Lissa Bloom has been outshone by the beauty of her younger sister Shirley for years. She's hopelessly given up on love for herself as the handsome young men of Gideon's Gulch have never given her the time of day. Yet when Marcus McCaide breezes through town, he threatens to upset Lissa's lonely little world. He's not interested in Shirley, and he's not shy about voicing his attraction for Lissa. But he's admitted to not being the marrying kind, telling Lissa that he'd only break her heart. When the elderly Dr. Newcomb asks for Lissa's hand in marriage, she sorrowfully accepts, knowing it's the only offer she'll ever get. Yet will Marcus be able to let go of his demons long enough to realize he's in love with her? And will he be able to convince Lissa that she belongs in his arms before it's too late? Views: 65
What really happened?Libby Wilson needs to find out if her father--the father she never knew--was murdered. He died on the day he was going to marry her mother when the plane he was piloting crashed into an Alaskan lake. It was never found. His business partner, who disapproved of the match, gained the fortune that should have gone to Libby and her mother.Libby has come to Evening Lake to solve the mystery of her father's death. But she can't do it alone. Carson Dodge runs a salvage company, and he's the only one who can help her. Carson is intrigued by Libby's mission...and by Libby herself. Together they have one chance to rewrite history, correct past wrongs and maybe even fall in love. Views: 65
On the tiny South Pacific island of Saipan, thirteen-year-old Joseph and his half-Japanese cousin Kento practice to become warriors like their ancestors. But in the final months of World War II, their paradise island becomes the stage for one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific war between America and Japan. Joseph and Kento’s loyalties are tested and they discover, within themselves, what it means to become true warriors. Views: 65
Oscar Davenport always wins. Always. He doesn’t come second, and he sure as hell doesn’t lose. He’s founded and sold three tech companies, netting him almost a billion dollars. He ran a hedge fund worth hundreds of billions—until he got bored. His latest project, Six, a nightclub in LA is another winner. It’s both a successful business and a playground full of playmates. He’s never met an obstacle he couldn’t overcome or a woman he couldn’t have. Until now. Grace Evans is the kind of girl you’d find curled up with a good book on a Saturday night—at least, usually. This Saturday night is different. This Saturday night she’s gotten all done up, in a dress she can barely breathe in and heels she can barely walk in. She had to. She had to venture into the lair of the enemy. The enemy is Oscar Davenport, and his lair is his swanky nightclub. When she lays eyes on him, she’s ready to believe he’s the devil incarnate. His wicked smile, his beautiful eyes—everything about him is an invitation to sin. He moves with the grace and arrogance of a big cat about to pounce. Unfortunately, he’s moving straight toward her. He’s singled her out as his prey. He’s moving in for the kill. Little does he know that she isn’t about to surrender; in fact, he’s in for the fight of his life. Views: 65
TO: [email protected] FROM: [email protected] Boss, I'm finishing up all my articles before Alessandro and I get married later this month. He's thrilled his uncle Max is out of the hospital and can attend the wedding. If only Baltasar Escalante weren't still out there -- Alessandro believes he's plotting against the Vance and Montgomery families. My cousin Quinn has been busy restoring detective Becca Hilliard's house, but he's also on alert following the explosion at the hospital. I'd be thrilled if Quinn and Becca became a couple but I wonder how safe it is to fall in love when there's a madman on the loose.... Views: 65
A depressive is convinced that there is only one place where he will find belonging, beyond the grave.In order to achieve that he is on a search for the perfect suicide. When his homicidal experiments fail he has to learn to find a place in this world and change his mindset. But will he? He is blood thirsty and on the verge of suicide.Book I of the Scarleton series. Views: 65
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A solid, well-researched account of the years Anthony Spilotro was the Chicago Outfit's enforcer in Las Vegas. -- _Sunrise View, May 16, 2006_[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]Dennis N. Griffin uses all of his investigative and interviewing skills to bring this fascinating story to his readers. -- _Rome Sentinel, July 22, 2006_[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]If you want to know about Las Vegas in the mob days, this book says it all. A great read. -- _Tru Hawkins, KDWN Radio, April 2, 2006_[HTML_REMOVED][HTML_REMOVED]No punches are pulled in this hard-hitting account of some of the most vicious men to ever walk the earth. --_Salem-News.com, August 13, 2006_
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From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the "skim," from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthaal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who'd do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn't long before Spilotoro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the "King of the Strip." Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro's rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough buys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win. Views: 65
From Publishers WeeklyIn Wellington's energetic horror debut, the first of a promised trilogy, Manhattan has become Monster Island after a plague has turned all its denizens into shambling, rotting animated corpses, except for a couple who have kept their intelligence and also acquired psychic powers. When an expedition from Africa arrives, composed of teenage girl-soldiers and a former U.N. weapons inspector, the zombie masters mobilize their forces to kill or eat the living humans. Page by page, the story is inventive and exciting as Wellington exploits his familiarity with New York's nooks and crannies as settings for flesh-chomping battles and narrow escapes. As a whole, though, the book satisfies less since the author selectively forgets anything about the situation or the characters that would inhibit further gross-out episodes. Still, the novel offers some provocative thoughts about the purpose of life and death underlaid with some ultra-dark humor._ (May)_ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistThis is a zombie novel--a fantastic zombie novel. Most of the world has fallen to the undead, with pockets of survivors clinging to a precarious existence. At the behest of the leader of the Free Women's Republic of Somaliland, a shipload of those makes the ludicrous trip from Africa to New York in a desperate quest for medicine. New York is a wasteland, and everything depends on a small, incredibly dedicated band of teenage girls, armed to the teeth, and native guide Dekalb, formerly a UN arms inspector. Also, in NYC there is Gary, a zombie who, completely unexpectedly, retains live human mental faculties. The questers get ringside seats for some of the apocalypse's finest moments, and no matter how prepared they thought they were, something worse awaits in the depths of New York. When zombies have already overrun everything, that's saying something. There are many layers to this zombie apocalypse, and this book just gets things rolling. Stay tuned. Regina SchroederCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Views: 65
Karl was a challenge she couldn't ignore! Reluctantly, Juliet prepared to leave Silbersee, and the Bavarian wood-carving school that had been her second home. Then Karl Adler came storming into the place and Juliet changed her mind. In Karl's eyes, Juliet had letdown his stepbrother when he most needed her--for what Karl insisted were her own selfish reasons. To Juliet, Karl was the business tycoon planning to destroy her picturesque lake by building a sawmill. It was foolish to think their differences could be resolved! Views: 65
