Silent Predator: A Paranormal Shifter Romance (Masters of the Deep Book 1)
Author(s): Delta James, Felicity Brandon
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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?
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,...
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
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.
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!
Wyvern Academy: Path of Ascension IV
Author(s): Atlas Kane, Grayson Sinclair
The Nightmare of You and Death in the Room
Author(s): Adam Christopher
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...
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?
Shiver Her Timbers: The Plundered Chronicles
Author(s): Alex Westmore
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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
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.
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...
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
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.
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...
Alpha Physics! Book 4 - Albury: A Post Apocalypse Progression Fantasy
Author(s): Alex Kozlowski
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 5
Author(s): Hiro Ainana
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....
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?
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...
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!
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?
Everything is Worth Killing: A LitRPG Series (Second Edition)
Author(s): Alex Oakchest
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...
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?
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...
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,...
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
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.
His
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...
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...
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.
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 Brotherhood of Dwarves: Book 01 - The Brotherhood of Dwarves
Author(s): D.A. Adams
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?
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?
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?
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.
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 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...
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.
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...
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!
Wait for Our Turn - A Prequel to The Past Life Series
Author(s): Kelly Utt
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.
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...
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?
Witch's Promise : The Witching Hour Series Book 4
Author(s): Joanna Mazurkiewicz
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?
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.
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...
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...
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.
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
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 . . .
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...
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...
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
What You Deserve (FBI Agent Erin Hastings Book 1)
Author(s): Alicia Lawson
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.
A Matter of Trust
Author(s): Fiona Marsden
Twelve years is a long time to hide a secret...or two. Forced from his self-imposed exile, Doctor Morgan Cavanaugh must face his demons and confront the girl he left behind. Becca Walters became a woman in that time with life-altering revelations of her own.Becca fought her way to respectability, but it came at a cost. With Morgan's return she must face the consequences of long-ago decisions, made without his knowledge.Together they have to face the past in order to make a future.An award-winning contemporary romance about facing past regrets and the search for belonging from a fabulous new talent. Perfect reading for anyone who loves Mandy Magro.
The Marine's Second Chance
Author(s): Victoria Pade
First love dies hardOr never at all... Dalton Camden and Marli Abbott's teenage love story was legendary...until a shared secret tragedy led Marli to flee town. Seventeen years later, the former marine is in no mood to forgive and forget, not even when Marli seeks his help for her brother. But buried feelings and unchanged attraction are impossible to ignore as they work towards a common goal. Can Marli convince Dalton their love is worth the fight when she reveals the truth of her departure? From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.The Camdens of Montana Book 1: The Marine Makes AmendsBook 2: The Marine's Baby BluesBook 3: The Major Gets it RightBook 4: The Marine's Second Chance
The Firefly Jar
Author(s): Laurie Beach
Welcome to Crickley Creek, where dreams are encouraged—as long as they fit within the proper rules of etiquette. Sweet Charlotte Sinclair has no idea that "bless your heart" is the same as "screw you"—and she's about to find out the hard way. After her mother's death, Charlotte moved from free-wheeling California to her mother's tiny hometown in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, longing to feel closer to her and searching for closure. Charlotte loves her status as a popular coffee shop owner and is enjoying her budding romance with local hero Will Rushton more than she'd like to admit. So why is she still struggling to find acceptance within the Crickley Creek community? There's a secret nestled among the plantation homes and Spanish moss-covered oaks—a truth her mother's arch rival will do anything to hide. And if Charlotte doesn't learn how to overcome the damage some well-placed gossip can do to her reputation, she...
Cruel Billionaire Boss: Forced Marriage Pregnancy Romance
Author(s): Zara Blaze
Mistletoe Mistake: A Brother's Best Friend Holiday Romance (Greetings From Avondale Book 1)
Author(s): Amali Rose
That Time I Loved You
Author(s): Carrianne Leung
In this exquisite American debut, Carrianne Leung evokes the legacies of Cheever and Munro with a haunting depiction of 1970s suburbia.In her "compact gem of a collection" (Globe & Mail), Carrianne Leung enlivens a singular group of characters sharing a shiny new subdivision in 1970s Toronto. Marilyn greets new neighbors with fresh-baked cookies before she starts stealing from them. Stay-at-home-wife Francesca believes passion is just one yard away, only in the arms of another man. And Darren doesn't understand why his mother insists he keep his head down, even though he gets good grades like his white friends. When a series of inexplicable suicides begin to haunt their community, no one is more fascinated by the terrible phenomenon than young June. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she sits hawk-eyed at the center, bearing witness to the truth behind pulled curtains: the affairs, the racism, the hidden abuses.Leung bursts onto the American literary stage...
The Size of the Truth
Author(s): Andrew Smith
A boy who spent three days trapped in a well tries to overcome his PTSD and claustrophobia so he can fulfill his dream of becoming a famous chef in this charming novel that is Andrew Smith's first foray into middle grade storytelling.When he was four years old, Sam Abernathy was trapped at the bottom of a well for three days, where he was teased by a smart-aleck armadillo named Bartleby. Since then, his parents plan every move he makes. But Sam doesn't like their plans. He doesn't want to go to MIT. And he doesn't want to skip two grades, being stuck in the eighth grade as an eleven-year-old with James Jenkins, the boy he's sure pushed him into the well in the first place. He wants to be a chef. And he's going to start by entering the first annual Blue Creek Days Colonel Jenkins Macaroni and Cheese Cook-Off. That is, if he can survive eighth grade, and figure out the size of the truth that has slipped Sam's memory for seven years.
Outcast: An Enemies to Lovers Island Romance (Ruthless Paradise)
Author(s): Lexi Ray
Glasgow Copycat: A DCI MacBain Scottish Crime Thriller
Author(s): Oliver Davies
An Agent for Alexandra (The Pinkerton Matchmaker Book 21)
Author(s): Rebecca Connolly
Best Gay Erotica 2001
Author(s): Richard Labonte
Presenting the year's steamiest, most provocative gay sex writing…The best-selling gay erotica series in America! "A must read." —In Touch"Full of surprises." —Bay Area Reporter"Consistently outstanding." —Lambda Book Report"An eclectic, provocative selection of stories." —Publishers Weekly
Chasm City
Author(s): Alastair Reynolds
In a city overrun by a virus that attacks both man and machine, an agent pursues a lowlife postmortal-and uncovers a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget...
Heartless Boys Never Kiss: A Hate-to-Love Best Friend's Brother Romance (St. Mary's Book 4)
Author(s): S.J. Sylvis
Little Miss Mute
Author(s): David Bachman
In a Prohibition-Era speakeasy in Kansas City, Paul Verconi had been looking for nothing more than a few drinks to soothe his nerves before heading home. However, what came looking for Paul would prove to be even tougher to swallow than the diluted firewater swirling in his dirty glass...
The White Streak
Author(s): Max Brand
Recently, a number of Western stories have been discovered among Max Brand's unpublished works and the first story in this book, "The White Streak," is one of them. Its protagonist is twenty-one-year-old Jimmy Babcock, a former football star, but now a worker at the local bank run by William Parker in the town of Dresser, which has changed from cattle country to one made up of oil and alfalfa fields. When Parker fires Jimmy, all Jimmy can think is how he will hurt Muriel Aiken, his fiancée, who wants to marry. When his father signs over the old family homestead that is in serious need of repair, Jimmy feels better. But an unexpected invitation from Parker to meet him at the Club convinces him that Parker wants him back. When he learns what Parker really has in mind, Jimmy finds himself recalling the stories he has heard about the notorious robbers the White Streak and Utah Billie, and he has to make a hard decision. In "The Masked Rider" the betrothed of Carlos Torreño, Lucia...
A Secret Shared
Author(s): Patricia MacLachlan
Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan paints a moving portrait of what it means to be a family, the power of love, and the importance of bringing the truth out into the light, in this beautiful and profound story about adoption. Nora and Ben's younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets. She surprises her family more than once: She hides a kitten in her room. She writes a beautiful story. One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself and where her family came from. Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Ben's parents. But if she is adopted, how could that have happened without the children knowing? Nora and Ben must learn when to keep a secret, and who to go to for help—and eventually, how to solve this secret for the entire family.
Following in the Buddha's Footsteps
Author(s): Dalai Lama
The newest volume in the bestselling series from the Dalai Lama.Delve into the substance of spiritual practice in this fourth volume of the Dalai Lama's definitive series on the path to awakening, Following in the Buddha's Footsteps. You'll first hear His Holiness's explanation of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, why they are reliable guides on the path, and how to relate to them. His Holiness then describes the three essential trainings common to all Buddhist traditions: the higher trainings in ethical conduct, concentration, and wisdom. These chapters show us how to live a life free of harm to self or others and give us detailed instructions on how to develop single-pointed concentration as well as the higher states of concentration available to an earnest practitioner. In addition, the chapters on wisdom contain in-depth teachings on the noble eightfold path and the four establishments of mindfulness for developing greater awareness and understanding of our...
The Witch Tree
Author(s): Wayne Johnson
In this gripping prequel to The Red Canoe, Buck navigates family, trauma and star-crossed romance in his search to track down his wayward brother.In this prequel to 2022's The Red Canoe, Buck, aka Michael Fineday, aka Red Deer is on his way to track down his wayward brother in the Twin Cities, when he's trapped in a snowstorm and rescued by Sally, a girl who is fighting her own demons. Though intrigued by Sally, most of Buck's time is spent trying to unravel his family’s involvement with an elaborate racket which has recently gotten his cousin Ruben and his half-brother Bear killed. Eli, Buck’s surviving brother, is up to his neck in the racket that involves insurance fraud and stolen vehicles, and unwilling to tell Buck the truth. The racketeer’s kingpin thinks Eli has something they want—which is both his death warrant and his salvation. The problem is, Eli doesn’t know exactly what the something is or how to...
Details of the Hunt
Author(s): Laura Baumbach
A 26th century, time-traveling, bounty hunter snatchs a 18th century Earth pirate in a deal to enrich the archeoalogical knowledge of mankind, but as he develops an attraction for the likable, free-spirited prey, he attempts to alter the deal, threatening both his own personal code of honor and the strict rules of conduct of his race. Will the love of a wily, cock-sure, young pirate be enough for the stoic hunter to risk exile from his own people?
