SCROOGE COULDN'T HAVE HATED CHRISTMAS MORE... All Emery Kendall wanted was to flee painful memories of Christmases past. She craved distraction and healing, and the mountains of Idaho offered both...plus the key to a long-buried family secret. But when she met her host, rancher Nate Cavazos, she hardly got a warm welcome.... The former army ranger's smoldering good looks masked deep emotional scars. And now he had his hands full as guardian of two orphaned nieces. That seemed to be all the involvement he could handle right now. Still, Nate couldn't ignore his fierce attraction to Emery or his nieces' instant attachment to her -- until Emery's secret shattered their happiness. Would it be a lonely Christmas for four lost souls? Or the best family holiday ever? Views: 46
Terry Jo Duperrault was 11 when her family was murdered at sea aboard a chartered sailboat off the coast of Florida. She jumped overboard just in time to escape. Surviving four days on a cork float in the middle of the ocean, Terry Jo's rescue pictures graced LIFE Magazine soon after she was found.This is the first time Terry Jo, now known as Tere Duperrault Fassbender, has been able to fully tell her story. In September 1988 Oprah Winfrey reunited her with the freighter captain who saved her but, even then, she was not healed enough to reveal what it took to survive for four days adrift and alone at sea.Co-authored by psychologist and survival expert Richard Logan, readers delve into the details of how a little girl survived the murder of her family; the gradual collapse of the small cork float she used to keep afloat while guarded by a small pod of whales; and the aftermath and the reclamation of life.ALONE is the ultimate inspirational tale of good. Views: 46
### Review "City types fleeing their own woes by perusing even bigger ones will love new financial-market thriller Latent Hazard. " - Mail on Snuday "Former financials analyst and one-time professor at City University, Piers Venmore-Rowland has published his debut novel, Latent Hazard, set against the background of the banking crisis and market turmoil. Venmore-Rowland uses his knowledge of the City to weave a tale of "conspiracy, suspense and political intrigue"." - Daily Express "This-spooks-meets-financial-markets story comes with a dash of real estate.... Our Verdict: Unmissable" - Estates Gazette ### Product Description Comfortable in the highly-paid world of the City of London, Rafi Khan is a successful fund manager, but his life changes forever when a nearby police station is bombed and three policemen are killed. Convincing evidence, coupled with Rafi’s race and religion, link him directly to the suicide bomber. While Rafi maintains his innocence; British Secret Service - MI5 - interrogators are convinced of his guilt and are spurred on by senior politicians, who want a high profile and speedy conviction. Just as he fears that no-one will believe him or even listen, an apparently unrelated piece of information comes to the attention of the City of London police. Detective Inspector Kate Adams and her team from the City's economic crime unit gain access to Rafi and soon realize that this information is the key to a terrorist plot which threatens the financial markets. Together with her team, Kate and Rafi soon find themselves involved in the adrenaline filled world of counter-terrorism. Working against powerful vested interests and no longer sure who they can trust - they face a race against time to unravel an intricate conspiracy. The stakes are high. The terrorists have a score to settle with the British Government and have invested years in careful planning. In their sights is the weakened UK economy... And a multi-billion pound bonanza. LATENT HAZARD - on the edge lights a thought-provoking fuse... How at risk are we...? A thinking person's thriller. Praise for Latent Hazard City types fleeing their own woes by perusing even bigger ones will love new financial-market thriller Latent Hazard. Mail on Sunday This spooks-meets-financial-markets story comes with a dash of real estate. Our verdict: “Unmissable”. Estates Gazette The world of banking is on its knees. Across the globe, governments wrestle with unparalleled financial collapse. Meanwhile, the terror threat is ever present. Sound familiar? These are the foothills of a novel by Piers Venmore-Rowland. Two years in the writing, the former City man would appear to be as much soothsayer as author... Piers has put to good use the knowledge gleaned from keeping a weather eye on the financial sector from his various perches down the years. Banks sailing close to the wind in the past gave him the ammunition for a story which turned out to be more pertinent to the present than even he could have imagined. The Sentinel Former financials analyst and one-time professor at City University, Piers Venmore-Rowland has published his debut novel, Latent Hazard, set against the background of a banking crisis and market turmoil. Venmore-Rowland uses his knowledge of the City to weave a tale of “conspiracy, suspense and political intrigue”. Express A terrifying world where terrorism and the credit crunch come together is painted in the debut novel by a former Hertford schoolboy. Piers Venmore-Rowland’s book Latent Hazard set against the background of a credit crunch it weaves in with a story about how terrorists may raise cash for their evil deeds. It is a thinking person’s thriller. The book is packed full of action and suspense, but it also gives you something to think about and has a plot that keeps you guessing. Mercury LATENT HAZARD - on the edge is a revised version of Latent Hazard, Piers Venmore-Rowland’s debut novel, in which those parts of the original book relating to matters financial have been simplified and shortened. Views: 46
Romance, friendship, and dark, bone-chilling fear fill the pages of this summertime thriller in the spirit of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again.Now Stella is seventeen, and she’s over it. She’s the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it’s her small town’s ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She’s got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months of beach days stretching out before her.Then along comes a corpse, a little girl who washes up in an ancient cemetery after a mudslide, and who has red hair just like Jeanie did. Suddenly memories of that haunting day begin to return, and when Stella discovers that other red-headed girls have gone... Views: 46
#1 New York Times bestselling authorVictoria Alexander spins theunforgettable story of a beautiful grifterand an irresistible mayor ...Mistaken for the Countess of Bridgewater, expert con artist Ophelia Kendrake can't believe her good fortune. This could be the opportunity she needs to secure the future of the sister who means so much to her. But when she meets Tyler"Tye" Matthews, her plans to dupe the sleepytown of Dead End, Wyoming, prove difficult--forshe's met her match in the wildly attractive mayor.As the reluctant new mayor of Dead End, Tye is irritated to learn his first duty in office is to escort a visiting countess. But when he sees the stunning beauty, he wants to spend every waking moment with her. Suspecting Ophelia has secrets, Tye vowsto uncover them--and thoroughly seduce her. Views: 46
A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their children. Roger Sutton knows how and why children read. He must, as the editor in chief of THE HORN BOOK, which since 1924 has been America's best source for reviews of books for young readers. But for many parents, selecting books for their children can make them feel lost. Now, in this essential resource, Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano, executive editor at the magazine, offer thoughtful essays that consider how books are read to (and then by) young people. They invite such leading authors and artists as Maurice Sendak, Katherine Paterson, Margaret Mahy, and Jon Scieszka, as well as a selection of top critics, to add their voices about the genres they know best. The result is an indispensable readers' companion to everything from wordless board books to the most complex and daring young adult novels. Views: 46
Charlie Henry, co-owner of a pawnshop and Iraq war veteran, has, for the most part, settled into his somewhat quieter life in Albuquerque. He is invited to attend the dedication of a memorial in a park, where he, other local heroes, and first responders are to be honored for their military accomplishments and dedication to the community. But trouble always seems to follow Charlie. When gunshots ring out, barely missing Charlie and hitting the man next to him, it's clear that a dangerous madman is on the loose. More shots are fired, and two more veterans are injured. Charlie thinks he might have been the target and looks around for the shooter. The crowd is in a panic, and he's unable to spot the gunman. Charlie tries to help the man who took the first hits, Nathan Whitaker, a decorated former Army helicopter pilot who has been badly wounded. No one is dead, at least not yet. But Charlie vows to find the evil person who would attack American heroes—he refuses to go... Views: 46
