The nude male body lay on the embalming table, battered beyond recognition. Gingerly, Summer McAfee, chairman, CEO, and sole employee of Daisy Fresh cleaning service, reached out to touch an arm to reassure herself that she hadn't just seen the corpse move. Suddenly, shockingly, her hand was in the viselike grip of a man very much alive and desperate enough to take her captive on a no-holds-barred run from cops, killers, and his own decidedly complicated past...Summer's former life as a New York lingerie model had gone south with her marriage, leaving her, at thirty-six, single and back home in Tennessee, on her hands and knees scrubbing other people's bathrooms. But the drab present vanishes in a flash as she's forced to flee into the Tennessee wilds with the stranger she calls Frankenstein, first as his captive, then his companion, as they run from the enemies determined to destroy them both--straight into a raging passion that could only be the last laugh of... Views: 61
Danielle Steel's dazzling new novel invites readers into the ultra-glamorous
world of a five-star New York hotel, and brings to vivid life the man who builds
it as his dream, the girl who grows up in its loving embrace, and the colorful
guests and staff who make its magic complete. HOTEL
VENDÔMEThe hotel was old, run-down. But to Swiss-born Hugues
Martin, a young, ambitious hotelier trained in the most illustrious European
traditions, it is a rough diamond, tucked away on a quiet, perfectly situated
Manhattan street. After begging and borrowing every penny he can scrape
together, Hugues purchases the building - and transforms it into one of the
world's finest luxury hotels.Under Hugues's tireless, exacting
supervision, the Hotel Vendôme is soon renowned for its elegance, its
efficiency, its unparalleled service and discretion - the ideal New York refuge
for the rich and famous, as well as a perfect home for Hugues's beautiful young
wife and their daughter. But when his wife runs off with a notorious rock star,
Hugues is suddenly a single parent to four-year-old Heloise - who will grow up
happily regardless, amid a fascinating milieu of celebrities, socialites,
politicians, world travelers, and the countless hotel employees who all adore
her.As the years pass, Hugues and the hotel are the center of Heloise's
life, a universe of unexpected mysteries and pleasures, crises and celebrations
that make every day magical. She longs to follow in her father's footsteps and
one day run the Vendôme with him. New challenges mark her way: an unexpected
romance for Hugues and her own journey to hotel school in Switzerland. The
lessons she has learned at her father's side, in their exciting
upstairs/downstairs world, will carry her through it all, as they illuminate a
story no reader will forget.Welcome to the Hotel Vendôme. Views: 61
When Martie Fleming breezed into Pontotoc, Mississippi, determined to settle down, she never expected to land next door to the minister. She never expected her golden retriever to steal his shorts right off the clothes line. And she certainly never expected to fall in love. Everybody in town would agree they are so wrong for each other – everybody but Paul Donovan. Views: 61
DREW FERRAN, THE RIGHTFUL KING OF WESTLAND, IS TRAPPED.Enslaved by the Goatlord Kesslar, young werewolf Drew finds himself on the volcanic isle of Scoria, forced to fight in the arena for the Lizardlords. With the help of an unlikely ally, he must find a way to break free - but who has ever managed to escape?Meanwhile, Hector the Wereboar flees the forces of the Catlords. Now on board the pirate ship Maelstrom, the enemy's net is closing in. Haunted by the spirits of the dead, Hector is soon left wondering who the true enemy is . . .Book three in the Wereworld fantasy-adventure series from Curtis Jobling, the award-winning designer of Bob the Builder. Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf was shortlisted for the 2011 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.Perfect for fans of Christopher Paolini's Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance books. Views: 61
Winter, teenagers, and dreams of glory come together in this novel about the reaction of a small working-class town when the local hero decides not to join a professional hockey team. Talented Alexandre McKenzie lives on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River, where in summer he rides the logging trails on his quad, and in winter—after school and hockey practice—he likes to head off alone to a bush camp outside town. When he meets and falls in love with an unusual girl, Jessie, who has been plagued by tragedy, his friends and neighbors criticize him for stepping outside the popular crowd. Fighting to hold his head high, Alex takes comfort in his love of nature and his sightings of a magnificent bull moose—and he knows that he does not want a future in sports. Views: 61
Maya Alyssum's impossible dream is to open a school where kids can find unconditional acceptance - acceptance she and her sister had never experienced while growing up in foster homes. The town council's representative holds her dream in his hands, and Axell Holm is the kind of uptight authority figure she loves to hate. So how is it that he can ring all her chimes, while she does her best to turn his ordered life upside down?Impossible Dreams is part of the McCloud Brother series of related novels - Almost Perfect, McCloud's Woman,and Carolina Girl. All the books are stand alone. Views: 61
Crafted around twenty-six extraordinary erotic encounters, this highly charged work is a powerful meditation on the pursuit of pleasure. In each chapter, titled after a letter of the alphabet, an anonymous narrator details his experiences, travelling to cruising grounds and sex clubs, exploring the boundaries of sex, desire, pleasure, and the body, while reflecting on the limits of language and the act of writing. In the tradition of Georges Bataille, Kathy Acker and Jean Genet, these pieces take us to places language doesn't often go. Kemp powerfully stages a series of anonymous encounters, describing the relentless pursuit of sexual pleasure with luminous intensity, while at the same time facing the impossibility of capturing the moments he describes. This is a bold and challenging work, unashamedly sensual and searching. Kemp beautifully counterpoises explicit description with a searing interrogation of the extreme measures taken in the quest for sexual fulfillment. Views: 61
