Meet a flamingo of a different stripe!"Mama, why are we pink?" asks an irrepressible and ever-curious young flamingo named Sylvie. When she learns that it's due to the little pink brine shrimp they eat, Sylvie takes the maxim "You are what you eat!" to a whole new level. Her new diet leads to some very interesting new looks--from scarlet to stripey to positively purple! Like Leo Lionni's chameleon in A Color of His Own, Sylvie eventually comes to learn that being yourself is the best thing to be--though with her own flair!From the Hardcover edition. Views: 67
College on the Horizon She's the bold, free-spirited type. She's young, she's fun, and she's following God. She's Sierra Jensen--Christy Miller's good friend--in her senior year of high school with college fast approaching! In this fourth volume of the popular Sierra Jensen series, Sierra's life becomes a roller coaster of decisions as she strives to Hold on Tight through choices about friendship, honesty, and college. Then, with high school graduation Closer Than Ever , she eagerly plans for Paul's visit and can't wait to know where everyone will be going to college. Finally, in Take My Hand , a misunderstanding with Paul means Sierra must start college hurt and confused. Is the damage to their relationship as final as it feels? Christy Miller knows a good friend when she meets her, and so will you-- Sierra Jensen is better than ever! Hold On Tight Decisions, decisions. That's all... Views: 67
A faerie prince disappears in the borderlands, and his father enlists the help of outcast Eilidh and her bonded druid, Quinton Munro. Tantalised with hints of a lost and ancient magic, they learn that time is working against them every step of the way. Is the prince’s disappearance related to the vanishing of an entire Scottish village?
Faced with deception, assassination attempts, and a mad queen who would sacrifice her own child to keep a dreaded secret, Eilidh struggles with an impossible situation. Her people demand she commit treason and betray the man she loves. Will she do what duty requires, or throw away the chance to reunite the kingdom in exchange for the life she hadn't dared hope for? Views: 67
The Charles River divides Boston and Cambridge, and the Red Line ties the cities together, traveling through an expanse of class and cultures along its route. When an unlikely combination of riders share an afternoon train, they are surprised to discover what's common in their American experience. Views: 67
*MAD*WARNING* If you like your encounters hot an’ against the wall and without unnecessary foreplay (Names? Who needs ’em?) this story’s for you. Mature audiences only!
He lurks in the shadows, waiting, watching. Keeping himself apart. Not intentionally of course, it’s just who he is, what life has made him—gritty, suspicious and hard. Definitely hard for the root beer-and-rum swigging, sinfully dressed sweetheart who’s just edged up to the bar. He wants her and he’s a man used to taking anything he desires.
*MAD*FACTS* 3000 words • Contemporary Erotica • Sex with Strangers. AWARDED ~ Hot New Erotic Voice, 2008 BetterSex.com Erotic Fiction Contest. Views: 67
Bestseller Luanne Rice returns with a novel as timeless as the sea on which it's set. From the beloved New York Times bestselling Luanne Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time. Their mother's beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth-especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back to their ancestral homeland.Transplanted into the unfamiliar, each sister sees life, her heart, and her relationship to home in a new way. But how do they let go of a place that contains the complicated love of their imperfect family? Without the house, where will they be together?The novel is a season on Martha's Vineyard; a... Views: 67
This award winning 6000 word short story, originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, features Konrath's stalwart Homicide cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels in a puzzler of a mystery.A body is found in a man's living room, the doors all locked from the inside. The victim had apparently been dropped from a great height.How did he die? Who killed him?Daniels and her partner, Herb Benedict, follow a trail of ingenious clues to solve this classic whodunnit. Are you clever enough to solve it first? Views: 67
When I first got in touch with Ashley, I didn't think she was a real girl. She was too cute, too sexy, and too horny - but I already said yes. The person I found waiting for me in Penn station proved to be all of that an more, a gateway to a whole new lifestyle. Views: 67
Six people are gathered for a therapy group deep in the countryside. Six people who share a unique and terrible trauma: each one is the last survivor of an apocalypse. Each of them was rescued from a parallel universe where humanity was wiped out. They’ve survived nuclear war, machine uprisings, mass suicide, the reanimated dead, and more. They’ve been given sanctuary on the homeworld of the Interversal Union and placed with Dr. Asha Singh, a therapist who works with survivors of doomed worlds. To help them, she’ll have to figure out what they’ve been through, what they’ve suffered, and the secrets they’re hiding. She can’t cure them of being the last man or woman on Earth. But she can help them learn to live with the horrors they survived. FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem 170,000 words Views: 67
A collection of ten short stories by celebrated author James Maxey, author of the best-selling Bitterwood Trilogy, the superhero novel Nobody Gets the Girl, and the new novel Greatheart. Included: “To the East a Bright Star,” “Silent As Dust,” “Return to Sender” and “Empire of Dreams and Miracles.” Views: 67
Product DescriptionLovely Neve Macleod[HTML_REMOVED]s life is shrouded by scandal. The tabloids delight in branding her a scarlet widow, but in reality her marriage was for convenience. She[HTML_REMOVED]s still a virgin, and a caring single stepmother—but no one wants to hear the truth....That is, until she finds herself stranded and snowbound with brooding tycoon Severo Constanza—an unlikely savior. As the magnificent Italian comes to her rescue, he knows nothing of her salacious past—just that she[HTML_REMOVED]s pure at present!A snow-white virgin he will delight in taking as his own! About the AuthorKim Lawrence was encouraged by her husband to write when the unsocial hours of nursing didn’t look attractive! He told her she could do anything she set her mind to, so Kim tried her hand at writing. Always a keen Mills & Boon reader, it seemed natural for her to write a romance novel – now she can’t imagine doing anything else. She is a keen gardener and cook and enjoys running on the beach with her Jack Russell. Kim lives in Wales. Views: 67
