random House." So recounts Bennett Cerf in this wonderfully amusing memoir of the making of a great publishing house. An incomparable raconteur, possessed of an irrepressible wit and an abiding love of books and authors, Cerf brilliantly evokes the heady days of Random House's first decades. Part of the vanguard of young New York publishers who revolutionized the book business in the 1920s and '30s, Cerf helped usher in publishing's golden age. Cerf was a true personality, whose other pursuits (columnist, anthologist, author, lecturer, radio host, collector of jokes and anecdotes, perennial judge of the Miss America pageant, and panelist on What's My Line?) helped shape his reputation as a man of boundless energy and enthusiasm and brought unprecedented attention to his company and to his authors. At once a...
One True Loves
Author(s): Taylor Jenkins Reid
From the author of Maybe in Another Life—named a People Magazine pick and a "Best Book of the Summer" by Glamour and USA TODAY—comes a breathtaking new love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who has finally brought her back to life.In her twenties, Emma Blair marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They build a life for themselves, far away from the expectations of their parents and the people of their hometown in Massachusetts. They travel the world together, living life to the fullest and seizing every opportunity for adventure. On their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a helicopter over the Pacific when it goes missing. Just like that, Jesse is gone forever. Emma quits her job and moves home in an effort to put her life back together. Years later, now in her thirties, Emma runs into an old friend, Sam, and finds herself falling...
Genesis
Author(s): Karin Slaughter
Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. The woman has been hit by a car but, naked and brutalised, it's clear that she has been the prey of a twisted mind. When Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Investigation Team returns to the scene of the accident, he stumbles on a torture chamber buried deep beneath the earth. And this hidden house of horror reveals a ghastly truth -- Sara's patient is just the first victim of a sick, sadistic killer. Wrestling the case away from the local police chief, Will and his partner Faith Mitchell find themselves at the centre of a grisly murder hunt. And Sara, Will and Faith -- each with their own wounds and their own secrets -- are all that stand between a madman and his next crime...
A Pretend Match for the Viscount
Author(s): Laura Martin
A sparkling Regency love story about two opposites in a pretend engagement Rescued by the viscountTo save her from ruin!Miss Eliza Stanley is the life and soul of her first Season—then she is scandalously compromised! Luckily, the brooding Viscount Thannock steps in to offer her a fake engagement, giving her time to find another suitor and prevent her disgrace. She's intrigued by this serious, honorable man... If only falling for him wouldn't mean giving up all she loves about her new life...From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.Matchmade MarriagesBook 1: The Marquess Meets His MatchBook 2: A Pretend Match for the ViscountBook 3: A Match to Fool Society
The Perfect Family Man
Author(s): M. M. DeLuca
Five years ago, my little boy went missing. Now my husband's vanished, too.I wish I could say that the tragedy of little Jack disappearing brought me and Nate closer together. But my husband is more distant from me now than he's ever been. Perhaps that's why I don't ask him exactly where he's going when he sets off on another business trip.Or perhaps I was too distracted by the woman moving in across the street with bouncing blonde hair and a cherubic toddler boy. He reminds me so much of the child I lost. But his mother doesn't seem to properly watch him. And I can't be sure, but I'm sure Nate and this woman share a look of recognition before he leaves.The first day Nate's away, things feel okay, even though I know when he returns we're going to have to discuss what I found in his coat pocket. But one day turns into two, and then three. I don't want to seem like the crazy wife, but I have to call his work and ask what's going...
Witch's Promise : The Witching Hour Series Book 4
Author(s): Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Kat Tales — Volume 13—March 2021 —Original Stories and Novels
Author(s): Kathryn Kaleigh
Stories and Novels by Kathryn KaleighEach issue contains a complete novel and at least five full short stories.Each issue is an anthology of Kathryn's different stories including historical romance, time travel romance, and sweet wholesome contemporary. Most issues contain stories from her different series, but some issues have standalone stories not part of a series. In this issue:SHORT STORIES... BROKEN KISSESAs the country prepared for war, Gabriella's summer held enchantment.Though her father pressured her to marry a man of his choice, Gabriella found her own love.But an unexpected decision could change everything. An unconventional love story that reflects the love and heartbreak going into America's Civil War.A standalone short story in Kathryn Kaleigh's Wildflower Kisses collection. ALABAMA TIME WHISPERSAshley Wyatt regretted the path she had...
A Lesson for All Time: Ruined Rakes Book Three (Ruined Rakes Series 3)
Author(s): Shannon Gilmore
Grim Tidings
Author(s): Caitlin Kittredge
In this thrilling sequel to Black Dog—the first novel in award-winning Caitlin Kittredge's dark urban fantasy series, Hellhound Chronicles—a soul catcher must stop demonic monsters from her past from infecting the world.After winning her freedom from a reaper and facing off against a fearsome demon boss, Ava is now a masterless hellhound. Her friend, Leo, has found a new life after death himself: He's returned as the Grim Reaper—the first in centuries. As both try to adjust to their new circumstances, Ava's dark past comes back to wreak havoc on her . . . and the entire world.A breed of monsters as smart as vampires—but who behave like zombies—have been sighted in Kansas. Ava can't believe these "zompires" are back. She thought she'd kicked their asses for good when she first battled them in a Nazi death camp. Now, they're spreading their infection across America's heartland thanks to a nasty piece of business named Cain.Free...
