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The Vampires' Birthright (Dying of the Dark #2) | A birthright. It should be something no one can ever take away.
But that's not how it works in the world of vampires. Especially when that birthright involves a unique type of blood necessary for an elitist vampire society to remain young and beautiful.
Welcome to the continued misadventure of nineteen-year-old Txema Ybarra.
The earth's most privileged undead believe they deserve a stake in Txema's blood, and there is power and prestige for whoever controls her ancient bloodline. However, the vampire demon, Ralu, and his burgeoning Chupacabra army crave the same lofty status. Unlike his brother Gustav--ruler of the elite European vampires--Ralu desires the death of Txema, and with it the end of Gustav's two thousand-year reign.
As this teenage mother-to-be fights for survival for her and her unborn daughter, the journey to elude Ralu and traitor vampires among Gustav's civilized allies takes Txema across the globe. The race is on to save or destroy two human lives...and determine the rightful holder of The Vampires' Birthright. |
Scar of the Bamboo Leaf | "That boy is like the bamboo...foreign and unknown in this environment. But like the bamboo, if you plant and nurture it in the right soil, it has the potential to grow vibrant and strong."
Walking with a pronounced limp all her life has never stopped fifteen-year-old Kiva Mau from doing what she loves. While most girls her age are playing sports and perfecting their traditional Samoan dance, Kiva finds serenity in her sketchbook and volunteering at the run-down art center her extended family owns, nestled amongst the bamboo.
When seventeen-year-old Ryler Cade steps into the art center for the first time, Kiva is drawn to the angry and misguided student sent from abroad to reform his violent ways. Scarred and tattooed, a friendship is formed when the gentle Kiva shows him kindness and beauty through art, until circumstances occur beyond their control and they are pulled away.
Immersed in the world of traditional art and culture, this is the story of self-sacrifice and discovery, of acceptance and forbearance, of overcoming adversity and finding one's purpose. Spanning years, it is a story about an intuitive girl and a misunderstood boy and love that becomes real when tested. |
Cats on the Prowl: Book One | New Cat cozy mystery series featuring stories from a cat's perspective!
Willow, the fluffy white Persian cat, gets more than she bargained for when she comes to live at the Nelson Police Station. Nat, the big tabby tom cat, takes her under his wing and starts teaching her the art of the police cat. Before she knows what hit her, Willow finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue, murder, and adventure that will take her to her limit and beyond. With the help of Nat and a curious collection of mysterious alley cats, Willow is on her way to discovering a depth of potential and excitement she never thought possible.
Note: This book is told from the cat's point of view. If you are not into talking cats, this is not the book for you. But If you love cats, and love the idea of exploring their world and the adventures that are a part of it, you will love this cat mystery series. |
The Raven & the Wolf: Chronicle II - Land of Ire | The sequel to The Raven & the Wolf trilogy's 2010 debut novel Blood Oath, Land of Ire continues the dramatic saga of two Anglo-Danish brothers on the isle of Britain embroiled in a bitter, dark age blood feud. |
SEO: Search Engine Optimization for beginners - SEO made simple with SEO secrets to rank your website in the top of Google | Search engine optimization for beginners!
This book serves as your all-in-one guide. Through this book, you will find everything you have to know about basic SEO. You will discover proven strategies and steps that will enable you to benefit much from optimizing your website, such as:
* Know how search engines work so you can use your knowledge to do the right things that will increase the visibility of your website to your target market
* Unlock your difficulties such as increasing your understanding of the mathematical formula search engines use in ranking and listing your website
* Master the basic steps in optimizing your content
* Rank for the right keywords
* Use the factors that influence search engine ranking to your advantage
* Stick to ethical strategies in building your links
* Enable your mobile users to enjoy your optimized site
* Track your progress to focus on your best practices and to retool, if necessary
* Clear misconceptions and myths surrounding SEO to prevent roadblocks in achieving your goals
* Profit from the best practices of SEO experts
These and more await you,
So start reading this book right now, so you can apply the strategies. Put the content of this book into profitable use and you'll surely enjoy the rewards.
Are you ready for your ultimate SEO guide?
tags: (Seo, Search engine optimisation, Seo for beginners, Seo secrets, Seo made simple, Seo for dummies, Search engine optimisation secrets) |
His Small Town Princess (Sweetwater Springs, #3) | This book is the third in the Sweetwater Springs series of stand-alone books by this author.
J.T. Baxter is having a very bad year. As if adjusting to widower status and caring for two sons, weren't enough, he has a landscaping business to keep afloat with a loan coming due. The last thing he needs is the town princess waltzing into his life with a business proposal he can't afford to refuse.
Cassandra Bing feels adrift after her father's death, a nasty broken engagement and enduring a job she loathes. She's searching for her niche, something that would've made her dad proud and will bring her fulfillment. But gardening is a hot, dirty business, and soon she's wishing she'd made a different sort of proposition to the sexy dad.
As attraction escalates between J.T. and Cass, tensions grow in a house where secrets fester. Can her presence begin to heal the Baxter household, or will their tender feelings become a casualty of the impending emotional storm?
Warning: This book contains some plant abuse, a sexy, bare-chested landscaper, sensual use of ice cubes and steamy adult situations in a greenhouse. Readers may suddenly wish to hug motherless kids, experience a rise in pulse rate and may feel the need for a cooling fan.
The Sweetwater Springs series will appeal to readers who enjoy sensual romance against a backdrop of family and community. |
Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products. | Meet Mike. Mike wants to be a responsible human, but he's buried in student loans and job prospects are bleak in the down economy. What he needs is a well-paying job that provides health care. This is what leads Mike to accepting a job at NEOTAP, a government-run prison.
But NEOTAP is unlike any other prison. NEOTAP is a place where the employees are treated no better than the prisoners. Where your personal conversations are monitored. Wait, do you feel that? That's not the ever-loving presence of God you feel. It's NEOTAP, watching you right now. Worst of all, employees and prisoners alike are disappearing from NEOTAP. People who show up for work one day might be gone the next, their existence erased from all NEOTAP records.
After becoming aware of the string of disappearances, Mike and Monica Whitten, a fellow NEOTAP employee, team up to discover the truth behind NEOTAP. But before Mike and Monica discover the violent uprising on the horizon, they will drink pumpkin spice lattes from Starbucks, they will watch movies on Netflix, they will form a meaningful relationship in hopes of one day achieving the five pillars of a happy life.
Repeat after me:
Go to work and do your job. Care for your children. Pay your bills. Obey the law. Buy products. |
Jaded, Bearded, Wolfish: A Crazy, Sexy, Ghoulish Halloween Romance (Crazy, Sexy, Ghoulish Book 3) | Zach wants nothing to do with girls.
It's what happens when you've been unlucky in love.
But the Haunted Shack's werewolf is in for a surprise when he finds out his new furry co-worker is female.
And pretty.
And perky.
Good thing she only dates hipsters.
Too bad he's starting to need her more than he'd like to admit.
Jaded, Bearded, Wolfish is the third novella in the Crazy, Sexy, Ghoulish series, but can be read as a standalone story. |
The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes, charged with ensuring the personal safety of Queen Victoria, calls on his brother for help when a number of attempts have been made on her life and when two unexplained deaths occur amongst the staff at her Scottish residencies. Accompanied by Dr Watson, Sherlock Holmes goes north by train, examining the few facts Mycroft has been able to cryptically supply. To Watson's bafflement he is sure there is a link between these deaths and the murder in the old royal apartments at Holyrood of the secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots: a killing which left a bloodstain that daily refreshes itself and in a room where voices can be heard in the darkest hours of the night. Can Holmes's ordinary deductive powers solve the historical crime as well as the contemporary one? An original, beautifully crafted mystery story which is also a respectful homage to the master of the whodunnit. |
The Gingerbread Rabbit | Once upon a time there was a mothe . . . who loved her daughter so much, she wanted to make her a wonderful surprise. So she mixed up some dough and cut out a beautiful gingerbread rabbit. But she got the surprise when the rabbit jumped up, ran out the door, and escaped into the forest! Follow the gingerbread rabbit and the mother as they run through the woods finding adventure, new friends, and the best surprises of all. |
North Pole Anthology: Books 1-3 (North Pole, Alaska #1-3) | Lots of kids write letters to Santa, but those delivered to the North Pole are answered by a group of dedicated volunteers who call themselves The Elves. Blame It On Mistletoe - Abby Baxter has spent the year since her husband's death trying to hold on. When she discovers her son is missing, her entire world trembles- until her husband's best friend appears at her door. Secretly in love with Abby for years, Frank Machado is determined to see JD back in his mother's arms. Sparks fly, hearts warm, love-and Christmas-are in the air. Should they Blame it on Mistletoe? If Only In My Dreams - Jilted in North Pole, Alaska, cafe owner Amelia Beckett's bad man-karma has struck again! She wants out of this cutesy town-until a snarling, injured fox in her backyard sends her running to strong, silent neighbor and cafe regular, Wes Curtis. Wes moved to Alaska after his wife died, not expecting he'd need to brush up admittedly rusty dating skills so soon. But moonlit nights spent helping beautiful, skittish Amelia and the fox relax and heal make him determined to convince Amelia she belongs in Alaska-with him What Child is This? - Hope Grayson's six-year-old daughter clearly wants a daddy for Christmas. Eli Thompson has never forgotten Hope, realizing just how much he's missed her. When he unexpectedly shows up to help in the clinic, Hope is stunned. She wants to protect her daughter and her heart, but is it possible Eli is the perfect Christmas present for them both?" |
Halo: Uprising | You are are Petty Officer Spartan-117, better known as the Master Chief. An enhanced super soldier fi tted out with the most advanced array of tactical weapons imaginable and a suit of assault armor that will protect you against the most lethal of attacks. Your target is the Forerunner Dreadnought. It is a command craft filled to the brim with hostile Covenant forces and heading for Earth to activate the world-shattering weapon known as Halo. Brought to you by two graphic-arts visionaries, Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, the story of Halo: Uprising fills in the gap between the conclusion of Bungee's blockbuster video game Halo 2 and the record-setting entertainment juggernaut Halo 3.
