"I make my own rules, and everyone must live by them." -- Mitch Grainger, bold, brash businessman She called him an arrogant, overconfident ram hiding inside the trappings of civilized clothing. And Mitch would not have his startlingly beautiful new assistant believe otherwise. Yet their fierce passion knew no such falsehoods. Dynamic Maggie was destined to be the Dakota man's lover... he was made to set her soul on fire. And suddenly Mitch's carefully constructed world was rocked. The woman in his arms was a prize the bullish bachelor had never expected... but could he break his number one rule and allow sweet Maggie to tame him? Views: 20
At 0500 on Tuesday 3 May 2005, a lone Antonov-32 transport flies through the dawn light over the Himalayas and approaches the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Its destination is the notorious Drapchi Prison, where some of the most revered Tibetan leaders are being held. The aircraft's loading bay is lowered. The sky is filled with mushroom grey parachutes. In a few minutes, troops of the People's Republic of China are fighting invaders. Far to the West, Pakistani FCI multi-role combat aircraft roar across the Line of Control and pound the strategic outpost of Kargil. Heliborne troops follow to raise the national green crescent flag on Indian territory. Suddenly the three-sided war so dreaded in Asia - India versus China and Pakistan - is happening. Nuclear arsenals are being readied in all three countries... Views: 20
Love is not easily found, when it is it is tested, sometimes it fails sometimes it doesn't. Bella found this out far to early in her life. She hoped she had found her soul mate, in the man she had always loved, always needed and always loved. He was her elder brothers best friend and way too old for her, but that didn't stop Bella from Fantasising about him, so she did. Views: 20
When they met, he forced her hand.Now, she will deny him her heart.After what her father did to her mother, Henrietta's worst fears are to be realised when her uncle decides to marry her off to a Scot. Gentleman or not, Henrietta knows that at his core he is still a barbarian. What will she suffer at the hands of this savage?Connor Brunwood, Marquis of Rodridge, can't believe he fell head over heels in love with this thin, pale twig of a girl. However, the moment he saw her, he knew he had to make her his wife. If only she didn't hate his guts!However, when his life is suddenly in danger, an assassin lying in wait, everything they thought they knew is put to the test.Will Henrietta betray her husband or stand by his side? Will she take the opportunity to rid herself of him forever? Or will she risk everything to save his life...as well as her heart? Views: 20
fiction; prose, Native American Views: 20
In Sunset Rising, life is the ultimate prize in a race against time. Katrina seeks retribution. Caleb faces a crisis of conviction. Paige’s conflicted feeling erupt. Battle lines are drawn as the vampire world’s fiercest beings choose sides, rendering those undecided few as hotly contested spoils in a growing war. Views: 20
A single dad finds love with his daughter's protector in this emotional story from New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne ThayneWhen a beautiful stranger saves the life of Jack Dugan's daughter, Jack knows he has to find this mystery woman. He'll do anything to repay her. But Grace Solarez turns out to be more than he expected, for her sad brown eyes tell him she needs to be saved, too. Until the night she saved Jack's little girl, Grace felt she had no hope. Soon, Grace begins to care about something again—about the sexy single dad and his daughter. But will it all disappear when she finds out the truth about Jack Dugan?Originally published in 2000 Views: 20
In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their mission was to measure the world, and their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator—a standard that would be used “for all people, for all time.” The Measure of All Things is the astonishing tale of one of history’s greatest scientific adventures. Yet behind the public triumph of the metric system lies a secret error, one that is perpetuated in every subsequent definition of the meter. As acclaimed historian and novelist Ken Alder discovered through his research, there were only two people on the planet who knew the full extent of this error: Delambre and Méchain... Views: 19
Part of Phase Space: Stories From the Manifold and Elsewhere.
Nomitated for Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2001. Views: 19
From his first encounter with Joy, as a striving young writer, Ben has always known that she was meant for him - and that nothing, and no one would ever keep them apart. When love becomes an obsession, more than hearts may be shattered. Follow the captivating downward spiral of The Writer. Nothing is ever as it seems. Views: 19
