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
SynopsisA deeply romantic, warm and poignant story of love, triumph over adversity and the building of the great ocean liner, the Queen Mary, set in Clydebank and the West of Scotland during the Hungry Thirties. Times are hard, but a close-knit community always manages to find a way to laugh at its troubles. Robbie Baxter is the boy next door, the man Kate Cameron loves like a brother, the man who's always ready to give her a shoulder to cry on, but it's Jack Drummond who dazzles her. Kate meets him when she finally achieves her goal of attending classes at Glasgow School of Art in pursuit of her dreams of becoming an artist. When Jack Drummond shows his true colours, it's Robbie Kate turns to. Yet she cannot tell him the truth, which means that their growing happiness is a fragile flower, based on a secret which could blow their love and their family to pieces in an instant. Views: 68
August, 2000; The New Millennium Has Brought With It A New Kind of terrorism… Encryption technology keeps the codes for the world's security and communication systems top secrete The profit potential is huge — but deregulating this A state-of-the-art technology for export could put a, back-door key in the front pocket of spies and terrorists around the world. And when American businessman Roger Gordian refuses to sell his sophisticated encryption program to foreign companies, he suddenly finds his company the object of a corporate takeover — and to say it's hostile doesn't even come close. Gordian is the only man who stands between the nation's military software and a powerful circle of drug lords and political extremists who want to put Roger Gordian — and the leadership the free world — out of business for good…. Views: 68
Walter Eloy Goe, crime fighter and vigilante for justice, takes on a Palatini project aimed at eliminating the Mafias' sex trafficking of underage girls along the New York and Canadian border. The operation morphs into an all-out war when the Palatini's lead asset for the project, Anna Sasins, goes missing and is presumed murdered by the Abbandanza crime family. Walter splits with the Palatini Knighthood when he's ordered by Society Palatini Grand Master, Maximillian Karnage, to abandon Anna and to tie off the operation. Walter takes his one-man war to the mob in methods they understand. Body count climbs as he abducts and interrogates mobsters' mafia style. The war heats up when two Palatini Knights join Walter in his lust for blood. Together they set out to revenge Anna's death and to annihilate the Toronto based crime family engaged in the sex trade involving kidnapped underage girls. Views: 68
Chthon was Piers Anthony’s first published novel in 1967, written over the course of seven years. He started it when he was in the US Army, so it has a long prison sequence that is reminiscent of that experience, being dark and grim. It features Aton Five, a space man who commits the crime of falling in love with the dangerous alluring Minionette and is therefore condemned to death in the subterranean prison of Chthon. It uses flashbacks to show how he came to know the Minionette, and flashforwards to show how he dealt with her after his escape from prison. The author regards this as perhaps the most intricately structured novel the science fantasy genre has seen.
Nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1968. Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968. Views: 68