COLLECTING:
Halo: Uprising #1-4 & Marvel Spotlight: Halo |
Call Me by My Other Name | Call Me by My Other Name is a fierce, unforgettable book about bodies and desire. Told in three voices--two historical figures, and a meta-poetic third voice that connects past to present--Wetlaufer's story weaves a brutal narrative of how we are taught to masquerade queer gender and yearning. Deeply affecting, the inventive language of these crucial, well-crafted poems transports at the same time as it transcends, embracing ambiguity, balancing intimacy and reserve. This much-anticipated second book by the Lambda Award-winning writer demonstrates that poetry, at its best, is capable of deliverance. |
The Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome: A Brief History | This book offers a concise survey of Western Civilization from the Stone Age through the fall of the last Western Roman Emperor in AD 476. Each of the three sections chronicle a critical epoch in human history. Section I encompasses man's ascent from barbarism to civilization in the Ancient Near East; Section II witnesses the development of Western Civilization in Ancient Greece; and Section III catalogs the failed attempt to build the West's first "nation-state" in Ancient Rome. Human foibles are abundantly portrayed but so too is the ascent of humankind. |
Ark | In a spring of floods, a son returns to rural Arkansas to help care for his dying father. A difficult and beautiful book about a father's death from cancer, Ark is also a book about family, about old wounds and new rituals, about the extraordinary importance of ordinary things at the end of life, about the gifts of healing to be found in the care of the dying. At once a memoir in verse about hospice care and a son's book-length lament for his father, Ark is a book about the things that can be fixed, and those that can't. Ed Madden is the Poet Laureate of Columbia, South Carolina. This book features cover art from Arkansas-born artist Carroll Cloar. |
Super in the City | In this off-the-beaten-sidewalk debut, native New Yorker Daphne Uviller reveals the secrets of a sexy, story-filled Big Apple, where a mystery lurks behind every apartment door--and a savvy but slightly lost young woman unexpectedly finds herself holding the keys.
In a city brimming with opportunities for heroism, twenty-seven-year-old Zephyr Zuckerman has often fantasized about committing acts of bravery that would make front-page news. Now she may get her big break--though it may require plunging a few toilets. When the superintendent of her parents' Greenwich Village brownstone is led away in handcuffs, unemployed Zephyr takes over his post and unleashes her inner sleuth: discovering titillating secrets about her tenants--from a smoky-voiced Frenchwoman who entertains throngs of unsavory visitors to a moody musician who justhas to behiding something--and realizing that her new reality is far more intriguing than her imagination.
Soon Zephyr has sussed out wrongs that stretch from losers on the Internet to art fraud and an international crime ring. The mob thinks she's in the FBI, and the FBI thinks she's in the mob--a predicament she needs to clear up fast. But perhaps not before the cute, surly exterminator helps her solve the mystery of what to do with the rest of her life.... |
The Making of "The Lords of Flatbush" | From the original idea through the pain of raising money and the rigors of independent film production to the film's instant success and the joy it brought when it was sold to Columbia Pictures and topped the box office as the biggest grossing film in release, "The Making of The Lords of Flatbush" tells a sometimes hilarious and often dramatic, but never uneventful story.For dollar invested to dollar returned, "The Lords of Flatbush" was one of the biggest money making films of all time. The book reveals how everyone involved went on to become legends in their field: From Sylvester Stallone who went on to become Rocky to Henry Winkler who became the Fonz, to Richard Gere who was the original lead to Bette Midler whose manager pulled her out at the last minute. This film started a cultural revolution with the TV shows that it inspired. Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Welcome Back Kotter, all found their inspiration in this first truly independent motion picture |
Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters | Richard Clarke's dramatic statement to the grieving families during the 9/11 Commission hearings touched a raw nerve across America. Not only had our government failed to prevent the 2001 terrorist attacks, but it has proven itself, time and again, incapable of handling the majority of our most crucial national security issues, from Iraq to Katrina and beyond. This is not just a temporary failure of our current leadership--it is a systemic problem, the result of a pattern of incompetence that must be understood, confronted, and prevented.
Clarke's first book, the number one bestseller Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror, explained how the United States had stumbled into a struggle with violent Islamist extremists. Now, in Your Government Failed You, Clarke looks at why these unconscionable failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against the terrorists. Yet Clarke also goes far beyond terrorism, to examine the inexcusable chain of recurring U.S. government disasters. Despite the lessons of Vietnam, there is Iraq. A trail of intelligence failures litters the Washington landscape. From Katrina to color codes and duct tape, "homeland security" has been an oxymoron. Why does the superpower continue to bobble national security?
Clarke minces no words in his examination of the breadth and depth of the mediocrity, entropy, and collapse endemic in America's national security programs. In order for the United States to stop its string of strategic mistakes, we first need to understand why they happen. Drawing on his thirty years in the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community, Clarke gives us a privileged, if horrifying, look into the debacle of government policies, discovering patterns in the failures and offering ways to stop the cycle once and for all. |
Master of Desire | With the success of Kinley MacGregor's latest New York Times Expanded and USA Today bestseller A Dark Champion, we are in the perfect position to republish her backlist gem Master of Desire.
A Dream of Desire Awakened . . .
Beautiful Lady Emily dreams of the rapture of love and the joys of marriage. The youngest daughter of an English lord at war, she is shaken by the arrival of a mysterious stranger to her father's castle. Could this breathtaking man be Emily's yearned-for lover? Indeed, Draven de Montague, Earl of Ravenswood, has come for Emily . . . but romance has nothing to do with it.
In the Tender Embrace of an Enemy . . .
Draven would never have entered the home of his most hated adversary had not the King himself ordered him to take in his foe's daughter for a year to forge bonds of peace between their two feuding houses. Worse still, here is a lass whose exquisite loveliness could tempt Draven to betray his sworn vow never to let anther close to his heart. Emily knows the searing heat of her passion could burn down the defenses of this proud warrior. But will the surrender of the sweet nectar of his lips and his bold, sensuous caress ignite a blaze so hot it consumes them both? |
Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur | Despite grim headlines about the economy, you don't have to stay in a job you intensely hate. There's a better opportunity waiting out there, and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think.
Pamela Slim spent a decade traveling all over the country as a self-employed trainer for large corporations. She was surprised to find that many of the most successful employees at these companies harbored secret dreams of breaking out to start their own businesses. They would pull her aside after a meeting and whisper, "I would love to work for myself, but have no idea how to get started. How did you do it?"
So Pamela started a blog--Escape from Cubicle Nation--to share her experience and advice. Soon, questions and stories poured in from corporate prisoners around the world. As her blog gained popularity, she also interviewed some of the brightest experts in entrepreneurship on topics from finance to branding to marketing via social networks.
This audiobook includes Pamela's very best material, based on thousands of conversations and reader submissions. It provides everything you'll need to consider a major change--not just the nuts and bolts of starting a business, but a full discussion of the emotional issues involved. Pamela knows firsthand that leaving corporate life can be very scary, especially if you have a family and other obligations. Fears and self-defeating thoughts often hold people back from pursuing an extremely gratifying solo career.
Get ready to learn your real options, make an informed decision, and maybe, just maybe, escape from cubicle nation. |
Selkie Girl | ELIN JEAN HAS always known she was different from the others on their remote island home. She is a gentle soul, and can't stand the annual tradition of killing seal babies to thin the population. Even Tam McCodron, the gypsy boy to whom she is strangely drawn, seems to belong more than she does.
It's just a matter of time until Elin Jean discovers the secret of her past: her mother, Margaret, is a selkie, held captive by her smitten father, who has kept Margaret's precious seal pelt hostage for 16 years. Soon Elin Jean faces a choice about whether to free her mother from her island prison. And, as the child of this unusual union, she must make another decision. Part land, part sea, she must explore both worlds and dig deep inside herself to figure out where she belongs, and where her future lies.
Poignant, meaningful, and romantic, Selkie Girl is a lyrical debut about a mesmerizing legend.
