The Hardy Boys join their father on a trip to Arizona's magnificent Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument--a trip that becomes dangerous as they set out to find the black marketeers who are stealing rare cacti. Views: 32
Welcome to Temptation Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble... and in love. Bet MeThis is New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Crusie's novel about long shots, risk management, true love, and great shoes. . . .Minerva Dobbs knows how to work the odds.Calvin Morrisey always plays to win. But when they face off, neither one is prepared.Because when real life meets true love, all bets are off. . . . Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked... Views: 32
For months, LA fashionista Whitney Montcrief has secretly lusted after her roommates, super sexy trauma surgeon Mick O'Loughlin and rough, tough and drop-dead gorgeous SWAT sergeant Eddie Dillon. Eddie craves Whitney's touch. Her sweet smile tempts him like none other-and it terrifies him. He's been burned once before and has no desire to relive the pain of rejection. His heart walled off, Eddie denies himself the very thing he wants most. But Mick is tired of tiptoeing around the obvious sexual attraction between the three of them. He wants Eddie and Whitney in his bed. He's ready to play with fire, even if that means dragging Eddie, kicking and screaming, right through the flames behind him. Views: 32
In the autumn of 1598, Abraham, a melancholy young Jewish gem merchant, seeks his fortune far from the imprisoning ghetto walls of Venice. Traveling halfway across the world, he lands in the lush and exotic Burmese kingdom of Pegu--an alien place, yet one where the jewel trader is not shunned for his faith. There is a price for his newfound freedom, however. Local custom demands that Abraham perform a duty he finds troubling and barbaric . . . and thus Mya, barely more than a girl, arrives to share his bed. Gently banishing his despair, awakening something profound within him, Mya ultimately accepts Abraham's protection and, unexpectedly, his love. But great social and political upheaval threatens to violently transform the Peguan empire--with devastating consequences for Abraham and Mya and their dreams for the future. Views: 32
The aliens known as the Manti have been destroyed by Defender pilot Mei
Kyoto when she helped the AI called Memory crash the moon into
Manti-occupied Earth. The remnants of humanity that live on the Solar
Colonies have been saved, but at the cost of their homeworld. Several
years have passed, and Kyoto has become a controversial figure. While
some view her as a hero, others demonize her as the destroyer of Earth.
Kyoto would like nothing better than to be an anonymous rookie pilot
again, but without the Manti threat to keep the Solar Colonies unified,
friction has developed between the human outposts.
Detroit Adams—now a general and head of the Galactic Stargate
Authority—has convinced Kyoto to use her celebrity status as a goodwill
ambassador to the Colonies, in the hope of keeping them unified… or at
least prevent open hostilities from breaking out….
Spun off from characters and events in the arcade classic, Defender:
Hyperswarm tells the space-combat story of a military unit as they fight
to defend their solar system and save the human race from alien
invasion. Views: 31
FAMILIAR STRANGERS...
Amanda Smith's worst fear had been confirmed: the man she'd sent to
prison was getting released. After surviving a brutal attack that had
stolen her memories, she'd spent the past six years looking over her
shoulder. And she was getting ready to run again, when she suddenly
found herself in the protection of Evan Quade -- the husband she
couldn't remember.
But proof of Evan's claim was stamped on the face of her five-year-old
son. Though she knew she should keep her distance, Amanda was drawn to
the larger-than-life man who swore to defend her -- and their son --
from a madman bent on revenge. Now, with only each other to trust, could
they overcome danger -- and desire? Views: 31
Can he lose the disguise... and find himself?St. John Fotheringay-Phipps has nearly forgotten who he truly is. As the dashing, amusing dandy known to all in society as Fungy, he has hidden himself behind a mask of merriment. But he is reminded that there are pleasures beyond society — when he finds himself feeling responsible for the innocently lovely and fiercely intellectual Rose, the daughter of a famed archaeologist, and her charming, if socially inept, family.Rose Grace knows that she cannot gamble with her future. She has suddenly been thrust into the role of mother to her two young sisters, companion to her brilliant, distracted father —and family savior. She needs to do the right thing — to forget her own desires and quickly find a wealthy husband before the creditors come beating at their door. Then why is she distracted by the foppishly handsome Fungy, who seems so very irresponsible and pleasure-loving? Surely he's the last person whose... Views: 31
A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.Livia is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt Empire. But her partner, Brandt, has lately become distant, and when Marez comes to join their team from a neighboring kingdom, he offers Livia the option of a life she had never dared to imagine. Livia knows of no other dreamstriders who have survived the pull of Nightmare. So only she understands the stakes when a plot against the Empire emerges that threatens to consume both the dreaming world and the waking one with misery and rage. Views: 31
Science Fiction. 79246 words long. Views: 31
"I don't quit. I keep going."
Hillary Rodham Clinton
### Amazon.com Review
Early on, relates Christopher Andersen in *American Evita*, Bill and Hillary Clinton created "The Plan"---an arrangement in which the Clintons would reverse roles once he was out of office and Mr. Clinton would help his wife reach her ultimate goal: the presidency. Now that Mrs. Clinton is a Senator from New York, the second part of The Plan is in effect, and regaining the White House is only part of it--if elected president, Mrs. Clinton would also, according to Andersen, work to get her husband installed as a Supreme Court Justice. It becomes clear over the course of this book that Mrs. Clinton was the guiding hand during her husband's two terms, including heading up the near-constant damage control required as a result of a string of scandals and her husband's reckless behavior. This was not done out of loyalty to her husband, Andersen stresses, but because she recognized that she needed to save him in order to further her own career later on. Though much of the information in this book has been printed before, Andersen does offer tantalizing new details about Mrs. Clinton's long-running affair with Vince Foster, the numerous pardons of criminals that were made in the final days of the Clinton administration in order to help Mrs. Clinton's Senate bid, her self-serving actions in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and her efforts to constantly upstage the 2004 Democratic nominees for president, particularly John Kerry. Part of the reason for doing this, Andersen maintains, is that she actually wants the Democrats to lose the presidential election in 2004 in order to better set the stage for her own run in 2008. One cannot read this book without being struck by the fact that nearly every move Mrs. Clinton has made over the past 30 years has been calculated, and in this regard *American Evita* is a fascinating depiction of "the most famous, most controversial, most complex, most loved-hated-admired-reviled woman---perhaps person---in America." --*Shawn Carkonen*
### About the Author
Christopher Andersen is the critically acclaimed author of twenty-eight books, which have been translated into more than twenty-five languages worldwide. A former contributing editor of *Time* magazine and senior editor of *People* magazine, Andersen has also written hundreds of articles for a wide range of publications, including *Life* magazine, the *New York Times*, and *Vanity Fair*. Views: 31