Scent of a Wolf: Great Falls Academy, Episode 3
Author(s): Alex Lidell
The Love Child
Author(s): Rachel Hore
'A gorgeous and deeply absorbing story' Tracy Rees The UNMISSABLE brand new novel from Rachel Hore, Sunday Times bestselling author of LAST LETTER HOME, a 2018 Richard and Judy Book club pickOne young mother's ultimate sacrifice. One child's desperate search to uncover the truth . . .London, 1917 When nineteen-year-old Alice falls pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think of is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and how the father, a young soldier, so beloved, will never have the chance to know his daughter. Meanwhile, Edith and Philip, a couple unable to have children of their own, secretly adopt a baby girl, Irene, given up by a young unmarried mother. Irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children but no one will tell her the full truth. As two extraordinary stories...
Einstein's Dreams
Author(s): Alan Lightman
A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein’s Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.
The Nurse's Homecoming
Author(s): Allie Pleiter
A temporary position... Or the beginning of happily-ever-after? Camp True North Springs is everything nurse Bridget Nicholson needs: a new start after her broken engagement and the opportunity to help grieving families heal—despite her overbearing father's disapproval. But no one warned Bridget that she'd be working with her ex-boyfriend, Carson Todd...or that another shot at love might be exactly what she needs.From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.True North Springs Book 1: Restoring Their FamilyBook 2: The Nurse's HomecomingBook 3: For the Sake of Her Sons
Nomad (1944)
Author(s): Wesley Long; George O. Smith
Nomad is a science fiction novel by author George O. Smith. The novel was originally serialized in three parts in the magazine Astounding beginning in December 1944, under Smith's pseudonym, Wesley Long. Classic space opera -- Mars, wars, invisible planets, wars, superscience, duplicity, and wars.
The Holiday Treatment
Author(s): Elle Spencer
By day, Holly Hudson's a story editor for Wifetime Network. By night, she's the writer for the network's very cheesy, very straight holiday romance series—Christmas in Evermore. Holly took the job to accomplish exactly one thing: a gay Christmas movie. She's been shot down before, but things start to look up when Meredith Drake unexpectedly moves into the network's holiday division.On the heels of a brief (but totally hot) fling, Holly and Meredith agree to keep things professional now that they'll be working together. Especially since the network has a strict policy about workplace relationships. Instead, they vow to channel their passion into a pitch for the network's first Christmas movie to feature two female leads.In this contemporary romance, Holly and Meredith work to make the Yuletide gayer while discovering that happy endings aren't only for the movies.
The Midcoast: A Novel
Author(s): Adam White
“I tore through the saga of the Thatch family in two nights. The Midcoast is a reader’s dream—tense, ominous, and deeply wise.”—David Benioff, co-creator of Game of Thrones “In deft, knowing, and crystalline prose, Adam White writes, in essence, the novel about the Maine coast.”—Richard Ford • “Readers will be hooked.”—Publishers Weekly ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—The MillionsIt’s spring in the tiny town of Damariscotta, a tourist haven on the coast of Maine known for its oysters and antiques. Andrew, a high school English teacher recently returned to the area, has brought his family to Ed and Steph Thatch’s sprawling riverside estate to attend a reception for the Amherst women’s lacrosse team. Back when they were all teenagers, Andrew never could have predicted that Ed, descended from a long...
A Thousand Li: the First Stop: A Xanxia Cultivation Series
Author(s): Tao Wong
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Author(s): Carlo Collodi
revelatory new edition of the most widely translated Italian book in the world—soon to be a Netflix animated feature film co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, John Turturro, and Tilda SwintonA Penguin Classic Carved from a piece of wood by the old carpenter Geppetto, the puppet Pinocchio comes to life and wants nothing more than to be a real boy. But while this beloved character has achieved literary immortality, he is ultimately misunderstood. He has a penchant for lying, to be sure, but it’s when he avoids going to school that he repeatedly gets into trouble, making The Adventures of Pinocchio an unusually timely novel about the importance of education, in our increasingly authoritarian times, to prevent our strings being pulled. This effervescent new translation captures the antic spirit that makes the mischievous, egotistical, and easily distracted...
More Than Summer
Author(s): Shawn Lane
When Jeremiah Lincoln, an ER nurse, invites his old classmate Brady Laurens to his pool party after treating Brady's finger at the hospital, he never expects the hot, sexy Hollywood star to attend. To his surprise, not only does Brady show, but the recently out and proud actor makes it clear he's interested in getting Jeremiah alone for some hot loving.After a steamy night together, Brady invites him for a beach getaway up north. But when it's all over, will Brady be willing to give Jeremiah more than summer?
I'le Dor
Author(s): Mary Lou Dickinson
Shortly after the first referendum on Quebec separation, four people in their forties encounter each other in Ile d'Or, the town where all of them grew up. The novel is about gold and greed and renewal and hope. About people who emerge from a frontier existence into the society of the late twentieth century with the need to discover how their contemporary lives connect with their pasts: how growing up in a mining town in northern Quebec in the 1930s through 1950s shaped who they are today. They do this with the hope that confronting the past may better equip them for moving on with their stalled lives. Their need to be reconciled with themselves can only be satisfied through a reconciliation with the community in which they grew up. A vibrant novel that deals with language, community and the politics of Canada as it explores the hardscrabble life of a mining town—a company town—and the psychological fallout for the adults and children who live there.
Jocasta
Author(s): Brian Aldiss
A Theban adventure from the master of Science-Fiction, here proving himself adept at imagining historical worlds. Part of the Brian Aldiss Collection. In Jocasta, Aldiss brings vividly to life the ancient world of dreaming Thebes: a world of sun-drenched landscapes, golden dust, sphynxes, Furies, hermaphroditic philosophers, ghostly apparitions and ambivalent gods. Jocasta is also a strikingly effective contemplation of an older world order where the human mind is still struggling to understand itself and the nature of the world around it.
Sweet Beginnings
Author(s): Melissa McClone
A little hope changes everything... Artist Hope Ryan dreams of seeing her artwork displayed in top galleries again, but a devastating betrayal left her unable to paint as she once did. Instead, she settles for creating unique items for tourists and wedding couples in her hometown. Although Hope longs for more, she refuses to venture outside her comfort zone, fearing the heartbreak and disappointment of failing again. Highly paid sportscaster Josh Cooper never overcame his bitterness after an injury on the football field sidelined him for good. Finding his solace in alcohol and women only made matters worse until he finally hit rock bottom. Now, he's looking for redemption. When he's asked to fly a wedding gown across the country for one of the victims of his wrongs, he doesn't hesitate. Arriving in Indigo Bay, Josh finds himself captivated by the artist creating the wedding favors. He knows exactly what he...
Serial Threat
Author(s): Valerie Hansen
The body count is mounting— and a target is on their backs Stumbling upon a murder is the biggest shock of Noah Holden's life—until he learns he knew the victim. When more women from his past are killed, Noah needs Officer Emily Zwalt's help to remove his name from the top of the list of prime suspects. But when the serial killer acquires a new target, they must work together before Emily becomes the next victim.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.Emergency Responders Book 1: Fatal ThreatBook 2: Marked for RevengeBook 3: On the RunBook 4: Christmas VendettaBook 5: Serial Threat
Murder on the Rocks
Author(s): Shawn Reilly Simmons
Shawn Reilly Simmons has cooked up something rocky this time, and it's going to be a delicious read. After surviving a brazen attack at one of her favorite local cafes, Penelope Sutherland is ready to escape the big city and head to her next film set. She and her Red Carpet Catering crew set up their kitchen on location in the tranquil mountains of Vermont. But peace and quiet aren't on the menu. It starts to get hot when a series of accidents befall the celebrity tennis pro consulting on the film. Then mix in an uptight director, an isolated location, and a quirky bunch of locals with secrets of their own and that's a recipe for disaster. Penelope soon suspects a connection between the cafe attack and the incidents on set, and you know what comes next. She must uncover the truth before her goose gets cooked. This page-turner is serving up the coziest of entertainment, and you do not want to miss it. - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
The Tongue Thief: a murder mystery thriller (Askew Thrills)
Author(s): Mark Lennox
Wake Me Up at 9:00 in the Morning
Author(s): A Yi
A thrilling journey through China's dark criminal underworld, from a celebrated voice in Chinese literature When Hongyang is found dead after a night of debauched drinking, it looks as if his reign of terror has finally come to an end. Few in this insular community have much reason to mourn his passing: Hongyang is an infamous mob boss, a man with plenty of enemies. But now it seems that his years of crime have also earned him some very dangerous friends. As his funeral draws near, those who knew him come together to look back on a life characterised by corruption, deceit and a flair for violence. Their recollections will keep Hongyang's legacy alive, with terrifying consequences. From the master of Chinese noir fiction comes this explosive new novel about the power of one man, unravelled by a tangled web of secrets.
Giya's Betrayal: Book Three of the Firebird's Daughter series
Author(s): Kyrja
Announcing Trouble
Author(s): Amy Fellner Dominy
I may know everything there is to know about baseball, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. Or like him. Garrett Reeves: sidelined player and the embodiment of everything I've learned to hate about baseball. He's gorgeous, he's cocky, he's laser-focused on getting back in the game, no matter the cost.When he convinces me to call games alongside him, our chemistry heats up the booth. We're good together, whether I want to admit it or not. I'm finding that I like baseball again, but even worse, I'm liking Garrett. A lot.But when he has to decide between our future and a new shot at his dreams, I know baseball will win out every time. Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book has tons of hilarious banter, lots of sexual tension, and a hero who will throw a wild pitch right at your heart.
Undercover Jeopardy
Author(s): Kathleen Tailer
A love rekindled...or a deadly undercover reunion?Taken hostage in a bank robbery, the last person Detective Daniel Morley expects to find disguised as a robber is his ex-fiancée, FBI agent Bethany Walker. Now, with a mole in law enforcement putting Bethany's life in danger, Daniel must join her undercover to protect her. But can this pretend couple confront the issues that ended their real relationship...and stay alive to claim a future together?
