The employees of Bad Boy Inc. are gathering for a celebration. The bride sported the latest in bullet proof corsets. The groom wore a gun. The guests came armed for action. But the cake blew up before they could eat it. As for the honeymoon, it's going to be a mad chase across the globe dodging bullets and bombs to find the culprit who wants them all dead. Once upon a time, Darren fell for a woman while in the world's most romantic city. In full view of the Eiffel tower he had his heart torn from his chest and stomped on. Time for revenge. Francesca played Darren for a fool, but he won't let it happen again. Now that he's found her, she's going to pay for her actions. Problem is she's getting under his skin. Rubbing against his skin. Making him remember those Paris days and hotter nights. Before he can decide if he's crazy enough to fall in love with her again, everything explodes after the wedding. Views: 45
She's got the rock, so when does happily ever after kick in?At long last, Ashley Stockingdale––patent attorney, fashionista, and homeowner––can finally add "fiancee" to her spirited resume. That means the next four months will be a dizzying decadent waltz through aisles of Vera Wang, Kenneth Cole, Sheridan sheets, Kate Spade place settings, and Oneida flatware. Well...maybe not.For starters, the HR department has hired Ashley's ex–boyfriend (yep, the one who ran off to India with that other woman) as the new director of software. And now her fiancee is starting to sound crazy––something about moving across the country, to Philadelphia of all places. Worse of all, right before her eyes, Scarlett I–Need–Some–Prozac O'Hara is hijacking her wedding plans!Life for our heroine is spinning from out of control to downright confusing. But whether she makes it to the end of the aisle or not, she'll never be at a loss for drama! Views: 45
In this reader favorite from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson, an arranged marriage is about to become a game of hearts... Johari Yasir has no interest in returning to her homeland to marry a man she's never met—at least, not without sowing some wild oats first. And when a handsome charmer offers to whisk her away in his private plane, she impulsively accepts. Rasheed Valdemon is shocked that his bride-to-be would fly off with someone she barely knows—even though he's the one doing the asking. More surprising is his hunger for this lovely, rebellious woman. But when she realizes she's been seduced by the man who's destined to be her husband, will their unexpected romance be destroyed by his deception?First published in 2010. Views: 45
Desire has never been so dangerous.Living breath-to-breath beneath the shadow of violence, Italian perfumer and apothecary Allegra Grimaldi was forced to learn the killing arts from the Hand of God—a religious assassin. She has sworn never to use her deadly skills, but now a blackmailer has her by the proverbial throat. To save her family from an ugly death, she must do the unthinkable. Infiltrate the court of King Henry VIII, poison the heretic Anne Boleyn before she becomes queen—and frame Anne’s bastard brother for the crime. Honest and principled, Sir Joscelin is the perfect pawn.Allegra is clever, captivating…and her warning to Anne immediately rouses Joscelin’s suspicion. Sworn to protect his sister, and striving for recognition from the powerful father who disdains him, Joscelin has no choice but to put aside his attraction to the mysterious lady and gather evidence to see her burn for witchcraft.To avert a disaster that will change the face of Europe, this stalwart soldier of incorruptible integrity and the fallen woman who breathes deception must learn to trust each other—and discover the one truth that could save them all. Warning: This novel is riddled with perilous potions and poisons, Tudor lust and liaisons, Renaissance revelry and revenge, intrigue and assignations, blackmail and betrayal, and one seriously sexy Frenchman.About the AuthorIn her other life, Laura Navarre is a diplomat who’s lived in Russia and works with weapons of mass destruction. In the line of duty, she’s been trapped in an elevator in a nuclear power plant and stalked the corridors of facilities churning out nerve agent and other apocalyptic weapons. In this capacity, she meets many of the world’s most dangerous men.Inspired by the sinister realities of her real life, Laura writes dark Tudor romance spiked with political intrigue. She lives in a vineyard in the Pacific Northwest. THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS is her first published title. Views: 45
The season's must-have gift book.Some sports seem to have a natural home. Soccer in Brazil, rugby in New Zealand, cricket in India. And Canada's game? Why hockey, of course.But it wasn't always that way. By 1982, the Soviets had won every World Junior Hockey Championship except one, while Canada had earned only a single bronze medal.And then Hockey Canada launched the Programme of Excellence, a national development system designed to help put together teams that would be able to square off against the Soviets. The result was immediate. To everyone's surprise, when Canada took gold in 1982 the American hosts didn't even have a copy of "O Canada" to play during the championship ceremony. But after that, no one would be surprised by a Canadian win.This Boxing Day will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the program that brought hockey fans many glorious memories and made household names of several of our players. Richly illustrated, Thirty Years of the Game at Its Best... Views: 45
SynopsisA moving and gripping drama as one family struggles to survive through the strains of the Second World War. The year is 1940 and Bill and Marion Whittaker live happily with their three children in a terraced house on Albert Road, in Birmingham. But when Bill enlists to fight in the Second World War, the family are plunged into poverty. Marion is forced to pawn all her worldly possessions and decides to take on two lodgers, Peggy Wagstaffe and Violet Clooney. These two lively girls bring some light relief to the family and bring with them Peggy's handsome brother Sam who catches the eye of Marion's 16-year-old daughter, Sarah. 1944 and the war grinds on. Disaster strikes with an explosion at the local munitions factory, leaving Sarah badly disfigured. Then news comes that Sam has been blinded in action. Can these two injured souls help each other to repair not only their physical but emotional scars? And will Bill return to the safety of family and home? Views: 45
Dark and atmospheric science fiction books for struggling readers. The stories centre around Matt Merton and his plight to save the Earth from extinction in the aftermath of an alien invasion. Written for readers aged 10 to 14, who have a reading age of 7 to 8, each book offers a satisfying and worthwhile read, with fast-moving narratives, specially-designed text and thought-provoking themes. Views: 45
"Nothing can bring out the evils of man like the lust to possess a particular jewel." -- Sylvie Montague Some coincidences gemologist Sylvie Montague might buy. But she could not swallow the notion that, by a random baggage mix-up, she was holding the very jewel that Paul Maigny, her rogue of an ex, coveted most. Sylvie didn't want to believe that Paul would involve her in a jewel heist -- especially when she'd been deputized by the Glasgow police to assess this very gem. But Paul wasn't talking. And between Scottish mobsters, fiery car chases and a seductive stranger with as many facets as the cursed diamond, Sylvie sensed that finding the legendary stone's rightful owner was a matter of life, death -- and age-old justice. Views: 45
A contentious, deeply moving ode to friendship, love, and urban life in the spirit of Fierce AttachmentsA memoir of self-discovery and the dilemma of connection in our time, The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever-changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of a fiercely independent woman who has lived out her conflicts, not her fantasies, in a city (New York) that has done the same. Running steadily through the book is Vivian Gornick's exchange of more than twenty years with Leonard, a gay man who is sophisticated about his own unhappiness, whose friendship has "shed more light on the mysterious nature of ordinary human relations than has any other intimacy" she has known. The exchange between Gornick and Leonard acts as a Greek chorus to the main action of the narrator's continual engagement on the street with grocers, derelicts, and doormen; people on the bus, cross-dressers on the... Views: 45
