Praise for the Mario Silva series: "Realistic characters that readers can care about. . . . The ultimate story of the haves vs. the have nots."--Detroit Free Press "Gage smoothly expands his focus on the assassination of an ambitious bishop to encompass the controversial and entirely absorbing issue of whether the clergy should involve themselves in the politics of land distribution among the poor."--The New York Times Book Review "Highly recommended."--Library Journal, starred review "Both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction."--South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Terrifically written, intelligent, and powerfully evocative. Leighton Gage is a master storyteller."--Brian Haig, author of The Hunted "Achieves both a powerful political thriller and gripping crime fiction in his fascinating debut."--Arizona Daily Star The son of the Foreign Minister of Venezuela is... Views: 29
Taut, tense and terrifying - AMERICAN DEVIL marks the thrilling debut of an outstanding new talent. The Progression of Love: his ultimate artistic creation. Now all he needs is seven beautiful women. For the violent killer stalking New York's streets, the trophies he will take from his victims are essential if he is to complete his masterpiece. That he also likes playing games with the police and his prey is a bonus. He can outwit everyone he comes up against. Or can he? Detective Tom Harper is the NYPD's best chance of catching the American Devil. But he's on suspension for punching his superior. With panic gripping the city, Harper wants the challenge even if it means he has to undergo therapy from police psychologist Denise Levene. She believes he can be brought back into the fold, but can the NYPD trust him not to fall apart? A deranged murderer and a volatile cop. Time is running out and there can only be one winner...Review'An exceptional new talent' -- Daily Mail 20100505 About the AuthorOliver Stark made his first attempt at crime fiction at the age of sixteen. Needless to say, this never reached publication. After trying a wide variety of jobs he finally gave in to his passion for reading and went on to study and then teach literature. Oliver now lives in London with his wife and children. Views: 29
An entertaining novel about love and life when you're stuck in the hectic Sandwich Generation.Rushing from one crisis to another, Penny Rushmore has a name to live up to, coping with a demanding job and still adapting to life without her husband Steve. The first set-back comes when she hears that the glamorous young woman Steve took off with is pregnant. According to Charlotte, Penny's daughter, Steve and Jacinta are head over heels about each other. According to Penny's son, Charlotte is also head over heels - about her ageing university lecturer. But is Penny head over heels about her new boyfriend or is she too frantic running between disasters to find out? And is her elderly father still head over heels about his wife or has her advanced dementia driven him over the edge? Funny and fast-paced, this is a candid and entertaining novel about finding some sort of balance in your life while being sandwiched between the demands of ageing parents, teenagers, a career and a... Views: 29
Speed, competition, danger, and sex...Shannon Roberts has it all, just the way she wants it...on her terms.Being on top is the only thing that matters to Shannon Roberts. If not in that position in a hotel room with the latest groupie on the mountain bike racing tour, it's seeing her name in first place on the leader board. That is until she comes head to head with her main rival Caroline Davis, a woman with whom she had a brief, yet sizzling four day marathon sex-fest ten years earlier.Speed, competition, danger, and romantic rivalry are the key elements in Descent, the story of two women competing for the world championship of downhill mountain bike racing while fighting the lingering attraction they both thought they had extinguished. Views: 29
All Jillian wanted that fine May morning was to pick up the coffee order for herself and her two work friends, just as she had done every third workday for several years. How could she know a chance, silly comment to the barista might change her life forever? All Paul wanted that morning was for his best friend Rob to stop talking about baseball so he could concentrate on deciding whether to order one of Gil's amazing blueberry muffins or a cinnamon-raisin bagel with cream cheese. How could he know that in a few seconds he'd find himself yelling in the ear of the woman in front of them? All Priya wanted was to enjoy having finally found a job where her talent was valued and her looks irrelevant. How could she know her workmate's reaction to a comment in a coffee shop would set in motion events that might make all her dreams come true? It's spring, 2004. Join Jillian, Paul, Rob, Priya, Lisa, and others as they experience the most amazing month of their lives, a month of revelations and challenges in which new friendships are formed, new loves are found, and old loves are renewed. Views: 29
Sam longed to pick up his cell phone, call Harry Rathbourne, and tell him to "take his job and shove it" Babysitting for the spoiled twenty-two year old Zoe Rathbourne wasn`t his idea of respectable work, but there was a stack of bills on his battered old desk that he couldn`t pay, and he wasn`t welcome back on the police force. He needed the Rathbourne money; Zoe Rathbourne needed a damned good spanking.
Sam spent several long minutes observing her on the dance floor as she whirled about, her dancing growing more and more suggestive by the moment. Her mini skirt showed a fine pair of legs, and her top was too revealing? If she were his daughter, or sister, he?d take her by the arm, march her out of the crowded club, and take a belt to her ass. Didn`t she realize that she was begging to be raped? God, he hated babysitting for the spoiled little brat.
Zoe finally conceded that Sam was right about one thing; cuffing herself and getting into his car and faking her own kidnapping had been a huge mistake. She`d spent a miserable night, waking often, unable to get comfortable, and truly terrified that he was planning to rape her. She was a virgin, and she didn`t want her first time to be taken from her in an act of rage. Still, it was her bottom that was aching, burning, throbbing, and swollen from his hard hand. There was nothing at all sexual in the way he`d handled her. It was a punishment, pure and simple. He`d made it perfectly clear that she had no other option but obey him for the next week. That didn`t mean she was going to satisfy him sexually, and she intended to make that perfectly clear - just as soon as she was permitted to speak without fear of earning another spanking. She didn`t want another one of those ever! Views: 29
