She knew he was trouble, but she’s no coward.Darcy MacLeod’s Army brat childhood drives her to sink roots as deep as the plants with which she works. As part owner of a nursery/gift shop in Monarch Bay, she’s well on her way to her dream. Though she’s haunted by the lingering fear that her one chance for true love has come and gone.When Griffin Moore asks her to landscape his sumptuous new estate, she’s entranced by the internationally renowned pianist’s air of mystery. Yet as she is inexorably drawn into his bed, her instincts tell her that secrets lurk behind his sophisticated mask.With her carelessly styled hair, grubby overalls, and hands that see more dirt than an earthworm, Griffin finds Darcy a refreshing ray of light in his shadowy world. His globe-trotting concert schedule makes him the perfect Interpol informant—and makes a permanent relationship too dangerous to risk.Their passion rivals the music of the great classical masters, but even as Darcy dips a toe into Griffin’s extravagant world, darkness reaches out to strike a dangerous chord. And Darcy must fight to keep her second chance at love—and her lover—alive.Warning: Contains meddling friends, high adventure, down and dirty sex, and a couple who make beautiful music together—in bed and out.Book DescriptionAs part owner of a nursery/gift shop in Monarch Bay, Darcy is on her way to her dream of a permanent home. When Griffin asks her to landscape his sumptuous new estate, she’s entranced by the renowned pianist’s air of mystery. Yet her instincts tell her that secrets lurk behind his sophisticated mask. Griffin finds Darcy a refreshing ray of light in his shadowy world. His globe-trotting concert schedule makes him the perfect Interpol informant—and makes a permanent relationship too dangerous to risk. Their passion soars, then darkness reaches out to strike a dangerous chord.About the AuthorPhoebe was inspired to begin writing when Ricardo Montalban became the TV spokesman for a line of romance novels. What started as a fun project for her summer vacation, soon became an obsession, and writing remains her passion. She is the author of more than 30 historical, contemporary and futuristic romances written as Phoebe Conn and Cinnamon Burke. She has a BA in Art History and a MA in Education. Her two grown sons provide wonderful examples of terrific heroes. Views: 21
What links a traumatic childhood secret with the murder of a high-ranking police officer and two young men facing terrorist death threats? In Belfast, Northern Ireland, the fragile Peace Process is still haunted by the crimes of the past. Truth and justice have become the currency through which victim and terrorist alike must purchase their closure regarding the conflict... When Detective Inspector Dan?Watson of the Historical Enquiries Team enters an interview room for a routine consultation, he is astonished by the recognition of an eerily familiar face – Eban Barnard, the younger brother of his late partner and mentor Detective Superintendent Alex, who was brutally assassinated by the Provisional IRA twenty years earlier. What Dan learns in that room defies credulity and threatens to open up a Pandora's Box of secrets that will unhinge the lives of all those involved – and endanger the very peace process itself. Based on actual events, and set against the backdrop of a... Views: 21
Michelle Rawlins travels to France to visit her friends Beatrice and Luc and to forget about her job woes. After her boss was convicted of fraud, she finds herself unemployable. She’s hoping to regroup while she’s here, and get herself back together. When she arrives, though, she finds things aren’t perfect here, either. Luc’s boss and his wife have been killed in a car accident, leaving behind their young son, now cared for by his Uncle Alliot Bauchet.The child takes to Michelle, and she reluctantly agrees to be his nanny, since Alliot keeps firing the other ones. It’s only a temporary job, and she definitely needs the money. She doesn’t count on a mystery surrounding the recent deaths, or a boss who thinks spanking her is a perfectly legitimate activity.Can Michelle and Alliot figure out what happened to his brother before they meet the same fate? Views: 21
Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world. But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm. Views: 21
Originally published under the name Donna Carlisle.Meg Forrest is a brilliant engineer: competent, controlled, and completely in charge ... until, that is, she meets and impulsively marries reckless Alaskan bush pilot Red Worthington. Their love affair is as brilliant, and as ephemeral, as the Northern Lights, and as turbulent as the spring storms that sweep so unpredictably across the tundra. They are thunder and lightning together, and too ready to call it quits when the going gets tough. But when a sudden blizzard traps them together with the lives of an entire community of misfits depending upon them, they realize that they will always be better together than they could ever be apart, and that they must work together to save themselves, the people they care about, and their love... Views: 21
Issue #53 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine--our Second Anniversary Double-Issue--featuring stories by Richard Parks, Tony Pi, Sarah L. Edwards, and Rosamund Hodge. Views: 21
