Son of a rogue and a gypsy, Nicholas Davies was a notorious rake until a shattering betrayal left him alone and embittered in the Welsh countryside. Desperation drives quiet schoolteacher Clare Morgan to ask the Demon Earl to help save her village. Unwilling to involve himself in the problems of others, Nicholas agrees --- only if Clare will live with him for three months. Views: 305
In the world of Elmore Leonard novels, cops and criminals get by with a grudging respect for each other's capabilities:
*Harry had been arrested by Buck Torres a half-dozen times or so; they knew each other pretty well and were friends. Not socially, Harry had never met Buck's wife, but friends in the way they trusted one another and always had time to talk about other things than what they did for a living. *
Right now, 66-year-old Harry Arno's in trouble. In order to get at his boss, Jimmy Cap, the feds told Jimmy that Harry's skimming off the sports book he runs, the idea being that Harry will testify in exchange for protection from Tommy Bucks (a.k.a. the Zip), Jimmy's enforcer. But Harry's got a few tricks up his sleeve. Then when a straight-shooting U.S. Marshall decides to spend his vacation tracking Harry down, all hell breaks loose. Set in Miami, Florida, and Rapallo, Italy, Pronto is another brilliantly executed combination of suspense and black humor from the master of crime fiction. --Ron Hogan Views: 301
With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of the historical novel, presents The House of Niccolo series. The time is the 15th century, when intrepid merchants became the new knighthood of Europe. Among them, none is bolder or more cunning than Nicholas vander Poele of Bruges, the good-natured dyer's apprentice who schemes and swashbuckles his way to the helm of a mercantile empire.
Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy, Simon St. Pol. When she flees before Nicholas can determine whether or not the rumored child is his own—or exists at all—Nicholas gives chase. So begins the deadly game of cat and mouse that will lead him from the infested cisterns of Cairo to the misted canals of Venice at carnival. Breathlessly paced, sparkling with wit. The Unicorn Hunt confirms Dorothy Dunnett as the genre's finest practitioner.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 300
In different corners of the world four high-profile figures are assassinated in less than a week. Nobody links the deaths but one thing is certain: each of them has been stalked, sought out and killed with care and preparation. Then a sinister connection is established: a single, blood-tipped rose is sent to each funeral and an unremarkable female agent is murdered in Switzerland.
When MI5 come to MI6 to ask for help M brings in his best. At first, a weekend abroad seems tempting to James Bond: especially when he's paired with Flicka von Grusse, a gorgeous Swiss intelligence officer. But this is a perilous assignment that starts with the mysterious actor David Dragonpol and leads them to Athens, Milan and on to EuroDisney ... and an explosive climax. Views: 299
Mallory hasn't been feeling well for awhile now. And finally she discovers why she's been so tired and run-down. Mallory has mono.
Having mono means staying in bed and resting - for a long time. No school, no activities, no baby-sitting, and no Baby-sitters Club.
Mallory is crushed. So are the Baby-sitters. It's bad enough that Dawn is away in California. But now it looks like Mallory's out of the club, too. Views: 299
You will be consumed...
Terror Never Felt This Sexy!
Graham Masterton...Bentley Little...Rex Miller...Elizabeth Massie...David J. Schow...Matthew Costello...John Shirley...Thomas Tessier...Grant Morrison...and other established masters, as well as rising stars in the galaxy of horror writers., weave riveting tales of sex and terror—the fresh fusion of genres that is fast becoming the new American obsession. Here are stories that arouse our most primordial instincts, stories to heat the blood and chill the mind—stories of lovers united to purge the world's evil...a porn queen's most shocking performance...a seduction by hypnosis that makes an unforseen detour...an otherworldlyl gener bender racing against midnight...and nightmares of bloodlust that are more than mere dreams.
It doesn't get any better than this.
Introduction • essay by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett
I Hear the Mermaids Singing • novelette by Nancy Holder
Llama • shortstory by Bentley Little
Where the Heart Was • shortstory by David J. Schow
The Last Crossing • shortstory by Thomas Tessier
Damaged Goods • shortstory by Elizabeth Massie
Hillbettys • shortstory by Graham Watkins
Abuse • shortstory by Matthew J. Costello [as by Matthew Costello ]
Forever in My Thoughts • shortstory by Don D'Ammassa
Blind Date • shortstory by Julie Wilson
Sex Object • shortstory by Graham Masterton
Box 69 • shortstory by Rex Miller
Prized Possession • shortstory by Jeff Gelb
Mr. Right • shortstory by Chris B. Lacher
At the Count of Three • shortstory by Michael Garrett
Genderella • shortstory by Ron Dee
Safe at Home • shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
How Deep the Taste of Love • shortstory by John Shirley
Hard Evidence • shortstory by John Edward Ames
The Room Where Love Lives • shortstory by Grant Morrison
Black Cars • shortstory by J. L. Comeau
Author Biographies
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When humans start cutting down trees and digging holes in peaceful Dunlath Valley, the wolves know that something is wrong. They send a messenger to the only human who will listen -- Daine, a fourteen-year-old girl with the unpredictable power of wild magic. Daine and her closest companions heed the wolves' cry for help. But the challenge they are about to face in the valley is greater than they can possibly imagine... Views: 297
From WikipediaThe Singing Sword is a historical fiction novel written by Jack Whyte, first published in 1993. It is the second novel in "A Dream of Eagles" series. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on AmazonFrom Publishers WeeklyA sequel to The Skystone, this rousing tale continues Whyte's nuts-and-bolts, nitty gritty, dirt-beneath-the-nails version of the rise of Arthurian "Camulod" and the beginning of Britain as a distinct entity. In this second installment of the Camulod Chronicles, Whyte focuses even more strongly on a sense of place, carefully setting his characters into their historical landscape, making this series more realistic and believable than nearly any other Arthurian epic. As the novel progresses, and the Roman Empire continues to decay, the colony of Camulod flourishes. But the lives of the colony's main characters, Gaius Publius Varrus?ironsmith, innovator and soldier?and his brother-in-law, former Roman Senator Caius Britannicus, are not trouble-free, especially when their most bitter enemy, Claudius Seneca, reappears. Through these men's journals, the novel focuses on Camulod's pains and joys, including the moral and ethical dilemmas the community faces, the joining together of the Celtic and Briton bloodlines and the births of Uther Pendragon and Caius Merlyn Britannicus. Whyte provides rich detail about the forging of superior weaponry, the breeding of horses, the training of cavalrymen, the growth of a lawmaking body within the community and the origins of the Round Table. It all adds up to a top-notch Arthurian tale forged to a sharp edge in the fires of historical realism. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 294
*When James Sheridan Rafferty died in the famed Saint Valentine's Day massacre, he'd no idea that Cupid's wicked angels would give him a second-chance ... in 1993. All he had to do was fall madly in love within forty-eight hours.
