Rebecca's life takes a dramatic turn one summer. When she loses her beloved Granddad, she takes solace in visiting the places they used to go. Exploring one of her favourite places, Furness Abbey, with her friends one day leads to adventures beyond their wildest dreams. The youngsters find themselves in the midst of a mystery, as old as the abbey itself, and rather unexpectedly, make friends with the ghost of the Cistercian monk and an errand boy from the 1930s, who reveal to them the secret of the abbey treasures. The friends must race against time to find the lost abbey treasure before an evil adversary, the mysterious Mr. Steele, can seize it. Time is ticking as the friends decipher the clues that lead to the treasure, they must pit themselves against the evil Mr Steele to win the treasure back. The finale of the adventure reveals a surprise which Rebecca could never have anticipated that allows her to come to terms with the passing of her Granddad. Out of Time is a... Views: 285
Dorothy Parker once said, "I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true." In that case, we're sure she'd be delighted with Murder Your Darlings, J.J. Murphy's charming first mystery in the Algonquin Round Table series. Dorothy Parker is early for the usual lunchtime gathering at New York's Algonquin Hotel when she spies a body under the table: it's the loathed drama critic, Leland Mayflower. How fitting that he was dispatched through a heart no one knew he had...by a fountain pen! But now the Round Table wits are suspects. Taking pity on one murder suspect-a scruffy young writer named Billy Faulkner-Mrs. Parker sets out to vindicate her friends and find out who really rang down the curtain on the crusty critic. Views: 285
Until Sugar Dean is found dead on a local golf course, the police on DCC Bob Skinner's Edinburgh patch are having a quiet time. But that's about to change. There's something uncannily familiar about this murder, and it's making Bob Skinner nervous. The body has been 'laid out' in exactly the same way as the corpses of three young women in a previous case – a case that was solved. Is it just freakish coincidence? Could this be the work of a copycat killer? Or is it possible that the previous case isn't quite as closed as Skinner thought... Views: 285
Ivy's Twisted Vine Redux Synopsis Read the book that started it all for national bestselling author Latrivia S. Nelson. Ivy's Twisted Vine (2008) is the largest book in the interracial romance genre to date and one of the most controversial. In celebration of Latrivia's own publishing company, she has re-released Ivy's Twisted Vine with revised scenes and more action. Ivy's Twisted Vine Redux is the newest and best version of the genre's favorite saga. Memphis, TN is buzzing over a sex scandal that could upset one of the city's oldest black political families, and it is all centered around one young woman - Ivy Winters. Ivy Winters is a quintessential college queen on the rise to becoming the next big thing to hit Memphis. She has been promised a great career at a thriving firm and is engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. Her five-year plan is working out smoothly until her fianc dumps her out of the blue. Unbeknownst to his reputation and in utter despair, she falls into the arms of the city's most notorious bad boy and ends up pregnant by either the love of her life or the man of her dreams. Now she has to decide if image is worth more than emotion. Grey Henderson knows what he wants and gets it. Labeled the most eligible bachelor in Memphis, secured by riches and power, and dubbed the favorite son of the sitting mayor, Grey's only goal is to become the next Congressman of District 17. Marriage to Ivy would complete his image and win the seat, but his secret life of wild sex with countless women haunts him to the point of breaking off their engagement in a dizzying moment of clarity. Only after reality is too much to bear, he discovers that he wants her back in his life and needs her back for his career aspirations. Lt. Nicola Agosto is Memphis' top cop. Living life on the edge and casually dating the city's most beautiful women are his two favorite past times when he's not serving as the mayor's henchman. Operation Paycheck is his opportunity to prove that his specialized unit is the best. However, all his plans come to a screeching halt when he possibly gets Ivy pregnant and is forced to face the very mayor who appointed him. Facing the Henderson family, however, may not be as hard as facing his own feelings as he discovers that making love to all the women in the world may not be nearly as satisfying as having the love of one. Who will survive this epic love triangle that exposes the dirty little secrets of even the most celebrated and promising young leaders? Someone will win. Someone will lose and someone will someone will knock on death's door. www.latrivianelson.info Views: 285
Eleven Rooms. Ten Bodies. One Empty Grave.Brandon Fisher never expected this when he signed up as a Special Agent for the FBI. Working in the shadow of Supervisory Special Agent Jack Harper of the Behavioral Analysis Unit his career seemed set. But when the team is called to a small rural town where the remains of ten victims are found in an underground bunker, buried in an unusual way, Brandon knows he'll never return to his normal life.With one empty grave, and the case touching close to home, he fears he's become the target of a psychotic serial killer who wants to make him number eleven. Only thing is, everything Brandon thinks he knows is far from the truth. Views: 285
Two complete Jack Fleming, Vampire P.I. novels.In the latest Vampire Files omnibus, Jack Fleming now runs his own nightclub while remaining a reluctant player in the politics of gangland Chicago in the 1930s. And wherever vampires and mobsters mix, there will be blood... Views: 284
The tiny kingdom of the Ozure Isles is the Kashmir or Shangri-La of Oz;
