Basketball-loving Jackson Jones never wanted any part of Rooter's, the community garden where his mother got him his very own plot for his 10th birthday. But he made the best of it, even planting a thorny rosebush. Now, after months of watering, weeding, and waiting, red roses have finally bloomed. So when Jackson learns that big city developers want to bulldoze Rooter's, he can't believe it. The garden means something to him, and he likes hanging out with the neighbors who tend their own plots. But what can Jackson do?With unasked-for help from well-meaning friends--and going to great lengths to avoid a fearsome bully who loves to taunt him--Jackson sets out to save Rooter's. But coming up with a winning strategy isn't so easy.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 18
Alexis thinks the Cupcake Club feels incomplete—until she discovers that friendship comes in many flavors.Alexis feels lonely and left out when Emma goes away on a family trip. Sure, Mia and Katie are her friends too, but without her BFF Emma to round out the group, Alexis feels like a third wheel. Then when Ava comes to visit Mia, Katie is the one who feels like she just lost her best friend. Eventually all the girls realize friends are like cupcakes—you can never have too many! Views: 18
He came into my life in the most unconventional ways—turning my world upside down. My dark knight amidst the chaos that was my life. His persistence in conquering me tested my resistance and at one point, I thought I had prevailed…but then immediate turn of events left me shocked and alone. He left me when I wasn’t ready to walk away. For months, I had searched for him, stalking the internet for any news of him…hoping that one day, I’d get to see him again. But he was great at covering his tracks and I was left resorting into tactics that I hadn’t considered before. I simply wanted another chance. He wanted me once. He could want me again, could he? He left a gaping hole in my life and I knew nothing could ever fix it…but him. I was willing to put myself out there for him to relish, criticize and devour at his will. The heart wants what it wants…and it wanted Hugo Xavier. Views: 18
Subject: Telekinetic Elizabeth Caldwell. Family history: Like her siblings, she has powers people would kill for. Deepest secret: She walks just this side of the law. Relishing her newfound freedom from a domineering brother, Elizabeth wanted only to control her destiny, her power, her heart. Like a bird set loose from its cage, she tested her wings with Cole Williams. But was the Philadelphia billionaire too hot for her to handle on her first solo flight? Retrieving his priceless piece of stolen art was easy, but the man was dangerously sexy. Despite her desire for independence, she couldn't help giving in to temptation -- and passion -- with Cole. But then she learned that someone from her past was hell-bent on finding her -- and Cole was the only one who could keep her safe. Could she give herself over to his protection...without risking her body and soul? Views: 18
How does a woman, drawn as a young girl to the erotic power of Dominance over the male, satiate her lifetime need for control? In another provocative story from the demented mind of Chris Bellows, she replicates the phenomenon so broadly debated and discussed amongst noted psychologists, the Stockholm Syndrome. Sam, a successful investment banker, is lured into a spider's web of sexual intrigue. The bait is an ingenue named Jamie...or is it Jami? Despite Sam becoming fully aware of the process, Miss Elizabeth, a wealthy female sexual predator, is always one step ahead of him. She first fosters his sexual appetite for the bizarre then gradually increases her control of his psychological, physical and financial needs. Consummate devotion is what she demands, an unquestioning sex toy is what she receives. Her male beast is mentally captured and isolated. He perceives no escape and is threatened with the loss of employment and the curtailment of sexual pleasure. Yet, all the while,... Views: 18
Raine has discovered that he is not just gai'tan, the werewolf, he is the direct descendant of the wolf god, Darius, and the Chosen One of the wolves. In accepting his wolf self, and merging both halves - man and wolf - he also accepts his role as the wolves' savior: he must slay the monster that keeps Darius a prisoner. Unless Darius is freed, wolves will die out as a species. But Raine has had a vision, and has foreseen his own death. In order to keep his love, Ly'Tana, safe, he abandons her and all those dear to him. With only Darius' voice in his head for company, he leaves behind his blood-brother, Rygel, his newly adopted wolf son, Tuatha, and his loyal Tarbane, Tashira, to travel to the frozen north alone and heartbroken.Angry and bewildered, Ly'Tana resolves to follow him north. Yet, her divine enemy makes another attempt to kill her. Under Rygel's guidance and protected by a pack of enormous wolves, Ly'Tana, her kinsman, Kel'Ratan, and her warriors ride in search of a... Views: 18
From the jungles of Belize to the streets of Atlanta, Hawker's war rages on The CIA wants James Hawker dead. For years, his one-man campaign against organized crime has struck fear into America's most corrupt politicians, and now they're striking back. Hawker escaped the United States by the skin of his teeth, and has spent the last months living the life of a glamorous expatriate in Latin America: fast cars, lovely women, and all the champagne his Swiss bank account can buy him. For some men, it would be paradise. For Hawker, a life without action is a living hell. Then anticommunist crusader Colonel Curtis invites Hawker to Belize, where he's been assisting the rebel movement in the fight against tyranny. His enemies have powerful friends back in the United States, who would kill Curtis to protect the regime. For the sake of liberty, Hawker must stop running—and resume his battle for America's soul. Atlanta Extreme is... Views: 18
Disaffected with his profession and city life, Jack Manning is seeking only contentment and the good life when he settles with Kate, his wife, on Barton Hill in remotest Shropshire. He finds himself instead cold-shouldered by a suspicious, rural community where news of his occupation (taxman) has preceded him, and where all around him are chasing a little bit on the side. Farmers are fiddling taxmen, husbands are cheating on wives, and in remote rustic distilleries Customs and Excise are robbed of their due. Only the eccentric vicar and the Gillans offer a welcome, but with their help, with Jack's lucky identification for a villager of a signed first edition by Churchill, and his drunken anti-Revenue rant in the Shagger, the village pub, the Mannings win acceptance. Content to turn a blind eye to the local minor misdemeanours, Jack is, however, faced with the ultimate personal temptation when the local politician offers him a bribe to destroy evidence of his serious criminal... Views: 18