But could a real Chicago gangster with a chip on his shoulder - and a down-and-dirty twenties style even Bogart would envy - fall truly in love? It hardly helped that the day of hearts and flowers fell on Friday the 13th.
Helen Emerson complicated matters, since the good-hearted gangster didn't have time to save damsels in distress. No doubt Helen would make a fabulous lover, but she was no gun moll. Still, with time running out, she was Rafferty's only hope.* Views: 292
A successful journalist finds her life upended as setbacks reveal a new outlook on life in this contemporary romance from the author of A Better Life. Eleanor Carter thinks she has it all. A successful magazine columnist, she is a strong, sexy, independent woman, who fought her way to the top with hard work and determination. Her office is regularly awash with flowers from adoring readers, as well as complimentary show tickets and review copies of the latest books. But when Theo Stirling, a man from Eleanor's past, gets in touch with her, the glamorous lifestyle she's gotten used to is under threat. Suddenly, without reason, Ellie is fired. Her diary is empty as lunches are canceled and doors are closed. But as she comes close to giving up, Ellie finds her fighting spirit again. Will Ellie be able to recreate her successful, comfortable life? Or will she forge a new path to a new kind of happiness? Views: 290
From the television event of the year, Steven Spielberg's seaQuest. The year is 2018, and the world's oceans are the last frontiers on Earth. The last hope for peace is the largest, most powerful submarine ever built, the seaQuest--an undersea research ship. But there are unknown dangers on the ocean floor. . . . Views: 288
Dawn is back in California just in time to see the surfing competition, and solve a mystery concerning a missing surfer, a mangled surfboard, and a ghost that surfs at night! Views: 271
It's a Baby-sitters Club shocker--Dawn's moving back to California for six months to live with her dad. Views: 268
When solitary marine biologist Doc Ford focused his telescope on the woman in the white boat, he didn't know his life was about to be capsized: that his conniving uncle Tucker Gatrell would discover the Fountain of Youth, that The National Enquirer would write about it, and that the law would beat down his door in search of three missing men.But Doc Ford is about to find these things out-- the hard way. Because in the shadowy world of Southwest Florida, where gators yawn, cattle craze, and Indian bones are buried, mysteries great and small have found the man to solve them...From Publishers WeeklyIn the third Doc Ford adventure, White again seamlessly splices an offbeat west coast of Florida locale with even more offbeat inhabitants. Principal among them is Doc Ford, who operates a small biological-supply business from a lab in his stilt-supported house. Lately, Doc has tried to control his telescope viewing of a tanned, red-haired woman who skinny-dips off an offshore sailboat and to limit his beer intake to four a day. While trying to be patient with his hippie pal Thomlinson, who drops by to expound on many topics, Doc reluctantly gets involved with his Uncle Tucker, who lives up the coast in Mango. Tuck has discovered a well of healing water on his land that he claims is responsible for his old gelded horse's newly grown testicles. Smuggled into a local rest home, the water has dramatically revived the moribund sex life of his Native American buddy Joseph Egret. Tuck's trouble is his somewhat uncertain ownership of the land. While he importunes Doc for help, the local news focuses on the disappearance into the mangrove swamps of two government investigators and a much loathed TV fisherman. Like fellow Floridian Carl Hiaasen, White ( The Heat Islands ) is adept at weaving ecological concerns into an oddball narrative with no loss of steam. The fate of the three missing men, even by bizarre Florida crime fiction standards, is inspired. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalSeries veterans Marion "Doc" Ford and hippie friend Tomlinson ( Sanibel Flats , St. Martin's, 1990) become tangentially involved in the case of three men who go missing near Dinkin's Bay. The "victims" seem to have nothing in common except bad luck; their portion of a broader story melds with a mostly amusing plot dealing with the proposed government expansion of the Everglades National Park. White offers an eclectic vision of Florida with his laid-back prose but pays close attention to various "characters," especially Marion's braggart uncle. Upbeat, literate, fascinating, and clever: manna for deeper readers.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 260
Nebula Award Nominee. The crew of Moonbase Columbus make an amazing discovery on the far side of the Moon-a massive alien structure is erecting itself, built up atom by atom by living machines, microscopically small, intelligent, and unstoppable, consuming everything they touch. The mysterious structure begins to expand and take shape, and its creators begin to multiply. Views: 258
