In 1863, eleven-year-old Peg Kelly is drawn into the dangerous activities of a mysterious young woman who takes refuge with the Kelly family in Missouri after fleeing the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his Confederate raiders Views: 27
A remarkable, multifaceted story made up of journal accounts, memories, conversations and personal experience, The Bronski House is a paean to Poland, a landmark in travel writing, and a family history -- tied together by the unique experience of returning from exile.In the summer of 1992, accompanied by Philip Marsden, the exiled poet Zofia Hinska stepped into the Belorussian village where she had spent her childhood. The Bronski House is in part the remarkable story of what she found. It is also the story of her mother, Helena Bronska -- of her coming of age during the Russian revolution, her dramatic escapes from Bolsheviks, Germans and partisans, of her love and loss in a now vanished world. It brilliantly reconstructs a world which vanished in 1939 when Soviet tanks rolled into eastern Poland. Views: 27
Maybury Shorts are short stories about characters who appear in the Maybury Chronicles novellas. The shorts usually focus on individuals whose points of view we have not seen in the novellas. Tanya confesses to her sister about her affair with her hot student, Andy. Soon, she is having vivid flashbacks to the incredible day she spent with him. Views: 27
Elizabeth VanHaussen has exchanged letters with Blake for a year, and he’s promised to meet her at her uncle’s annual Christmas Eve party, but the war often throws plans awry. In such stressful times, she can’t wait to tell him how she feels because who knows what tomorrow holds. Views: 27
"Let's Make a Baby Together."Angel McCabe's biological clock was ringing--loud. But there was no one else on the otherwise uninhabited Florida island to hear it. With no husband in sight, she had no choice but to run a personal ad. Once wedded--and pregnant--Angel would send the man packing.Sexy sailor Stewart Adams wanted to ensure his immortality and his name before disappearing into the South Seas, but he didn't plan on being around long enough to become a domestic dad. Angel sounded like the ideal wife for him.Theirs would have been the perfect marriage of convenience--if it weren't for one small thing.... Views: 27
He needs their energy. Their essence. Their very lives...If anyone needs a vacation, it's Lake Johnson. After her psychic abilities failed her—almost costing a friend's life—she hopes a little time away in Taos, New Mexico will ease the self-doubt haunting her. Perhaps what she needs is the distraction of sexy gallery owner Maxamillan Gray.Women look great on canvas, Max has learned, but in real life, they're a pain. Although the mysterious Lake gets under his skin, he's wary after having been betrayed too many times before.As Max and Lake cautiously explore their attraction for each other, Lake becomes aware that Max's edgy, complex daughter has been targeted by a building malevolence. The problem—getting Max to believe her. And convincing herself she can trust her own instincts.If she can't do either, it's only a matter of time before a soulless madman steals Max's daughter away—and another gifted young woman dies.*This book is a re-release and previously published by another... Views: 27
Cleo can't believe it when Colombian customs find 2 kilos of coke in her luggage or that Juan, her fiancée, instantly washes his hands of her. When Connor offers to arrange for Cleo’s release into his custody, Cleo is so desperate that she agrees. Living with Connor in his remote country home, Cleo evolves a plan that will help her find Juan and explain it’s all a huge misunderstanding. Views: 27
Can happily ever after start with a list? Grey Andrews thinks so. He needs a woman to share his life with, but not any woman, the perfect woman,. who has the three qualities on his marriage list. After three years of searching he isn’t any closer to finding her. Carrie Tucker is struggling to make it in the world of advertising. Is the marriage list a failure or the key to Grey's happiness Views: 27
As British sovereignty over Hong Kong entered its final years, the prime concern of the colonial administration was to effect a smooth transition of power to China. But for the Triads, whose ruthlessness ensured their supremacy in the colony's thriving underworld, it was business as usual. Every night, crammed with contraband, their powerboats continued to run the gauntlet of police and Royal Marine patrols. For Sergeant Des Cooper of the Special Boat Squadron, a trip to Hong Kong offered a chance to revisit places he had got to know many years earlier. He jumped at the opportunity to accompany an anti-smuggling patrol, but during a search of a vessel he uncovered a cargo far less predictable than the electrical goods that were usually seized. Suddenly the spectre of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists looked menacingly real. Cooper and his highly trained team would risk their lives in their bid to crush a plot that threatened not only Hong... Views: 27
Becky Thorn has been keeping a secret for more than seven years. A secret that, if found out, could destroy her. So before she gets too ensconced in London society, she accepts a position as a governess for a reclusive Viscount and his wife, far away from the ton.Stephen Hastings, the third Viscount Hastings, is nothing short of perturbed when the tart Miss Thorn shows up on his doorstep. He is a man with little time and even less patience, who feels his pushover housekeeper is doing a fine job keeping his wards out of his hair. But Miss Thorn thinks differently and needles her way into becoming his governess, and eventually, the object of his affection. Views: 27
When Aircraftman First Class Peter Saunders of the Royal Air Force leaves England for the Far East in 1951, he is only eighteen years of age. His two-and-a-half-year tour of duty takes him briefly to Hong Kong and Malaya before being posted as a cook to RAF Changi, Singapore. For an adventurous young man such as Peter, Singapore in the early 1950s holds all the promise of the Orient-exotic surroundings. unusual customs and mesmerizing women. Peter soon meets and falls in love with a local Chinese girl but only later does he learn she is not entirely what she seems. Views: 27
