A wicked stepsister, a sexy prince, and a one-night stand revisited. Cinderella, eat your heart out.Once upon a time, there was a young woman of beauty, grace, and good nature…Blah. Blah. Blah.Rowyn Jeong knows her no-nonsense, less than warm personality cannot compare to her stepsister Cindy's bubbly charm and beauty. Hey, everyone has their niche, right? But being the plainer, wicked stepsister has never bothered her more than when Darius Fiore reappears in her life. Darius Fiore, the man she indulged in a one-night stand with six months ago, the businessman threatening her position within her stepfather's company, and the man her sister has her eyes—and hands—on.Rowyn has never forgotten the man who allowed her to be someone else for a few sex-filled hours. Now that Darius has turned up in her territory, will he see past the hard exterior to the woman beneath, the one hungry for love and acceptance? Views: 47
As far as demons go, Miss White and Miss Green were pretty good. They tried their best to do good deeds and consume as few humans as possible. It was hard work, being a nice demon, but they both really tried. Epic battles and romance await in this irreverent novella retelling of the classic Chinese story, part of The Zodiac Schmodiac Story Cycle, 1st Course: Kung Pao Flavored Short Stories. Views: 47
Journalist Sara Sinclair is still waiting for her big break. Until one night, she finds it—in the form of a little black book. A book containing X-rated details about an exclusive club where powerful political men play. It could be the story of the century—or it could be the last story Sara writes....Sergeant Rafe Delgado has no use for journalists...even one as hot as Sara. But once he realizes she's in danger, Rafe knows he's the only thing standing between Sara and a pair of cement shoes. Only now, there's nothing standing between them...and Sara's about to learn that powerful politicos aren't the only ones with unbridled desires! Views: 47
Jussi Adler-Olsen is Denmark's premier crime writer. His books routinely top the bestseller lists in northern Europe, and he's won just about every Nordic crime-writing award, including the prestigious Glass Key Award-also won by Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, and Jo Nesbo. Now, Dutton is thrilled to introduce him to America.The Keeper of Lost Causes, the first installment of Adler- Olsen's Department Q series, features the deeply flawed chief detective Carl MØrck, who used to be a good homicide detective-one of Copenhagen's best. Then a bullet almost took his life. Two of his colleagues weren't so lucky, and Carl, who didn't draw his weapon, blames himself.So a promotion is the last thing Carl expects.But it all becomes clear when he sees his new office in the basement. Carl's been selected to run Department Q, a new special investigations division that turns out to be a department of one. With a stack of Copenhagen's coldest cases to keep him company, Carl's... Views: 47
Product DescriptionOnce a hard-case gangbanger, famous philanthropist Father Santiago is being pressured to aid his former gang or have his crimes exposed. He can't go to the cops, but he can go to his old friend-burned covert operative Michael Westen.
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The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, ship-wreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, first contact with native peoples and so much more. Described by author Peter FitzSimons as "a true Adults Only version of Lord of the Flies, meeting Nightmare on Elm Street," the story is set in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night.... Views: 47
An heiress changes her identity and starts a new life away from her father’s ruthless, self-serving world, only to find herself falling in love with the slick, corporate player her father sends to bring her back."I read your book last night. I really enjoyed it. I started reading it around 9:30 last night and didn't go to bed until I finished it which was 1am. I can't wait for your next book." -- Judy H.“I read your new book with great enjoyment. It was well-plotted, well-written, and kept moving. Nice work.” – J.P. of New Jersey"I thoroughly enjoyed Seducing an Heiress. It is a quick, light read--a fun escape from everyday life. The characters are well thought out and likable, and the plot is fast moving." Susan B. of North CarolinaExcerpt:“Pull around to the back of the restaurant.” Dakota leaned forward to peer through the wind shield.Something was up with Dakota and Trey couldn’t figure it out. He couldn’t figure out a lot of things like how the hell he was going to talk her into coming back to work for Jamison. Usually he didn’t have any trouble finding the weak link in a person’s armor and figuring out how to exploit it. Dakota was different. She didn’t seem to fit any mold. One minute she was a sophisticated and elegant woman mildly flirting with him over dinner, the next she was barely able to look him in the eye.He felt like a squirrel on ice in a strong wind. Nothing short of luck was going to get him to solid ground. Trey rolled up next to her VW bug. Dakota hopped out of the truck with her bag of leftover food before he’d even come to a complete stop.She fumbled to unlock her car door. That’s when he saw the dog. It was rangy, but big. Some kind of spotted, scruffy lab mix…maybe. It came charging around the corner of the dumpster and headed straight for her at full speed.Sheer panic shot through him. “Dakota!” He banged open his door and jumped for the hood of the truck, rolling across it and landing on the other side. He tackled the dog just before it got to her. Grabbing it around the chest, Trey tucked his body and landed hard on the ground. The animal squealed and started yelping like he was killing it.“Hamlet!” Dakota screamed. “Trey, are you crazy? You’re hurting him!”She dropped to her knees next to him and the dog struggled frantically to get at her. “Get in the truck, Dakota,” Trey snapped, squeezing down on the animal so it couldn’t get away. “Let go!” Her fingers dug into his arm and she pulled on him like she was trying to break his grip. “That’s my dog!”Was she serious? “It attacked you!”“He was greeting me. He’d never hurt anyone.”“It has a funny way of showing it.”“He’s not vicious.”Trey stared at her over the thrashing animal. “If it kills you, don’t come crying to me.”“Okay.” Was that an edge of humor he heard in her voice?Irritated that she might be laughing at him, he let the dog go. It scrambled off him and took off. Dakota watched it go and sighed. “It took me a long time to get him to trust me. I hope I don’t have to start all over again.”Trey sat up. “Why does your dog live behind a dumpster?”“My landlord doesn’t allow pets.” She stood up and brushed off the knees of her jeans. “I can’t afford to live anywhere else, so don’t even start on that.”Trey got to his feet, his heart still pounding from the scare her dog had given him. “How was I supposed to know it—” “He.”“Was yours? All I saw was a stray charging you down like it...he wanted to rip your throat out.”She looked up at him. The corner of her mouth twitched like she was trying not to smile. “You move pretty fast for a pencil pusher, you know that?” Views: 47
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The ensorceled gems that once held all humans in sway now power a hundred small kingdoms, but the monarchy of Mountfalcon is suddenly in dire peril. For the Queen has unwittingly lost the realm-sustaining, jeweled Chaos Machine — a castastrophe that could tear the kingdom apart. Captain of the Queen's Guard, Wilrowan Blackheart has been entrusted with the Machine's recovery — an undertaking that slowly reveals a horrific conspiracy spreading far beyond Mountfalcon's borders, as the deposed Maglore plot to reduce the unsuspecting human world to rubble and flames. But unbeknownst to him, another has also embarked on the same mission: a determined crusader of strength and substance...the only woman Blackheart has ever loved, but can never possess. Views: 47