Northern Lights, Southern Stars
Author(s): C S Johnson
As the dark-skinned princess from the Southern Colonies—formerly the kingdom of Marula—Ebony is no stranger to hardship and ridicule.Forced into royal servitude after the death of her father, Ebony resolved to keep her head held high despite her sorrow—no matter how much vitriol she endured from her stepmother, Varyes, Queen of Pommier. And when the Queen's son, Prince Rion, helps to piece her broken heart back together with his love and kindness, Ebony begins to hope she will one day find a new home for herself.But when Queen Varyes loses the Southern Colonies to its warring neighbors, she strikes out for vengeance—and Ebony is her first target.Can Ebony survive the wrath and cunning of her wicked stepmother—even if her survival means giving up her claim on Prince Rion's heart?
Daddy's Accidental Little Worker: An Age Play, DDlg, Instalove, Standalone, Romance (Daddy's Accidental Little Series Book 5)
Author(s): Penny Snoak
Better Luck Next Time
Author(s): Denise Grover Swank, Denise Grover Swank
The last person she wants might be the second chance she needs. ***Standalone romance with a HEA!*** Adalia Buchanan broke up with art, but it won't break up with her. So she paints in secret, then destroys her work. Her mentor stole her art months ago, and she'll never share her work again. After he sold his brewery, Finn Hamilton's life was supposed to be on an upward trajectory. Instead, he's lost his way. When he stumbles upon Adalia destroying her painting, two thoughts come to mind: one, she looks like a Valkyrie with blonde hair swinging and paint flying from her blade, and two, she's talented. Very talented. Suddenly, she's no longer the sassy sister of his best friend's girlfriend—she's an intriguing, beautiful woman he's dying to get to know better. Too bad Adalia, who's infatuated with Pride and Prejudice, thinks he's arrogant and conceited, a modern-day Mr. Darcy. Then again, Elizabeth Bennett...
The Cowboy's Mistletoe Christmas
Author(s): Jessie Gussman
When Mack's sister dropped her kids off with his dad in his trailer park, he knew he needed to step up and be an uncle. But he'd told his buddy he'd be in Sweet Water, ND over the holidays, so he takes the children and drives north.Angela Davis had been the sedate good daddy's girl all her life, doing whatever her parents wanted, even trying to trap a man into marriage to help them get out of debt. Mack knew of her past, and didn't trust her, but he needed someone to help him with his nieces and she needed someone to help her put on the best Christmas festival Sweet Water had ever seen.Could they trust each other enough to work together? And what about that mistletoe kiss?
Games Creatures Play
Author(s): Charlaine Harris
ALL-NEW TALES OF UNUSUAL ATHLETICS BY JAN BURKE * DANA CAMERON * ADAM-TROY CASTRO * BRENDAN DuBOIS * CHARLAINE HARRIS * TONI L. P. KELNER * CAITLIN KITTREDGE * WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER * ELLEN KUSHNER * MERCEDES LACKEY * JOE R. LANSDALE * LAURA LIPPMAN * SEANAN McGUIRE * BRANDON SANDERSON * SCOTT SIGLER Welcome to the wide world of paranormal pastimes, where striking out might strike you dead. Editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner are your announcers for this all-new story collection of the most peculiar plays ever made... Sports fans live and die by their teams' successes and failures—though not literally. But these fourteen authors have written spirited—in more ways than one—new tales of killer competitions that would make even the most die-hard players ask to be benched. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "The Blue Hereafter," Manfred Bernardo learns about softball from a certain blond...
Renegade
Author(s): Ann Voss Peterson
Renegade. A luxury guest ranch high in the Wyoming mountains…Six couples, Wisconsin Sheriff Val Ryker among them. All fell in love under traumatic circumstances. All are still together years later. And now a private research institute wants to study why.As long as the couples participate in a few group therapy sessions, they can enjoy a lavish vacation only the wealthiest can afford. Sunrise trail rides, white water rafting, helicopter tours, gourmet dinners under the stars, and much, much more.But this is no ordinary research study.Because the billionaire "scientist" behind this doesn't want to study past traumas. He wants to learn how the couples deal with terror in the present. And that data is more important than their lives.This is a group of survivors. But you can't survive forever...RENEGADE by Ann Voss PetersonThey'll find out if love conquers all.
