Rachel and Kirsty are off on another fairy adventure in this Rainbow Magic Special Edition, just in time for Christmas!Stella the Star Fairy's magical Christmas ornaments are missing—and Jack Frost's mischievous goblins are to blame! Without the ornaments, Christmas will lose its special sparkle.If Rachel and Kirsty don't act fast, the holidays won't be very merry or bright! Can the girls help? Or will Jack Frost and his goblins find the ornaments first...and ruin Christmas for everyone?Find the ornaments in all three stories inside this Rainbow Magic Special Edition, and help save the holiday sparkle! Views: 23
A mysterious bequest of money leads to a murder in this new novel in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series The New York Times calls "beguiling."Responding to a desperate plea for help from an old Harrow schoolmate, Sir Charles Lenox discovers that his childhood friend has suddenly disappeared. As young boys, they had shared a secret: Gerald Leigh's father had died in an accident, but a benefactor who refused to be named had come forward to pay his tuition. Was it his uncle, his mother's new suitor or the man responsible for his father's death?Now, years later, Leigh is a brilliant inventor and the recipient of yet another lavish bequest, again from an anonymous donor, this time to fund his research. But when Leigh is almost killed by hired thugs and the lawyer handling the money is found murdered, something far more ominous is afoot. Leigh is to give an address to the prestigious Royal Society in front of hundreds of the most celebrated men... Views: 23
When the Queen's life is threatened, it takes a remarkable CIA agent to save her Blackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it's what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules—but he also knows the secret to breaking them: Never tell a little lie when a big lie will do. He's exactly the man the CIA is looking for. Just before Oakes graduates, an old friend recruits him to work for the Company. His military background, knowledge of French, and family in London make Oakes a perfect choice for the most glamorous role the CIA has to offer: deep-cover agent. When his 1st assignment reveals Soviet espionage inside Buckingham Palace and a plot against the young Queen, Oakes will throw the rulebook out the window. Saving the Queen is the 1st book in the Blackford Oakes Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any... Views: 23
Three women, one shared ambition: to join the ATS and do their bit for King and country. Bea has grown up part of a large, boisterous Kent family. But she hasn't heard from her soldier sweetheart in months and her mother is controlling her life. She needs to take charge of her future.Edie inhabits a world of wealth and privilege, but knows only too well that money can't buy happiness. She wants to be like Winston Churchill's daughter, Mary, to make a difference.Joan can't remember anything of her past or her family, and her home has been bombed in the Blitz. Desperate, she needs a refuge.Each one is a Gunner Girl: three very different women, one remarkable wartime friendship of shared hopes, lost loves and terrible danger. Views: 23
Erotica/Romance. 25111 words long. First published in www.torquerepress.com, 2007 Views: 23
'I liked this novel a lot. It has all the vigour and raw honesty of The Good Doctor.' Doris Lessing On a lonely stretch of road a nameless man commits a murder. The victim is a religious minister on his way to take up a post in a nearby town. The murderer decides to steal the dead man's identity only to discover that one of his first duties as the new minister is to bury a body that has just been found out near the quarry... Captain Mong, the head of the local police takes a close interest in the minister's work, although there is evidence linking young petty criminals to the crime. Mong knows it is the new minister who is guilty. But he bides his time, watching, listening, slowly circling his prey. Building to a climax that is almost too much to bear with the town's church ablaze, the Captain is compelled to pursue the murderer across the veldt, while his exhausted quarry struggles to make good his escape. In The Quarry, Galgut's tender prose combines with the power of myth to creat... Views: 23
John Smith hates drama; he always has to have a plan, an escape route. He's a lousy father, horrible husband and a terrible co-worker.Then the dreams happen, and he slowly starts to lose his mind.Trapped in his own thoughts, he has a hard time distinguishing fantasy from reality.And then there's the belt!Is he dreaming? Is it real life? What has happened to John Smith? And what will happen to those around him that he has manipulated? Views: 23
Tricia Goyer tells the little-known but true story of the orchestra started by prisoners in Hitler's Mauthausen death camp. This courageous orchestra played the American national anthem as Allied troops arrived to liberate the camps. Around the orchestra story, Tricia weaves the fictional stories of a beautiful member of the Austrian resistance, the American GI who loves her, and a young prisoner who fakes his way into the camp orchestra in a desperate attempt to stay alive. Views: 23
