Emily Townsend needs closure. And she’s will do anything to get it, including visit a local BDSM club. What she doesn’t expect is for the sexy man she’s been ogling for three weeks to waltz over to her table and dominate her in a way she’s never experienced. Rider Henderson doesn’t do newbies. Or girlfriends. But the cute pixie hanging around his club has drawn him to her side like a magnet. Perhaps if he took her on as a trainee, he could purge her from his system. The steam between Emily and Rider is undeniable. Not only is she a natural submissive, but she also enjoys watching him fight. That doesn’t change the fact Rider doesn’t want a permanent woman hanging around, nor does Emily have any interest in sharing Rider with her family or coworkers. It’s a summer fling. Nothing more. Right? Views: 8
Romance. 86115 words long. First E-Reads Edition 2004 Views: 8
Jack Strong just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every extracurricular activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons—all on top of regular homework. His parents want him to be "well-rounded" and prepared for those crucial college applications. Jack's just about had enough. And so, in Jack Strong Takes a Stand by Tommy Greenwald, he stages a sit-in on his couch and refuses to get up until his parents let him quit some of the extracurriculars. As Jack's protest gains momentum, he attracts a local television host who is interested in doing a segment about him. Tensions rise as counter-protesters camp out across the street from Jack and his couch. Jack's enjoying this newfound attention, but he's worried that this sit-in may have gone too far. Views: 8
Tyler Allen is bitter and angry at the way the Zombie Apocalypse has ruined her life. She lost the love of her life. She was forced to watch her father become a monster. And now she's on the run for her life with her little brother. Thankfully she has the Parker brothers to look out for her. If only she could learn to listen to authority and get along with Vaughan. Views: 8
Wrongly imprisoned at twelve years old, Nathan Bailey kills a guard in self-defense, escapes, and finds himself on the run from the police, the Mafia, and a county prosecutor determined to stop him at all costs. Views: 8
Adam is the embodiment of every fantasy Eden's ever had. Their whirlwind relationship is so intense and all consuming that soon she can’t imagine being with anyone else. But there’s one thing that’s keeping Adam and Eden from their happily ever after. They’ve never met. She doesn’t even know what he looks like. Is Adam too good to be true or is the truth more startling than fiction? Views: 8
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776 and almost instantly was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long and as P. J. O'Rourke points out, to understand The Wealth of Nations, the cornerstone of free-market thinking and a book that shapes the world to this day, you also need to peruse Smith's earlier doorstopper, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. But now you don't have to read either, because P. J. has done it for you. In this hilarious work P. J. shows us why Smith is still relevant, why what seems obvious now was once revolutionary, and how the division of labour, freedom of trade and pursuit of self-interest espoused by Smith are not only vital to the welfare of mankind, they're funny too. He goes on to establish that far from being an avatar of capitalism, Smith was actually a moralist of liberty. As P. J. says, 'It's as if Smith, having proved that we can all have more money, then went on to... Views: 8
An Unsafe Pair of Hands is a quirky murder mystery set in rural England charting the descent and rise of a detective on the verge of a nervous breakdown.Peter Shand is the 'safe pair of hands' - a high-flying police administrator seconded to a quiet rural CID team to gain the operational experience he needs for promotion. On his second day he's thrust into a high-profile murder case. A woman's body is discovered in an old stone circle - with another woman buried beneath her.The pressure on Shand is enormous. The case is baffling. A local journalist is out to discredit him and then, goaded at a press conference about lack of progress, he invents a lead. And keeps on lying – to the press, his boss, his team - telling himself that he'll solve the case before anyone finds out.And then another murder occurs. And had there been a third?Which will break first? The case, or Shand? Views: 8
With Theo facing deadly odds in a fight to the death, Sar makes a pact with Lash, agreeing to give Devlin another chance in return for Theo’s life. Reforging her relationship with her handsome vampiric lover mends old wounds, even as Theo moves to regain Sar just for himself. But Devlin’s old enemy Ulysses appears, taking Sar prisoner and burning Devlin badly in a surprise attack... Views: 8
'To succeed in the Navy you've got to humour madmen,' Paul Vincent explains to Michael Hobbes when they meet again for the first time since they left H.M.S. Barsetshire, the Cadet Training Cruiser. Both have long since finished their training and are now Lieutenants just appointed to H.M.S. Carousel, a cruiser on the Far Eastern Station, an unusual ship whose shape has been changed so often that even Jane's Fighting Ships has despaired of her. In the trooper Michael and Paul come to close quarters with those strange but allied species - the Army and the R.A.F. They also meet a very old acquaintance, Carousel's new First Lieutenant, none other than Lieutenant Commander Robert Bollinger Badger, D.S.C., R.N., known throughout the Navy as The Artful Bodger. The Bodger is still a man of resource. He demonstrates how to deal with impertinent Army officers who ask him to play deck games under a broiling afternoon sun and how to run a children's fancy dress party in circumstances which would have made a full Admiral blench. H.M.S. Carousel has a varied commission. Her officers entertain everyone from the Borneo chief who offers to shrink the Chief Steward's head free of charge to the boffins who designed Miranda (the super-intelligent secret weapon who takes charge of her own trials). Michael and Paul meet again Freddie Spink, by now the uncrowned King of Hong Kong's night life, and George Dewberry, living the life of a Shogun of Old Japan on suki yaki and explosive rice wine, surrounded by geisha girls. Meanwhile, the Bodger is on top form. He settles accounts with the American destroyer, Hiram K. Salt, arranges a Damage Control exercise which leaves its mark on the ship, and rides an elephant back to the oddest tea party he has ever attended. We Joined the Navy was perhaps the most successful first novel published, and all who read it will welcome its successor. Views: 8