The Sisters
Author(s): Robert Littell
In what Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times called "the plot of plots," Robert Littell has created the CIA "legends" Francis and Carroll, dubbed "The Sisters Death and Night" by their cohorts. But few know what these enigmatic and extremely dangerous operatives do. They plot-and they're plotting the perfect crime. They've located the perfect pawn-the Potter, the exiled ex-head of the KGB sleeper school-and, with artful deception, the Sisters coerce him into betraying his last and best sleeper, the man he considers his son. Once awakened, this sleeper, an assassin living secretly in the U.S., will launch a mission of death-unless the Potter, in a desperate race against time, can stop his protege from committing the Sisters' perfect and world-shattering crime.
Whirlwind
Author(s): Janet Dailey
At the Alamo Canyon Ranch, set amid the desert foothills of Southern Arizona, the Champion women carry on the family legacy of breeding bucking bulls for the rodeo. In a world where bloodline is everything, love is the only risk worth taking . . . Everyone's talking about Whirlwind at this year's Professional Bull Rider's Competition. But the promising young bull is the last thing on Shane Tully's mind once he lays eyes on the lady responsible for bringing Whirlwind to the arena. Beautiful, smart, and sexy as hell, Lexie Champion has this rodeo man hungry for more than the thrill of his next competition. But the daughter of bull rancher Bert Champion wants nothing to do with a daredevil, despite the powerful attraction between them . . . After losing her beloved brother to a bull riding accident, Lexie is no stranger to the dangers of rodeo life. Which is...
Those Who Hunt the Night
Author(s): Barbara Hambly
Former spy James Asher hunts down a serial vampire killer in Edwardian England, in bestselling author Barbara Hambly's thrilling historical urban fantasy. Once a spy for Queen Victoria, James Asher has fought for Britain on every continent, using his quick wits to protect the Empire at all costs. After years of grueling service, he marries and retires to a simple academic's life at Oxford. But his peace is shattered one night with the arrival of a Spanish vampire named Don Simon Ysidro. Don Simon can disappear into fog, move faster than the eye can see, and immobilize Asher—and his young bride—with a wave of his hand. Asher is at his mercy, and has no choice but to give his help. Because someone is killing the vampires of London, and James Asher must find out who—before he becomes a victim himself. Readers of Anne Rice's vampire novels will devour Those Who Hunt the Night, the first book in Barbara Hambly's...
Falling in Love with the Man of My Nightmares: A Sweet Romantic Comedy (That's (Para)Normal Book 4)
Author(s): Camilla Evergreen
Kuaket
Author(s): Laura Greenwood
A forbidden romance could lead a goddess to love. Kua has strict rules for her relationships, and most of them revolve around avoiding falling in love. When she finds herself entangled with a warlock belonging to a cult that wants to destroy all gods, she thinks she's found the perfect no-strings-attached situation. Abrax longs to be free from the cult that has him in its grasp, but he doesn't have a chance to make that a reality until they threaten the one person he's grown to care about the most. Can the two of them work out a plan to free him without losing everything they're not supposed to have? Kuaket is book thirty-four in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world, featuring a confident snake-shifting goddess, a warlock seeking to escape, a forbidden romance, and more.
Biography of X
Author(s): Catherine Lacey
Named a Best Book of March by Apple Books and Amazon, and a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, Esquire, The Guardian, TIME, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, Lit Hub and Chicago Review of Books"It feels fairly rare for a novel to be hugely intelligent and moving and fun in equal measure, but with Biography of X, Catherine Lacey somehow—magically—makes the nearly impossible look easy." —Lauren GroffFrom one of our fiercest stylists, a roaring epic chronicling the life, times, and secrets of a notorious artist.When X—an iconoclastic artist, writer, and polarizing shape-shifter—falls dead in her office, her widow, wild with grief and refusing everyone's good advice, hurls herself into writing a biography of the woman she deified. Though X was recognized as a crucial creative force of her era, she kept a tight grip on her life story. Not even CM, her wife, knew where X...
The Cursed Thorn
Author(s): Nicole Zoltack
A prince seeking freedom from responsibility. A witch seeking freedom from a curse. A gender-bent retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Prince Hale will be king one day, but he longs to see the world and explore. His father's abuse tips him over the edge, and he flees. An enchanted forest contains Azalea, a witch cursed to look as hideous as can be. While there must be a means to end the curse, she has not even tried to find it. Not until she meets the prince who stumbles upon her enchanted forest. Perhaps the two can help each other grow and chance. Perhaps they can even find happiness. Or perhaps not because the one who cursed the witch is not gone, and when he returns, there will be blood.
Booth
Author(s): Karen Joy Fowler
From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic and intimate novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth.In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor, and master of the house in more ways than one—is at once a mesmerizing talent and a man of terrifying instability. One by one the children arrive, as year by year, the country draws frighteningly closer to the boiling point of secession and civil war. As the tenor of the world shifts, the Booths emerge from their hidden lives to cement their place as one of the country’s leading theatrical families. But behind the curtains of the many stages they have graced, multiple...
A New Kind of Hope
Author(s): Liz Flaherty
They were best friends who fell in love, but that was high school. Life and families and other loves had happened since that dear and distant time. They're friends again, comfortable with each other and having so much fun at Christmas time in Dickens. They're not still in love, but...wait...could it be happening again?
