Although devastated when she is asked to leave an exclusive Connecticut ballet school, Mina Smiths finds solace in her friendship with Tamer Shipp, the summer minister, and learns about his own difficult adolescence, Harlem ministry, and family life. Views: 239
New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen delivers a powerful novel of romantic suspense that proves no price is too high, no risk too great, for love....
Knowing she’d have only one chance to enlist his help, Kira Rubinoff plotted her approach carefully. Formidable, seductive, handsome to the point of dangerous, Zack Damon didn’t suffer fools gladly, but Kira was no one’s fool. In this day and age, even a bona fide princess had to be more than just a pretty face. But from the moment of their first encounter at his mountaintop lodge, Kira's well-laid plans—and her life—were turned inside out. For the self-made international financier had been watching her for as long as she'd been watching him.
Together they will embark on an adventure to a country as exotic as it is treacherous, linked by a shared destiny and a secret Zack has been keeping until the time is right. And with danger closing in on all sides, the time to reveal it could be now...or never. Views: 230
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1985 Views: 217
In an exciting saga from author Fayrene Preston, a powerful Delaney executive finds true love with a free-spirited woman whose wild ways may just cause her to slip through his grasp.Riding on a magnificent Arabian stallion, Cara Winston raced toward the setting sun, hoping to catch it before it set. The beautiful Arizona land lay before her. The crystal clear air shimmered around her. Happiness bubbled through her. If she could catch the sun, surely she could keep this day from ending.Flying home from Tucson, Burke Delaney gazed down on his land. Killara. It was his heritage, his heart, the very marrow of his bones. He didn't feel right any place else in the world.He swooped his helicopter low to get closer. He knew every plant, every animal, every person on the great cattle ranch.But suddenly he caught a flash of color. At first he thought it might be a trick of the eyes. But then he saw her, a silver haired girl wearing a flame colored dress riding his big Arabian stallion.He'd... Views: 215
Long before there was Dolly the sheep, Jeanmarie Troxell dubbed the look-alike, think-alike girls in her school "clones" and decided she wanted nothing to do with them. That's how Jeanmarie forms an unlikely friendship with another outsider, Malcolm Soo, over an equally unlikely activity -- burying dead animals at the remote spot they name Jericho Tel.
It's at Jericho Tel that Jeanmarie and Malcolm encounter Tallulah, a famous actress who happens to be dead -- although not too dead to send them on a magical quest to find out who stole the famous Regina Stone. But their search leads Jeanmarie and Malcolm to something far more valuable than a missing diamond -- adventure, friendship, and self-knowledge. Views: 214
Jefferson Lawrence had been accused of theft and betrayed by the woman he loved. But when his ex-wife, Paige Randall, offers him a consulting job, she also offers him a chance to prove his innocence. But if he returns to Randall Electronics and Paige, he will have to risk the new life he’s begun in order to reclaim the love he can’t live without. Contemporary Romance by Karen Toller Whittenburg; originally published by Dell Ecstasy Views: 211
The third novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion. Views: 210
With the same electrical intensity of language and insight that he brought to * Waiting for the Barbarians *, J.M. Coetzee reinvents the story of Robinson Crusoe—and in so doing, directs our attention to the seduction and tyranny of storytelling itself
In 1720 the eminent man of letters Daniel Foe is approached by Susan Barton, lately a castaway on a desert island. She wants him to tell her story, and that of the enigmatic man who has become her rescuer, companion, master and sometimes lover: Cruso. Cruso is dead, and his manservant, Friday, is incapable of speech. As she tries to relate the truth about him, the ambitious Barton cannot help turning Cruso into her invention. For as narrated by Foe—as by Coetzee himself—the stories we thought we knew acquire depths that are at once treacherous, elegant, and unexpectedly moving.
~from the back cover Views: 196
This impressive collection of Larry Niven's short stories — science fiction, fantasy, contemporary fiction, and mixed genres (detective-noir-meets-aliens) — shows the range of this Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author's fiction, with many clever twists. A feast for lovers of the short story.