May God Forgive
Author(s): Alan Parks
Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack on a hairdresser's has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse but as the police drive the young men to prison, the van is rammed by a truck, and the men are grabbed and bundled into a car. The next day, the body of one of them is dumped in the city centre. A note has been sent to the newspaper: one down, two to go. Detective Harry McCoy has twenty-four hours to find the kidnapped boys before they all turn up dead, and it is going to mean taking down some of Glasgow's most powerful people to do it . . .
Keep Your Friends Close: A Gritty YA Crime Thriller
Author(s): Niki Keith
A Life Worth Living
Author(s): Amanda Canham
For lovers of Marion Lennox and Fiona Lowe comes a sweet, touching novel about secret desires and second chances, set in the intriguing world of sleep medicine.Dr Cameron Lewis has been running from his past for a long time, so when a career opportunity opens up in his hometown of Brisbane, he takes it as a sign to move home and pick up the pieces of his life. But his vow to never have a child remains steadfast — it's the one thing he can't compromise on.Nurse Stacey Carter has always craved a family of her own, and, following a bitter divorce and the death of her mother, she finally decides to make her dreams come true. She doesn't need a man to help, but she can't help thinking that the new doctor in the Sleep Medicine ward might be the ideal alternative...
Island Refuge EMP
Author(s): Grace Hamilton
The action-packed, post-apocalyptic series now available in a box set of over 1,200 pages!The lines between friend and foe are blurred when America comes under attack.Elna Pasqualee's plans to bring her family's California island vineyard into the twenty-first century are dashed with the EMP strike. Broadcasts offer only a brief warning for the Pasqualees and their guests before missiles wipe out all power and communications across North America. Cut off from the mainland, Elna struggles to secure a reliable fresh water source for the island's inhabitants in this terrifying new reality.But they soon discover those on the mainland are facing dangerous trouble of their own.Even with distressing deprivation, remaining trapped on the island becomes a blessing in disguise when Elna's ex-boyfriend raises a vicious paramilitary horde determined to cross the shark-infested channel and conquer the island vineyard for its bounty.But if the island...
Unraveller
Author(s): Frances Hardinge
Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week 'This multilayered, humane and brilliant YA fantasy is the Costa-winning Hardinge's best yet.' - The Guardian'Gothic and twisty and witty and gripping . . . I loved it' - Katherine Rundell'A gloriously creepy, intricate masterpiece.' - Adrian Tchaikovsky Unraveller is a spell-binding fantasy from the Costa-award winning author of The Lie Tree, Frances Hardinge.In a world where anyone can cast a life-destroying curse, only one person has the power to unravel them.Kellen does not fully understand his unique gift, but helps those who are cursed, like his friend Nettle who was trapped in the body of a bird for years. She is now Kellen's constant companion and his closest ally.But the Unraveller carries a curse himself and, unless he and Nettle can remove it, Kellen is a danger to everything – and everyone...
Christmas with a Cowboy
Author(s): Brown, Carolyn
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After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall: A Novel
Author(s): Nancy Kress
The year is 2035. After ecological disasters nearly destroyed the Earth, 26 survivors—the last of humanity—are trapped by an alien race in a sterile enclosure known as the Shell. Fifteen-year-old Pete is one of the Six—children who were born deformed or sterile and raised in the Shell. As, one by one, the survivors grow sick and die, Pete and the Six struggle to put aside their anger at the alien Tesslies in order to find the means to rebuild the earth together. Their only hope lies within brief time-portals into the recent past, where they bring back children to replenish their disappearing gene pool. Meanwhile, in 2013, brilliant mathematician Julie Kahn works with the FBI to solve a series of inexplicable kidnappings. Suddenly her predictive algorithms begin to reveal more than just criminal activity. As she begins to realize her role in the impending catastrophe, simultaneously affecting the Earth and the Shell, Julie closes in on the truth. She and Pete are converging in time upon the future of humanity—a future which might never unfold. Weaving three consecutive time lines to unravel both the mystery of the Earth's destruction and the key to its salvation, this taut adventure offers a topical message with a satisfying twist.Review"Kress, a witty and engaging writer, creates chilling suspense as twisty as a DNA double helix." —Publishers Weekly"Her style is devilishly inventive..." —CNN.com"It's hard to imagine a better writer of science fiction in America today than Nancy Kress – to call Kress a science-fiction writer seems too limiting. She's one of our best writers." —Salt Lake Tribune"I highly recommend this book." —www.NerdsInBabeland.com"A disturbing, lively piece of fiction." —www.SeattlePI.com"Nebula- and Hugo-winner Kress mixes time travel, global catastrophe, and mysterious aliens in this strong postapocalyptic tale. . . . Kress handles the crisscrossing timelines with cool elegance." —Publishers Weekly (March 19, 2012)About the AuthorNancy Kress is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy titles, including Beggars in Spain, Nothing Human, Probability Space, Stinger, and her bestselling Write Great Fiction series. She is a recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and John W. Campbell Memorial awards, and her work has been translated into 16 languages. She lives in Rochester, New York.
The Cowboy's Honor
Author(s): Amy Sandas
"Sandas will leave you breathless." —LINDA BRODAY, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author for The Gunslinger's VowThree runaway bridesDetermined to escape their fatesFlee West to find freedom that can only be had in a cowboy's arms...Courtney Adams never questioned the future her parents laid out for her...until the day she was to marry one of Boston's elite. Desperate, she flees the church in a flurry of bridal finery and trades her pearls for a train ticket to Montana—only to be mistaken for a surly cowboy's mail order bride!Dean Lawton doesn't want a wife—especially not some fancy Eastern lady he believes his brother "ordered" behind his back. Yet one mistake leads to another, and before the dust can settle, he finds himself married to a woman who challenges him at every step...and sets his wounded heart ablaze. But the clock is ticking on this marriage of inconvenience, and soon Dean...
The Duke's Predicament (The Reluctant Duke Book 3)
Author(s): Fenella J Miller
Beautifully Broken Omega: A Dark Reverse Harem Omegaverse Romance
Author(s): Lily Hinton
Broken doesn't mean destroyed. Sometimes it means beautifully transformed. Kit He destroyed me. Erased who I was. Called me disgusting, broken, worthless. Hidden bruises. Broken ribs. Pain I kept secret. The night he crossed a line I never thought he would, one thought finally crystallized in my he will kill me if I stay. So I ran. For two years, I've been Kit Ellis, a nobody beta who cleaned offices and stayed invisible. No heats. No dreams. Just surviving. Until them. Griffin, Nolan, and Declan. We hunt monsters. Kill predators. Protect the innocent. We thought we were complete. Then we meet Kit. Quiet. Broken. Beautiful. She doesn't react to us, doesn't fear us, doesn't even see us. She gets under our skin. Makes us feel things we've never felt before. Makes us question everything we thought we knew about ourselves. Her pain cuts us open. She can't see what we see. That her cracks let the light in. That broken things, when loved, become sacred. Someone made her believe she was worthless. They were wrong. Now we're not just protectors. We're hers. Beautifully Broken Omega is the first book in the Shattered Omegas series, a standalone dark reverse harem omegaverse romance with lots of angst, healing, and protection. This book contains found family, morally gray alphas, an epic claiming, no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed HEA.
Hating My New Husband
Author(s): B. B. Hamel
Fake husband. Real pain in my butt.As soon as I get what I want, I'm gone.I hate Davis so much I could puke.For years I've hated him, ever since high school.Now he's back in my life, and of course he's successful and gorgeous.That's Davis, perfect Davis, with his incredible eyes and ripped body.Most women would die to lick sweat from his arms.I'd rather swallow dirt.But he says he needs my help, and he's offering a ton of money.All I have to do is one simple, stupid, tiny little thing:I have to marry him.Pretend to be his wife.Simple, right?Except nothing is simple with Davis.He's Canadian, and his enemies want him deported.So I need to trick immigration into letting him stay.Sure, totally cool, no big deal, I lie to federal agents all the time.Except I hate him so much, I can't think straight.I spend all night dreaming about his hands on my body.As soon as his lips touch mine and he...
The Travelling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus
Author(s): Alanna McFall
Chelsea is determined to make it to her brother’s wedding. And she’s not going to let the fact that she’s been dead for two years stop her. Joining with her mime friend from a New York City park and her ghostly mentor with forty years of afterlife under her belt, the three women set out on foot for San Francisco. Along the way, they are faced with joy, sorrow, and the haunting surprises of the open road. This humorous and lightly macabre journey explores relationships, personal burdens, and what it means to keep moving, even when your heartbeat has stopped.
One More Ride: Lucifer's Savages MC - Book Two (Lucifer's Savages MC Series 2)
Author(s): Samantha Montague
Coming Home
Author(s): Samantha Skye
Fate spared me once, but some encounters are impossible to escape... Life has a funny way of being meaningless when you've lost everything you've known and loved. But even I can admit I've been underground for far too long.It's time to start again — in Boston. New city, new name, new...tall, dark, and handsome stranger? I may have fallen—literally—into Shaun Marshall's arms when our plane lurched, but it's not like Boston's most eligible bachelor would have noticed me otherwise. Besides, I have a new career to build, family to hold close, a city to explore. Except Shaun keeps turning up, everywhere I go. Is there any harm in flirting? Surely not. Anyway, once he discovers my secret he'll vanish, just like the last man to smash my heart to bits.But Shaun doesn't seem perturbed by danger. Even though it's about to catch up with me once and for all......
The Ivory Rose
Author(s): Belinda Murrell
Jemma has just landed her first job, babysitting Sammy. It's in Rosethorne, one of the famous witches' houses near where she lives. Sammy says the house is haunted by a sad little girl, but Jemma doesn't know what to believe. One day when the two girls are playing hide and seek, Jemma discovers a rose charm made of ivory. As she touches the charm she sees a terrifying flashback. Is it the moment the ghost was murdered? Jemma runs for her life, falling down the stairs and tumbling into unconsciousness. She wakes up in 1895, unable to get home. Jemma becomes an apprentice maidservant at Rosethorne - but all is not well in the grand house. Young heiress Georgiana is constantly sick. Jemma begins to suspect Georgiana is being poisoned, but who would poison her, and why? Jemma must find the proof in order to rescue her friend - before time runs out.