The Undying
Author(s): Anne Boyer
"The Undying is a startling, urgent intervention in our discourses about sickness and health, art and science, language and literature, and mortality and death. In dissecting what she terms 'the ideological regime of cancer,' Anne Boyer has produced a profound and unforgettable document on the experience of life itself." —Sally Rooney, author of Normal People"Anne Boyer's radically unsentimental account of cancer and the 'carcinogenosphere' obliterates cliche. By demonstrating how her utterly specific experience is also irreducibly social, she opens up new spaces for thinking and feeling together. The Undying is an outraged, beautiful, and brilliant work of embodied critique." —Ben Lerner, author of The Topeka SchoolA week after her forty-first birthday, the acclaimed poet Anne Boyer was diagnosed with highly aggressive triple-negative breast cancer. For a single mother living...
A Ghost of a Chance: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel (Midlife Spirits Book 2)
Author(s): H.P. Mallory
Truly Indulgent
Author(s): Alexa Kane
Maddison Bradley has been in love with Tyler Van Der Woodson for as long as she can remember.He's the one.Her soulmate.Her other half.Except he's with someone else.In fact, he's always with someone else.A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger who claims to be her grandfather, sets Maddy on a new path where Tyler is no longer the focal point of her life.His confession causes Maddy to question everything and she no longer trusts the people closest to her.The good girl who does no wrong starts to sneak around and lie to the ones she loves, including Tyler but not all is what it seems.A series of events lead Maddy to trust the wrong person which puts her life in danger.Can Tyler save her before it's too late? Or has he missed his chance with both her heart and her life?Truly Indulgent is the first instalment in the Relinquish series. Due to its explicit content, bad language and graphic sexual content, Truly...
Children of the Mind
Author(s): Orson Scott Card
Amazon.com ReviewChildren of the Mind, fourth in the Ender series, is the conclusion of the story begun in the third book, Xenocide. The author unravels Ender's life and reweaves the threads into unexpected new patterns, including an apparent reincarnation of his threatening older brother, Peter, not to mention another "sister" Valentine. Multiple storylines entwine, as the threat of the Lusitania-bound fleet looms ever nearer. The self-aware computer, Jane, who has always been more than she seemed, faces death at human hands even as she approaches godhood. At the same time, the characters hurry to investigate the origins of the descolada virus before they lose their ability to travel instantaneously between the stars. There is plenty of action and romance to season the text's analyses of Japanese culture and the flux and ebb of civilizations. But does the author really mean to imply that Ender's wife literally bores him to death? --Brooks PeckFrom Publishers WeeklyThe first two volumes of Card's Ender saga, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, each won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel. This adept fifth volume in the series (after Xenocide, 1991) continues the story of Ender Wiggin, hero, social conscience and unwitting mass murderer. Here, however, Ender, feeling the weight of his years, plays only a limited role in the desperate attempt to avert the destruction by the Starways Congress of the planet Lusitania and its three intelligent races. Foremost among those at center stage are Peter and Young Valentine, Ender's "children of the mind," copies of his brother and sister whom he accidentally created on his trip Outside the universe in Xenocide. Also central is Jane, the prickly Artificial Intelligence whose unique ability to use the Outside to transcend the light-speed barrier is key to all attempts to save Ender's adopted world. Peter, Val, Jane and their companions must criss-cross the galaxy to find new planets for Lusitania's refugees while trying to influence the politicians and philosophers who have the power to stop the Congress's approaching war fleet. Readers unfamiliar with earlier Ender novels may have trouble picking up some plot threads. But Card's prose is powerful here, as is his consideration of mystical and quasi-religious themes, and his ability to write convincing, at times heartrending, scenes of intrafamily conflict is as strong as ever. Though billed as the final Ender novel, this story leaves enough mysteries unexplored to justify another sequel; and Card fans should find that possibility, like this novel, very welcome indeed. Major ad/promo; 200-copy limited leather-bound edition, $200, ISBN 0-312-86191-5. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The Manny: A Reverse Grumpy Sunshine Nanny Romance (Men At Work)
Author(s): Nina Bloom
Spooky Magic (Tabby Kitten Mystery Book 4)
Author(s): Constance Barker, Corrine Winters
Zero Dwarfs Given (Dwarf Bounty Hunter Book 4)
Author(s): Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Sticking to the Terms
Author(s): Cassandra P. Lewis
Dillon Benedetto always knew what she wanted out of life... to be successful and single; that's all. A great night with an incredible man is written off as another one night stand until she comes face to face with him again, in the boardroom. After thinking about her for weeks, Enzo doesn't want to let Dillon slip through his fingers again. He offers her a deal that fits her terms and keeps her in his life... He needs a girlfriend for his sister's wedding, and he's willing to pay. No strings, just a business arrangement.They both deal with contracts every day, but this one was broken before it was signed. Can they keep up the ruse and convince his family they're in love whilst keeping...
