Enter an adrenaline–laced epic where dreams and reality collideFleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head...and his world goes black.From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world––a world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter is in love with a beautiful woman.But then he remembers the dream of being chased through an alleyway as he reaches to touch the blood on his head. Where does the dream end and reality begin?Every time he falls asleep in one world, he awakes in the other. Yet in both, catastrophic disaster awaits him...may even be caused by him.Some say the world hangs in the balance of every choice we make. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices. Views: 64
Sylvia Sandon always swore she wouldn't become her mother. But one August morning she finds herself walking the same path as the fervently religious yet faithless Elaine...into an affair she feels powerless to resist.Against the backdrop of California brush fires in the 1970s, twelve-year-old Sylvia had agreed to hold a secret that would devour her family's dream of happiness. Now struggling to create a better life in small-town New England, Sylvia nonetheless feels caught in the coils of history: she confronts the embers of her dying marriage, the all-consuming needs of her two daughters and her faltering artistic career. Then Tai Rosen--the father of a student--ignites an unexpected passion and a familiar betrayal that could illuminate the past, even as it jeopardizes everything dear.Outside the Ordinary World reveals what lies beneath the surface of infidelity. But at its heart, it is the story of the powerful, sometimes disturbing bond between... Views: 64
Valde is debonair, introspective, gorgeous and loyal. He is the greatest wingman slash best friend a guy could ask for and the most wonderful guy friend a girl could have. Still, as great as his life appears, there is an inner turmoil building up. Brittany is as successful as she is beautiful. Until now her life has been a dream, wonderful career, the perfect man, great family, and the most incredible luck a girl could have. Is it possible that this is about to change for her? Alex is a successful lawyer and is as charming as Valde is debonair. One could say he is as cunning as a fox however how skillful is he at escaping his past when it catches up with him? Follow these three young people living in New York, as their friendship and lives become tested by the decisions they make and the hand that is dealt to them.About the AuthorLeigh Beckford is a novelist and poet who lives in New York City. Views: 64
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After the defeat at Appomattox, Ben and Clint Allison were desperate to get out of the South. Seeking riches, vengeance and violence, they struck out from Texas for the gold fields of Montana. And then they met Nathan Stark—a man just as bold, and even more cunning. Together, they set out to gain their fortune with an epic cattle drive through the heart of the Sioux Nation. It was a journey never before made by white men...a journey that might never be attempted again.. Views: 64
The first book in the series, "For Better, For Murder", is a finalist for the 2009 Agatha Award for Best First Novel! Jolene Parker and her police-deputy husband Ray have found new love in their life together. They're foster parents for Noelle, an adorable baby whose fugitive birth parents hightailed it out of their touristy Finger Lakes-area town. Jolene and Ray want to make their parenthood official, but the adoption hits a mysterious roadblock when the given name of Noelle's mother traces back to a dead girl. As Jolene races to find the true identity of the secretive birth mother, she discovers an unsolved murder ...and learns that her family may be in extreme danger.From Publishers WeeklyIn Agatha-finalist Bork's winning second Broken Vows mystery set in New York's Finger Lakes region (after 2009's For Better, for Murder), Jolene Parker and her police deputy husband, Ray, have survived near divorce, but may lose the infant daughter they hope to adopt, Noelle, because the bank-robbing fugitive birth mother, who called herself Abigail Bryce, was using a 17-year-old dead girl's identity, rendering all the adoption paperwork worthless. Jolene eventually catches up with the false Abigail in a parking lot, where she's holding a broken beer bottle over her dying boyfriend, who's bleeding from a neck wound. Meanwhile, Jolene must strive to keep her floundering sports car boutique and repair business afloat. When a millionaire summer resident promises a substantial finder's fee for tracking down a specific car for his wife's grandfather, the need for cash outweighs the weirdness of knowing the car will be used as the grandfather's coffin. The various plot lines wind neatly to a bittersweet conclusion. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistIn this second Broken Vows mystery set in the Finger Lakes area of New York, sports-car-boutique owner Jolene Parker and her deputy-sheriff husband, Ray, have not only reconciled but they’re in the process of finalizing the adoption of their foster daughter, Noelle. Then a routine check on the birth-mother’s name, Abigail Bryce, traces to a dead girl. When Jolene tries to track down information about the real Abigail, she witnesses the murder of Noelle’s birth father, and it looks as though the girl calling herself Abigail is the killer. As Jolene continues to investigate, she also faces Ray’s possible infidelity with a gorgeous attorney; financial trouble with her business; and the possible loss of Noelle, who has become Jolene’s symbol of hope for her marriage. Bork combines the mystery with domestic situations, romance, and sports-car lore in a book that comes across as less a cozy and more a family drama. --Kat Kan Views: 64