perched on five islands in Lake Orizon, surrounded by high mountains in a remote
region of Munchkin Land, it has little contact with the outside world—of Oz,
that is. The beaches are not sand but gemstones; the people travel between their
islands not by boat, but by seahorse. Or they used to, before the evil witch Mombi turned her malice in the Ozure direction. After
kidnapping Queen Orin, Mombi left a fire-breathing lake monster named Quiberon
in Lake Orizon to keep the natives prisoner.[1]
Even after Mombi is vanquished, the isolated Ozurites remain oppressed. Views: 284
To save her husband and infant daughter Mary must walk through a snow storm to find help.On a lonely country road a family of three finds themselves in a life threatening situation. To save her family, Mary walks through a snow storm to find help. Mary herself receives help from surprising sources. Views: 284
Sir Henry Commendone sat upon an oak box clamped with bands of iron and watched his son completing his morning toilette. "And how like you this life of the Court, John?" he said. The young man smoothed out the feather of his tall cone-shaped hat. "Truly, father," he answered, "in respect of itself it seems a very good life, but in respect that it is far from the fields and home it is naught. But I like it very well. And I think I am likely to rise high. I am now attached to the King Consort, by the Queen\'s pleasure. His Highness has spoken frequently with me, and I have my commission duly written out as caballerizo." Views: 284
After slipping overboard from her father’s expensive yacht, Elizabeth makes it to a small island. She wakes to a man storming up the beach. He’s not happy and orders her off the island. Elizabeth soon discovers his secret of why he wants to be alone.Short North - Book 1A simple story about moving past the terrible things that life throws at you and finding happiness on the other side.Months after his breakup with a long-term boyfriend, Jacob Pierce is still more than a little fragile, he has withdrawn from life, his friends are concerned and even he knows that something needs to change. With the encouragement of his friends and a nudge from the newest member of Jacob's small circle, he agrees to sign up for a film based photography class.Elijah Fall, a widowed photography teacher, is exactly the man to bring Jacob back to life. But, while Jacob may have found the man of his dreams, will Elijah, someone who has lost everything once, be willing to risk his heart again? Views: 284
From the moment of its publication in 1977, Haywire was a national sensation and a #1 bestseller, a celebrated Hollywood memoir of a glittering family and the stunning darkness that lurked just beneath the surface.Brooke Hayward was born into the most enviable of circumstances. The daughter of a famous actress and a successful Hollywood agent, she was beautiful, wealthy, and living at the very center of the most privileged life America had to offer. Yet at twenty-three her family was ripped apart. Who could have imagined that this magical life could shatter, so conclusively, so destructively? Brooke Hayward tells the riveting story of how her family went haywire.From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 284
Six hilarious months in the life of Elmo Jenkins. Elmo Jenkins is 25 years old and about to graduate from seminary. But then what? Follow Elmo as he stumbles through a six-month internship at a large downtown church. It's Ferris Bueller meets Holden Caulfield as he learns how to be a minister. Elmo pulls back the sacred curtains for a irreverent inside look at the inner workings of a mega-church.Six hilarious months in the life of Elmo Jenkins. Elmo Jenkins is 25 years old and about to graduate from seminary. But then what? Follow Elmo as he literally stumbles through a six-month internship at a large downtown church. It's Ferris Bueller meets Holden Caulfield as he learns how to baptize and bury, visit and marry the faithful flock. Take a peek as Elmo pulls back the sacred curtains for a irreverent inside look at the inner workings of a mega-church. Watch as Elmo's cynicism is transformed, as he solves a hundred-year-old church mystery and even finds true love along the way. This fast-pace novel will keep you smiling from beginning to end. Views: 283
Max Renn is a genetic experiment, the product of three generations of psychics bred by the Soviet state. Before his first mission, the Soviet Union collapses and he disappears.We meet him twenty years later, when his best friend–his only friend–is murdered and he is forced to assemble a team of people like him to fight the international conspiracy behind the murder.“A dead-on thriller for the decade . . . . I can’t imagine anyone reading this and not wanting more” — Thomas F. Monteleone, author of the NY Times bestseller The Blood of the Lamb and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel If you could hear the thoughts of every person for three blocks around–their regrets, rationalizations, commercial jingles, the lies that hide what they can’t bear to think—how could you ever trust anyone? And if you could make them believe anything you wanted, how could you ever trust yourself?Max Renn is a legend of the Soviet mind control program, a genetic experiment, the product of three generations of psychics bred by the state for their power. Before his first mission, the Soviet Union collapses and he disappears.We meet him twenty years later in the Everglades, keeping as far from people as he can get, until his best friend–his only friend–is murdered and he is forced to assemble a team of people like him to fight the international conspiracy behind the murder.“Ted Krever has been a writer to watch, now he’s a writer to read. Do not miss MINDBENDERS.” -F. Paul Wilson Views: 283
What seemed like a simple experiment to figure out how the ancient stones were cut released an ancient horror. Views: 283