The Challenger
Author(s): Terri Farley
The beloved sixth book in the middle grade Phantom Stallion series about a girl, her horse, and the beauty of the American West returns with a brand-new, stunning cover and bonus material! Perfect for fans of Canterwood Crest and classic horse stories like Black Beauty and My Friend Flicka.Cougars have been spotted nearby, but they haven't hurt the ranch horses—yet. So Samantha is outraged when a neighboring rancher vows to kill the cats on sight. And her family's horses may be safe, but out on the range, Sam spots a wild young stallion without a herd. Being alone puts this horse in danger. But can Sam protect the rebellious mustang and still save the cougars?
Pony Club Challenge (Woodbury Pony Club Book 2)
Author(s): Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Murder for Good
Author(s): Veronica Heley
The kindness of strangers comes under suspicion in the enjoyable new Ellie Quicke mystery. Ellie's husband Thomas, a retired minister, is suspicious when he receives not one but five letters advising him that he has been bequeathed money by five different people in their wills. He barely knew three of his benefactors, and what could possibly connect him to the other two strangers? Sensing something isn't right, and with Thomas's reputation at stake, Ellie investigates but is soon distracted, not only by the problem of trying to ease Hetty, a difficult woman who's recently taken refuge with them, out of their house, but also by her daughter, Diana, who's in trouble again. As Ellie finally starts to make progress with her enquiries, she is about to uncover some disturbing truths – and in doing so, find herself in great danger . . .
Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit
Author(s): Carole Nelson Douglas
What's a Girl to do when she's forced to be, well, a girl?That's what's hot shot freelance PR woman and amateur detective Temple Barr has to do when as a favor to top cop Carmen Molina she goes undercover at Teen Queen, the newest pop star-search reality TV show, all in the hopes of protecting Molina's 13-year old daughter. It's no picnic trying to be a teenager again, even after a punk makeover. To make matters worse, Temple's in danger of being uncovered by the show's celebrity judges, including her romance novelist aunt and her arch-enemy, Crawford Buchanan. And just to make life more interesting there are her fellow contestants, unnatural blondes aplenty who are all too willing to sabotage and backstab their way to the top. Unfortunately, someone has a real knife out for Las Vegas's young women, and it's up to Temple and her underfoot undercover partner, Midnight Louie, to ferret out the killer.From Publishers WeeklyThirty-year-old Temple Barr, Las Vegas PR whiz and amateur sleuth, goes undercover as 19-year-old Xoe Chloe Ozone on a reality TV show, Teen Idol, in Douglas's 17th Midnight Louie caper (after 2004's Cat in an Orange Twist), one of the stronger, leaner entries in this crime-solving cat series. Declining to compete for Teen Pet Idol, feline PI Midnight Louie decides to help Temple protect homicide lieutenant C.R. Molina's 13-year-old daughter, Mariah, who's competing for the Tween division title, from a stalker. Held at a spooky mansion, scene of an old unsolved crime, the contest features eccentric judges, Paris Hilton wannabes, a ghostly Elvis and witty reflections on beauty/reality showbiz. Amid multiple murders, Douglas hints at complications to come for Molina as she deals with a new admirer and her ex-lover, Mariah's dad. Meanwhile, Temple struggles to resolve a deliciously romantic dilemma that should thrill fans of Matt, the divine ex-priest, and worry devotees of her other major suitor, Mystifying Max, "stage magician on hiatus." Agent, Howard Morhaim. (May 15) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistNoted for its delightfully tongue-in-cheek briskness, the indefatigable Midnight Louie series never seems to run out of steam. When Las Vegas public-relations ace and sometime amateur detective Temple Barr is approached by her worthy adversary, homicide detective Lieutenant Carmen Molina, to go undercover on a teen reality show, she initially balks at the request. Striking a bargain with Molina to lay off her former-spy and ex-magician -boyfriend, now you see him, now you don't, Max Kinsella, Temple adopts a suitably bizarre disguise, transforming herself into punk diva Xoe Chloe Ozone. Determined to nab the stalker threatening the teen contestants--including the lieutenant's precocious 13-year-old daughter--she and her streetwise feline sidekick, Midnight Louie, become embroiled in a series of deadly pranks and mishaps plaguing the Teen Queen set. As usual, suspense and mystery take a backseat to the zany humor, but who is complaining? Margaret FlanaganCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Double Promises (Cider Falls Shifters Book 3)
Author(s): R. E. Butler
What Willow finds in Cider Falls is not only a place to finally call home, but a place where she finds love with twin lions Gunner and Archer. The only problem? Her pride turned her in to the Federal Shifter Alliance seven years ago and she’s on their most-wanted list. Can the Cider Falls alpha and her mates keep her safe or will she lose her new home and her freedom?
