Robertson Davies uses his magical touch to weave together the destinies of this remarkable cast of characters, creating a wise and witty portrait of love, murder, and scholarship at a modern university. Views: 32
For three young ladies just out of school, with good backgrounds and adequate dowries, their first London Season was to be the greatest adventure yet. But Maggie, Lady Anne and Emma were girls with more eagerness than knowledge, more enthusiasm than prudence, and they had a great deal to discover. Three young ladies with good backgrounds and adequate dowries are facing their first London Season. But Maggie, Lady Anne and Emma were girls with more eagerness than knowledge, more enthusiasm than prudence. Regency Romance by Laura Matthews; originally published by Dell Views: 32
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SUMMARY:In Germany engulfed by war and hatred, the beautiful wife of an influential banker fell in love with a German author. His Jewish heritage led them both to death. The husband who survives her lives on to protect her memory, and their children. And the ring he passes on to his daughter, Ariana von Gotthard, remains a bond of love between them. Separated from her family, and unable to escape Germany, Ariana is finally arrested. A young Nazi officer offers her survival and hope for the future. Tragedy and a sudden twist of fate carries Ariana to America, to a chilling deception, and a new life of unfamiliar terrors. Her past seemingly lost forever, her future uncertain, the ring she still clings to is all she has left of her father and brother. And in time it will become the bridge from her past to her future. Views: 32
In a small university town, two old friends meet for the first time in twenty years. Father Michael, the priest with the leather jacket and the rock'n'roll guitar... and Jimmy, the cynical visiting academic. Twenty years ago, they'd played their music together and dreamed of making the big time. Now, together again by chance, the old cycle moves round once more. Mary, attractive available and in need of a man, draws them both to her. Just as another girl had drawn them both, so many years ago, when she cut the wounds of lost innocence and cruel betrayal that are about to open once again... Views: 32
Detective Harry Stoner has seen too much of the seamy side of life not to notice the tarnish on Los Angeles's glitter or the gritty reality behind the never-never land of TV's biggest daytime soaps. A detergent manufacturer, already begrimed by scandal and rumor, doesn't want his image further muddied by the mysterious death of the head writer on the daytime series he sponsors. So it's up to Stoner to find out what really happened that sunny August weekend when Quentin Dover took his last shower. What Stoner uncovers is a slick world of high finance and low morals, all powered with cocaine, a sexy blond widow turned on by booze and boys, the broken lives of the men and women who create America's TV fantasies, and the perfect setting for greed, jealousy, and murder. Views: 31
The exotic world of Helliconia continues… The detailed interplay of climate, geography, race, religion and politics is ingeniously interwoven in a tapestry which leave the indelible impression of a teeming civilisation which exists in space and time… Helliconia Summer confirms and even outstrips the promise of the first award-winning volume… The completed work seems certain to be accepted as a classic of its kind. Views: 30
Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book! In bed with the millionaire The loan of her friend's studio should mean three blissful weeks of peace for artist Ryan to sketch and paint. But arriving at Montgomery Hall, she finds she'll be sharing her stay with her friend's arrogant and uncompromising brother, Grant! Everything about Grant sends shivers of excitement through Ryan. But his misunderstanding of her situation evokes a response too powerful to ignore. Nothing she can say can convince Grant of her integrity. And resisting the Lord of the manor is more difficult than she thought! Originally published in 1983 Views: 29
Before his untimely death in the late seventies, Tom Reamy won both the Nebula and John W. Campbell awards for his evocative, startling and innovative fiction. This posthumous collection of his best short stories can be strictly categorized as neither science fiction nor fantasy; it is speculative fiction at its best. Views: 29
Read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book! "I always get what I want." "I always get what I want." Adam Thornton's words strike fear into Natalie Faulkner's heart. The survival of her modelling agency depends on keeping Adam happy. But when her own sister—the face of Thornton's Cosmetics—puts her firm in jeopardy, Natalie will do anything to save it. As ruthless in the boardroom as he is in the bedroom, Adam agrees to help Natalie as long as he gets what he wants. And what he wants most of all is Natalie—as his mistress! Originally published in 1983 Views: 28
In Cabin Six the half-dozen men and women--and one stowaway--who are passengers on the first American space shuttle for civilians are entering the space age as we all are, with our personal histories at our backs. Tom Gilpin, social reformer and cult hero; Veronica, the sexual explorer; Mulenberg, the businessman; William Wert, the diplomat who will be head man on arrival; Soraya, survivor of Iran's revolution; Lievering, possible survivor of the death camps--share all their secret histories. "Reader," says Tom Gilpin, "ride with us. Not for our sake alone, not for yours...(but) for the sake of that once gentle brown humus from which we all come." Views: 28
When Mary O'Connor and Kit Douglas met, they were young and struggling-he with an acting career, she as an academic. Their marriage seemed perfect until the lure of Hollywood and a starlet drew Kit away, right when Mary needed him most. Now he was back in her life and the passion returned. But was he here to end their marriage-or save it? Contemporary Romance by Joan Wolf; originally published by New American Library/Rapture Romance Views: 28
Won Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1984 Won Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1983 Views: 28
A sequel to her book Defiant Love, this book tell the story of Guyon's younger sister who is living with him and his wife after the battle of Hastings in 1066. While out walking one day after an illness, she manages to get taken for ransom by a Saxon neighbor to be used as a pawn in getting his cousin released from her brother's prison."You, my lady, are hostage for the safe return of my cousin who languishes in your brother's prison."Thus did Roanna D'Arcy learn the reason for her capture by Colin Algerson, a Saxon lord. But she was no meek prisoner. She would fight him at every turn - even as she would fight her own overwhelming attraction to this man who called himself her enemy. Views: 27
