Nicky Evans gets paid to watch. As an agent working for Hidden Eye Inc., it is her job to photograph and gather evidence of cheating spouses and other sordid affairs. But lately she's been frustrated by the monotony of her assignments, until she's handed a special red folder marked Matthew Anderson. Matthew, a newspaper tycoon, must produce a wife by age thirty-three or according to his father's will he loses everything. While Matthew swears he has a fiancée, his mother is slightly skeptical and hires Hidden Eye to get a picture of the lady. Captivated by the photograph of the hunky heir, Nicky is more than happy to go undercover in his mansion and get the goods-only once she meets her assignment in person her world is turned upside down. When an instant attraction leads to a romp between the sheets, Nicky finds herself "the other woman". Suddenly, she is the one who needs to be exposed. Views: 9
More than Male: Nyssa's Guardian Reese Gabriel Book 1 in the More than Male series. Nyssa is a fem, genetically engineered for beauty and talent as well as spirit and independence. One day she will rule over the High Council, but for now she must accept the protection of Theron, her new Guardian. Theron is a primale, designed with superhuman mental and physical strength. As a natural dominant, he is meant to mate with a submissive. But there is something about the curvy, impish fem that stirs his protective interests…and his loins. To her dismay, Nyssa finds that she has a taste for the man's dominance, but the risks are high. Once a primale has sexually bonded with a woman, she is his for life-exclusively. Nyssa must choose whether to give in to her desire to submit to Theron or to find a safer route in the arms of ordinary men, known as mems. Theron, too, must fight his sexual needs, even as a killer stalks the woman he is coming to love. If he is to save her, he must look into his own heart and the long-buried pain of his solitary life. Views: 9
Deep in the Khezankian Mountains, ancient and evil magic is at work, in the hands of a twisted sorceress who calls herself the Lady of the Mists. In the desert, Conan is captured by the Turanians. To rid himself of this curse, he rides with a Turanian comrade against the Lady of the Mist and her minions. From the author of Conan The Valiant. Views: 9
The collected horror stories of award-winning author, Tim Wellman. This book contains eighteen tales of terror and suspense, including two novelettes! From spooky little girls to Appalachian yarns, film noir tough guys to bigfoot, you're sure to find something you like in this collection, all written in 2013. Views: 9
Zachary Jefford has only known The Charred Lands, he was born into them – The world that once was is nothing more than stories and tales passed onto him from the elder generation. He has spent his entire life guarded from the harsh realities of the world by big walls and seclusion, but soon his entire way of life is threatened as the very creatures that destroyed the world stumble across his Haven Views: 9
These fascinating and diverse stories reflect the everyday concerns of Palestinians living under occupation. Writers who were children during the first intifada appear alongside those who remember the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war. They offer compassionate, often critical, insight into their society in times of hardship and turmoil, drawing upon the warmth of human relations and the hope that better times will come. Qissat is a rare showcase of Palestinian women writers across generations and places, including Gaza, Ramallah, the United States and the Gulf. 'Raw and honest ... lyrical and beautifully written' Sunday Times 'Layered, haunting, sensuously rich' The Times 'In turn lyrical, sensuous, comic and ironic ... it is the quality of subtle, evocative writing here that makes Qissat remarkable.' Independent Views: 9
Call Me Home has an epic scope in the tradition of Louise Erdrich's The Plague of Doves or Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping and braids the stories of a family in three distinct voices: Amy, who leaves her Texas home at 19 to start a new life with a man she barely knows, and her two children, Jackson and Lydia, who are rocked by their parents' abusive relationship. When Amy is forced to bargain for the safety of one child over the other, she must retrace the steps in the life she has chosen. Jackson, 18 and made visible by his sexuality, leaves home and eventually finds work on a construction crew in the Idaho mountains, where he begins a potentially ruinous affair with Don, the married foreman of his crew. Lydia, his 12-year-old sister, returns with her mother to Texas, struggling to understand what she perceives to be her mother's selfishness. At its heart, this is a novel about family, our choices and how we come to live with them, what it means to be... Views: 9
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons, a new installment in her award-winning thriller-suspense series featuring Lucy GuardinoSometimes it's safer to stay hidden in the shadows...She's been on the run for almost half her life. Hiding from the law after a thoughtless act of juvenile delinquency goes horribly wrong. Gone dark was what they called it, falling so far off the grid, going so deep underground, no one could tie you to your old life. Forget who you are, what you were, where you came from...The world has changed since then, has forgiven her crime, has almost forgotten her...can Lucy find her to let her know she's free to reclaim her life before she makes another mistake? This time one that will destroy her life forever.If she leaves the dark, can she survive the light of day? Or is she simply making herself an easy target for an implacable enemy who never forgets or forgives? Views: 9
Washington D.C. police officer Kalina Harper still dreams about that night, two years ago, when a huge cat-like creature saved her from a crazed attacker. Although she kept the truth to herself, Kalina can never forget the ferocious strength of the beast’s fangs and claws—or the raw animal hunger in its eyes. Until she meets Roman Reynolds… Muscular, magnetic, and all man, Roman is a high-powered attorney with a predatory smile and seductive charm. He is also a criminal suspect with suspicious connections to the Amazon jungle. But when Kalina discovers that Roman is linked to a secret race of shapeshifting jaguars—who hunt down maneaters—she is forced to put her trust in a man who unleashes her wildest fantasies and fears. A fierce creature of the night whose nature is to protect his female at any cost… Views: 9
