Erotica/Science Fiction. 28798 words long. First published in 2008, 2008 Views: 24
IN UNIFORMA woman in the SEALs?Lieutenant Tabitha Chapel is determined to become the first woman to join the navy SEALs. She'll use every connection she has (and she has plenty), and wile (feminine or otherwise) and her substantial strength of will to make this happen.Not in this man's navy!Commander Marc Miller is equally determined to keep women in generaland Tabitha Chapel in particularout of the SEALs. There are a lot of things he'd like to do with Tabby, and being her commanding officer isn't one of them.But the commander is about to learn that Tabby's woman enough to take everything he doles out and more
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Christopher Robert Matthews, restless free spirit and reluctant heir to the Matthews shipping empire, stands on the precipice of a rigidly predetermined future. But with a little help from a random spin of a magical antique globe, he unknowingly embarks upon his true path of destiny, one that takes him to a strange, exotic land where magic is a fact of life and dreams really do come true.. Views: 24
On vacation in New Zealand, Inspector Alleyn meets a theater troupe engaged in a real-life drama more killing than anything they’ve ever staged. When the producer is struck down at a celebration party with a jeroboam of champagne. Inspector Alleyn moves quickly behind the scenes. There he encounters a malevolent Maori idol, a peculiar will, and an unknown thespian whose role is pure murder… Views: 24
Other States were carved or born,Texas grew from hide and horn.There were problems to be solved before that became true. Where to sell the cattle which swarmed across the Texas ranges and how to get them to the market; also whether sufficient longhorns could be delivered at one time to make a long journey to a market profitable.Charles Goodnight thought he had the answers and aimed to prove it. Backed by Ole Devil Hardin's already legendary floating outfit, he set off with three thousand five hundred head of cattle for distant Fort Sumner. With Dusty Fog as his segundo, Goodnight meant to deliver his herd and so pave the way for Texas to grow from hide and horn. Views: 24
Indiana Jones, archeology professor and swashbuckling adventurer, has unearthed many an ancient treasure. But now the very future of the world depends on his finding one special relic.
With a bullwhip in his hand and a beautiful lady at his side, Jones journeys from Nepal and Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps and snakes, battling rivals old and new, all in pursuit of an ancient artifact said to give invincible power to its possessor.
It's a battle to a startling finish, a finish dictated by the magic, the light -- and the power -- of the Lost Ark. Views: 24
When a boy can't find his favorite stuffed bunny, he heads into the woods to find it . . . but finds a big, scary brown bear instead! But the boy promises to share his bunny with the bear, and the two forge ahead together, until . . . they run into two scary giants! As the boy continues on, he comes across more and more seemingly scary creatures, but finds that—like him—they're just looking for some comfort and security before bedtime. Author/illustrator Paul Hoppe s classic European style is comfortingly familiar while still evoking a fresh, modern twist in this delightfully simple bedtime tale. Views: 24
It is a human world, but in the shadows lurk were creatures, witches, and dark magicks… Claire Bennett has been captured and held prisoner by the Council, the sinister association that oversees the shifter population. A wolf shifter, she is being held by Shade, a werebear, who happens to be part of the impending rebellion against the Council. And they've discovered they're fated to be mates. Views: 24
An extraordinary saga of the trail-blazing cowboys who made their fortune driving cattle from Texas to the great frontier. Hard-riding Texans were braving mountains, desert and Indian war— for the promise of a golden land called California...Over one million copies of Ralph Compton's Trail Drive novels in print!Missouri was closed to Texas cattle. Santa Fe was closed by murder. Now, they had one choice: cross desert mountains and hostile Indian land— to a place called California...The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and boldness to drive them north to where the money was. Now, Ralph, Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary epic series based on the history-blazing trail drives.For the ranchers riding with Rand Hayes, things had gone from bad to worse. The Santa... Views: 24
The Witches' Tree continues the tradition in the beloved Agatha Raisin mystery series—now a hit T.V. show.Cotswolds inhabitants are used to inclement weather, but the night sky is especially foggy as Rory and Molly Devere, the new vicar and his wife, drive slowly home from a dinner party in their village of Sumpton Harcourt. They strain to see the road ahead—and then suddenly brake, screeching to a halt. Right in front of them, aglow in the headlights, a body hangs from a gnarled tree at the edge of town. Margaret Darby, an elderly spinster, has been murdered—and the villagers are bewildered as to who would commit such a crime. Agatha Raisin rises to the occasion (a little glad for the excitement, to tell the truth, after a long run of lost cats and divorces on the books). But Sumpton Harcourt is a small and private village, she finds—a place that poses more questions than answers. And when two more murders follow the first, Agatha... Views: 24
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE & Shortlisted for the Man Booker PrizeA powerful, taut and intense tale of a friendship overshadowed by betrayal, set against the tawdry hopes and disappointments of a post-apartheid South Africa.When Laurence Waters arrives at his new post at a deserted rural hospital, staff physician Frank Eloff is instantly suspicious. Laurence is everything Frank is not-young, optimistic, and full of big ideas. The whole town is beset with new arrivals and the return of old faces. Frank reestablishes a liaison with a woman, one that will have unexpected consequences. A self-made dictator from apartheid days is rumored to be active in cross-border smuggling, and a group of soldiers has moved in to track him, led by a man from Frank's own dark past. Laurence sees only possibilities-but in a world where the past is demanding restitution from the present, his ill-starred idealism cannot last. Views: 24