CONSTABLE ALONG THE LANE a perfect feel-good read from one of Britain's best-loved authors (Constable Nick Mystery Book 7)
Author(s): NICHOLAS RHEA
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Ambush in the Mountains
Author(s): Mary Alford
Innocent lives at stake...Can a former soldier and his canine save them?Helping a pregnant woman he comes across in a mountain storm puts Axel Sterling right into the path of ruthless human traffickers. Now it's up to the ex-soldier and his dog to keep Summer and her unborn baby safe from the abductors she's finally escaped. But between the icy wilderness and the armed gunmen following them at every turn, one wrong move could cost Axel and Summer their lives.From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Chasing The Dragon
Author(s): Nicholas Kaufmann
Centuries ago, St. George fought and killed a dragon—or so the legend goes. The truth is somewhat different. George failed in his mission, and the Dragon still walks the Earth, protected by an undead army, hiding in the shadows and slaughtering men, women, and children for its prey. Each of George's descendants through time has been tasked with killing the Dragon, and each has failed. Twenty-five-year-old Georgia Quincey is the last of the line—the last, best hope for defeating the Dragon once and for all. But Georgia is also an addict, driven to the warm embrace of the needle by the weight of her responsibility and the loss of everything and everyone she has ever loved. Tracking her nemesis to the small town of Buckshot, New Mexico for their final showdown, Georgia is about to discover the truth about the Dragon, a terrible secret that could put all life on Earth in peril.
Beast Origin Realm: A Wuxia/Xianxia Cultivation Novel
Author(s): A. P. Gore
The Wang clan is coming for Li Wei. Li Wei’s battle with Wang Jiang has left him gravely injured and stranded in the Beast Origin Realm, a mysterious place that is as much a danger to him as it is a refuge. With Spirit Beasts clamoring for his blood and few allies he can count on, his only choice is to train, and train hard. He has ten days, at most, to prepare for the fight of his life. Can he prevail, or will he die trying? The odds are stacked against him, but that’s never stopped him before. Make some time in your schedule, because you won't be able to put this book down. Join for more beast face slapping, blood-curdling action, and a protagonist who overcomes everything. [Author's Note: Apology for the chapters issue. It was duplicated, but no chapter was missing. I've fixed it now, and you can redownload the book from your kindle library, or skip the duplicated chapter. As an apology, I've included a link to Extended Epilogue at the end of the book that is only available to subscribers.]
An Innocent Obsession
Author(s): Jessa Kane
An Innocent Obsession: A Novella
Murder in the First Edition
Author(s): Lauren Elliott
Addie Greyborne is preparing for the holidays at her bookstore in seaside New England—but a winter storm is coming, in more ways than one . . . Addie's getting into the spirit for the upcoming Charity Auction—especially since she's got an 1843 copy of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol to donate. Her former colleagues at the Boston Public Library have confirmed that its worth runs toward the high five figures, which should help with the new pediatric wing. Her mood darkens, though, when a visitor from the past appears—Jonathan Hemingway, the father of her late fiancé. His presence stirs up sad memories for Addie, but also has her fuming when Jonathan, true to his womanizing ways, runs off for a lunchtime liaison with Teresa Lang, who's in charge of the auction. Soon after, Addie heads to Teresa's office at the hospital—and finds the poor woman's dead body. What she doesn't find is her valuable first edition....
Home Sweet Home
Author(s): Robert M. Kerns
Earth. A world untouched by magic, or so its people believe. Gavin's unexpected return shatters that belief, throwing the world into panic. And all Gavin wants is to return to Drakmoor. Will he succeed? Read now to find out!
Murder at the Car Rally: 1920s Historical Cozy Mystery (An Evie Parker Mystery Book 3)
Author(s): Sonia Parin
Last Voyage: A Twisty Cozy Police Procedural Murder Mystery Series (Murder in the Dunes Book 8)
Author(s): Heidi Hinrichs
Hand-Me-Down Magic #1
Author(s): Corey Ann Haydu
Meet the best friends at 86 ½ Twenty-Third Avenue. DEL loves LOTS of things! The Curious Cousins Secondhand Shoppe. Ginormous family dinners. And of course, her best-friend-cousin, Alma. ALMA loves her abuelita's tasty empanadas. Her old home by the lake. And soon, she'll love living in the same place as her best-friend-cousin, Del. Yet despite having Del by her side, Alma isn't quite sure she fits in with their family at 86 ½ Twenty-Third Avenue. It's a new life and it's all so different. When Del finds a special item at a neighbor's stoop sale, she gets so excited by the magic luck it brings—but doesn't see that it's driving the two best friends apart. Will family, friendship, and maybe a little everyday magic be enough to make things right again? Brimming with adorable illustrations and short, easy-to-read chapters, this is sure to be an...
Board Battle
Author(s): Jake Maddox
When a group of bullies decide they own the local skatepark, Conner and his best friend, Hannah, are forced to practice elsewhere. Conner and Hannah have to outsmart the bullies if they want to practice for the upcoming competition. Because in the end, the fight for the skatepark will come down to the ultimate battle of the boards.
The Things We See in the Light
Author(s): Amal Awad
In the cafe, I watch as a woman takes a photo of her plate – an impressive, glossy lime-coloured dessert with shards of chocolate perched on top. I want to feel that ease and confidence, too. Like this is my city again, and I know my way around it.Eight years ago, Sahar pursued her happily ever after when she married Khaled and followed him to Jordan, leaving behind her family, her friends and a thriving cake business. But married life didn't go as planned and, haunted by secrets, Sahar has returned home to Sydney without telling her husband.With the help of her childhood friends, Sahar hits the reset button on her life. She takes a job at a local patisserie run by Maggie, a strong but kind manager who guides Sahar in sweets and life.But as she tentatively gets to know her colleagues, Sahar faces a whole new set of challenges. There's Kat and Inez, who are determined that Sahar try new experiences. Then there's Luke, a talented chocolatier and...
Royal Blood
Author(s): Aimée Carter
Royalty, murder and scandal combine in this thrilling new series about an American girl who becomes the British Monarchy’s greatest nightmare. As the King of England’s illegitimate daughter, 17-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. But when she’s forced to spend the summer in London with her father and the royal family, who aren’t exactly thrilled she exists, her identity is mysteriously revealed, and suddenly the world is dying to know every juicy lie the press prints about her. After a fun night turns deadly and Evan becomes the primary suspect in a murder investigation, the escalating rumors and fallout threaten to tear her life apart. As she fights to uncover the truth about what happened, she discovers royal secrets that are even more scandalous than she imagined – secrets that could change the monarchy forever. And her own may be next.
The Stone Knife
Author(s): Anna Stephens
A fantasy epic of freedom and empire, gods and monsters, love, loyalty, honour, and betrayal, from the acclaimed author of GODBLIND. For generations, the forests of Ixachipan have echoed with the clash of weapons, as nation after nation has fallen to the Empire of Songs – and to the unending, magical music that binds its people together. Now, only two free tribes remain. The Empire is not their only enemy. Monstrous, scaled predators lurk in rivers and streams, with a deadly music of their own. As battle looms, fighters on both sides must decide how far they will go for their beliefs and for the ones they love – a veteran general seeks peace through war, a warrior and a shaman set out to understand their enemies, and an ambitious noble tries to bend ancient magic to her will.
Under His Skin
Author(s): Nicola Marsh
She's getting under his skinAnd it feels so good...Aussie construction king Logan Holmes never sleeps with clients. Especially not hoity-toity English girls wearing caftans and ordering soy chai lattes. But when Hope McWilliams hires him, he discovers they have one thing in common—chemistry hotter than the Australian sun! Soon all Logan can think about is every sinful way he can pleasure her, making him want to stay when he should walk away...
Just Short of Crazy
Author(s): Nina Foxx
When smart, successful, levelheaded lawyer Alexis Pearson gets blindsided by her faithless fiancé, who disses and dumps her, she decides to change everything. Gone are the trendy dreads in favor of her own soft and natural tresses. She's going to get her body, mind, and spirit in shape with tae kwan do classes — and maybe kick some butt in the process to work out the aggression brought on by the abandonment . . . and her boss's unsubtle offers to help mend her busted heart. Of course, she never intended for it all to get out of hand — and she certainly didn't mean to break the elbow of her first-time sparring partner, Remedy Brown.At least she got the attention of this tall, dark, and very handsome nightclub owner with the unfortunate name. And though Alexis is wary about diving recklessly too soon into the relationship fire again, she can't help wondering if sexy, warm-hearted Remedy might be a remedy for what's ailing her. But the man comes with some...
Wilds of the Heart: A Small Town Romance (Curiosity Bay Series Book 2)
Author(s): Karice Bolton
Lick My Finish Line
Author(s): Nicolette Dane
Riley and Heather, two 18-year-old best friends, are back from college and training for a half marathon together. After a sweaty and exhausting run, the girls head back to Riley's house to shower off. But after a lusty tickle fight, the inexperienced girls find themselves showering together. Some exploratory kissing and touching leads them to dry off and head over to Riley's bed where they can delve deeper into their first time experience. This short story is a tender — yet explicit — lesbian bicurious romantic first time experience. It contains two athletic runner best friends kissing and exploring each others bodies. This well-written short definitely has what you're looking for. Check the Look Inside for more! **
The Breaking Storm (Innocent No More Series, Book 2)
Author(s): Andrew Wareham
Knight's Absolution (Knights of Hell Book 5)
Author(s): Sherilee Gray
Slippery Slope (A Riddler's Edge Side Story)
Author(s): Albright, A.A.