From the Hardcover edition. |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Rise and Fall of Pontypool RFC | Pontypool Rugby Football Club was one of the great Welsh teams until it's decline in the 1990s; this is their story
In this engrossing book, Alun Carter and Nick Bishop recount the dramatic story of the rise and fall of one of the great enigmas of Welsh club rugby: Pontypool RFC. They chart the glories and violence of the amateur era in the 1970s and 1980s before the club entered a period of steady decline in the age of professionalism, reaching the point of bankruptcy after a crippling legal battle with the Welsh Rugby Union. It is a symbolic tale of the disintegration of the social fabric that held a once-great club together, both on and off the playing field--often irresistibly funny, eventually tragic, but always larger than life. |
The SW19 Club | x2 copies of Nicola May's The SW19 Club.
'This book will twang your funny bone - and your heartstrings. I totally loved it. Nicola May is a talent to watch!' Milly Johnson
'A funny and fast-paced romp ... thoroughly enjoyable' Deborah Hughes, Woman
'The kind of special book that only comes along once in a while' Miranda Dickinson
What would you do if you were told you could never have children?
Faced with this news, Gracie Davies is at an all-time low. But with the support of some new Wimbledon friends, an unorthodox therapist, her hippy-chick sister Naomi and Czech call-girl Maya, she sets up The SW19 Club and begins her rocky journey to inner peace and happiness. Add in a passionate fling with handsome landscaper Ed, a fairytale encounter with a Hollywood filmstar and the persistence of her adulterous ex, life is anything but predictable... |
The Billionaire's Con | Chef Meggy Calhoun realizes her long-held dream with the opening of Boston's hottest new culinary experience. Crazy-busy with her new restaurant, she can't deny a fascination for her hunky new tenant. But will her secret connection to one of New England's most powerful families poison her recipe for success, and leave her heart flambeed?
Trevor Bryce Christos would do anything to protect the woman who raised him. Even seduce a beautiful con artist disguised as a chef and bent on cashing in on his family's wealth. Taking up residence in Meggy's carriage house while disguised as a writer doing research on small town New England is the perfect ploy to catch her at her game. But when the truth of her parentage is revealed, and his ruse exposed, he'll need the townsfolk's help with spin control if love is to remain on the menu. |
Heart of Danger (Ghost Ops, #1) | Ghost Ops--a small unit of super-elite soldiers so secret only two men know of their existence. Ostensibly betrayed by their commanding officer while on an anti-terrorist mission, the team is massacred. Only three survive, and find themselves framed and disgraced. But en route to the court martial, they escape . . . and disappear.
Beautiful, brilliant and determined, Dr. Catherine Young is on a mission to find a man who has vanished into thin air. Walking into a high-tech hideaway bearing a critical message for "Mac" McEnroe, team leader of the betrayed Ghost Ops force, is the most dangerous thing she has ever done. The soldier she encounters is frightening and suspicious, but her senses reveal the man underneath: Tough, honorable, and so breathtakingly masculine Catherine feels weak in his presence. Catherine has a gift that enables her to see into the heart of others--and looking into Mac's is like staring into the very heart of danger itself. |
Catch a Ghost (Hell or High Water, #1) | Everyone knows that Prophet--former Navy SEAL, former CIA spook, full-time pain in the ass--works alone and thinks only about the trouble he can cause. But his boss, Phil Butler of Extreme Escapes, LTD., has just assigned Proph not only a new partner but also a case haunted by ghosts from Proph's past. Suddenly, he's got to confront them both head on.
Tom Boudreaux--failed FBI agent, failed sheriff, full time believer in bad luck--is wondering why the head of a private contracting firm has hunted him down to offer him a job. Still he's determined to succeed this time, despite being partnered with Prophet, EE, LTD's most successful, lethal, and annoying operative, and even though the case is also resurrecting his own painful past.
Together, Prophet and Tom must find a way to take down killers in the dangerous world of underground cage matches, while fighting their own dangerous attraction. And when they find themselves caught in the crossfire, these two loners are forced to trust each other and work together to escape their ghosts . . . or pay the price. |
Truth is Relative (Truth Inducer Mystery #1) | Anthony Blackwell's "gift" compels people to confess their deepest secrets.
It corrupts his relationships, derails his career and drives him toward eviction--until he becomes Anthony Bishop, private investigator. His first case drops him into a deadly family drama that will save him financially, if it doesn't kill him first. |
The Wrath | A monster lurks in the storm.
In the mid 1800's, a family takes refuge in an abandoned cabin deep in the woods as they travel south through the Canadian wilderness in search of a warmer life. Having lost their way, snowed in by a heavy storm and long out of food, a dark fever spreads among them.
The father, William, sinks to desperate measures in his effort to acquire meat and stay headstrong to his plan. The only one seeing through his madness is his superstitious daughter, Caitland. Her only possession is a book that has filled her head with tales of the supernatural powers of the forest.
Powers that seem to be growing all too real... and becoming hell bent on making sure the family doesn't get through the storm alive. |
The Voyage of the Beagle | The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Darwin & published in 1839 as his Journal & Remarks, bringing him fame. The title refers to the 2nd survey expedition of the HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 12/27/1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy, RN. While the expedition was originally planned to last two years, it lasted almost five--the Beagle didn't return until 10/2/1836. Darwin spent most of this time exploring on land (3 years 3 months on land; 18 months at sea). The book is a vivid travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal covering biology, geology & anthropology that demonstrates his powers of observation, written at a time when Western Europeans were exploring & charting the world. Altho he revisited some areas during the expedition, for clarity the chapters of the book are ordered by reference to places & locations rather than by date. His notes made during the voyage include comments illustrating his changing views at a time when he was developing his theory of evolution by natural selection ^ includes some suggestions of his ideas, particularly in the 2nd edition of 1845. |
Writing Motherhood | 'This is a truly inspiring collection, all the more so for its wit and its grit, its poetry and its honesty; here we have women producing 'good art' despite - and often because of - 'the pram in the hall.' - Shelley Day
'Essential reading for anyone who is a mother, or who had a mother, and is interested in how motherhood and creativity intertwine. Packed with top quality writing that serves to remind us that far from being marginal, the challenges of motherhood are central to the human condition and the dual creative role of writer and mother is both conflicting and super-charging.' - Helen Cadbury, author of the Sean Denton series of crime novels.
Debates and debacles surrounding the issue of motherhood have hounded women's writing for decades, and despite advances in feminism, equality, maternity leave and childcare, we are still asking female writers with children how they find time to write.
Through a unique combination of interviews, poems, and essays by established writers, Writing Motherhood interrogates contemporary representations of motherhood in media and literature, queries why so many novels dealing with serious women's issues are packaged in pink covers with wellies and tea cups, and portrays the exquisite moments of motherhood as often enriching artistic practice rather than hindering it.
Entries include an insightful interview with Pulitzer prize-winning poet Sharon Olds, excerpts from Hollie McNish's motherhood diary, Carol Ann Duffy's beautiful portrait of being and having a daughter, and specially commissioned poems by Sinead Morrissey, Rebecca Goss, and many others. Crime fiction fans will enjoy CL Taylor's witty essay, 'How Motherhood Turned Me to Crime', and Nuala Ellwood's heart-wrenching depiction of miscarriage and loss.
By engaging with both the creation of literature by mothers and literary representations of motherhood, Writing Motherhood is a vital exploration of the complexities of contemporary sexual politics, publishing, artistic creation, and 21st Century parenting. |
I Found You | A young bride, a lonely single mother, and an amnesiac man of dubious origin lie at the heart of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell's next suspenseful drama that will appeal to fans of Liane Moriarty and Paula Hawkins.
In a windswept British seaside town, single mom Alice Lake finds a man sitting on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, and no idea how he got there. Against her better judgment, she invites him inside.
Meanwhile, in a suburb of London, twenty-one-year-old Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. Then the police tell her that her husband never existed.
Twenty-three years earlier, Gray and Kirsty are teenagers on a summer holiday with their parents. Their annual trip to the quaint seaside town is passing by uneventfully, until an enigmatic young man starts paying extra attention to Kirsty. Something about him makes Gray uncomfortable--and it's not just that he's playing the role of protective older brother.
Two decades of secrets, a missing husband, and a man with no memory are at the heart of this brilliant new novel, filled with the "beautiful writing, believable characters, pacey narrative, and dark secrets" (London Daily Mail) that make Lisa Jewell so beloved by audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. |
A Fire Upon The Deep | Alternate Cover Edition: 9780812515282
A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.
Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures and technology can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence.
Fleeing the threat, a family of scientists, including two children, are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. A rescue mission, not entirely composed of humans, must rescue the children-and a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization. |
South Of Sanity (Hannah Garvey Mystery #2) | Hannah Garvey is back with the residents of the Missouri retirement community she manages. Sheriff David Hendrickson's career and reputation are at stake after he fatally wounds a depressed man who threatens him with a gun. When the police can't find the weapon, it appears the sheriff shot an unarmed man. Hannah and her senior sleuths are determined to clear his name. |
Perfectly Ms. Matched (Rocky Mountain Matchmaker Series Book 2) | After losing a patient in a tragic accident, Jo Westin left her physical therapy job and risked it all when she opened up her dream cafe. A year later, her new business is a hit. Jo wants to expand her selection of decadent truffles, gooey bars, and silky cheesecakes, to keep up with customer demand, but the banks aren't biting on her loan plan. Not only are the banks resisting her tempting treats, so are the men in her life. Going home to an empty house every night is getting old, so she asks her best friend, Shelby, a matchmaker, to get busy finding her perfect match while she finds a plan B for her cafe expansion.
