Love is patient...With her warmth and grace, Violet Conley easily captured the heart of her neighbor Roger Gibson. Yet, the handsome law officer believed she'd always think of him as merely a friend.Love bears all things...Suddenly Violet faced stunning news. News that tested her faith and challenged her courage. And when so many abandoned her, Violet turned to Roger, her one true companion.Love is always hopefulAs he sheltered beloved Violet, Roger considered Heaven's mysterious ways. Could such stormy nights give way to a glorious wedding day? Views: 71
The Secrets of the Shadow-MenMagic? It's for the rich, the powerful...the Archmage and his elite wizards and cloud-masters. Livak is not among them. She haunts the back taverns of the realm, careful to appear neither rich nor poor, neither tall nor short . . . neither man nor woman. Obscurity is her protection, thievery her livelihood, and gambling her weakness. Alas, some bets are hard to resist. Particularly when they offer a chance to board a ship for Hadrumal, the fabled city of the Archmage. So Livak follows a minor wizard, Shiv, in an attempt to turn a rune or two, never dreaming that the stolen tankard she wants to sell contains the secrets of an ancient magic far more powerful, and infinitely darker, than any mortal mage's spells.ReviewOne of the problems those not already besotted fans have with genre heroic fantasy is the real vagueness of its settings. One answer to this is to slot it somehow into real time--another, more interesting one is to provide the imagined world with a past of its own. McKenna does this less through the provision of endless chronologies and king-lists than through her character s' sense of what has been lost--her magicians, scholars and thieves are all aware of how little they know of the past and how much there is to find out. All the chasing around, sword fighting and hair-breadth escapes of the plot relate closely to the quest for knowledge, for understanding of the strange dreams that come to scholars who own ancient artefacts. Livak starts off supplementing her income from gambling with a little judicious burglary of the sort of thing she knows scholars are buying; she finds herself first blackmailed, and then more willingly recruited, into a cause which comes to be her own. And who are the mysterious blonde thugs who dog our heroes at every turn? McKenna's debut has areas of clumsiness, but real charm and excitement to overcome them. AMAZON.CO.UK A wonderful debut J.V. Jones About the AuthorJuliet McKenna has been interested in fantasy stories since childhood, from Winnie the Pooh to The Iliad. An abiding fascination with other worlds and their peoples played its part in her subsequently reading Classics at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. After combining bookselling and motherhood for a couple of years, she now fits in her writing around her family and visa versa.She lives with her husband and children in West Oxfordshire, England. The Gambler's Fortune is Juliet Mckenna's third novel, following The Swordsman's Oath and The Thief's Gamble. Views: 71
Have you ever wondered: Why Asians love "Hello Kitty"? What the tattooed Chinese characters really say? How to achieve feng shui for optimum make-out sessions? Where Asian cuties meet the white guys who love them?Then you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll realize this book is better than a Broadway production of Cats when you read scenes that include: twenty-something Lindsey Owyang mastering the intricacies of office voicemail and fax dialing an authentic Chinese banquet where Number One Son shows off his language skills by speaking "Chinglish" dating disasters with grandsons of Grandma's mahjong partners the discovery that the real China looks nothing like the pavilion at Disney World karaokeAnd... Views: 70
In her charming account of the rural village of Bruach, Lillian Beckwith paints a vivid picture of life as a Hebridean crofter, introducing a cast of colourful locals including village clown Johnny Comic and the irrepressible Erchy and Hector. With her trademark warmth, wit and lively humour, "Miss Peckwitt" spins a sparkling, unsentimental tale of an idyllic, long-lost way of life. 'For an unsentimental, lively, apparently photographically accurate picture on a Hebridean island, Miss Beckwith's essays or memoirs or stories would be hard to beat.' The Times 'A sparkling book which could well become a Scottish humorous classic' Weekly Scotsman Views: 70
Mythophidia’s theme is the serpentine and the exotic. The snakes in these stories are seducers and deceivers, whose pretty jewelled coats might attract the eye, yet ultimately poison the heart. Views: 70
"ZOMBIES... SURVIVAL... TERROR! The Reanimated Writers bring you this HUGE collection of zombie apocalypse fiction from 13 of today's hottest zompoc authors, including New York Times and USA Today Best-Sellers! This is a limited time release... grab your copy now!" Totaling over 1 million words and billions of zombies, this collection will keep you clutching your pillow as you read until the light of dawn! The set includes: - THEM by M.D. Massey - Mutation Z 1&2 By Marilyn Peake - Taking on the Dead by Annie Walls - Broken World by Kate L. Mary - Shattered Lives Book 1: Broken Dreams by Rissa Blakeley - Mom's Against Zombies By Alathia Paris Morgan - Since the Sirens by EE Isherwood - Only the Dead Don't Die By A.D. Popovich - 100 Days in Deadland By Rachel Aukes - Highway Z - Genesis By Ana Nix - Afflicted: Patient Zero By Derek Shupert - Rising Ash By R.G. Westerman - Empty Bodies By Zach... Views: 70
In near-future New York City, a coldly efficient Collective takes care of the city's overcrowding problem with a brutal lottery. Nisha's number is up. All she wants is for her last night on Earth to be one of firsts with a familiar stranger... Views: 70
Samantha Anderson is a national newspaper journalist reporting on the supposed haunting of a mansion owned by charlatan Gerry Andrews. When she sets about exposing his deceit she finds herself locked in the basement of the huge house. As her mind begins to wander Samantha finds herself transported to the various places that her thoughts take her to. Is there something supernatural lurking in the house after all?When she finally escapes her prison the power to jump through time stays with her and it's not long before her thoughts turn to lust. With her new-found gift, Samantha finds herself in all manner of sexy situations experiencing a feast of sexual delights. But for every erotic dream there's a nightmare and she's beginning to lose her grip on the places where she goes. With one thought she's there, but it's not always easy to avoid those old memories, and as her mind begins to wander yet again, Samantha finds herself on the verge of reliving an incident she'd rather... Views: 70
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering," announces dread-locked, 12-year old Josh Bell. He and his twin brother Jordan are awesome on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his family's story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and brotherhood from Kwame Alexander (He Said, She Said 2013). Josh and Jordan must come to grips with growing up on and off the court to realize breaking the rules comes at a terrible price, as their story's heart-stopping climax proves a game-changer for the entire family. Views: 70
The Sevilla Mendoza family, long-time residents of the Sardinian coast, are not quite what you'd call 'conventional'. At the heart of the family is a girl in the throes of a dangerous affair with a married man. With a nervous mother, a dreamer for a father and an obsessive piano player for a little brother, she finds herself living a double life: one as a good daughter, the other on an erotic journey that will change her forever. While the Shark is Sleeping is an enchanting story of the loss of innocence and the desire to be loved. Extraordinary and startling' Grazia 'The most irresistible, untamed and imaginative 'sex' writer today' Il Corriere della Sera Views: 70
