Rick Larson is an undercover Lone Star operative caught in the middle of a murderous conspiracy. On one hand, he's about to blow his deep cover in the explosively violent Cripp gang. And on the other, his "friends" at his agency have refused to rescue him. Now assassins from both sides are after him. Rick Larson is an undercover Lone Star operative caught in the middle of a murderous conspiracy. On one hand, he's about to blow his deep cover in the explosively violent Cripp gang. And on the other, his "friends" at his agency have refused to rescue him. Now assassins from both sides are after him. Original. Views: 71
A retelling of the Christmas Story in a way you've never heard it before. . . . The fable of a donkey who carries a mother and child safely to Egypt. . . . The tale of a widow who dislikes people until she meets a stranger. . . .From the most popular writer of all time comes a treasured collection of short stories and poems celebrating the holiday season.This special edition also contains a wealth of Agatha Christie rarities—not only all the stories, poems, and illustrations from her long out-of-print book Star over Bethlehem (1965) but also a reproduction of all her rare poetry from the two collections The Road of Dreams (1924) and Poems (1973). Views: 71
As two women from different Aleut tribes struggle against their harsh fates, they find their extraordinary destinies intertwinedIn the tribe of the First Men, courageous, beautiful Kiin, an accomplished ivory carver, is finally content with her hard-won life, which includes twin sons and a loving warrior husband. When she is suddenly pulled back into her nightmarish former existence as slave to the Raven, shaman of the Walrus People, her husband’s brother, Samiq, vows to bring her back to their tribe. Across the land, Kukutux, the wife of a Whale Hunter, finds the loss of her husband and the hostility of her clan too much to bear. The lives of Kiin, Samiq, and Kukutux, and the paths of their tribesmen will converge in a final dramatic confrontation that tests the strength of their hearts and spirits against the cruelty of man, nature, and fate.Brother Wind is the final book of the Ivory Carver Trilogy, which also includes Mother Earth Father Sky and My Sister the Moon.From Publishers WeeklyHarrison completes her prehistoric trilogy (Mother Earth, Father Sky; My Sister the Moon) with this engrossing wrap-up of the harsh and dramatic adventures of Kiin, Samiq and other Aleutian Islanders of 9000 years ago. When her husband is killed by Raven (of the Walrus People tribe), Kiin, an accomplished carver, is forced to abandon both her own tribe of the First Men and one of her twin sons and return with the killer to his village. In revenge, Samiq, chief hunter of the First Men and brother of the murdered man, seeks Raven's death. Meanwhile, Kukutux (of the tribe of Whale Hunters) bewails her own husband's death and her subsequent life of abandonment. Playing a pivotal role in bringing these stories together is a selfish con artist, Waxtal, who, banished from the First Men for stealing spearheads and oil that he trades for tusks to carve, vows revenge on Samiq. Deceit leads to a series of violent deaths culminating in a knife fight backdropped by beach fires and falling snow. Informed by Native American legends, myths and traditions and replete with convincing recreations of trading practices, seal hunting and vision fasts, this novel offers an emotionally compelling conclusion to a monumental saga. Author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library JournalThis, the third volume in Harrison's best-selling series that began with Mother Earth, Father Sky (LJ 5/1/90), concludes the prehistoric saga about Earth's first generation of men and women.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 71
Robby's not in the closet because he never guessed he's gay, until he meets Tristan. They'll need courage and strength for a loving future. Views: 71
Jovan, a Warrior from the Six Saviors, suffers with an uncontrollable gift: the ability to feel others emotions through touch. Liberty is an SR44 female learning the customs and language of her new home on Earth. When they meet and Liberty reveals the reasons for her being on Earth, it is apparent that danger is coming for the Six Saviors from all sides. Views: 70
AXE chief David Hawk has a brilliant plan to lure one of the agency's most dangerous enemies out of Russia, and into Nick Carter's hands. Nikolai Kobelev has been the diabolical foe in some of agent N3's most perilous cases and N3 has to stop him before he hatches another fiendish plot.
With a dead ringer for Kobelev's beautiful daughter as bait, it seems the KGB killer is as good as caught… until the tables are suddenly turned, and Nick finds himself locked in a deadly struggle to save two gorgeous American espionage agents-and himself — from certain death. Views: 70
Hannah Bell spends her time in the remotest parts of the world. When she senses something has happened to her littlest sister, Tink. She doesn’t know her sister’s best friend Cosmos' new science experiment has opened a portal to another world. Borj ‘Tag Krell Manok is ordered to bring Hannah to their world. Borj knows Hannah is his mate. He has to convince her. But, can he protect her? Views: 70
The man of her dreams would give the orders. For him, she had two words that satisfied them both... "Take me." For five years, Serena has run Fantasy Incorporated and has devoted her time to fulfilling her clients' fantasies. Never her own. Until now... Her most secret desire is to give ownership of her body to a man. Someone who will command her, pleasure her, and have complete authority over her. So she seeks out Damon Roche, owner of an exclusive sex club and a man strong enough to make her do anything he wants. Anything . Together they'll journey into a world she's only dreamed of. She's given the opportunity to immerse herself in a different life while her normal one waits for her to return whenever she wishes. Damon has no desire to let her go, however. Serena is the woman he's long searched for, and it's up to him to convince her to stay when the game is all over with. He wants their fantasy to become their reality and for Serena to remain his pampered, cherished submissive Views: 70
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