When an old friend’s husband goes missing, she calls Cindy for help. Fresh from her own tragedy, Cindy returns to the Caribbean, this time to the gorgeous, lush island of Grenada, to find him.Cindy, still grieving her own husband’s death, stays at her friend’s incredible villa on the ocean, as she does her best to help track down her friend’s husband, Ames. As Cindy investigates, she meets the different characters on the island, some local, some fantastically rich, all of whom seem to be involved with each other, either romantically or in shady business dealings.As Cindy uncovers secret affairs, odd money dealings and drugs, she realizes there is a complex web on the island hidden from public view. And as she digs deeper into Ames’ life, she is shocked to discover how many secrets he had been hiding from his wife—and that she never really knew the man she loved. The police at first refuse to take her seriously, but they soon gain respect for her tough intelligence, courage and determination. Cindy’s relationship with one cop in particular, Mattheus, develops in unexpected ways, as they give each other solace from their losses.But Cindy digs too deep. Soon, she finds her own life in peril, as she heads into the dark underside of the island. Startling developments in the investigation lead to a shocking ending as a body is discovered and Cindy alone must find out if they’ve convicted the wrong person. Views: 69
A masterful debut thriller about the original female Dracula and an underground gothic cult reenacting her ritualized killings in present day London In sixteenth-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth Bathory tortured and killed over six hundred servant girls in order to bathe in their blood. She believed this practice would keep her skin youthful and her beauty immortal.Quiver tells the story of Danica, a forensic psychologist who works at a former insane asylum-turned-forensic hospital. One of Danica’s mental patients is Malcolm Foster, who is imprisoned for murdering a fourteen-year-old girl. Foster is a menacing but fascinating patient and Danica begins to suspect that Foster may have been the head of a gothic cabal idolizing Bathory. Her peers dismiss her discoveries, while disturbing incidents begin following her home from work.Soon after her arrival in London, Danica receives a mysterious note from Maria, a seductive archivist with whom Danica has had an intriguing and complicated past. Maria claims she has Bathory’s diaries that chronicle her relentless torture of young women. As Maria increasingly insinuates herself into Danica’s life, soon Danica is in too deep to notice that Maria’s motivations are far from selfless; in fact, they may just cost Danica her life.A masterful debut thriller about the original female Dracula and an underground gothic cult reenacting her ritualized killings in present day London In sixteenth-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth Bathory tortured and killed over six hundred servant girls in order to bathe in their blood. She believed this practice would keep her skin youthful and her beauty immortal.Quiver tells the story of Danica, a forensic psychologist who works at a former insane asylum-turned-forensic hospital. One of Danica’s mental patients is Malcolm Foster, who is imprisoned for murdering a fourteen-year-old girl. Foster is a menacing but fascinating patient and Danica begins to suspect that Foster may have been the head of a gothic cabal idolizing Bathory. Her peers dismiss her discoveries, while disturbing incidents begin following her home from work.Soon after her arrival in London, Danica receives a mysterious note from Maria, a seductive archivist with whom Danica has had an intriguing and complicated past. Maria claims she has Bathory’s diaries that chronicle her relentless torture of young women. As Maria increasingly insinuates herself into Danica’s life, soon Danica is in too deep to notice that Maria’s motivations are far from selfless; in fact, they may just cost Danica her life.Holly Luhning grew up in southern Saskatchewan. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature, madness, and theories of the body. She has received a Saskatchewan Lieutenant-Governor’s Arts Award and her collection of poetry, Sway, was nominated for a Saskatchewan Book Award. Holly presently resides in Montreal. Quiver is her first novel and she is at work on her next thriller, Viper. Views: 69
Product DescriptionRamsey has returned to Ashton Grove with Luna. They're only friends, but she wants to be much more, and she isn't shy about letting people know. Knowing that Ramsey doesn't want her, Luna will stop at nothing to make him her own.But Ramsey has someone else in mind as his mate. When he meets his best friend's sister, he can't take his eyes off her. While having Harper by his side is wonderful, they have a bumpy road ahead of them. Especially when a werewolf from her past moves to Ashton Grove. Views: 69
Join eighteen-year-old Kim Hartlinger, as she arrives home from a life-changing mission trip—only to collide with the biggest challenge of her young life and faith. Views: 69
"You heard me. I'll be your new boyfriend. Anything wrong with that?"
