Upset over a horrible twist that fate has thrown Katie’s best friend, Dusty is determined to find a way to right this horrible wrong. After years of being afraid to even mention his name, Dusty goes in search of Frank, the one person who helped Katie through her time traveling torment. When he discovers Katie can’t go back in time again, but he can, he takes the chance to do for Courtney what Katie had done for his sister: Save her life.He quickly finds out that things are not going to be as easy as he thought. Getting Katie to fall for him all over again is a challenge he wasn’t prepared to take on. Having the knowledge of Katie’s time traveling helps somewhat, but Frank’s assistance doesn’t prove as helpful as it was for her. Being sent to altered timelines, as Katie had been, are equally frustrating for him. But finding out Frank’s identity was the most surprising “trip” of all. Views: 53
From Publishers WeeklyThe death of a nameless prostitute in a glitzy Melbourne high-rise is the first in a series of crimes that Insp. Stephen Villani discovers are all tied to protecting the interests of the city's elite in this brutal tale of corruption, greed, and revenge from Australian author (and Ned Kelly Award–winner) Temple (The Broken Shore). Burdened by a shaky marriage and an increasingly rebellious teenage daughter while trying to stay afloat in Melbourne's treacherous political climate, Villani doesn't know where to turn. The discovery of three savagely tortured men with ties to one of the city's biggest crime bosses only adds another layer to the already twisted case, and makes Villani question eve-rything he thought he knew about the line between cop and criminal. Temple's elliptical storytelling—the past and the present are often interchangeable—fits the slippery subject of deeply ingrained police corruption and one man's determination to uncover the truth. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. ReviewWinner – Australian Book Industry Award for General FictionShortlisted – Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction Shortlisted – Victorian Premier’s Awards for Fiction Shortlisted – Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year An Australian Financial Review Book of the Year “*Truth is about family and morality, city and countryside, private dilemmas and public responsibilities. It’s also a stunning piece of psychological portraiture.” — The Guardian“Temple’s award-winning The Broken Shore was good; this is better.” — The Independent“Truth is both confronting and electrifying. It is Temple’s best book.” — The Age“Absent mothers, unspoken tensions, family secrets all hover like shadows over this story. . . . It is mesmerizing reading . . . and it marks Peter Temple as one of our greatest writers.” — Sunday Telegraph“The writing is diamond hard and clear, the pages demand to be turned, and he comes near the truth of things that matter. . . . Temple’s many fans will need no encouragement to read this book. If you are yet to join them, don’t wait any longer.” — The Australian *"Truth succeeds as a well-paced, most engaging crime novel, a world-class effort. It is also one of the best pieces of modern Australian fiction this decade if not for many decades." — *The Courier Mail“This sequel to The Broken Shore is every bit as good. . . . It seduces you. This is a wonderful book, one of the best of the year.” — Margaret Cannon, The Globe and Mail*“Peter Temple’s latest is blistering. . . .a world-class... Views: 53
When Matt Helm is dispatched to Los Angeles to investigate the shooting of an agent, it isn't just an assignment—it's personal. To get the answers he wants means run-ins with two- bit hoods, a trio of beautiful women, a gang of drug traffickers, and his old friend Mr Soo, whose government has ideas about polluting America to death... Views: 53
Night Rising was only the beginning...Dawn Madison reluctantly came to Los Angeles in search of her missing father and found instead a world of murder and the living dead she never imagined existed. When a new vampire slaying lures Dawn deeper into the underground, her alliances in the sunlit world shift. Now she has only herself to trust and her newfound skills as "a spunky vampire slayer" (Publishers Weekly). Views: 53
Science Fiction/Fantasy. 58391 words long. Views: 53
When a meteor hits the moon and knocks it closer in orbit to the earth, nothing will ever be the same. Worldwide tidal waves. Earthquakes. Volcanic Eruptions. And that’s just the beginning Views: 53
