In the sequel to Tree Fingers, scholar-magician Alan has planned a romantic trip to a Japanese hot spring to celebrate one year with his partner, Graham. They arrive in the rural village of Inaba in time to witness the Bon-Matsuri: the lantern festival to welcome back the spirits of the ancestorsGraham quickly realizes something isn't right in the little town, and that Alan may have had ulterior motives for visiting the area. Frustrated that Alan's curiosity about the supernatural has put them in danger again, Graham must decide whether to return to safety or stay face the creatures threatening the village. Views: 35
Nathaniel Mackie is treading an emotional knife-edge, and the abyss is beckoning. Following the deaths of his wife and baby, he has lived with unresolved guilt and grief, and it is tearing him apart. One rainy day, Megan Thomas literally bursts into his kitchen - and into his life. Before long, their relationship becomes more than employer and housekeeper. Under her gentle, compassionate influence things begin to change, and he starts to come to terms with his past. When Megan's temporary secondment is over, the extent of his dependence and affection becomes apparent. He loves her and wants her back. But will she want him and all his accumulated baggage cluttering up her life? If not, what then? The prospect of living the rest of his life without her is a prospect he cannot contemplate. He would rather die.About the AuthorJillian Brookes-Ward won Night Reading's 'First Chapter of the Month' competition with 'Saving Nathaniel' as voted on by her fellow authors. Retiring from her career in the medical profession and fulfilling her dream of moving to live in Deeside, Scotland, inspired her to indulge her passion for writing with this and a second book, and to take up fly-fishing. Views: 35
In 1961, when Amazing Grace Jansen, a firecracker from Appalachia, meets Mary Elizabeth Cox, the daughter of a Black southern preacher, at Kentucky’s Berea College, they already carry the scars and traces of their mothers’ troubles. Poor and single, Maze’s mother has had to raise her daughter alone and fight to keep a roof over their heads. Mary Elizabeth’s mother has carried a shattering grief throughout her life, a loss so great that it has disabled her and isolated her stern husband and her brilliant, talented daughter. The caution this has scored into Mary Elizabeth has made her defensive and too private and limited her ambitions, despite her gifts as a musician. But Maze’s earthy fearlessness might be enough to carry them both forward toward lives lived bravely in an angry world that changes by the day. Both of them are drawn to the enigmatic Georginea Ward, an aging idealist who taught at Berea sixty years ago, fell in love with a... Views: 35
Breathless Surrender Tory Richards Months of running into her sexy new neighbor have taken a toll on Alexis’ libido. There’s interest in his smoky gaze every time they meet, but he seems reluctant to ask her out. They never share more than a slight nod and a polite hello. She’s about to take matters into her own hands when she finds herself thrown into a situation that could end her life. With nothing but erotic fantasies of Alexis to warm his bed at night, Reid knows he has to stay away from her until his undercover assignment is over. But when a cold-blooded initiation to prove he’s trustworthy forces him to involve her, nothing can keep him from claiming her. Reader Advisory: This book contains a brief scene involving forced seduction. Views: 35
When it comes to breaktakingly fast-paced thrillers (Publishers Weekly), CJ Lyons is a master of the genre. (Pittsburgh Magazine) With SNAKE SKIN, she turns her eye on a little known area of law enforcement, one CJ was intimately associated with during her career as a pediatric ER doctor: crimes against children. Views: 35
• Inside a legendary American family: Allegra Huston was the third child of John Huston’s fourth wife, the beautiful ballet dancer Ricki Soma. In this graceful, penetrating memoir, Allegra takes us into the world of a child unmoored by her mother’s sudden death and sent on an odyssey which took her from John Huston’s fabulous estate in Ireland, to the American suburbs, to a hidden paradise in Mexico—and, at the side of her older sister Anjelica, into the hilltop retreats of Jack Nicholson, Ryan O’Neal, and Marlon Brando. Allegra paints a vivid, caring, and affecting portrait of her parents and the luminous circle of friends, acquaintances, lovers, and artists who were a part of family life. . • A revelatory twist and family connection: At the age of twelve Allegra Huston discovered her biological father to be the British aristocrat and historian John Julius Norwich. Suffused with a quiet intensity of emotion, Love Child explores family secrets and family bonds, and the unreliable certainties of memory—and ends with an unexpected triumph..** Views: 35
What do you do when you've just lost three of your best mates? Who do you turn to when your life is suddenly bound to a wheelchair?Dan has dodged the Reaper again-but his mates didn't even get a second chance. He's still grieving their deaths when he's dragged on a family holiday to a remote island lighthouse.Left alone, at what feels like the end of the earth, Dan starts sensing a mysterious girl. Is she a dream? Or has he somehow hooked into the spirit world? The lighthouse logbook helps illuminate some of the girl's tragic story but Dan will have to dig deeper to find answers and the inspiration to embrace life again.Tim Pegler, Author of the highly praised Game As Ned, gets inside the minds and hearts of teenagers and captures their voices with startling authenticity.'Five Parts Dead is more than the sum of its parts-so, so much more. This story is fresh and real, and its central character Dan is well developed and interesting...The voices in this... Views: 35
THE FINAL BOOK IN THE SERIESThe burning quest that drives John Stone leads him to San Francisco—a crime-ridden city where he'll need more than his famed quick draw to keep himself alive. The trail of his long-lost Marie is hotter than ever—in more ways than one. What Stone learns about his woman sears through his soul like hot lead—and in the moment of Stone's weakness, a cold-hearted assassin pops up in his shadow. Stone's quest may end forever ... in the silence of the grave ... Views: 35
Jade Pellerin and Damon Knight uncover secrets in both their personal and professional lives. Can love survive the pressures of media attention, family drama and rumor? Jade and Damon have battle to hold on to each other. Views: 35
The once green world is turning to ice, while a book of startling prophesy raises terrifying questions about what the future might hold.A princess is beset with nightmares she knows reveal truth.A malicious demon runs rampant, killing without abandon.Where can hope be found?Brenol and Arman throw themselves into a daring hunt to destroy the murderous spirit, and Colette seeks assistance out in the desert of ice, but the future of Massada remains bleak as death and deceit thrive.All things good and true stand in peril—even love. Views: 35
