A lodger's dark past comes back to haunt him. Nothing remarkable about Joe Brown. He is of average height, and he wears average clothes. His average looks are hidden behind a beard. But Joe Brown has a secret, and a past, that he wants to forget. He might have managed it too. He might have moved on to a new life, if he hadn't answered an ad for a room to rent. His chances would have been good if the beautiful Julia Ryan hadn't taken him. But she became his landlord, and in no time Joe Brown's past, and his secret, catch up with him. This time there will be no forgetting. Part of successful Open Door series, originally designed to help adult literacy in Ireland. Original stories from best-selling authors and important new voices, never published in the States before now. Views: 46
After a vicious attack, Paladin Hunter Fitzsimon is no longer the warrior he once was. So when he's offered a transfer to the small Pacific Northwest town of Justice Point, he takes it. Tate Justice needs a tenant for the apartment above her garage, but when Hunter shows up, something about him unsettles her--and it's not just his sexy grin. When he doesn't return home one evening and Tate finds him left for dead after another Kalith attack, she realizes how much he means to her. And as the Kalith and the Paladins battle it out, Hunter begins to realize he'd do anything to keep her, too. Views: 46
In this stunning, fantastical debut novel from a bold new voice in the bestselling traditions of Christopher Moore and Jasper Fforde, a ferryman for the dead finds his existence unraveling after making either the best decision or the biggest mistake of his immortal life.Ferryman Charlie Dawson saves dead people—somebody has to convince them to move on to the afterlife, after all. Having never failed a single assignment, he's acquired a reputation for success that's as legendary as it is unwanted. It turns out that serving as a Ferryman is causing Charlie to slowly lose his mind. Deemed too valuable by the Ferryman Institute to be let go and too stubborn to just give up in his own right, Charlie's pretty much abandoned all hope of escaping his grim existence. Or he had, anyway, until he saved Alice Spiegel. To be fair, Charlie never planned on stopping Alice from taking her own life—that sort of thing is strictly forbidden by the Institute—but he never planned... Views: 46
Something about trains had always brought out Kate's wild side. So far it had been her own dirty little secret--until a sexy stranger catches her sneaking into his compartment looking to indulge her fantasy. But instead of throwing her out, Ian is turned on...and he's ready to give Kate the ride of her life!Review"Scorching hot. Lush and poetic. NIGHT MOVES is a thrilling ride into a world of dark eroticism." --Author Tawny Taylor About the AuthorBest-selling and award-winning author Eden Bradley has published a number of novels and novellas, both print and e-books, with Bantam/Delta, Berkley Heat, Harlequin Spice, Samhain Publishing and Phaze. Several of her books have been translated into German, Romanian and Japanese, and her novel FORBIDDEN FRUIT, was profiled in Cosmoplitan magazine. Eden appears regularly on Playboy Radio and conducts workshops on writing craft and writing about sex. A psychology major, she's fascianted with how the human mind responds to intimacy, especially when sex and romance collide.When not writing, you can find her wandering museums, buying shoes, and reading everything she can get her hands on. Eden lives in Hollywood. Views: 46
Fantasy/Science Fiction. 120242 words long. First published in DDP, 2006 Views: 46
Head bowed, rifle on his back, a soldier is silhouetted against the going down of the sun,looking at the grave of a dead comrade, remembering him. A photograph from the war, is also a photograph of the way the war will be remembered. It is a photograph of the future,of the future's view of the past.Geoff Dyer's classic book is an original and personal meditation upon war and remembrance. It weaves a network of myth and memory, photos and films, poetry and sculptures, graveyards and ceremonies that illuminate our understanding of, and relationship to, the Great War. Views: 46
