Moira Trevithick and her brother have been bilked of their family fortune by Lionel March, so they masquerade at a country inn as the vulgar Lady Crieff and her stepson, with a plan to take the scoundrel for everything he owes them. But they’re not the only ones interested in March, and they look very suspicious to one well-born gentleman. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest Views: 15
In the 1990s, in the bleak, snow-capped mountains of Kazakhstan, the SAS return to settle a score which goes back almost half a century and to face a new and terrifying enemy – an enemy that is silent, deadly and invisible and that will test their endurance, and their equipment, to the limit.Almost fifty years earlier in 1945, even as treaties were being signed in Berlin, treachery was being planned. An SAS patrol on a routine mission was ambushed and massacred by a cynical and ruthless Russian KGB Major with an insane dream of a new and terrible form of biological welfare.In the post-war years captured Nazi medical personnel and the cream of the USSR's scientists were established in a high-security research facility in the remote, mountainous region of Kazakhstan, close to the Mongolian border. Although the complex's inhuman experiments were devastatingly successful and although it was still funded by the KGB, by the early 1980s the virtually autonomous complex,... Views: 15
circa 1960 First Gregory Sallust book published, number 10 in chronological order. England, involved through the ruin of other countries, is faced with financial collapse and revolution, bringing panic, street-fighting and an uncontrolled exodus from the cities to the countryside, where bands of starving people wander, pillaging for food. Out of the terror and the bloodshed steps Gregory Sallust, to take the leadership of a group of men and women seeking only to survive: to lead them through bitter hardship and terrible hazard to a rural settlement which they fortify against invasion, and which, at first, seems reasonably secure. Views: 15
Summertime at Wickham Hall is hard to beat. The sun is out, the gardens are in full bloom, and the Summer Festival is just around the corner. With a clipboard in one hand and her diary in the other, Holly Swift is in her element. She's even warming to Ben, her unorganised, spontaneous (if very attractive) boss who occasionally drives her mad. But as the festival rolls near, a family secret from the past threatens to rain down on Holly's parade. Can she weather the storm, or is this a problem not even Holly can plan her way out of?Wickham Hall is an utterly feel-good story told in four parts – following Holly Swift's attempt at organising her own happy-ever-after, one catastrophe at a time. Summer Secrets is part two.Your favourite authors have loved reading Cathy Bramley:'Delightfully warm with plenty of twists and turns' Trisha Ashley'A perfect blend of the two greatest pleasures in life –... Views: 15
Midwife Sarah Brandt braves the dangers of the tenements in nineteenth-century New York to help the impoverished and, with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, bring the guilty that prey on them to justice. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar®-nominated series finds Sarah compelled to save an expectant mother from a fate worse than death…
Summoned to an elegant house to deliver a baby, Sarah finds her patient is actually in a brothel. The young woman in labor reveals she is being held against her will and forced to prostitute herself—and that the madam intends to get rid of the baby.
To rescue the new mother and her infant, Sarah secures the assistance of Mrs. Vivian Van Orner, a woman of means known for her charitable work. But their success comes at a high price when Mrs.Van Orner is found murdered.
With Malloy’s help, Sarah’s investigation uncovers some unpleasant truths about the victim and her charity—as well as the woman and child Sarah risked her own life to save… Views: 15
Who murdered Lady Pentreath? The year is 1781, and the war with the American colonies rages across the sea. In Truro, England Branek Pentreath, a local squire, has suffered for years in a miserable marriage. Now his wife has been poisoned with arsenic. Is this unhappy husband responsible? Or was it out of revenge? Branek owns the apothecary shop where Jenna Rosedew, two years a widow, delights in serving her clients. Branek might sell her building to absolve his debts caused by the war—and put her out on the street. Jenna prepared the tinctures for Lady Pentreath, which were later found to contain arsenic. The town's corrupt constable has a grudge against Branek and Jenna. He threatens to send them both to the gallows.Can this feisty widow and brooding squire come together, believe in each other's innocence— fight the attraction that grows between them—as they struggle to solve the crime before it's too late?Five Star Review from Historical Novels ReviewsSet in 18th century... Views: 15
Shiya flew to Juneau, Alaska to confirm if the man she's been chatting up online
is truly a shape-shifter. This was to be her first job in the field. As a tech
geek, she's used to staying behind her computer and gathering all pertinent
information about the existence of shifters so her family--shifter hunters for
generations--can go and do the dirty work. All Shiya was supposed to do was to
seduce Birk into revealing himself. What she didn't count on was how hot the man
was in real life. She couldn't deny their chemistry and the reaction her body
had to Birk. When Birk suggests they act on their mutual attraction, she can't
say no. Then he sets the stakes even higher. He wants her to make his best
friend her lover too. Kotori is the hottest Native American Shiya has ever seen,
and her lust is ignited even more, especially given the danger she sees lurking
deep in Kotori's eyes. Two lovers--her family doesn't have to know she
took the seduction to something physical, right? And when her play is over, she
can go back home to San Diego with no qualms. After all, they're just animals.
Shiya's reasoning is put to the test when her heart gets involved, and her life
in danger when Birk and Kotori reveal they know who she is. Shiya's family wants
Birk and Kotori dead, and her lovers want to lure the famous hunter family to
their deaths. Shiya is caught in the middle. All that's left is abduction and
seduction until something gives. Views: 15
Corbin Lagos is everything Audrey ever wanted, but the billionaire ex-assassin who stole her heart is hiding something. Something big.And he's becoming more secretive by the day.She doesn't have time to tend to her relationship, not when the family bounty hunting business is failing and the clock is ticking on the most important investigation of her career.This time she can't do it alone. Corbin is the only one who can help, but his methods lead to changes she's not prepared for.Contains BDSM elements. Views: 15
Captain Josie Corsino has seen plenty of dead bodies during her twenty-one years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but the discovery of Hillary Dennis's beautiful smiling corpse begins one of the most unusual and dangerous investigations of Josie's career. The troubled teenage movie star is found murdered in a Hollywood Hills party house, a notorious location for vice and drug orgies. While the investigation provides little evidence, there are plenty of suspects including a city councilman's son, several Hollywood police officers and even members of Josie's family.As the case progresses, Josie realizes there aren't many of her subordinates or bosses she can trust other than homicide detective Red Behan and Lieutenant Marge Bailey, the vice supervisor; relying on them as she reluctantly takes charge of the homicide case, dodging interference from both inside and outside her department. The situation isn't much better at home where her husband Jake and her talented son... Views: 15
