A STOLEN KISS... Cicely Milburn has no intention of marrying anyone, let alone a Scottish barbarian! But when Lord Rory Mackillin rescues her from a treacherous attack she reluctantly accepts his help—even though his kisses trouble her dreams. AN HONORABLE BARBARIAN... The Border Reiver is determined to guard his charge on their journey through war-torn England. Yet he cannot shield his own heart from Cicely's beauty and bravery—especially when the only honorable way to protect her is to marry her! Views: 51
There are crises enough for James T. Kirk to contend with: a Romulan-Reman civil war, Ambassador Spock assassinated and closer to home, a violent rebellion against him by his son. Then comes a call when he least expects it: one last time, the Federation is asking for his help. Views: 51
They were beautiful. They were rich. They were famous. They were powerful. Catherine Bourton: With a face like the Mona Lisa she storms the men-only bastions of London's square mile to become the world's most bewitching tycoon. Monty Bourton: Internationally f?ted rock star whose raw sexuality and heartbreaking voice expose her obsessive need for love. Princess Ayeshah: A woman with secrets, a dark, mysterious queen of the night who catered for men's desires with the ruthlessness of one who understood the degradations of lust – and used them Then one morning the Bourton sisters each wake up to find a priceless pearl hidden under their pillows. Why? So begins a journey back into the past that will change their lives . . . 'Readers will devour it' Independent Views: 51
SUMMARY: From a strong new voice in epic fantasy comes the tale of Durand, a good squire trying to become a good knight in a harsh and unforgiving world. Set to inherit the lordship of a small village in his father's duchy because the knight of that village has been bereaved of his own son, Durand must leave when the son unexpectedly turns up alive. First he falls in with a band of knights working for a vicious son of a duke and ends up participating in the murder of the duke's adulterous wife. Fleeing, he comes into the service of a disgraced second son of a duke, Lamoric, who is executing a long subterfuge to try to restore his honor in the eyes of his father, family, and king. By entering tournaments anonymously as "The Red Knight," Durand will demonstrate his heroism and prowess and be drafted into the honors of the king. But conspiracies are afootdark plots that could break the oaths which bind the kingdom and the duchies together and keep the banished monsters at bay. It may fall to Durand to save the world of Man... Authentic and spellbinding,In the Eye of Heavenweaves together the gritty authenticity of a Glen Cook with the high-medieval flair epitomized by Gene Wolfe'sThe Knight, to begin an epic multi-volume tale that will take the fantasy world by storm. Views: 51
A riveting and emotionally harrowing debut about two young brothers and their physically and psychologically abusive father—One of the Boys is 160 perfect, stunning pages by a major new talent.The three of them—a twelve-year-old boy, his older brother, their father—have won the war: the father's term for his bitter divorce and custody battle. They leave their Kansas home and drive through the night to Albuquerque, eager to begin again, united by the thrilling possibility of carving out a new life together. The boys go to school, join basketball teams, make friends. Meanwhile their father works from home, smoking cheap cigars to hide another smell. But soon the little missteps—the dead-eyed absentmindedness, the late night noises, the comings and goings of increasingly odd characters—become sinister, and the boys find themselves watching their father change, grow erratic, then violent. Set in the sublimely stark landscape of... Views: 51
The end has comeFourteen-year-old Vincent Drear's religion has taught him a couple of things. First, the world is going to end. Second, until it does, he has two jobs: saving souls and protesting movies about boy wizards. Vincent suspects there might actually be more to life and his suspicions are confirmed when he finds an elf at his school science fair. Unfortunately, the elf informs Vincent that his family's religion is right about one thing: the end of the world is coming-in forty-eight hours!Vincent would like to save the world but a few obstacles stand in his way-hungry demons, uncooperative elves, multinational corporations, the school bully... His only hope is to get his family off Earth before the demons wipe out everything, paving the way for a new epoch.But the fun has just begun Views: 51
Eleven thousand years ago, before the seas swallowed the Atlanteans, Poseidon assigned a few chosen warriors to act as sentinels for humans in the new world. There was only one rule—desiring them was forbidden. But rules were made to be broken... When she calls... Riley Dawson is more than a dedicated Virginia Beach social worker. She's blessed with a mind link that only Atlanteans have been able to access for thousands of years. Being an "empath" may explain her wistful connection to the roiling waves of the ocean, the sanctuary it provides, and the sexual urges that seem to emanate from fathoms below... He will come. Conlan, the High Prince of Atlantis, has surfaced on a mission to retrieve Poseidon's stolen trident. Yet something else has possessed Conlan: the intimate emotions—and desires—of a human. Irresistibly drawn to the uncanny beauty, Conlan soon shares more than his mind. But in the midst of a battle to reclaim Poseidon's power, how long can a forbidden love last between two different souls from two different worlds? Views: 51
From Publishers WeeklyIn the exciting eighth supernatural thriller from bestsellers Preston and Child (after 2006's The Book of the Dead), FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward, Constance Greene, seek peace of mind at a remote Tibetan monastery, only to fall into yet another perilous, potentially earthshaking assignment. The monastery's abbot asks them to recover a stolen relic, the cryptic Agozyen, which could, in the wrong hands, wipe out humanity. The pair follow the trail to a luxury cruise ship, where a series of brutal murders suggests the relic's evil spirit might already have been invoked. Fans of earlier books focused on a thinly disguised American Museum of Natural History may find less at stake among the new cast of secondary characters, but the fate of Constance, who claims to have aborted the child of Pendergast's villainous younger brother, remains a potent subplot. While not as frightening as others in the series, this entry still shows why the authors stand head and shoulders above their rivals in this subgenre. (Aug. 28) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review"Exciting...the authors stand head and shoulders above their rivals." (Publishers Weekly ) "From the opening page to the shocking last, an amazingly claustrophobic and terrifying reading experience awaits: this book does for cruise ships what Jaws did for summer beach resorts. One of the best thrillers of the year." (Library Journal starred review )
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