Chad Jenks, an injured NFL wide receiver needs his former fiance like never before. Jo was one of the best physical therapists he'd ever worked with, and he wants someone he can trust to keep the extent of his injuries a secret. However, there are two huge obstacles standing in his way. First, Jo quit her PT job last year. And second, he was the last person Jo would ever want to help. Football always came first in his life--that's how he'd lost Jo nine years earlier. But he has a plan: he has lots of money for Jo's expansion, and even some secret ammo he'd only use if he had to. Ready to grovel if necessary, he's determined to regain Jo's PT skills, but even more than that, he still yearns for her forgiveness. And maybe even her love.
Can two people so hurt they vowed to never speak again eat enough humble pie to fix more than just Chad's broken knee? |
Topics from the Writings | Selections were developed by Bishop W.F. Pendleton from his notes made over many years on a wide range of religious topics which especially interested him. Originally published after his retirement as short articles in the journal New Church Life, there were 36 installments from October 1921 to November 1926. For example, topics include What It Is to Love the Lord; The Body of the Lord in the Sepulchre; What Became of the Substance of the Lord's Body; Judas Iscariot; A Moral Life without a Spiritual Life; Conversation; The Use of Eating and Drinking Together; Providence; Combat; and much more. Indexed. |
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game | An insider reveals what can--and does--go wrong when companies shift production to China In this entertaining behind-the-scenes account, Paul Midler tells us all that is wrong with our effort to shift manufacturing to China. Now updated and expanded, Poorly Made in Chinareveals industry secrets, including the dangerous practice of quality fade--the deliberate and secret habit of Chinese manufacturers to widen profit margins through the reduction of quality inputs. U.S. importers don't stand a chance, Midler explains, against savvy Chinese suppliers who feel they have little to lose by placing consumer safety at risk for the sake of greater profit. This is a lively and impassioned personal account, a collection of true stories, told by an American who has worked in the country for close to two decades. Poorly Made in Chinatouches on a number of issues that affect us all. |
Highland Shift (Highland Destiny, #1) | The Highland Destiny saga begins in Highland Shift, a tale of betrayal, murder, and magick spanning two continents and hundreds of years.
Elena MacFarland wonders what everyone else knows about her new farm that she doesn't, and whether she'll live long enough to find out. Betrayed by her fiance and the powerful Worthington family, Elena fights back and negotiates a comfortable settlement with one small caveat: she must live in Scotland for two years.
One kidnapping and two attempts on her life later, the darkly arrogant Scot, Faolan MacGailtry declares himself her new protector and moves into her farmhouse. Major problem? He was present at all three incidents. Elena decides to follow the adage to keep her friends close and enemies closer--but which is he? One by one, Elena uncovers Faolan's darkest secrets: his Druid heritage, his connection to her past, and finally, the deadly curse that is powerful enough to destroy them both.
Reader notes: This is the first book of the Highland Destiny series and includes multiple paranormal elements, including Druidry, Fae, shapeshifting and magick. Heat level: slowly builds from extreme sexual tension toward "bring-some-ice-water" hot! |
The Merchant and the Thief: A Folktale from India | When Raj left the room, Mohan tiptoed over to his belongings and searched hurriedly under Raj's pillow. Again he found nothing. Mohan longs for Raj's treasure. He plots and he schemes and his plan seems perfect! But along the way, he discovers an important lesson about wanting what someone else has ... and about the most important treasure of all. From bestselling author Ravi Zacharias comes a retelling of a classic Indian folktale that teaches powerful truths about faith. |
Gideon's Corpse | A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.
A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.
Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.
Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon. |
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty | A GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family. Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's strong and big-hearted grandmother, whose maternal love braids together the strands of the women's shared past--and who will stop at nothing to defend their future. |
Dragon Flight | With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion. Never one to miss out on the action, Creel throws herself headlong into an adventure that will reunite her with Shardas, the king of the dragons, pit her against a vicious new dragon, and perhaps rekindle a friendship with Prince Luka. Funny, heart-felt, and action packed, new readers and returning fans alike will dive headlong into this exhilarating follow up to "Dragon Slippers." |
Lawless Love | Twenty-five-year old Jessica Green graduated at the top of her class at the police academy. She could have gone anywhere, but she chose to return home to Bridgewood, Texas. She knew she could make a difference cleaning up the streets. She also knew her chances of ever finding love there were slim-to-none. Love had never been a priority for her anyway.
Twenty-six-year-old Bradley Jones is a bad seed, and always had been. He skipped so many classes in high school, they told him he'd be better off dropping out to complete independent studies. School held little importance to him, not when he had a sick sister at home to take care of. His deadbeat parents were either too drugged up to be of any help, or out of the picture entirely.
When Bradley finally finds a children's hospital that will take in his younger sister to help treat her leukemia, all he has left to do is come up with the cash. And if he can get just a little more, he can get the hell out of Bridgewood for good and hopefully start over somewhere new.
He almost gets it, too, after he robs the Bridgewood Savings & Loan, but then his worst nightmare walks in: Jessica Green. He's had a thing for her ever since high school, but ambitious, gorgeous girls like Jessica never wanted anything to do with guys like him. He probably hurt his chances with her even more when he takes her hostage to ensure a safe getaway with the life-saving cash stuffed in his duffel bag.
Jessica Green can't believe she let herself get caught by a lowlife like Bradley Jones, even if he is the hottest guy she's interacted with in years. When she finally allowed herself to get close to someone again, she never would have thought it would be with a common criminal like Bradley. But his love for his sister--and his chiseled good looks--blurs the line for her when it comes to the decision to turn him in when this is all over.
She has to decide if she'll let him go and hurt her reputation as a police officer, or turn him in, risking the life of his sister. Will she choose to break the law, or her own heart? |
The Bark of the Cinnamon Tree | The lives of women and men are what make up the scope of the writer's pen, the struggles of family legacy, contemporary romance, and alienation in an ever more multicultural society. In this anthology of short stories, Ashoka Sen articulates the meeting of British and Indian culture in the UK, bringing together English lyricism and the richness of Indian folk tales and legends. Weaved into stories that take place both in India and in Britain, threads of urban fantasy and magic reveal the heartbreak and hope of the human condition. From the gritty tale of Romola Daniels in 'Trailing Behind a Shadow', in which the weight of family legacy in Indian culture clashes with the expectations of life in Britain, to the heady elements of fantasy and magic present in 'An Afternoon Tea with Lord Ganesha', to the tragic contemporary romance 'The Silver Birch', the imagination of the author presents the lives of women and men struggling with identity and modern multiculturalism. |
Dragon Slippers | Many stories tell of damsels in distress, who are rescued from the clutches of fire-breathing dragons by knights in shining armor, and swept off to live happily ever after.
Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories.
True, when Creel's aunt suggests sacrificing her to the local dragon, it is with the hope that the knight will marry Creel and that everyone (aunt and family included) will benefit handsomely. Yet it's Creel who talks her way out of the dragon's clutches. And it's Creel who walks for days on end to seek her fortune in the king's city with only a bit of embroidery thread and a strange pair of slippers in her possession.
But even Creel could not have guessed the outcome of this tale. For in a country on the verge of war, Creel unknowingly possesses not just any pair of shoes, but a tool that could be used to save her kingdom...or destroy it. |
Life Under the Pirate Code | Pirates were thieves and murderers. But even these criminals had to follow certain rules. And if they broke the rules, they faced severe punishments. Look inside to learn about the pirate code and how it guided everyday life on a pirate ship. |
U.S. Military Assault Vehicles | The U.S. military has some tough machines, but none are more powerful than its assault vehicles. Whether they are transporting troops to battle zones or on the attack themselves, these machines are ready for action. Learn about the Super Cobra, the Beast, the Stryker, and other amazing assault vehicles. |
Synergy | Mitchell and Jason were always meant to be together, despite Jason's best efforts not to admit it. |
Retribution | JUSTINE CHARLES is still trying to put the pieces of her life together seven years after a disastrous extra-marital affair. She's raising a troubled teenage daughter and six-year-old Emile, the result of her indiscretion.
A chance meeting drops the still-scorching Xavier McKellop back on her radar. Her former lover is hurt and furious that Justine has kept his son's birth a secret. She has little choice when Xavier demands time with Emile.
Though the moments between Justine and Xavier are tense, it's evident the flame of attraction between them still burns hot. And just as she begins to hope and dream about being with the only man who ever stirred her heart, body and soul, Justine's life is thrown into chaos. Her daughter discovers Justine's betrayal and Xavier's soon-to-be ex-wife wants him back.
