In her flat above Drylands' newsagency, Janet Deakin is writing a book for the world's last reader. Little has changed here in 50 years, except for the coming of cable TV. Loneliness is almost a religion, and still everyone knows your business. The town is being outmanoeuvred by drought and begins to empty, pouring itself out like water into sand. Small minds shrink even smaller in the vastness of the land. One man is forced out by council rates and bigotry; another sells his property, risking the lot to build his dream. And all of them are shadowed by violence of some sort — these people whose only victory over the town is in leaving it."Drylands is a wake-up call for millennial Australia... Astley's brilliance rests not only in her distinctive prose style but her willingness and courage to make social statements, to assemble portraits of pain as a bridge to compassion."The Bulletin Views: 61
Renan Garr, a wealthy Narovian trader paid the match making service to find his genetic mate on Earth. Alien pirates illegally obtained a list of some of these Earther matches and kidnapped them, holding them for ransom to there Narovian mates. After Alliance Law Enforcement rescued them, the Earther matches had the choice whether to meet their genetic mates. Views: 61
All Frances wanted was an interview with Sheikh Ali Ben Saleem. Ali obliged – on the condition that she accompany him to his kingdom. Soon Frances found herself imprisoned with his concubines! But was Ali serious when he insisted on marriage? Views: 61
KIDNAPPED? by Jacqueline DiamondHostage to love
Reporter Melanie Mulcahy can hardly believe her good luck. She's been kidnapped by Hal "The Iceman" Smothers. By sticking close, she'll have a story that will make her a star. Besides, for a man with such a dangerous reputation, he sure is sexy—and there's nothing cold about his kisses. Even more surprising, Hal is the kind of man who believes in marriage, while she thinks it's a trap. But Hal is determined to change her mind
and you don't say no to The Iceman.I GOT YOU, BABE by Bonnie TuckerBABY MAKES THREE?Nick Logan has got woman trouble in spades. It's bad enough that he got conned into looking after his infant niece, who apparently hates him. Then, he finds himself face-to-face with Diana Smith, the girl of his dreams, while he's looking more like Mr. Mom than Don Juan. Luckily the two females take to each other immediately. Now all Nick has to do is convince Diana that he's half as cute as the baby
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Fans of Jane Lawless new and old will be fascinated by newly minted MWA Grandmaster Ellen Hart's latest intricate puzzle in Whisper of Bones. Britt Ickles doesn't remember much from her only visit to her mother's childhood home when she was a kid, except for playing with her cousin Timmy and the eruption of a sudden family feud. That's why, when she drops by unannounced after years of silence, she's shocked when her aunts tell her Timmy never existed, that she must be confusing him with someone else. But Britt can't shake the feeling that Timmy did exist...and that something horrible has happened to him. Something her aunts want to cover up.Britt hires Jane Lawless, hoping the private investigator can figure out what really happened to her cousin. When a fire in the family's garage leads to the discovery of buried bones and one of the aunts dies suddenly and suspiciously, Jane can't help but be pulled into the case. Do the bones belong to Timmy? Was the aunt's... Views: 61
FRIENDS UNTIL DEATHEvery year, the Morris Avenue Boys--chums since childhood--gather for a Father's Day reunion dinner. Now late in middle age, these men can bask in the rewards of honest success. So which of them seizes the opportunity that fateful evening to pull out an ice pick and stab to death the group's most celebrated member, novelist Arthur Wein?As investigator (and former nun) Christine Bennett peels back the layers of the past, forty years' worth of secrets emerge from the shadows--and the web of lies, theft, adultery, and blackmail woven by the once-innocent Bronx playmates rivals even the darkest plot of the dead man's novels. But in real life, this flesh-and-blood villain may never be caught. . . .From the Paperback edition. Views: 61
The year was 1853. For handful of cowboys turned California Gold Rushers, it was time to go home. Then Lonnie Kilgore and his fellow Texans met Western legend and former mountain man Jim Bridger, who told them of a lush range waiting to be claimed in northern Utah. Now, the Texans have purchased land on the Green river and come to San Antonio to gather up some longhorns. But with Indian trouble, law trouble, and woman trouble along for the ride, the cowboys are finding out the truth about this paradise: to live on land you bought and paid for, you have to be willing to die... Views: 61
The hugely popular Sleepover Club series is back! Meet Frankie, Kenny, Fliss, Rosie and Lyndz – five best friends who just want to have fun! The girls are planning a super-special sleepover party over the school holidays. But when their class play goes horribly wrong and Kenny ends up getting into a fight, the girls are banned from having any more sleepovers. Will they find a way to have their special party after all? As well as a great story this book has tips on how to have your own brilliant sleepover for you and your friends. Put on your party hat and join in the fun! Views: 61
They had beaten the harsh odds of the frontier. But for the two powerful ranchers, the most formidable trail lay ahead. There had never been a trail drive like this before...The only riches Texans had left after the Civil War were five million maverick longhorns and the brains, brawn, and boldness to drive them to market along treacherous trails. Now, Ralph Compton brings this violent and magnificent time to life in an extraordinary series based on the history-blazing trail drives.For veteran ranchers Nelson Story of Montana, and Benton McCaleb of Wyoming, it was an opportunity a man didn't pass up. In gold camps of the Black Hills, miners were hungry for beef, at boomtown prices. But within the two outfits were Indians, gunmen, Texans, lovesick cowboys, and high-spirited women. Worse, the drive would pass through Crow and Sioux territory, when Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn was just hours away. The drives were tangled by violent grudges, stampeding... Views: 61
Unknown to her, Omonigho was dedicated to a water goddess at infancy. She could see and hear what others couldn't. She was a beauty; one of her kind - princess of the serpents and daughter to the Queen mother. She could wreak havoc with a gaze and draw the souls of men with a flick of her fingers. Oceans and seas were her abode till a mission failed. Another home now beckoned to her... Views: 61
Albert Cornelis Baantjer is the Netherland's most widely read author and his hero DeKok is adored and highly praised. The cases DeKok faces are so real that sometimes he and his creator are thought to be the same person since Baantjer worked as a homicide detective in Amsterdam for twenty-five years. In this latest adventure to make it over seas, DeKok investigates the murder of a young conman with whom he used to deal.On the sand dunes that protect the low lands of the Netherlands, an early morning jogger makes a gruesome discovery-the body of a man with a dagger protruding from his back. The corpse of Peter Geffel, better known as "Cunning" Pete, is identified, but the local police cannot find any clues. Views: 61