The Warlow Experiment
Author(s): Alix Nathan
What kind of person keeps a man underground for seven years?And who would agree to be part of such an experiment?'Unusual, gripping and emotionally complex - I loved this book.' Sally Magnusson, author of The Sealwoman's GiftHerbert Powyss lives on a small estate in the Welsh Marches, with enough time and income to pursue a gentleman's fashionable cultivation of exotic plants and trees. But he longs to make his mark in the field of science - something consequential enough to present to the Royal Society in London.He hits on a radical experiment in isolation: for seven years a subject will inhabit three rooms in the cellar of the manor house, fitted out with books, paintings and even a chamber organ. Meals will arrive thrice daily via a dumbwaiter. The solitude will be totally unrelieved by any social contact; the subject will keep a diary of his daily thoughts and actions. The pay? Fifty pounds per annum, for...
Cupid Daddy (Fantastical Daddy Doms Book 5)
Author(s): Allysa Hart, Rayanna Jamison
With Feeling
Author(s): Victoria Beasley, Victoria Beasley
A man who feels too much teams up with a girl who doesn't feel anything in order to raise a dragon.
Found In The Mountains (Greene Mountain Boys)
Author(s): Olivia T. Turner
Wrong Place Wrong Time: Gripping true story and how my ticket to a new life turns out to be a one way ticket to hell.
Author(s): Perlmutter, David P
Elite Dragon's Human Mate (Elite Shifters of Colorado Book 5)
Author(s): Alicia Banks
The Music Box
Author(s): Kassandra Lea
The annual nighttime walk Alvin and his boyfriend Milo take to celebrate St. Nick's Day will pale to what Milo has secreted away in the basement.
The Overnight Kidnapper
Author(s): Andrea Camilleri
"Set in Sicily and starring a detective unlike any other in crime fiction, blasts the brain like a shot of pure oxygen. Aglow with local color, packed with flint-dry wit, as fresh and clean as Mediterranean seafood — altogether transporting." —A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the WindowThe new novel in the irresistible and transporting New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series The day gets off to a bad start for Montalbano: while trying to break up a fight on Marinella beach, he hits the wrong man and is stopped by the Carabinieri. When he finally gets to the office, the inspector learns about a strange abduction: a woman was abducted, drugged, and then released unharmed a few hours later. A few days later, the same thing happens again, but this time the woman abducted is the niece of Enzo, the owner of Montalbano's favorite trattoria. The only link between the two events is...
Meet Cute Reboot: A Southern Sweet Romantic Comedy (Matched by Cupid Book 1)
Author(s): Erin Lucy
Goldie & The Bear: A Honey-Sweet, Spicy Hot, Bear Shifter, Omegaverse Romance Short (KNOTTY LOVE)
Author(s): Imani Jay
Winter of Fire
Author(s): Sherryl Jordan
On her sixteenth birthday, the rebellious Quelled girl Elsha is selected as handmaid to the Firelord – the most powerful of the Chosen. Suddenly Elsha is swept into a world of privilege, but also of prejudice and hatred and inequality. And her pursuit of her vision of a world of warmth, as sung about in the ancient myths, leads her on a dangerous path…
Aether Witch (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book 1)
Author(s): Tarah Benner
Alexis A. Gilliland - Rosinante 1
Author(s): The Revolution from Rosinante
War of Kings and Monsters
Author(s): Christopher Keene
"War of Kings and Monsters is a fast and compelling read with lovable characters and a well-drawn premise." —M. L. Spencer, author of The Rhenwars Saga In a world beyond the reach of humans live the monstrous Melkai. Five hundred years ago, these powerful beings were banished from the human world, only welcome back when called and controlled by a human. But the spell that holds them back is weakening. Melkai are slipping through the barrier uncalled.In order to restore the barrier, Nathan embarks on a quest to find the missing piece of an ancient and powerful artifact. Nathan’s own Melkai protects him as he travels the land filled with roaming monsters, but escaped Melkai are not the only threat he faces. An enemy kingdom is in possession of the missing piece of the artifact and they are more than willing to let Nathan’s people be overrun by Melkai rather than give up their power.
Body in the Books
Author(s): Heather Huffman
Sometimes, owning a bookstore can be murder.When Nora Jones inherits a dusty old bookshop from her estranged uncle, she moves to St. Augustine to tie up loose ends and maybe learn a bit about the man she never knew.Only what first appeared to be a heart attack turns out to be murder, and there's no shortage of suspects. The detective assigned to the case might be handsome and charming, but Nora's convinced he's chasing down the wrong lead.With her newly-inherited Greyhound named Margo and a quirky band of friends in tow, Nora decides to track down the killer. She finds herself in a race to solve the murder before she becomes the next body in the books.Body in the Books is the first installment of the Nora Jones cozy mystery series. You won't want to miss this humorous whodunit that's being likened to Scooby Doo for grownups.
Scarlet Hood
Author(s): Laura Wolf
If you go into the woods today, you're in for a big surprise...When Scarlet left that morning to visit her sick grandmother she was on her guard for trouble on the road - they don't call them "The Whispering Woods" for nothing, after all.Raised on stories on the dangers of the fae, Scarlet knows it pays to be armed and ready - but what she doesn't know may prove more threatening still.When secrets are revealed, and no one - strangers, friends or family - are truly what they seem, how do you know what is true? What path do you choose?One thing is for sure - Scarlet's life is about to change in ways she never expected.
The Jade Bones
Author(s): Lani Forbes
Four young people risk their lives to save the world from a looming apocalypse in this captivating sequel to The Seventh Sun.Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped. Mayana's royal blood controls the power of water, and Prince Ahkin wields the power of the sun itself. Ometeotl, the Mother goddess, provides them with other gifts—and an ominous warning that one of them may not survive. But can the goddess be trusted?Back in the lands above, Mayana's best friend, Yemania, has survived the empress selection ritual—but her next challenge may be more than she can bear. The new empress of the Chicome Empire demands she become High Healer. Yemania has no interest in serving in the palace;...
Nothing But Trouble
Author(s): Amy Andrews
For five years, Cecilia Morgan’s entire existence has revolved around playing personal assistant to self-centered former NFL quarterback Wade Carter. But just when she finally gives her notice, his father’s health fails, and Wade whisks her back to his hometown. CC will stay for his dad—for now—even if that means ignoring how sexy her boss is starting to look in his Wranglers. To say CC’s notice is a bombshell is an insult to bombs. Wade can’t imagine his life without his “left tackle.” She’s the only person who can tell him “no” and strangely, it’s his favorite quality. He’ll do anything to keep her from leaving, even if it means playing dirty and dragging her back to Credence, Colorado, with him. But now they’re living under the same roof, getting involved in small-town politics, and bickering like an old married couple. Suddenly, five years of fighting is starting to feel a whole lot like foreplay. What’s a quarterback to do when he realizes he might be falling for his “left tackle”? Throw a Hail Mary she’ll never see coming, of course.
Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima
Author(s): Deirdre Langeland
Deirdre Langeland's Meltdown explores for middle grade readers the harrowing story of the deadly earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that caused the 2011 Fukushima power plant disasterOn March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast. It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high. The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario—a nuclear meltdown.For six days, employees at the plant worked to contain the meltdown and disaster workers scoured the surrounding flooded area for survivors.This book examines the science behind such a massive disaster and looks back at the people who experienced an unprecedented trifecta of destruction.
Deep Time
Author(s): Ian Douglas
The clock is ticking in the struggle for galactic independenceOnce rebels themselves facing off against the Earth Confederation, the United States of North America is now the dominant force in negotiations with the interstellar Sh'daar Collective. But just as the Marines root out the last violent dissenters, an alien ship of unknown origin suddenly flees Earth's orbit. Is it mere coincidence . . . or a terrifying omen?President Alexander Koenig watches with great interest as USNA forces chase the runaways down. But upon first contact, it's not apparent where—or when—the crew is headed. For this bizarre species has somehow mastered the power to manipulate time itself. Now Koenig must decide whether he's dealing with angels of astonishing technological prowess . . . or the agents of humanity's destruction.
Alpha Erased
Author(s): Aileen Erin
From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin Tessa—part witch, part werewolf, raised human and now the unofficial leader of a newly minted supernatural alliance—thinks nothing of her brother, Axel, texting her and Dastien to meet him. The location pin was in a weird spot, but maybe he'd found a magical anomaly there. But when Tessa steps into the darkened warehouse, she doesn't expect to see her brother laying in a pool of his own blood, smell the sulfuric scent of black magic, or feel the pain of her mate being shot full of silver.Tessa has seconds to make a choice, but there's only one thing she can do to save the two most important men in her life—sacrifice herself.The last thing Dastien hears from Tessa was her plea—help Axel. But then their bond goes silent. He can't hear her. He can't feel her. And there's no sign of the attackers who took her.Dastien does everything he can to save Axel before calling his friends in a panic. It...
A Memory of War and Solace
Author(s): K N Brindle
On every path, there comes a crossroads... In Reft, Arin learned that their magical abilities are rooted in their own pain and trauma. Since leaving, they have struggled against the chains of their past to make something of their future. When a face out of memory returns to challenge the delicate peace Arin has found in their life, they must journey deep into a land rife with prejudice and torn by war. Along the way, they'll need to find the strength to make new allies and to transform themself into a healer, a warrior, and a champion. But the threads of the past run deeper than Arin can imagine, and their ties to a new rising power will lead them to a terrible choice: To embrace their nature as a witch and outcast, or to help reshape reality itself—and in doing so, erase their own destiny. When the enemy is not an evil to be battled with sword and sorcery but resides in the seeds of fear and...
The Case of the Runaway Brain
Author(s): Nick Sheridan
Three unlikely detectives, one BIG mystery. The first in a brand-new, laugh-out-loud, illustrated mystery series from award-winning journalist and television presenter Nick Sheridan. Scooby-Doo for a new generation, perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and Sam Copeland. When a child escapes Madame Strang's Academy for Incredibly Irritating Children in the dead of night, Madame Strang, her cool and calculating right-hand man, Mr Grule, and her overweight sausage dog, Mangler, will do anything to track him down. But friends Riz and Olly know a good story when they see one, and with the help of runaway Drew Hill, the trio are soon on a mission to uncover the secret that Madame Strang is so desperate to keep . . . one that involves a dastardly brainwashing invention and an academy full of plain and perfectly behaved children.There's always a mystery to solve in Snoops Bay!