Raine Crockett stared at the handsome lawyer in disbelief. Just about
everything was wrong with Neil Rankin coming down to the Sandbur ranch
and posing as her fiance, not the least of which was that his mere
presence set her on fire. And he just had to make their romance
realistic, right? A loving kiss, a protective arm around her shoulders.
She could get used to his affections, but what would happen when their
little ruse was over? Views: 69
From childhood dreams of prostitution to her unabashed passion for heavy drinking, from growing up wide-eyed on the set of Australian soaps to her infatuation with Bob Ellis, these are the outrageously entertaining and deeply revealing reminiscences of a multimedia star. From stalking and eventually meeting her Young Talent Time idol when she was twelve, to dalliances with streetwalkers, to a mildly perverse obsession with Bob Ellis, there is nothing Marieke Hardy won't write about. Voyeuristic, painful, hilarious and heartfelt, You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead reveals the acerbic wit, unflinching gaze and razor-sharp insight of a writer at the height of her powers-or the unhinged fantasies of a dangerous mind with not enough to do. Views: 69
A new early-chapter-book adventure series about a cheeky but brave rescue dog called Grover McBane.Grover is a brave dog, but right now he's scared. He's cold, wet and hungry and he doesn't know where the Animal Ranger is taking him.After escaping from his owner's yard in a thunderstorm, Grover arrives at a local animal shelter. The people there seem kind, but Grover isn't sure he'll be allowed to stay. His owner doesn't seem to want him and Grover is scared to go back to the yard where he was chained up . . .What will happen to Grover? Where will he go?Claire Garth is a former primary school teacher. She now works as the PR and Marketing Manager at the Sydney Dogs and Cats Home. Claire adopted the real Grover in 2013 and she and Grover work to raise awareness about animal rescue.Johannes Leak is an illustrator and commercial artist who specializes in cartooning, magazine illustration, music album artwork and storyboards. He lives and works on... Views: 69
To attorney Julia Spencer, this quaint Amish town is anything but a Paradise. When Julia agrees to defend a local teenager charged in a case involving an Amish boy, she and handsome veterinarian Simon Thomas find themselves on opposite sides of an intense and emotional legal battle. Views: 69
*This book made it as far as the so-called 'Big Six' publishers.*'THE' voice of a generation, lost in Tokyo.A
young American college graduate travels to Tokyo to find his fortune.
There, he joins a fast-moving, high-spending, drug-using crowd of louche
foreigners. After one particularly disastrous party, criminal charges
are filed, reputations are ruined, and the narrator is targeted by an
enraged father who is also a senior US embassy commissioner. Involved
with a hooker girlfriend and thoroughly addicted to the drugs with which
he once only experimented, the narrator is confronted on his inner-most
resources to overcome the greatest challenge of his life. From the
members’ rooms of Japan’s most exclusive private clubs, to the penthouse
suites of its ennui-filled glitterati, to the luxury yachts populating
Tokyo Bay, HARAJUKU SUNDAY unfolds against a background of the beautiful
and damned: a story about modern Tokyo, drug use, and the lives of
young Americans at the far edge of the Pacific Rim. Drawing comparisons
to the work of the young Yukio Mishima and Ryu Murakami, SUNDAY is Lost
in Translation meets Brideshead Revisited in an elegy for a lost period
of expat life. Views: 69
Dix Dodd, PI has hung out her own shingle, specializing in busting cheaters. The guys back at Jones & Assoc. are laying bets about how soon she’ll fail. Things are looking up when Dix gets hired by Jennifer Weatherby to trail her husband 24-7 for a week, for $10K. But Dix's big payday earns her prime suspect status in a murder investigation by her nemesis, Det. Richard Head (aka Dickhead). Views: 69
