Set in Brixton, 20 years after the race riots, The Dirty South follows the adventures of Bricky teenager Dennis Huggins as he drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta — or drug dealer — and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the streets is, the struggle for love is harder still. At least Dennis has involved parents looking out for him; too many of his friends have no guidance other than that offered by their fellow shottaz, or the dubiously motivated black Muslims. Wheatle brilliantly evokes the temptations of the thug life for young black men growing up in London's 'Dirty South' — a fast, compelling novel that offers no easy answers, but refuses to shy away from asking the difficult questions. Views: 27
As the metropolis sizzles in early summer temperatures, identical twin sisters Deana and Delia Ferraro are cooking up a heatwave of their own. Surrounded by an atmosphere of relentless humidity, Deanna and Delia find themselves rivals for the attentions of Jackson de Guile -- a wealthy entrepreneur and master of power dynamics -- who draws them both into a web of luxurious debauchery. Their erotic encounters become increasingly bizarre as Deanna and her twin vie for the rewards that pleasuring him brings them... Views: 27
Black Flame Reborn primeval in the fires of thermonuclear hell, America's aftermath is one of manifest evil, savage endurance and lingering hope. Traversing the lawless continent on a journey without destination, Ryan Cawdor seeks humanity in an inhuman world. In the Deathlands, life is cheap, death is free and survival demands the highest price of all. Circus of Blood Magus is a steel-eyed cybernetic sociopath whose bloodlust knows no bounds. Now, the savage Pacific isles above a long-submerged Southern California are his new arena. Ryan wants a second chance to chill Magus once and for all. But as the ringmaster of torture orchestrates his magnum opus, a stunning sideshow is under way. PreDark whitecoats believe they have found the key to turn back time and intercept the deed that erased human history. Views: 26
The Devil's Dust MC has a list of new threats to the club's lifestyle. Dani, to prove her loyalty, is trying to embrace a part of herself that she never knew existed until now. A sinful beast lurking beneath her surface has been awakened and is ready to eliminate anyone that stands in its way. Looking at her stained hands, she rinses the blood from them. She resigns herself to innocence lost and welcomes her thirst for more blood.After a breathtaking turn of events, Shadow is looking at life in a different perspective. Not knowing who he can trust or who he can forgive has left him feeling desolate and alone. As Shadow is laying behind his rifle, he wonders if he can pull the trigger to eliminate the threat. He takes a deep breath and squeezes the trigger, the rifle recoil ignites the fuel that drives him.Retaliations will be required.Boundaries will be shattered.Redemption will be lost.Betrayal so deep, yet they still yearn for one another. Can Shadow overlook Dani’s transgressions? Can Dani overlook the mistrust that Shadow has placed upon her? Views: 26
Eli and his family have lived in the underground Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone, and they’ve become accustomed to their new life. Accustomed, but not happy. For Eli, no amount of luxury can stifle the dull routine of living in the same place, with only his two sisters, his father and mother, doing the same thing day after day after day. As problems with their carefully planned existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary—and their sanity—Eli can’t help but wonder if he’d rather take his chances outside. Eli’s father built the Compound to keep them safe. But are they safe—or sorry? Views: 26
He's constantly demonstrating that the natural world is as splendiferous as any fable.' – Jim Shepard, New York Times New Zealand and Australia were imagined thousands of years before they became real. From Plato's Atlantis to Dante's Mount Purgatory, Sinbad the Sailor to Abel Tasman, travellers, writers, map-makers, charlatans and rogues dreamed of other worlds at the back of the sun. In Zone of the Marvellous Martin Edmond recounts the fantastic history of the antipodes in the Western imagination. Edmond tells the stories of Gilgamesh, seeking immortality on the other side of the Waters of Death, and Ptolemy, inventing a Great South Land to balance the weight of northern-hemisphere continents. He traces the invention underlying truth in the tales of Marco Polo and the equivocal John Mandeville; and the fact underlying fiction in Thomas More's Utopia. Along the way he wonders if Tasman's dour puritanical character is somehow mirrored in aspects of the New Zealand psyche... Views: 26
It was supposed to be a simple burglary…but the ghosts had other ideas. Glaswegian single mother Ariadne McSween is not having a happy New Year. Instead of celebrating with family and friends in time-honoured tradition, she’s helping her scallywag brother and his even less-savoury friends burgle a mansion in the Scottish Highlands. And nothing is going right. First there’s the bad weather and car breakdowns. Then, instead of a quick, quiet robbery under cover of a noisy party, Addie finds herself flirting outrageously with the house’s owner, sexy concert pianist and accused murderer, John Maxwell. Worse, her violent and erratic accomplice, Shug, takes their hosts hostage. Another complication: The house turns out to be haunted, and not just by the ghost of eminent composer Christopher Maxwell. Two randy spirits drawn to the lust of living want to join the party—along with the vengeful shade of John’s murdered wife. Soon Addie becomes entangled in a host of mysteries, like why are Ariadne and her cohorts being paid to rob a house that holds nothing more valuable than dusty musical manuscripts? And most of all, how does she avoid falling in love with the chief victim of her crime? Warning: This book contains explicit and musical sex, adult language and swearing in Glaswegian. Views: 26
What's in a name? Apparently everything for Ed Loy, because that's the
only information Father Vincent Tyrrell, brother of prominent racehorse
trainer F. X. Tyrrell, offers when he asks for Ed's help in finding a
missing person. Even the best private eye needs more than just a name,
but hard times and a dwindling bank account make it difficult for Loy to
say no. He is not without luck, however. While working
another case, Loy discovers a phone number that seems linked to F.X.
found on an unidentified body. Thinking it more than a coincidence, he
begins digging into the history of the Tyrrells—a history consumed with
trading and dealing, gambling and horse breeding—and soon realizes there
is more to the family than meets the eye, a suspicion confirmed when
two more people with connections to the Tyrrells are killed.
On the eve of one of Ireland's most anticipated sporting events, the
four-day Leopardstown Race-course Christmas Festival, all bets are off
as Loy pursues a twisted killer on the final leg of a reckless master
plan. In The Price of Blood, Declan Hughes once again
paints an arresting portrait of an Ireland not found in any guidebooks.
Deadly passions beget dark secrets in a chilling story that will have
readers on edge right up to its shocking conclusion. Views: 26
Her parents want a betrothal, but Mairead MacKenzie can’t get married without revealing her secret and no man will wed her once he knows. Views: 26
New York loves pastry chef Rachel Palladia's desserts, and her boss in the A-list Italian restaurant where she works is desperate to make her his wife. A country girl's dream come true--until she catches her fianc? making love to someone else. When her ex-fianc? sues her for the rights to her recipes, Rachel heads home to Morrisville, Indiana, to ask Colin Morris--the town's hotshot lawyer and her former secret crush--for help. But while they're working on an ironclad defense, their relationship really heats up! The two are concocting a recipe for the perfect marriage--except he's determined to stay small-town, and she yearns for the big city's bright lights. A dilemma, for sure, unless they can cook up a solution... Views: 26