The Road Remembered
Author(s): Kaye D. Schmitz
Love and humanity triumph amid the atrocities of World War II. In the final months of World War II, Sam Ryan takes his place as a new soldier in the 89th Infantry Division on the front lines in Europe. He's trained to kill but struggles with the thought of taking the life of another human being, a contradiction with the way he was raised. How, he wonders, will he ever reconcile the action his head dictates with the way his heart feels about it? On the other side of the war, Gerda Ziegler's heart aches over the monster her beloved Germany has become. But she confronts the Nazi soldiers who guard the Jewish-only sector in Zwickau and is appalled to learn that a Jewish baby will be killed because of a large birthmark. Can she manage to whisk the child away right under the noses of the brutal Nazis? Sam and Gerda face their enemies head-on, but they also battle internal elements on their own sides of the fighting that violate their shared...
Blind Eye
Author(s): Marilyn Todd
Blackmailed into spying for Lysander, head of the hated Secret Police, High Priestess Iliona discovers that the threat to her country doesn't come from their archenemy, Athens. It comes from deep within Sparta itself.But as she investigates, the same thread keeps turning up. Of a one-eyed giant who lives in the hills. The legendary Cyclops. So who is this man who inspires such fear? A freak? A fraud? A felon? And what does his arrival have to do with the disappearance of several young women?
Rescue Inc Collection Vol 3: Say You’ll Be Mine & Please Be Mine
Author(s): Pritchard, Megs
Now You Owe Me
Author(s): Aliah Wright
Ben and Corinthia spent years abducting college coeds, until one night they took the wrong victim.No one knew witnessing their first murder at seven would propel Ben and his twin toward a killing spree in Pennsylvania. Racked with guilt, they vow to take just one more victim. Too bad they snatched the wrong woman . . .
Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?
Author(s): Jessi Streib
How can the judgment calls we make in everyday life create or help eradicate social inequality? Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem simple on their face, but which invite a host of tangled responses. In this book, Jessi Streib and Betsy Leondar-Wright offer a new way of understanding how inequalities persist by focusing on the individual judgment calls that lead us to decide what's racist, what's sexist, and what's not. Racism and sexism often seem like optical illusions—with some people sure they see them and others sure they're not there—but the lines that most consistently divide our decisions might surprise you. Indeed, white people's views of what's racist and sexist are increasingly up for grabs. As the largest racial group in the country and the group that occupies the most and the highest positions of power, what they decide is racist and sexist helps determine the contours of inequality. By asking white...
After Life
Author(s): Andrew Neiderman
A riveting novel of suspense from the author V.C. Andrews has called "a master of psychological thrillers." Once she was blind, now she can see. A car accident claims Jessie's vision, leaving the young woman in the dark, struggling to piece her life back together. One year later, she has made progress, and Jessie and her husband, Lee, move to the peaceful village of Gardner Town. Once there, though, Jessie's blindness heightens her awareness of the strange and terrible things going on in the community. Only Jessie can hear the beckoning voices from the cemetery. Only Jessie thinks there's something terribly wrong with her husband's new boss. And then a local woman makes a chilling, desperate request: "When your husband dies, don't let them bring him back." From the bestselling author of The Devil's Advocate, this masterful novel of suspense gives readers chills with each page, and the final chapters will be read...
Polostan
Author(s): Neal Stephenson
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn Rae Bjornberg is raised in post-Revolution Leningrad by her father, a party-line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gun-running and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C. during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB... Set against the turbulent decades of the early 20th century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a...
A Leap for Faith: A Regency Romance (The Sisters of Cherrywood Manor Book 2)
Author(s): Allie Kensington
The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Novel
Author(s): Abi Daré
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by PopSugar, Marie Claire, Electric Literature, Daily Kos, Library Journal, The Every Girl, and Read it Forward! "A bold new storyteller...Abi Daré's fearless debut is a celebration of girls who dare to dream and those who help unfurl their wings so that they might soar." —Imbolo Mbue, New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club pick) A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to get an education so that she can escape and choose her own future.Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a "louding voice"—the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But...
The End
Author(s): G. Younger
This is the final chapter in the epic Stupid Boy series. After over 10 million downloads, the story wraps up high school. David and his friends have many challenges to face and decisions to make. Join him as he navigates life and all that it brings. The last book is a sexy romantic comedy with just enough sports and adventure mixed in to make it a must-read. Adult Content
From Mistake to Millions
Author(s): Andrea Laurence
The only thing more dangerous than discovering her life is a lie?Falling for Harley Dalton again.Reeling from the discovery she was switched at birth, Jade Nolan reluctantly joins forces with her ex-lover, security specialist Harley Dalton, to find her birth family. As they search for answers amid lies, Jade and Harley quickly rekindle long-denied passions. But will finding out the truth—and a secret worth billions—jeopardize their precious second chance?
Legacy of Honor
Author(s): Renae Brumbaugh Green
He's been raised to carry on the legacy. After her mother's untimely death, Emma Monroe's dreams to become a teacher are dashed. She takes a job as maid and cook at the local Stratton Ranch, where she endures humiliation and hardship in order to provide for her ailing father and younger brother. Only Riley Stratton, her childhood friend and heir to the Stratton fortune, sees her heart. When she's asked to care for Skye, the young half-Indian girl most family members refuse to claim, Emma finally finds the purpose she craves.Riley Stratton has it all, or so it seems. Growing up as the youngest son of the rich and powerful John Stratton, Riley stands to inherit a legacy of greatness in the Stratton Ranch. On the surface, his family looks like they have it all, but manipulation, deceit, and an ever-present quest for power leave him desperate for change. Yet his father has made it clear: do things the Stratton way, or face alienation and...
The Vampire Curse
Author(s): Ali Winters
Some things are worth risking your life for. When visitors arrive, Clara Valmont must make an entirely new agreement with the Vampire she is indebted to in order to stay alive. But even her brief reprieve might not be enough when something far more dangerous than a vampire comes to call. Things between Clara and Alaric are not what they appear to be, and if anyone learns the truth, then it could spell death, for both of them.
The Alien (Animorphs 09)
Author(s): K. A. Applegate
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The Animorph kids are joined in their fight against the evil Yeerks by Ax, an Andalite who is stranded on earth until his alien pals return and who is seeking revenge against the alien who killed his brother. Original."
The Mourners
Author(s): Aminah Fox
After the American Civil War ends in a stalemate, the southern states become a separate nation and their government is overthrown by Minister Samuel Davis, later known as the Apostate. Over a century later, his followers, the Apolites are thriving in the superstate of Scopus, a seemingly utopian society where a fundamentalist regime has kept their subordinate states in line and more importantly the people themselves, equal. Once a year, all twenty-one-year-old Apolites must take an aptitude test to be assigned their life's work and consequently their place in society.Elide Hester, a mute, studious young woman living in dystopian Texas, who has spent all of her life preparing for the test, is relieved when she receives a high score. But when she is suddenly selected by a deadly pseudo-religious organization to be initiated into their ranks, she discovers that nothing is as it seems, including the country's enigmatic leader himself. And with war threatening their borders,...
Pieces & Parts
Author(s): Dawn Hosmer
The highly anticipated sequel to Bits & Pieces, the psychological thriller that kept readers up at night. For the past five years, Tessa has lived a normal life, the kind she always dreamed of. One without her gift and the flashes that tormented her for as long as she can remember. All of that changes on a winter's day when, out of nowhere, the flashes return. Only this time they're different. Along with the flashes, Tessa makes a gruesome discovery on her property. Images haunt her. Voices from beyond the grave plead for her help. She is thrust into a quest to find and stop a murderer. Time is running out. Tessa scrambles to fit all the pieces and parts of this hideous puzzle together before someone she loves becomes the next victim. Pieces & Parts is a spine-tingling psychological thriller with a touch of the supernatural that will keep you guessing and turning the pages...
The Love Study
Author(s): Kris Ripper
What happens when the search for the perfect date goes perfectly wrong? Declan has commitment issues. He’s been an office temp for literally years now, and his friends delight in telling people that he left his last boyfriend at the altar. And that’s all true. But he’s starting to think it’s time to start working on his issues. Maybe. When Declan meets Sidney—a popular nonbinary YouTuber with an advice show—an opportunity presents itself: as part of The Love Study, Declan will go on a series of dates arranged by Sidney and report back on how the date went in the next episode. The dates are…sort of blah. It’s not Sidney’s fault; the folks participating are (mostly) great people, but there’s no chemistry there. Maybe Declan’s just broken. Or maybe the problem is that the only person he’s feeling chemistry with is Sidney. A new Carina Adores title is available each month: The Hideaway Inn by Philip William Stover The Girl Next Door by Chelsea M. Cameron Just Like That by Cole McCade Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters Better Than People by Roan Parrish The Love Study by Kris Ripper The Secret Ingredient by KD Fisher
The Flour Mill Girls
Author(s): Anna Cliffe
The Flour Mill Girls is the first book in an uplifting and emotional new saga series of family, friendship, love and war set in the heart of WWI Kent. For fans of The Jam Factory Girls and The Woolworths Girls.Crumford, Kent, 1914There are rumours of war besetting the country but sisters Daisy, Violet and Holly Graham have other things on their minds. With the family smock mill keeping them busy and the local brewer boys turning their heads, the girls are looking forward to a summer of fun. But their plans soon come crashing to the ground as war is declared. As their brothers, Asa and Clem, and the three Brewer lads Ren, Alder and Rosen, all volunteer to do their part for the war effort and are shipped off, the women are left with the problem of how to keep the business running. With the men away at war, and life increasingly hard, will the Graham girls find the answers they're looking for? And when long-held...
Violet Fate's Honor: Book 3 of I Shall Seal the Heavens
Author(s): Ergen
Hash
Author(s): Nikita Slater
A dark romance novella set in the Hell's Jury MC world by USA Today Bestselling Author Nikita Slater. She saw safety and I saw redemption. HASHI'm anger. She's fear. Together, we're a contradiction. I see so much of myself in her. She brings out my beast, but she also softens me.I've never known love, yet when Peyton offers it, I don't trust myself to take it. Instead, I push her away, sending her into a hell that almost kills her. PEYTONI'm a shell of a woman, living in fear, hiding from a world that has used and abused me. Hash embodies rage and danger, but I fall in love anyway.When he rejects me, I have two choices: I can become the shell of the woman I used to be or I can convince Hash that he's worthy of my love. But before I get the chance to tell him, the fight for my future turns deadly. Hash is a novella...
