In this Mermaid Tales adventure, Shelly's not sure she's ready to be royalty.Not one of the merkids in Shelly Siren's third grade class can believe the shell-shattering news: Shelly is a princess! A real princess! It's been a deep, dark secret in Trident City, but now everyone knows--and Shelly doesn't know how to act. Should she start wearing a glittery crown? Or move to a grand undersea palace? Will her friends have to call her Princess Shelly? She knows it's an exciting turn of events, but Shelly's not sure she can truly fit the royal part. Can she find a way to be a princess and stay herself? Views: 52
EDITORIAL REVIEW: When single, independent-minded mother-to-be Trish Delacourt went into labor on the side of a snowy road, she swallowed her pride and flagged down the nearest passing motorist. What she hoped for: a Good Samaritan. What she got: rancher Hardy Jones, handsome as sin and sworn to be single. He knew nothing about birthin' babies, but he was going to have to take a crash course--pronto! Inveterate ladies' man Hardy never could turn down a beautiful woman, so when the pregnant damsel in distress needed him, he delivered her beautiful baby girl. But what was to become of Hardy's policy of no-strings-attached? One look at Trish--and her adorable daughter--and he could feel a most unfamiliar pull.... Views: 52
If you knew that all your efforts today would become meaningless tomorrow, would you still wish to do them? Finding the motivations and reasons to live the dreams you are pursuing is difficult, but it is much more difficult to maintain those aspirations and motivations in a long time. You can smile today and be ready to fight, but the fear inside you still growing and will beat you one day... Views: 51
From CWA Diamond Dagger winner Ann Cleeves comes The Seagull, the eighth installment in the Vera Stanhope series.A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement in the death of a gamekeeper – and Vera played a key part in his downfall.Now, Brace promises Vera information about the disappearance of Robbie Marshall, a notorious wheeler-dealer who disappeared in the mid-nineties, if she will look out for his daughter and grandchildren. He tells her that Marshall is dead, and that his body is buried close to St Mary's Island in Whitley Bay. However, when a search team investigates, officers find not one skeleton, but two.This cold case case takes Vera back in time, and very close to home, as Brace and Marshall, along with a mysterious stranger known only as 'the Prof', were close friends of... Views: 51
Mercy Reid thought she found a place where she could finally belong.Xavier Blood would do anything to protect his one true love.The next big threat is closer at hand that anyone ever considered possible, and the only person standing in the way of death itself is an ex-assassin with the darkest past of them all. Xavier Blood.One choice is all it takes to destroy everything they were trying to build. A life where they didn't have to look over their shoulders. A life where they could be free, happy and in love. In an instant, everything is gone in a shower of blood and bone.When the dust settles, Mercy and X are thrown into a world of lies, duplicity and danger. A world where nothing is what it seems and where no one shows their true face.It's a game that only has one winner...death itself.How far would a spy go to avenge the murder of their one true love?You're about to find out. Views: 51
When Bernard Walsh moved his family from Bolton to Liverpool he did not expect the past to pursue him. But then Theresa Nolan, consumptive, angry and bent on revenge, arrived in the city and settled within three miles of Bernard's new home.While Theresa wrought havoc from the Mersey to the moorlands of Lancashire, two innocent children trod paths separated by fate yet joined by blood. Against a backdrop of dissent and violence, the two young girls began to wend their often troubled routes towards the tranquillity and comradeship of the Corner House. Views: 51
Ally Sloan's flattered when a gorgeous stranger seeks her out. Single again, after years in a loveless marriage, a heady night of desire is just what she needs to boost her confidence and remind her that life can be passionate. Off to the Bahamas the following day, Ally tells herself she's relieved not to be seeing Raul again—she is older than he is, after all! But more than one surprise awaits her in the sultry heat of the Caribbean.... Views: 51
Pearl Harbor has been attacked — again. And only SEAL Team Seven and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen can save America — and themselves — from complete annihilation. Views: 51
These extraordinary memoirs—written by German Field-Marshal Wilhelm keitel (1882-1946) in the six weeks before he was hung in Nuremberg for war crimes—offers readers an unparalleled insider's view of the blitzkrieg against Poland, the conquest of France, and the brutal campaign against the Soviet Union. Most startling is his account of the final eighteen days of the Thrid Reich, which he personally directed. Views: 51
