You can't keep a good woman down-Kris Longknife returns.Once again Kris finds herself caught in the crosshairs of unknown enemies who want her dead. Factions, both legitimate and underground, vie for control of the planet New Eden. And someone is taking advantage of the chaos to unleash a personal vendetta against Kris. Views: 60
Daisy Gillard leads a quiet life working in her father's antiques shop, until the handsome pediatrician Mr. Jules der Huizma sweeps her away to Holland! It is a secret joy for Daisy that Jules seems to want to spend time with her. But Daisy knows her feelings can't lead anywhere, since Jules is promised to another woman. Still, he is so attentive and charming that Daisy is starting to hope she could become Jules's bride. Views: 60
Fox and BC travel through time from the distant future to 1901. Elite cadets in the Imperial Army, they are young, handsome, well-mannered...and now, mutineers. They have journeyed into the past to save the opening ceremony of Australia's first parliament from being bombed. If the cadets fail, thousands will die, sparking a century of total war. Views: 60
Told in a flowing, entertaining style, The Other Side Of My Kitchen has
all the ingredients of a tasty novel; it is original, modern, funny, and
slyly provocative. The people who love Omari Willingham, a
successful chef, seem to think what he needs most in his life is a new
woman. Omari is not so sure what he needs outside of maintaining his not
one, but two successful business. If that wasn't difficult enough,
Omari is also dealing with the emotional hangover of a painful divorce.
Single, intelligent, and acceptably handsome, Omari jumps into the
dating game clueless and unprepared. The ride forces him to discover
that finding that special person in a world ruled by instant
gratification has never been harder, or as interesting. Views: 60
Set against the backdrop of the globalization crisis, Edmundo Paz Soldán's award-winning literary thriller is a modern chapter in the age-old fight between oppressed and opressor.The town of Río Fugitivo is on the verge of a social revolution -- not a revolution of strikes and street riots but a war waged electronically, in which computer viruses are the weapons and hackers the revolutionaries.In this war of information, the lives of a variety of characters become entangled: Kandisky, the mythic leader of a group of hackers fighting the government and transnational companies; Albert, the founder of the Black Chamber, a state security firm charged with deciphering the secret codes used in the information war; and Miguel Sáenz, the Black Chamber’s most famous codebreaker, who begins to suspect that his work is not as innocent as he once supposed. All converge to create an edgy, fast-paced story about personal responsibility and complicity in a world defined by the ever-increasing gulfs between the global and the local, government and society, the virtual and the real. Views: 60
When Lieutenant Commander Heidi Kraft's twin son and daughter were fifteen months old, she was deployed to Iraq . A clinical psychologist in the US Navy, Kraft's job was to uncover the wounds of war that a surgeon would never see. She put away thoughts of her children back home, acclimated to the sound of incoming rockets, and learned how to listen to the most traumatic stories a war zone has to offer.One of the toughest lessons of her deployment was perfectly articulated by the TV show MASH: "There are two rules of war. Rule number one is that young men die. Rule number two is that doctors can't change rule number one." Some Marines, Kraft realized, and even some of their doctors, would be damaged by war in ways she could not repair. And sometimes, people were repaired in ways she never expected. RULE NUMBER TWO is a powerful firsthand account of providing comfort admidst the chaos of wa... Views: 60
Sarah Andrews is well known for her popular mystery series featuring forensic geologist Em Hansen. With In Cold Pursuit, she builds on that foundation and introduces a new lead character in this compelling mystery from the last continent. Valena Walker is a dedicated master's student in geology headed to Antarctica to study glaciology with the venerable Dr. Emmett Vanderzee. Being on the ice is something she's dreamed about since she was a little girl. But when she finally arrives at McMurdo, she discovers that her professor has been arrested for murder, and what's more, that the incident happened a year ago. A newspaper reporter who'd visited Antarctica the previous winter had died from exposure, and though no one was a fan of the guy---he was attempting to contradict Vanderzee's research---by all accounts, everyone was devastated to lose someone on the ice. Valena quickly realizes that in order to avoid being shipped north immediately and having... Views: 60
OF CLANKING CHAINS, EERIE HOWLS, AND THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT...Karl
Edward Wagner, a master at unearthing the most haunting tales of terror
created by his fellow practitioners in the dark art of freezing your
blood, has, with this new collection of THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES,
come up with a truly unforgettable gallery of ghoulish delights.From
a man dangerously bespelled by the merest glimpse of a beautiful,
mysterious woman... to a child who can only watch helplessly as, one by
one, his family begins to disappear... to a co-ed beset by eerie memory
lapses on a college campus where Death teaches one final course... to an
invitation to a Halloween ceremony where being the guest of honor means
being the guest of horror... here are nineteen magnificent chillers by
brilliant new talents and such acclaimed authors as Tanith Lee, Charles
Grant, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, and William Nolan. Views: 60
When love is more than a matter of the heart...heartbreak may be unavoidable.In the aftermath of a shattering personal loss, Detective Kyle Bain buries her pain in the routine of fulfilling her professional and family obligations. When she meets Lane Connor, the owner of a popular restaurant on the shores of the Pacific Ocean who is struggling with a broken heart of her own, the chance for happiness suddenly seems possible. As Lane and Kyle take the first tentative steps toward rebuilding their lives and exploring the attraction between them, Kyle makes a shocking discovery about the woman she is coming to love. Can Kyle and Lane find a way to heal the damage that threatens the fragile ties that bind them, heart to heart? Views: 60
