When the sudden collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm, Langdon St. Ives sets out explore it, not knowing that a wealthy psychopath is working to keep the underworld's secrets hidden for reasons of his own. Assumed to be dead and buried beneath London, St. Ives lives secretly on the streets of the great city and investigates a string of ghastly crimes. Views: 63
Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned her the respect and admiration from peers and staff alike. When given the chance of performing her first unsupervised brain surgery, Carrie jumps at the opportunity. What should have been a routine, hours long operation, turns horribly wrong and jeopardizes her patient's life. Emotionally and physically drained, Carrie is rushed back to the OR to assist in a second surgery. There, she makes a careless and tragic mental error resulting in irreparable brain damage to her second patient. With her confidence shattered, Carrie quits her residency and moves back home where her younger brother, Adam, a combat vet suffering from debilitating PTSD, also lives. When Carrie learns about an experimental program at the VA Medical Center exploring the use of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) that could forever cure the emotional and memory trauma of PTSD, it seems like a way back into... Views: 63
Mysterious dealings in Africa, business, politics and tangled emotions are the threads that connect the characters of this novel. Set in the north of England; it tells the story of a group of friends who come together at the end of the seventies, following the different paths their lives take over three decades, as the choices they make lead to unexpected consequences. Views: 63
Paige's story continues in this second entry, focusing on the ever-increasing intimacy between Adam and her. To Paige's dismay, she discovers that there are certain lines he refuses to cross. Meanwhile, she meets Natalie, who harbors forbidden fantasies about Jeffry. They quickly blossom from friends to lovers as they confide in each other their secret desires. ~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~ "Now," Paige said as she laid down on her side, propping her head up in her hand. "Tell me about your fantasy about Jeffry." Natalie followed suit and laid on her side with her head propped up, facing Paige as she tried to formulate her words. "Okay...The last time Jeffry ever spanked me, I was like maybe nine or ten. I don't even remember now what I did to deserve it. But I was wearing a skirt at the time, and he put me over his lap, raised the skirt up and spanked me about three or four times over my panties. I mean, he'd spanked me a few times before then, but I always had on pants or jeans or... Views: 63
Have you ever wished something bad would happen to someone evil because God and the law took too long?There are those that risk it all for the rest of us.Duplicity is the exquisite yacht manned by such men. Men intent on luring the world's wealthiest human traffickers out of their millions and into their final moments on earth inside Tillamook Rock's infamous lighthouse.Terrible Tilly, as the lighthouse is known, rises from the sea on craggy slabs of jagged rock. On a clear night, when the stars are shining, smoke can be seen wafting out to sea as the crematorium housed inside Tilly consumes one more soul's lifeless body. Views: 63
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, *Memoirs of Hadrian* has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era. A historical novel based on the life of the Emperor Hadrian, in the form of a letter to his adopted grandson, later emperor. Views: 63
His guilt.Success can hide a multitude of secrets, but when Hollywood's "wunderkind" producer/director Shane Reynard agrees to set Cooper Lindstrom's new TV sitcom in the Black Hills he knows he's risking more than a boatload of money. Sentinel Pass is where Jenna Murphy, the only girl he's ever loved, lives. Jenna may question the motivation behind the chance-of-a-lifetime job Shane's offering, but she doesn't know her dream job is based on guilt.The closer they get, the more Shane's got to lose when the truth comes out. What he didn't count on was making Jenna Murphy—his first crush and biggest regret—a target for the brother he hates. His twin. The man who raped Jenna in college and got away with it.Her heartbreak.Jenna Murphy doesn't trust men easily. With valid reason. But Shane Reynard is different. The writer in her sees a tortured soul searching for redemption. His job offer is tempting because co-writing a Sentinel Passtime script would let her shine a flattering light on... Views: 63