This time around, in her quest for love, Justine might not only lose her deepest desire, but everything she holds dear. |
Vortal Shockwave | Mumbai, 2000.
Viveka, Vhy and Mikey live a life of regular pleasures--movies, pancakes, romance, gossip. Until one day, a strange message flashes on Mikey's computer:
Are you ready to enter the Vortal?
The siblings and their family are swept into a bewildering world of time travel and adventure, cutting-edge technology and medieval warfare, dashing heroes and sinister villains. As they tumble through time and space and alternate universes, they find themselves sinking deeper and deeper into the Vortal.
Will they survive? And if they do, how will they find one another again?
From the author of the acclaimed Ramayana and Mahabharata series and the bestselling Krishna Corioliscomes a book which will take your breath away. |
Favored Dragon's Release (Hidden By Dragons 1) | He wants her for his bride to end the dragons' curse but his love for her is ruining his plans.
In the aftermath of a senseless war that claimed many lives, the gods have punished the dragons for causing the conflict. The next generation will not hatch until Prince Shurik finds a human female willing to put aside generations of animosity to become his bride.
Yolette goes to sleep on the side of a mountain, the odd woman out on a couples' camping trip, and awakes in a field outside the home of a dragon. Transported to an unknown world very different from her own, she must depend on Shurik for shelter and guidance.
Shurik doesn't anticipate his growing feelings for Yolette, making the task of proposing that much harder. Danger looms from those who want the punishment ended and from those who want it to continue until the last dragon is gone. Shurik must decide whether he will save his people or his love and pray to the gods his choice is the right one. |
Sweet Seduction Serenade (Sweet Seduction, #2) | "One night eight years ago and you ran, angel. One night now and you're gone again. I won't let you run this time without giving chase."
Eight years ago Evangeline Rowe met her ice-blue eyed, perfect cowboy, but she was running from a past he would have kept her trapped within. One night of unbelievable passion, a lost and consequently broken heart, and only memories that haunted her dreams and made all subsequent liaisons fall short. By the time she is called back to Auckland to tend her dying father, she has only just managed to vanquish the ghosts of her past enough to settle down. Her time as a cowgirl-in-the-rodeo-ring is coming to an end - and then she sees him. Standing across the crowd at Sweet Seduction, listening to her sing. With his arm wrapped around his fiancee. Try as she might to refuse him access to her heart again, Nick Anscombe has never forgotten that night eight years ago either. And sets out to prove to Eva, his angel, that their hearts are indeed meant to be one.
Old grudges, disgruntled relatives, and a past that haunts as much as hurts, chases Eva down. Gunshots, attempted kidnappings, hostage situations, hot investigators and just as hot police detectives, everything comes to a head when Eva faces her past and accepts who she is inside. And who she is began that day eight years ago - but was it truly the same for her ice-blue eyed cowboy? And can she still be the cowgirl-in-the-rodeo-ring she desires and let him back inside her battered heart?
Love at first sight has never been so dangerous and so very delicious at the same time. |
Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey, from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection | Throughout history, the nature and mystery of death has captivated artists, scientists, philosophers, physicians, and theologians. This eerie chronology ventures right to the borderlines of science and sheds light into the darkness. Here, topics as wide ranging as the Maya death gods, golems, and seances sit side by side with entries on zombies and quantum immortality. With the turn of every page, readers will encounter beautiful artwork, along with unexpected insights about death and what may lie beyond. |
Taste: The Infographic Book of Food | Food sustains life. Since the beginning of time, it has underpinned our existence. Every day, in every country around the world, it continues to do so. While once food comprised the humble gatherings of hunters in caves, today it has been elevated to an obsession, loathed and adored, craved and crammed in equal measure. Some people eat to live, others live to eat.
In an age where we consume up to 285 pieces of content just via social media on a daily basis, information needs to be easily accessible, quick to the point and captivating. This is the age of the infographic, where statistics, facts and knowledge are made easily available and understandable.
Tastewill explore the complex, colourful and at times controversial world of food, through a collection of thought-provoking, stimulating and beautifully-crafted infographics. Accessible and authoritative, it will cover everything you need to know about food a?? from its origins to its consumption, weird and wonderful traditions, mealtimes and trends a?? as well as startling, challenging and unusual facts.
Our content will have authority and wit, chart history and predict trends, and will be complemented by beautiful naturally styled imagery and fact-packed illustrations. From Christmas lunch to curry, pizza to Pavlova, and bagels to burgers, Tastewill inform and inspire.
Our readers will be information hungry but time poor. They want to eat good food, they want to know good food, but they want it quickly and they want it now. They want to feel travelled without leaving home. It took love, care and attention to create but will ultimately be consumed in a matter of minutes by an eager foodie. Food is the one global language that always translates. |
Prom Night: All the Way | How far will a girl go just to get asked to the prom? Carmen Salgado is in Senior Hell. She just moved to town-meaning a new school, no friends, and worst of all, no date for the prom. Desperation is just starting to set in when she suddenly gets some attention from the most popular jock in school, Joey Perrone-attention that takes a bad turn when Carmen refuses to go all the way. But thanks to Joey, the whole school thinks she did. Being invisible was bad, but being a laughingstock is worse. Her only hope is to get into the school play, and into the arms of Tyler North, her crush. But things may not go as she plans-and this year's prom might have a brand new theme: Carmen's Revenge. |
The Hyphenateds: How Emergence Christianity Is Re-Traditioning Mainline Practices | Though the emergent church was once viewed as a fringe movement with little to offer established congregations, it is now seen as one of the central driving forces shaping the future of postmodern Christianity in North America. As an increasing number of mainline communities wonder how the emergent church influences their own structures and practices, this book brings together the perspectives of several of the most prominent "Hyphenated Christians," i.e. those with one foot in the emergent conversation and the other foot in the mainline church - Presbymergents, Anglimergents, Luthermergents, Methomergents, etc. With a passion for both mainline traditions and the emergent conversation, "Hyphenateds" offer a vibrant and contagious vision of the ways in which the church might undergo the transformation necessary to faithfully embody the love of Christ in the midst of an ever-changing postmodern world. The contributors of this book offer wisdom from a variety of contexts and The Hypenateds reflects the changing dynamics currently taking place in the emergent conversation. |
Barely Human | Now you see her, now you don't...
Recently promoted, Jessie is struggling to get into the groove of things alongside her edgy and more experienced partner.
Lately she's found it increasingly difficult to hide an ability she can't control, and doesn't understand. While investigating the murder of a local teen, she discovers the shocking truth about what she really is. Worse, she suspects the killer that continues to hunt teenage girls is closer to her than she could ever have guessed.
As she delves deeper into a world where demons, vampires,and werewolves not only exist, but are all around us, unlikely friendships blossom as a group of misfits band together to put a stop to a madman's murderous rampage. |
Forget Me | An edge-of-your seat psychological thriller with a romantic twist
On the three-month anniversary of her boyfriend Flynn's death, Morgan uploads her only photo of him to FriendShare to get some closure--but she's shocked when the facial recognition software suggests she tag him as "Evan Murphy." She's never heard of Evan, but a quick search tells her that he lives in a nearby town and looks exactly like Flynn. Only this boy is very much alive.
Digging through layers of secrets and lies, Morgan is left questioning everything she thought she knew about her boyfriend, her town, and even her parents' involvement in this massive web of lies. |
The Dying Breath (Forensic Mysteries, #4) | Cameryn?s ex-boyfriend is back . . . and ready to kill! Cameryn had thought she was in love with him. He was smart, strong, and would do anything for her?even kill. Kyle O?Neil disappeared after his first attempt on Cameryn?s life at the end of The Angel of Death. Now he is back for his second. He?s leaving macabre love notes for her everywhere?on her computer, on her cell phone, and on the body of a dead man. And while everyone is determined to keep Cameryn safe, only she knows that it?s up to her to keep Kyle from killing again?and again. Alane Ferguson delivers her most gripping Forensic Mystery yet! |
Leaping Hearts | Everyone thinks A. J. Sutherland is crazy to buy a rogue stallion that no rider or trainer has been able to tame. But if anybody has the hustle to make something out of that hell-raiser, it's A. J. She can't do it alone, however, so she goes after the great Devlin McCloud, an equestrian legend with a bad leg--and a worse attitude.
Devlin recognizes a fighter when he sees one--and that horse isn't a wallflower, either. Before he knows it, he's got a wild stallion in his empty stable and a hotheaded, heavenly-bodied rider sleeping on his couch. But can he get all three of them through the championship in one piece? This passion he's found with his rider is compromising training--and at this level of competition, any distraction is not just unprofessional but downright deadly....
