A courageous biography by a woman from Sierra Leone who at 12 was tortured and lost her hands to child soldiers, her subsequent life in refugee camps, begging in Freetown and her eventual arrival in Toronto where she began to pull her life back together. Views: 27
Mia is a workaholic by day that finally decides to indulge in a little fun for one night with a sexy guy she meets at Loose, the bar she works for. Little does she know, the man she plans to entertain is a cop, one thats investigating not only her place of work, but her.Cameron ODonnell hates to mix work with pleasure but the tempting bartender he meets while on the job made it inevitable. After spending the night with her, Cameron soon finds himself caring for her well being even if it goes against the rules of his investigation. He wants to protect her, believe her to be the innocent woman he knows she is, but finding the evidence will take longer than one night to prove him right. Views: 27
His diamond mistress
As Alessandro Caretti made his ruthless climb to the top, his glamorous
new world shut the door on ordinary Megan. Now a multi-millionaire
tycoon, Alessandro is back -- and he wants the one thing his money can't
buy: Megan.
Still totally out of her depth, Megan will never understand which string
of diamonds matches which of the couture outfits Alessandro commands
her to wear! But for Alessandro, Megan's silk dresses are irrelevant --
his only interest is keeping his mistress where she belongs...firmly
between his silk sheets! Views: 27
THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LOSE IT ALL AT THE TRACK
A New York bar bouncer with dreams of being more, Tommy Russo jumps at the chance to join a horse-owning syndicate. But to do so he’ll have to pony up $10,000 – and that’s money he hasn’t got. So what’s an ambitious young man to do? Anything he has to…
From Publishers Weekly Starr ( The Follower ) traces the life of a New York bar bouncer down on his luck in this sinister noir tale. Tommy Russo, an aspiring actor, wants in on the deal of a lifetime: purchasing a racehorse with several other backers. Gambling addict Russo barely has enough money to buy a burger, let alone contribute 10 grand, so he hocks a girlfriend's jewelry and then moves on to stealing from his boss's safe. Russo's gradual spiral down into complete degeneration is so expertly crafted that readers will be shocked to compare the hopeful actor with his final incarnation as hardened criminal. Starr expertly combines elements of hard-boiled crime novels with a dark view of human nature to create a one-of-a-kind, mesmerizing read. Views: 27
At fifteen, Ethan is on the fast track to nowhere. In and out of group homes and constantly in trouble, Ethan is fighting to find a sense of who he is. After breaking into an amusement park and being savaged by a police dog, he is befriended by a paramedic. Offered a choice of court or going on a ride-along in an ambulance, Ethan takes what he thinks is the easy way out. On Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Ethan comes face to face with the horrific truth from his past and must learn to deal with where he came from—and where he is going. Views: 27
The Tribers – Bee, Jonno, Keener, Fifty and Copper Pie – have fun getting in and out of adventures.Why is Copper Pie bunking off school at lunchtime? When the other Tribers find out, they can't help getting involved and they're soon in trouble.Then it's the school camping trip, where Team Tribe build rafts, tell jokes, race rubber ducks and finally face the scary assault course. Will Fifty manage to conquer his fear? It's non-stop for Tribe. Views: 27
The Coxeman finds himself in a new position as a leader of a team of young men and women from his League for Sexual Dynamics whose mission is to discover how and why masses of enemy agents are infiltrating America. Despite the team's brains, brawn and erotic skills, they fail. One by one they are killed off in the most violent and sadistic ways. Rod realizes that the enemy knows too much too soon. One of his team must be a double agent. But who? And how can Rod uncover the traitor before America is overrun by spies? Rod lays his plans accordingly-and discovers that rescuing victory from the jaws of defeat all depends on how you snatch it! Views: 27
From prolific Christian author Michael Philips comes the trilogy of stories following the Davidson family as they struggle to reconcile their Christian values with Southern values in Civil War era Virginia.Dream of Freedom: In the antebellum South, Richmond and Carolyn Davidson live lives of ease as wealthy plantation owners. But even though their wealth and livelihood depends on slave ownership, their Christian consciences speak against the practice. When the Davidsons decide to follow their own moral judgment and God's will by freeing their slaves, they face consequences they never could have anticipated. Risking their lives as an important link in the Underground Railroad helping runaway slaves escape to the Northern states, the Davidsons must rely on their wits—and God's protection—to stay alive.Dream of Life: With their beloved plantation, Greenwood, now a vital link in the Underground Railroad, Richmond and Carolyn Davidson must balance the need Views: 27
