The book begins in Downing Street but not as we know it: the year is 1949, the Allied Powers’ advance on Moscow in the wake of Nazi defeat has failed. Stalin’s tanks are rumbling through London and Winston Churchill emerges from his bunker, draws a revolver and decides upon the only course of action left to him. We switch to 1989. England is divided along north-south lines between Soviet and American sectors, with London split in two. Metropolitan People’s Police detective Harry Stark works in Scotland Yard with a view of Victory Embankment and the charred stump of Big Ben on the other side of the London Wall. Under Blackfriars Bridge a river border patrol finds a hanging corpse. Stark is called to investigate. A hard-working honest cop whose chief delight is a pint in The Rose (formerly ‘and Crown’) he has no truck with the sinister Department of Social Security political police. An American infiltrator tells him the... Views: 34
This is the story of two married couples and an affair. The Paper Lovers by Gerard Woodward opens with a man who suddenly develops a crush on one of his wife's friends. As his affections deepen, he becomes aware that she too has feelings for him. Soon they transgress. But what does this mean? Is it love? Will they be caught?The second part of the story is about the crisis of identity that comes with betrayal. If you are no longer faithful to yourself, to your spouse or to your God, who are you now? If you have been deceived, diminished, your world destroyed without your knowledge, who are you now? And in each case: how might you live on, who might you become? Views: 34
The Voltar Confederacy has a long-range strategy to invade Earth and use it in their conquest of the Galaxy. However, with the discovery that Earth is being destroyed by incessant pollution, Royal Officer Jettero Heller is sent on a top-secret mission to handle this threat to the planet's life. But why is Lombar Hisst, head of the Apparatus, Voltar's deadly intelligence agency, determined to sabotage the mission and see it fail? Can Heller possibly succeed or will he fall into the web of intergalactic intrigue spun by Hisst and his devious henchman, Soltan Gris? Find out as you embark on this mission full of dynamic characters and packed with plenty of twists, action and emotion. Views: 34
Put some heat in your holidays with these scorchin'-hot fairy tales from bestselling authors Leslie Kelly and Jennifer LaBrecqueThe Prince Who Stole Christmas by Leslie KellyBetween her ne'er-do-well brother and her candy shop, Claire Hoffman has her hands full. But when sexy sparks start flying between Claire and her gorgeous but enigmatic tenant "Phil," Claire wonders if all the chocolate has made her a little Christmas crazy. But what will happen to her fantasy when her dishy fling tells her that, er
he's actually a prince?My True Love Gave to Me
by Jennifer LaBrecqueYears ago in the town of Good Riddance, Alaska, Gertie and Knox were best friends—until Knox fell under the "spell" of a rather cold, remote woman. But three years later, Knox and Gertie are reunited at the Chrismoose festival
and all it takes is a snowed-in night in a cabin for Gertie to turn Knox's chill into a red-hot blaze of sexstasy! Views: 34