"Fans of Nora Roberts...will savor every well-written page." --Booklist
"Truly awesome." --Huntress Book Reviews |
Stardust: Being a Romance within the Realms of Faerie | From multi award-winning creator of "The Sandman", Neil Gaiman, comes the incredible work that broke new ground in graphic novel storytelling, re-issued in a deluxe hardback edition with a new cover and eight additional pages of bonus material. Together with acclaimed artist Charles Vess, Gaiman returns to the realm of Faerie for a lavishly illustrated tale of an ancient world where magic and humanity mingle in extraordinary ways. Gaiman's exquisitely crafted text and Vess' breathtaking illustrations combine to create a novel with pictures, an adult fairy tale that plunges the reader into the very heart of an enchanting magical land. Tying in with the release of the film, this is your chance to own a piece of "Stardust"! |
Leaping Hearts | Everyone thinks A. J. Sutherland is crazy to buy a rogue stallion that no rider or trainer has been able to tame. But if anybody has the hustle to make something out of that hell-raiser, it's A. J. She can't do it alone, however, so she goes after the great Devlin McCloud, an equestrian legend with a bad leg -- and a worse attitude.
Devlin recognizes a fighter when he sees one -- and that horse isn't a wallflower, either. Before he knows it, he's got a wild stallion in his empty stable and a hotheaded, heavenly-bodied rider sleeping on his couch. But can he get all three of them through the championship in one piece? This passion he's found with his rider is compromising training -- and at this level of competition, any distraction is not just unprofessional but downright deadly....
"Fans of Nora Roberts...will savor every well-written page." -- Booklist
"Truly awesome." -- Huntress Book Reviews |
The Children's Book | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
A spellbinding novel, at once sweeping and intimate, from the Booker Prize-winning author of Possession, that spans the Victorian era through the World War I years, and centers around a famous children's book author and the passions, betrayals, and secrets that tear apart the people she loves.
When Olive Wellwood's oldest son discovers a runaway named Philip sketching in the basement of the new Victoria and Albert Museum--a talented working-class boy who could be a character out of one of Olive's magical tales--she takes him into the storybook world of her family and friends.
But the joyful bacchanals Olive hosts at her rambling country house--and the separate, private books she writes for each of her seven children--conceal more treachery and darkness than Philip has ever imagined. As these lives--of adults and children alike--unfold, lies are revealed, hearts are broken, and the damaging truth about the Wellwoods slowly emerges. But their personal struggles, their hidden desires, will soon be eclipsed by far greater forces, as the tides turn across Europe and a golden era comes to an end.
Taking us from the cliff-lined shores of England to Paris, Munich, and the trenches of the Somme, The Children's Book is a deeply affecting story of a singular family, played out against the great, rippling tides of the day. It is a masterly literary achievement by one of our most essential writers. |
Harbor | From the author of the international and New York Timesbestseller Let the Right One In (Let Me In)comes this stunning and terrifying book which begins when a man's six-year-old daughter vanishes. One ordinary winter afternoon on a snowy island, Anders and Cecilia take their six-year-old daughter Maja across the ice to visit the lighthouse in the middle of the frozen channel. While the couple explore the lighthouse, Maja disappears -- either into thin air or under thin ice -- leaving not even a footprint in the snow. Two years later, alone and more or less permanently drunk, Anders returns to the island to regroup. He slowly realises that people are not telling him all they know; even his own mother, it seems, is keeping secrets. What is happening in Domaro, and what power does the sea have over the town's inhabitants? |
Dreams of My Russian Summers | "Dreams of My Russian Summers" tells the poignant story of a boy growing up amid the harsh realities of Soviet life in the 1960s and '70s, and of his extraordinary love for an elegant Frenchwoman, Charlotte Lemonnier, who is his grandmother. Every summer he visits his grandmother in a dusty village overlooking the vast steppes. Here, during the warm evenings, they sit on Charlotte's narrow, flower-covered bacony and listen to tales from another time, another place: Paris at the turn of the century. She who used to see Proust playing tennis in Neuilly captivates the children with stories of Tsar Nicholas's visit to Paris in 1896, of the great Paris flood of 1910, of the death of French president Felix Faure in the arms of his mistress. But from Charlotte the boy also learns of a Russia he has never known, of famine and misery, of brutal injustice, of the hopeless chaos of war. He follows her as she travels by foot from Moscow half the way to Siberia; suffers with her as she tells of her husband - his grandfather - a victim of Stalin's purges; shudders as she describes her own capture by bandits, who brutalize her and left her for dead. Could all this pain and suffering really have happened to his gentle, beloved Charlotte? Mesmerized, the boy weaves Charlotte's stories into his own secret universe of memory and dream. Yet, despite all the deprivations and injustices of the Soviet world, he like many Russians still feels a strong affinity with and "an indestructible love" for his homeland. |
The Worst Best Man | It was her special day... but his worst nightmare.
A rekindled romance wasn't part of the plan.
Despite his American background, August O'Leary is the most sought-after wedding planner in London. Naturally, Libby and Edward come to him for a wedding the city will never forget. But Edward is an international businessman, so the details are left to Libby and her best friend--who happens to be the love of August's life and the one who broke his heart eight years ago: Christopher Burke.
How's August supposed to pull off the event of the year with Christopher distracting him and old feelings crashing the party uninvited?
Christopher has let money and status dictate his life, but no more. His failure to stand up to others' expectations cost him his future with August--one he hoped would include marriage. Now he has to face August's hurt and anger and prove he's still the best man to make August happy. |
The Drunkard's Walk (An Unabridged Production)[8-CD Set]; How Randomness Rules Our Lives | In this irreverent and illuminating audio book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious causes, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance.
The rise and fall of your favorite movie star or the most reviled CEO-in fact, all our destinies-reflects chance as much as planning and innate abilities. Even Roger Maris, who beat Babe Ruth's single season home run record, was in all likelihood not great, but just lucky.
How could it have happened that a wine was given five out of five stars by one journal and called the worst wine of the decade by another? Wine ratings, school grades, political polls, and many other things in daily life are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives fresh insight into what is really meaningful and how we can make decisions based on a deeper truth. From the classroom to the courtroom, from financial markets to supermarkets, from the doctor's office to the Oval Office, Mlodinow's insights will intrigue, awe, and inspire.
Offering listeners not only a tour of randomness, chance and probability but also a new way of looking at the world, this original, unexpected journey reminds us that much in our lives is about as predictable as the steps of a stumbling man afresh from a night at a bar. |
The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club | For every woman who has ever dreamed of starting over, or being a better mother, or just knitting a really nice scarf . . . When her husband dies in a car crash--not long after announcing he wants a divorce--Jo Mackenzie packs up her two rowdy boys and moves from London to a dilapidated villa in her seaside hometown. There, she takes over her beloved Gran's knitting shop--a quaint but out-of-date store in desperate need of a facelift. After a rough beginning, Jo soon finds comfort in a "Stitch and Bitch" group; a collection of quirky, lively women who share their stories, and their addiction to cake, with warmth and humor. As Jo starts to get the hang of single-parent life in a small town, she relies on her knitting group for support. The women meet every week at the shop on Beach Street and trade gossip and advice as freely as they do a new stitch. But when a new man enters Jo's life, and an A-list actress moves into the local mansion, the knitting club has even more trouble confining the conversation to knit one, purl two.
The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Clubis an uplifting, winning tale about the healing power of friendship and new beginnings. It's a charming novel that will delight all passionate knitters--and win over befuddled, would-be knitters, too. |
Central Station | A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap and data is cheaper.
When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover Miriam is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the data stream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin Isobel is infatuated with a robotnik--a cyborg ex-Israeli soldier who might well be begging for parts. Even his old flame Carmel--a hunted data-vampire--has followed him back to a planet where she is forbidden to return.
Rising above all is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war. Everything is connected by the Others, powerful entities who, through the Conversation--a shifting, flowing stream of consciousness--are just the beginning of irrevocable change. |
Worlds Within Verona's Walls | A light-hearted account of the lives, loves and interweaving stories of three English teachers at the same school in Italy whose friendship develops over the course of the academic year, set against the background of a city inextricably linked to love and romance: Verona. |
1001 Little Ways to Save the Planet | With advice on various topics from cooking and cleaning to how to shop and invest money the green way, this work contains ideas that aim to set readers on the path to being more eco-conscious. |
History Of Psychiatry And Medical Psychology | As a discipline, psychiatry has always walked a fine if not easily defined line between social and biological science. This title traces this evolution in its social, political, and philosophical contexts, charting the rise of psychology as a legitimate field of scientific pursuit, and of psychiatry as a medical specialty. |
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) | A ship's mutiny forces a young noble English couple out onto the African coast, and their child is born in the wild. When they die a short time later, the boy is adopted by an ape, and raised as her own. The boy, Tarzan, rises to dominance in the jungle . . . TARZAN OF THE APES is Edgar Rice Burroughs's exploration of mankind a it's seen from the perspective of a man reared outside civilization, and the insights he offers are often not flattering. Tarzan has all the features we look for in a hero -- he is handsome, brave, and stronger than any ordinary man. But he is an arrogant loner, prone to violence. TARZAN OF THE APES explores that which is within all of us, the primal drives and abilities that made for our survival -- Burroughs created a hero who, because of his immense potential and truly unique upbringing -- became a believable SUPERMAN. Burroughs told the tale in engaging prose which still sweeps us along. |
The Haunted Camera | Delbert Gray was an amateur photographer with a hunger for fame. The camera Delbert used was a cheap Kodak instamatic. You can see why Delbert dreamed of owning a Nikon like his rich friend Michael. Michael would let his friend Delbert develop his pictures in his dark room while he was developing his own. Delbert really envied Michael's photographs and would often close his eyes and day dream about being a famous photographer some day.
