Fantasy. 130728 words long. First published by Headline Book Publishing in 1993 Views: 28
Best known for her Quarters series and vampire novels, Tanya Huff stunned critics and fans with Valor's Choice, her first military science fiction novel. This thrilling sequel follows the Confederation's investigation of a seemingly abandoned alien spaceship. "Solid...entertaining...rousing military adventure." (Locus) Views: 28
Detective brothers Frank and Joe work to debunk a time travel machine in the eighth book in the interactive Hardy Boys Clue Book series.Bayport Elementary is almost ready for the annual science fair—it's all down to the final touches. Frank and Joe have collaborated on a detective helmet. It's the perfect lie detector—just place it on a suspect's head and the bells and whistles will tell you when they're lying. But not everyone is as prepared for the big fair. Their good friend Phil has designed a time machine he calls the Time Warp Wonder. He just needs to figure out how it works first... Phil uses Chet's hamster as a test subject. And the machine really does make the hamster disappear from the cafeteria! It's just that Phil isn't sure where the hamster went or how to get him back. Frank and Joe are not so sure the hamster went back in time. They have a feeling their Clue Book will be more help to Chet's hamster than Phil's calculations.... Views: 28
A paranormal romance, Heartsongs, follows two lovers who have never met physically, but who share adventures and romance in time and space in their world of dreams. Will they recognize each other, when they finally do meet? Views: 28
A new collection of stories from a writer at the height of her powers—a celebrated stylist admired for her caustic humor, freewheeling imagination, love of humanity and wicked powers of observation. This is a delightful grouping of stories, witty and wise, that includes the return of Sir Edward Feathers, "Old Filth" himself. Views: 28
Now that Samantha Sweet has a contract to provide her special handmade chocolates for the wealthy jet-set clients of Book It Travel, Sweet's Sweets bakery is taking on a whole new dimension. Only problem, Sam isn't ready. It's almost Halloween, her pastry shop is bursting at the seams and she needs extra employees but there is no place to put them.Right before the witching day, she comes upon a large Victorian house she can adapt for the business, and it seems her problem is solved. But is it? The mysterious, spooky noises at night are way more than the normal creaks and groans of an old building. Something else is going on and Sam suspects it may be related to her husband's newest case, investigating where an abandoned duffle bag crammed full of cash came from. Beau is dealing with a greedy reward-seeker, a robbery with no leads, and a waif who appears and vanishes. Sam's mystery has her watching for ghosts and working almost around the clock. Is she relying on magic?—well,... Views: 28
Samson and team finally landed on planet Zera in the Santoran galaxy. This planet is not what they are expected. Human kind is on the verge of extinction. It’s just run or die. They are everywhere. Nowhere is safe. In fact the word safety is not applicable here. Wolfdogs are on the ground, war ships are on the sky, and what’s more? There are crazies roaming the forests... Views: 28
Nettle Blackthorn's father has been keeping a very big secret.A secret he can't keep hidden from his children for very much longer because they've just returned home to their family home, Blackthorn Cottage, which dwells within the Forgotten Wilds, a mysterious forest, vast and ancient. No map reveals its name, nor does anyone remember it... unless you were born there.Nettle, little brother Bramble and surly cousin Jazz embark on a grand adventure full of spriggans, talking rocks, prickly thickets and Good Folk. Where the trio are won over by three charming sisters that run a tea house in a peculiar town on top of a rather odd hill.But is Olde Town all it appears to be? Just who are the Balfrey sisters? And what exactly do they want? Soon enough Nettle finds herself embroiled in a mystery that began several centuries ago with the Accursed Lysette. Views: 28
The Quintaglio Ascension trilogy depicts an Earth-like world on a moon which orbits a gas giant, inhabited by a species of highly evolved, sentient Tyrannosaurs called Quintaglios, among various other creatures from the late cretaceous period, imported to this moon by aliens 65 million years prior to the story. Views: 28
this is the first book of the kivattar bridge, a fantasy in four books. the bridge is the key point on the path followed by the shadowy kivattar towards the deepest mysteries of existence. the story traces that hidden path through the lives of four young people, the rawest, most chaotic kivattar group ever formed. as they travel across an exciting world that is ancient, but far from primitive, with a rich diversity of characters, cultures and habitats, the young group are pushed headlong into the heart of the relationship between human life and the universe we inhabit.the first book starts as a traditional story in which the young people are persuaded to step out of their normal lives to search for a legendary talisman. the search will take them to distant and dangerous lands where they will soon find themselves facing the powerful enemies glimpsed in the prologue. all four live in a peaceful rural homeland, ill-prepared for what is to follow as one by one they encounter... Views: 28
One night, she stole his kiss.Now, he is determined to steal it back.Edmond Dunsworth, Duke of Cromwell, is bankrupt. The solution to his problem: a wife with a sizable dowry.Not worried in the least, Edmond takes his pick. After all, what woman could resist his charms?Anna Hanford, a merchant's daughter, is faced with a difficult choice: allow her sister to marry the duke and see her happiness shattered...or marry the duke herself.Determined to ensure her sister's future, Anna makes her choice. After all, isn't marriage just a minor inconvenience in life? Views: 28
