On the third day of Ramadan, the village wakes to find the severed heads of nine of its sons stacked in banana crates by the bus stop. One of them belonged to one of the most wanted men in Iraq, known to his friends as Ibrahim the Fated. How did this good and humble man earn the enmity of so many? What did he do to deserve such a death?The answer lies in his lifelong friendship with Abdullah Kafka and Tariq the Befuddled, who each have their own remarkable stories to tell. It lies on the scarred, irradiated battlefields of the Gulf War and in the ashes of a revolution strangled in its cradle. It lies in the steadfast love of his wife and the festering scorn of his daughter. And, above all, it lies behind the locked gates of the President's gardens, buried alongside the countless victims of a pitiless reign of terror. Views: 34
These fierce stories of love on the front lines grab and hold readers’ attention as they travel the world with these soldier on Active Duty. In the wake of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the Defense of Marriage Act getting repealed, Neil Plakcy brings the two issues together into heart-pounding vignettes of men of action who put their lives on the line to protect and serve. The heat of battle only amps up the level of excitement knowing that this tryst might be the last. These heroic hunks fight for love and honor and will have readers begging for their next debriefing! Views: 34
Ten years ago, Owen gave Jennifer an ultimatum, give up her dream of being a veterinarian and marry him, or he'd take custody of their newborn daughter. His plan backfired when she left him to go to college. He's raised their daughter alone but never given up hope that Jennifer will return to them. Now he has a second chance. Can he prove he's changed and win her back? Views: 34
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 2001...re-released for eBooks.A woman in desperate straits...An unlikely savior in leather and jeans...Out of gas on a lonely mountain road, Tess Marsh is in desperate need of rescue when a leather-clad biker named Dallas Haynes appears, followed by a nasty-looking biker gang. Before Tess can protest, Dallas purposefully claims her as his woman and spirits her away on the back of his Harley. Now at the mercy of a man who could break through her defenses, Tess fights her conflicting desires to escape from or to fall for her captor. Unbeknownst to anyone, Dallas is on a dangerous mission, and his growing passion for Tess has become a complication that could hurt them both.From BooklistInspired by Montana's big night sky, Tess Marsh is so busy designing jewelry in her head, she doesn't realize that her car is running out of gas. A dangerously sexy biker shows up and claims her as his own when the rest of the biker gang appears. Dallas Haynes takes Tess to the unsavory outlaws' hideout, and she soon falls in love with him and surrenders her virginity. Then the FBI arrives, and his true identity is revealed: he's undercover agent Grey Thomas. Whisked away into protective custody to await the murder trial of two gang members, Tess discovers that she is pregnant. After nearly killing her in the courtroom, the bad guys escape, leading to an action-packed adventure. In spite of a near overload of the latest hip romance tropes--long-haired bad-boy biker, clean-shaven and well-dressed FBI agent, gorgeous jewelry designer with big breasts and rich parents, pregnancy, crime syndicates, and sizzling and explicit sex--Bach's tale is a real page-turner. Diana Tixier HeraldCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedReviewA five-star read complete with a mouth-watering hero, sizzling passion, and spine-tingling suspense. -- Rendezvous, November 2001Chilling danger and menacing treachery form the intense underpinnings of a thrilling debut novel by author Lauren Bach. -- Romantic Times, November 2001 Views: 34
Curious about life on a pirate ship? Climb aboard this account of adventure on the high seas as told by a feisty nine-year-old carpenter's apprentice, circa 1716. Historically accurate illustrations of ship and crew, a map of Jake's travels, and a detailed glossary and index vividly reveal the fascinating—and harsh—life of a pirate in the eighteenth century. Ships ahoy! Views: 34
A century has now gone by, yet the Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 is still infamous as arguably the most ill conceived, badly led and pointless campaign of the entire First World War. The brainchild of Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, following Turkey's entry into the war on the German side, its ultimate objective was to capture the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey, thus allowing the Allies to take control of the eastern Mediterranean and increase pressure on the Central Powers to drain manpower from the vital Western Front. Views: 34
A man arrives at an insane asylum in contemporary Spain claiming to be the legendary navigator Christopher Columbus. Who he really is, and the events that led him to break with reality, lie at the center of this captivating, romantic, and stunningly written novel. Found in the treacherous Strait of Gibraltar, the mysterious man who calls himself Columbus appears to be just another delirious mental patient, until he begins to tell the 'true' story of how he famously obtained three ships from Spanish royalty. It's Nurse Consuela who listens to these fantastical tales of adventure and romance, and tries desperately to make sense of why this seemingly intelligent man has been locked up, and why no one has come to visit. As splintered fragments of the man beneath the façade reveal a charming yet guarded individual, Nurse Consuela can't avoid the inappropriate longings she begins to feel. Something terrible caused his break with reality and she can only listen and wait as Columbus spins his tale to the very end. In the tradition of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and The Dogs of Babel, this unforgettable novel mines the darkest recesses of loss and the extraordinary capacity of the human spirit. It is an immensely satisfying novel that will introduce Thomas Trofimuk to readers who will want to hear his voice again and again. Views: 34
Spending her days caring for her grandmother and her nights dreaming up new worlds to write about, Maci wants nothing more than to enjoy life alongside her new man, Liam. But after a wicked visit from the devil himself, she quickly learns that the hearts and flowers of her new relationship will have to wait. Views: 34
Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying in a hot air balloon at the world's fair. In the 1890's Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy's idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king. When Conor tries to expose the plot, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. There, he has to fight for his life as he and the other prisoners are forced to mine for diamonds in inhumane conditions. There is only one way to escape Little Saltee, and that is to fly. So he passes the solitary months by scratching drawings of flying machines into the prison walls. The months turn into years, but eventually the day comes when Conor must find the courage to trust his revolutionary designs and take to the skies. Views: 34
During the Crusades, Elisabeth longs to be the person she knows is hidden inside. When her twin dies, she lives as a knight. Views: 34