As Delbert was walking around the town square he came across an Antique shop that had an old bellows camera in the display window. Delbert said to himself, "If I could just have that camera I bet it would take better pictures than Michael's." Delbert slumped over with tears again flowing down his cheeks knowing in reality there was no way he could afford such a beautiful camera. Just as Delbert was walking past the Antique shop, an old man opened the door and came up to Delbert and said, "I noticed you were looking at that old camera in the window as if it belonged to you."
Delbert answered, "Yes, Sir, I was only wishing. I knew in my heart I could not afford such a beautiful camera. Besides, I don't even have a job or any money to give you and my father told me the only way I could buy a new camera was to get a job next year. By that time your camera would be gone and I would be heartbroken once more. Well I better be on my way, because if I don't get home soon my dad is going to whoop me."
"Not so fast!" the old man said in a tender voice. I've never had anyone come by my shop and want any of my antiques like you have. I tell you what if you really want the camera it's yours to keep. Don't worry about the money your money is no good to me. There's only one condition. Bring me a copy of the photos you take. I have a scrap book that I would like to place them in. That's all I ask of you. What do you say?"
Delbert should have known something was up when the old man that sells antiques for a living doesn't give his antiques away for free. Why all of a sudden should the old man give him a rare valuable camera only one in existence to a young boy. There is something very wrong with this picture. You'll want to read on and on to find out. |
Plague City | Control. Everyone wants it. Some believe they have it. For Mayor Henry Coal, in a city ravaged by the Plague, his biggest problem is keeping it.
"Plague City" is a sci-fi/horror novelette roughly 50 pages in length. First in a series, the story follows Henry Coal, mayor of a city decimated by a world-wide virus who must decide how far he is willing to go to protect what he values most, and destroy that which threatens to take it away.
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WARNING: This story contains foul language and violent scenes. Some readers may find this content offensive. |
The Littlest Angel | Mother-by-Accident Angela Adams refused to have anything to do with her unborn baby's reluctant father, much less marry him! True, her pregnancy was unexpected, but Clint Brady didn't have to act so dazed when she announced her impending motherhood. Father-by-Surprise Clint Brady admitted his reaction could have been more enthusiastic, but the thought of baby bottles and nappies was enough to rattle even a rugged rancher like himself. Now that the shock had passed, nothing was going to come between Clint and fatherhood -- not even stubborn Angela! |
The Governor's Lady | Cooper Lanier has been surrounded by politics her entire life. Her late father, Cleve Spainhour, was a beloved two-term Southern governor, as was her husband, Pickett Lanier. Now, Cooper is taking office as governor herself, succeeding Pickett as he campaigns for president. On her first day, as the state is blindsided by a blizzard, Cooper quickly realizes she is surrounded by leftovers from her husband's administration and that Pickett intends to manage the state's affairs from the campaign trail, even if it means undermining her every command. Cooper is faced with the stark choice of seizing control or becoming a phony, irrelevant figurehead.
The Governor's Lady shows how politics brings out the best and worst in people and how the public arena affects politicians' values and relationships. The novel will appeal to those interested in a deeper understanding of the subtexts and complexities of American politics and the growing role of women in the political landscape. |
Battlefields of Nebraska | Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press
Today, the state of Nebraska is as peaceful a place as one is likely to find in America. But that wasn't always the case. Because of its geographic location near the center of the continent and astride the most convenient east-west routes, Nebraska has been the scene of some of the most significant clashes in western history. |
A Distant Shore (Shadows of Brierley, #3) | "The year is 1842, and it is late spring in Nauvoo. Ian and Wren Brierley have settled into their new home and are enjoying the blessings of the gospel and the companionship of the Saints. Their joy seems full to overflowing as they eagerly anticipate the birth of a new baby. The future couldn't look brighter, until Joseph Smith pays a visit to their home with a message destined to change their lives and challenge their faith. Bestselling LDS author Anita Stansfield is at the top of her for min this honest, forceful, and moving story about love, family, faith, and sacrifice. It is an unforgettable journey of change and personal revelation that spans thousands of miles, touches countless hearts, and probes the intimate depths of the human spirit. A Distant Shore is a tender and compelling look at a time when Saints must put to the test their belief that sacrifice will bring forth the blessings of heaven . |
Bay Leaves and Bachelors (Recipe for Romance, #1) | When a carnival fortuneteller gives him a bag of bay leaves to sleep on, telling him it will make him dream of his perfect man, lonely historian Clay Turner is skeptical, to say the least. Since he has nothing to lose, Clay tries it, and that night, he dreams of a handsome, dark-haired man. But even that doesn't prepare him for the next day, when he literally runs into the man from his dream on the street!
Rhys Montgomery is a rich, successful restaurateur, and he seems smitten with Clay, who is dazed by the attention. Rhys claims that he wants a slow, romantic courtship, but Rhys' continuous refusal to take their relationship to the next level plays on Clay's insecurities.
Is Rhys really interested in a happily ever after with Clay, or does his interest mask a far more calculating motive? |
Batman: Arkham Reborn | Following the Black Mask's destruction of Arkham Asylum in BATTLE FOR THE COWL, Dr. Jeremiah Arkham has rebuilt the Asylum following the design of his mad Uncle Amadeus. Intended as a model for enlightened treatment of mental illness, the building soon mutates into a torture house, and the inmates find themselves trapped in a living hell. And when Jeremiah starts hearing a voice from beyond the grave, it becomes painfully clear that the lunatics really have taken over the Asylum and he is forced to call in Batman to put down a riot. But who or what is behind the sabotage? Is it possible that the asylum itself is inflicting its own retribution on the inmates? Find out in this This haunting graphic novel is brought to you by the creative team of BATTLE FOR THE COWL: ARKHAM ASYLUM, writer David Hine and artist Jeremy Haun.
Collecting BATMAN: BATTLE FOR THE COWL - ARKHAM ASYLUM #1, ARKHAM REBORN #1-3 and DETECTIVE COMICS #864-865 |
Did You Read That Review? A Compilation of Amazon's Funniest Reviews | Do you know the pros and cons of owning a Badonkadonk Land Cruiser? Amazon customers do--along with what they think of the Yodeling Pickle, the 3-Carat Diamond Pacifier, and over 100 other items. Witty and unexpected, this collection of customer reviews is sure to show you a new, hilarious, and completely candid side of Amazon products and reviews you never knew existed. |
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) | Winner of the 2016 Self-Publishing Ebook Award for Best Fiction.
"Penelope delivers an engrossing story with delightful characters in this fantastic opening to [the Earthsinger Chronicles]."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Great characters, beautiful writing, incredible world-building."--Ann Aguirre, New York Times bestselling author
Romeo and Julietmeets Return of the Kingin a fantasy about an outcast drawn into a war between two powerful rulers.
Orphaned and alone, Jasminda lives in a land where cold whispers of invasion and war linger on the wind. She is an outcast in her homeland of Elsira, where her gift of Earthsong is feared. When ruthless soldiers seek refuge in her isolated cabin, they bring with them a captive--an injured spy who threatens to steal her heart.
Jack's mission behind enemy lines to prove that the Mantle between Elsira and Lagrimar is about to fall nearly cost him his life, but he is saved by the healing Song of a mysterious young woman. Now he must do whatever it takes to save Elsira and its people from the True Father, and he needs Jasminda's Earthsong to do it. They embark on a perilous journey to save their land and to uncover the secrets of The Queen Who Sleeps.
Thrust into a hostile society, Jasminda and Jack must rely on one another even as secrets jeopardize their bond. But Jack has secrets of his own, and as an ancient evil gains power, Jasminda races to unlock a mystery that promises salvation. |
Remind Me (Chasing Fire, #1) | First in a tantalizing new trilogy about reigniting a forbidden desire from long ago...
As heiress to a media empire Alessandra Sinclair was raised to put family obligations first. But everything changes the night her first love walks back into her life and turns her whole world upside down. Haunted by the memories of a secret romance with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, she can't seem to get Hudson Chase out of her mind. Once again torn between two worlds, Allie must decide how much she's willing to risk to have the love she's always longed for.
Ten years is a long time to wait, but billionaire Hudson Chase didn't become CEO of one of the country's fastest growing companies by giving up on what he wants. Now that he's got Allie in his sights again, he's determined to make her regret breaking his heart. And this time, he's going to make damn sure he's not so easy to forget.
Includes a preview of Release Me, book two of the Chasing Fire trilogy. |
Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present | From King Kongto Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present, Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable characterizations of blackness in horror cinema, and examines key levels of black participation on screen and behind the camera. She argues that horror offers a representational space for black people to challenge the more negative, or racist, images seen in other media outlets, and to portray greater diversity within the concept of blackness itself.
Horror Noirepresents a unique social history of blacks in America through changing images in horror films. Throughout the text, the reader is encouraged to unpack the genre's racialized imagery, as well as the narratives that make up popular culture's commentary on race.
