Bonnie Angelo, a graduate student in California, is desperate to finish her degree in Gender Studies. But when she decides to make her thesis more innovative by collecting personal sexual experiences, Bonnie has to fight off her very non-clinical feelings for the first research subject she brings home, software engineer Paul Ash.Not knowing Bonnie's motives, Paul is blown away by their first meeting and doesn't understand why she keeps trying to avoid him. But while he focuses on the chase . . . and the delights of her capture . . . he forgets to guard his own heart.Quick Study is a hot, funny, romantic novella, the equivalent of about 100 print pages.About the AuthorGretchen Galway writes romantic comedies because love is too painful to survive without laughing. A graduate of Stanford University, Gretchen has accumulated writing material as a fit model, fashion merchandising assistant, database caretaker, textile designer, cottage gardener, and mother. Raised in the American Midwest, she now lives in California with her family. Views: 31
The "Nameless Detective" and Sharon McCone join forces at a San Diego private detective convention to investigate a case involving multiple murder, a crime ring dealing in smuggled fugitives, and bizarre, kinky lifestyles. Views: 31
Chicago, 2064: Talon Avalon is a timecaster-one of a select few peace officers who can operate a TEV, the Tachyon Emission Visualizer, which records events (most specifically, crimes) that have already happened. With crime at an all-time low, Talon has little to do except give lectures to school kids and obsess on his wife's profession as a licensed sex partner. Until one of her clients asks Talon to investigate a possible murder. When Talon uses the TEV to view the crime, the identity of the killer is unmistakable-it's him, Talon Avalon. Views: 31
Four former friends turned foes. One set out for revenge bent on destroying the other three? Will they stop her before it's too late? Or will they all die at the hands of a former friend. In this action packed tale will they be able to separate fact from Dope Fiction? Views: 31
"The vertical farm is a world-changing innovation whose time has come. Dickson Despommier's visionary book provides a blueprint for securing the world's food supply and at the same time solving one of the gravest environmental crises facing us today."—StingImagine a world where every town has their own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature's grocery store - imagine the world of the vertical farm.When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Despommier explains how the vertical farm will have an incredible impact on changing the face of this planet for future... Views: 31
SUMMARY:Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories which have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the twentieth century.Deathless, however, is no dry, historical tome: it lights up like fire as the young Marya Morevna transforms from a clever child of the revolution, to Koschei’s beautiful bride, to his eventual undoing. Along the way there are Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power. All told, Deathless is a collision of magical history and actual history, of revolution and mythology, of love and death, which will bring Russian myth back to life in a stunning new incarnation. Views: 31
The secret lay dormant for over half a century, forgotten and covered over by years of quiet activity in the sleepy community of Fox Island, Washington. Now that Tony and Price Shadowbrook uncovered the truth, what should they do? Say nothing and allow the lie to live on? Or speak up and risk destroying the lives of many innocent people? Fox Island is the first in a series of cozy mysteries set in little known locations in the western U.S. The series follows the summer expeditions of western author Tony Shadowbrook and his English professor wife, Price, as they travel the west in search of intrigue, surprise, and more than a little adventure. Views: 31
Talson’s Wait Marie Harte Book one in the Talson Temptations series. Domineering, dangerous and downright huge, Roarke Talson owns Jamie for the next three years. It’s 2109, and the government has found a way to deal with the national debt. Indentured service. She might have been duped into debt, but she’s not stupid. Jamie made sure to put a no-sex clause in her contract. There’s just one problem. She can’t stop thinking about her boss. Sexy and commanding, he’s the face of her ultimate fantasy, and a nightmare employer. She’s met every challenge he’s thrown at her and refuses to drop, no matter how hard he works her. When Jamie does the wrong thing for the right reason, she assumes Talson will throw her in jail and not think twice. In an effort to escape, she ambushes him and flees, but not before taking a kiss and a bit more from the man. She hadn’t counted on him getting free so quickly, that he might be half alien, or that he’d hunt her down with more than vengeance on his mind. Publisher’s Note: This title was previously published elsewhere and has been revised for Ellora’s Cave. Views: 31
Thirteen tales of Elder Gods, Darkness, horror and Lovecraftian madness by Bram Stoker Award Winning author David Niall Wilson. From crazed sculpting tenants, to giant wooden cockroaches, to Tarot cards and a creepy old barber shop, these stories lead through doorways and down corridors that are not of this world. Published for the first time in this volume is the story Anomaly. Contents Include: Author's IntroductionGlenn & The Tart of Mortar Psycho Maine TenantsThe Milk of ParadiseAre You Lookin' For Herb?Cockroach SuckersDarkness, and the LightDeath, and His Brother SleepDeath Did Not Become Him – with Patricia Lee MacomberFrom My Reflection, DarklyThe Lost Wisdom of InstinctRending the VeilThe Hall of Captured GodsAnomalyThe Call of Distant Shores Views: 31
