A Nick Zuliani Mystery set in Kubilai Khan’s court - Cathay, 1268. Nick Zuliani, Venetian adventurer and newly appointed Investigator to the Mongol Emperor, is sent to investigate a murder in a remote town. But Nick soon realizes that he has been sent on an impossible mission by a deadly rival – for a girl has confessed to the crime and is due to be beheaded. If Nick uncovers the truth, and saves her life, he risks undermining the local Mongol governor, with terrible diplomatic consequences. He will have to use all his wiles if he is to escape the trap laid for him.About the AuthorIan Morson studied at Oxford University and lives in Berkhamsted, England. He is the author of "Falconer's Crusade." Views: 7
Dorian Montgomery has one driving need, to be selected as the Westminster Whore’s final lover. The last two years, others have outbid him. This year he is determined to have her, and places the culmination of three years’ bids as his offer. Will it be enough to win her?Isabelle St. Hillaire has fashioned her sexual legacy—one lover a year for thirty days only—on her unusual features and her uncanny ability to pleasure men in all the right ways. She wants her last client to be the masterful aficionado she has never had. A man with an astounding reputation as a lover and an equally magnificent body. She has only one rule. Don’t fall in love.This year’s winner? Well, let’s just say he didn’t have the highest bid, but he had the most to offer.
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Life is smoothest for thirteen-year-old Ellie when she keeps her opinions to herself, gets good grades and speaks carefully when her parents ask her to settle their arguments. She feels guilty that she welcomes the chance to spend the summer in another city with her mother's older sister, Jeanette. Ellie makes a new friend and learns to play an Argentine instrument called the bandoneón, which she finds in her aunt's basement. When she goes searching for the bandoneón's original owner, she discovers a story of political intrigue and family secrets that help her start to figure out where her parents end and she begins. Views: 7
When it was time to start the search for the four habitable planets the astronomers said they had found, it was up to the spaceship Aurora and her crew to check out the universe, if there really were four planets in the Goldie-Lock zone. There was a small mishap when the telegrams were sent out to the crew. Instead of sending the telegram to Harold Potter, it was sent a to Harry Potter. Views: 7
Turquoise Morning Press’ Valentine’s Day Anthology 2011. A dozen short stories of love...just as good as roses. Maybe even better! This short story collection celebrates love—young love and old, mended love, secret love, and love enduring. Twelve talented writers share stories to touch your heart and soul. Views: 7
Retired hustler Rich never thought his former partner-in-crime Chase would cross him. Harlem beauty salon owner Candy didn't anticipate her staff betraying her. Stylist Vanessa didn't foresee Candy and Rich becoming her lovers, or her best friend becoming her worst enemy. But these traders kidnapped and tortured Candy, nearly destroying the three-way relationship she shared with Rich and Vanessa. Rich struck back swiftly, and the guns he placed in the hands of Candy and Vanessa eventually killed Chase while transforming two delicate women into trigger happy murderers with a vendetta. Views: 7
Cody Westin had been a man on a mission since the moment his wife, Cassie, walked away under a cloud of secrecy. She had her reasons, but a Westin never gives up without a fight. So when, after six long months, he was reunited with the woman he'd sworn to love, honor and cherish, it was her very pregnant belly and the fact that she'd been accused of unspeakable crimes that made him realize just how much had changed. Knowing she'd be safer by his side, they headed back to Wyoming and the life Cassie seemed desperate to leave behind. Unfortunately, danger followed, and now Cody not only had a marriage to protect, but the lives of those who mattered most. Would the trouble bring them closer together -- or tear their newfound family apart? Views: 7
Now under option to a Hollywood film companyIn December 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared in bizarre circumstances from her home in southern England. The discovery of the crime writer's abandoned car led to the biggest manhunt in British history for a missing person. Eleven days later she was found in a northern spa town claiming to be the victim of amnesia.Until the publication of this book in 1998 none of her biographers had come up with conclusive evidence as to what Agatha Christie did within the first twenty-four hours after she disappeared or whether her memory loss was genuine. Although the newspaper headlines made her famous, the private anguish that surrounded the episode ensured that she made no reference to it in her memoirs.Jared Cade's number one bestselling biography provides the answers to the mystery, including Agatha Christie's long forgotten explanation of the notorious episode, along with startling accounts by her surviving relatives that reveal for the... Views: 7
My ears are for listening, wiggling, and holding up eyeglasses. Can you wiggle your ears?Playful animals demonstrate the active things kids can do! Children will love imitating the animals' movements as they play along with this board book. Views: 7
A short novella - the prequel to FIREBRAND.Sithe captain Griogair MacLorcan is his queen’s fighter of choice, skilled and ruthless at clearing her glens of the vile Lammyr. He is not used to them coming back, so when they defiantly return, holding a young Sithe girl captive, Griogair doesn’t hesitate to rout them and free the child.But the girl Lilith has been a long time with Lammyr, and keeps secrets of her own. The most vulnerable of creatures can be the most deadly.A prequel to Gillian Philip’s acclaimed FIREBRAND, FROST CHILD tells how Seth’s parents Griogair and Lilith met - and the first deadly consequences. Views: 7
