When Amelia Tate is cast to play the Audrey Hepburn role in a remake of Roman Holiday, she feels as if all her dreams have come true. She has a handsome boyfriend, is portraying her idol in a major motion picture, and gets to live in beautiful Rome for the next two months. Once there, she befriends a young woman named Sophie with whom she begins to explore the city. Together, they discover all the amazing riches that Rome has to offer. But when Amelia's boyfriend breaks up with her over her acting career, her perfect world begins to crumble. While moping in her hotel suite, Amelia discovers a stack of letters written by Audrey Hepburn that start to put her own life into perspective. Then, she meets Philip, a handsome journalist who is under the impression that she is a hotel maid, and it appears as if things are finally looking up. The problem is she can never find the right time to tell Philip her true identity. Not to mention that Philip has a few secrets of... Views: 63
Casey Clemens is catapulted from her steady-as-she-goes life as a sort-of famous TV-commercial actress into another time and place—literally. This captivating tale takes readers on a journey from a Hollywood set to King Arthur's castle, and it has it all: adventure, humor, love, and peril. A fresh take on the legend of Camelot. - Colleen Dunn Bates, Founder/Publisher, Prospect Park Books Views: 63
Action-packed western adventure from the author of Crow Creek Crossing. MILITIA MADNESS Up in the Montana mountains, Canyon Creek is the perfect little town for Simon Fry and his men to hole up for the winter. The folks are friendly enough to open their homes to eight perfect strangers—and gullible enough to believe that Fry's gang is a militia sent to protect them from hostile Indians. Jim Culver is new in town, but he knows something isn't right about Simon Fry's "militia." They seem more interested in intimidating people than helping them. Anyone who questions them ends up dead or driven out. Someone has to step forward to protect the people of Canyon Creek from their new "protectors." That someone is Jim Culver. And this sleepy town is about to wake up with a bang. Views: 63
There's nothing ordinary about Lucia Latham - she gets straight A's, she's been middle school Class President for two years running and she's a great boxer - nothing is more fun than a good old sparring match with best friend Cooper, especially since she usually wins. In short, there are few things Lucia tackles that don't turn out exactly how she wants them. So at the beginning of her 8th grade year, Lucia has no reason to believe that things won't continue being easy - until she sticks her foot in her mouth in a HUGE way. Then it seems her carefully constructed world is crashing down around her. Can she regain her super star status or will she be forced to lower her expectations? Views: 63
Fresh from Harvard, hotshot American Jonathan "Wendy" Lee had the good fortune of meeting and marrying Amanda Wong, daughter of the rich and powerful Henry Wong, the most influential banker in Hong Kong. Known as an eccentric figure within the affluent clubs of Hong Kong's high society, Wendy spends idle days impeccably dressed in 1930s-style cream-coloured linen suits, lunching alone. His life appears perfect, until his father-in-law suddenly disappears without a trace. Within days, he must respond to a take-over threat, a blackmail attempt and his wife's disloyalty. Under the guidance of double-crossing investment bankers, wise friends and alluring women, Wendy races to uncover the layers of deception right under his nose before it's too late. Views: 63
Another great story from Marsha Jardine portraying intimate sex that is graphic and sensual, but never crude. The story revolves around Bill Douglas who is not happy with his life and his marriage. It all changes when he meets the love of his life on a train. Not all is easy for Bill and he has to sacrifice a great deal to get the woman he wants. Views: 63
The 4th book in the Coleman and Dinah Greene mystery series! The fellowship at the Art Museum of Great Britain was too good for Dinah to pass up. She never expected that she'd find herself homesick and unhappy. With her husband Jonathan busy opening a London branch of his investment banking business and with her cousin Coleman home in New York, struggling to get her second magazine up to speed, Dinah feels very much alone. Fortunately, she makes friends with Rachel Ransome and, through her, meets a member of the royal family. Things seem to be turning around...until Rachel comes under the suspicion of the Palace Police, sweeping Dinah into her troubles. Now Coleman needs to come to England to help as the source of Rachel's difficulties becomes more apparent—and more vexing. Can the three women join forces to extricate themselves from a conflict that goes back centuries? Views: 63
This new book represents a complete rewriting of Romila Thapar's hugely successful HISTORY OF INDIA - VOLUME ONE, thirty-four years after it was first published. Incorporating the vast changes in knowledge developed during her lifetime, Thapar tells the extraordinary story of this great civilisation - a civilisation always based on diverse, often warring sources and that left the astounding buildings and beliefs that still fill India. This book is the authoritative history told with style andmeticulous attention to detail by the world's leading authority. Views: 63
Before evil entered her life, Lily existed as any woman. In love with Gabe, she was prepared for a life of marriage and children. That was before the nightmare. Meeting a tragic fate and haunting the life she didn’t get to live, Lily wanders limbo stalked by dark predators. Unknowingly the reincarnation of a famous soul, Lily must discover her true identity before evil inherits the earth. Views: 63
Longlisted for the ReLit award Extending the tradition of Aboriginal storytelling, Richard Van Camp's new collection is eloquently and humorously optimistic. The stories in The Moon of Letting Go celebrate healing through modern day rituals that honour his Dogrib ancestry. Van Camp speaks in a range of powerful voices: a violent First Nations gangster has an astonishing spiritual experience, a single mother is protected from her ex by a dangerous medicine man, and a group of young men pay tribute to a friend by streaking through their northern town. The stories are set in First Nations communities in the Northwest Territories, Vancouver and rural British columbia. They have been broadcast on the CBC, and appeared in anthologies, the Walrus, Prairie Fire, and other journals. Views: 63
A realm at war. A family torn apart.In a world where magic exists in constant opposition to nature, a corrupt king plots the dawn of a new empire and the destruction of magic itself. Darion Ulther has been stripped of his titles and branded a traitor. In his self-imposed exile to the snowy wastes of Korengad, he aids an army of fierce northmen as they attempt to recapture their homeland from the clutches of the very kingdom he once served.Meanwhile, Lady Alynor Mirrowell has not heard from her husband in years - four years, to be exact. Impoverished and hiding in the wake of Sir Darion's fall from grace, she awaits his return while raising their son, posing as a commoner in the tiny village of Briarcrest on the southern border of the Wildwood.But eyes are watching her.Eyes both protective and pernicious - and some are not what they seem. Views: 63
In the fifth installment of the popular Ghetto Girls series, Coco suffers an injury that leaves her more helpless than she could have imagined. As she relies on her best friend Deedee for love and support, their relationship grows to another level. But Deedee finds out that her friend needs her even more than she’s letting on when Coco's unsupportive mother puts her health in a precarious position. Meanwhile, Deedee has problems of her own when her uncle is named as a person of interest in a series of murders. Views: 63
