The wild beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula serves as a backdrop to murder, kidnapping and unexpected discoveries in an old mansion. Stephen Moorehouse's excitement about spending the summer at his movie mogul Uncle's estate quickly turns to alarm when it appears a mobster is tailing him all the way from New York City to the wilderness of northern Michigan. But why? When the serenity of Cliffside manor is rocked by a brutal murder, evidence points to Stephen as suspect number one. With the help of his new friends and his Uncle's beautiful assistant, Jeanette, Stephen must solve a murder and elude his stalked at the same time. About the AuthorJames R. Nelson was born and raised in Escanaba, a small town in Michigan's beautiful Upper Peninsula. He earned a Bachelors degree from Western Michigan University and moved to Florida where he taught Marine Biology. After earning a Master's Degree, James left teaching to enter the business world. He currently lives in central Florida, where he enjoys kayaking, playing drums and working on his next novel. Views: 9
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur's betrothed--the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon's fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine's parents arrange a marriage with Arthur's brother, Henry, or will she return to Spain a widow? Through all this turmoil, the young princess's resolve remains unshaken. She will one day be England's queen...no matter how long it takes. Views: 9
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By the time Easton Company CEO Jeffrey Elkins entices a major competitor to buy his Fortune 500 company, the corporate jet is waiting and his parachute is platinum. In thirteen weeks the deal of a lifetime transforms a handful of quirky executives into undeserving multimillionaires, propels a workforce into unemployment and dispatches unsuspecting retirees into poverty. In the background, security guards dance naked in mall fountains, the corporate jet is sold on eBay, and a CEO utters his final words before relinquishing his title: Make sure the employees get their pumpkin pies. The memorable cast of corporate characters includes a germophobic CEO, a marketing VP turned Elvis impersonator, the Sundance Kid of Everyman Compensation, and a purchasing director nicknamed the eBay Wizard. An estimated one in five corporate employees has experienced a merger or acquisition. Pink Slips and Parting Gifts is their story - the one every corporate cubicle jockey, business-class road warrior and mid-level manager will want to read. Views: 9
With more clever, dark humor and zany silliness, Dale E. Basye sends Milton and Marlo Fauster back for thirds in another laugh-out-loud installment of the popular series Heck.Welcome to Blimpo, where the, um, plump kids go.After his second escape from Bea "Elsa" Bubb, the Principal of Darkness, Milton Fauster makes his way to Blimpo--the circle of the otherworldly reform school, Heck, where he's sure his friend Virgil is sentenced. What Milton finds in Blimpo horrifies him. The overweight dead kids spend most of their time running on giant human hamster wheels called DREADmills that detect and exploit their deepest fears. The rest they spend eating Hambone Hank's barbecue--mystery meat that is delicious, but suspiciously (to Milton, anyway) haunting. Every classroom has a huge TV screen showing happy thin people who taunt Blimpo residents with a perfection they will never attain.Meanwhile, at her new job in the devil's Infernship program,... Views: 9
Always is the second book in the Carter Kids series. It is a novella with a cliffhanger and sets up the premise to Hope and Jordan's story, Inevitable. Due to its sexually-explicit content, scenes of abuse, violence, and moderate bad language, Always is recommended for mature readers of eighteen years old and above. Views: 9
A BDSM club is the last place Cameron expected to be for a school assignment. But now her knees are weak and her heart is racing as the Dominant Victor's influence is having a profound effect. Psychology student Cameron Blaine sees the ruthless Victor Cabrini as a subject fit to be studied. Victor thinks Cameron is fit to be his latest plaything, collared and naked at his feet. Victor has a powerful influence over the women in his life who dare to choose submission to Victor rather than living normal lives. Beautiful Chloe could walk the runways of Paris, but instead she crawls nightly into a tiny cage at Victor's club after dancing herself to exhaustion for the pleasure of his sleazy friends. Veronica is married to a rich man and has the world at her feet but she lives only to be Victor's sex toy, surrendering her body at his slightest whim. And then there is the enigmatic and fiery Rachel who is at once Victor's protégé and the recipient of his most severe punishments. One by... Views: 9
