Alex McAuliff has received an offer he can't refuse: two million dollars for a geological survey of Jamaica. All Dunstone Limited requires is his time, his expertise, and his absolute secrecy. No one--not even McAuliff's handpicked team--can know of Dunstone's involvement. But British Intelligence is aware of the deal, and they've let Alex in on a secret of their own: The last survey team Dunstone dispatched to Jamaica vanished without a trace. Now it's too late to turn back. Alex already knows about Dunstone--which means he knows too much. From the moment he lands in Jamaica, Alex is a marked man. On an island paradise where a beautiful woman might be a spy and every move could be his last, Alex's only clue to survival is a single mysterious word: Halidon. Praise for Robert Ludlum "Don't ever begin a Ludlum novel if you have to go to work the next day."--Chicago Sun-Times "Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels... Views: 24
From Publishers WeeklyOnly the most rabid religious conspiracy fans will be able to slog their way through Rocha's overlong, preachy third thriller involving the search for ancient religious artifacts (after The Holy Bullet). London journalist Sarah Monteiro joins her unrequited love interest, Fr. Rafael Santini, who's a Vatican secret agent, in a struggle between the Jesuits and the Vatican to control artifacts in the possession of London businessman Ben Isaac. Priests are being murdered for access to the artifacts, in this case the Gospel of Jesus and the bones of Christ. The usual crazy assassin with a serious sexual problem heads up a cast of characters so large that it's difficult to remember who's a good guy and who's evil incarnate. Endless religious historical lectures slow the action and add little to a plot that's difficult both to follow and swallow. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. ReviewWatch out Vatican! This book is a definite must-read. --Eric Frattini, author of The Entity Views: 24
Coming up sixteen, Tilly Trotter is different from the other girls in her village. Tall for her age and coltish, she is not afraid of taking on ‘man’s work’ to help out the grandparents who raised her in a cottage at the edge of the Sopwith Estate, only a few miles from the bustling Tyneside towns of County Durham.
Testing times lay ahead for Tilly, often hard to endure and even bringing her the undeserved taint of being suspected of witchcraft. Tilly, with her unusual beauty, envied by the local women and lusted after by the men, only loves one man – farmer Simon Bentwood. She is heartbroken to discover he is betrothed to another. A spurned suitor takes a terrible revenge, and a betrayal forces her into the cruel drudgery of the local mine and puts her life in danger.
But Tilly refuses to let her spirit be broken – determined that all this will only serve to make her stronger – and she grows to become a young woman of innate courage and fortitude. Set at the beginning of the Victorian era, this is a compelling story that follows the shaping of a young woman’s life and destiny. Views: 24
Sometimes, love is the only lightning... Still reeling from the explosion of information wrought by his brother, Reece Richards assembles Team Bolt to take on an adversary he never imagined. His father. With Emmalina Crist at his side, Reece arrives at the new Richards Resorts luxury hotel as the prodigal son returned, only now he sees the approval he once craved as the sham it really is. But it's too late. The party is a trap. In the caverns beneath Paris, Reece prepares himself for the inevitable—and Emma recognizes that no matter how they've disagreed about fighting this battle, they'll only walk away from it if they hold fast to their love. During Team Bolt's most unforgettable standoff yet, sacrifices are made and truths learned that will change Reece and Emma's journey in wrenching ways—and take their love story to places it's never been. Places they can only reach by believing in each other...and their love. Views: 24
The small town of Boston in the Drakensberg is cut off from the outside world by an unprecedented snowstorm. Into this crisis drives a woman in a sports car and a bus full of local people heading for Harrismith. Their saviour is David Roth, a recent arrival in Boston and the owner of a grader, the only vehicle that can negotiate the snow-clogged roads. He saves the stranded travellers, but now they are trapped in town. Amongst them are two killers, desperate to get back to the stranded bus and the money they stole from a murdered man. Views: 24
Money can't buy love...but it can buy marriage for on-the-run shipping heiress Natalie Blair. Her vicious stepfather's scheming ways have the Louisiana beauty fleeing to Texas to seek out legendary contract gunfighter Donovan Crow. He is dark, dangerous, and marrying him would be the perfect protection...For Van, the price is right and the spirited woman is impossible to resist. Soon the hardened bachelor can't tell what's more challenging—keeping their legions of enemies at bay or keeping his hands off his fake wife! Views: 24
