Gail Bowen, winner of the 1995 Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel for her last Joanne Kilbourn mystery, A Colder Kind of Death, is back -- with her most daring mystery to date.In the horrifying opening paragraph of A Killing Spring, Reed Gallagher, the head of the School of Journalism at the university where Joanne Kilbourn teaches, is found dead in a seedy rooming house. He is dressed in women's lingerie, with an electric cord around his neck. Suicide, the police say. A clear case of accidental suicide. But for Joanne, who takes on the thankless task of breaking the news to Gallagher's wife, this death is just the first in a series of misfortunes that rock her life, both professional and personal.A few days after Gallagher's death, the School of Journalism is vandalized -- its offices and computers are trashed, and homophobic graffiti are sprayed everywhere. Then an unattractive and unpopular journalism student in Joanne's politics class... Views: 18
Darci Beriman knew she was more than just a poor girl in Brooklyn. From the moment she stumbled onto the mysterious photo of her father with a strange woman in the forbidden bureau in her grandfather's basement, Darci knew she had to find her true self, who she really was. Her odyssey took her across the globe then home again, and it put on her path some amazing people. From the young couple on the plane to Greece, to the black African student who became her first lover, to the enigmatic and wise Ere Zeta, each encounter shaped her and awakened her more to the power of her indomitable spirit and to the mystery school of life.About the AuthorSusan Tabin is an avid student of life. From her post-college days in the mid 1960's as a teacher in the New York City school system, to home schooling her two children in the 70's, to taking a year off from her endeavors to travel across the US with her family in a motor home, she has met life with a passion and a voracious appetite for learning. Susan lives with her husband in a lakeside home in southern Florida. Views: 18
She was everything he had aspired to create within a Program. Emile was his prized possession, and he wasn’t going to let her go. Not without a fight, and certainly not without causalities. She was everything to him. And I was his ticket to getting her back. Views: 18
17 year-old Piper “Evie” Kenley’s life has been filled with grief. Torn between the connection she has with a new guy in her life and her seven-year relationship with her boyfriend, she must choose between them. But just as she begins to put her life in order, one camping trip and a testosterone-driven dare involving a cave with a deadly and contagious secret will send her world into chaos. Views: 18
It'll take more than one man's love to tame her wild heart. The Onic Empire, Book 4 Bithia, newly crowned empress of Diola, indulges herself with as many men as it takes to satisfy her voracious passion. Now that it's time to continue the family line, though, her advisors expect the unthinkable: for her to submit to one man from a sexually primitive planet. Drahka disobeyed his tribe's strict sexual rules once. The shame still haunts him. He longs for a fresh start, but breaking one cardinal rule-a man gives, a woman takes-is not an option. His struggle to learn local customs is complicated by a mentor whose eyes hunger for the empress…and for him. Viltori is exhausted. He's tried to teach Drakha that there are many ways to find pleasure, only to be met with anger, even violence. Touching the handsome primitive only sharpens his unbearable lust for Bithia, making him wonder if execution for failure wouldn't be a blessing. When Bithia witnesses the results of Viltori's training, she realizes only these two men can fill her empty heart, inspiring her to take command of the throne at last. Except those who've held the reins thus far have a sinister reason for keeping Bithia-and her new consorts-in their place. Warning: This erotic romance contains a lusty empress, a primitive alpha male, a dedicated acolyte with domineering tendencies, copious amounts of hot m/m and m/f/m sex, secret torments, burning desires clashing with duty, and a little bit of meddling by future gods. Views: 18
Ideal for bedtime reading! "My son aged 6 reviewed this for me and he loved it! It totally engrossed him he kept telling me to sssh if I interrupted him and he said it was very exciting. High praise indeed. He said it 'was a really good fun book' I had a brief read through and I absolutely adored the character filled illustrations, so simple and so delightful. The writing holds your attention, zips along and is funny! The author suggests probably 7-12 is the right reading age for the book but at 6 and 30 something we loved it too!" Becky Goddard-Hill, Book Reviews for Mums.Gatwick's story:"I'm nothing like any other bear. First of all, I have an unbearable name. You might have already seen me stomping around the airport named after me. (Or, was I named after the airport?) Whatever! If you've never seen me, you need to look around more carefully next time you're in departures – I might be there! You'll recognise me because my fur is mega-ruffled at the back and... Views: 18
When Kaz Jorgensen returns to Astoria, fire breaks out on her brother's fishing trawler, implicating him in arson and murder. Complicating Kaz's investigation is the handsome, enigmatic fire chief, Michael Chapman, who can destroy the last remnants of the family she’s struggling to hold together. As the real killer stalks Kaz, she and Michael must learn to work together to uncover the truth. Views: 18
