Translation of: Bonheur d'occasion Views: 32
WHAT SHOULD SHE DO? Christine had known Luke Curtis for years; he had been her friend and support since childhood. But Christine was changing, becoming a woman, and her relationship with Luke was changing, too. Suddenly he was asking more than she had ever expected. Should she follow her heart? Could she give Luke what he asked? Views: 32
"Did you get the gun?" Reno demanded. The girl shook her head. He snarled and flung the empty bottle against the cabin wall. Linda stood without moving, her soft mouth parted, her dark eyes fixed on his, the color rising in her face. She seemed to be touched with a tawny glow. Reno stared at her in amazement, and the fires of an awakened hunger swept over him. He reached for her and as their lips met she uttered a strange little cry-half sob, half animal whimper. Then suddenly she pushed him away. "You area a 'bad lot.'" Reno grinned. "I was never anything else. Now. Go get me that gun!" "And if I don't?" He gazed at her, his eyes mocking. "You will," he assured her softly. "You will." Views: 30
The newest novel, adapted from the most popular BATTLESTAR GALACTICA adventure ever! THE LIVING LEGEND A great warrior has returned to lead Galactica against its biggest challenge yet! Commander Cain, living legend of the cosmos, is marshalling his forces for a desperate counterattack against the Cylon marauders led by the ruthless Baltar. Yet, the young warriors of the besieged battlestar wonder: is the mythical "Juggernaut" really a military genius—or just an eccentric despot made crazy by the wounds of time? Views: 30
The Edgar Award--winning novel by the "master of nail-biting suspense"(Los Angeles Times)Thomas Perry exploded onto the literary scene with The Butcher's Boy. Back in print by popular demand, this spectacular debut, from a writer of "infernal ingenuity" (The New York Times Book Review), includes a new Introduction by bestselling author Michael Connelly. Murder has always been easy for the Butcher's Boy--it's what he was raised to do. But when he kills the senior senator from Colorado and arrives in Las Vegas to pick up his fee, he learns that he has become a liability to his shadowy employers. His actions attract the attention of police specialists who watch the world of organized crime, but though everyone knows that something big is going on, only Elizabeth Waring, a bright young analyst in the Justice Department, works her way closer to the truth, and to the frightening man behind it.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 29
The Many Points of WonderFrom dream worlds to nightmare planets, through mazes of madness to tiny time holes in space, down Pathways of Desire to a New Atlantis, THE COMPASS ROSE points the way to the wonder-filled mind-country of a remarkable writer."As good as any contemporary at creating worlds, imaginary or our own... Le Guin writes with painstaking intelligence. Her characters are complex and haunting, and her writing is remarkable for it's sinewy grace."--TIME Magazine Views: 27
I gotthe germ of this tale from an incident in the life of George Templeton Strong recorded in an unpublished section of his famous diary. I later developed it into an article which appeared in my volume of essays, Reflections of a Jacobite. My first attempt to fictionalize it was the short story "In the Beauty of the Lilies" that became a part of The Winthrop Covenant. This novel is my final development of the theme.Louis Auchincloss Views: 26
Captain Lord Ramage's honeymoon in France is interrupted by a sudden end to the Peace of Amiens. Finding themselves on unfriendly soil just hours before hostilities commence, Ramage and his bride elude the grasp of Napoleon's secret police. Views: 26
He feared nothing and wanted everything--every thrill, every danger, and every woman. But most of all, he wanted freedom--the exhilaration of falling free into a vastness of sky, the intoxication of thundering surf, the thrill of careening--reckless and defiant--into the face of death! Views: 25
The second volume of Helen Forrester’s powerful, painful and ultimately uplifting four-volume autobiography of her poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s. The Forrester family are slowly winning their fight for survival. But life remains extremely tough for fourteen-year-old Helen. Along with caring for her younger siblings and suffering terrible hardships she is also battling with her parents to persuade them to allow her to earn her own living. Helen is desperate to lead her own life after the years of neglect and inadequate schooling. Written with an unflinching eye, Helen’s account of her continuing struggles against severe malnutrition and dirt (she has her first bath in four years) and, above all, the selfish demands of her parents, is deeply shocking. But Helen’s fortitude and her ability to find humour in the most harrowing of situations make this make this a story of amazing courage and perseverance. Views: 25
Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!A vengeful obsession...Juliet Chase is determined to make arrogant, chauvinistic Jake Matthews pay! He might be sinfully good-looking but his public criticism of her best-selling novel was needlessly harsh and unfounded. How dare he go around ruining people's careers!But when Jake's analysis of Juliet doesn't stop at her writing, Juliet finds her well-ordered life thrown into confusion—and her innocent heart into turmoil. Because suddenly Jake's opinion matters to her. And his opinion of her matters most of all...Originally published in 1982 Views: 24
Edna Cormick, forty-three, is incarcerated in a mental hospital for murdering her husband. For twenty years, Edna escaped the world by devoting herself to the health and welfare of her husband and home, so when she learns he's been having an affair, her sense of betrayal is devastating and literally maddening. And so she sits, silently filling notebooks, trying to find where and how her life went wrong. Dancing in the Dark is a tightly woven psychological novel, which explores the idea that madness is not necessarily self-destructive, and may lead to a kind of wisdom.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 24
She probably shouldn't have married him...Annis's life as daughter of the Rectory was a busy and happy one, certainly not lacking in love—but she loved Jake Royle even more than she loved her family. So when he proposed to her she didn't hesitate, even though she knew he didn't love her. Jake had said from the start that he didn't think love was necessary to make a marriage work. But even if she could accept his lack of feeling for her, would Jake ever admit Annis into his life? Views: 24
Somewhere, from among the four human settled worlds of the Warden Diamond, hostile aliens were spying on Earth. But no agent could be sent to investigate and report back. All trips to the Warden worlds were one-way. There a microscopic symbiont called the warden bug invaded all life forms, after which life became impossible outside the Warden system. Sitting on a freighter in the "safe" zone of the solar system, the Confederacy's best agent receives reports tightbeamed from former criminals imprinted with his mind.
This is the third report from the agent imprinted for Charon. A hot hellish world, Charon was a place where magic works and strange beast lurk. Park Lacoch, a small almost elfin man was known on the outside as the "Butcher of Bonhomme". Using Park's administrative background he planned on infiltrating a group of rebels already intent on deposing the current Lord. Views: 24
