We asked our readers what story they would most like to see from four bestselling authors. They responded . . .A handsome hero returns from war, battle-scarred and world-weary. But family duty calls and he must find a bride.A young lady facing yet another season without a suitor never expects to find herself the object of his affections.It Happened One SeasonFour amazing talentsStephanie LaurensMary BaloghJacquie D'AlessandroandCandice Hernhave come together to create one of the most unforgettable events of the year. The results are spectacular—each story is as unique as a lover's first kiss. Views: 45
Peter and Ann are kidnapped by a modern-day gladiatorial entrepreneur. The newly married members of a kick-boxing school had been spotted by Jake Tompkins, investigated, and then transported to his island. There they are modified and trained in the most brutal and sadistic form of unarmed fighting ever devised. Once trained, they are put on show to compete, not only at kick-boxing but other forms of combat as well. He also offers them as sexual slaves to his clients who are willing to pay enormous sums to do whatever they wish. Views: 45
"[Thomas Perry is] a master of nail-biting suspense."--Los Angeles TimesIn this explosive new novel from the Edgar Award--winning author of The Butcher's Boy, Blood Money, and other novels of "dazzling ingenuity" (The New York Times Book Review), Thomas Perry gives us a thriller even more startling than his most recent bestseller, Pursuit. In Dead Aim, an unsuspecting man tries to help a young woman on the edge, and finds himself drawn into a lethal struggle with a deadly adversary--and then another, and another, and another. Robert Mallon has lived for ten quiet years in affluent Santa Barbara, California, when an encounter on a beach with a mysterious young woman shatters his peaceful, carefully constructed life. Despite Mallon's desperate attempts, he loses her, and he becomes obsessed with discovering why. He hires detective Lydia Marks to uncover the secrets of this stranger's life, and what they learn propels them... Views: 45
When Squashy Grandma's teeth get stuck in the vacuum cleaner, Abbie calls the Very Odd Job Man. Matt Platt and his Even Odder daughter Perdita invite Abbie to the Hair Museum, where history has hairstyles and fish have beards. Drawn into a hair-raising hunt for Perdita's mum Coriander, Abbie befriends Fernando, the heartbroken shrunken head of a Spanish conquistador, and Chester, a helpful patch of chest hair. But waddling in the shadows is a fiendish foe: the white-suited, lemon-haired Dr Hubris Klench. Abbie discovers that finding Coriander is one thing but saving the world from Klench's 'eefil doinks' quite another. And who are those hairy hobos holed up with Coriander? &newpara;With kidnaps, kooks and creepy crooks, Dead Hairy is a crazy caper of laughter, love and lice crispies. This quirky tale, full of screwballs and pitfalls, will tickle children, parents and squashy grandmas alike. Views: 45
From Jessica Longstreet and Jodi Sylph comes a new short erotica series: Twin Babysitters. This short story introduces the first twin, Sherry. Sherry and Shelly are eighteen year old twins. Sherry finds a babysitting job for a hot gay couple, Mark and Chris. Her fantasies escalate as she finds Chris more than willing to be seduced. Views: 45
Find out where Candra and Ben's ancestors came from, and how the werewolf curse came to pass, in this prequel to SILVER MOON. Views: 45
Slocum partners up with a female sleuth—and they're hot on the case...When John Slocum rides into the mining town of Leadville a little down on his luck, he doesn't expect to get swindled out of his last gold piece. And when he finds the man responsible for the counterfeit money and doles out his own form of justice, Slocum winds up in the local jail. Lucky for him, there's a spunky lady detective looking for the source of the counterfeit coins—and she thinks Slocum is the perfect gunslinger to help her solve the mystery... Views: 45
There has never been anyshortage of business at the Tank, a high-profile firm in Copenhagen. There are round-tablemeetings to attend, circular memos to write, colleagues to indirectly undermine.But when the Tank's nefarious CEO announces a period of downsizing, everyone isexposed and the game-playing begins in deadly earnest.Top executive FrederickBreathwaite suspects his days might be numbered, and is frantically trying toensure a foothold on the career ladder for his son Jes. Harald Jaeger,estranged from his wife and daughters, harbours desperate passions for analarming number of women (including, dangerously, the Tank's married financialofficer). Lost in his amorous fantasies, he has somehow managed to catch theCEO's eye - as a possible replacement for Breathwaite. Meanwhile the CEO's sonAdam should be following in his father's alpha-male footsteps but instead ishead-over-heels in puppy love with his au pair. And in a nearby shoe repairshop, Jes, who personally can't imagine anything worse than his father'scorporate life, is pursuing a very different kind of future.As the city settles into autumn,a season of brittle days and foreboding nights, the impending downsizing causesa ripple effect that touches not just every employee in the Tank but theirspouses, children and lovers as well. Sharp, funny but remarkably tender, FallingSideways is a shrewdly observed tale of ambition and anxiety, ofbackstabbing and backsliding, of office politics and family affairs. Views: 45
Stefanie is not just in love, she is alight. She has met Gary and they have fused like a rocket headed for the farthest reaches of the galaxy, exploding as they go. Wow! It is perfect. It is ecstasy. It has no limits. What could possibly go wrong? Well ...... Views: 45
A beautiful, haunting novel from the author of the multi-award-winning The Red Shoe. Set in 1967, and imbued with the atmosphere and psychological intrigue of Picnic at Hanging Rock. There were only eleven of them, like eleven sisters all the same age in a large family. Because it was such a very small class, they had a very small classroom, which was perched at the very top of the school - up four flights of stairs, up in the high sky, like a colony of little birds nesting on a cliff. 'Today, girls,' said Miss Renshaw, 'we shall go out into the beautiful Gardens and think about death.'In the Gardens they meet a poet. What follows is inexplicable, shocking, a scandal. What really happened that day? Is 'the truth' as elusive as it seems? And do the little girls know more than they are letting on?A haunting and unforgettable novel from a multi-award-winning author. Views: 45
