Jordan had tried to love and support her husbandEven after he'd cleaned out the apartment and sold many of their belongings for drug money. But when, as the doctor on call in the E.R., she'd been forced to treat Garry's overdose, it had nearly killed her, too. Knowing she couldn't survive much more, she left him and Vancouver behind. She hoped only to find peace as the new resident G.P. in the remote First Nations village of Ahousaht.She never expected to meet someone as gentle and nurturing as native healer Silas Keefer, a man who understands Jordan's need to escape her past. He'd done the same thing himself years earlier.Their love is unexpected and right, but can Jordan and Silas have a future if they cannot heal the past? Views: 30
Landon Stone has it all. He’s the star quarterback for one of the powerhouse teams in a professional football league, has a beautiful, supportive wife cheering him on, and plenty of money to support him for the rest of his life. In the blink of an eye, it all comes crashing down as every player’s worst fear unfolds right in front of his eyes. With nothing left, he finds himself going back to where it all started. Autumn McCray has lived in the same small town her whole life. Being tormented and bullied throughout high school, she has those constant reminders surrounding her every day. Having put most of those demons behind her, she’s forced to confront them once again and find her inner strength in order to move forward. With Landon and Autumn’s paths crossing, they both are faced with obstacles they never imagined they would have to overcome. Will they help each other with their struggles, or be left to tackle them on their own? Views: 30
The fatally over-confident hero of Good Murder returns to pit his meagre detective skills against military intelligence, belligerent in-laws, a town full of G.I.s, and a creepy conspiracy to bring on an Australian sectarian nightmare.Failed Shakespearean actor and would-be private detective William Power returns to Melbourne in disgrace after his disastrous brush with theatre and murder in Maryborough. Bloodied, broken, but somehow unbowed, he arrives in a town struggling under war rationing and full of cocky American soldiers, and lands squarely in the bosom of his childhood home in Carlton — a home now dominated by his sister-in-law, the odious Darlene. But even Will's contempt is tempered when, in the early hours of the morning, Darlene is kidnapped, and Will finds his mother's kitchen splattered with blood and scattered with broken crockery.Needing to escape the maternal home and the growing police investigation, Power rents a room in the spacious,... Views: 30
'When I had first come to the Hebrides Morag, my landlady, had advised me always to "take a rope – in case," . . . Over and over I had proved its usefulness. I might need it to catch a calf or a sheep; to carry a bundle of hay to the cow or a can of paraffin from the grocer; to tie a bundle of driftwood I had collected, or a sack of peat; to secure a boat; make a temporary repair to a sagging fence or a halter for a horse . . . Excepting when they were going on holiday or to church, the Bruach crofters were rarely without a length of rope, either coiled around an arm or protruding from a pocket.' The fourth of Lillian Beckwith's books on her life on Bruach, A Rope - In Case is packed with hilarious stories and delightful characters. Yet it is never sentimental – always observant. 'Hugely enjoyable fourth book of Hebridean humour and characters' Manchester Evening News Views: 30
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Hemophobes beware: there are five quarts of blood in the human body, and Hayes (Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir) pours all of them into this book. A gay man living in San Francisco with an HIV-positive partner, Hayes uses his own encounters with blood's ability to save and destroy lives as a launching point for anecdotes in the larger story of blood. His personal history runs like a river through this book, picking up the flotsam and jetsam of blood lore. He launches into an account of the discovery of blood's components and its function in the body, and meanders through cultural perceptions of blood, from the sacred (the Eucharist) to the profane (Dracula). Hayes ranges far beyond red and white blood cells, platelets and plasma, taking readers inside a modern blood bank and to the bedside of a woman with hemophilia; his keen perceptions show how the ancient view of blood as the essence of a person's soul still pervades our modern vocabulary and views on the vital fluid. His sometimes irreverent commentary on misconceptions about blood doesn't shy away from the gruesome, particularly a cringe-inducing description of early blood transfusion techniques. With his strong writing and a unique approach, Hayes satisfyingly addresses this life force. B&w illus. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ReviewPraise for Bill HayesFive Quarts“A remarkable journey, at once highly erudite and profoundly personal, that leads us through history, religion, science–and our own bodies. Bill Hayes is by turns lyrical, rueful, humorous, questioning, and very moving in this book about himself, about our species, and about our past.”