TROUBLE HAD NEVER BEEN SO APPEALING.... Special Investigator Doug Masterson was headed for some long-awaited R and R when trouble walked into his office. Tall, beautiful and with curves in all the right places, Arielle Hale had the face of an angel. But her eyes told a very different story--one of desperation.... A hit man was after the small-town teacher? Doug remained skeptical. Since when had reading, writing and arithmetic become so hazardous? But when fear put her in his protective arms, he vowed to help her one night at a time. And suddenly, more was at stake than their lives.... Views: 59
SUMMARY: What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble? As the competition for resources pulls America's previous stable society apart, the "New Normal" is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang. Views: 59
In the tradition of the #1 best-seller SeinLanguage, Bantam Books proudly presents the first book by Paul Reiser, television's sharpest, funniest observer of love, marriage and other mysteries of life. A veteran comic performer, Reiser is best-known as the co-creator and star of the highly-rated NBC comedy, "Mad About You", which Time Magazine called "The season's best new sitcom"in its 1992 debut. Every Thursday night more than twenty million viewers watch as Paul Reiser reveals the most intimate and hilarious scenes of a marriage. Now for the first time, Reiser brings his trademark wit to the page in a book that will delight his eagerly-awaiting audience, and anyone else who has ever fallen in love--or tried not to. In Couplehood, a New York Times bestseller for more than 40 weeks, Reiser reflects on what it means to be half of a couple -- everything from the science of hand holding, to the technique of tag-team storytelling, to the politics... Views: 59
5 STARS! This is a romantic feel good read that's got an excellent storyline, great humour, and a superb cast of characters.5 STARS!Knowing Me Knowing You was a fun read in true chick lit style.Contemporary romance/chick lit/romantic comedy novel by author Mandy Baggot. BRING ON THE LOVE!! Recently single mother Kate is struggling. Clinging on to a career and bringing up her 2 year old daughter leads to nights alone drowning her sorrows in the cheapest white wine she can find.Forced to employ Joel, a male escort, to accompany her to a professionals’ dinner, Kate somehow ends up in the middle of a relationship contest, competing for a £100,000 prize alongside someone she barely knows.With her boss, the Lady Dragon Miranda, desperate for Kate to flounder, her tarot card reading child-minder trying to match-make and her ex-husband making her life a misery, can Kate keep her life on an even keel? And more importantly can she put her trust in a serial dater who used to be an underwear model? Views: 59
A group of homegrown Scottish terrorists guns down an American businessman in the name of their cause--free Scotland from England, whatever the cost. But something more sinister lurks below the surface, and Mack Bolan is called in to stop them before they strike again.There is only one way to bring this group to its knees--destroy whoever is funding them. But before justice can be served, Bolan will have to penetrate the benefactor's heavily guarded fortress overlooking Loch Ness.Whatever the risks, this band of extremists and their puppet master must fall, and the Executioner is determined to be the last man standing. Views: 59
When Len wakes up in a dark chamber, naked and covered in slime he has no idea he’s been brought on board an alien spacecraft as his captors harvest his world and many others. He joins up with a handful of rebel captives as they fight their way through the craft trying to find a way off the ship that can take them home. Views: 59
Lucien Lemione, leader of the Eternals, betrayed when his second in command attacks and wounds him. Hiding deep within the eerie woods that encircle the Triad Mountains, desperate and in pain, he prays to an offended mother goddess for help. Her answer: a woman, but not just any woman. A witch.After losing her entire coven to the Eternals, Aisleen is the last of her kind. She retreats to Trinity Forest, and there discovers the man she healed is the Eternal who wiped out her people. She is bound as a healer and there can be no future with Lucien, for she can only be with a mortal man. Even if she wanted to be with him, can she forgive the man who caused the genocide of her people?Lucien must act quickly for the survival of his clan is at stake. But Aisleen's ethereal beauty and emerald eyes keep pushing his task from his mind. He's determined to find out what secret she hides. When his people need him most what will he choose ... duty, desire, or will he make his own fate? Views: 59
Playboy Hank Brennan stopped caring about the family business years ago when his superhero stepbrother took control. Hank can’t win at anything, let alone please his critical father who believes oil paint and canvas are poor substitutes for responsibility and hard work. But Hank is a talented painter with an artist’s soul. Who better to understand a down-on-his-luck, starving artist than another performer with the voice of an angel? Raylynn Walker is a part-time country music singer at night and a horse trainer by day. She’s been wounded too, but doesn’t need to fix another lost soul. Yet she recognizes Hank’s talent, and he sure turns her on. Is he really a jerk or is there more to Hank Brennan than anyone knows? Views: 59
SURPRISE PACKAGE!When Lucas Halliday saw Reba Grant for the first time in months, he was in for a shock: Reba was pregnant—with his baby—and she'd just gone into labor!Reba couldn't believe it—this baby was coming way too early. And Lucas was hardly supposed to be her birthing partner. For she'd thought—and feared?—that she'd seen the last of the billionaire businessman, despite all that had happened between them. Now, with their tiny daughter fighting for survival, Reba was surprised to realize Lucas was a loving, devoted father. And that gave her hope—that maybe Lucas had potential as a husband, too…. Views: 59
Dotan Naor, an Israeli private investigator, ousted from Shin Bet—Israel’s internal security service—goes to Thailand to find Sigal Bardon, a beautiful young girl from a wealthy Israeli family. Sigal has disappeared in Bangkok—completely. Dotan has connections in Thailand and he’s familiar with Bangkok’s dark side—the narrow alleys with bars and hookers, trenches of stagnant water, hotel rooms with illicit activity. This is where he intends to start his search. But when the passport of the missing Israeli girl ends up in his hands during his first taxi ride in the city, he’s suspicious that someone is playing him. But who? And why? As Dotan searches for Sigal, police corruption blocks his every path. Every lead he pursues draws him closer and closer to a black hole in his “own” past—one intertwined with his pursuit of Sigal—one that leads him to Reuven—and the haunting failure that led to the dismissal of both of them from Shin Bet. The wound between Dotan and Reuven is raw and deep, but Dotan realizes it must be healed in order to save Sigal. Views: 59