Snow White and the Seven Hustlas
Author(s): Natavia
Shanessa Williams, also known as Redz, is a hustla at heart. With street smarts and beauty, Redz has always known she wasn't the average around-the-way hood chick. Growing up in the toughest neighborhood in Annapolis, Redz only knew one way to survive—being a dope girl. Unfortunately, the jackboys see her as an easy target. Plus, someone from Redz's past has come back into her life; now she has to choose between the streets and her heart. Can Redz overcome all the obstacles placed before her and become the only top-ranking female hustla on her block? More importantly, can a dope girl turn into a hustla's wife? Kamontae Diggs, better known as Trigg, is every dopeboy's dream. Trigg has the product—Snow White— the cars, money, clothes and jewelry. He's also the leader of a well-respected and feared crew, Newtowne Boyz. The crew is comprised of six loyal members who all grew up together. On the outside, the Newtowne Boyz have it all, but with more money...
Rescue Girl
Author(s): Al Past
Ana and Matt are enjoying married life and being parents to their 12-year-old twins, with another child on the way.Nothing stays simple forever though.Oleg Serbanov hasn't forgotten that Ana made him look like a fool and is devoting his almost unlimited resources in pursuit of vengeance.He has money, personnel, and a searing hatred that won't let him rest until he has his revenge...
Merry Christmas Cupid (Hartbridge Christmas Series Book 3)
Author(s): Walker, N.R.
The White Allies Handbook
Author(s): Lecia Michelle
You've read White Fragility and How to Be an Antiracist, but what comes next? The answer lies in this clear, actionable guide providing a vital 4-week program for becoming an ally who makes a real difference in the racial justice fight. Get the tools you need to get off the sidelines and onto the frontlines of allyship, combat racism while supporting Black women, and avoid common pitfalls white people fall into when they think about and discuss racism."[T]his timely, no-nonsense handbook offers an important blueprint for White allies to carry out the often uncomfortable but necessary work of promoting racial equality among all marginalized people. Welcome straight talk for a new age in race relations." —Kirkus Black women have always been the driving force behind real change in this country—especially when it comes to racial justice work. But they shouldn't have to do it alone. If you're ready to stop standing on the...
Reforming the Cowboy
Author(s): Marisa Cleveland
Country singer Billy Hardy needs to get back on the charts. His manager assures him headlining the opening of a cafe in South Beach is his best chance at getting back to the big time. If he fails, his career is over for good this time. Lacey Durant can't believe opening night includes the country singer she crushed on through college. And her customers agree he's dreamy. But his playboy reputation threatens her cafe's image and she can't afford that. She insists Billy stay with her so she can keep an eye on him, and thwart overenthusiastic fans. Billy's charms and Lacey's sexy curves prove more than either can resist, but she refuses to be just another lyric in his well-known songs of heartbreak.
Crack Shot
Author(s): Gardner Francis Fox
Mature Content Originally printed in 1973. DEADLIER THAN THE MALE Two underworld groups were battling for control of the billion dollar porn-movie industry. Cherry's assignment was to put both of them out of business, so the curvy, red-haired special agent lost no time in using her delightful and deadly skills to finish off the bad guys one by one.
No Chance in Spell (Moonglow Hollow Mysteries Book 2)
Author(s): Maddie Smith Miller
Black Magick
Author(s): J.E. Taylor
Paige Turner is back!What was supposed to be a relaxing weekend in New York City turns sour when she meets a familiar stranger who freezes the blood in her veins. The experience shocks her world, and sends her into a flurry of doubt over everything in her life, from her current relationship, to her skills as a witch.Did she truly banish a ghost, or just transplant him into a different body...a body primed for revenge?
An Unexpected Love Volume 1
Author(s): Casper Graham
Seven friends, seven different personalities. They work and play together, never actively searching for love. However, love comes when one least expects it to. Follow the love journey of these seven friends as they navigate their way through romantic and familial relationships, friendships, and everything else life throws their ways.Contains the stories:A Blessing in Disguise: Javier Gisbert and Hugo Romero are stuck in a hotel in Saint Louis due to a blizzard. It's cold outside, but their mutual lust at first sight keeps them warm and sated. Can they sustain their passion once they return home to San Francisco? Or will the heat fizzle away into nothingness?A Misunderstanding: Justin falls in love with Blake at first sight, but he discovers Blake already has someone special in mind. Blake is infatuated with Justin. Sadly, based on the conversation between Justin and his best friend Blake accidentally overhears, Justin is attracted to...
Z-Town
Author(s): Eden Darry
Meg Daltry isn't interested in falling in love and certainly doesn't have time for a relationship, even though she can't quite forget about Lane Boyd, a vacation fling she left behind in London.When Lane arrives in Provincetown hoping to win Meg back, she isn't expecting a town in perpetual dusk. Or the hordes of zombies overrunning it. Now she's not only fighting for Meg, she's fighting for her life.An ancient Viking grave has been disturbed and its treasures stolen. Something wants back what was taken, and it won't rest until everyone in Provincetown is destroyed. Forced to work together to stay alive, Meg and Lane must find the centuries-old treasure before the zombies find them first.
Xavier: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Cosa Nostra Series #1)
Author(s): Alicia Marino
Hungry Ghosts
Author(s): Stephen Blackmoore
Stephen Blackmoore's dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.Necromancer Eric Carter's problems keep getting bigger. Bad enough he's the unwilling husband to the patron saint of death, Santa Muerte, but now her ex, the Aztec King of the dead, Mictlantecuhtli, has come back — and it turns out that Carter and he are swapping places. As Mictlantecuhtli breaks loose of his prison of jade, Carter is slowly turning to stone. To make matters worse, both gods are trying to get Carter to assassinate the other. But only one of them can be telling him the truth and he can't trust either one. Carter's solution? Kill them both. If he wants to get out of this situation with his soul intact, he'll have to go to Mictlan, the Aztec land of the dead, and take down a couple of death gods while facing down the worst trials the place has to offer him: his own sins.
The Graveyard Shift
Author(s): Jack Higgins
The Graveyard Shift is the first of three classic police thrillers featuring detective Nick Miller-now available in America for the first time... An ex-convict and an unconventional cop duke it out in the midnight hours-only one of them will live to see the dawn.
Jubal Cade 06
Author(s): Charles R. Pike
The Negro hung from the flaming cross and watched. In front of his burning cabin the white-robed figures of the Ku Klux Klan repeatedly raped his wife. Then came Jubal Cade to spit death from his .30 caliber Spencer...When they post the reward for the capture of the Klan's Grand Dragon, bounty-hunters flood into St Louis. But Jubal Cade is there before them. He has seen the Klan's savagery firsthand. And Jubal is a man who knows all about vengeance.
The Outcast Mage
Author(s): Annabel Campbell
In this glittering debut fantasy, a mage bereft of her powers must find out if she is destined to save the world or destroy it. Perfect for fans of Andrea Stewart, James Islington, and Samantha Shannon. In the glass city of Amoria, magic is everything. And Naila, student at the city's legendary academy, is running out of time to prove she can control hers. If she fails, she'll be forced into exile, relegated to a life of persecution with the other magicless hollows. Or worse, be consumed by her own power. When a tragic incident further threatens her place at the Academy, Naila is saved by Haelius Akana, the most powerful living mage. Finding Naila a kindred spirit, Haelius stakes his position at the Academy on teaching her to harness her abilities. But Haelius has many enemies, and they would love nothing more than to see Naila fail. Trapped in the deadly schemes of Amoria's elite, Naila must dig deep to discover the truth...
Beguiled on a Christmas Morning
Author(s): Sandra Sookoo
Holidays are best spent with the ones you love, especially when adventure is in the offing.It's the Christmastide season, and the Hawkins family is at their country estate in Kent. Emmaline, the Countess of Archewyne, is excited, for it's her first Christmas with her little family as well as one of the few she's spent in England.Passing his leisure time with his loved ones gives Miles Lawrence Hawkins, the fifth Earl of Archewyne, great pleasure, as does anticipating their faces when they open his gifts. And he's found the most splendid thing for his wife—a fresh archeological dig of ancient Roman origin on his property.When plans for Christmas Eve preparations go awry and Miles is taken hostage at gunpoint, Emmaline is at her wit's end. Heartsick and worried, only a clue from some overly affectionate geese will be able to save her beloved's life. If she can reach him in time, they'll both find themselves beguiled on a Christmas...
Summer Rain: Orgasmic Texas Dawn #5
Author(s): AJ Llewellyn, DJ Manly
A Wedded Arrangement (Convenient Marriages, #3)
Author(s): Adams, Noelle
With three months remaining of her marriage of convenience, Savannah is ready to say goodbye to her spoiled rich boy of a husband. He's annoying and argumentative and used to always getting his way. Sure, he's hot. And maybe occasionally a little bit sweet. But she doesn't want to stay married to him.Not at all.He needed a wife for a year so he could inherit his grandmother's fortune, and she needed to pay off her family's debts. That's all their marriage has ever been about.So she really needs to stop falling into bed with him.
Big Puck Energy
Author(s): Elise Faber
I played hard and lived even harder. At least until the mayor of River's Bend got it in her head that the hockey players carousing through her small town in Nowhere, California were unwelcome. I couldn't care less. My priorities were pucks, puck bunnies, and pucking my way to the top. Only...I underestimated the mayor and her intentions to clean up the town, the Rush, and end my streak through the town's female population. I underestimated that her matchmaking abilities might be on point. I underestimated that her niece might be... The woman who would lay claim to my heart.
