You’re definitely worth two million, Mia. I’d fuck you every night. Think about it. Two million. Five years. Your brother will go free. It’s a contract. These are the words of the gorgeous billionaire James Maxwell, the man who makes my heart race and my body tremble with longing. I want to refuse his proposal, but how can I? My brother owes him two million. Views: 27
Sam reluctantly attends a boy band concert only to find himself locked in a cupboard. There he overhears the band's plot to destroy the world before disintegrating their own lead singer! Now Sam must take part in a contest to join Apocalips if he's to save the world from Armageddon. But first, with help from best friend Milo and sister Lexi, he'll have to overcome his complete inability to sing or dance. Views: 27
The Civil War was over, but for Bill Douglas the fight was only just beginning. America was in turmoil following the controversial election of President Rutherford B. Hayes and the withdrawal of federal troops from the southern states. But all Bill wanted was revenge and justice. When shot and left for dead by his accomplice after a bank robbery in Santa Fe, Bill refused to co-operate with the authorities. But after staging a daring escape from jail, he found himself pursued by a relentless marshal while trying to hunt down the man who betrayed him.It didn't seem that things could get any worse for him. But then he found himself embroiled in a plot to restore the Confederacy which involves a political assassination that will shatter the fragile peace and plunge the entire country in to chaos once more.Meanwhile, Governor Lew Wallace tries to come to terms with his own past while writing his world-famous novel, Ben Hur. Both men must follow the trail of blood wherever it... Views: 27
SUMMARY:For Dray Prescot, the task of burning out the cult of the Silver Leem had been given Star Lords priority. Although he was emperor of Vallia, still he had to work incognito on an enemy island until that task was done. Sided by his warrior daughter, Ros the Claw, and aided by a valiant crew of piratical swashbucklers, Dray invaded the capital of the secret order only to find treachery and terror where he had thought to find treasure and triumph. It became a battle of golden masks against silver masks -- and behind each facepiece could be hiding the bony features of the Grim Reaper himself! Views: 27
From prizewinning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam comes her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh, seen through the intimate lens of a family.Pankaj Mishra praised A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam's debut novel, as a "startlingly accomplished and gripping novel that describes not only the tumult of a great historical event . . . but also the small but heroic struggles of individuals living in the shadow of revolution and war." In her new novel, The Good Muslim, Anam again deftly weaves the personal and the political, evoking with great skill and urgency the lasting ravages of war and the competing loyalties of love and belief.In the dying days of a brutal civil war, Sohail Haque stumbles upon an abandoned building. Inside he finds a young woman whose story will haunt him for a lifetime to come. . . . Almost a decade later, Sohail's sister, Maya, returns home after a long absence to find her beloved brother transformed.... Views: 27
Never pretty enough to please her gorgeous mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval—even marry a man she doesn't love. Lt. Walter Novak—fearless in the cockpit but hopeless with women—takes his last furlough at home in California before being shipped overseas. Walt and Allie meet at a wedding and their love of music draws them together, prompting them to begin a correspondence that will change their lives. As letters fly between Walt's muddy bomber base in England and Allie's mansion in an orange grove, their friendship binds them together. But can they untangle the secrets, commitments, and expectations that keep them apart?A Distant Melody is the first book in the WINGS OF GLORY series, which follows the three Novak brothers, B-17 bomber pilots with the US Eighth Air Force stationed in England during World War II. Views: 27
