She was the flower of an East End slum who rose to become a star. But Poppy Duveen quit the stage to marry Freddie Plummett, the only real gentleman she had ever known - the bounder who died. When Freddie died, Poppy was left the castle but also left to the clutches of Freddie's formidable uncle, Hugo, the dazzling Duke of Guildham.How could she admit, even to herself, this dangerous attraction? Instead, Polly tried to turn her back on it but it was no use. Clearly, Hugo thought her a mere waif, a common poor relation. Well, she'd show him and his snobbish family. She'd return to the stage as Poppy Plummett, conquer London, and make fools of them all! Views: 23
THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER
Cromwell of Aragon sailed to the far edge of the world to raise the powerful and evil sorcerer, Xusia, from his thousand-year sleep, only to use him and then betray him.
But Xusia has made a vow to get even—in his own time, in his own manner, and in a new disguise . . . Views: 23
EAST MEETS WEST IN A BLAZE OF FURY!
From the hills of San Francisco to the towers of Chicago, a savage struggle for power rages between Japanese and Chinese mobsters, expert killers with hand, sword, or gun. Then they kidnap Harry Callahan’s beautiful, part-time lover. Enter the dragon, Dirty Harry—Magnum blazing! Views: 22
A power-hungry Texas billionaire was planning to stage a revolution in Mexico. But the FBI and CIA knew only that their agents, sent to infiltrate his mysterious strike force of elite mercs, had suffered horrible deaths. The president's decision — send in Able Team! Breaking through the high security of the crazen Texan's base, Bolan's reborn Death Squad begins a blitzing series of combat events that bring them into the very hellheart of the drug wars of Bolivia and the Caribbean — and the sex war of the billionaire's Mexican debutante wife. Surrounded by assassination, betrayal, and revenge, Gadgets Schwarz, Pol Blancanales and Carl Lyons must not fail — only they can stop open war between the United States and Mexico. Views: 22
Cerberus is the water world of the Warden system. In its dense jungles only the most ruthless survive. If Qwin, the Federation’s finest operative is to survive and take over the mind of it’s evil lord, he must exchange his body for that of a man (right now he is a woman, but don’t ask) and do it fast! Views: 22
Never again would she dance on stageBirdie's career as a ballerina was over, ruined by a fluke accident. Reeling from the shock, she let sympathetic friends lure her to the island of Menorca for a rest.It was there that Birdie met the Conde, a man who was the antithesis of all she knew--and who wouldn't let her retreat into herself. He was overbearing and manipulative; Birdie knew his power could wreak even more havoc in her life! Views: 22
Harlequin Presents offers a second chance to enjoy this classic story from Carole Mortimer.The only man she wants... Arriving in England, Sara Hamille finds it odd that people keep mistaking her for someone else. Someone who looks so similar to her that even that person's fiancé—devastatingly handsome Dominic Thorne—mistakes Sara for his bride-to-be! ...is the only man she can't have! Envying her own double, Sara is astonished to learn that the stranger is actually her long-lost twin! But the thrill of discovering a family she never knew dims when Sara realizes that Dominic—the only man she could ever love—belongs irrevocably to her sister... Views: 21
Young and lovely Tracy Bodmin was as spirited and independent as theAmerica she came from--but love for her father made her yield to hisheart's desire. Though William Bodmin had made his fortune in the NewWorld, he dreamed of a title for his daughter in his native England--andhis wealth won a marriage proposal to Tracy from the proud Duke ofHastings. Behind she left Adam Lancaster, the handsome, rugged NewEnglander who adored her. Ahead lay fear and danger in the arms of apowerful, magnetic man whose mode of life and love she did not know...What was she doing here? What was Tracy doing in this huge mansion whoserooms she could not count and whose hallways were a bewildering maze?What was she doing surrounded by servants who seemed determined not tolet her lift a finger whether she wanted to or not? What was she doingin the company of lords and ladies whose venomous gossip and razor-edgedwit might well have been in a foreign tongue for all she could join inwith them? Above all, what was she doing as wife to the devilishlyhandsome and charming Duke who now waited for her in her bridal chamber?Clearly, Adrian, the Duke of Hastings, had a great deal to teach Tracyabout being a Duchess -- and even more to learn if he didn't want a newAmerican Revolution on his hands.... Views: 20
