Science Fiction/Horror. 38410 words long. First published in 2007, 2007 Views: 67
Monkey King tells the story of twenty-eight-year-old Sally Wang, a young Chinese-American woman whose mental breakdown and sojourn in a hospital set her firmly on the path of memory. Her recovery takes place against a rich tapestry of culture and personality that unfolds before our eyes under the Monkey King's ghostly shadow. For Sally has been living with a terrible family secret, one that has shattered her life. How she pulls together her Chinese and American identities into a cohesive self and rejoins the land of the living is recounted with a wry and refreshing honesty. Views: 67
A retelling of the stories of the fallen women of history, recounted by an eighteenth-century lady who realizes that these women's lives bear a remarkable resemblance to her own and is told by a mystic that her dreams are memories of past lives and that she must face the public to vindicate all women falsely accused of crimes. Views: 67
Alexandra's beloved grandfather was fond of saying, Life is full of surprises, and sometimes the good and the bad get all bunched up together. However, he could not have prepared her for the death of her father, a man she never knew, and his legacy — a cabin on prairie land formerly owned by the LaFreniere family. Lonny LaFreniere's stepfather is the kindest man Lonny has ever known. But Lonny, tormented by guilty memories and visions he can't shake, rejects the land Pop always wanted to pass on to him. How could he have known it would end up in the hands of a city girl like Alexandra Sinclair? Acclaimed author Martha Brooks tells an unforgettable story about two teens and their quest to understand the land and each other. Views: 67
A small-time hoodlum who became the most hunted man in America. Stanley Barton Hoss was a burglar, thief, and local thug from the Pittsburgh area. In eight short months in 1969, however, he became a rapist, prison escapee, murderer, and kidnapper; the subject of an intense nationwide manhunt; and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In Born to Lose, author James G. Hollock traces Hoss from his earliest misdemeanors at the age of fourteen to a daring rooftop escape from the Allegheny Workhouse in Blawnox, Pennsylvania, where he was being held on a rape charge, to his killing of police officer Joseph Zanella in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, to the kidnapping near Cumberland, Maryland, and his ultimate murder of Linda Peugeot and her two-year-old daughter Lori in the autumn of 1969. Their bodies have never been found. Although indicted for the Peugeot kidnappings, these charges were later dropped because it was determined his constitutional right to a speedy trial was denied.Hoss was,... Views: 67
The Highland Pack is divided, on the verge of breaking. Only a new leader, with the strength to stand up to Hazel and his followers, can save the volatile group of werewolves from the kind of future April had been struggling to avoid ever since meeting Cyan. But the mantle of leadership comes with a high price to pay, and a toll on April's heart worse than any she has endured before. Views: 67
Joe Keough, formerly a New York City police detective,
has moved to St. Louis to get away from the mayhem of the Big Apple and start
over. Transferred from the energized streets of his hometown of Brooklyn, Keough
is expecting anything but the twisted trail of abductions and murders that await
him. He barely has time to acclimate himself to his new home and job before two
cases capture his attention, his imagination, and-in the case of a little
boy-his heart.
Five minutes into Detective Keough's new life,
four-year-old Brady Sanders walks into his St. Louis police station, leaving
behind a trail of bloody footprints. So begins a riveting tale of murder and
mystery, from Brady's missing parents and their blood-soaked house, to the
kidnapping of beautiful mothers and their small children.
Are these events a series of unrelated coincidences, or
is there a serial killer on the loose, stalking and killing the citizens of St.
Louis?
Keough is forced to realize that life and crime in the
Midwest is no different from life and crime New York. Death is death, no matter
where you live. Views: 67
How can an honorable lady like Lady Catriona Hennessy unite with a rake like Richard Cynster? Though charmed by his commanding presence, she cannot give up her independence. Marriage had not previously been on Richard's agenda, but perhaps taming the lady was just the challenge he needs-if he can have the rights of the marraige bed without making any revealing promises of love? Views: 67
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson comes a fan-favorite story of giving your first love a second chance...Bliss Cawthorne had once pictured herself as Mason Lafferty's wife. That is, until the wealthy rancher broke her heart and married another woman. Now, thirteen years later, Bliss is back in town and refuses to allow Mason to woo his way into her heart again. But can she resist her old flame's charm the second time around?Years ago Mason was told that he wasn't good enough for his boss's daughter. So, reluctantly, he had let Bliss go—for love's sake. But he wouldn't make the same mistake now that she was home... Views: 67
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