Tangled Webs: A Brand New Spellbinding Historical Fiction Novel
Author(s): Maria McDonald
The Hidden Life of Deer
Author(s): Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
The animal kingdom operates by ancient rules, and the deer in our woods and backyards can teach us many of them-but only if we take the time to notice. In the fall of 2007 in southern New Hampshire, the acorn crop failed and the animals who depended on it faced starvation. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas began leaving food in small piles around her farmhouse. Soon she had over thirty deer coming to her fields, and her naturalist's eye was riveted. How did they know when to come, all together, and why did they sometimes cooperate, sometimes compete? Throughout the next twelve months she observed the local deer families as they fought through a rough winter; bred fawns in the spring; fended off coyotes, a bobcat, a bear, and plenty of hunters; and made it to the next fall when the acorn crop was back to normal. As she hiked through her woods, spotting tree rubbings, deer beds, and deer yards, she discovered a vast hidden world. Deer families are run by their mothers. Local...
Dead Is the New Black
Author(s): Marlene Perez
From School Library JournalGrade 7 Up—Nightshade, CA, is downright strange and full of the unexpected. When the girl-to-be, cheerleader Samantha Devereaux, begins the school year with a completely new look, Daisy Giordano gets suspicious. The fact that Samantha appears dead doesn't seem to bother anyone, and before long looking dead becomes the rage. Being dead takes on a whole new meaning when a girl is mysterious attacked and turns up in the morgue, and other cheerleaders are stricken with seizures. Daisy and her psychic sisters get to work investigating the goings-on and learn that the culprit is really a vampire, and Daisy is determined to get to the bottom of things. This is the witty and humorous first installment in a series; it provides romance, mystery, friendship, adventure, and the supernatural all rolled up in a fast-paced, plot-twisting story. Readers will identify with Daisy and her struggle to accept and appreciate who she really is and what she has to offer. The slapstick humor and tough attitudes mixed with the occult make this an entertaining choice for teen libraries.—_Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NY_ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review2011 Popular Paperbacks Titles AwardAn ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers"Fans who mourn the loss of TV's Veronica Mars are in for a treat as Perez delivers a wise-cracking, boy-lusting, determined sleuth of a high school protagonist . . . this quick, lighter-than-air spoof of the undead, cheerleaders and popularity is pure pleasure."—_Publishers Weekly_ "Witty and humorous . . . provides romance, mystery, friendship, adventure, and the supernatural all rolled up in a fast-paced, plot-twisting story."—_School Library Journal_"Starts off with a sweet bang—lots of plot lines are set in place, and the characters are well drawn and a bit off the beaten track."—_VOYA, _(4Q4P) paperback series roundup "Fans who mourn the loss of TV''s Veronica Mars are in for a treat as Perez (_Unexpected Development_) delivers a wise-cracking, boy-lusting, determined sleuth of a high school protagonist named Daisy Giordano. . . . This quick, lighter-than-air spoof of the undead, cheerleaders and popularity is pure pleasure. Teens will be glad to know two sequels are already in the pipeline." —Publishers Weekly (9/01/08 ) (_Publishers Weekly_ )
Caught
Author(s): Tessa Vidal
Love won't let you get away...Veronica's nemesis is back in town.The one who got away with a million-dollar gemstone by charming the pants off a baby bodyguard.But Veronica is now a highly trained FBI agent. She won't be distracted again.Doesn't matter that Clarissa is more charming than ever. Doesn't matter that she's now an A-list movie star who knows exactly how to make her fans fall in love.Veronica is not a fan girl.And Clarissa is going down.Under another name and wearing another look, Clarissa was once accused of a bold heist she didn't commit. The old Clarissa had no choice but to flee Hollywood in disgrace.But now she's back and on top of the world as an Oscar-nominated A-list movie star. And she plans to stay there.Even though her old enemy is now an FBI agent― the perfect job for framing others for her audacious crimes.Clarissa's going to put a stop to it. And she's not above using her seductive movie star skills to lure Veronica into the perfect honeytrap.Caught: A Second Chance Lesbian Romance is a high-steam 60,000-word second-chance enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance novel complete with movie industry intrigue, high-stakes passion, and the world's floofiest Tibetan Mastiff. This standalone novel includes no cheating and no cliffhangers, and it comes complete with a happily ever after.
M, King's Bodyguard: A Novel
Author(s): Niall Leonard
Based on a true story, M, King’s Bodyguard is a gripping, atmospheric thriller about anarchy and assassination in Edwardian London, and one detective’s mission to preserve the life of his king and prevent a bloody war in Europe. From humble beginnings in Ireland, William Melville has risen through hard work, intelligence, and occasional brute force to become head of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch, personal bodyguard to Queen Victoria and her family, and the scourge of anarchists at home and abroad. But when the aged Queen dies in January 1901 and the crowned heads of Europe converge on London for her funeral, Melville learns of a conspiracy, led by a mysterious nihilist known only as Akushku, to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany at the ceremony. Racing to prevent the atrocity, Melville and his German counterpart Gustav Steinhauer find themselves tangled in a web of adultery, betrayal, and violence. As the funeral...
