Tilby, Lincolnshire, 1812. Miss Isabel Ellerby is a dutiful daughter to her loving parents, and more than happy to go along with the marriage they have planned for her. But the revelation of a long-held secret turns her neatly-arranged life upside down. When an unwise promise to the mysterious Ferryman of Aylfenhame lands her in the midst of an adventure, Isabel is forced to choose: Will she pursue a safe, conventional life as Miss Ellerby of Ferndeane, or will she follow her heart and her destiny to Aylfenhame? Views: 68
In an alternative Steampunk universe (c.1885), the plans for Captain Nemo's mysterious Nautilus submarine have been stolen from the British Secret Service. There is only one man who can solve the case, Sherlock Holmes. With his bionic side-kick Doctor Watson, and his brilliant and lethal sister, Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock unravels a mystery that will shake the foundation of the British Empire. Views: 68
Media graduate Julie Emerson is new to London, but London isn't an easy
city. An affair with her boss becomes all-consuming whilst her upstairs
neighbour first alarms then terrifies her. Both men, in their separate
ways, want all of her, at whatever cost. Views: 68
When a curricle crashes into Lady Brook Cottage, will the unattainable Constance Pamberley finally lose her heart to the handsome gentleman now lying unconscious at her feet?He couldn't find the right woman in London...Viscount Ramsdell had one intention at Lady Brook, to retrieve his spoiled ward and get him away from the impoverished, countrified beauties of the house as soon as possible. But when he discovers that Charles is suffering from amnesia, and two prominent doctors insist he remain at Lady Brook to recover, he soon finds his own heart leaning in an unexpected direction. The tonnish women of London's beau monde failed repeatedly to bring him up to scratch, yet from the time that Constance lets him know she's in charge of his recovery, he finds himself caught. Her strength, her spirit, and especially her sense of humor all work on him as the summer days fold one into the next. But what can be the end when the disparity in rank and wealth makes her an inappropriate match... Views: 68
Sad Sister is the semi- autobiographical story of a sadomasochistic love triangle between university students Florence and Nathalie, and their professor J.P. - an affair that goes horribly awry. Smart and meditative, steamy and disturbing, Sad Sister is perhaps the most significant work of French erotica since The Story of O. Views: 68
The bestselling author of A Rose for the Crown and Daughter of York takes a young woman that history noticed only once and sets her on a quest for the truth about the murder of two boys and a man who claims to be king.All that history knows of Grace Plantagenet is that she was an illegitimate daughter of Edward IV and one of two attendants aboard the funeral barge of his widowed queen. Thus, she was half sister of the famous young princes, who -- when this story begins in 1485 -- had been housed in the Tower by their uncle, Richard III, and are presumed dead.But in the 1490s, a young man appears at the courts of Europe claiming to be Richard, duke of York, the younger of the boys, and seeking to claim his rightful throne from England's first Tudor king, Henry VII. But is this man who he says he is? Or is he Perkin Warbeck, a puppet of Margaret of York, duchess of Burgundy, who is determined to regain the crown for her York family? Grace Plantagenet finds herself in the midst of one of English history's greatest mysteries. If she can discover the fate of the princes and the true identity of Perkin Warbeck, perhaps she will find her own place in her family. Views: 68
A fan-favorite from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, originally published in A Fortune's Children Christmas in 1998. Chase Fortune has one year to turn around a rundown ranch to inherit it from his great-aunt. But his careful plans go awry when he rescues his beautiful neighbor, Lesley Bastian, from a blizzard and helps her deliver her baby. Lesley isn't the staying type—she wants to get back on her feet as soon as possible so she can manage her own ranch. But fate and weather conspire to keep them together, and soon Chase must face the terrible choice between his home and his heart. Originally published in 1998. Views: 68
A girl missing in New York. A political bombing in Iceland. No ordinary cop would see a connection. But Detective First Grade Brian McKenna didn't earn his reputation by being ordinary. In Once In, Never Out, McKenna travels the globe in pursuit of his darkest foe yet--a terrorist bomber whose next target could be New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Along the way he finds a good friend and cunning ally in Thor Erikson, Iceland's sole homicide detective. This is a case that brings McKenna to the edge of his abilities, and puts both his detecting and survival skills to the ultimate test. Views: 68
