Since the best-selling Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank was published in 1998, author Robin Gardiner has unearthed a wealth of new evidence in support of his theory that the sinking of the Titanic was a vast conspiracy, and that the ship that went down on April 12 was in fact the Olympic, Titanic's sister ship. This book concentrates on the conspiracy, with evidence of why the White Star company intended to defraud the insurance company by swapping the identity of Titanic and the recently damaged Olympic in a collision with HMS Hawke, with new conclusive photographic and documentary evidence of the swap. The subsequent staged collision with the iceberg went horribly wrong as those in charge of Titanic completely underestimated the scale of the panic and the ensuing disaster. The ship quickly sank and the rescue boats failed to arrive, making it a disaster that would reverberate around the world. Views: 53
Sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising "prime homesteads" in a "booming community." Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledging community of Plum Grove, Nebraska, in hopes they will accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival!Sparks fly when these unsuspecting widows meet the men who are waiting for them. These women are going to need all the courage and faith they can muster to survive these unwanted circumstances--especially when they begin to discover that none of them is exactly who she appears to be. Views: 53
[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Contemporary Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M] Taylor Ewing was living the fabulous life as Dallas's most admired, blogged-about pageant queen--a life of designer clothes, VIP access, a rock-star boyfriend, and a fierce social circle to be envied. But city-girl Taylor craves the old life--the life before her father died from heart disease years ago. Her life had quickly gone from ghetto to glitz when her mother remarried a prestigious realtor soon after. But after catching her boyfriend having a threesome with her long-time friend, Taylor waves the white flag of love and escapes to Male Order to visit her aunt. Jay Stephens and Brody Bartlett are social-networking billionaires who visit their hometown every summer. But Taylor swore off young playboys. Despite her best, although useless, efforts, her heart can't resist their sweet-tea southern charm, and her body can't resist their corn-fed muscles and theandric smiles. But when an enemy from the past comes to take revenge on Taylor, will she be forced to surrender her gentlemen? A Siren Erotic RomanceReview5 HEARTS: "This explosive book sizzled! Author Lola Newmar has created a wonderfully touching, highly romantic, and an erotically sensual memorable story that reaches out and grabs the reader's heart. The author easily seems to lure the reader into the web she spins with riveting characters, an enchanting plot, and sexually charged action for a story that is impossible to put down. A Bride for Two Billionaires is nothing short of incredible!" -- Shannon, The Romance Studio 5 TEA CUPS: "This book has a little of everything, but mostly it has two generous men who only want their woman happy and well satisfied. It certainly will burn the pages in some scenes. Good job, Lola on a well written book. Thoroughly enjoyed it!" -- Wendy, Happily Ever After Reviews Views: 53
Without work, Ray Crusafi must take what’s available, looking into a prostitute’s suicide. She only slept with women, and the last with her is hiding something. However the victim was engaged and the fiance also has secrets he seems willing to kill to protect. Ray’s life is in danger, but not only from this case. He has a secret of his own. One more dangerous than the case he’s working. Views: 53
At a glossy gathering on Paradise Island, record exec Eva Glenn--soulful, sexy, powerful, and perhaps pregnant--is hosting a comeback showcase for singing sensation Sunny Addison, a barefoot diva with a poet's heart and the voice of a lion. At the event's high-strung peak, however, Eva begins to sink beneath the waves of anxiety washing over her--anxiety over a confusing sexual triangle, a career at a crossroads, and choices to be made about her possible pregnancy--and decides, in a blink, to flee. She leaves Paradise for the petite, pastoral island of Cat, accompanied by her sometime-lover D'Artagnan Addison, an earnestly crazy mystic looking for answers of his own. What begins as an idyllic break quickly turns into an intense sojourn that brings Eva to terms with the crises closing in on her.Bliss is a novel about the real rhythm and blues of life, about pain and loss and why we hold tight, in the end, to the sex and music and love that offer us a fleeting... Views: 53
Barred from practice, disgraced psychiatrist Charlie Flint receives a mysterious summons to Oxford from an old professor who wants her to look into the death of her daughter's husband. But as Charlie delves deeper into the case and steps back into the arcane world of Oxford colleges, she realizes that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye. Views: 53