Offering a comprehensive chronological survey of the genre, this book addresses a full range of black horror films, including mainstream Hollywood fare, as well as art-house films, Blaxploitation films, direct-to-DVD films, and the emerging U.S./hip-hop culture-inspired Nigerian "Nollywood" Black horror films. Horror Noire is, thus, essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how fears and anxieties about race and race relations are made manifest, and often challenged, on the silver screen. |
Prophetess (Winter #2) | Book 2 of the Winter series.
One act of violence is not enough to fulfill Xaphan's plans. One near escape does not justify Winter's growing gift. There is more. She can feel it. The warnings swell within her. He's searching for someone. A person of promise...a person of prophecy. And Winter must find her first. |
Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes, #4) | George Bailey is an ordinary guy, working the nine to five as a handyman and trying to make the best of the little he's got. But when he sleeps, he dreams of fire and flying, of zombies and superheroes.
When the two realities start to merge, George begins to question if e's gone mad. That, or something has gone terribly wrong...
The latest instalment in the Ex Series. |
The Whore Of New Slum | New Slum is the poorest borough in New City, and those who live there are considered the dregs of society. Yet they all have hopes and dreams to be more than what others say they should be.
Wendall works as a sex peddler, trying to survive as best he can in the Slum. One day, while visiting his dying sister, Wendall meets a man who will change his life, and puts into motion plans that have taken years to prepare.
Abdur is a prisoner of war, taken during battle between New France and New Britain. His injuries are such that the New Britain military have no problem experimenting on him. All he has to look forward to is more experiments or being used until he has nothing left to give.
Running into each other is a pivotal moment for both men. As they fall in love, they decide to shape the world around them to what they wish it to be, and start making their dreams come true... |
Bad Guys and Gals of the Wild West | Robbery, gunfights, murder--outlaws ran rampant all across the Wild West! Readers will be introduced to some of the most famous robbers and outlaws of the Wild West in this enthralling nonfiction title. With vivid images, informational text, and incredible facts and stories about such well-known figures as Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, and Jesse James, readers will be engaged from cover to cover! |
The Bloody History of the Croissant | Foodies and croissant lovers, you'll be shocked and intrigued at the true story behind your favourite food.
Celebrity chef Neil Perry said: "You will get involved and carried away by it as I have, it leaves me wanting for more and I know when I take a bite of my next croissant that memories of this terrific read will flood back."
An easy and delightful read for all audiences.
The history of the croissant is a tale of battle, blood and death. It's intertwining saga begins over five thousand years ago in ancient Sumeria before sweeping off to Mesopotamia, Babylon, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Byzantium and Vienna.
Follow its fascinating journey through battles, siege and heroism to its modern, well-loved incarnation. This is a history you will not easily forget and it is sure to make you look at the flaky crescent-shaped pastry in a completely new light. |
The Petrov Proposal | The first time Maddy Forrester heard her boss's mesmerizing voice barking orders down the phone, she knew he was a force to be reckoned with. But nothing prepared her for the sight of Aleksei Petrov. He is the last thing Maddy needs, but the first thing she wants!
Aleksei is determined not to mix business with pleasure, but he struggles with the irresistible sparks his feisty secretary ignites in him--she's a problem he does not want.
The proposed solution? One unforgettable night to fulfill their every wicked desire. |
See Jane Run | What do you do when you don't know who you are...
Jane has lost her memory.
...Where you are...
Jane is found walking the streets wearing a blood-stained dress with $10,000 in the pocket.
...What you've done?
Unable to get answers from her husband, Jane is forced to seek the truth about her accident on her own. But the truth doesn't always set you free . . .
When you can't trust yourself, who can you trust? |
Under The Sun (Stories from Sapphire Cay, #2) | Edward McAllister, wedding planner extraordinaire arrives at Sapphire Cay for a wedding. He has four days to go until the big day and his plans are smashed when he spots the stage he was setting is destroyed. Doesn't matter that the guy pulling down the old gazebo and digging trenches is hot - he is messing with Edward's OCD and Edward isn't afraid to let the other man know exactly how he feels.
Jamie Durand is and ex marine and son of the former owners of Sapphire Cay. He is on the island to get his head around his new life after leaving the forces due to injury. When Edward arrives in his space he is bemused at the instant dislike the uptight man is showing towards him.
Not an auspicious start. But just you wait when Edward relaxes and Jamie opens up. Fireworks. |
The Death of Ivan Ilych | Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality.
How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction.
A thoroughly absorbing and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation. |
No Remorse | Lee McCloud (Mac) has a reputation as a loose cannon. So when a secret agency operating outside the law recruits him for his special operations skills his team leader Tally, a tough, attractive computer genius, is ordered to keep him on a tight leash. But a tight leash is the last thing Mac wants. His intent is to use the agency's massive resources to track down Sophia, a close friend's daughter, who has been kidnapped in Mexico.
From the beginning, sparks fly between Mac and Tally. Mac sees Tally as an office worker, not qualified for field operations. For her part, Tally views Mac as little more than a cold-blooded killer. The conflict escalates as the two are forced to play at husband and wife in order to get close to their next target.
Ignoring orders to stay out of trouble, Mac enlists the help of Scotty, a British soldier, and Jog, a Lebanese fixer. They follow the kidnappers' trail to Paris, where events lead them to suspect Sophia is a captive of Sheik Khalid, a billionaire Saudi exile who is suspected of supporting terrorist groups by shipping weapons, drugs and slaves on his luxury vessel, Princess Aliya.
Mac and Tally discover they have feelings for each other, but events lead Mac to question whether Tally is working to another agenda. With time running out, the group dodges assassins, corrupt generals, evil medicos, Mossad agents, corrupt bureaucrats and sharks. But they cannot anticipate what is waiting for them on Khalid's fortress island of Andaran, or that there's much more at stake than Sophia... |
Zero Minus Ten | It's June 1997 and M despatches James Bond to Hong Kong to investigate a recent spate of unexplained incidents including a car bomb and an explosion on a floating restaurant. Bond's enquiries bring him into conflict with ruthless Triad gangs, a Chinese general, and the beautiful Sunni Pei. |
Winter's Love (Fall Fire, #1) | A past relationship has left Jared Winter broken. When Eric Healey runs into him, Jared finds a reason to learn to trust again. The two men begin to fall for one another, but the prejudice around them threatens to tear them apart. Can their love survive in the real world? |
Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing | Fantasy writer, essayist and critic Tom Simon looks at some elements of successful and memorable fiction. What makes a story stand out and grab a reader's interest, and how does it happen? What kind of imaginative elements are most likely to have enduring appeal? How important is prose style to a good story? In eleven essays, Simon investigates these and other questions, and his researches lead him to some surprising places.
Like all Bondwine books, this title is sold without DRM. |
The Rains (Rains, #1) | The first YA page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz
In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding.
Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings. The parasite that transformed them takes hold after people turn eighteen--and Patrick's birthday is only a few days away.
Determined to save Patrick's life and the lives of the remaining kids, the brothers embark on a mission to uncover the truth about the parasites--and what they find is horrifying. Battling an enemy not of this earth, Chance and Patrick become humanity's only hope for salvation. |
That Church Life | The Church Gal Crew is leading the way to Salvation at Mt. Zion Holiness Church. Feisty Natalia Freemon is the "head" of the crew. Rebellious and outspoken, she has no problems challenging the church status quo. Years later however, her loss of faith will tragically impact her life. Michelle Hanks, a country girl from a hardworking farm family is the peacemaker and "soul" of the crew. Although struggling with self-confidence she is wise beyond her years and can't wait to escape the farm life and find success; even if it costs her soul. Missy Jones, the "heart" of the crew, has the face of an angel and a voice sent from heaven. A pastor's daughter raised in the church, Missy loves the ministry and her place in it. But the flesh is tempting, especially when it comes in the form of sexy church musician and Mt. Zion playboy Tommy. In spite of her dedication to the word, Missy falls hard for Tommy, and then falls out of favor with the church. Trapped in a cycle of relationship abuse, Missy's world is falling apart until Beanie, a reformed stick-up man turned Deacon, shows her real love. But when tragedy strikes, Missy is torn between the truth, that could jeopardize every-thing she loves, or a lie that could be her damnation. These three best friends drift away from each other and the church but come back together through spiritual downfall, relationship crises, drug addiction, and even murder. Can the crew survive the drama involved in That Church Life? |
The Shadow Guardian | Bad luck seems to be following Rachel Stephens. First she loses her job, suspects she's pregnant and has to end her toxic relationship with a handsome doctor.
When a duppy, a legendary Caribbean creature, visits Rachel late one night it sets off a chain of events that could threaten Rachel's life...and the lives of those around her. The duppy is a complex spirit most noted for haunting the dreams of their enemies, but are also known for their mischievous - and sometimes malicious - antics.
The daunting visitor brings Rachel a message - one that can't be ignored. Now Rachel must find a way to stop the bad luck the omen brings, before there's no turning back.
Set in the beautiful Caribbean island of Barbados, this is a thrilling tale of intrigue and suspense that will leave readers wanting more. |