The Wayward Widow (Prologue Books)
Author(s): Gault, William Campbell
The Next One Will Kill You
Author(s): Neil S. Plakcy
Armed with a master's degree in accounting, Angus Green faces a future filled with tax forms and spreadsheets, but his dead father's legacy to him is a desire to get out and explore the world. When The Next One Will Kill You opens, he's just completed his training to become an FBI agent and been assigned to the Miami field office, where the range of cases is wild and the criminals even wilder.Handsome, red-haired and sexy, twenty-something Angus is openly gay and uses his looks and his brains in his first case, which takes him from Fort Lauderdale's gay bars to the morgue on a desperate chase to catch a gang of criminals with their tentacles in everything from medical fraud to jewel theft.But if Angus can't overcome his own insecurities and face down violent criminals with mayhem on their minds, he could lose everything he cares about. The street quickly teaches him that the only way to face a challenge is to assume that he'll survive this one—that...
The Cat, the Lady and the Liar
Author(s): Leann Sweeney
Jillian Hart finds a stray cat belonging to wealthy Ritaestelle Longworth, who believes she's being drugged. Before Jillian can get to those charges, a body turns up in the lake--and her cat Chablis finds Ritaestelle nearby. Can Jillian's cats aid her in solving a mystery with decades-old roots?
Starbeam
Author(s): Adrienne Woods
He is royal, dashing, and would become known as the greatest king that ever lived. Elena Watkins' father, Albert Malone did not have things easy. His life is complicated, filled with prejudice, betrayal and intrigue. His father married his mother for all the wrong reasons and he rules the country with an iron fist. His overbearing mother means less to him than his childhood nanny. Just when he thinks things couldn't get any worse, he falls for a commoner at a fancy-dress ball.Catherine Squires, a commoner, growing up in the poorest of circumstances struggles to help her family. The King's obsession with killing off Chromatic dragons are leading the country into another war. A war that will change her world forever.The adventure of Catherine and Albert against the backdrop of the dragons' struggle for equality and justice is a fast paced page-turner.
The Sackville Street Caper
Author(s): Alan Nolan
Dublin, 1858 BRAM STOKER: boy seeking adventure (and things to write about) MOLLY MALONE: part-time fishmonger and full-time sneak thief! When Bram runs away from boarding school and meets streetwise Molly, he finds all the excitement he's ever wanted. Together they explore the city, with its Sackville Street Spooks, hoodlums and heroes – and let's not forget the very creepy Count Vladimir Grof-Constantin de Lugosi. As Bram looks for inspiration for the famous book he has yet to write– DRACULA – our two heroes stumble upon a dastardly plot to steal ...the Irish Crown Jewels! Let the game of cat and mouse begin
Bram & Thea (The Wolf's Mate Generations Book Five)
Author(s): R.E. Butler
Abraham "Bram" Gerrick is poised to take over the pack when his father retires, but first he wants to find his truemate. Since none of the females in his pack are meant to be his, he knows she'll come from somewhere else. He just hopes she shows up soon.When eagle shifter Thea Malone misses her nest's annual migration to their winter grounds in South Carolina because of a college final, she has to make the flight on her own. As she flies over Kentucky during the full moon, her homing instincts go berserk, and she finds herself unable to stop her freefall. When she awakens, she's face-to-face with a wolf shifter who turns out to be the sexiest guy she's ever met.While Bram and Thea are elated to find each other, reality sets in fast when her parents object to their mating. When Thea stands up for her mate and refuses to abide by her parents' wishes, the eagles return with an army, intent on destroying the pack. When Thea and Bram are separated during...
Murder Over Easy
Author(s): Rosie A. Point
Murder has never been this easy... When Sunny Charles arrives in small-town Parfait, Florida, the last thing she expects is a note from her aunt instructing her to take control of the famous Sunny Side Up Café. After going through a vicious divorce, losing her entire life savings, and, oh yeah, having the Russian mob on her tail, Sunny's willing to give it a shot, even if it means trying her hand at cooking. Let's face it, eggs over easy aren't exactly 'easy' to make, but they beat facing off against armed men with guns. All things considered, her first day in the café goes well, that is, until one of the customers, a food vlogger, tries her aunt's eggs over easy and drops dead on the spot. Sunny's set to lose the café unless she can prove her innocence. But with a handsome chef as a distraction, the creeping suspicion she's being watched, and a detective on her case, she's got her work cut out for her. Can Sunny solve the...
Unspoken: A story of secrets, love and revenge
Author(s): T. A. Belshaw
A Different Witch (A Modern Witch Series: Book 5)
Author(s): Debora Geary
Edgware Road
Author(s): Yasmin Cordery Khan
A wide-ranging and affecting debut novel about family and identity, from an award-winning historian. 1981. Khalid Quraishi is one of the lucky ones. He works nights in the glitzy West End, and comes home every morning to his beautiful wife and daughter. He's a world away from Karachi and the family he left behind.But Khalid likes to gamble, and he likes to win. Twenty pounds on the fruit machine, fifty on a sure-thing horse, a thousand on an investment that seems certain to pay out. Now he's been offered a huge opportunity, a chance to get in early with a new bank, and it looks like he'll finally have his big win.2003. Alia Quraishi doesn't really remember her dad. After her parents' divorce she hardly saw him, and her mum refuses to talk about her charming ex-husband. So, when he died in what the police wrote off as a sad accident, Alia had no reason to believe there was more going on.Now almost twenty years have passed and she's tired of only understanding half of who she is....