The Roots of the Tree
Author(s): Amanda Roberts
Ever since Annie's mother died she has been nursing her elderly father in her home, tending to his every need, and she is devastated when the inevitable happens and he too passes away. However, she is able to console herself with happy memories of a man who was always there for her and was perhaps the only man in her sixty-three-year life who never let her down. So when an inconsistency of wedding dates leads her to question every memory she holds dear, her whole life is shattered by the discovery that the man she spent her whole life looking up to was not her real father.As Annie tries to negotiate the grief, anger and betrayal that she is experiencing, it falls to her eldest daughter, Suzie, to pursue the truth and delve into the controversial family past, hidden in secret letters, dusty war records and a neglected headstone. As Annie becomes less and less able to cope, the pressure for Suzie to deliver an explanation rises and she can only hope that the truth is enough to...
First Flame (Stories of Frost and Fire Book 1)
Author(s): Kimbra Swain
The Girl and the Seven Thieves
Author(s): Olivia Snowe
Eira and her stepmother don't get along, but she never expected to be left in a New York City alley. When seven thieves find her, she'll have to try to trust them.
The Innocent Girl
Author(s): Alex Coombs
DCI Hanlon is going undercover.Oxford Philosophy lecturer Dr Gideon Fuller is in the frame, but Hanlon is not convinced.From the specialist brothels in Oxford and Soho, to the inner sanctum of a Russian people trafficker with a taste for hurting women, the trail leads Hanlon deeper and deeper into danger – until she herself becomes the killer's next target...Can Hanlon track down the killer before it's too late?A thrilling new case for DCI Hanlon. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Lisa Regan and Mark Dawson.This book was previously published as Cold Revenge by Alex Howard. What readers are saying about The Innocent Girl: 'In Hanlon we have a character to rival Rebus''This book is dramatic, exciting and full of action''DI Hanlon is another strong female character in the mould of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.'
From Riches to Redemption
Author(s): Andrea Laurence
Her ex-lover is back—right when she discovers her life is a lie.Ten years ago, Morgan Steele secretly eloped with River Atkinson—only to see her vows betrayed. Now River's back, made good as CEO of a construction company that rivals her family's empire. Forced to work together, they give in to long-suppressed desire. But when Morgan discovers she was switched at birth and isn't the Steele heiress after all, will their second chance be sabotaged by secrets?
The Ghosts of Paris
Author(s): Tara Moss
A thrilling tale of courage and secrets set in postwar London and Paris, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals It’s 1947. The world continues to grapple with the fallout of the Second World War, and former war reporter Billie Walker is finding her feet as an investigator. When a wealthy client hires Billie and her assistant Sam to track down her missing husband, the trail leads Billie back to London and Paris, where Billie’s own painful memories also lurk. Jack Rake, Billie's wartime lover and, briefly, husband, is just one of the millions of people who went missing in Europe during the war. What was his fate after they left Paris together? As Billie's search for her client's husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris's famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she'll...
Muck and Magic
Author(s): Michael Morpurgo
A moving countryside tale about the power of friendship and creativity from the nation's favourite children's author.Bonny has always wanted to be a top cyclist, maybe even a future Olympic champion like her hero, Laura Trott. When she gets a new racing bike for her birthday, she heads out into the Dales like always, speeding along. But when she's distracted by some cheeky horses, she comes off her bike and discovers that the horses belong to a quiet woman who has an amazing collection of statues on her lawn – a buffalo, a horse lying down, even a man running. Gradually, Bonny gets to know Lizzie and forms a special bond with her horse, Merry, when she is given a job at Lizzie's farm. Bonny is even introduced to a life-sized sculpture of Merry in Lizzie's studio and is allowed to pose as its rider, a completely magical experience. She learns from Lizzie that a true gift is never to be wasted, and if you "breath the world in deep", you can do anything.
Marriage is a Shore Thing: A Small Town, Accidental Marriage Sweet RomCom
Author(s): Laura Langa
Web of Lies
Author(s): Elizabeth Knox, Taylor Dawn, A.C. Williams, Courtney Lynn Rose, W.M. Dawson, Rae B. Lake, Alice la Roux, Elizabeth York, Leah Negron, Jessica Ames
Carnage
Author(s): Aer-ki Jyr
Paul and Cal-com set off on their journey while the war against the Hadarak rages on.
Golden Age Classics
Author(s): Edmond Hamilton
Collected, selected, converted, re-formatted, proofed, all story title images, layout & design, original title page, original book cover and eBook creation by Jerry.
Starfarers
Author(s): Vonda N. McIntyre
The Starfarers Quartet: Starfarers Transition Metaphase Nautilus Cover art by Robert Brandt http://texbrandt.com
Love Beyond Destiny
Author(s): Bethany Claire
Secrets never keep for long. After the sudden death of her husband, Silva struggles to find her way in a life that is now so different than the one she envisioned for herself. When offered the opportunity to start over in a new territory, she seizes the chance. But in order to truly start anew, Silva knows she must come clean about a secret she has held for far too long. When she arrives at her new home, Silva is met by a man she was certain she would never see again, a man that threatens to heal the heart she was certain would never be whole again. Every day since meeting her, Marcus has thought of the mysterious woman he met at his best friend's wedding, although it never occurred to him that she would end up as a resident of his castle. Having her near him every day is both a blessing and a curse. He wants nothing more than to win her love, but her grieving heart keeps him at bay. He knows that only time can heal her, and he's...
Muffin Tin Chef
Author(s): Matt Kadey
MAKE MAGIC IN YOUR MUFFIN TINFrom crowd-pleasing appetizers and enticing side dishes to mouth-watering entrees and delectable desserts, this book serves up a wonderful variety of delicious and fun dishes.Muffin Tin Chef features 101 creative recipes, including:• Baked Eggs in Prosciutto Cups• Peach-Stuffed French Toast Bowls• Spinach Dip Bowls• Jalapeño Cheese Rolls• Butternut Squash Soufflés• Chicken Italiano Pizza Bites• Lasagna Rolls• Crab Cakes with Corn-Tomato Relish• No-Bake Cheesecakes with Raspberry SauceThe muffin tin is not just for desserts anymore! In the same way it transforms a single cake into a dozen cute cupcakes, your muffin tin is the secret to making tasty, fun-to-eat mini versions of all your favorite foods. Filled with full-color photos and easy-to-follow recipes, this handy cookbook shows how to whip up popin- your-mouth, perfectly...
Postwar Dinosaur Blues
Author(s): Darrell Bain
Humor. 68062 words long.
A Question of Faith: A Castle Federation Novella
Author(s): Glynn Stewart
Deceive Me
Author(s): French Alsabrooks
Promise loves her mother to the end of the world, even when her mother Skye is in the wrong. When Promise overhears that Skye's newest boyfriend, Skeeter, left a bruise on Skye, Promise's fight or flight kicks in to high gear. Can she protect her mother from her own bad choices?
Sight Seering
Author(s): Ada Bell
A Seer in the City... While visiting an estate sale to pick up new items for Missing Pieces, Aly gets hit with a surprise: the elderly owner of the estate didn't have a heart attack—she was murdered. Aly's got the evidence in her hands, and the killer is the person offering to sell it to her. Time to make a deal, then call the police. Alas, no one believes her. The woman was in her 80s and appeared to die of natural causes. Police found no evidence of foul play, but Aly knows what she saw. Worse, she's pretty sure the killer has powers of their own. As she tries to find evidence to support her vision, someone is watching Aly's every move. They're always one step ahead. She needs the police to believe her before the executor gets away with murder.
The Blossoms of Summer
Author(s): Cecilia Tan
A botanist travels by airship beyond the known lands of Canton in search of breathtaking beauty and finds himself seduced by his exotic discoveries.Botanist Robert Meriweather has been tasked by the Continental Occident Company to travel beyond the known lands of Canton to search for the "forbidden flowers," specimens of such breathtaking beauty that the mere sight has caused men to forsake their homelands. Robert's orders are to bring these blossoms back to England, where all of society's rewards-and his betrothed, Livia-await him. Robert soon finds himself on an unexpectedly erotic adventure, in which he must abandon all his Victorian social moires to succeed in his mission. But he will never abandon Livia and his dream of marrying her as a gentleman of standing.
Magical Makeover (Mystical Midlife in Maine Book 1)
Author(s): Brenda Trim
Nick
Author(s): Lori Wilde
Pretend to love, honor and obey that infuriating Nick Nickerson? Impossible! But policewoman Michele Mallory was stuck with the assignment—and a hunky new "husband"...Disguised as newlyweds, Nick and Michele set out to investigate the Triple Fork Ranch in Rascal, Texas. Acting the loving couple by day, they attempted to ignore their nightly temptation. And wondered what would happen once "Assignment: Marriage" was over...Nick is the third book in Lori Wilde's heartwarming, small-town series, Texas Rascals. Buy your copy today.
Secrets, Lies, and Family Ties
Author(s): Elise Noble
After leaving her fiancé at the altar, all Gabrielle wants is a day alone to reflect on the mistakes she's made. But when her car breaks down in the small town of Baldwin's Shore, a day turns into a week, and perhaps—if the goddesses of fate smile kindly—a little longer. But someone from her past has a different plan. Sheriff's deputy Colt Haines isn't looking for love, and he definitely isn't looking for a flighty blonde to move into his spare room and complicate his life. But his young daughter has other ideas. So too does his heart, and when Gabrielle's secrets catch up with her, he's left with no choice but to fight for her future and for his.
Muzzled
Author(s): David Rosenfelt
In David Rosenfelt's newest Andy Carpenter mystery, Muzzled, Andy and his beloved golden retriever, Tara, are back on the case as a favor to a friend. Andy Carpenter is a lawyer who would rather not practice law. He'd rather spend his time working with the Tara Foundation, his dog rescue organization, and being with his family and his two dogs, Tara and Sebastian. But when a friend asks him for a favor that involves both dogs and his lawyerly expertise, he can't say no. Andy's friend Beth has found a stray that seems to have belonged to a murder victim—in fact, the man and two of his colleagues died in an explosion a few weeks ago. But when the murdered man contacts Beth, asking for his dog back, Andy knows there must be more to the story. The man claims his life is in danger, and that's why he disappeared. As much as Andy doesn't want to get involved—anything to avoid a new case—he can't help but come to the rescue of a man who'd...