A Great War has ended, but evil still casts a long shadow over a violence-scarred land. One woman -- an adventurer and archaeologist with a brilliant mind -- must now confront a dreadful adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. But by doing so, she may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and innocent. Views: 68
When newly minted nuclear inspector Abby O’Rourke arrives at the inspection site she encounters a man who is beautiful, intimidating and badly damaged after exposure from the core melt down. Thrown into situation beyond her control she does not hesitate when she realizes that her life is stake. Ryūjin is not the man he was, nor is he like any other she has ever known but her life is in his hands. Views: 68
Philip Richards is a man who appears to be everything he isn't. Well dressed, well spoken and successful by any measure, his world is changed overnight when his beautiful wife, Laura, dies unexpectedly. Lost and adrift, he finally decides to take charge of his life once again and strikes out on a completely different path, one that leads to murder and mayhem. But the strange things about all this is that Philip isn't slowed or intimated by these events. Instead he seems to thrive on them.Is Philip all he appears to be, or is there a dark side that is worse than the terrible people he faces? Is he the hunted or the hunter? And do you find yourself rooting for this complex man, or secretly fearing for those around him?When does justice cross the line and become something worse than the crime it is supposed to punish? Philip's story might answer that question for you. Then again, maybe you will have more questions than you had before, and very unsettling answers indeed. Views: 68
The homesteaders out on the Kiowa Flats were in big trouble. Money was scarce and the local banker was foreclosing on their properties. Then the shifty brother-in-law of one of the sodbusters, comes up with a scheme to steal gold from a small mine in Colorado. The desperate folks on the Flats agree to pull the job. But robbers pay their dues and success leads to tragedy when a cold-blooded killer gets involved in the plot. The farmers who return home are greeted by an unexpected reception back on the Flats. Views: 68
At The Battle of Worcester in 1651, Prince Charles with thirteen thousand troops, both English andScottish, is heavily defeated by Oliver Cromwell and flees to France. Clive More escapes the battlefield to a friendly house and is saved from Cromwell's men by the Nanny of Alissa aged nine. Nanny disguises him as a girl and hides him in her bedroom. After the Prince is restored to the throne as King Charles II in 1660, Alissa, her father the Earl of Dalwaynnie, her stepmother and her stepsister Nancy, move to London.The King, grateful for the Earl's support, gives them Apartments at the Royal Palace of Whitehall.Clive More, who is now the Marquis of Morelanton, comes down from the North. He and the King are the same age and spent a great deal of time together including playing tennis at which they both excel. The Countess, the new wife of the Earl of Dalwaynnie, is determined that her daughter Nancy should marry Clive now he is a Marquis and contrives to keep him away... Views: 68
In search of a social life in Scumble River, Skye Denison has revently joined the GUMBettes-the ladies auxiliary of the men's Grand Union of the Mighty Bulls. Now she and her boyfriend Simon hobnob with the upwardly mobile professionals in town. But when a seemingly perfect couple is murdered, Skye discovers that success doesn't equal survival... Views: 68