–Perri Klass, M.D.“Bill Hayes’s highly original meditation on blood is finally, also, a graceful and subtle love story.” –Richard Rodriguez, author of Brown: The Last Discovery of AmericaSleep Demons“A lovely weave of memory and science, great characters and compassionate humor. Insomniacs will love it for the sense of connection and solution, the rest of you (grrr) for its wisdom and wonderful writing.”–Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird“Hayes, a lifelong insomniac, pursues sleep as avidly and lyrically as Nabokov pursued butterflies.”–San Francisco Chronicle“An intelligent, beautifully written book . . . that variously reads like a journey of scientific discovery, a personal memoir, and a literary episode of Ripley’s Believe It or Not.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)“A graceful hybrid of a book that’s half research treatise and half memoir.”–Entertainment Weekly (Editor’s Choice)From the Hardcover edition. Views: 30
John Chayne is a hard man.Trained by the best in the military, he has lost the woman he loves and is due for some solitude in his life. The ad offers just such employment. It reads, gardener-stroke-gamekeeper on a lonely estate in the wild Scottish Highlands. What could be more tranquil?But his boss is an arms dealer with a beautiful wife and marital problems. An arms sale to a tyrannical African warlord is in the offing with a massive shipment of weapons. Flies gather around the honey pot, led by a terrorist group calling themselves The Besiff, who, like their name believe in doing things By The Sword.But the CIA is watching in the guise of a man called Peak.Chayne and Peak are soon caught in the crossfire between raging terrorists and crazed despot. To save the arms dealer's son Chayne must step outside the law and fall back on the shadow skills he hoped to leave behind forever.From the war torn wastes of Africa to the desolation of the Saharan Desert deception and sex leave a... Views: 30
With her twin sister in reform school and no longer in the spotlight, it should be Cat Bennet's turn to shine. But when her twin isn’t around, there is no spotlight. Worse, the guy Cat has always liked finds someone new, all of her friends dump her, and Cat’s English teacher thinks Pride and Prejudice is all about Cat’s family. Suddenly, the whole school is either laughing at Cat or ignoring her. But Cat isn’t the "Kitty" of The Book. Kitty was lame. Cat isn’t lame; she’s just invisible! So how does she become visible? Following in the footsteps of any of her sisters is out of the question. Cat wants her own path, but she’s always followed her twin’s lead. Right now, she’s not sure who she is. The spotlight is out there, right? Maybe it’s time to take a deep breath and leap for... Views: 30
The Next Big Thing is the second page-turning installment in Sadie Hayes' Start-Up series, following twin college students Amelia and Adam as they attempt to make it in the competitive world of Silicon Valley. Amelia and Adam's new company, Doreye, may have won over Silicon Valley, but the trouble is far from over. After facing down skepticism, a meddler from their past and a saboteur who makes their app malfunction right when it matters most, drama suddenly seems to be brewing within the ranks. While Adam has money signs in his eyes and enough charm to win over the investors, Amelia decides she wants to give away their app for free, leading to discord and a separation of responsibilities—and power.As if that weren't hard enough on their relationship, Adam and Amelia are both keeping secrets from each other, the kinds of secrets that could change everything if revealed. As they grow farther apart, others grow closer... Views: 30
EDITORIAL REVIEW: With his prosperous ranch and independence, Steven considers himself a lucky man. He's smart enough to stay far away from love--he's learned it only brings heartache. But then he meets events planner Amy Burke-Sinclair, who has beauty and the brains to match--and is just as cautious as he is. Despite that, she seduces him into a night of passion that leaves him stunned, and ready to admit that perhaps he *doesn't* have all the answers. When they have to work together on a function honoring patriarch Ryan Fortune, Steven finds himself falling even harder. He soon changes his mind about the benefits of love and commitment...but will Amy change hers? Views: 29
Behind every beautiful thing, there is some kind of pain... Always overlooked. Always just there. That's what Dillon was to me. Until one night. In one night she flipped my world on its axis and there's no going back. But she has secrets, and secrets fester like an open wound. They color the past and forecast the future, but I'm determined to open her up; free her from her memories so she can live in the light and have the life she deserves. It's just too bad that she wants nothing to do with me. But I'm nothing if not persistent and I'm not a man that gives up without a fight. I've had a taste and there's no walking away. I just have to convince her that I'm not what she fears, I'm what she wants. Available Sept 26, 2014. Slade, like Wild and Ridge, is a standalone. Reading Wild and Ridge first will provide some back story, but is not required to read Slade. Views: 29