29 October 2013 Retail CopyAs a child, a young girl with coltish legs and dusky skin, I spent many anxious hours prowling the low desert and the craggy foothills of southeastern Arizona's Huachuca Mountains— anxious hours not just because I was trespassing on the forbidden Cristo Rey land grant but also because I was searching among the rocks and cactus-stubbled dunes for the Ghost Lady, hoping and praying I could get a glimpse of her and at the same time scared to death that I really would. Some say she haunted that area of Cristo Rey because she was a tormented wraith looking for the lover denied her in life. And others say she rode the area, its barren deserts and rock-clad mountains and lush, grassy valleys, because her soul was condemned to wander Cristo Rey until the fifty thousand acres—and the Stronghold—were at last returned to her heirs. Of course, I preferred to believe the latter . . . perhaps because at that young age my childish mind could not conceive of a love so great that it would transcend time and space. I had yet to taste of love’s binding passion. But in all likelihood I chose to believe that version of the tale because even then I knew, like my Ghost Lady, my soul would know no peace until I possessed what rightfully belonged to me . . . Cristo Rey. Views: 20
Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to fire the previous station manager with the aid of a bullwhip, Mary must track down stolen horses, defend against Indians, care for a wayward boy, and protect herself and her daughter from Jason Flandrau, a man determined to become governor of the Colorado Territory but who is also the ruthless war criminal who murdered Mary’s husband.From the Paperback edition.From the PublisherIt was no work for a woman. That's what they told Mary Breydon when she came to manage a rundown stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. But Mary had no choice. Her fine Virginia home burned to ashes in the Civil War and her husband was brutally shot down on the way to Colorado. She needed to make a new beginning for herself and her young daughter on the raw frontier. Isolated in an untamed land, their life at the station was achingly hard and they faced the constant danger of attacks by outlaws and marauding Indians. Yet, with the support of a spirited Irish woman, a fearless orphan boy, and, most of all, the mysterious gunman Temple Boone, Mary found the courage to shape her station into a vital stop on America's westward journey. Until the vicious murderer whose bloody rampages had stained her past suddenly stalked Mary Breydon to Cherokee Station. From the Inside FlapIt was no work for a woman. That's what they told Mary Breydon when she came to manage a rundown stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. But Mary had no choice. Her fine Virginia home burned to ashes in the Civil War and her husband was brutally shot down on the way to Colorado. She needed to make a new beginning for herself and her young daughter on the raw frontier. Isolated in an untamed land, their life at the station was achingly hard and they faced the constant danger of attacks by outlaws and marauding Indians. Yet, with the support of a spirited Irish woman, a fearless orphan boy, and, most of all, the mysterious gunman Temple Boone, Mary found the courage to shape her station into a vital stop on America's westward journey. Until the vicious murderer whose bloody rampages had stained her past suddenly stalked Mary Breydon to Cherokee Station. Views: 20
An Unbroken Marriage Re-read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Penny Jordan Playboy millionaire Simon Herries is willing to go to drastic measures to stop India Lawson's quest to steal a married friend from his wife—little knowing that he's jumped to all the wrong conclusions! Dress designer India is far more innocent than Simon believes, but that won't save her once the ruthless businessman decides there's only one way to bring the wayward beauty to heel...stealing her for himself! Originally published in 1982 Views: 20
Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Review Five more tales featuring Pirx — a bumbling rookie in the original Tales (1979), now a seasoned and level-headed (but coolly cerebral) space jockey. The first three pieces are short, ironic, and somewhat thin on ideas: Pirx fails to intercept a drifting alien hulk thanks to a shipboard comedy of errors; he searches for a robot that has inexplicably cut loose to go mountain climbing; and he survives a close encounter with a berserk mining robot. The two long yarns, unfortunately, are not so much fiction as rather pedantic reflections on the nature of artificial intelligence: a choppy and overinvolved Turing test, in which Pirx must identify (and foil the murderous plans of) the robot among his crew as they fly through the rings of Saturn; and a talky, motionless analysis of why an intelligent computer aboard an experimental ship went neurotically haywire and crashed on Mars. A ruminative, often discursive bunch, wanting in urgency and drama — without the mature idea-wrestling of last year’s Memoirs of a Space Traveler . ( Kirkus Reviews ) Views: 20
Tells the stories of a woman distraught over the loss of her husband's diaries, a teachers's unexpected attraction towards a student, and an artist's reevaluation of her life and accomplishments Views: 19
