Grace Fairmont wanted answers. But after arriving in London, Grace was sent a vicious warning. She wasn't welcome here--or anywhere else. But the search for the truth about her family wouldn't stop there.-- Bobby Finn always called his own shots-- on assignment and with women. And the last thing the Scotsman wanted was to babysit, especially a beautiful, spoiled American, whose daddy didn't want her traveling the U.K. alone. Yet danger had a way of bringing people together--Bobby and Grace couldn't escape it. And just steps away from uncovering her family's secret history, their attraction was escalating to explosive levels. Views: 53
HER HUSBAND After a suspicious fire claimed the life of her father and nearly that of rescuer Ben Wells, Morgan Winters engaged in a marriage of convenience with Ben for protection--and vengeance. Swathed in bandages and wheelchair-bound, Ben enlisted a trusted investigator to expose a murder plot and to watch over his in-name-only wife. HER BODYGUARD "Josh" insisted on midnight meetings, disguises, anonymity. His evasiveness concealed his identity as surely as Ben's bandages covered his wounded face and body. But to prove the murderer's guilt, she had to believe in her husband's confidant--a mystery man who stirred Morgan's suspicions as well as her senses. Views: 53
ENVY, REVENGE AND RETRIBUTION IN THE THRILLING NEW INSTALMENT OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE GREEK DETECTIVE SERIESMy first question must be, why do you want no investigation? If some malicious person has robbed you - as you believe - of your precious sight, why do you not want that person caught, tried and punished for their crime?A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach, a local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard - trouble has come at a bad time to Morfi, just as the backwater village is making headlines with a visit from a government minister. Fortunately, where there's trouble there's Hermes Diaktoros, the mysterious fat man whose tennis shoes are always pristine and whose methods are always unorthodox. Hermes must solve a brutal crime, thwart the petty machinations of the town's ex-mayor and pour oil on the troubled waters of a sisters' relationship - but how can he solve a mystery that not even the victim wants to be solved?... Views: 53
The creator of TomDispatch dissects America's endless urge to go to war. Views: 53
In this Imagination Station adventure, Patrick and Beth find themselves as guests in a beautiful castle in 15th-century England. Through a series of events, the steward of Lord Darkthorn's castle finds the cousins with three artifacts collected in their previous adventures: the stone, the cup, and the golden tablet. They are accused of being thieves and locked in jail. Beth escapes and discovers the identity of the real thief, leading to a jousting contest with a surprising outcome. Set during the War of the Roses in England, Revenge of the Red Knight will teach readers about the Crusades, the integrity of knights and the vows they took, and why men would choose to risk their lives to fight for Christianity. Views: 53
In the ancient Greek legend, Hades, lord of the underworld, had carried off the beautiful Persephone to live in his dark kingdom for four months of every year. And now Julie Veltrovers found herself a present-day Persephone, meeting a fate that had been awaiting her for ten years -- ever since Doneus Lucien had been wronged by Julie's family and had vowed that one day, when Julie was old enough, he would bear her off to Greece as his wife, to live there for seven months of the year. That day had come, and rather than ruin her family's happiness, Julie was forced to submit to his plans. But she had never foreseen that she would fall in love with this strange husband of hers -- a man that had only used her as an instrument of revenge . . . Views: 53
Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score has the ability to get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. Scored's reluctant heroine is Imani, a girl whose high score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? Friendship, romance, loyalty, family, human connection and human value: all are questioned in this fresh and compelling dystopian novel set in the scarily forseeable future.From the Hardcover edition. Views: 53
Ailean MacLachlainn dreamed of being a famed warrior. Until a glance from Mùirne's blue eyes turned his head and escalated his rivalry with Latharn. Ailean's chief involved his clan in an uprising and changed Ailean's life. What happens when a man's dreams turn to dust and he loses everything? Does he have what it takes to go on? This is a story of adventure...of love, loss and redemption. Views: 53
