She'll become the warrior's woman to save her people.In a time of legends, wizards, mists, and magic, the Hawk clan's ancient spell of protection surrounding their secluded and peaceful forest is weakening. When a vicious warlord threatens the clan's existence, their only hope lies in finding a great warrior with the skills to save them. The task falls to Jenna, but convincing a legendary warrior who has buried his sword to save her people will cost her everything.Kane has a past filled with betrayal and a prophecy that warns him taking up the sword again will mean his death. Despite the danger, he's unable to completely refuse Jenna's plea for help. He agrees to train her in the arts of war in return for her innocence. All too late he realizes he's made a fool's bargain; he wants much more than her body. She owns his soul, and that may cost him his life. Views: 12
Twelve-year-old Rosie Goldglitt is a never-been-kissed, hopeless romantic. Her mother has a new boyfriend. So why can't Rosie attract the attentions of the cutest boy in the seventh grade, Robbie Romano? Is it because she's two inches taller than he is? Is it her horrible name? Or is she simply a dork? If only she could be more like her rival, the perfect and popular Mary Katz, then maybe Robbie would notice her. As Rosie navigates the ups and downs of adolescence, she eagerly anticipates the experience of a first kiss - when she's not completely grossed out at the thought of it. But by the time the big dance rolls around, Rosie manages to surprise herself, in more ways than one. This perceptive and funny story captures the bittersweetness and euphoria of growing up, the messiness of having a crush, and how sometimes the most unexpected things in life are the most enjoyable. Views: 12
The Belle of the ball stars in her second Disney Princess chapter book! When Mrs. Potts tells Belle about a winter ball that she used to attend years ago, Belle suggests they plan their very own dance at the castle! But although Belle is excited, she wishes that she could wear the special charm bracelet that her father made for her. The Enchanted Objects (along with the help of the Beast!) decide to surprise Belle and make a bracelet for her. Will they finish it in time? Views: 12
Jack Vance (writing as Ellery Queen)A Room to Die InSUICIDE! Impossible! Ann Nelson was positive her admittedly eccentric father would never take his own life. Especially not when he'd just come into a pile of cool cash.The question was how to prove it to pigheaded Police Inspector Tarr. Finding the corpse, the gun, and a partly burned blackmail threat in a room locked and bolted from the inside provided a pretty good scenario for suicide and an almost-impossible-to-beat case against murder.Yet Ann was sure her father had been killed, though it took the uncovering of several more bodies before the cops were ready to listen. And then it was almost too late. Ann had put her finger on some dangerous clues, and if she didn't add them up fast enough a deadly murderer would put the finger on her ..... Views: 12
Gina and Laurence have been the best of friends ever since they were teenagers.They have never been in love -- just friends.Now, Gina is married to the exquisitely tasteful Fergus and lives in stylish perfection at High Place.Laurence is married to down-to-earth Hilary and lives in the Bee House, a home and hotel.Then, with elegant disdain, Fergus announces that he is leaving Gina and their teenage daughter.As Gina's misery ricochets through the two homes, she turns for emotional support to Laurence, her dearest friend.And as Laurence gives comfort, so his own marriage and the stability of his children edges towards destruction ... Views: 12
Is the Coxeman hung up with the world’s wildest sex weapon? A tiny silver pill the power to make every man a super stud. A tiny silver pill that could destroy the sexual balance of civilization. There was only one man with the wherewithal needed to stem the tide of lust that threatened to lay low the free world-Rod Damon. Swinging into action, Rod gives his all as he races death-and a mob of sex-crazed foreign beauties-to steal the secret of the pill. Rod penetrates deep into forbidden territory and set an around-the-world record for action beyond the call of duty! Views: 12
With her darkly seductive Psy/Changeling world, Nalini Singh has created "a sensual, dangerous adventure not to be missed" ( New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh). Now, as the deadly Psy Council tightens its grip, a rebel Psy scientist finds herself at the mercy of a changeling who has sworn vengeance against her kind... Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race, Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy—cool, calm, emotionless...at least on the surface. Inside, she's fighting a desperate battle to save her son and escape the vicious cold of the PsyNet. Yet when escape comes, it leads not to safety, but to the lethal danger of a sniper's embrace. DarkRiver sniper Dorian Christensen lost his sister to a Psy killer. Though he lacks the changeling ability to shift into animal form, his leopard lives within. And that leopard's rage at the brutal loss is a clawing darkness that hungers for vengeance. Falling for a Psy has never been on Dorian's agenda. But charged with protecting Ashaya and her son, he discovers that passion has a way of changing the rules... Views: 11
When the CIA is tipped off that one of its most wanted men is going to be in Bologna, Italy, Ferg and the First Team are tasked to apprehend him at any cost—but under no circumstances can Italian authorities be made aware. There is just one problem: no one has seen the man in over ten years, and he is only known by a decades-old code-name: T-Rex. This assassin has been involved in the murder of at least a dozen prominent western leaders, and the grapevine reveals he's been called out of a long, silent hiding for one more major strike. Ferg and the Team arrive in Italy, where they recruit the help of a beautiful French Samaritan named Jane Foucoult. Her knowledge leads them on a search that goes behind the scenes of a conference on genetics and onto a trail to a sinister Russian scientist, a leader at the forefront of biological-weapons research. Splitting the team in two, Ferg and Guns go after the ghosts they speculate could... Views: 11
Troy Heathgate has it all—brains, brawn & the kind of smile that just begs a ribbon. Everything but the woman he loves. But now he’s back & determined to possess her.There’s just one catch— she’s married to another man. This short teaser story (9,500 words, 38 pages) is a re-telling of select scenes from the novel, 53 Letters For My Lover. It is narrated from the male point of view—raw and uncut. Views: 11
In this warm, lively, salty account of living on and by the sea, Drummond writes of fishing and feuds, of life as an apprentice fisherwoman, and of her secret desire to snare a handsome Fisheries officer.
Salt Story pays homage to sea-dogs, fisherwomen, oystermen and storytellers everywhere. Views: 11
Christmas was tough for widow Jenna Wheeler and her four children. But even though she'd sold part of her family's land to make ends meet, she was determined to spin the holiday into the stuff of magic--no matter what it took. Now if she could only find a job....Maybe her new landlord could oblige--gorgeous, child-averse Carson McRaven. He needed a chef, and he knew the lovely Jenna could do a bang-up job--if only she could keep her brood out of his hair. But as he found himself catapulted into the cheerful chaos of her family...not to mention Jenna's arms... he learned more about the spirit of Christmas than he'd ever dreamed. Views: 11
