Zaïdmouth is a far-future paradise. Its five communities are intertwined by artificial flower networks so complex they combine to create the virtual realities through which Zaïdmouth is run. Yet into this vivid world a bad seed is about to be sown. Mansuruquyn, Priestess-Interpreter, has made a mistake. Exiled from the Shrine of the Crone, she is forced to live wild in Zaïdmouth for one season. But who are the two mysterious men who run the empty Inn in which she shelters? And what is their connection with the metal beasts of the Cemetery? Nuïy is a young man leaving the stifling home he hates. Making for the Shrine of the Emerald Man, he discovers a world of order and domineering wills. But what secret plan do the leaders of the Shrine foment? And why do they embrace Nuïy's unique skill with such enthusiasm? It is the fate of Mansuruquyn and Nuïy to come together in a struggle to determine the future of Zaïdmouth. There will be battles covert and open, betrayal and loyalty, capture and escape. But after all this, which single person will provide the blueprint for the future?** Views: 42
Recovering from a break-up, Graciela Ramirez sets out on a quest to do some things she’s never done, including ending her virginity with a random stranger. Graci never expects that the hot musician she literally runs into one night at a bar, might become a man she could truly care for. But love doesn’t arrive on a schedule and that annoying virginity may not be as easy to lose as she’d hoped. Views: 42
A tiny dog, the runt of the litter, is born on a remote cattle station. She shouldn't have survived, but when Elsie finds, names and loves her, the pup becomes a cherished companion. Life is perfect . until War arrives.With Japanese air raids moving closer, Elsie's family leaves the Pilbara for the south and safety. But the small dog has to stay behind. After travelling far from home with drovers and a flying doctor, she becomes a hospital dog and experiences the impact of war on north-western Australia. She witnesses wonderful and terrible things and gives courage to many different humans.But through all her adventures and many names, the little dog remembers Elsie, who girl who loved her best of all. Will she ever find her again? Views: 42
Jonathan Kendrick's grandmother lives in the upstate New York village of Felicity Grove. And whenever something of a criminal nature occurs, Grandma Anna is right in the thick of it. This time, the senior sleuth needs Jonathan's help to clear an innocent man's name. Zebediah Crummler, the cemetery caretaker, has been arrested ... Views: 42
Fresh on the heels of her New York Times Notable debut novel, Cupid and Diana, Christina Bartolomeo delivers a charming romantic comedy that's serious at heart.Nicky Malone, a public relations flack, hasn't seen ex-boyfriend Tony Boltanski in five years, when a contentious, high-stakes, and slightly nutty nurses' strike brings them together again. Despite their separation and the fact that they're both seeing other people, they still share the same interests: fighting for the little guy -- in this case, the beleaguered nurses at a small Catholic hospital that has just been taken over by an enormous health care conglomerate -- and fighting each other.While struggling with the strike and her growing feelings for the still exasperating, pigheaded Tony, Nicky also tries to cope with her nagging widowed mother, who desperately wants Nicky married; a slick boss who promises clients more than Nicky can possibly deliver; and an officious... Views: 42
Hard, hot, and exhilarating, a sexy ex-Navy SEAL and a headstrong investigative journalist get a second chance at love in Final Siege by Scarlett Cole.IN THE LINE OF FIRE. Former SEAL Malachai "Mac" MacCarrick is all about the future he's created with his Navy brothers in Eagle Securities, taking assignments in the most dangerous places, and doing things no one but ex-military would attempt. But when an urgent phone call brings his troubled past—and the woman he once loved—into the present, it's a chance to redeem himself that he can't refuse. STRAIGHT TO THE HEART... An investigative journalist researching an explosive story, Delaney Shapiro tells herself she got over Mac—and his role in her brother's death—a long time ago. But the first moment she sees him at her bedside in an overseas hospital, she knows it's not true. Every moment together rekindles the desire that once... Views: 42
He isn't just a man. Lazarus super soldier Jett is the perfect predator. He's faster, stronger, and far deadlier than a normal man—because he isn't normal. Brought back from the dead, Jett is supposed to be little more than a machine. His heart should be ice cold, but it's not. His heart beats fast and hard for the one woman he should never be able to possess, Savannah Jacobs. He's the hero she didn't expect. When Savannah is kidnapped, she doesn't think she'll escape her captors. Then mysterious Jett breaks in and takes out all of the men in the room—the masked men who'd yanked her right off a busy public street—and Jett barely breaks a sweat in the fight. Jett is tall, dark, and as sexy as every sin that Savannah can imagine. When he takes her to safety, desire explodes between them. Savannah falls fast and hard for Jett...then he walks away. But he broke her heart. Jett... Views: 42
