Living the high life in Grace Locke's elite world has left her listless and unfulfilled. Her parents have it all mapped out for her, from birth to marriage, including the man she's supposed to love and marry. It's too bad she can't get her kiss with Dean, a cowboy from outside her circle, off her mind. Things change when her grandmother challenges Grace to break free and begin to learn who she is and not who her parents want her to be.Attacking her new life with the gusto of self-exploration, Grace finds she really only feels free with Dean. Unfortunately, that soon becomes complicated when she's drawn into helping her ex-boyfriend, not out of love, but out of her concern for his suffering younger sister. Sworn to secrecy by her ex to protect his family's reputation, Grace has to deal with a suspicious Dean and her ruthless parents who care little about her happiness. Freedom, Grace, soon learns can come at a cost. Views: 69
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In her rare free time, newlywed Lee McKinney Woodyard works on TenHuis Chocolade's newest offerings, chocolate jewels. But soon the town of Warner Pier has its very own jewel heist, and then a body is found in the lake. Lee can't help but wonder if the crimes are related. Maybe if she digs up some dirt, she'll hit the mother lode. Views: 69
Philip K. Dick Voices from the Street 1952. First published in 2007 by Tor. Stuart Hadley is a young radio electronics salesman in early 1950−s Oakland, California. He has what many would consider the ideal life; a nice house, a pretty wife, a decent job with prospects for advancement, but he still feels unfulfilled; something is missing from his life. Hadley is an angry young man—an artist, a dreamer, a screw-up. He tries to fill his void first with drinking, and sex, and then with religious fanaticism, but nothing seems to be working, and it is driving him crazy. He reacts to the love of his wife and the kindness of his employer with anxiety and fear. One of the earliest books that Dick ever wrote, and the only novel that has never been published, Voices from the Street is the story of Hadley’s descent into depression and madness, and out the other side. Most known in his lifetime as a science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick is growing in reputation as an American writer whose powerful vision is an ironic reflection of the present. This novel completes the publication of his canon. Views: 69
DRAWING AMANDA is set in the under-parented, high-expectation adolescent world of a Manhattan international prep school. Fourteen-year-old budding artist Inky Kahn is still smarting from the death of his father. He thinks he's found his big break when he bonds with the developer of a new computer game and snags a coveted drawing assignment, for which he uses his secret crush–Amanda–as a model.But unbeknownst to Inky, the developer has a dangerous criminal past, and is using his computer game to lure and stalk teenage girls. And Inky has inadvertently led Amanda right into his path. Blinded by his own ambition and sulking from his father's death, Inky hides from the truth. Will Inky, with the help of Rungs, his cybergeek pal, discover the crime in time and save Amanda before the creep ensnares her–or anyone else? Views: 69
The final opening of the Indian lands in what is now part of present-day Oklahoma was a turbulent time. Luther and Fionna McCracken and their children sought a new beginning on the Medicine Bundle Grasslands, hoping to escape past unhappiness. Instead, they found themselves caught up in a struggle against both the law and lawless they couldn't ignore if they were to make their dreams a reality. The final crushing dilemma came when their son joined the ranchers who were fighting to stop what they saw as an invasion by the homesteaders. And when the boy's rebellion turned to outright banditry, the McCrackens had to face the catastrophic consequences. Views: 69
John Lawton’s debut novelfirst published by Viking in 1995, and now
being reissued by Grove Pressis a stunning, war-time thriller that
cements his place among the greatest crime writers of our era. The first
of the Inspector Troy novels, Black Out singularly captures the
realities of wartime London, weaving them into a riveting drama that
encapsulates the uncertainty of Europe at the dawn of the postwar
era.London, 1944. While the Luftwaffe makes its final assault on the
already battered British capital, Londoners rush through the streets,
seeking underground shelter in the midst of the city’s black out. When
the panic subsides, other things begin to surface along with London’s
war-worn citizens. A severed arm is discovered by a group of children
playing at an East End bomb site, and when Scotland Yard’s Dective
Sergeant Frederick Troy arrives at the scene, it becomes apparent that
the dismembered body is not the work of a V-1 rocket. After Troy manages
to link the severed arm to the disappearance of a refugee scientist
form Nazi Germany, America’s newest intelligence agency, the OSS,
decides to get involved. The son of a titled Russian émigré, Troy is
forced to leave the London he knows and enter a corrupt world of bloody
consequences, stateless refugees, and mysterious women as he unearths a
chain of secrets leading straight to the Allied high command. Views: 69
DEM BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN! Detective Robert Stallworth is known for his special talent: finding dead things. When a severed foot is found in the Dead River Swamp, it's up to Robert to find the rest. Follow the detective as he puts the pieces together to solve the mystery of THE BONE PUZZLE. Twists and turns abound in this gripping story of manipulation, murder, and illusion. Views: 69
A river of no return. A treasure to die for… The Event Group is comprised of the nation’s most brilliant men and women in the fields of science, philosophy, and the military. Led by Major Jack Collins, their job is to find the truth behind the world’s greatest unsolved myths. And this time, Collins and his crew will dare to uncover a terrifying secret — about the long-vanished tribe of the Incas — that’s buried deep within the Amazon Basin. Some secrets go to the grave. Others become Legend The last expedition into the depths and darkness of the Amazon claimed the lives of a female professor and her team. Now the Event Group, using cutting-edge technology exclusively designed by the U.S. military, will travel to the ends of the earth — from Brazil to the Little Bighorn to the Arlington National Cemetery — to bring new meaning to an ancient disaster…or bury the legend forever…or die trying. Views: 69
