A steamy, midnight traffic stop changes everything...Allison is speeding back to the west coast to get her life in order. No southern gentleman can stop her—except the handsome officer who pulls her over. Officer Perry's panty-dropping smile melts Allison until he takes out the big guns and listens to her. What happens next on that lonely stretch of highway is anybody's guess. Views: 55
Thoughtful, brave and sassy, Ugenia Lavender is one amazing kid. With bags of energy, heaps of attitude and brainwaves like thunderbolts of lightning, Ugenia leaps into adventures that are not only full of fun, but which also contain a great message: that every child is special and capable of great things! With three stories, plus Ugenia's Big News, Top Tips and extra puzzle pages in each book, UGENIA LAVENDER will delight children and adults alike. In Book 3, Ugenia discovers the true meaning of 'liar, liar, pants on fire' and celebrates her tenth birthday in style. She also saves the day when her school stages its very own Olympic Games! Views: 55
From Bestselling Author Michael PhillipsThe young women of Rosewood face new challenges--and old enemies--when a wounded black soldier rides into town. Micah Duff is an educated, spiritual man, and even though he and "scatterbrained" Emma are very different, the two soon fall in love. But an ambitious white man who can't afford any skeletons in his closet--or a black son--plans to get rid of Emma and her boy for good. Can Micah save them, as he once saved Jeremiah? Or this time will he be too late? Views: 55
One perfectly ordinary afternoon, a vision flashes through third-grader Hazel "Hazy" Bloom's mind—of flying peas. The next day in the school cafeteria, a food fight erupts that involves the very same airborne veggie. After one or two more seemingly silly visions come true in unexpected ways, Hazy realizes she has a strange new power to foresee a visual clue about trouble that's on its way within twenty-four hours. But seeing is not always understanding, and headstrong Hazy quickly discovers that "tomorrow power" sometimes only gives her the ability to make a hilarious mess of things instead of saving the day. Views: 55
As noted by Quill & Quire, Frances Itani is an award-winning writer. Most recently, she won the Tilden/Saturday Night/CBC Literary Award for two consecutive years; an impressive feat as the stories are submitted to the jurors for evaluation anonymously. Now, Itani expands her control of the short story medium, with her new novel, Leaning, Leaning Over Water, a series of connected short stories.Almost all the narration is by Trude, the middle child of the King family. She has been told that her position in the family makes her the family collector and teller of stories. The stories she recounts crystallize crucial moments during the life of her family, the people around them, and the social climate of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec.The stories begin after the father has moved his family to a rural area on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, where he has taken a job painting fleur-de-lis on tin trays in a nearby factory. For the children this means they grow up in delightful wilderness surrounded by people and customs which are completely new, but leaves their English speaking, non-swimming mother in isolation. The family is cut off from much of the world, but there is much of the world around them. They learn of their individuality through the cultural differences they find between themselves and their nearest neighbours, the Roman Catholic family down the way. They learn about sex and despair first hand through the few adults around them. And they are constantly exposed to life and death, and miracles through their constant contact with the river itself.The Ottawa River (the "water" referred to in the title) borders the King family abode and wends its way through every story in the novel -- always rushing past, bringing with it joys and sorrows, its power never to be underestimated, nor taken lightly -- underscoring the frailty of life lived on its banks. Views: 55
A collection of twenty-seven short mystery/thriller stories with an introduction by John Lutz, author of Better Mousetraps, Endless Roads, Shadows Everywhere, and The Nudger Dilemmas. Views: 55
Bestselling author Maggie McGinnis welcomes us to Echo Lake, Vermont, where love lost can be found again... FIND YOUR JOY Boston therapist Josie Kendrew is really good at mending everyone else's broken heart-just not her own. When she rushes home to Echo Lake after her father's stroke, Josie finds herself face-to-face with too many painful memories from the past, including the loss of her "little sister" and Ethan Miller, the boy she left behind. Ethan is now all man-and he has done wonders as CEO of Snowflake Village, the Kendrew family's Christmas-themed amusement park, which charms year-round visitors from all around New England. Suddenly, Echo Lake holds more than ghosts from the past. It also holds the possibility of a second chance at love... AND NEVER LET GO... Ethan's been picking up the pieces of the Kendrews' shattered family for as long as he can remember. But doing good isn't the same as being happy-and Ethan can't deny... Views: 55
On a trip to Florida with his father, Johnny Dixon visits a fortuneteller, and receives an eerie premonition. Inside the crystal ball Johnny sees a ghost-white face with long white hair and black eyes like puddles of oil, which screams, "The universe shall be mine!" Back home, Johnny's father falls unconscious, gravely ill in a way the doctors can't understand.Johnny and his friend Professor Childermass investigate and soon realize that the spirit of Nyarlat-Hotep wants to use Major Dixon's body to destroy the world. To stop this fearsome demon, Johnny and the professor must join forces with Brewster, an otherworldly falcon, and fight Nyarlat-Hotep in its own, unearthly realm. Can they locate an ancient book and defeat their deepest fears in time, or is Johnny's father lost and our world doomed forever?Readers will shiver at the multiple worlds of suspense in this twelfth book in the Johnny Dixon series. Views: 55
Billy Sure, inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc., invents a device that can track down everything—and we mean everything—he's ever lost in the tenth book of a hilarious middle grade series!What's a kid entrepreneur to do when he loses his math homework? Invent the Everything Locator, of course! Billy's next invention is a device that will find any lost item and return it to you. But the Everything Locator has one teeny, tiny problem...it returns every item that Billy has ever lost, all at once! Will Billy find a way to make everything right with the Everything Locator? Will he even be able to dig his way out of this pile of junk? Find out in this wacky story with funny black-and-white illustrations throughout. Views: 55
Smuggler Terrwyn Fenna just escaped from Newgate Prison and most of Queen Victoria's British Air Force is after her. Instead of spending a quiet Valentine's Day with her infant daughter, it's time for them to jump an airship and flee Wales. Terrwyn thinks she's out of harm's way—until the airship finds itself under siege.Ian Cavill, an enslaved crewman serving aboard the government airship Defender, recognizes Terrwyn during the battle. He wants to escape the clutches of the government as much as she does. Will joining forces help them rebuild their lives or lead them into more danger? Both have enemies. Both have much to lose. They can die trying...or find a way to survive.Captain Fenna's Dirigible Valentine is a 27,000-word steampunk adventure novella. It is the second release in the Steampunk Smugglers series. Views: 55
A ghost? At school? Detective duo Milo and Jazz have their hands full when they find out their class' "haunted house" might really be haunted! Views: 55
When hunger and loneliness lure sullen, teenaged Rowdy to the home of his strange granny, a mysterious old woman known as The Witch of West Hill, he begins to discover a myriad of fascinating magical spells and family secrets.After two weeks of rigorous physical training under the guidance of a clever crow, Rowdy learns he has been chosen by the spirit world to embark on a dangerous journey to the heartland of the frozen world of Sionnin.To complete his treacherous mission is to restore peace to Sionnin and break the spells that bind his family.He doesn't have to do it alone. He has the help of the crow, his courageous girlfriend, Jordyn, his scientific friend, Thomas, and his mysterious, powerful granny.With his friends beside him, Rowdy must find the courage not only to fight for peace in Sionnin, but also to find peace within himself. Views: 55