Simon Nye's TV series, The Durrells, is based loosely on Gerald Durrell's Corfu Trilogy and in particular his much-loved bestseller, My Family and Other Animals. These books in turn are based somewhat loosely on actual events. The real-life Durrells went to Corfu at the urging of Lawrence Durrell, who was already living on the island with his wife, Nancy Myers. Their intent was to keep the family together as his mother, Louisa, was drinking heavily and recovering from a breakdown; 'We can be proud of the way we brought her up,' Larry said, only half-jokingly, of the family's subsequent Corfu sojourn.Michael Haag's book covers the background to the Durrell family's years in Corfu, including their time in India, where all the children were born, and where their father, a brilliant civil engineer, had died. It recalls the real life characters the Durrells encountered on Corfu, notably the biologist and poet Theodore Stephanides, and the taxi driver, Spiros... Views: 42
By popular demand: read the prelude to Master's Hunt, the BDSM, erotic, romance, adventure novel that doesn't pull any punches. The four short stories in Master of Two: Nascent Love, explain the origins of four people's sadomasochistic sexuality. If you are offended by BDSM experiences, please do not download this book. Master of Two: Nascent Love is a M/f, F/f, BDSM, erotic, romance booklet. Views: 42
In The Dark Room, the experiences of three people are evoked with stunning emotional depth and psychological authenticity.A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on film the changing temper of Berlin, the city he loves. But his acute photographic eye never provides him with the power to understand the significance of what he sees through his camera. In the weeks following Germany's surrender, a teenage girl whose parents are both in Allied captivity takes her younger siblings on a terrifying, illegal journey through the four zones of occupation in search of her grandmother. Many years after the event, a young man trying to discover why the Russians imprisoned his grandfather for nine years after the war meets resistance at every turn; the only person who agrees, reluctantly, to help him has his own tainted past to contend with.With dazzling originality and to profound effect, Rachel... Views: 42
The immortal vampire gang led by "Princess"—Kikiou, Ryuuki and Shuuran—is slowly but inexorably taking over Demon City Shinjuku. Its citizens and the administration alike are turning into vampires. Mephisto has apparently allied himself with them of his own accord.Setsura Aki stands alone on the brink of extinction, tested by one desperate counterattack after the next. Intending to snuff out his life once and for all, Princess unleashes the self-regenerating Kazikli Bey (better known abroad as Vlad the Impaler, the original Dracula).Meanwhile, concerned about the worsening state of affairs in Shinjuku, a team of foreign legionnaires—Special Forces Operational Detachment "F"—is dispatched to Demon City.This Medusa of a supernatural face-off has grown another head. The confusion deepens and Shinjuku's fate hangs in the balance. But what is Mephisto really up to?Hideyuki Kikuchi's long-awaited new chapter in the bestselling Yashakiden fantasy series! Views: 42
Harper Blaine was slogging along as a small-time P.I. when a two-bit perp's savage assault left her dead. For two minutes, to be precise. When Harper comes to in the hospital, she begins to feel a bit… strange. She sees things that can only be described as weird-shapes emerging from a foggy grey mist, snarling teeth, creatures roaring. But Harper's not crazy. Her «death» has made her a Greywalker—able to move between our world and the mysterious, cross-over zone where things that go bump in the night exist. And her new gift (or curse) is about to drag her into that world of vampires and ghosts, magic and witches, necromancers and sinister artifacts. Whether she likes it or not. Views: 42
He's a presidential bad boy who makes executive decisions by day, and indulges in illicit sex by night. He lives in a cloak-and-dagger world where he roams the neon-splashed streets and sinfully lit bedrooms to be with a brazen beauty whose only desire is to knock him off his throne. By the time he finds out that she is a powerful femme fatale, he is caught in her web. She has a talent for naughty sex, and with her red, moist lips, and lush curves, she lures the president into her powdered boudoir, but the president isn't stupid. When he realizes that this beauty is the bait for a spy ring that is stealing government secrets from under his sexy nose, he gets serious. Now he is forced to put all his bad boy antics behind him and make another executive decision—is he a president or a playboy. Views: 42