Quinn Dorfman's struggling at school and watching his family deteriorate and, since moving to a new town, has trouble enjoying his passion, skateboarding. Views: 53
The world is now at peace, hunters are not actively trying to kill werewolves. Or so everyone thought. Nat thought she was the only werewolf with problems. Her pack tell her differently. With a new threat raising, she needs to be more than she thinks she can be, learning to love and learning to be an alpha will take Nat on an adventure she never thought she could go on. Views: 53
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Decorated police detective Lawrence Hightower's instincts click into high gear when a beautiful but suspicious stranger appears in his stakeout zone. Soon he realizes Minerva Jones is in danger and needs protection. He can't trust her. But he can't get this tough, feisty, stubborn siren out of his head.Desperate to keep a low profile, the last thing Minerva needs is a sexy cop getting too close for comfort. Not that she's guilty of anything, except her own intense attraction to the too-fine detective. But she's got a few secrets, and trouble is closing in. Dare she surrender to the promise this sensual hero holds in his strong, protective embrace? Views: 53
To thwart an earl was Lady Pendleton's dearest desire, so she had taken it into her head to invite her two delightful young American nieces to England. Her brother, the pompous Earl of Cumberford, positively loathed the American branch of the family, and when the Powell cousins took London society by storm, he would be livid with rage. Lady Pendleton was certain her plan would succeed, for lively Antonia was irresistibly pretty, and Serena merely required the attentions of a first-rate dressmaker and a more confident manner to attract the notice of London's most eligible bachelors.But if Lady Pendleton could have foreseen how well her scheme would work and just which lords would soon be courting her charges in earnest, she would never have let Antonia and Serena off the boat from America.Jane Austen fans will delight in the reissue of this classic Regency Romance. With a light touch and witty eye for human foibles, Harkness paints the fashionable world of Regency... Views: 53
Decius Caecilius Metellus, this year's magistrate for cases involving foreigners, is living the good life in southern Italy, happy to be away from Rome, a city suffering war jitters over Caesar's impending actions. He thinks he is merely visiting one of the local sights when he takes a party to visit the Oracle of the Dead, a pre-Roman cult site located at the end of a tunnel dug beneath a temple of Apollo. He quickly learns that there is a bitter rivalry between the priests of Apollo and those of Hecate, who guard the oracle.When the priests of Apollo are all killed, the countryside looks to explode in violence as Greeks, Romans and native Italians of several conquered nations bring out old enmities. Decius is caught squarely in the middle, desperate to find a way out that will pacify the district and, incidentally, save his own skin. This riveting series began with the Edgar Award-nominated SPQR and has gone on to international success in 13 languages. Views: 53
THEY COULD HAVE ANY WOMAN IN THE WORLD AND THEY CHOSE HERNotolie McLennan, a young off-off Broadway actress, traded her bright future for the easy money, free-flowing drugs and fast life of a high-end call girl. Recruited by Jason Itzler, the self-anointed "King of All Pimps," McLennan soon became Itzler's girlfriend and "Natalia"— the "it" girl in demand by New York power players, rock stars, and NFL quarterbacks. Before long McLennan's peerless talents earned her the reputation as the highest paid escort in New York, prompting New York magazine to dub her "The $2,000-an-Hour Woman."From the Tribeca loft where McLennan lived with boyfriend-cum-pimp Itzler, the two operated their exclusive escort service, New York Confidential. From this self-styled Utopia of sex, money and drugs, McLennan recruited, befriended and mentored Ashley Dupré, an aspiring singer who would ultimately land in the spotlight in the biggest political sex scandal of the decade—and spell the fall of New York's governor Eliot Spitzer.In The Price, her darkly funny and surprisingly poignant memoir, McLennan tells it all and details her sexual escapades, her descent into hardcore drug addiction, and finally her downfall and arrest—the price for traveling in New York's demimonde of high-end prostitution. Views: 53