Contents:
Bordered in Black (1966)
One Face (1965)
Like Banquo's Ghost (1968)
The Meddler (1968)
Dry Run (1968)
Convergent Series (1967)
The Deadlier Weapon (1968)
The Nonesuch (1974)
Singularities Make Me Nervous (1974)
The Schumann Computer (1979)
Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! (1978)
Grammar Lesson (1977)
The Subject Is Closed (1977)
Cruel and Unusual (1977)
Transfer of Power (1978)
Cautionary Tales (1978)
Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation (1977)
Plaything (1974)
Mistake (1976)
Night on Mispec Moor (1974)
Wrong Way Street (1965)
About the AuthorBorn April 30, 1938 in Los Angeles, California. Attended California Institute of Technology; flunked out after discovering a book store jammed with used science fiction magazines. Graduated Washburn University, Kansas, June 1962: BA in Mathematics with a Minor in Psychology, and later received an honorary doctorate in Letters from Washburn. Interests: Science fiction conventions, role playing games, AAAS meetings and other gatherings of people at the cutting edges of science. Comics. Filk singing. Yoga and other approaches to longevity. Moving mankind into space by any means, but particularly by making space endeavors attractive to commercial interests. Several times we’ve hosted The Citizens Advisory Council for a National Space Policy. I grew up with dogs. I live with a cat, and borrow dogs to hike with. I have passing acquaintance with raccoons and ferrets. Associating with nonhumans has certainly gained me insight into alien intelligences. www.larryniven.net Views: 195
Twelve-year-old Jose Maldonado used to dream of becoming a fine artist. But this son of a poor Mexican farmer now focuses on survival, not art. After Jose’s mother died, his father left to work in the United States, leaving Jose on his own in Mexico. When it’s time for father and son to reunite, things go terribly wrong. Jose’s attempt to cross the border is harrowing, and his stay at a migrant worker camp turns into a nightmare, forcing him to flee for his life. Hiding out in a church seems a wise thing to do—until the blood dripping from his wounded shoulder lands on a statue of Christ. Now everyone thinks the statue itself is bleeding. Jose’s accidental “miracle” kick-starts a media frenzy—and threatens the future of an entire town.
Theodore Taylor's riveting story of faith and desperation inspired the September 2003 Showtime movie The Maldonado Miracle, directed by Salma Hayek. Views: 185
The year is 1866.
Josephine Lebrun, still only 16, is forced to earn her living by singing at the Golden Bird inn in Cornwall.
With her lovely voice, she captures the attention of Rupert Verne, the rich and powerful owner of the Kerrysmoor estate.
Rupert takes Josephine under his patronage, and brings her to live in the remote cottage of Tregonnis from where she travels to Truro to attend lessons with the great former opera singer Signor Luigi.
Her beauty and charm weave their magic on Rupert, bringing them dangerously close together, and under the suspicion of his distant and cold mother, Lady Verne.
Although Josephine is passionately in love with Rupert, life at Kerrysmoor is far from easy - secrets lie every where, and the grand house is cast in an ominous shadow.
As matter comes to a head, Josephine is driven away from Rupert and her home.
Will she manage to find her happy ending and marry Rupert?
Or will circumstances drive them apart forever?
‘Potrait of a Girl’ is a spell-binding Gothic romance set in the nineteenth century. Views: 182
Midge und Mike, zwei junge Künstler, haben ein romantisches Landhaus bezogen. Die magischen Kräfte, die von dieser Idylle ausgehen, schlagen in nacktes Grauen um, als Mitglieder einer seltsamen Sekte auftauchen. Views: 182
Tarod alone knew the nature of the supernatural force locked within his soul-and he knew that it must be thwarted, no matter what the sacrifice. Denounced by his fellow adepts as a demon, betrayed even by those he loved, he had unleashed a power that twisted the fabric of time, to put himself beyond the reach of that monstrous force and avert the pandemonium that threatened the world. He thought that nothing could break through the barrier he had created. He was wrong... Views: 181
Set off the treacherous Outer Banks of North Carolina during the final days of the First World War, Hatteras Light is the compelling story of the dedicated keepers of the Hatteras lighthouse and their tightly knit community. For generations these men have drawn their livelihood from the sea, served in the rescue of shipwreck victims, and guarded seagoers from the hazardous shoals. Their wives and daughters endure a difficult, solitary life, their fortitude constantly tested. Loyal to one another and to a traditional way of life, the islanders are suspicious of outsiders and censorious of those who leave. The insular world of these Hatterasmen disrupts when a German U-boat reveals itself offshore, indiscriminately sinking civilian and military vessels, challenging the courage of the lifesavers, and signaling the dawning of a darker, less honorable age. Over a few crucial days, we become intimate with these men and women, and with the German officers aboard U-55 who have made the... Views: 177
Read this classic romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Carole Mortimer, now available for the first time in e-book!Back in the rich rancher's arms...Ten years ago Brenna's mother married Nathan Wade's father, and in time, Brenna not only found a new home at the sprawling Wade ranch in Alberta, she fell wildly in love with Nathan. She would have accepted his marriage proposal too—if she hadn't learned that all he really cared about was control of the ranch...Now a family crisis is pulling her back home. And despite Brenna's best efforts to despise Nathan, the desire between them is as strong as ever...!Originally published in 1986 Views: 176