Rita grew up in Brooklyn, the only child of a narcissistic Italian mother and the GI she married at the end of World War II. After her mother's death, she quits her teaching job and descends upon her poor but aristocratic relatives, the Count and Countess Casati, in Assisi. It takes a while before they realize, to their chagrin, that Rita has come to stay. When the family assembles to watch the penitentes procession in the town square during Easter Week, a Casati tradition, Rita does not join them as planned. Her corpse is later found in the family mausoleum. Alessandro Cenni, a commissario in the State Police of Umbria, and a handsome bachelor whose twin brother is about to become a bishop, must penetrate the secrets of the Casati family and their circle if he is to discover who killed Rita and why. But he is blocked by their powerful right-wing connections, and by a superior who prefers to arrest a scapegoat rather than risk political suicide. Aided by a loyal... Views: 53
In order to escape the sorcerer who wants to control her gift of song, Sive must transform herself into a deer, leave the Otherworld and find refuge in Eire, the land of mortals. Views: 53
When Abigail Bukula, a young lawyer in the South African Justice Department, learns that the secret son of her aunt, who died in a massacre years ago, has been arrested by the Zimbabwean government, she races to his aid. She’s as determined as ever but perhaps a bit naive as well. Accused of being a part of the so-called Harare Seven, her cousin is being held as a political prisoner in the country’s most brutal prison. With only an eager young lawyer as an ally and a director of the country’s intelligence agency either helping her or setting her up, Bukula will not leave without winning her cousin’s freedom and learning what really happened to her aunt so many years ago. By cunning, by bribery, by sheer audacity—and with the help of her friend prison psychologist Yudel Gordon—Abigail is determined to prevail in Those Who Love Night, Wessel Ebersohn’s explosive follow-up to his critically acclaimed series debut.From BooklistAbigail Bukula, introduced in The October Killings (2011), returns in this intense story that reaches back into Zimbabwe’s violent past. An accomplished lawyer and rising star in the South African Justice Department, Abigail is shocked to learn that she has a cousin, Tony, whom she never knew existed and that he has been imprisoned in Zimbabwe as part of the activist Harare Seven. With the aid of an idealistic lawyer, she determines the best course of action to procure the young activists’ release from one of the government’s most notorious prisons, but government and prison officials claim they are not even holding the group. She is joined in her efforts by brilliant prison psychologist Yudel Gordon and seems to have gained the favor of one of the secret police’s high-level bureaucrats, Jonas Chunga. But what does Chunga really want from her, and why is she so willing to put her marriage vows aside? Like fellow South African Deon Meyer, Ebersohn excels at depicting the treacherous politics of an unstable country, one in which the search for justice is always fraught. --Joanne Wilkinson ReviewPraise for The October Killings“A brilliant novel of memory, reconciliation, and revenge. Ebersohn was always one of South Africa’s best, and this new book—the beginning of, I hope, a series—shows why…. Ebersohn never loses the narrative thread, and there isn’t an extraneous syllable in this tight, intelligent novel that weaves history and politics. Definitely one of the best mysteries of the year.”—The Globe and Mail (Toronto) “His horrors, rooted so closely in history, have a nightmare quality that’s hard to shake.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Deftly mixing past and present in a complex plot that pits justice against moral ambiguity…he vividly portrays a divided nation… .Highly recommended.”—Library Journal (starred review) “South African author Ebersohn kicks off a promising new series... .The complexities of South Africa a decade after the end of white rule help fuel a compelling plot that builds to several dramatic climaxes.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Views: 53
of Huracan, sixteen-year-old Caity Mac Fireland is the only one in the family who's not happy about it. Ripped from her cushy life in San Francisco, taken away from her best friend Justine whom she's known since preschool, and relocated to the dreary island fortress, Caity's secret fantasy of being discovered by a Hollywood agent, talent scout, or even just a pageant coach seems more unlikely than ever.But when Caity stumbles across a hidden room in the castle, its walls covered in strange symbols, her life takes a bizarre turn. She finds herself center stage in an international conspiracy involving warring secret societies (complete with their own scouts, double agents, and assassins), the suppressed revelations of the Mayan Calendar and the year 2012, plus the fate of humanity. With the help of her friend Justine back home, and Alex, the mysterious and gorgeous boy next door, Caity must rely on her own courage and creativity as she races to decipher the code andreveal its message to the world before time runs out. Views: 53
