When Lila Covington decides to escape the restrictions of 1820s London society and go to Paris to live as a writer, she seeks financial advice from Tristan Wyndam, a barrister her late father mentored. An honorable man with political aspirations, Tristan can’t allow his mentor’s daughter to travel alone. But their journey together would be improper—and could lead to indiscretions... English Historical Romance by Jennifer Malin; originally published by Leisure Books Views: 26
Throughout her life, Ella has heard voices. Voices inside her head. She's never given much thought as to why she has this gift, or this curse, depending on which way you look at it. It's not until she meets the mysterious Jonah that she begins to question her inherited abilities as a Soul Seer. Learning to deal with loss and love, Ella manages to live a seemingly normal life... or so she thought. Views: 26
"An extraordinary achievement" (Clive Barker) from the author of the acclaimed novel Threshold-this is the fiction debut that won the International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. Views: 26
In a brilliant illumination of the Renaissance mind, acclaimed Irish novelist John Banville re-creates the life of Johannes Kepler and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe. Wars, witchcraft, and disease rage throughout Europe. For this court mathematician, vexed by domestic strife, appalled by the religious upheavals that have driven him from exile to exile, and vulnerable to the whims of his eccentric patrons, astronomy is a quest for some form of divine order. For all the mathematical precision of his exploration, though, it is a seemingly elusive quest until he makes one glorious and profound discovery. Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world's greatest mathematicians and astronomers. The author of this book uses this history as a background to his novel, writing a work of historical fiction that is rooted in poverty, squalor and the tyrannical power of emperors. Views: 25
Meet the little known and even less understood heroes of police work in Las Vegas -- the forensic investigators. Led by veteran Gil Grissom, the remarkable team assigned to the Criminalistics Bureau's graveyard shift -- including Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, and Sara Sidle -- must combine cutting-edge scientiÞc methods and old-fashioned savvy as they work to untangle the evidence behind the yellow police tape. SIN CITY "If anything happens to me, get this cassette to the police," Lynn Pierce told her friends the night she disappeared without a trace. Pierce seemed to be a devout Christian, devoted wife and mother -- but she left behind a recording of her husband threatening to cut her into little pieces. Jenna Patrick was a professional stripper who said she was trying to get out of the sex trade and into junior college. She wound up strangled to death in a locked room in the back of the club where she worked. What could these two women... Views: 25
House cats are known to be aloof, but "cat-titude" reaches new heights in Get Fuzzy, the bitingly hilarious comic strip from cartoonist Darby Conley. Get Fuzzy is a wry portrait of single life, with pets. At the center of this warm and fuzzy romp is Rob Wilco, a single, mild-mannered ad executive and guardian of anthropomorphic scamps Bucky and Satchel. Bucky is a temperamental cat who clearly wears the pants in this eccentric household. Satchel is a gentle pooch who tries to remain neutral, but frequently ends up on the receiving end of Bucky's mischief. Together, this unlikely trio endures all the trials and tribulations of a typical family...more or less.The National Cartoonists Society honored Get Fuzzy with a Reuben division award, naming it the Best Newspaper Comic Strip of 2002. Views: 25
Welcome to Spatterjay…where sudden death is the normal way of life; To the remote planet Spatterjay come three travellers with very different missions. Janer is directed there by the hornet Hive-mind; Erlin comes to find the sea captain who can teach her to live; and Keech — dead for seven hundred years — has unfinished business with a notorious criminal. Spatterjay is a watery world where the human population inhabits the safety of the Dome and only the quasi-immortal hoopers are safe outside amidst a fearful range of voracious life-forms. Somewhere out there is Spatterjay Hoop himself, and monitor Keech cannot rest until he can bring this legendary renegade to justice for atrocious crimes committed centuries ago during the Prador Wars. Keech does not realise that Hoop's body is running free on an island wilderness, while his living head is confined in a box on an Old Captain's ships. Nor does he know that the most brutal Prador of all is about to pay a visit, intent on wiping out all evidence of his wartime atrocities. Which means major hell is about to erupt in this chaotic waterscape. Views: 25
Most erotic story writers include anal sex as an afterthought. Englishman Alex Barton puts beautiful bottoms back where they belong - as the main attraction. Come for Dinner - Emma groaned into his mouth with delight as Tom pushed the shaft of his cock into her asshole, the entry made tighter and more pleasurable by the thick cock filling the adjoining passage... A New Life - Nicole felt Rafiq’s hungry gaze on the heavy globes of her breasts and the cleft at the top of her legs. She turned round and reached behind her to pull open the cheeks of her ass, displaying the dark crinkle of her anus in invitation... Emma’s Birthday Surprise - Emma let out a cry of surprise when the man grabbed the hem of her skirt and pulled her down onto his rearing cock which slid between the lips of her cunt and up into her dripping wet hole in one smooth motion... Voyage of Discovery - Twice during the night Iannis woke Chloe with his lips and hands, cajoling and coaxing her to his hard, hungry cock. Closing her eyes in ecstasy, Chloe climaxed again and again, each orgasm more pleasurable than the last... Emma’s Helpful Neighbors - Emma raised her head from between Eloise’s legs and twisted round. “Please, Bryan,” she begged. “Bugger her while I watch? I want to see your big cock fucking her beautiful bottom...” Warning: These stories are extreme. NOT for the faint hearted. Views: 25
Fatherless Cody LeBeau is an American Indian boy who is starting high school with the usual trepidation. He fits into none of the cliques at the new school, but somehow keeps being noticed anyway—and is often teased because of his tendency to stutter. Then his Uncle Pat, an accomplished martial arts sensei, moves into the town and becomes the one who shows Cody "the way" through the maze of adolescent doubt and into manhood. Views: 25
