Three signs that something is very different with your mew man: 1. He sleeps all day. . which would be annoying except he's so attentive at night. 2. He's attacked by sword-wielding assailants, yet insists he can handle it on his own. 3. He never seems to age. Heather Westfield has always lived a quiet life, but that all changes when she helps a very handsome, very mysterious stranger. There's something not quite right about Jean-Luc, but still, she's never been with a man so charming, so attractive. . so wonderful. Now if only a murderous villain wasn't after them, they might get their happily-ever-after. Views: 23
A memoir of a year spent working at a Brooklyn restaurant—and on a series of farms—to get the lowdown on organic, local, ethical cooking. Includes recipes! Food was always important to Melanie Rehak—cooking, preparing, and sourcing what she thought were the best ingredients. She studied the experts on healthy nutrition, from Michael Pollan to Eric Schlosser to Wendell Berry. So when her son turned out to be an impossible eater, dedicated to a diet of yogurt and peanut butter, she realized she needed to know more than just the basics of thoughtful eating. She needed to become a pro. Thus began a year-long quest to understand food: what we eat, how it's produced, how it's prepared, and what really matters when it comes to socially aware, environmentally friendly, and healthy eating. By working at Applewood, a locally sourced Brooklyn restaurant, and volunteering her time to farming, milking, cheese making, and fishing, she learned the... Views: 23
After Yellow Fever decimated the crew of Alan Lewrie’s HMS Proteus, it had seemed like a knacky idea to abscond with a dozen slaves from a Jamaican plantation to help man his frigate. But two years later, Lewrie is now suspected of the deed. Slave-stealing is a hanging offense, and suddenly his neck is at risk of a fatal stretching.Once Lewrie has escaped, the master Foreign Office spy, Zachariah Twigg, arranges for a long voyage even further out of the law’s reach, to Cape Town and India, as escort to an East India Company convoy. At the Cape of Good Hope a British circus and theatrical troupe also joins the party, teeming with tempting female acrobats, nubile bareback riders, and alluring “actresses” like the seductive but deadly archer, Eudoxia Durschenko! Views: 23
THE MILLIONAIRE'S MISSIONKillian Shawnessy was arrogant, imposing...and worth a bundle. And it was up to feisty Cara Sinclair to deliver the brooding heir to his long-lost family. Yet after locating the mysterious millionaire, Cara discovered the sexy loner's true passion did not lie in his secret fortune. What he really desired was...her!In Killian's strong embrace, Cara's long-repressed desires were met...and mastered. Yet too soon she realized her dream lover's mind wasn't on marriage—but on a hush-hush mission he'd sworn to fulfill. Could Cara prove to Killian the power of love...before their hourglass ran out?A hidden passion, a hidden child, a hidden fortune. Revel in the unveiling of these powerful, passionate...SECRETS! Views: 23
Professor Dickinson's talent for evoking suspense, wonder and at times terror, owes much to his creation of a placid, scholarly atmosphere suddenly disturbed by something strange and inexplicable. In this collection—which might well have been given the title 'Ghost Stories of a Scottish Antiquary'—archæologists, historians, and scientists find themselves unexpectedly faced with a return from the past which comes to them in unusual, and sometimes forbidding forms. Almost every story is based upon some well known event or incident, and the development of the story is so convincing that it is difficult to decide when—if ever—the known and established facts give away to pure imagination. All good ghost stories should arouse curisoity: some should communicate fear. Professor Dickinson's readers will certainly wonder if these strange happenings could occur—or perhaps even did occur. And sometimes, with a slight shudder down the spine, they will ask themselves—how, and why? Views: 23
Book 5 of Forgotten Legacy Views: 23
Two joggers are found murdered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and the killings are bizarrely reminiscent of a Washington, D.C. case that Alex Cross has been unable to solve. He is called to San Francisco, and then learns of similar murders in eight cities from Las Vegas to Charleston. Together with a female San Francisco detective, Cross plunges into a menacing world where posing explodes into bloodlust and frenzy, even as he is being stalked by a terrifying criminal who calls himself the Mastermind. Views: 23
After growing up poor in rural West Virginia, Jase McCoy doesn't have a single good thought for Christmas... until he dreams of a mysterious stranger who follows him home and treats him to a night of magical passion designed to convince Jase of the joys possible in the holiday season. Views: 22
It's the eve of the recession, but who cares? For commodity trader Marcus, life is good. So what if he's a fantasist? So what if he wills his college sweetheart to death? So what if it's all falling apart? This isn't a crisis. Until it is. As misfortune strikes Marcus again and again, he finally has to change. But can this English psychopath ever change? Maybe he needs to find himself? Maybe he needs to travel? Maybe he needs to help others? Maybe he needs to change his medication? Another Justified Sinner is a literary black comedy about the fall and rise and fall of Marcus, a slippery sinner. How difficult is it to change? Sophie Hopesmith is a 2012 Atty Awards finalist and her background is in feature writing. Born and bred in London, she works for a reading charity. She likes comedy, poetry, writing music, and Oxford commas. All of her favourite films were made in the 70s. Views: 22
Her destiny. His determination. Born a vampire Chaser, seventeen-year-old Emily Santos wants nothing more than to join the family business. Black belt senior Brett Carson has decided it's time to rid himself of his unrequited feelings for Emily. But when he finds himself in the middle of an altercation with Emily and a gang of vampires, he is drawn into a world he never expected... Views: 22
"Everybody says you and Colin were kissing." "What? That's ridiculous!" "For heaven's sake, Joe, if you and Colin want to kiss, you have every right to." "We did not kiss," I told her. Addie shrugged. "Whatever." What was it with my friends?From the creator of The Misfits, the book that inspired NATIONAL NO NAME-CALLING WEEK, comes the story of Joe Bunch.... Views: 22
From preface: In naming this second part of The Forsyte Chronicles "A Modern Comedy" the word Comedy is stretched, perhaps as far as the word Saga was stretched to cover the first part. And yet, what but a comedic view can be taken, what but comedic significance gleaned, of so restive a period as that in which we have lived since the war? An Age which knows not what it wants, yet is intensely preoccupied with getting it, must evoke a smile, if rather a sad one. Views: 22
It’s a horror house, a slaughter house, a devil house. And it’s something else, too: A doll house. Reginald Lympton collects doll houses, and now that he’s acquired the rare Patten Doll House. But after abominable visions, and nightmares blacker than the most bottomless abyss, he discovers his prize is a diabolical thoroughfare designed to serve the darkest indulgences of King of Terrors. Views: 22