The Corpus Hermeticum
Author(s): Hermes Trismegistus
The Corpus Hermeticum are Egyptian-Greek wisdom texts from which are mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher enlightens a disciple. The texts form the basis of Hermeticism. They discuss the divine, the cosmos, mind, and nature. Some touch upon alchemy, astrology, and related concepts.
Insatiable
Author(s): AlTonya Washington, T. Onyx
Chisulo Nkosi is a man with several unfortunate tasks on his plate. He has enemies who include his estranged brother- closing in to seize control of a serum whose powers are vast and still not fully understood. Not only that, Kamili Okonkwo-the woman he loves- is the key to stabilizing the formula. It is a fact that could get her killed. None of that compares to Chisulo's most unfortunate task- he has to tell Kam that she alone is responsible for the brutal deaths of five men- an act she has no memory of.
Giants and Witches and a Dragon or Two (Jerry eBooks)
Author(s): Phyllis R. Fenner
Scanned, converted, re-formatted, proofed and eBook creation by Jerry.No copyright 2017 by Jerry eBooksNo rights reserved. All parts of this book may be reproduced in any form and by any means for any purpose without any prior written consent of anyone.
What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
Author(s): Barbara Butcher
A riveting, deeply personal memoir of more than twenty years of death-scene investigations by New York City death investigator Barbara Butcher.Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected lifeline: a job at the Medical Examiner's Office in New York City. The second woman ever hired for the role of Death Investigator in Manhattan, she was the first to last more than three months. The work was gritty, demanding, morbid, and sometimes dangerous – she loved it. Butcher (yes, that is her real name, and she has heard all the jokes) spent day in and day out investigating double homicides, gruesome suicides, and most heartbreaking of all, underage rape victims who had also been murdered. In What the Dead Know, she writes with the kind of New York attitude and bravado you might expect from decades in the field, investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, 680 of which were homicides. In the opening chapter, she...
Taran (Immortal Highlander, Clan Skaraven Book 5): A Scottish Time Travel Romance
Author(s): Hazel Hunter
Opioid, Indiana
Author(s): Brian Allen Carr
During a week-long suspension from school, a teenage transplant to impoverished rural Indiana searches for a job, the whereabouts of his vanished drug-addicted guardian, and meaning in the America of the Trump years.Seventeen-year-old Riggle is living in rural Indiana with his uncle and uncle's girlfriend after the death of his parents. Now his uncle is missing, probably on a drug binge. It's Monday, and $800 in rent is due Friday. Riggle, who's been suspended from school, has to either find his uncle or get the money together himself. His mission exposes him to a motley group of Opioid locals—encounters by turns perplexing, harrowing, and heartening. With empathy and insight, Carr explores what it's like to be a high school kid in the age of Trump—a time of economic inequality, addiction, Confederate flags, and mass shootings. Through the voice of its unforgettable protagonist—charismatic, confused, searching, by turns cynical and naïve, wise...
What You Deserve (FBI Agent Erin Hastings Book 1)
Author(s): Alicia Lawson
Sacred City
Author(s): Theodore C. Van Alst
Chicago: home to urban Indians and immigrants and working folks and the whole gamut of people getting by in a world that doesn't care whether they do so or not. Sacred City is an incomparable follow-up to Van Alst's award-winning debut collection, Sacred Smokes. Our young narrator now heads deeper into the heart of the city and himself, accompanied by ancestors and spirits who help him and the reader see that Chicago was, is, and always will be Indian Country. Part love song and part lament, Sacred City explores what options are available to an intelligent, smart-assed young man who was born poor and grew up in a gang. Van Alst's skillful storytelling takes us on a journey where Chicago will never seem the same.
ToyWorld: Home of the Christmas Thief (Claus Universe Book 10)
Author(s): Tony Bertauski
Down and Out in England and Italy
Author(s): Alberto Prunetti
A wry, filthy, and unputdownable look at class and national identity today.Alberto Prunetti arrives in the UK, the twenty-something year old son of a Tuscan factory worker who has never left home before. With only broken English, his wits, and an obsession with the work of George Orwell to guide him, he sets about looking for a job and navigating his new home.In between slaving in pizzerias and cleaning toilets up and down the country, he finds his place among the British precariat. His comrades form a polyglot underclass, among them an ex-addict cook, a cleaner in love with opera, an elderly Shakespearean actor, Turks impersonating Neapolitans to serve pizzas, and a cast of petty criminals 'resting' between bigger jobs.Stuck between a past haunted by Thatcher and a future dominated by Brexit, Down and Out in England and Italy is a hilarious and poignant snapshot of life on the margins in modern day Britain.